23 Then the whole group of them stood up and led him to Pilate 2 where they started to bring their accusations, “We found this man perverting our nation and telling the people not to pay taxes to Caesar. He calls himself the messiah and claims to be a king.”

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

“You’re the one saying it,” Yeshua answered.

4 Then Pilate told the chief priests and the crowds, “I can’t find anything that this man is guilty of.”

5 But they kept insisting, “He’s been stirring up the people, teaching throughout all Yudea. He started in Galilee then worked his way all the way down here.”

28 Then they led Yeshua out from Caiaphas’ place and towards the residence of the governor. It was now the early hours of the morning and as Jews, they didn’t enter the residence of the Roman governor so they wouldn’t become defiled and thus unable to eat the Passover meal. 29 So Governor Pilate came outside to them and asked, “What charge are you all bringing against this man?”

30 “We wouldn’t have brought him to you if he hadn’t committed a serious crime,” they answered.

31 So Pilate said, “You just take him and judge him yourselves according to your own laws.”

But the Jewish leaders responded, “We don’t have permission to execute anyone.” 32 (This happened to fulfil what Yeshua had said[ref] about the way that he was going to die.)

33 So Pilate went back into his governor’s residence and called for Yeshua and asked him, “So you’re the king of the Jews?”

34 “Are you saying this yourself,” Yeshua asked, “or did others say it about me?”

35 Pilate retorted, “Hoy! I’m not a Jew. It was your own people and the chief priests that handed you over to me. What have you done?”

36 “My kingdom isn’t in this world,” Yeshua answered, “because if it was, my supporters would have fought so that I wouldn’t have been handed over to the Jewish leaders. But no, my kingdom isn’t from here.”

37 “So you are a king then?” Pilate responded.

“You’re saying that I’m a king,” said Yeshua, “and indeed I was born to be a king. I came into the world so that I could testify to the truth.”

38 “Yeah. What is truth?” said Pilate.

After he’d said this, Pilate went back outside to the Jews and told them, “I can’t find anything that he’s guilty of.

15 First thing in the morning, the chief priests called a meeting with the elders and the religious teachers and all the council, and they ordered that Yeshua be tied up and taken over to Governor Pilate. 2 There Pilate asked him, “Are you the king of the Jews?”

“You said it,” replied Yeshua.

3 Then the chief priests started hurling accusations against Yeshua. 4 So Pilate asked him again, “Don’t you have anything to say? Listen to all these accusations they’re making against you.”

5 But Pilate was astounded that Yeshua didn’t answer any further.

27 By now it was early morning, and all the chief priests and local elders discussed and agreed on their plans to have Yeshua put to death 2 then they tied his arms and led him away to be handed over to Pilate, the Roman governor.

3 [ref]When Yudas, the one who had turned him in) saw that he was being sentenced to death, he regretted his actions and returned the payment to the chief priests and elders 4 saying, “I’ve sinned and turned in an innocent man.”

“What’s that got to do with us?” they asked. “You sort out your own problems.”

5 Then Yudas threw the money down on the temple floor and went off and hanged himself.

6 The chief priests took the money and decided, “We can’t legally deposit the money to the temple treasury because it’s blood money.” 7 They got advice and decided to buy the potter’s field that was for sale to make it a cemetery for people from out of town, 8 so that place got called ‘The field of blood’ until today.

9 [ref]And so the message which had been written by the prophet Jeremiah was fulfilled, ‘They took the thirty silver coins, the price of the one who was sold, the price set by the Israelites, 10 and they gave the coins for the potter’s field, as the master directed me.’

11 Meanwhile Yeshua was stood in front of the governor and the governor asked him, “Are you the king of the Jews?”

“You said it,”, responded Yeshua, 12 but when he chief priests and the elders brought their accusations against him, he didn’t say anything.

13 Then Pilate asked him, “Can’t you hear all the evidence against you that they’re listing?”

14 But he didn’t respond, not even a single word, and this greatly surprised the governor.