When Pilate heard that, he was even more afraid.
When Pilate heard that, he brought Jesus out and sat down on the judge’s seat at a place called the Stone Walkway. (In the Hebrew language it was called Gabbatha.)
The Jewish leaders replied, “We have a law, and according to that law he must die, because he claimed to be the Son of God.”
He went back inside the palace and asked Jesus, “Where do you come from?” But Jesus didn’t answer him.