Sermons citing John 18:28–40

^18:30 “If He were not a criminal,” they replied, “we would not have handed Him over to you.”

^18:31 “You take Him and judge Him by your own law,” Pilate told them. “We are not permitted to execute anyone,” the Jews replied.

^18:32 This was to fulfill the word that Jesus had spoken to indicate the kind of death He was going to die.

^18:33 Pilate went back into the Praetorium, summoned Jesus, and asked Him, “Are You the King of the Jews?”

^18:34 “Are you saying this on your own,” Jesus asked, “or did others tell you about Me?”

^18:35 “Am I a Jew?” Pilate replied. “Your own people and chief priests handed You over to me. What have You done?”

^18:36 Jesus answered, “My kingdom is not of this world; if it were, My servants would fight to prevent My arrest by the Jews. But now My kingdom is not of this realm.”

^18:37 “Then You are a king!” Pilate said. “You say that I am a king,” Jesus answered. “For this reason I was born and have come into the world, to testify to the truth. Everyone who belongs to the truth listens to My voice.”

^18:38 “What is truth?” Pilate asked. And having said this, he went out again to the Jews and told them, “I find no basis for a charge against Him.

^18:39 But it is your custom that I release to you one prisoner at the Passover. So then, do you want me to release to you the King of the Jews?”

^18:40 “Not this man,” they shouted, “but Barabbas!” (Now Barabbas was an insurrectionist.)