4 Then Pilate announced to the chief priests and the crowd, "I find no basis for a charge against this man." |
5 But they insisted, "He stirs up the people all over Judea2 23:5 Or over the land of the Jews by his teaching. He started in Galilee and has come all the way here." |
6 On hearing this, Pilate asked if the man was a Galilean. |
7 When he learned that Jesus was under Herod's jurisdiction, he sent him to Herod, who was also in Jerusalem at that time. |
8 When Herod saw Jesus, he was greatly pleased, because for a long time he had been wanting to see him. From what he had heard about him, he hoped to see him perform some miracle. |
9 He plied him with many questions, but Jesus gave him no answer. |
10 The chief priests and the teachers of the law were standing there, vehemently accusing him. |
11 Then Herod and his soldiers ridiculed and mocked him. Dressing him in an elegant robe, they sent him back to Pilate. |
12 That day Herod and Pilate became friends--before this they had been enemies. |