“ 2  They began to accuse him, saying, ‘We found this man perverting our nation, forbidding us to pay taxes to the emperor, and saying that he himself is the Messiah, a king.’  3  Then Pilate asked him, ‘Are you the king of the Jews?’ He answered, ‘You say so.’  4  Then Pilate said to the chief priests and the crowds, ‘I find no basis for an accusation against this man.’  5  But they were insistent and said, ‘He stirs up the people by teaching throughout all Judea, from Galil