When Pilate heard this, he was more afraid.
When Pilate heard this, he brought Jesus out to the place called “The Stone Pavement.” (In Aramaic 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 he is the Son of God.”
So he went back inside the palace and asked Jesus, “Where are you from?” But Jesus did not answer him.