2 And they began to accuse him, saying, “We have found this man misleading our nation and forbidding us to pay taxes to Caesar, and saying he himself is Christ, a king!”
3 And Pilate asked him, saying, “Are you the king of the Jews?” And he answered him and said, “You say so.”
4 So Pilate said to the chief priests and the crowds, “I find no basis for an accusation against this man.”
5 But they insisted, saying, “He incites the people, teaching throughout the whole of Judea and beginning from Galilee as far as here.”
6 Now when Pilate heard this, he asked if the man was a Galilean.
7 And when he found out that he was from the jurisdiction of Herod, he sent him over to Herod, who was also in Jerusalem in those days.
8 And when Herod saw Jesus, he was very glad, for he had been wanting to see him for a long time, because he had heard about him and was hoping to see some miracle performed by him.