Luke 23:1-5 - Jesus Brought Before Pilate

¹ Then they all rose up and led Him to Pilate. ² And they began to accuse Him, saying, We found this fellow perverting the nation, and forbiding to give tribute to Cesar; saying, that He himself is Christ the king.

³ And Pilate asked Him, saying, Art thou the king of the Jews? And He answered him and said, I am as thou sayest.

⁴ But Pilate said to the chief priests, and to the people, I find nothing criminal in this man.

⁵ Then they were more vehement, saying, He stirreth up the people to sedition, spreading his doctrine throughout all Judea: having begun at Galilee and come even to this place.

²⁸ Then they led Jesus from Caiaphas to the pretorium: (now it was morning) and they themselves went not in to the court, least they should be defiled, and so might not eat of the passover.

²⁹ Therefore Pilate went out to them, and said, What accusation do ye bring against this man?

³⁰ They answered him, If He were not a malefactor, we should not have delivered Him to thee.

³¹ Then said Pilate to them, Take Him, 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 that what Jesus had said might be fulfilled, signifying by what death He should die.