Luke 23:1-9 ▼

1 Then their whole assembly rose up and brought him before Pilate.

2 They began to accuse him, saying, “We found this man misleading our nation, opposing payment of taxes to Caesar, and saying that he himself is the Messiah, a king.”

3 So Pilate asked him, “Are you the king of the Jews? ” He answered him, “You say so.”

4 Pilate then told the chief priests and the crowds, “I find no grounds for charging this man.”

5 But they kept insisting, “He stirs up the people, teaching throughout all Judea, from Galilee where he started even to here.”

6 When Pilate heard this, he asked if the man was a Galilean.

7 Finding that he was under Herod’s jurisdiction, he sent him to Herod, who was also in Jerusalem during those days.

8 Herod was very glad to see Jesus; for a long time he had wanted to see him because he had heard about him and was hoping to see some miracle performed by him.

9 So he kept asking him questions, but Jesus did not answer him.