Jesus is tried before Caiaphas, Pilate, and Herod
Matthew 26:57–27:26; Mark 14:53–15:15; Luke 22:54–23:25; John 18:13–19:16
Through the night Jesus was questioned by Annas and by Caiaphas and the council, who condemned him for blasphemy. At dawn they took him to Pilate, who sent him to Herod Antipas and back, then gave in to the crowd and handed him over to be crucified.
Jesus answered, “My Kingdom is not of this world. If my Kingdom were of this world, then my servants would fight, that I wouldn’t be delivered to the Jews. But now my Kingdom is not from here.”
John 18:36 (World English Bible)
Meanwhile, in the high priest's courtyard, Peter three times denied knowing Jesus, and the rooster crowed. Pilate found no crime in him and offered to release him, but the crowd chose the rebel Barabbas instead. Jesus was flogged, crowned with thorns, and mocked by the soldiers. Pilate washed his hands before the crowd and sentenced him about the sixth hour (John 19:14).
Places
Ancient witnesses outside the Bible
Historical sources, not Scripture.
- Antiquities 18.2.2 — Caiaphas made high priest
- Antiquities 18.3.1–2 — Pilate as governor
- War 2.9.2–4
Dating notes
Ussher: the night and morning of Friday, 3 April AD 33. Ussher's dates put the crucifixion on Friday, 3 April AD 33; many scholars prefer Friday, 7 April AD 30, which would move all of Holy Week three years earlier.