And from thenceforth Pilate sought to release him: but the Jews cried out, saying, If thou let this man go, thou art not Cesar's friend: whosoever maketh himself a king speaketh against Cesar.
When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he brought Jesus forth, and sat down in the judgment seat in a place that is called the Pavement, but in the Hebrew, Gabbatha. And it was the preparation of the passover, and about the sixth hour.
CHAPTER LXXII.
JESUS BEFORE HEROD—MESSAGE TO PILATE FROM HIS WIFE.
AND Jesus stood before the governor: and they began to accuse him, saying, We found this fellow perverting the nation, and forbidding to give tribute to Cesar, saying that he himself is Christ a King. And Pilate the governor, asked him, saying, Art thou the King of the Jews? And Jesus saith unto him,
Thou sayest.
And the chief priests accused him of many things: and when he was accused of the chief priests and elders, he answered nothing.
And Pilate asked him again, saying, Answerest thou nothing? hearest thou not how many things
they witness against thee? And he answered him to never a word; insomuch that the governor marvelled greatly.