Mat 27:1-2, 11-14, Luk 23:1-5, Joh 18:28-38 | ISV | STEP | Jesus Is Taken to Pilate When morning came, all the high priests and the elders of the people conspired against Jesus to put him to death.

Matthew 27:1-2

1 Jesus Is Taken to Pilate Mark 15:1; Luke 23:1-2; John 18:28-32

When morning came, all the high priests and the elders of the people conspired against Jesus to put him to death.Ps 2:2; Mark 15:1; Luke 22:66; 23:1; John 18:28 2 They bound him with chains, led him away, and handed him over to Pontius ^{▼▼Other mss. lack Pontius} Pilate, the governor.Matt 20:19; Acts 3:13

Matthew 27:11-14

11 Pilate Questions Jesus Mark 15:2-5; Luke 23:3-5; John 18:33-38Meanwhile, Jesus was made to stand in front of the governor. The governor asked him, “Are you the king of the Jews?”

Jesus said, “You say so.”Mark 15:2; Luke 23:3; John 18:33, 37; 1Tim 6:13

12 While Jesus ^{▼▼Lit. he} was being accused by the high priests and elders, he made no reply.Matt 26:63; John 19:9 13 Then Pilate said to him, “Don't you hear how many charges they're bringing against you?”Matt 26:62; John 19:10 14 But Jesus ^{▼▼Lit. he} did not reply at all, so that the governor was very surprised.

Luke 23:1-5

1 Jesus Is Taken to Pilate Matthew 27:1-2, 11-14; Mark 15:1-5; John 18:28-38

Then the whole crowd got up and took him to Pilate.Matt 27:2; Mark 15:1; John 18:28 2 They began to accuse him, “We found this man corrupting our nation, forbidding us to pay taxes to Caesar, and saying that he is the Christ, ^{▼▼I.e. the Messiah} a king.”Matt 17:27; 22:21; Mark 12:17; John 19:12; Acts 17:7

3 Then Pilate asked him, “Are you the king of the Jews?”

He answered him, “You say so.”Matt 27:11; 1Tim 6:13

4 Then Pilate said to the high priests and crowds, “I do not find anything blameworthy in this man.”1Pet 2:22

5 But they kept insisting, “He is stirring up the people by teaching all over Judea, beginning in Galilee even to this place.”

John 18:28-38

28 Pilate Questions Jesus Matthew 27:1-2; Mark 15:1-5; Luke 23:1-5Then they led Jesus from Caiaphas to the governor's headquarters. ^{▼▼Lit. to the praetorium} It was early in the morning, and the Jews ^{▼▼Lit. they} did not go into the headquarters for fear that they might become unclean and be unable to eat the Passover meal.Matt 27:2; Mark 15:1; Luke 23:1; Acts 3:13; 10:28; 11:3 29 So Pilate came out to them and said, “What accusation are you bringing against this man?”

30 They answered him, “If he weren't a criminal, we wouldn't have handed him over to you.”

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.” 32 This was to fulfill what Jesus had said ^{▼▼Lit. the word of Jesus that he said} when he indicated the kind of death he was to die.Matt 20:19; John 12:32-33

33 So Pilate went back into the governor's headquarters, ^{▼▼Lit. into the praetorium} summoned Jesus, and said to him, “Are you the king of the Jews?”Matt 27:11

34 Jesus replied, “Are you asking this on your own initiative, or did others tell you about me?”

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?”

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. ^{▼▼I.e. Jewish leaders} But for now my kingdom is not from here.”Dan 2:44; 7:14; Luke 12:14; John 6:15; 8:15; 1Tim 6:13

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.”John 8:47; 1John 3:19; 4:6

38 Pilate said to him, “What is ‘truth’?” After he said this, he went out to the Jews ^{▼▼I.e. Jewish leaders} again and told them, “I find no basis for a charge against him.Matt 27:24; Luke 23:4; John 19:4, 6