The True Story of Jesus — Page 48
as 48 of today ignore the teachings of the Holy Quran which does not mention any such punishment, instead they seem to follow the Jewish laws. When Pilate heard the charges against Jesus as he said to them, ‘Then you yourselves take him and try him according to your own law. ’ They replied, ‘We are not allowed to put anyone to death. ’1 They continued to accuse Jesus as, ‘We caught this man mislead- ing our people telling them not to pay taxes to the Emperor and claiming that he himself is the Messiah, a king. ’ Pilate asked him. ‘Are you the king of the Jews?’ ‘So you say’, answered Jesus as. 2 Jesus as said, ‘My kingdom does not belong to this world; if my kingdom belonged to this world, my followers would fight to keep me from being handed over to the Jewish authorities. No, my kingdom does not belong here. ’3 Then Pilate said to the chief priests and the crowd, ‘I find no reason to condemn this man. ’ But they insisted even more strongly, ‘With his teaching he is starting a riot among the people all through Judaea. He began in Galilee and now has come here. ’ When Pilate heard this, he asked, ‘Is this man a Galilean?’ When he learnt that Jesus as was from the Galilee region ruled by Herod, he sent him to Herod, who was also in Jerusalem at that time. Herod asked Jesus as many questions, but Jesus as made no answer. The chief priests and the teachers of the Law stepped for- ward and made strong accusations against Jesus as. Herod and his 1. John 18:31 2. Luke 23:2, 3 3. John 18:36