Then says Pilate to him, Do you give no attention to what their witnesses say against you?
And the high priest got up and said to him, Have you no answer? what is it which these say against you?
But when the chief priests and those in authority made statements against him, he gave no answer.
And he gave him no answer, not even a word: so that the ruler was greatly surprised.
Pilate said, Am I a Jew? Your nation and the chief priests have given you into my hands: what have you done?
The chief captain gave orders for him to be taken into the army building, saying that he would put him to the test by whipping, so that he might have knowledge of the reason why they were crying out so violently against him.