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.
8. Herod was very glad to see Jesus; he had been wanting to see him for a long time, for he had heard about him and had been hoping to see him perform some sign.
9. He questioned him at length, but he gave him no answer.
10. The chief priests and scribes, meanwhile, stood by accusing him harshly.
11. [Even] Herod and his soldiers treated him contemptuously and mocked him, and after clothing him in resplendent garb, he sent him back to Pilate.
12. Herod and Pilate became friends that very day, even though they had been enemies formerly.
13. Pilate then summoned the chief priests, the rulers, and the people