isv John:18:28-40
isv@John:18:28 @ Then they led Jesus from Caiaphas to the governor's headquarters. It was early in the morning, and the Jews did not go into the headquarters for fear that they might become unclean and be unable to eat the Passover meal.
isv@John:18:29 @ So Pilate came out to them and said, “What accusation are you bringing against this man?”
isv@John:18:30 @ They answered him, “If he weren't a criminal, we wouldn't have handed him over to you.”
isv@John:18:31 @ Pilate told them, “You take him and try him according to your law.”The Jews said to him, “It is not legal for us to put anyone to death.”
isv@John:18:32 @ This was to fulfill what Jesus had said when he indicated the kind of death he was to die.
isv@John:18:33 @ So Pilate went back into the governor's headquarters, summoned Jesus, and said to him, “Are you the king of the Jews?”
isv@John:18:34 @ Jesus replied,“Are you asking this on your own initiative, or did others tell you about me?”
isv@John:18:35 @ Pilate replied, “I am not a Jew, am I? It is your own nation and high priests who have handed you over to me. What have you done?”
isv@John:18:36 @ Jesus answered,“My kingdom does not belong to this world. If my kingdom belonged to this world, my servants would fight to keep me from being handed over to the Jews.But for now my kingdom is not from here.”
isv@John:18:37 @ Pilate said to him, “So you are a king?”Jesus answered,“You say that I am a king. I was born for this, and I came into the world for this: to testify to the truth. Everyone who belongs to the truth listens to my voice.”
isv@John:18:38 @ Pilate said to him, “What is ‘truth’?” After he said this, he went out to the Jews again and told them, “I find no basis for a charge against him.
isv@John:18:39 @ But you have a custom that I release one person for you at Passover. Do you want me to release for you the king of the Jews?”
isv@John:18:40 @ At this, they shouted out again, “Not this fellow, but Barabbas!” Now Barabbas was a revolutionary.
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