Luke 23:1-6

Jesus Faces Pilate

1 Then their whole assembly rose up and brought Him before Pilate.

2 They began to accuse Him, saying, "We found this man subverting our nation, opposing payment of taxes to Caesar, and saying that He Himself is the Messiah, a King."

3 So Pilate asked Him, "Are You the King of the Jews?" He answered him, "You have said it." ^[a]

4 Pilate then told the chief priests and the crowds, "I find no grounds for charging this man."

5 But they kept insisting, "He stirs up the people, teaching throughout all Judea, from Galilee where He started even to here."

Jesus Faces Herod Antipas

6 When Pilate heard this,^[b] he asked if the man was a Galilean.

Footnotes

• [a] Or That is true; an affirmative oath
• [b] Other mss read heard "Galilee"