^2 (A)And Pilate asked him, ^(B)“Are you the King of the Jews?” And he answered him, ^(C)“You have said so.” ³ And the chief priests accused him of many things. ⁴ And Pilate again asked him, ^(D)“Have you no answer to make? See how many charges they bring against you.” ⁵ But Jesus ^(E)made no further answer, so that Pilate was amazed.

² And they began to accuse him, saying, “We found this man ^(A)misleading our nation and ^(B)forbidding us to give tribute to ^(C)Caesar, and saying that he himself is Christ, ^(D)a king.” ^3 (E)And Pilate asked him, ^(F)“Are you the King of the Jews?” And he answered him, ^(G)“You have said so.”

^29 (A)So Pilate went outside to them and said, “What accusation do you bring against this man?” ³⁰ They answered him, “If this man were not doing evil, we would not have delivered him over to you.” ³¹ Pilate said to them, ^(B)“Take him yourselves and judge him by your own law.” The Jews said to him, “It is not lawful for us to put anyone to death.” ^32 (C)This was to fulfill the word that Jesus had spoken ^(D)to show by what kind of death he was going to die.

My Kingdom Is Not of This World

^33 (E)So Pilate entered his headquarters again and called Jesus and said to him, ^(F)“Are you the King of the Jews?” ³⁴ Jesus answered, “Do you say this of your own accord, or did others say it to you about me?” ³⁵ Pilate answered, “Am I a Jew? Your own nation and the chief priests have delivered you over to me. What have you done?” ³⁶ Jesus answered, ^(G)“My kingdom ^(H)is not of this world. If my kingdom were of this world, ^(I)my servants would have been fighting, that ^(J)I might not be delivered over to the Jews. But my kingdom is not from the world.” ³⁷ Then Pilate said to him, “So you are a king?” Jesus answered, ^(K)“You say that I am a king. ^(L)For this purpose I was born and for this purpose ^(M)I have come into the world—^(N)to bear witness to the truth. ^(O)Everyone who is ^(P)of the truth ^(Q)listens to my voice.” ³⁸ Pilate said to him, “What is truth?”

After he had said this, ^(R)he went back outside to the Jews and told them, ^(S)“I find no guilt in him.