"Art Thou then the Son of God?" they asked with one voice. He said unto them, "Ye say that I am." They cried out, "What need we any further witness? for we ourselves have heard of His own mouth." And so by the third condemnation of the Jewish authorities, Jesus was to die. All that was now necessary, they thought, was for the Romans to ratify this condemnation, and deliver Him into their hands.

Er du da Guds Søn? spurgte de som med én røst. Han sagde til dem: I siger det selv; jeg er det. Så råbte de: Hvad skal vi med flere vidnesbyrd? Nu har vi jo selv hørt det af hans mund. Ifølge de jødiske myndigheders tredje domfældelse skulle Jesus dø. Alt, hvad der nu behøvedes, mente de, var, at romerne stadfæstede denne dom, og at han blev overgivet i deres hænder.