37. Pilate said, “So you are a king.” Jesus answered, “You are right to say that I am a king. I was born for this: to tell people about the truth. That is why I came into the world. And everyone who belongs to the truth listens to me.”
38. Pilate said, “What is truth?” Then he went out to the Jewish leaders again and said to them, “I can find nothing against this man.
39. But it is one of your customs for me to free one prisoner to you at the time of the Passover. Do you want me to free this ‘king of the Jews’?”
40. They shouted back, “No, not him! Let Barabbas go free!” (Barabbas was a rebel.)