Luke 23:1-5 - Jesus Brought Before Pilate

¹ Then the whole company of them arose and brought him before Pilate. ² And they began to accuse him, saying, "We found this man misleading our nation and forbidding us to give tribute to Caesar, and saying that he himself is Christ, a king."

³ And Pilate asked him, "Are you the King of the Jews?" And he answered him, "You have said so."

⁴ Then Pilate said to the chief priests and the crowds, "I find no guilt in this man.

⁵ But they were urgent, saying, "He stirs up the people, teaching throughout all Judea, from Galilee even to this place."

²⁸ Then they led Jesus from the house of Caiaphas to the governor's headquarters. It was early morning. They themselves did not enter the governor's headquarters, so that they would not be defiled, but could eat the Passover.

²⁹ So Pilate went outside to them and said, "What accusation do you bring against this man?"

³⁰ They answered him, "If this man were not doing evil, we would not have delivered him over to you."

³¹ Pilate said to them, "Take him yourselves and judge him by your own law." The Jews said to him, "It is not lawful for us to put anyone to death." ³² This was to fulfill the word that Jesus had spoken to show by what kind of death he was going to die.