Notice a Catholic word study quote that RECOGNIZES a local area is defined by a Kings rulership.
Even the damn Catholics are smarted than Schizm!
37 Then Pilate then said to HIM, "Are YOU not then a king?" JESUS answered, "You say I am a king. I have been born into this (world) and I have come into this world that I might testify to the truth. All belonging to the truth hear My voice."
18:36 "But now my kingdom is not from here" The word "here" referred to the material world.
18:37 "All belonging to the truth hear MY voice." is literally "All being from the truth hear MY sound."
What does it mean to be a king? Is it the old model of absolute power? Or is it Christ's leadership of service? These questions are the essence of Pilate's and Jesus' dialogue.
As Roman governor of Judea, Pilate was judge and jury in capital cases. His question was direct: "Do you claim to be king of the area I govern in the name of Caesar?" An affirmative answer would have sealed the fate of Jesus, since he would be branded as a political revolutionary."{end of quote}
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