Then the governor's soldiers took Jesus into the imperial headquarters and gathered the whole company of soldiers around him.

They began to greet him, "Long live the king of the Jews!"

Then Jesus was led from Caiaphas to the governor's headquarters early in the morning. The Jews did not go into the headquarters, to avoid becoming unclean and unable to eat the Passover meal.

So Pilate went back into the governor's headquarters, summoned Jesus, and asked him, "Are you the king of the Jews?"

Returning to his headquarters, he asked Jesus, "Where are you from?" But Jesus did not answer him.

He wrote a letter with this message:

As a result, it has become clear to the whole imperial guard and to everyone else that I am in prison for preaching about the Messiah.

But so what? Just this that in every way, whether by false or true motives, the Messiah is being proclaimed. Because of this, I rejoice and will continue to rejoice.