John 18:31 - Pilate told them, He is yours, let him by your law be bound. The Jews replied, Our law cannot sentence any man to death.
John 18:32 - So the prophecy would be fulfilled, Jesus spoke, describing the way, in which, he would die.
John 18:33 - Then Pilate re-entered the court and called out to Jesus, Are you the King of the Jews?
John 18:34 - Jesus answered him, do you say this about me yourself, or did you hear it from others.
John 18:35 - I am not Jewish, responded Pilate, Yet your own people and priests have brought you to me. What have you done?
John 18:36 - Jesus answered, my place is not on this earth. If my place were on this earth, my followers would fight for me and would not give me over to the Jews. But I do not belong here.
John 18:37 - Are you a king? Pilate asked. Jesus spoke, You say that I am a king. This is why I was born and this is why I am in the world, so that I may see these truths. If you speak the truth you will hear my voice.
John 18:38 - Pilate said to him, What is the truth? And after he said this, he went out again to the Jews, and told them, I can’t find anything that this man did wrong.
John 18:39 - You have a tradition that I should let one go on passover: do you want me to let the King of the Jews go?
John 18:40 - They all shouted in unison, Not him, but Barabbas. Barabbas was a thief.
