John 18:33-40 - Pilate Questions Jesus
33 Pilate therefore again entered into the Praetorium, and called Jesus, and said to him, Are thou the king of the Jews?
34 Jesus answered, Do thou say this of thyself, or did others tell thee about me?
35 Pilate answered, Am I a Jew? Thine own nation and the chief priests delivered thee to me. What have thou done?
36 Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this world. If my kingdom were of this world my subordinates would have fought so that I would not be delivered to the Jews, but now my kingdom is not from here.
37 Pilate therefore said to him, Then thou a king? Jesus answered, Thou say that I am a king. For this I have been born, and for this I have come into the world, that I would testify to the truth. Every man who is of the truth hears m
38 Pilate says to him, What is truth? And having said this, he went out again to the Jews, and says to them, I find not one cause in him. 39 But there is a custom for you that I should release to you one man at the Passover. Do ye wish therefore I would release to you the king of the Jews?
40 They all cried out again therefore, saying, Not this man, but Barabbas. But Barabbas was a robber.