Jesus spoke in parables about His Kingdom. But what did He share with Pilate about His Kingdom before He was crucified?
5 “The days are coming”—this is the Lord’s declaration— “when I will raise up a Righteous Branch of David. He will reign wisely as king and administer justice and righteousness in the land. 6 In His days Judah will be saved, and Israel will dwell securely. This is what He will be named: Yahweh Our Righteousness.
7 “The days are coming”—the Lord’s declaration—“when it will no longer be said, ‘As the Lord lives who brought the Israelites from the land of Egypt,’ 8 but, ‘As the Lord lives, who brought and led the descendants of the house of Israel from the land of the north and from all the other countries where I had banished them.’ They will dwell once more in their own land.” Jeremiah 23:5-7 HCSB
28 Then they took Jesus from Caiaphas to the governor’s headquarters. It was early morning. They did not enter the headquarters themselves; otherwise they would be defiled and unable to eat the Passover.
29 Then Pilate came out to them and said, “What charge do you bring against this man?”
30 They answered him, “If this man weren’t a criminal, we wouldn’t have handed Him over to you.”
31 So Pilate told them, “Take Him yourselves and judge Him according to your law.”
“It’s not legal for us to put anyone to death,” the Jews declared. 32 They said this so that Jesus’ words might be fulfilled signifying what kind of death He was going to die.
33 Then Pilate went back into the headquarters, summoned Jesus, and said to Him, “Are You the King of the Jews?”
34 Jesus answered, “Are you asking this on your own, or have others told you about Me?”
35 “I’m not a Jew, am I?” Pilate replied. “Your own nation and the chief priests handed You over to me. What have You done?”
36 “My kingdom is not of this world,” said Jesus. “If My kingdom were of this world, My servantswould fight, so that I wouldn’t be handed over to the Jews. As it is, My kingdom does not have its origin here.”
37 “You are a king then?” Pilate asked.
“You say that I’m a king,” Jesus replied. “I was born for this, and I have come into the world for this: to testify to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth listens to My voice.”
38 “What is truth?” said Pilate.John 18:28-38 HCSB
36 “Now concerning that day and hour no one knows—neither the angels in heaven, nor the Son —except the Father only.37 As the days of Noah were, so the coming of the Son of Man will be.38 For in those days before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day Noah boarded the ark.39 They didn’t know until the flood came and swept them all away. So this is the way the coming of the Son of Man will be:40 Then two men will be in the field: one will be taken and one left.41 Two women will be grinding at the mill: one will be taken and one left.42 Therefore be alert, since you don’t know what day your Lord is coming.43 But know this: If the homeowner had known what time the thief was coming, he would have stayed alert and not let his house be broken into.44 This is why you also must be ready, because the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect.
45 “Who then is a faithful and sensible slave, whom his master has put in charge of his household, to give them food at the proper time?46 That slave whose master finds him working when he comes will be rewarded.47 I assure you: He will put him in charge of all his possessions.48 But if that wicked slave says in his heart, ‘My master is delayed,’49 and starts to beat his fellow slaves, and eats and drinks with drunkards,50 that slave’s master will come on a day he does not expect and at an hour he does not know.51 He will cut him to pieces and assign him a place with the hypocrites. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.Matthew 24:36-51 HCSB