1. THEN THE whole assembly of them got up and conducted [Jesus] before Pilate.
2. And they began to accuse Him, asserting, We found this Man perverting (misleading, corrupting, and turning away) our nation and forbidding to pay tribute to Caesar, saying that He Himself is Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed One), a King!
3. So Pilate asked Him, Are You the King of the Jews? And He answered him, [It is just as] you say. [I AM.]
4. And Pilate said to the chief priests and the throngs, I find no guilt or crime in this Man.
5. But they were urgent and emphatic, saying, He stirs up and excites the people, teaching throughout all Judea–from Galilee, where He began, even to this place.
6. Upon hearing this, Pilate asked whether the Man was a Galilean.