John 18:29–37

²⁹So Pilate went outside to them and asked, “What do you accuse this man of?”

³⁰Their answer was, “We would not have brought him to you if he had not committed a crime.”

³¹Pilate said to them, “Then you yourselves take him and try him according to your own law.”

They replied, “We are not allowed to put anyone to death.” ^32*(This happened in order to make the words of Jesus come true, the words he used when he indicated the kind of death he would die.)

³³Pilate went back into the palace and called Jesus. “Are you the King of the Jews?” he asked him.

³⁴Jesus answered, “Does this question come from you or have others told you about me?”

³⁵Pilate replied, “Do you think I am a Jew? It was your own people and the chief priests who handed you over to me. What have you done?”

³⁶Jesus said, “My kingdom does not belong to this world; if my kingdom belonged to this world, my followers would fight to keep me from being handed over to the Jewish authorities. No, my kingdom does not belong here!”

³⁷So Pilate asked him, “Are you a king, then?”

Jesus answered, “You say that I am a king. I was born and came into the world for this one purpose, to speak about the truth. Whoever belongs to the truth listens to me.”