12. Ngalokho uPilatu wayefuna ukumkhulula. Kepha abaJuda bamemeza bathi: “Uma ukhulula lona, awusiye umhlobo kaKesari; osuka ezenza inkosi, umelene noKesari.”
13. Kuthe uPilatu esezwa lawo mazwi wamkhiphela ngaphandle uJesu; wahlala esihlalweni sokwahlulela endaweni ethiwa eGandaywe ngamatshe kodwa ngesiHeberu iGabatha.
14. Kwakungolokulungisela iPhasika kungathi ihora lesithupha. Wathi kubaJuda: “Bhekani inkosi yenu.”
15. Ngakho bamemeza bathi: “Susa, susa, mbethele esiphambanweni!”Wathi kubo uPilatu: “Ngibethele inkosi yenu na?”Abapristi abakhulu baphendula bathi: “Asinankosi, uKesari kuphela.”
16. Wayesemnikela kubo ukuba abethelwe esiphambanweni.Bamthatha-ke uJesu, bahamba naye.