The chief priests and the scribes stood by, vehemently accusing him.
For we have found this man a plague, one who stirs up riots among all the Jews throughout the world and is a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes.
But they were urgent, saying, "He stirs up the people, teaching throughout all Judea, from Galilee even to this place."
And they began to accuse him, saying, "We found this man misleading our nation and forbidding us to give tribute to Caesar, and saying that he himself is Christ, a king."
As he went away from there, the scribes and the Pharisees began to press him hard and to provoke him to speak about many things,
But when he was accused by the chief priests and elders, he gave no answer.
So he questioned him at some length, but he made no answer.
And Herod with his soldiers treated him with contempt and mocked him. Then, arraying him in splendid clothing, he sent him back to Pilate.