37. Then Pilate said, “So you are a king!” Jesus replied, “You say that I am a king. For this reason I was born, and for this reason I came into the world – to testify to the truth. Everyone who belongs to the truth listens to my voice.”
38. Pilate asked, “What is truth?”When he had said this he went back outside to the Jewish leaders and announced, “I find no basis for an accusation against him.
39. But it is your custom that I release one prisoner for you at the Passover. So do you want me to release for you the king of the Jews?”
40. Then they shouted back, “Not this man, but Barabbas!” (Now Barabbas was a revolutionary.)