2 ^cAnd they began to accuse him, saying, “We found this man misleading our nation and ^dforbidding us to give tribute to Caesar, and saying that he himself is Christ, a ^eking.”

12 From then on Pilate sought to release him, but the Jews cried out, “If you release this man, you are not Caesar’s friend. ⁿEveryone who makes himself a king opposes Caesar.”