Jesus Is Taken to Pilate^(A)

27 Early in the morning all the chief priests and the elders made their plans against Jesus to put him to death. ² They put him in chains, led him off, and handed him over to Pilate, the Roman governor.

Pilate Questions Jesus^(A)

¹¹ Jesus stood before the Roman governor, who questioned him. “Are you the king of the Jews?” he asked.

“So you say,” answered Jesus. ¹² But he said nothing in response to the accusations of the chief priests and elders.

¹³ So Pilate said to him, “Don't you hear all these things they accuse you of?”

¹⁴ But Jesus refused to answer a single word, with the result that the Governor was greatly surprised.

Jesus before Pilate^(A)

15 Early in the morning the chief priests met hurriedly with the elders, the teachers of the Law, and the whole Council, and made their plans. They put Jesus in chains, led him away, and handed him over to Pilate. ² Pilate questioned him, “Are you the king of the Jews?”

Jesus answered, “So you say.”

³ The chief priests were accusing Jesus of many things, ⁴ so Pilate questioned him again, “Aren't you going to answer? Listen to all their accusations!”

⁵ Again Jesus refused to say a word, and Pilate was amazed.

Jesus before Pilate^(A)

23 The whole group rose up and took Jesus before Pilate, ² where they began to accuse him: “We caught this man misleading our people, telling them not to pay taxes to the Emperor and claiming that he himself is the Messiah, a king.”

³ Pilate asked him, “Are you the king of the Jews?”

“So you say,” answered Jesus.

⁴ Then Pilate said to the chief priests and the crowds, “I find no reason to condemn this man.”

⁵ But they insisted even more strongly, “With his teaching he is starting a riot among the people all through Judea. He began in Galilee and now has come here.”