And from that time on Pilate sought to release him: but the Jews cried out, saying, If you let this man go, you are not Caesar’s friend: whoever makes himself a king speaks against Caesar.
Now because we have support from the king’s palace, and it was not proper for us to see the king’s dishonor, therefore have we sent and informed the king;
And Zedekiah the king said to Jeremiah, I am afraid of the Jews who have deserted to the Chaldeans, lest they deliver me into their hand, and they mock me.