1. At daybreak, the chief priests—with the elders, legal experts, and the whole Sanhedrin—formed a plan. They bound Jesus, led him away, and turned him over to Pilate.
2. Pilate questioned him, "Are you the king of the Jews?" Jesus replied, "That’s what you say."
3. The chief priests were accusing him of many things.
4. Pilate asked him again, "Aren’t you going to answer? What about all these accusations?"
5. But Jesus gave no more answers, so that Pilate marveled.
6. During the festival, Pilate released one prisoner to them, whomever they requested.
7. A man named Barabbas was locked up with the rebels who had committed murder during an uprising.
8. The crowd pushed forward and asked Pilate to release someone, as he regularly did.