18:28 眾人將耶穌從該亞法那裡往衙門內解去，那時天還早。他們自己卻不進衙門，恐怕染了污穢，不能吃逾越節的筵席。
18:29 彼拉多就出來，到他們那裡，說：「你們告這人是為甚麼事呢？」
18:30 他們回答說：「這人若不是作惡的，我們就不把他交給你。」
18:31 彼拉多說：「你們自己帶他去，按著你們的律法審問他吧。」猶太人說：「我們沒有殺人的權柄。」
18:32 這要應驗耶穌所說自己將要怎樣死的話了。
18:33 彼拉多又進了衙門，叫耶穌來，對他說：「你是猶太人的王嗎？」
18:34 耶穌回答說：「這話是你自己說的，還是別人論我對你說的呢？」
18:35 彼拉多說：「我豈是猶太人呢？你本國的人和祭司長把你交給我。你做了甚麼事呢？」
18:36 耶穌回答說：「我的國不屬這世界；我的國若屬這世界，我的臣僕必要爭戰，使我不至於被交給猶太人。只是我的國不屬這世界。」
18:37 彼拉多就對他說：「這樣，你是王嗎？」耶穌回答說：「你說我是王。我為此而生，也為此來到世間，特為給真理作見證。凡屬真理的人就聽我的話。」
18:38 彼拉多說：「真理是甚麼呢？」說了這話，又出來到猶太人那裡，對他們說：「我查不出他有甚麼罪來。
18:39 但你們有個規矩，在逾越節要我給你們釋放一個人，你們要我給你們釋放猶太人的王嗎？」
18:40 他們又喊著說：「不要這人，要巴拉巴！」這巴拉巴是個強盜。
28 Then the Jewish leaders took Jesus from Caiaphas to the palace of the Roman governor. By now it was early morning, and to avoid ceremonial uncleanness they did not enter the palace, because they wanted to be able to eat the Passover. 29 So Pilate came out to them and asked, “What charges are you bringing against this man?”
30 “If he were not a criminal,” they replied, “we would not have handed him over to you.”
31 Pilate said, “Take him yourselves and judge him by your own law.”
“But we have no right to execute anyone,” they objected. 32 This took place to fulfill what Jesus had said about the kind of death he was going to die.
33 Pilate then went back inside the palace, summoned Jesus and asked him, “Are you the king of the Jews?”
34 “Is that your own idea,” Jesus asked, “or did others talk to you about me?”
35 “Am I a Jew?” Pilate replied. “Your own people and chief priests handed you over to me. What is it you have done?”
36 Jesus said, “My kingdom is not of this world. If it were, my servants would fight to prevent my arrest by the Jewish leaders. But now my kingdom is from another place.”
37 “You are a king, then!” said Pilate.
Jesus answered, “You say that I am a king. In fact, the reason I was born and came into the world is to testify to the truth. Everyone on the side of truth listens to me.”
38 “What is truth?” retorted Pilate. With this he went out again to the Jews gathered there and said, “I find no basis for a charge against him. 39 But it is your custom for me to release to you one prisoner at the time of the Passover. Do you want me to release ‘the king of the Jews’?”
40 They shouted back, “No, not him! Give us Barabbas!” Now Barabbas had taken part in an uprising.
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彼拉多說：「真理是甚麼呢？」
這是多麼諷刺的話！因為彼拉多知道這是一種不符合真理的場合，是一個荒謬的審判，簡直是借刀殺人！因為猶太人說：「我們沒有殺人的權柄。」
然而彼拉多卻是身不由己，不得不審判，所以他意識到必須順應猶太人的需求，不然他這個總督的官是做不下去。他只好不負責任地說：「我查不出他有甚麼罪來。但你們有個規矩，在逾越節要我給你們釋放一個人，你們要我給你們釋放猶太人的王嗎？」
他們又喊著說：「不要這人，要巴拉巴！」
這是讓彼拉多無奈卻又必須面對的答案！然而這卻完成了上帝的心意，因為上帝本要透過主耶穌的死拯救萬民！也要向世人宣告：有死亡，才會有復活！甚至用腦筋急轉彎的說法：「怎樣才能復活？就是必須死！」
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