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23 The whole company of them rose up and brought him before Pilate. They began to accuse him, saying, “We found this man perverting the nation, forbidding paying taxes to Caesar, and saying that he himself is Christ, a king.”

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

He answered him, “So you say.”

Pilate said to the chief priests and the multitudes, “I find no basis for a charge against this man.”

But they insisted, saying, “He stirs up the people, teaching throughout all Judea, beginning from Galilee even to this place.”

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Jesus before Pilate

23 Then the assembly rose as a body and brought Jesus[a] before Pilate.(A) They began to accuse him, saying, “We found this man inciting our nation, forbidding us to pay taxes to Caesar and saying that he himself is the Messiah, a king.”[b](B) Then Pilate asked him, “Are you the king of the Jews?” He answered, “You say so.”(C) Then Pilate said to the chief priests and the crowds, “I find no basis for an accusation against this man.”(D) But they were insistent and said, “He stirs up the people by teaching throughout all Judea, from Galilee where he began even to this place.”

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Footnotes

  1. 23.1 Gk him
  2. 23.2 Or is an anointed king