My Kingdom Is Not of This World

John 18

33 z So Pilate entered his headquarters again and called Jesus and said to him, a "Are you the King of the Jews?" 34 Jesus answered, "Do you say this of your own accord, or did others say it to you about me?" 35 Pilate answered, "Am I a Jew? Your own nation and the chief priests have delivered you over to me. What have you done?" 36 Jesus answered, b "My kingdom c is not of this world. If my kingdom were of this world, d my servants would have been fighting, that e I might not be delivered over to the Jews. But my kingdom is not from the world." 37 Then Pilate said to him, "So you are a king?" Jesus answered, f "You say that I am a king. g For this purpose I was born and for this purpose h I have come into the world - i to bear witness to the truth. j Everyone who is k of the truth l listens to my voice."

38 Pilate said to him, "What is truth?" After he had said this, m he went back outside to the Jews and told them, n "I find no guilt in him. 39 o But you have a custom that I should release one man for you at the Passover. So do you want me to release to you the King of the Jews?" 40 They cried out again, p "Not this man, but Barabbas!" Now Barabbas was a robber. 1

  1. Cross References
    John 19:9
    He entered his headquarters again and said to Jesus, "Where are you from?" But Jesus gave him no answer.
  2. Cross References
    John 19:12
    From then on Pilate sought to release him, but the Jews cried out, "If you release this man, you are not Caesar's friend. Everyone who makes himself a king opposes Caesar.
  3. Cross References
    John 6:15
    Perceiving then that they were about to come and take him by force to make him king, Jesus withdrew again to the mountain by himself.
    Daniel 2:44
    And in the days of those kings the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that shall never be destroyed, nor shall the kingdom be left to another people. It shall break in pieces all these kingdoms and bring them to an end, and it shall stand forever.
    Daniel 7:14
    And to him was given dominion and glory and a kingdom, that all peoples, nations, and languages should serve him; his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom one that shall not be destroyed.
    Daniel 7:27
    And the kingdom and the dominion and the greatness of the kingdoms under the whole heaven shall be given to the people of the saints of the Most High; their kingdom shall be an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions shall serve and obey them.
    Luke 17:21
    Nor will they say, 'Look, here it is!' or 'There!' for behold, the kingdom of God is in the midst of you.
  4. Cross References
    John 8:23
    He said to them, "You are from below; I am from...
    John 15:19
    If you were of the world, the world would love ...
    John 17:14
    I have given them your word, and the world has ...
    John 17:16
    They are not of the world, just as I am not of ...
    1 John 2:16
    For all that is in the world - the desires of t...
    1 John 4:5
    They are from the world; therefore they speak f...
  5. Cross References
    Matthew 26:53
    Do you think that I cannot appeal to my Father, and he will at once send me more than twelve legions of angels?
  6. Cross References
    John 19:16
    So he delivered him over to them to be crucified. So they took Jesus.
  7. Cross References
    Luke 22:70
    So they all said, "Are you the Son of God, then?" And he said to them, "You say that I am.
  8. Cross References
    John 12:27
    Now is my soul troubled. And what shall I say? 'Father, save me from this hour'? But for this purpose I have come to this hour.
    Romans 14:9
    For to this end Christ died and lived again, that he might be Lord both of the dead and of the living.
  9. Cross References
    John 16:28
    I came from the Father and have come into the world, and now I am leaving the world and going to the Father.
  10. Cross References
    John 3:11
    Truly, truly, I say to you, we speak of what we know, and bear witness to what we have seen, but you do not receive our testimony.
    John 3:32
    He bears witness to what he has seen and heard, yet no one receives his testimony.
    John 5:31
    If I alone bear witness about myself, my testimony is not deemed true.
    John 8:13 - 14
    So the Pharisees said to him, "You are bearing witness about yourself; your testimony is not true.
    John 8:18
    I am the one who bears witness about myself, and the Father who sent me bears witness about me.
  11. Cross References
    1 John 4:6
    We are from God. Whoever knows God listens to us; whoever is not from God does not listen to us. By this we know the Spirit of truth and the spirit of error.
    John 8:47
    Whoever is of God hears the words of God. The reason why you do not hear them is that you are not of God.
  12. Cross References
    1 John 2:21
    I write to you, not because you do not know the truth, but because you know it, and because no lie is of the truth.
    1 John 3:19
    By this we shall know that we are of the truth and reassure our heart before him.
  13. Cross References
    John 10:16
    And I have other sheep that are not of this fold. I must bring them also, and they will listen to my voice. So there will be one flock, one shepherd.
    John 10:27
    My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.
  14. Cross References
    John 19:4
    Pilate went out again and said to them, "See, I am bringing him out to you that you may know that I find no guilt in him.
  15. Cross References
    John 19:4
    Pilate went out again and said to them, "See, I am bringing him out to you that you may know that I find no guilt in him.
    John 19:6
    When the chief priests and the officers saw him, they cried out, "Crucify him, crucify him!" Pilate said to them, "Take him yourselves and crucify him, for I find no guilt in him.
    Luke 23:4
    Then Pilate said to the chief priests and the crowds, "I find no guilt in this man.
  16. Cross References
    John 18:39 - 40
    But you have a custom that I should release one man for you at the Passover. So do you want me to release to you the King of the Jews?
    Matthew 27:15 - 18
    Now at the feast the governor was accustomed to release for the crowd any one prisoner whom they wanted.
    Matthew 27:20 - 23
    Now the chief priests and the elders persuaded the crowd to ask for Barabbas and destroy Jesus.
    Mark 15:6 - 14
    Now at the feast he used to release for them one prisoner for whom they asked.
    Luke 23:18 - 23
    But they all cried out together, "Away with this man, and release to us Barabbas" -
  17. Cross References
    John 18:39 - 40
    But you have a custom that I should release one man for you at the Passover. So do you want me to release to you the King of the Jews?
    Matthew 27:15 - 18
    Now at the feast the governor was accustomed to release for the crowd any one prisoner whom they wanted.
    Matthew 27:20 - 23
    Now the chief priests and the elders persuaded the crowd to ask for Barabbas and destroy Jesus.
    Mark 15:6 - 14
    Now at the feast he used to release for them one prisoner for whom they asked.
    Luke 23:18 - 23
    But they all cried out together, "Away with this man, and release to us Barabbas" -
  18. Cross References
    Acts 3:14
    But you denied the Holy and Righteous One, and asked for a murderer to be granted to you.
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