1. And the whole assembly of them rose up and brought him before Pilate.
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.