John 18:36-38 Jesus answered, "My kingdom is not of this world. If My kingdom were of this world, My deputies, also, would have contended, lest I should be given up to the Jews. Yet now is My kingdom not hence."

CLV⁽ⁱ⁾ ³⁶ Jesus answered, "My kingdom is not of this world. If My kingdom were of this world, My deputies, also, would have contended, lest I should be given up to the Jews. Yet now is My kingdom not hence." ³⁷ Pilate, then, said to Him, "Is it not then so? A king are you!Jesus answered, "You are saying that I am a king. For this also have I been born, and for this have I come into the world, that I should be testifying to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth is hearing My voice." ³⁸ Pilate is saying to Him, "What is truth!And, this saying, again he came out to the Jews, and is saying to them, "I not one fault am finding in him."