Early in the morning when they took him to the guv’,
they declined to enter so they just gave him a shove.
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Asked for accusations, they asserted he was bad.
Pilate told them to go back if that’s all that they had.
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What was in their hearts and on their lips was what they said
They were not the only ones who wanted Jesus dead.
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Pilate summoned Jesus, asking, “Are you, then, a king?”
Jesus asked him where he learned about this kind of thing.
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“Your own nation and its priests have brought you to me here.
Tell me what you’ve done, if nothing, then you need not fear.”
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“Okay, I’m a king, but not of kingdoms like your own.
I was born to testify of truth to everyone.
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Image: Christ before Pilate – 1845 www.loc.gov
Source: John 18:28-37
Text: David Alexander, 2022 CC BY-NC SA 4.0
Tune: Salm Foreol, Public Domain
Audio: www.smallchurchmusic.com Used by Permission
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