John 18:36
Jesus said, “I am a big boss, but I am not the big boss over a nation here in this world. That is the reason why my followers didn’t fight to stop the Jewish leaders from grabbing me.”
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Luke 17:20At one time, some of the Pharisee mob, that were strong for the Jewish law, they asked Jesus, “When will God come and bring his people together, and be their boss here on earth?” Jesus said, “You will not see anything different when God starts to bring his people together and be their boss. People can’t see it happen.
John 8:15You judge people the way human beings judge people. I am not judging anyone now,
Colossians 1:12And we want you to always say thank you to God, our father. He brought you into his family so that you will get the good things that he promised to give to his people. Then you will live with him in his good place.
Matthew Henry on John 18:29-40
Christ in the Judgment-Hall; Christ Arraigned before Pilate. 28 Then led they Jesus from Caiaphas unto the hall of judgment: and it was early; and they themselves went not into the judgment hall, lest they should be defiled; but that they might eat the passover. 29 Pilate then went out unto them, and said, What accusation bring ye against this man? 30 They answered and said unto him, If he were not a malefactor, we would not have delivered him up unto thee. 31 Then said Pilate unto them, Take ye him, and judge him… Read the whole commentary →