Though they found no basis for a death sentence, they asked Pilate to have him executed.

Since I wanted to know what charge they were accusing him of, I brought him down to their council.

When his accusers stood up, they did not charge him with any of the evil deeds I had suspected.

When they had heard my case, they wanted to release me, because there was no basis for a death sentence against me.

Such testimony is true. For this reason rebuke them sharply that they may be healthy in the faith

Then some Pharisees came to him in order to test him. They asked, “Is it lawful to divorce a wife for any cause?”

Above his head they put the charge against him, which read: “This is Jesus, the king of the Jews.”

Again Pilate went out and said to the Jewish leaders, “Look, I am bringing him out to you, so that you may know that I find no reason for an accusation against him.”

the commanding officer ordered Paul to be brought back into the barracks. He told them to interrogate Paul by beating him with a lash so that he could find out the reason the crowd was shouting at Paul in this way.

So for this reason I have asked to see you and speak with you, for I am bound with this chain because of the hope of Israel.”

Because of this I remind you to rekindle God’s gift that you possess through the laying on of my hands.

For indeed he who makes holy and those being made holy all have the same origin, and so he is not ashamed to call them brothers and sisters,

When the woman saw that she could not escape notice, she came trembling and fell down before him. In the presence of all the people, she explained why she had touched him and how she had been immediately healed.

Pilate asked, “What is truth?” When he had said this he went back outside to the Jewish leaders and announced, “I find no basis for an accusation against him.

When the chief priests and their officers saw him, they shouted out, “Crucify him! Crucify him!” Pilate said, “You take him and crucify him! Certainly I find no reason for an accusation against him!”

Because of this, in fact, I suffer as I do. But I am not ashamed, because I know the one in whom my faith is set and I am convinced that he is able to protect what has been entrusted to me until that day.