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23 Jesus replied, “If I said anything wrong, you must prove it. But if I’m
speaking the truth, why are you beating me?”
24 Then Annas bound Jesus and sent him to Caiaphas, the high priest.
Peter’s Second and Third Denials
25 Meanwhile, as Simon Peter was standing by the fire warming himself, they
asked him again, “You’re not one of his disciples, are you?”
He denied it, saying, “No, I am not.”
26 But one of the household slaves of the high priest, a relative of the man
whose ear Peter had cut off, asked, “Didn’t I see you out there in the olive
grove with Jesus?” 27 Again Peter denied it. And immediately a rooster crowed.
Jesus’ Trial before Pilate
28 Jesus’ trial before Caiaphas ended in the early hours of the morning. Then
he was taken to the headquarters of the Roman governor.* His accusers didn’t
go inside because it would defile them, and they wouldn’t be allowed to
celebrate the Passover. 29 So Pilate, the governor, went out to them and asked,
“What is your charge against this man?”
30 “We wouldn’t have handed him over to you if he weren’t a criminal!”
they retorted.
31 “Then take him away and judge him by your own law,” Pilate told them.
“Only the Romans are permitted to execute someone,” the Jewish lead
ers replied. 32 (This fulfilled Jesus’ prediction about the way he would die.*)
33 Then Pilate went back into his headquarters and called for Jesus to be
brought to him. “Are you the king of the Jews?” he asked him.
34 Jesus replied, “Is this your own question, or did others tell you about me?”
35 “Am I a Jew?” Pilate retorted. “Your own people and their leading priests
brought you to me for trial. Why? What have you done?”
36 Jesus answered, “My Kingdom is not an earthly kingdom. If it were,
my followers would fight to keep me from being handed over to the Jewish
leaders. But my Kingdom is not of this world.”
37 Pilate said, “So you are a king?”
Jesus responded, “You say I am a king. Actually, I was born and came into
the world to testify to the truth. All who love the truth recognize that what
I say is true.”
38 “What is truth?” Pilate asked. Then he went out again to the people and
told them, “He is not guilty of any crime. 39 But you have a custom of asking
me to release one prisoner each year at Passover. Would you like me to release
this ‘King of the Jews’?”
40 But they shouted back, “No! Not this man. We want Barabbas!” (Barab
bas was a revolutionary.)
Jesus Sentenced to Death
Then Pilate had Jesus flogged with a leadtipped whip. 2 The soldiers
wove a crown of thorns and put it on his head, and they put a purple
robe on him. 3 “Hail! King of the Jews!” they mocked, as they slapped him
across the face.
4 Pilate went outside again and said to the people, “I am going to bring
him out to you now, but understand clearly that I find him not guilty.” 5 Then
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18:28 Greek to the Praetorium; also in 18:33. 18:32 See John 12:3233.
