John 18:26-36

26 One of the servants of the high priest, a relative of ¹the man whose ear Peter had cut off, asked, "Did I not see you ²in the garden with him?"

27 Peter again denied it, and ³at once a rooster crowed.

Jesus Before Pilate

28 ⁴Then they led Jesus ⁵from the house of Caiaphas to ⁶the governor's headquarters.^[a] It was early morning. They themselves did not enter the governor's headquarters, ⁷so that they would not be defiled, ⁸but could eat the Passover.

29 ⁹So Pilate went outside to them and said, "What accusation do you bring against this man?"

30 They answered him, "If this man were not doing evil, we would not have delivered him over to you."

31 Pilate said to them, ¹⁰"Take him yourselves and judge him by your own law." The Jews said to him, "It is not lawful for us to put anyone to death."

32 ¹¹This was to fulfill the word that Jesus had spoken ¹²to show by what kind of death he was going to die.

My Kingdom Is Not of This World

33 ¹³So Pilate entered his headquarters again and called Jesus and said to him, ¹⁴"Are you the King of the Jews?"

34 Jesus answered, "Do you say this of your own accord, or did others say it to you about me?"

35 Pilate answered, "Am I a Jew? Your own nation and the chief priests have delivered you over to me. What have you done?"

36 Jesus answered, ¹⁵"My kingdom ¹⁶is not of this world. If my kingdom were of this world, ¹⁷my servants would have been fighting, that ¹⁸I might not be delivered over to the Jews. But my kingdom is not from the world."