Luke 23:1-5 - Jesus Brought Before Pilate

¹ At length the whole assembly broke up, and Jesus was conducted to Pilate: ² and thus they began their charge, we found this man subverting our nation, opposing the giving tribute to Cesar, asserting that he himself is Christ the king.

³ then Pilate ask'd him, art thou the king of the Jews? Jesus answer'd him, 'tis as you say.

⁴ at last Pilate said to the chief priests, and to the people, I don't find any crime in this man.

⁵ but they were the more vehement, saying, he promotes sedition by speading such doctrine thro' all Judea, from Galilee to this place.

²⁸ Then they led Jesus early in the morning from Caiaphas, to the Pretorium: but the Jews themselves did not enter into the Pretorium, lest they should be defiled: and so not be in a condition to eat the passover.

²⁹ Pilate therefore went out to them, and said, what crime do you object to this man?

³⁰ they answered him, if he were not a malefactor, we would not have delivered him to you.

³¹ Pilate then said to them, take him your selves, and judge him according to your law. but the Jews said to him, it is not lawful for us to put any man to death. ³² so that what Jesus had said, to signify the death he should die, was actually accomplished.