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So Pilate went back into the
praetorium and summoned Jesus and said to him, "Are you the King of
the Jews?" Jesus answered, "Do you say this on your own or
have others told you about me?" Pilate answered, "I am not
a Jew, am I? Your own nation and the chief priests handed you over to me.
What have you done?" Jesus answered, "My kingdom does not
belong to this world. If my kingdom did belong to this world, my
attendants (would) be fighting to keep me from being handed over to the
Jews. But as it is, my kingdom is not here."
So Pilate said to him, "Then you
are a king?" Jesus answered, "You say I am a king. For this I
was born and for this I came into the world, to testify to the truth.
Everyone who belongs to the truth listens to my voice." Pilate
said to him, "What is truth?" When he had said this, he again
went out to the Jews and said to them, "I find no guilt in him.
But you have a custom that I release one prisoner to you at Passover. Do
you want me to release to you the King of the Jews?" They cried
out again, "Not this one but Barabbas!" Now Barabbas was a
revolutionary.
Then Pilate took Jesus and had him
scourged. (John 18:33-40,19:1)
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