The chief priests and the scribes stood by, vehemently accusing him.
For we have found this man a plague, one who stirs up riots among all the Jews throughout the world and is a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes.
and said to them, “You brought me this man as one who was misleading the people. And after examining him before you, behold, I did not find this man guilty of any of your charges against him. Neither did Herod, for he sent him back to us. Look, nothing deserving death has been done by him.
But they were urgent, saying, “He stirs up the people, teaching throughout all Judea, from Galilee even to this place.”
And they began to accuse him, saying, “We found this man misleading our nation and forbidding us to give tribute to Caesar, and saying that he himself is Christ, a king.”
As he went away from there, the scribes and the Pharisees began to press him hard and to provoke him to speak about many things,
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