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St. Luke describes Christ’s passion better than the rest; John is more complete as to Christ’s works; he describes the audience, and how the cause was handled, and how they proceeded before the seat of judgment, and how Christ was questioned, and for what cause he was slain.

When Pilate asked him: ’Art thou the king of the Jews?’ ’Yea,’ said Christ, ’I am; but not such a king as the emperor is, for then my servants and armies would fight and strive to deliver and defend me; but I am a king sent to preach the Gospel, and give record of the truth which I must speak.’ ’What,’ said Pilate, ’art thou such a king, and hast thou a kingdom that consists in word and truth? then surely thou canst be no prejudice to me.’ Doubtless Pilate took our Savior Christ to be a simple, honest, ignorant man, one perchance come out of a wilderness, a simple fellow, a hermit, who knew or understood nothing of the world, or of government.