And Jesus stood before the governor: and the governor asked him, saying, Are you the King of the Jews? And Jesus said unto him,
You say so.
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John Chrysostom
AD 407
Do you see what he is asked first? Is this the same charge that they had been continually bringing forward in every circumstance? They could see that Pilate was not ready to take into account subtle matters of Jewish law. So they directed their accusation outwardly to state charges of political disloyalty. They did the same later with the apostles, always charging them with political motivations, always bringing forward some trumpedup idea that they were after worldly power. They were treating Jesus now as if he were a mere man and as if he were under suspicion of treason …. What they were really interested in was finding some charge that would put him to death. The Gospel of Matthew, Homily
