“And Pilate asked him, Art thou the King of the Jews? And he answering said unto him, Thou sayest it.”
Mark 15:2 — Greek Interlinear
Church Fathers on Mark 15:2
The Jews had a custom of delivering him whom they had condemned to death, bound to the judge. Wherefore after the condemnation of Christ, the Evangelist adds: 'And straightway in the morning the Chief Priests held a consultation with the elders and Scribes and the whole council, and bound Jesus, and carried Him away, and delivered Him to Pilate.' But it must be observed, that they did not then first bind Him, but they bound Him on first taking Him in the garden by night, as…
They then gave Jesus up to the Romans, but were themselves given up by God into the hands of the Romans, that the Scriptures might be fulfilled, which say, 'Recompense them after the work of their hands.' [Ps 28:5]
Luke has also laid open the false charges which they brought against Him; for he thus relates it: 'And they began to accuse Him, saying, We found this fellow perverting the nation, and forbidding to give tribute to Caesar, saying that he himself is Christ a King.' [Luke 23:2]