JOHN 18:35 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“Pilate answered, Am I a Jew? Thine own nation and the chief priests have delivered thee unto me: what hast thou done?”
Pilate replied, 'I am not a Jew, am I? Your own nation and the chief priests have handed you over to me. What have you done?' — Pilate's rhetorical question asserts his outsider status: he disclaims any personal knowledge of Jewish messianic expectations, locating the charge with the Jewish leadership. "Your own nation" shifts responsibility: the Jews have made the accusation, making Pilate merely the enforcer of their will. His question "What have you done?" seeks concrete wrongdoing.
Church Fathers on John 18:35
Pilate, wishing to rescue Him from the hatred of the c Jews, protracted the trial a long time. Then Pilate entered into the judgment hall, and called Jesus.
i.e. Apart, because he had a strong suspicion that He was innocent, and thought he could examine Him more accurately, away from the crowd: and said to Him, Are you the King of the Jews?
Wherein Pilate shows that the Jews had charged Him with calling Himself King of the Jews.
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