So Pilate said to him, “Yoʋ do not speak to me? Do yoʋ not know that I have authority to crucify yoʋ, and authority to release yoʋ?”
But you have a custom that I release for you one man at the Passover. So do you want me to release for you the king of the Jews?”
Jesus answered, “Yoʋ would have no authority over me if it had not been given to yoʋ from above. Therefore he who handed me over to yoʋ has greater sin.”
He went back into his headquarters and said to Jesus, “Where are yoʋ from?” But Jesus gave him no answer.