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Jesus Handed Over to Pontius Pilate

1 Then athe whole multitude of them arose and led Him to bPilate.  
2 And they began to aaccuse Him, saying, “We found this fellow bperverting the nation, and cforbidding to pay taxes to Caesar, saying dthat He Himself is Christ, a King.”  
3 aThen Pilate asked Him, saying, “Are You the King of the Jews?” He answered him and said, “It is as you say.”  
4 So Pilate said to the chief priests and the crowd, a“I find no fault in this Man.”  
5 But they were the more fierce, saying, “He stirs up the people, teaching throughout all Judea, beginning from aGalilee to this place.”  

Jesus Faces Herod

6 When Pilate heard1 of Galilee, he asked if the Man were a Galilean.  
7 And as soon as he knew that He belonged to aHerod’s jurisdiction, he sent Him to Herod, who was also in Jerusalem at that time.  
Verse Comparison: Luke 23:2

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American Standard Version
And they began to accuse him, saying, We found this man perverting our nation, and forbidding to give tribute to Caesar, and saying that he himself is Christ a king.

Amplified® Bible
And they began to accuse Him, asserting, We found this Man perverting (misleading, corrupting, and turning away) our nation and forbidding to pay tribute to Caesar, saying that He Himself is Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed One), a King!

Contemporary English Version
They started accusing him and said, "We caught this man trying to get our people to riot and to stop paying taxes to the Emperor. He also claims that he is the Messiah, our king."

Darby English Version
And they began to accuse him, saying, We have found this [man] perverting our nation, and forbidding to give tribute to Caesar, saying that he himself is Christ, a king.

Good News Bible
where they began to accuse him: "We caught this man misleading our people, telling them not to pay taxes to the Emperor and claiming that he himself is the Messiah, a king."

International Standard Version
They began to accuse him, "We found this man corrupting our nation, forbidding us to pay taxes to Caesar, and saying that he is the Christ, a king."

King James Version
And they began to accuse him, saying, We found this fellow perverting the nation, and forbidding to give tribute to Caesar, saying that he himself is Christ a King.

New American Standard Bible
And they began to accuse Him, saying, "We found this man misleading our nation and forbidding to pay taxes to Caesar, and saying that He Himself is Christ, a King."

New International Version
And they began to accuse him, saying, "We have found this man subverting our nation. He opposes payment of taxes to Caesar and claims to be Christ, a king."

New King James Version
And they began to accuse Him, saying, “We found this fellow perverting the nation, and forbidding to pay taxes to Caesar, saying that He Himself is Christ, a King.”

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
And they began to accuse Him, saying, "We found this man misleading our nation and forbidding to pay taxes to Caesar, and proclaiming Himself as Christ, a King."

Young's Literal Translation
and began to accuse him, saying, `This one we found perverting the nation, and forbidding to give tribute to Caesar, saying himself to be Christ a king.'


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