23 Pirato adabvundza kuti: “Thangwe ranyi? Ni mulandu uponi omwe Iye acita?” Tsono iwo akhambapitiriza kukuwa aciti: “Mukhomerereni!”
Tsono iwo adafunga makutu ndipo adakuwa mwamphambvu, wentse adamukutira,
Kutsutsana kule kudapitiriza mwakuti m'kulu wa acikunda adakhala na mantha yakuti Paulo angam'gwate-gwate. Pamwepo adacemera acikunda kuti am'cose pakhana iwo, aciyenda naye kucibuluwati.
Pirato adabvundza kuti: “Ndicite ciyani tsono na Jezu, wakucemeredwa Krixtu?” Wentse adatawira kuti: “Mukhomerereni pamtanda!”
Pomwe Pirato adadziwa kuti akhakwanisa lini kuwona phindu labwino, ndipo wanthuwo akhayamba kucita phokoso, adalewa kuti am'pase madzi, adasamba m'manja patsogolo pamthithi aciti: “Ndiribe mulandu pa mulopa wa mwamunayu, mulandu ni wanu”.
Pamwepo Pirato adauza akulu wa azibaba wa ntsembe na mthithi wa wanthu kuti: “Ndiri kuwona lini thangwe ra kum'pasa mulandu munthuyu”.
Ngakhale alibe kuwona mulandu wakuti amuphe, adakumbira Pirato kuti aphedwe.