The Turker’s Gospel

The Bible According To Mechanical Turk Workers

John 19:11-20

John 19:11 - Jesus responded, You have no power over me except that given unto you from my Father and it is he who bears the burden of your actions.

John 19:12 - And from that time on Pilate wanted to release him: but the Jews cried out, saying, If you let this man go, you are not Ceasar’s friend: anyone who makes a king speak against Ceasar.

John 19:13 - When Pilate heard that, he called in Jesus and took his royal judgment seat in a place called Pavement (otherwise known in Hebrew as Gabbatha).

John 19:14 - And it was the preparing of the passover, and about 6:: and he told the Jews, Look your King!

John 19:15 - The crowd spoke with one voice: Take him away and crucify him! Pilate asked, You would have me crucify your King? and the high priests responded, Caesar alone is our king.

John 19:16 - Jesus was handed over to be crucified and they took him away.

John 19:17 - And he carried his cross into a place called the place of a skull, also named the Hebrew Golgotha.

John 19:18 - The location at which they killed Jesus with a man on either side.

John 19:19 - And Pilate inscribed this title on the cross. And the inscription was JESUS OF NAZARETH KING OF THE JEWS.

John 19:20 - This many of the Jews read: because the place where Jesus was crucified was near to the city: and it was written in Hebrew, Greek, and Latin.