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John 18:35
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33 aThen Pilate entered the1 Praetorium again, called Jesus, and said to Him, “Are You the King of the Jews?”  
34 Jesus answered him, “Are you speaking for yourself about this, or did others tell you this concerning Me?”
35 Pilate answered, “Am I a Jew? Your own nation and the chief priests have delivered You to me. What have You done?”
36 aJesus answered, b“My kingdom is not of this world. If My kingdom were of this world, My servants would fight, so that I should not be delivered to the Jews; but now My kingdom is not from here.”  
37 Pilate therefore said to Him, “Are You a king then?” Jesus answered, “You say rightly that I am a king. For this cause I was born, and for this cause I have come into the world, athat I should bear bwitness to the truth. Everyone who cis of the truth dhears My voice.”  
38 Pilate said to Him, “What is truth?” And when he had said this, he went out again to the Jews, and said to them, a“I find no fault in Him at all.  

Taking the Place of Barabbas

39 a“But you have a custom that I should release someone to you at the Passover. Do you therefore want me to release to you the King of the Jews?”  
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John 18:35

Am I a Jew? (mhti egw Ioudaiov eimi). Proud and fine scorn on Pilate's part at the idea that he had a personal interest in the question. Vehement negation implied. Cf. John 4:29 for mhti in a question. The gulf between Jew and Gentile yawns wide here.

Nation (eqnov as in John 11:48-52, rather than laov, while both in John 11:50). For paredwkan see verse John 18:30.

What hast thou done? (ti epoihsas). First aorist active indicative of poiew. Blunt and curt question. "What didst thou do?" "What is thy real crime?" John's picture of this private interview between Pilate and Jesus is told with graphic power.




Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing John 18:35:

Mark 15:2
Luke 23:4
John 18:28
John 19:16

 

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