John 18:33–40

³³Pilate therefore went into the hall again and called Jesus and said to him: Art thou the king of the Jews?

³⁴Jesus answered: Sayest thou this thing of thyself, or have others told it thee of me?

³⁵Pilate answered: Am I a Jew? Thy own 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 would certainly strive that I should not be delivered to the Jews: but now my kingdom is not from hence.

³⁷Pilate therefore said to him: Art thou a king then? Jesus answered: Thou sayest that I am a king. For this was I born, and for this came I into the world; that I should give testimony to the truth. Every one that is of the truth heareth my voice.

³⁸Pilate saith to him: What is truth? And when he said this, he went out again to the Jews and saith to them: I find no cause in him.

³⁹But you have a custom that I should release one unto you at the Pasch. Will you, therefore, that I release unto you the king of the Jews?

⁴⁰Then cried they all again, saying: Not this man, but Barabbas. Now Barabbas was a robber.