1. Everyone in the council got up and led Jesus off to Pilate.
2. They started accusing him and said, “We caught this man trying to get our people to riot and to stop paying taxes to the Emperor. He also claims that he is the Messiah, our king.”
3. Pilate asked Jesus, “Are you the king of the Jews?”“Those are your words,” Jesus answered.
4. Pilate told the chief priests and the crowd, “I don't find him guilty of anything.”
5. But they all kept on saying, “He has been teaching and causing trouble all over Judea. He started in Galilee and has now come all the way here.”
6. When Pilate heard this, he asked, “Is this man from Galilee?”
16-17. I will just have him beaten with a whip and set free.”
34-35. Jesus said, “Father, forgive these people! They don't know what they're doing.”While the crowd stood there watching Jesus, the soldiers gambled for his clothes. The leaders insulted him by saying, “He saved others. Now he should save himself, if he really is God's chosen Messiah!”
50-51. There was a man named Joseph, who was from Arimathea in Judea. Joseph was a good and honest man, and he was eager for God's kingdom to come. He was also a member of the Jewish council, but he did not agree with what they had decided.