John 19:15
19:15 a The final words of the priests, “We have no king but Caesar,” stood in direct contradiction to the Old Testament understanding that God was Israel’s king (cp. Judg 8:23 b; 1 Sam 8:7 c; 10:19 d). Jerusalem and its leaders were in the process of killing their true king (John 18:37 e) while paying homage to Caesar, the pagan king of Rome.
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