John 18:36-37

My Kingdom Is Not of This World

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."

1. 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.
   
2. 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...
   
3. 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?
   
4. Cross References
   John 19:16
   So he delivered him over to them to be crucified. So they took Jesus.
   
5. 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.
   
6. 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.
   
7. 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.
   
8. 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.
   
9. 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.
   
10. 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.
    
11. 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.