John 19v4-12

Heavenly father
give us grace to use power to do good (as Pilate wanted to do) rather than to do evil (as the chief priests and officers did)

⁴ Then Pilate went out again, and said to them, “Behold, I bring him out to you, that you may know that I find no basis for a charge against him.”
⁵ Jesus therefore came out, wearing the crown of thorns and the purple garment. Pilate said to them, “Behold, the man!”
⁶ When therefore the chief priests and the officers saw him, they shouted, saying, “Crucify! Crucify!”
Pilate said to them, “Take him yourselves, and crucify him, for I find no basis for a charge against him.”
⁷ The Jews answered him, “We have a law, and by our law he ought to die, because he made himself the Son of God.”
⁸ When therefore Pilate heard this saying, he was more afraid. 
⁹ He entered into the Praetorium again, and said to Jesus, “Where are you from?” But Jesus gave him no answer. 
¹⁰ Pilate therefore said to him, “Aren’t you speaking to me? Don’t you know that I have power to release you and have power to crucify you?”
¹¹ Jesus answered, “You would have no power at all against me, unless it were given to you from above.
Therefore he who delivered me to you has greater sin.”
¹² At this, Pilate was seeking to release him, but …,