Then the whole body of them got up
and brought Him before Pilate. And they began to accuse Him, saying,
“We found this man misleading our nation and forbidding to pay taxes to Caesar,
and saying that He Himself is Christ, a King.”
So Pilate asked Him, saying, “Are You the King of the Jews?” And He
answered him and said, “It is as you say.” Then Pilate said to the chief priests and the crowds, “I
find no guilt in this man.” But they kept on insisting, saying, “He
stirs up the people, teaching all over Judea, starting from Galilee
even as far as this place.”
While the Jews had the right to
hold trials against their own, they had no law to put a man to death. For this reason, the sought Roman officials
to try Jesus seeking a conviction of blasphemy.
Repeatedly Jesus did not make bold claims that I am the King, but
instead left it to others to say. When
the scriptures were fulfilled by their turning on Him and crucifying Him He
said “Father forgive them, they no not what they are doing.”
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