John 18:33-40 - Pilate Questions Jesus
33 So Pilate went back into the governor's house and called Jesus and said to him, "Are you the king of the Jews?"
34 Jesus answered, "Did you think of that yourself, or has someone else said it to you about me?"
35 Pilate answered, "Do you take me for a Jew? Your own people and the high priests handed you over to me. What offense have you committed?"
36 Jesus answered, "My kingdom is not a kingdom of this world. If my kingdom were a kingdom of this world, my men would have fought to keep me from being handed over to the Jews. But as it is, my kingdom has no such origin."
37 Pilate said to him, "Then you are a king?" Jesus answered, "As you say, I am a king. It was for this that I was born and for this that I came to the world, to give testimony for truth. Everyone who is on the side of truth listens to my voice."
38 Pilate said to him, "What is truth!" With these words he went outside again to the Jews, and said to them, "I can find nothing to charge him with. 39 But it is your custom to have me release one man for you at Passover time. Do you want me therefore to release the king of the Jews for you?"
40 Then they shouted back, "No! Not him, but Barabbas!" Now Barabbas was a robber.