Matthew 27:11

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

Jesus and Pilate Then Jesus stood before the governor, and the governor asked him,“Are you the king of the Jews?” Jesus said,“You say so.”

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  • Matt 2:2 : 2 saying,“Where is the one who is born king of the Jews? For we saw his star when it rose and have come to worship him.”
  • Matt 26:25 : 25 Then Judas, the one who would betray him, said,“Surely not I, Rabbi?” Jesus replied,“You have said it yourself.”
  • Mark 15:2-5 : 2 So Pilate asked him,“Are you the king of the Jews?” He replied,“You say so.” 3 Then the chief priests began to accuse him repeatedly. 4 So Pilate asked him again,“Have you nothing to say? See how many charges they are bringing against you!” 5 But Jesus made no further reply, so that Pilate was amazed.
  • Luke 23:2-3 : 2 They began to accuse him, saying,“We found this man subverting our nation, forbidding us to pay the tribute tax to Caesar and claiming that he himself is Christ, a king.” 3 So Pilate asked Jesus,“Are you the king of the Jews?” He replied,“You say so.”
  • 1 Tim 6:13 : 13 I charge you before God who gives life to all things and Christ Jesus who made his good confession before Pontius Pilate,
  • John 18:29-38 : 29 So Pilate came outside to them and said,“What accusation do you bring against this man?” 30 They replied,“If this man were not a criminal, we would not have handed him over to you.” 31 Pilate told them,“Take him yourselves and pass judgment on him according to your own law!” The Jewish leaders replied,“We cannot legally put anyone to death.” 32 (This happened to fulfill the word Jesus had spoken when he indicated what kind of death he was going to die.) 33 Pilate Questions Jesus So Pilate went back into the governor’s residence, summoned Jesus, and asked him,“Are you the king of the Jews?” 34 Jesus replied,“Are you saying this on your own initiative, or have others told you about me?” 35 Pilate answered,“I am not a Jew, am I? Your own people and your chief priests handed you over to me. What have you done?” 36 Jesus replied,“My kingdom is not from this world. If my kingdom were from this world, my servants would be fighting to keep me from being handed over to the Jewish authorities. But as it is, my kingdom is not from here.” 37 Then Pilate said,“So you are a king!” Jesus replied,“You say that I am a king. For this reason I was born, and for this reason I came into the world– to testify to the truth. Everyone who belongs to the truth listens to my voice.” 38 Pilate asked,“What is truth?” When he had said this he went back outside to the Jewish leaders and announced,“I find no basis for an accusation against him.
  • Matt 26:64 : 64 Jesus said to him,“You have said it yourself. But I tell you, from now on you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the Power and coming on the clouds of heaven.”
  • Mark 14:62 : 62 “I am,” said Jesus,“and you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the Power and coming with the clouds of heaven.”
  • Matt 10:18 : 18 And you will be brought before governors and kings because of me, as a witness to them and to the Gentiles.
  • Matt 10:25 : 25 It is enough for the disciple to become like his teacher, and the slave like his master. If they have called the head of the house‘Beelzebul,’ how much worse will they call the members of his household!

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  • Mark 15:2-4
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    2So Pilate asked him,“Are you the king of the Jews?” He replied,“You say so.”

    3Then the chief priests began to accuse him repeatedly.

    4So Pilate asked him again,“Have you nothing to say? See how many charges they are bringing against you!”

  • Luke 23:2-3
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    2They began to accuse him, saying,“We found this man subverting our nation, forbidding us to pay the tribute tax to Caesar and claiming that he himself is Christ, a king.”

    3So Pilate asked Jesus,“Are you the king of the Jews?” He replied,“You say so.”

  • John 18:33-35
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    33Pilate Questions Jesus So Pilate went back into the governor’s residence, summoned Jesus, and asked him,“Are you the king of the Jews?”

    34Jesus replied,“Are you saying this on your own initiative, or have others told you about me?”

    35Pilate answered,“I am not a Jew, am I? Your own people and your chief priests handed you over to me. What have you done?”

  • John 18:37-39
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    37Then Pilate said,“So you are a king!” Jesus replied,“You say that I am a king. For this reason I was born, and for this reason I came into the world– to testify to the truth. Everyone who belongs to the truth listens to my voice.”

    38Pilate asked,“What is truth?” When he had said this he went back outside to the Jewish leaders and announced,“I find no basis for an accusation against him.

    39But it is your custom that I release one prisoner for you at the Passover. So do you want me to release for you the king of the Jews?”

