Then the governor's soldiers took Jesus into the barracks, and got the whole battalion together about him.

and they began to acclaim him, "Long live the king of the Jews!"

Then they took Jesus from Caiaphas to the governor's house. It was early in the morning, and they would not go into the governor's house themselves, to avoid being ceremonially defiled and to be able to eat the Passover supper.

So Pilate went back into the governor's house and called Jesus and said to him, "Are you the king of the Jews?"

and he went back into the governor's house and said to Jesus, "Where do you come from?" But Jesus made no answer.

to whom he wrote a letter to this effect:

Thus it is generally known throughout the Imperial Guard and elsewhere that it is for the sake of Christ that I am in prison,

But what difference does it make? All that matters is that, in one way or another, from false motives or honest ones, Christ is being made known; I am glad of that. Yes, and I expect to be glad,