Luke 23:2 - New Testament in Braid Scots 1904 (William Wye Smith)
2 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 that we gar‐them‐na stummle, gang ye till the Loch; and cast in a heuk, and tak the first fish comin up; and openin its mouʼ, ye sal find a shekel. Tak it, and gie to them for me and you.”
Said till them, “Ye brocht this man to me as ane that sair fashed the nation; and lo! I, takin him to task, hae fund naething in him to wyte, as to the things ye wytit him wiʼ;
And frae that oot, Pilate wad fain lowsed him; but the Jews cryʼt oot, “Gin ye lat this man gang, ye arena Cesarʼs freend; ilka ane that mak oot his sel a king, speaks contrar to Cesar!”