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So they took Jesus from the house of Caiaphas to the Praetorium. It was early. They themselves did not go into the Praetorium, so that they might not become unclean, but might take the Passover.
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So Pilate came out to them and put the question: What have you to say against this man?
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They said to him in answer, If the man was not a wrongdoer we would not have given him up to you.
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Then Pilate said to them, Take him yourselves and let him be judged by your law. But the Jews said to him, We have no right to put any man to death.
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(That the word of Jesus might come true, pointing to the sort of death he would have.)
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Then Pilate went back into the Praetorium and sent for Jesus and said to him, Are you the King of the Jews?
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Jesus made answer, Do you say this of yourself, or did others say it about me?
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Pilate said, Am I a Jew? Your nation and the chief priests have given you into my hands: what have you done?
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Jesus said in answer, My kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom was of this world, my disciples would have made a good fight to keep me out of the hands of the Jews: but my kingdom is not here.
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Then Pilate said to him, Are you then a king? Jesus made answer, You say that I am a king. For this purpose was I given birth, and for this purpose I came into the world, that I might give witness to what is true. Every lover of what is true gives ear to my voice.
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Pilate said to him, True? what is true? Having said this he went out again to the Jews and said to them, I see no wrong in him.