Jesus Before Pilate and Herod^(A)(B)(C)

⁶⁶ At daybreak the council^(D) of the elders of the people, both the chief priests and the teachers of the law, met together,^(E) and Jesus was led before them. ⁶⁷ “If you are the Messiah,” they said, “tell us.”

Jesus answered, “If I tell you, you will not believe me, ⁶⁸ and if I asked you, you would not answer.^{(F) 69} But from now on, the Son of Man will be seated at the right hand of the mighty God.”^(G)

⁷⁰ They all asked, “Are you then the Son of God?”^(H)

He replied, “You say that I am.”^(I)

⁷¹ Then they said, “Why do we need any more testimony? We have heard it from his own lips.”

23 Then the whole assembly rose and led him off to Pilate.^{(J) 2} And they began to accuse him, saying, “We have found this man subverting our nation.^(K) He opposes payment of taxes to Caesar^(L) and claims to be Messiah, a king.”^(M)

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

“You have said so,” Jesus replied.

⁴ Then Pilate announced to the chief priests and the crowd, “I find no basis for a charge against this man.”^(N)

⁵ But they insisted, “He stirs up the people all over Judea by his teaching. He started in Galilee^(O) and has come all the way here.”

⁶ On hearing this, Pilate asked if the man was a Galilean.^{(P) 7} When he learned that Jesus was under Herod’s jurisdiction, he sent him to Herod,^(Q) who was also in Jerusalem at that time.

The Suffering and Glory of the Servant