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200 • T HE S TO RY OF G OD I N C H R I S T : T HE F ULLNESS OF T I ME

The Trial before Pilate John 18.28-19.16

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Key Verse

John 18.38 Pilate said to him, “What is truth?” After he had said this, he went back outside to the Jews and told them, “I find no guilt in him.”

Theme

Christ offers himself as a spotless substitute to be sacrificed for sin.

Setting

The governor’s headquarters

The Jews convince Pilate to have Jesus killed