John 18:37
Then Pilate said, “So it is true that you are a big boss?” Jesus said, “Yes, you said that I am a big boss, and you are right. And I was born into this world so that I can tell everyone God’s true message. If anyone really wants to know the true message, they take notice of the things I say.”
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Mark 15:2So Pilate asked Jesus, “Are you the big boss over the Jewish nation?” Jesus said, “Those are your words.”
John 7:17If anyone really wants to live God’s way, they will know that those words came from God, and that I did not make them up.
John 8:47The people in God’s family listen properly to his words. But you are not in his family, so you don’t listen to him.”
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 →