  • Mark 15:12
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    12So Pilate spoke to them again,“Then what do you want me to do with the one you call king of the Jews?”

  • John 19:21
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    21Then the chief priests of the Jews said to Pilate,“Do not write,‘The king of the Jews,’ but rather,‘This man said, I am king of the Jews.’”

  • Mark 15:9
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    9So Pilate asked them,“Do you want me to release the king of the Jews for you?”

  • Luke 22:70
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    70So they all said,“Are you the Son of God, then?” He answered them,“You say that I am.”

  • Matt 26:62-63
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    62So the high priest stood up and said to him,“Have you no answer? What is this that they are testifying against you?”

    63But Jesus was silent. The high priest said to him,“I charge you under oath by the living God, tell us if you are the Christ, the Son of God.”

  • Matt 27:37
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    37Above his head they put the charge against him, which read:“This is Jesus, the king of the Jews.”

  • Matt 27:20-23
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    20But the chief priests and the elders persuaded the crowds to ask for Barabbas and to have Jesus killed.

    21The governor asked them,“Which of the two do you want me to release for you?” And they said,“Barabbas!”

    22Pilate said to them,“Then what should I do with Jesus who is called the Christ?” They all said,“Crucify him!”

    23He asked,“Why? What wrong has he done?” But they shouted more insistently,“Crucify him!”

  • John 19:14
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    14(Now it was the day of preparation for the Passover, about noon.) Pilate said to the Jewish leaders,“Look, here is your king!”

  • Matt 27:12-14
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    12But when he was accused by the chief priests and the elders, he did not respond.

    13Then Pilate said to him,“Don’t you hear how many charges they are bringing against you?”

    14But he did not answer even one accusation, so that the governor was quite amazed.

  • Luke 23:37-38
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    37and saying,“If you are the king of the Jews, save yourself!”

    38There was also an inscription over him,“This is the king of the Jews.”

  • Mark 14:60-61
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    60Then the high priest stood up before them and asked Jesus,“Have you no answer? What is this that they are testifying against you?”

    61But he was silent and did not answer. Again the high priest questioned him,“Are you the Christ, the Son of the Blessed One?”

  • John 19:9-11
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    9and he went back into the governor’s residence and said to Jesus,“Where do you come from?” But Jesus gave him no answer.

    10So Pilate said,“Do you refuse to speak to me? Don’t you know I have the authority to release you, and to crucify you?”

    11Jesus replied,“You would have no authority over me at all, unless it was given to you from above. Therefore the one who handed me over to you is guilty of greater sin.”

  • Matt 27:17
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    17So after they had assembled, Pilate said to them,“Whom do you want me to release for you, Jesus Barabbas or Jesus who is called the Christ?”

  • John 18:5
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    5They replied,“Jesus the Nazarene.” He told them,“I am he.”(Now Judas, the one who betrayed him, was standing there with them.)

  • Mark 15:26
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    26The inscription of the charge against him read,“The king of the Jews.”

  • John 18:21
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    21Why do you ask me? Ask those who heard what I said. They know what I said.”

  • John 18:29-31
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    29So Pilate came outside to them and said,“What accusation do you bring against this man?”

    30They replied,“If this man were not a criminal, we would not have handed him over to you.”

    31Pilate told them,“Take him yourselves and pass judgment on him according to your own law!” The Jewish leaders replied,“We cannot legally put anyone to death.”

  • Luke 22:67
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    67and said,“If you are the Christ, tell us.” But he said to them,“If I tell you, you will not believe,

  • Mark 8:29
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    29He asked them,“But who do you say that I am?” Peter answered him,“You are the Christ.”

  • Matt 16:15
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    15He said to them,“But who do you say that I am?”

  • Matt 27:2
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    2They tied him up, led him away, and handed him over to Pilate the governor.

  • Matt 27:41
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    41In the same way even the chief priests– together with the experts in the law and elders– were mocking him:

  • John 19:7
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    7The Jewish leaders replied,“We have a law, and according to our law he ought to die, because he claimed to be the Son of God!”

  • Mark 15:18
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    18They began to salute him:“Hail, king of the Jews!”

  • Luke 20:2
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    2and said to him,“Tell us: By what authority are you doing these things? Or who is it who gave you this authority?”

  • Luke 23:9
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    9So Herod questioned him at considerable length; Jesus gave him no answer.

  • Mark 11:28
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    28and said,“By what authority are you doing these things? Or who gave you this authority to do these things?”