Kill him! Kill him! (so also Goodspeed) is rendered “Away with him! Away with him!” in most translations; Jerusalem Bible renders “Take him away, take him away!” (so also Phillips). The root meaning of the Greek verb is “lift up” (compare 8.59); here it has the extended meaning of “kill” (by “lifting up” or “taking away”).

Crucify him is the same verb used in verse 6, but here the object him is explicitly expressed in Greek.

The only king we have is the Emperor is more literally “We do not have a king except Caesar.” Good News Translation states positively what the Greek text states negatively; “Caesar” is a title for the Roman Emperor (see verse 12). This response of the chief priests may be expressed in various ways, for example, “The Emperor is our only ruler” or “Only the Emperor rules over us” or “The Emperor is the only one we acknowledge as our ruler” or “… as our king.”

Quoted with permission from Newman, Barclay M. and Nida, Eugene A. A Handbook on the Gospel of John. (UBS Handbook Series). New York: UBS, 1980. For this and other handbooks for translators see here .