Christ the King
"Are you the king of the Jews?" Pilate asked. Jesus replied, "Do you ask this of your own accord, or have others
spoken to you about me?" Pilate answered, "Am I a Jew? It is your own people and the chief priests who have
handed you over to me: what have you done?"
Jesus replied, "Mine is not a kingdom of this world; if my kingdom were of this world, my men would have
fought to prevent my being surrendered to the Jews. But my kingdom is not of this kind."
"So you are a king then?" said Pilate.
"It is you who say it," answered Jesus, "Yes, I am a king. I was born for this, I came into the world for this: to
bear witness to the truth; and all who are on the side of truth listen listen to my voice."
John 18: 33-37
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