23 Then the whole group of Jewish leaders 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.”