So ¹  Pilate ²  decided ³  that their demand should be granted.

Then Pilate took Jesus and had him flogged severely. ¹ 

Pilate answered, “What I have written, I have written.”

He went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. ¹  Then Pilate ordered that it be given to him.

They ¹  tied him up, led him away, and handed him over to Pilate ²  the governor. ³ 

Then Pilate said to him, “Don’t you hear how many charges they are bringing against you?”

But Jesus made no further reply, so that Pilate was amazed.

Then ¹  the whole group of them rose up and brought Jesus ²  before Pilate. ³ 

Now when Pilate heard this, he asked whether the man was a Galilean.

Then ¹  Pilate called together the chief priests, the ²  rulers, and the people,

Pilate addressed them once again because he wanted ¹  to release Jesus.

He went to Pilate and asked for the body ¹  of Jesus.

When Pilate heard what they said, ¹  he was more afraid than ever, ² 

The ¹  next day (which is after the day of preparation) the chief priests and the Pharisees ²  assembled before Pilate

Pilate said to them, “Take ¹  a guard of soldiers. Go and make it as secure as you can.”

So Pilate asked him again, ¹  “Have you nothing to say? See how many charges they are bringing against you!”

Pilate asked them, “Why? What has he done wrong?” But they shouted more insistently, “Crucify him!”

Then ¹  Pilate said to the chief priests and the crowds, “I find no basis for an accusation ²  against this man.”

That very day Herod and Pilate became friends with each other, ¹  for prior to this they had been enemies. ² 

So Pilate came outside to them and said, “What accusation ¹  do you bring against this man?” ²