Trial Before Pilate (including The 39 Lashes)

Jesus Christ Superstar

Pilate

And so the king

Is once again my guest

And why is this?

Was Herod unimpressed?



Caiaphas

We turned to Rome

To sentence Nazareth

We have no law

To put a man to death

We need him crucified

It's all you have to do



Pilate

Talk to me, Jesus Christ

You have been brought here

Manacled, beaten by your own people

Do you have the first idea

Why you deserve it?

Listen, king of the Jews,

Where is your kingdom?

Look at me

Am I a Jew?



Jesus

I have got no kingdom

In this world

I'm through, through, through

There may be a kingdom for me

Somewhere if I only knew



Pilate

You're a king



Jesus

Yes you can see I am

I look for truth

And find that I get damned



Pilate

What is truth?

Is truth unchanging law?

We both have truths

Are mine the same as yours?



Crowd

Crucify him, crucify him!



Pilate

What do you mean

You'd crucify your king?



Crowd

We have no king but Caesar



Pilate

He's done no wrong

No, not the slightest thing



Crowd

We have no king but Caesar

Crucify him!



Pilate

I see no reason

I find no evil

This man is harmless

So why does he upset you?

He's just misguided

Thinks he's important

But to keep you vultures happy

I shall flog him



Crowd

Crucify! Crucify!



Pilate (Counting off the 39 Lashes)

One! Two! Three! Four! Five! Six! Seven! Eight! Nine! Ten! Eleven!

Twelve! Thirteen! Fourteen! Fifteen! Sixteen! Seventeen! Eighteen!

Nineteen! Twenty! Twenty one! Twenty two! Twenty three! Twenty four!

Twenty five! Twenty six! Twenty seven! Twenty eight! Twenty nine!

Thirty! Thirty one! Thirty two! Thirty three! Thirty four! Thirty

five! Thirty six! Thirty seven! Thirty eight! Thirty nine!



Pilate

Where are you from Jesu