Luke 23:2-5
2 And they began to accuse Him, saying, “We found this fellow perverting the nation, and forbidding to pay taxes to Caesar, saying that He Himself is Christ, a King.” 3 Then Pilate asked Him, saying, “Are You the King of the Jews?” He answered him and said, “It is as you say.” 4 So Pilate said to the chief priests and the crowd, “I find no fault in this Man.” 5 But they were the more fierce, saying, “He stirs up the people, teaching throughout all Judea, beginning from Galilee to this place.”
Jesus was accused of being both Messiah and King, and even Pilate did not see that as a problem. But the religious leaders were threatened by the truth and pushed harder by saying His peaceful teaching caused trouble - indeed it did as they were exposed as not truly serving God, but themselves. Those who claimed to sit in Moses' seat misused and added to the word of God they were supposed to be responsible for. Even now people in power falsely accuse Christ (and His followers) to cover their own guilt in accountability to God.
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