John 18:28-38

Moffatt(i) 28 Then from the house of Caiaphas they took Jesus to the praetorium. (It was early morning.) They would not enter the praetorium themselves, in case of being ceremonially defiled, for they wanted to eat the passover; 29 so Pilate came outside to them and asked, "What charge do you bring against this man?" 30 They retorted, "If he had not been a criminal, we would not have handed him over to you." 31 Then said Pilate, "Take him yourselves, and sentence him according to your own Law." The Jews said, "We have no right to put anyone to death" 32 (that the word of Jesus might be fulfilled, by which he had indicated the kind of death he was to die). 33 So Pilate went back inside the praetorium and called Jesus, saying, "Then you are king of the Jews?" 34 Jesus replied, "Are you saying this of your own accord, or did other people tell you about me?" 35 "Am I a Jew?" said Pilate. "Your own nation and the high priests have handed you over to me. What have you done?" 36 Jesus replied, "My realm does not belong to this world; if my realm did belong to this world, my men would have fought to prevent me being handed over to the Jews. No, my realm lies elsewhere." 37 "So you are a king?" said Pilate, "you!" "Certainly," said Jesus, "I am a king. This is why I was born, this is why I came into the world, to bear testimony to the truth. Everyone who belongs to the truth listens to my voice." 38 "Truth!" said Pilate, "what is truth!" With these words he went outside to the Jews again and told them, "I cannot find anything wrong about him.