1The Jews said to Pilate: 'We beg your authority that he be presented before your tribunal.'
2Pilate called the messenger to say to him: 'Let Jesus be presented here to me, with all deference.'
3The messenger went out, and as soon as he identified Jesus, he worshiped him; then he removed his cloak and spread it on the ground, saying: 'Lord, pass over this and enter, for the governor calls you.'
4The Jews, seeing what the messenger had done, began to cry out against Pilate.
5Pilate called the messenger and said to him: 'Why did you do this?' The messenger answered: 'When you sent me to Jerusalem I saw the children of the Hebrews acclaiming him with branches in their hands.'
6When Jesus entered, those who held the standards bowed down and worshiped Jesus.
7The Jews who witnessed this began to cry out against those who carried the banners.