Luke 23:1-5 - Jesus Brought Before Pilate

¹ Then they all rose in a body and led Jesus before Pilate. ² And they began to accuse him: "This is a man whom we found misleading our people, preventing them from paying taxes to the Emperor, and giving out that he himself is 'Christ, a King.'"

³ "Are you the King of the Jews?" Pilate asked him. "It is true," replied Jesus.

⁴ But Pilate, turning to the Chief Priests and the people, said: "I do not see anything to find fault with in this man."

⁵ But they insisted: "He is stirring up the people by his teaching all through Judea; he began with Galilee and has now come here."

²⁸ From Caiaphas they took Jesus to the Government House. It was early in the morning. But they did not enter the Government House themselves, lest they should become 'defiled,' and so be unable to eat the Passover.

²⁹ Therefore Pilate came outside to speak to them. "What charge do you bring against this man?" he asked.

³⁰ "If he had not been a criminal, we should not have given him up to you," they answered.

³¹ "Take him yourselves," said Pilate, "and try him by your own Law." "We have no power to put any one to death," the Jews replied- - ³² In fulfillment of what Jesus had said when indicating the death that he was destined to die.