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.

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