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Then the whole assembly rose and led him off to Pilate.
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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 Messiah, a king.”
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So Pilate asked Jesus, “Are you the king of the Jews?”
“You have said so,” Jesus replied.
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Then Pilate announced to the chief priests and the crowd, “I find no basis for a charge against this man.”
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But they insisted, “He stirs up the people all over Judea by his teaching. He started in Galilee and has come all the way here.”
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On hearing this, Pilate asked if the man was a Galilean.
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When he learned that Jesus was under Herod’s jurisdiction, he sent him to Herod, who was also in Jerusalem at that time.
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When Herod saw Jesus, he was greatly pleased, because for a long time he had been wanting to see him. From what he had heard about him, he hoped to see him perform a sign of some sort.
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He plied him with many questions, but Jesus gave him no answer.