And the chief priestsand the scribeswere standingthere, accusingHim vehemently.
And whileHe was being accusedby the chief priestsand elders,He did not answer.
When He leftthere,the scribesand the Phariseesbeganto be veryhostileand to question Him closelyon many subjects,
And Herodwith his soldiers,after treating Him with contemptand mockingHim, dressedHim in a gorgeousrobeand sent Him backto Pilate.
And they beganto accuseHim, saying,"We foundthis manmisleadingour nationand forbiddingto paytaxesto Caesar,and sayingthat He Himselfis Christ,a King."
But they kept on insisting,saying,"He stirsup the people,teachingalloverJudea,startingfrom Galileeeven as faras this place."
And he questionedHim at somelength;but He answeredhim nothing.
"For we have foundthismana real pestand a fellow who stirsup dissensionamong allthe Jewsthroughoutthe world,and a ringleaderof the sectof the Nazarenes.
