{Again} (palin). Back into the palace where Pilate was
before. {Called} (eph(936e)(8873)en). First aorist active indicative of
ph(936e)e(935c). Jesus was already inside the court (verse  28 ). Pilate
now summoned him to his presence since he saw that he had to
handle the case. The charge that Jesus claimed to be a king
compelled him to do so ( Lu 23:2 ). {Art thou the King of the
Jews?} (su ei ho basileus t(936e) Ioudai(936e);). This was the vital
problem and each of the Gospels has the question ( Mr 15:2  Mt
27:1  Lu 23:3  Joh 18:33 ), though Luke alone ( 23:2 ) gives the
specific accusation. {Thou} (su). Emphatic. Jesus did claim to
be the spiritual king of Israel as Nathanael said ( Joh 1:49 )
and as the ecstatic crowd hailed him on the Triumphal Entry ( Joh
12:13 ), but the Sanhedrin wish Pilate to understand this in a
civil sense as a rival of Caesar as some of the Jews wanted Jesus
to be ( Joh 6:15 ) and as the Pharisees expected the Messiah to
be.