Joh 19:7 | TNotes | STEP | 19:7 During the trial before Caiaphas, the charge of blasphemy—calling himself the Son of God —was determined to be Jesus’ true crime (see Mark 14:61-65 ). • The leaders had already tried pitting Jesus against Roman imperial interests (John 18:33 ), and would do so again (19:12 ). Now they challenged the governor on another level: Pilate must keep the peace by upholding local law , even when it was irrelevant to Rome. Claiming to be God’s son was not illegal, because Israel’s kings did this (Pss 2:7 ; 89:22-27 ). However, Jesus claimed to have the divine authority of God himself (see John 5:18 ), which they saw as blasphemy.

bMark 14:61-65►

cJohn 18:33►

ePss 2:7►

f89:22-27►

gJohn 5:18►

‏ John 19:7

19:7 ^a During the trial before Caiaphas, the charge of blasphemy—calling himself the Son of God—was determined to be Jesus’ true crime (see Mark 14:61-65 ^b).

• The leaders had already tried pitting Jesus against Roman imperial interests (John 18:33 ^c), and would do so again (19:12 ^d). Now they challenged the governor on another level: Pilate must keep the peace by upholding local law, even when it was irrelevant to Rome. Claiming to be God’s son was not illegal, because Israel’s kings did this (Pss 2:7 ^e; 89:22-27 ^f). However, Jesus claimed to have the divine authority of God himself (see John 5:18 ^g), which they saw as blasphemy.