³³Then Pilate entered again into the governor’s residence and summoned Jesus and said to him, “Are you the king of the Jews?” ³⁴Jesus replied, “Do you say this from yourself, or have others said this^* to you about me?” ³⁵Pilate replied, “I am not a Jew, am I?^* Your people and the chief priests handed you over to me! What have you done?” ³⁶Jesus replied, “My kingdom is not of this world. If my kingdom were of this world, my servants would be fighting so that I would not be handed over to the Jews. But now my kingdom is not from here.” ³⁷Then Pilate said to him, “So then you are a king!” Jesus replied, “You say that I am a king. For this reason I was born, and for this reason I have come into the world: in order that I can testify to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth hears my voice.” ³⁸Pilate said to him, “What is truth?”

And when he^* had said this, he went out again to the Jews and said to them, “I find no basis for an accusation against him. ³⁹But it is your custom that I release for you one prisoner^* at the Passover. So do you want me^* to release for you the king of the Jews?” ⁴⁰Then they shouted again, saying, “Not this man, but Barabbas!” (Now Barabbas was a revolutionary.)^c

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John 18:37: Then Pilate said to him, “So you are a king?” Jesus answered, “You say that I am a king. For this purpose I was born and for this purpose I have come into the world—to bear witness to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth listens to my voice.”

Footnotes

*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
*The negative construction in Greek anticipates a negative answer here, indicated in the translation by the phrase “am I”
*Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“had said”) which is understood as temporal
*The word “prisoner” is not in the Greek text, but is implied
*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
cOr perhaps “robber”