³³Then Pilate entered the headquarters again, summoned Jesus, and asked him, “Are you the King of the Jews?”^* ³⁴Jesus answered, “Do you ask this on your own, or did others tell you about me?” ³⁵Pilate replied, “I am not a Jew, am I? Your own nation and the chief priests have handed you over to me. What have you done?” ³⁶Jesus answered, “My kingdom does not belong to this world. If my kingdom belonged to this world, my followers would be fighting to keep me from being handed over to the Jews. But as it is, my kingdom is not from here.”^* ³⁷Pilate asked him, “So you are a king?” Jesus answered, “You say that I am a king. For this I was born, and for this I came into the world, to testify to the truth. Everyone who belongs to the truth listens to my voice.”^* ³⁸Pilate asked him, “What is truth?”

Jesus Sentenced to Death

After he had said this, he went out to the Jews again and told them, “I find no case against him.^* ³⁹But you have a custom that I release someone for you at the Passover. Do you want me to release for you the King of the Jews?”^* ⁴⁰They shouted in reply, “Not this man but Barabbas!” Now Barabbas was a rebel.^*

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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.”

Cross references

*Jn 19:9
*Mt 26:53; Lk 17:21; Jn 6:15
*Jn 8:47; 1 Jn 3:19; 4:6
*Jn 19:4, 6
*Mt 27:15–18, 20–23; Mk 15:6–15; Lk 23:18–25
*Acts 3:14