1. Very early in the morning the leading priests, the elders, and the teachers of religious law—the entire high council—met to discuss their next step. They bound Jesus, led him away, and took him to Pilate, the Roman governor.
2. Pilate asked Jesus, “Are you the king of the Jews?”Jesus replied, “You have said it.”
3. Then the leading priests kept accusing him of many crimes,
4. and Pilate asked him, “Aren’t you going to answer them? What about all these charges they are bringing against you?”