“And Pilate asked him, Art thou the King of the Jews? And he answering said unto him, Thou sayest it.”
Are you the king of the Jews? asked Pilate. You have said so, Jesus replied — the charges before Pilate shift from the religious (blasphemy: Messiah and Son of God) to the political (king of the Jews). You have said so is an affirmation that maintains the distinction between Pilate's political framing and Jesus' theological self-understanding. Jesus does not deny the kingship but does not accept Pilate's characterization of what it means.
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