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33 Then oun Pilate Pilatos entered eiserchomai his ho headquarters praitōrion again palin, · ho · kai summoned phōneō · ho Jesus Iēsous and kai said legō to him autos, “ Are eimi you sy the ho king basileus of the ho Jews Ioudaios?” 34 Jesus Iēsous responded apokrinomai, “ Are legō you sy saying legō this houtos of apo your seautou own accord, or ē did others allos tell legō you sy about peri me egō?” 35 Pilate Pilatos answered apokrinomai, · ho I egō am eimi not mēti a Jew Ioudaios, am I? · ho Your own sos people ethnos · ho and kai the ho chief archiereus priests handed paradidōmi you sy over to me egō. What tis have you done poieō?” 36 Jesus Iēsous answered apokrinomai, · ho My emos kingdom basileia · ho is eimi not ou of ek · ho this houtos world kosmos; if ei my emos kingdom basileia were eimi of ek · ho this houtos world kosmos, · ho · ho · ho my emos subjects hypēretēs · ho would an be fighting agōnizomai to hina prevent me from being handed paradidōmi over to the ho Jews Ioudaios; but de as nyn it is · ho my emos kingdom basileia · ho is eimi not ou from here enteuthen.” 37 Therefore oun Pilate Pilatos said legō to him autos, · ho So oukoun you sy are eimi a king basileus, then?” Jesus Iēsous answered apokrinomai, · ho You sy say legō that hoti I am eimi a king basileus! The reason houtos for eis which houtos I egō was born gennaō and kai have come erchomai into eis the ho world kosmos, is that hina I should bear martyreō witness to the ho truth alētheia. Everyone pas who ho is eimi of ek the ho truth alētheia listens akouō to my egō · ho voice phōnē.”

38 Pilate Pilatos said legō to him autos, · ho What tis is eimi truth alētheia?” And kai having said legō this houtos he went out exerchomai again palin to pros the ho Jews Ioudaios and kai said legō to them autos, “ I egō find heuriskō no oudeis basis for an accusation aitia against en him autos.

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33 So Pilate went into the Praetorium again, and called Jesus and asked Him, “Are You the King of the Jews?” 34 Jesus replied, “Are you saying this on your own initiative, or did others tell you about Me?” 35 Pilate answered, “I am not a Jew, am I? Your own people and their chief priests have handed You over to me. What have You done [that is worthy of death]?” 36 Jesus replied, “My kingdom is not of this world [nor does it have its origin in this world]. If My kingdom were of this world, My servants would be fighting [hard] to keep Me from being handed over to the Jews; but as it is, My kingdom is not of this world.” 37 So Pilate said to Him, “Then You are a King?” Jesus answered, “You say [correctly] that I am a King. This is why I was born, and for this I have come into the world, to testify to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth [who is a friend of the truth and belongs to the truth] hears and listens carefully to My voice.”(A) 38 Pilate said to Him [scornfully], “What is truth?”

And when he had said this, he went out to the Jews again and told them, “I find no guilt in Him [no crime, no cause for an accusation].

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