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Tyndale Open Study Notes on John 19:15

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Tyndale Open Study Notes
Tyndale House Publishers · Modern study notes
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19:15 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; 1 Sam 8:7; 10:19). Jerusalem and its leaders were in the process of killing their true king (John 18:37) while paying homage to Caesar, the pagan king of Rome.
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