Jesus before Pilate

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Mat 27:11–26

11 Now Jesus stood before the governor, and the governor asked him, “Are you the King of the Jews?” Jesus answered him, “You say so.”
12 But when he was accused by the chief priests and elders, he answered nothing.
13 Then Pilate said to him, “Do you not hear all the charges against you?”
14 But he did not answer even one word, so that the governor was greatly amazed.
15 Now at the feast it was the custom of the governor to release one prisoner chosen by the crowd.
16 At that time they had a notorious prisoner named Barabbas.
17 So when they were gathered together, Pilate said to them, “Who do you want me to release for you? Barabbas, or Jesus who is called Christ?”
18 He knew that they had handed Jesus over to him because of envy.
19 While he was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent word to him and said, “Have nothing to do with that innocent man. For I have suffered much today because of a dream I had about him.”
20 Now the chief priests and the elders persuaded the crowd to ask for Barabbas, and have Jesus killed.
21 The governor asked them, “Which of the two do you want me to release to you?” They said, “Barabbas.”
22 Pilate said to them, “What should I do with Jesus who is called Christ?” They all answered, “Crucify him.”
23 Then he said, “Why, what crime has he done?” But they cried out even louder, “Crucify him.”
24 So when Pilate saw that he could not do anything, but instead a riot was starting, he took water, washed his hands in front of the crowd, and said, “I am innocent of the blood of this innocent man. See to it yourselves.”
25 All the people said, “May his blood be on us and our children.”
26 Then he released Barabbas to them, but he scourged Jesus and handed him over to be crucified.

Mrk 15:1–15

1 Early in the morning, the chief priests met together with the elders and scribes and the entire Jewish council. Then they bound Jesus and led him away. They handed him over to Pilate.
2 Pilate asked him, “Are you the King of the Jews?” He answered him, “You say so.”
3 The chief priests were presenting many charges against Jesus.
4 Pilate again asked him, “Do you give no answer? See how many charges they are bringing against you!”
5 But Jesus no longer answered Pilate, and that amazed him.
6 Now at the time of the feast, Pilate usually released to them one prisoner, a prisoner they requested.
7 There with the rebels in prison, among the murderers held for their part in the rebellion, was a man named Barabbas.
8 The crowd came to Pilate and began to ask him to do for them as he had done in the past.
9 Pilate answered them and said, “Do you want me to release to you the King of the Jews?”
10 For he knew that it was because of envy that the chief priests had handed Jesus over to him.
11 But the chief priests stirred up the crowd to cry out that Barabbas should be released instead.
12 Pilate answered them again and said, “What then should I do with the King of the Jews?”
13 They shouted again, “Crucify him!”
14 Pilate said to them, “What wrong has he done?” But they shouted more and more, “Crucify him.”
15 Pilate wanted to satisfy the crowd, so he released Barabbas to them. He scourged Jesus and then handed him over to be crucified.

Luk 23:1–25

1 The whole company of them rose up and brought Jesus before Pilate.
2 They began to accuse him, saying, “We found this man perverting our nation, forbidding to give tribute to Caesar, and saying that he himself is Christ, a king.”
3 Pilate asked him, saying, “Are you the King of the Jews?” Jesus answered him and said, “You say so.”
4 Pilate said to the chief priests and the multitudes, “I find no fault in this man.”
5 But they were insisting, saying, “He stirs up the people, teaching throughout all Judea, beginning from Galilee even to this place.”
6 So when Pilate heard this, he asked whether the man was a Galilean.
7 When he discovered that he was under Herod's authority, he sent Jesus to Herod, who himself also was at Jerusalem in those days.
8 When Herod saw Jesus, he was very glad, because he had wanted to see him for a long time. He had heard about him and he hoped to see some miracle done by him.
9 Herod questioned Jesus in many words, but Jesus answered him nothing.
10 The chief priests and the scribes stood, violently accusing him.
11 Herod with his soldiers insulted Jesus and they mocked him. Then they dressed him in elegant clothes and sent him back to Pilate.
12 For Herod and Pilate had become friends with each other that very day, for before this they had been enemies with each other.
13 Pilate then called together the chief priests and the rulers and the crowd of people,
14 and said to them, “You brought to me this man like a man who is leading the people to act badly, and see, I, having questioned him before you, find no fault in this man concerning those things of which you accuse him.
15 No, nor does Herod, for he sent him back to us, and see, nothing worthy of death has been done by him.
16 I will therefore punish him, and release him.”
17 But they cried out all together, saying, “Away with this man, and release to us Barabbas!”
18 Barabbas was a man who had been put into prison for a certain rebellion in the city and for murder.
19 Pilate addressed them again, desiring to release Jesus.
20 But they shouted, saying, “Crucify him, crucify him.”
21 He said to them a third time, “Why, what evil has this man done? I have found nothing deserving the death penalty in him. Therefore after punishing him, I will release him.”
22 But they were insistent with loud voices, demanding for him to be crucified. Their voices convinced Pilate.
23 So Pilate decided to grant their demand.
24 He released the one they asked for who had been put in prison for rioting and murder. But he delivered up Jesus to their will.
25 As they led him away, they seized one Simon of Cyrene, coming from the country, and they laid the cross on him to carry, following Jesus.

Jhn 18:28–40

28 Then they led Jesus from Caiaphas to the government headquarters. It was early in the morning, and they did not enter the government headquarters so that they would not be defiled but would eat the Passover.
29 So Pilate went out to them and said, “What accusation are you bringing against this man?”
30 They answered and said to him, “If this man was not an evildoer, we would not have given him over to you.”
31 Pilate therefore said to them, “Take him yourselves, and judge him according to your law.” The Jews said to him, “It is not lawful for us to put any man to death.”
32 They said this so that the word of Jesus would be fulfilled which he had spoken to indicate by what kind of death he would die.
33 Then Pilate entered the government headquarters again and called Jesus and he said to him, “Are you the King of the Jews?”
34 Jesus answered, “Do you speak from yourself, or did others speak to you about me?”
35 Pilate answered, “I am not a Jew, am I? Your own people and the chief priests gave you over to me. What did you do?”
36 Jesus answered, “My kingdom is not of this world. If my kingdom were part of this world, then my servants would fight so that I would not be given over to the Jews. But now my kingdom is not from here.”
37 Pilate then said to him, “Are you a king then?” Jesus answered, “You say that I am a king. For this purpose I have been born, and for this purpose I have come into the world, so that I would bear witness to the truth. Everyone who belongs to the truth listens to my voice.”
38 Pilate said to him, “What is truth?” When he had said this, he went out again to the Jews and said to them, “I find no guilt in this man.
39 But you have the custom that I release one person to you at the Passover. So do you want me to release the King of the Jews to you?”
40 Then they cried out again and said, “Not this man, but Barabbas.” Now Barabbas was a robber.