² And they began to accuse him, saying, “We have found this man subverting our nation.^(A) He opposes payment of taxes to Caesar^(B) and claims to be Messiah, a king.”^(C)

⁵ But they insisted, “He stirs up the people all over Judea by his teaching. He started in Galilee^(A) and has come all the way here.”

¹⁰ The chief priests and the teachers of the law were standing there, vehemently accusing him.