4 Or, I took.

5 Or, whom they priced on the part of the sons of Israel.

6 Some ancient authorities read I gave.

§ 159. JESUS BEFORE PILATE THE FIRSTa TIME

Jerusalem. Friday, early morning

Mark 15:1-5Matt. 27:2, 11-14Luke 23:1-5John 18:28-38
1 and bound
Jesus, and
carried him
away, and
delivered him
up to Pilate.







2 And Pilate
asked him,
Art
thou the King
of the Jews?
And he
answering saith
unto him,
Thou sayest.







3 And the
chief priests
accused him of
many things.
4 And Pilate
again asked
him, saying,
Answerest
thou nothing?
behold how
many things
they accuse
thee of. 5 But
Jesus no more
answered
anything;
insomuch that
Pilate
marvelled.
2 and they
bound him,
and led him
away, and
delivered him
up to Pilate the
governor.






11 Now Jesus
stood before
the governor:
and the
governor asked
him, saying,
Art thou the
King of the
Jews? And
Jesus said unto
him, Thou
sayest.







12 And when
he was accused
by the chief
priests and
elders, he
answered
nothing.
13 Then saith
Pilate unto him,
Hearest thou
not how many
things they
witness against
thee? 14 And he
gave him no
answer, not
even to one
word: insomuch
that the governor
marvelled
greatly.
1 And the
whole company
of them
rose up, and
brought him
before Pilate.

2 And they
began to accuse
him, saying,
We found
this man
perverting our
nation, and
forbidding to
give tribute to
Cæsar, and
saying that he
himself is
1Christ a king.



3 And Pilate
asked him,
saying,
Art thou
the King of the
Jews? And he
answered him
and said, Thou
sayest.






4 And
Pilate said
unto the chief
priests and the
multitudes, I
find no fault
in this man.


5 But they were
the more
urgent, saying,
He stirreth up
the people,
teaching
throughout
all Judea, and
beginning from
Galilee even
unto this place.
28 They lead
Jesus therefore
from Caiaphas
into the 2palace:
and it was
early;
and they
themselves
entered not into
the 2palace, that
they might not
be defiled,
but might eat
the passover.
29 Pilate
therefore
went out unto
them, and saith,
What accusation
bring
ye against this
man? 30 They
answered and
said unto him,
If this man
were not an
evil-doer, we
should not
have delivered
him up unto
thee. 31 Pilate
therefore said
unto them,
Take him
yourselves,
and judge him
according to
your law. The
Jews said unto
him, It is not
lawful for us
to put any
man to death:
32 that the word
of Jesus might
be fulfilled,
which he
spake, signifying
by what
manner of
death he should
die. 33 Pilate
therefore
entered
again into the
2palace, and
called Jesus,
and said unto
him,
Art thou
the King of the
Jews? 34 Jesus
answered,
Sayest thou this
of thyself, or
did others tell it
thee concerning
me? 35 Pilate
answered, Am
I a Jew? Thine
own nation
and the chief
priests delivered
thee unto me:
what hast thou
done? 36 Jesus
answered,
My kingdom
is not of
this world: if
my kingdom
were of this
world, then
would my
3servants fight,
that I should
not be delivered
to the Jews:
but now is my
kingdom not
from hence.
37 Pilate
therefore said
unto him, Art
thou a king then?
Jesus answered,
4Thou sayest
that I am
a king. To
this end have
I been born,
and to this end
am I come into
the world, that
I should bear
witness unto
the truth.
Every one that
is of the truth
heareth my
voice. 38 Pilate
saith unto
him, What is
truth? And
when he had
said this, he
went out again
unto the
Jews, and saith
unto them, I
find no crime
in him.

1 Or, an anointed king.

2 Gr. Prætorium.

3 Or, officers: as in verses 3, 12, 18, 22.