John 18:25–40

²⁵But Simon Peter was standing and warming himself. They said therefore to him, Art thou also of his disciples? He denied, and said, I am not. ²⁶One of the bondmen of the high priest, who was kinsman of him whose ear Peter cut off, says, Did not I see thee in the garden with him? ²⁷Peter denied therefore again, and immediately the cock crew.

²⁸They lead therefore Jesus from Caiaphas to the praetorium; and it was early morn. And they entered not into the praetorium, that they might not be defiled, but eat the passover. ²⁹Pilate therefore went out to them and said, What accusation do ye bring against this man? ³⁰They answered and said to him, If this man were not an evildoer, we should not have delivered him up to thee. ³¹Pilate therefore said to them, Take him, ye, and judge him according to your law. The Jews therefore said to him, It is not permitted to us to put any one to death; ³²that the word of Jesus might be fulfilled which he spoke, signifying what death he should die. ³³Pilate therefore entered again into the praetorium and called Jesus, and said to him, Thou art the king of the Jews? ³⁴Jesus answered him, Dost thou say this of thyself, or have others said it to thee concerning me? ³⁵Pilate answered, Am I a Jew? Thy nation and the chief priests have delivered thee up to me: what hast thou done? ³⁶Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this world; if my kingdom were of this world, my servants had fought that I might not be delivered up to the Jews; but now my kingdom is not from hence. ³⁷Pilate therefore said to him, Thou art then a king? Jesus answered, Thou sayest it, that I am a king. I have been born for this, and for this I have come into the world, that I might bear witness to the truth. Every one that is of the truth hears my voice. ³⁸Pilate says to him, What is truth? And having said this he went out again to the Jews, and says to them, I find no fault whatever in him. ³⁹But ye have a custom that I release some one to you at the passover; will ye therefore that I release unto you the king of the Jews? ⁴⁰They cried therefore again all, saying, Not this man, but Barabbas. Now Barabbas was a robber.