³³ Then Pilate entered the headquarters again, summoned Jesus, and asked him, “Are you the King of the Jews?”^(A)

³ Then Pilate asked him, “Are you the king of the Jews?” He answered, “You say so.”^{(A) 4} Then Pilate said to the chief priests and the crowds, “I find no basis for an accusation against this man.”^(B)

³⁴ For David did not ascend into the heavens, but he himself says,

³⁶ “Therefore let the entire house of Israel know with certainty that God has made him both Lord and Messiah,^[a] this Jesus whom you crucified.”

¹² From then on Pilate tried to release him, but the Jews cried out, “If you release this man, you are no friend of Caesar. Everyone who claims to be a king sets himself against Caesar.”^(A)

³ They kept coming up to him, saying, “Hail, King of the Jews!” and striking him on the face.^(A)

³⁷ Pilate asked him, “So you are a king?” Jesus answered, “You say that I am a king. For this I was born, and for this I came into the world, to testify to the truth. Everyone who belongs to the truth listens to my voice.”^(A)

¹³ So they took branches of palm trees and went out to meet him, shouting,

³⁸ saying,

³⁹ Some of the Pharisees in the crowd said to him, “Teacher, order your disciples to stop.”^{(B) 40} He answered, “I tell you, if these were silent, the stones would shout out.”^(C)

² Pilate asked him, “Are you the King of the Jews?” He answered him, “You say so.”

Pilate Questions Jesus

¹¹ Now Jesus stood before the governor, and the governor asked him, “Are you the king of the Jews?” Jesus said, “You say so.”