JOHN 19:14 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“And it was the preparation of the passover, and about the sixth hour: and he saith unto the Jews, Behold your King!”
Now it was the day of Preparation of the Passover; and it was about noon. He said to the Jews, 'Here is your king!' — The temporal notation—Preparation Day (paraskeue), the day before Passover, about noon (hora hexte, the sixth hour)—frames Jesus' condemnation at the precise moment the Temple priests slaughter the Passover lamb. The synchronism (Jesus handed over while Passover lambs are prepared) identifies Jesus theologically as the true Lamb. Pilate's presentation—"Here is your king!"—carries his mocking acknowledgment of their rejection.
Church Fathers on John 19:14
The Jews thought they could alarm Pilate more by the mention of Caesar, than by telling him of their law, as they had done above; We have a law, and by that law He ought to die, because He made Himself the Son of God. So it follows. But the Jews cried out, saying, you let this Man go, you are not Caesar’s friend; whosoever makes himself a king speaks against Caesar.
But how can you prove this? By His purple, His diadem, His chariot, His guards? Did He not wall; about with His twelve disciples only, and every thing mean about Him, food, dress, and habitation?
The tribunal is the seat of the judge, as the throne is the seat of the king, and the chair the seat of the doctor.
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