(A)And they began to bring charges against Him, saying, “We found this man (B)misleading our nation and (C)forbidding us to pay taxes to Caesar, and saying that He Himself is [a]Christ, a King.” Now Pilate asked Him, saying, “So You are the King of the Jews?” And He answered him and said, (D)It is as you say.” But Pilate said to the chief priests and the crowds, “(E)I find no grounds for charges in the case of this man.”

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 23:2 I.e., the Messiah

And they began to accuse him, saying, “We have found this man subverting our nation.(A) He opposes payment of taxes to Caesar(B) and claims to be Messiah, a king.”(C)

So Pilate asked Jesus, “Are you the king of the Jews?”

“You have said so,” Jesus replied.

Then Pilate announced to the chief priests and the crowd, “I find no basis for a charge against this man.”(D)

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