29. Pilate then went out to them and said, “What accusation do you bring against this Man?”
30. They answered him, “If He were not an evildoer, we would not have handed Him over to you.”
31. Then Pilate said, “Take Him and judge Him according to your law.”The Jews said to him, “It is not lawful for us to put anyone to death,”
32. that the saying of Jesus might be fulfilled which He spoke, signifying what death He would die.
33. Again Pilate entered the Praetorium, called Jesus, and said to Him, “Are You the King of the Jews?”
34. Jesus answered him, “Are you speaking of your own accord, or did others tell you about Me?”
35. Pilate answered, “Am I a Jew? Your own nation and the chief priests handed You over to me. What have You done?”
36. Jesus answered, “My kingdom is not of this world. If My kingdom were of this world, then My servants would fight, that I would not be handed over to the Jews. But now My kingdom is not from here.”
37. Therefore Pilate said to Him, “Then are You a king?”Jesus answered, “You say correctly that I am a king. For this reason I was born, and for this reason I came into the world, to bear witness to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth hears My voice.”
38. Pilate said to Him, “What is truth?” When he had said this, he went out again to the Jews and said to them, “I find no guilt in Him at all.
39. “But you have a custom, that I should release someone to you at the Passover. Do you therefore want me to release to you the King of the Jews?”
40. They all shouted again, “Not this Man, but Barabbas!” Now Barabbas was a robber.