| 1 Then the whole
assembly rose and led him off to Pilate. 2
And they began to accuse him, saying, "We have found this man subverting
our nation. He opposes payment of taxes to Caesar and claims to be Christ, a
king."
3 So Pilate asked Jesus, "Are you the
king of the Jews?"
"Yes, it is as you say," Jesus replied.
4 Then Pilate announced to the chief
priests and the crowd, "I find no basis for a charge against this man."
Luke 23:1-4
33 Pilate then went back inside the
palace, summoned Jesus and asked him, "Are you the king of the Jews?"
34 "Is that your own idea," Jesus
asked, "or did others talk to you about me?"
35 "Am I a Jew?" Pilate replied. "It
was your people and your chief priests who handed you over to me. What is it you
have done?"
36 Jesus said, "My kingdom is not of
this world. If it were, my servants would fight to prevent my arrest by the
Jews. But now my kingdom is from another place."
37 "You are a king, then!" said
Pilate.
Jesus answered, "You are right in saying I am a king. In fact, for this
reason I was born, and for this I came into the world, to testify to the truth.
Everyone on the side of truth listens to me."
38 "What is truth?" Pilate asked.
With this he went out again to the Jews and said, "I find no basis for a
charge against him.
John 18:33-38
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