John 18:29–38

So Pilate came out to them and spoke. “What charge do you bring against this man?”

³⁰They said, “If he hadn’t been doing something evil, do you think we’d be here bothering you?”

^31–32Pilate said, “You take him. Judge him by your law.”

The Jews said, “We’re not allowed to kill anyone.” (This would confirm Jesus’ word indicating the way he would die.)

³³Pilate went back into the palace and called for Jesus. He said, “Are you the ‘King of the Jews’?”

³⁴Jesus answered, “Are you saying this on your own, or did others tell you this about me?”

³⁵Pilate said, “Do I look like a Jew? Your people and your high priests turned you over to me. What did you do?”

³⁶“My kingdom,” said Jesus, “doesn’t consist of what you see around you. If it did, my followers would fight so that I wouldn’t be handed over to the Jews. But I’m not that kind of king, not the world’s kind of king.”

³⁷Then Pilate said, “So, are you a king or not?”

Jesus answered, “You tell me. Because I am King, I was born and entered the world so that I could witness to the truth. Everyone who cares for truth, who has any feeling for the truth, recognizes my voice.”

^38–39Pilate said, “What is truth?”

Then he went back out to the Jews and told them, “I find nothing wrong in this man.