Jesus before Pilate

(Matthew 27:11–14; John 18:28–40)

23 Then the whole council rose [and] led [Jesus] {away} to Pilate. 2 And they began to accuse Him, saying, “We found this [man] subverting the nation,[fn] forbidding payment of taxes to Caesar, and proclaiming Himself to be Christ, a King.”

3 So Pilate asked Him, “Are You the King of the Jews?”

“You have said [so],” [Jesus] replied.

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

5 But they kept insisting, “He stirs up the people all over Judea [with His] teaching. He began in Galilee [and has come] all the way here.”