Then from the house of Caiaphas they took Jesus to the praetorium. (It was early morning.) They would not enter the praetorium themselves, in case of being ceremonially defiled, for they wanted to eat the passover;

So Pilate went back inside the praetorium and called Jesus, saying, "Then you are king of the Jews?"

he went inside the praetorium again and asked Jesus, "Where do you come from?" Jesus made no reply.