2. and began to accuse Him, saying, “We found this one perverting the nation, and forbidding to pay taxes to Caesar, saying that He Himself is Messiah, a Sovereign.”
3. And Pilate asked Him, saying, “Are You the Sovereign of the Yehuḏim?” And answering him He said, “You say it.”
4. And Pilate said to the chief priests and the crowd, “I find no guilt in this Man.”
5. But they were insisting, saying, “He stirs up the people, teaching through all Yehuḏah, beginning from Galil unto this place.”
6. And when Pilate heard of Galil, he asked if the Man were a Galilean.
7. And when he learned that He was under the authority of Herodes, he sent Him to Herodes, who was also in Yerushalayim in those days.
8. And seeing יהושע, Herodes rejoiced greatly, for a long time he had wished to see Him, because he had heard much about Him, and was anticipating to see some miracle done by Him,
9. and was questioning Him with many words, but He gave him no answer.
10. And the chief priests and the scribes stood, accusing Him intensely.
11. And Herodes, with his soldiers, made light of Him and mocked Him, dressing Him in a splendid robe, and sent Him back to Pilate.
12. And on that day Pilate and Herodes became friends with each other, for before that they had been at enmity with each other.
13. And Pilate, having called together the chief priests and the rulers and the people,
14. said to them, “You brought this Man to me, as one who turns away the people. And look, I have examined Him in your presence and have found no guilt in this Man regarding the charges which you make against Him,
15. and neither did Herodes, for I sent you back to him. And look, He has done none at all deserving death.
16. “Having disciplined Him, then, I shall release Him” –