10 And the Heid‐priests and the Scribes war staunin, and desperately wytin him.
And bein accused oʼ the Heid‐priests and Elders, he answert nocht.
And whan he gaed oot frae thar, the Writers and the Pharisees begude desperately to beset him, and to provoke him to speak aff?-?haun oʼ mony things:
And Herod, wiʼ his men‐at‐airms, geckin at him and flytin him, cuist aboot him a braw manteel, and sent him back to Pilate.
And they begude to wyte him, sayin, “This ane we faund pervertin the nation, and challengin the giean oʼ tribute to Cesar; makin his sel oot to be a king.”
But they made an unco bruilzie, sayin, “He is steerin up aʼ the folk, teachin aʼ ower Judea, eʼen frae Galilee to here!”
And he quaistened him in mony words; but he answerʼt nocht.
“For, findin this man a pest, and teachin treason amang aʼ the Jews iʼ the hale inhabited‐warld, and a heid ane oʼ the sect oʼ the Nazarenes;