“When Jesus therefore perceived that they would come and take him by force, to make him a king, he departed again into a mountain himself alone.”
Jesus, knowing that they intended to make him king by force, withdrew again to a mountain by himself. — the crowd's attempt to make Jesus king (basileus) by force (bia) represents a fatal misunderstanding: Jesus is king, but not in political-military sense. His withdrawal protects against this distortion of his identity.
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