1 THEN THE whole assembly of them got up and conducted [Jesus] before Pilate. 2 And they began to accuse Him, asserting, We found this 1 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! 3 So Pilate asked Him, Are You the King of the Jews? And He answered him, [ 2 It is just as] you say. [I AM.] 4 And Pilate said to the chief priests and the throngs, I find no guilt or crime in this Man. 5 But they were urgent and emphatic, saying, He stirs up and excites the people, teaching throughout all Judea--from Galilee, where He began, even to this place.