¹² The band, therefore, and the captain, and the officers of the Jews, took hold on Jesus, and bound him,

¹³ and they led him away to Annas first, for he was father-in-law of Caiaphas, who was chief priest of that year,

¹⁴ and Caiaphas was he who gave counsel to the Jews, that it is good for one man to perish for the people.

¹⁵ And following Jesus was Simon Peter, and the other disciple, and that disciple was known to the chief priest, and he entered with Jesus to the hall of the chief priest,

¹⁶ and Peter was standing at the door without, therefore went forth the other disciple who was known to the chief priest, and he spake to the female keeping the door, and he brought in Peter.

¹⁷ Then said the maid keeping the door to Peter, `Art thou also of the disciples of this man?' he saith, `I am not;'

¹⁸ and the servants and the officers were standing, having made a fire of coals, because it was cold, and they were warming themselves, and Peter was standing with them, and warming himself.

¹⁹ The chief priests, therefore, questioned Jesus concerning his disciples, and concerning his teaching;

²⁰ Jesus answered him, `I spake freely to the world, I did always teach in a synagogue, and in the temple, where the Jews do always come together; and in secret I spake nothing;

²¹ why me dost thou question? question those having heard what I spake to them; lo, these have known what I said.'

²² And he having said these things, one of the officers standing by did give Jesus a slap, saying, `Thus dost thou answer the chief priest?'

²³ Jesus answered him, `If I spake ill, testify concerning the ill; and if well, why me dost thou smite?'

²⁴ Annas then sent him bound to Caiaphas the chief priest.

²⁵ And Simon Peter was standing and warming himself, they said then to him, `Art thou also of his disciples?' he denied, and said, `I am not.'

²⁶ One of the servants of the chief priest, being kinsman of him whose ear Peter cut off, saith, `Did not I see thee in the garden with him?'

²⁷ again, therefore, Peter denied, and immediately a cock crew.

²⁸ They led, therefore, Jesus from Caiaphas to the praetorium, and it was early, and they themselves did not enter into the praetorium, that they might not be defiled, but that they might eat the passover;

²⁹ Pilate, therefore, went forth unto them, and said, `What accusation do ye bring against this man?'

³⁰ they answered and said to him, `If he were not an evil doer, we had not delivered him to thee.'

³¹ Pilate, therefore, said to them, `Take ye him -- ye -- and according to your law judge him;' the Jews, therefore, said to him, `It is not lawful to us to put any one to death;'

³² that the word of Jesus might be fulfilled which he said, signifying by what death he was about to die.

³³ Pilate, therefore, entered into the praetorium again, and called Jesus, and said to him, `Thou art the King of the Jews?'

³⁴ Jesus answered him, `From thyself dost thou say this? or did others say it to thee about me?'

³⁵ Pilate answered, `Am I a Jew? thy nation, and the chief priests did deliver thee up to me; what didst thou?'

³⁶ Jesus answered, `My kingdom is not of this world; if my kingdom were of this world, my officers had struggled that I might not be delivered up to Jews; but now my kingdom is not from hence.'

³⁷ Pilate, therefore, said to him, `Art thou then a king?' Jesus answered, `Thou dost say [it]; because a king I am, I for this have been born, and for this I have come to the world, that I may testify to the truth; every one who is of the truth, doth hear my voice.'

³⁸ Pilate saith to him, `What is truth?' and this having said, again he went forth unto the Jews, and saith to them, `I do find no fault in him;

³⁹ and ye have a custom that I shall release to you one in the passover; will ye, therefore, [that] I shall release to you the king of the Jews?'

⁴⁰ therefore they all cried out again, saying, `Not this one -- but Barabbas;' and Barabbas was a robber.

19 Then, therefore, did Pilate take Jesus and scourge [him],

² and the soldiers having plaited a crown of thorns, did place [it] on his head, and a purple garment they put around him,

³ and said, `Hail! the king of the Jews;' and they were giving him slaps.

⁴ Pilate, therefore, again went forth without, and saith to them, `Lo, I do bring him to you without, that ye may know that in him I find no fault;'

⁵ Jesus, therefore, came forth without, bearing the thorny crown and the purple garment; and he saith to them, `Lo, the man!'

⁶ When, therefore, the chief priests and the officers did see him, they cried out, saying, `Crucify, crucify;' Pilate saith to them, `Take ye him -- ye, and crucify; for I find no fault in him;'

⁷ the Jews answered him, `We have a law, and according to our law he ought to die, for he made himself Son of God.'

⁸ When, therefore, Pilate heard this word, he was the more afraid,

⁹ and entered again to the praetorium, and saith to Jesus, `Whence art thou?' and Jesus gave him no answer.

¹⁰ Pilate, therefore, saith to him, `To me dost thou not speak? hast thou not known that I have authority to crucify thee, and I have authority to release thee?'

¹¹ Jesus answered, `Thou wouldst have no authority against me, if it were not having been given thee from above; because of this, he who is delivering me up to thee hath greater sin.'

¹² From this [time] was Pilate seeking to release him, and the Jews were crying out, saying, `If this one thou mayest release, thou art not a friend of Caesar; every one making himself a king, doth speak against Caesar.'

¹³ Pilate, therefore, having heard this word, brought Jesus without -- and he sat down upon the tribunal -- to a place called, `Pavement,' and in Hebrew, Gabbatha;

¹⁴ and it was the preparation of the passover, and as it were the sixth hour, and he saith to the Jews, `Lo, your king!'

¹⁵ and they cried out, `Take away, take away, crucify him;' Pilate saith to them, `Your king shall I crucify?' the chief priests answered, `We have no king except Caesar.'

¹⁶ Then, therefore, he delivered him up to them, that he may be crucified, and they took Jesus and led [him] away,