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28 Then they took Jesus from Caiaphas to the governor's palace. It was early in the morning, and they would not go into the governor's palace themselves, in order not to be defiled, so as to be unfit to eat the Passover supper.
29 So Pilate came outside and asked, "What is the charge you bring against this man?"
30 They retorted, "If He were not a criminal, we would not have turned Him over to you."
31 Pilate said to them, "Take Him yourselves, and try Him in accordance with your own law." Then the Jews said to him, "It is not lawful for us to execute the death penalty on anyone."
32 This made it possible for the word of Jesus to be fulfilled which He spoke to indicate what sort of death He was to die.
33 So Pilate went back into the governor's palace and called Jesus and asked Him, "Are you the king of the Jews?"
34 Jesus answered him, "Do you ask me this on your own initiative, or have others suggested it to you about me?"
35 Pilate answered, "I am not a Jew, am I? Your own people and their high priests have turned you over to me. What have you done?"
36 Jesus answered, "My kingdom does not belong to this world. If my kingdom did belong to this world, my attendants would have been fighting to keep me from being turned over to the Jews. But as a matter of fact, my kingdom does not come from such a source."
37 Then Pilate said to Him, "So you are a king then?" Jesus answered, "Certainly I am a king. For this very purpose I was born, for this very purpose I have come into the world, to testify for truth. Everybody who is a friend of truth listens to my voice."
38 Pilate asked Him, "What is truth?" On saying this he went outside again to the Jews, and said to them, "As far as I can see, I can find no ground for a charge against Him.