1. Then the whole assembly of them arose and brought him before Pilate.
2. They brought charges against him, saying, “We found this man misleading our people; he opposes the payment of taxes to Caesar and maintains that he is the Messiah, a king.”
3. Pilate asked him, “Are you the king of the Jews?” He said to him in reply, “You say so.”
4. Pilate then addressed the chief priests and the crowds, “I find this man not guilty.”
5. But they were adamant and said, “He is inciting the people with his teaching throughout all Judea, from Galilee where he began even to here.”
6. On hearing this Pilate asked if the man was a Galilean;
7. and upon learning that he was under Herod’s jurisdiction, he sent him to Herod who was in Jerusalem at that time.