1
The whole company of them rose up and brought him before Pilate.
2
They began to accuse him, saying, "We found this man perverting the nation, forbidding paying taxes to Caesar, and saying that he himself is Messiah, a king."
3
Pilate asked him, "Are you the King of the Yehudim?" He answered him, "So you say."
4
Pilate said to the chief Kohanim and the multitudes, "I find no basis for a charge against this man.
5
But they insisted, saying, "He stirs up the people, teaching throughout all Yehudah, beginning from the Galil even to this place."
6
But when Pilate heard Galil mentioned, he asked if the man was a Gelili.
7
When he found out that he was in Herod's jurisdiction, he sent him to Herod, who was also in Yerushalayim in those days.
8
Now when Herod saw Yeshua, he was exceedingly glad, for he had wanted to see him for a long time, because he had heard many things about him. He hoped to see some miracle done by him.
9
He questioned him with many words, but he gave no answers.
10
The chief Kohanim and the Sofrim stood, vehemently accusing him.
11
Herod with his soldiers humiliated him and mocked him. Dressing him in luxurious clothing, they sent him back to Pilate.