Meanwhile the Chief Priests and the Teachers of the Law stood by and vehemently accused him.
While charges were being brought against him by the Chief Priests and Councillors, Jesus made no reply.
When Jesus left the house, the Teachers of the Law and the Pharisees began to press him hard and question him closely upon many subjects,
And Herod, with his soldiers, treated Jesus with scorn; he mocked him by throwing a gorgeous robe round him, and then sent him back to Pilate.
And they began to accuse him: "This is a man whom we found misleading our people, preventing them from paying taxes to the Emperor, and giving out that he himself is 'Christ, a King.'"
But they insisted: "He is stirring up the people by his teaching all through Judea; he began with Galilee and has now come here."
So he questioned him at some length, but Jesus made no reply.
We have found this man a public pest; he is one who stirs up disputes among the Jews all the world over, and is a ringleader of the Nazarene heretics.