1 Then the whole group got up and led Jesus off to Pilate.
2 They began to bring charges against Jesus. They said, "We have found this man misleading our people. He is against paying taxes to Caesar. And he claims to be Christ, a king."
3 So Pilate asked Jesus, "Are you the king of the Jews?" "Yes. It is just as you say," Jesus replied.
4 Then Pilate spoke to the chief priests and the crowd. He announced, "I find no basis for a charge against this man."
5 But they kept it up. They said, "His teaching stirs up the people all over Judea. He started in Galilee and has come all the way here."