Pilate Questions Jesus^(A)

¹¹ Yeshua stood in front of the governor, Pilate. The governor asked him, “Are you the king of the Jews?”

“Yes, I am,” Yeshua answered.

¹² While the chief priests and leaders were accusing him, he said nothing. ¹³ Then Pilate asked him, “Don’t you hear how many charges they’re bringing against you?”

¹⁴ But Yeshua said absolutely nothing to him in reply, so the governor was very surprised.

Pilate Questions Jesus^(A)

15 Early in the morning the chief priests immediately came to a decision with the leaders and the experts in Moses’ Teachings. The whole Jewish council decided to tie Yeshua up, lead him away, and hand him over to Pilate.

² Pilate asked him, “Are you the king of the Jews?”

“Yes, I am,” Yeshua answered him.

³ The chief priests were accusing him of many things.

⁴ So Pilate asked him again, “Don’t you have any answer? Look how many accusations they’re bringing against you!”

⁵ But Yeshua no longer answered anything, so Pilate was surprised.

Pilate Questions Jesus^(A)

23 Then the entire assembly stood up and took him to Pilate.

² They began to accuse Yeshua by saying, “We found that he stirs up trouble among our people: He keeps them from paying taxes to the emperor, and he says that he is Christ, a king.”

³ Pilate asked him, “Are you the king of the Jews?”

“Yes, I am,” Yeshua answered.

⁴ Pilate said to the chief priests and the crowd, “I can’t find this man guilty of any crime.”