When Pilate heard this, he was more afraid.
Pilate heard what these Jews said. So he brought Jesus out to the place called “The Stone Pavement.” (In the Jewish language {\cf2\super [241]} the name is “Gabbatha.”) Pilate sat down on the judge’s seat there.
The Jewish leaders answered, “We have a law that says he must die, because he said that he is the Son of God.”
Pilate went back inside the palace. He asked Jesus, “Where are you from?” But Jesus did not answer him.
