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With that, the whole Sanhedrin got up and brought Yeshua before Pilate,
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where they started accusing him. "We found this man subverting our nation, forbidding us to pay taxes to the Emperor and claiming that he himself is the Messiah -- a king!"
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Pilate asked him, "Are you the king of the Jews?" And he answered him, "The words are yours." P
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ilate said to the head cohanim and the crowds, "I find no ground for a charge against this man.
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But they persisted. "He is inciting the people with his teaching throughout all Y'hudah -- he started in the Galil, and now he's here!"
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On hearing this, Pilate asked if the man was from the Galil;
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and when he learned that he was under Herod's jurisdiction, he sent him over to Herod, who at that time happened to be in Yerushalayim too.
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Herod was delighted to see Yeshua, because he had heard about him and for a long time had been wanting to meet him; indeed, he hoped to see him perform some miracle.