Instead of defending Jesus Himself, He responds with a question that implies He is indeed a king and turns the tables on Pilate by questioning if he recognizes this himself or is simply relaying what he has heard from others. Jesus’s trial before Pilate and the circumstances surrounding His crucifixion, I wonder if I would have been among those who accused Him or part of the believing remnant. Would I have denied Him or remained faithful? Jesus was willing to be despised, rejected, accused, and crucified, by those He came to save. He was willing to do this so that all who believed in Him would not perish but have everlasting life.

It reads in Luke 23:1-5 Easy-to-Read Version> Then the whole group stood up and led Jesus away to Pilate. They began to accuse Jesus and said to Pilate, “We caught this man trying to change the thinking of our people. He says we should not pay taxes to Caesar. He calls himself the Messiah, a king.” Pilate asked Jesus, “Are you the king of the Jews?” Jesus answered, “Yes, what you say is true.” Pilate said to the leading priests and the people, “I find nothing wrong with this man.” But they kept on saying, “His teaching is causing trouble all over Judea. He began in Galilee, and now he is here!”