 Let's pray. Father God Almighty, it's such a joy to come into your presence each day, Father, to learn your word, Father, for this privilege, for this blessing over our lives. You're so very thankful for the promises that we stand upon where it says, Father, every morning your mercies are renewed, Father, and we dwell in that mercy of our Father this day. We thank you for those mercies. We thank you for the promises. We thank you for this platform. We thank you for APC Bible College and every teacher who is zealous to teach us your word above Father and equip us for the ministry that you have called us for, Father. And as we are in your presence today, Father, we invite you to come and teach us through pastor. We invite you to give us that wisdom and favor to understand the word in its depth and, Lord Father, be filled with your revelation to be equipped to do your ministry above Father and to reach out to nation and to nation's Father for your glory, honor, and praise, Lord. Bless each one who is here. Bless each one who would be hearing this word. Bless each one who is seeking you above Father at all this heart, Father. Help us and guide us through the day. Let all things be under your control, Father. As we give you glory, honor, and praise and ask this prayer in the precious and matchless name, Father, we also want to uplift brother Elisha who's not been keeping well, Father, whose request is on the page, Father, we pray for your divine intervention in his health, Father, that the spirit of infirmity be broken, Father, and he be strengthened in your grace by the blood of Jesus, root out every infection from his body, Father, and strengthen him in his mind, body, soul, and spirit to be Lord, Father, completely healed and, Father, be able to join back his work, join back the college, Father, and, Father, be a blessing to everyone who comes across, Father. Bless him with good health, with your favor, and with all of those who are suffering, Father, in this time when many of them are suffering through viral zone, Lord, Father, being attacked, Father, by any kind of sickness and infirmity, we pray for your divine intervention and for your healing virtue to flow through each of them, Father. We give you glory, honor, and praise once again for bringing us all together to worship you, Father, and to learn from your word. In Jesus' name, we ask and we pray. Amen. Amen. Thank you so much for the prayer. Okay, we will begin our class for today. We seem to be almost at the end of the book of John. So today we will be covering chapters 18 and 19. So we are almost reaching the end because, you know, these two chapters deal with Jesus being arrested and then being crucified. And there are a lot of interesting details that we see in these two chapters. So to get started, maybe we could just have someone read out the very first verse and then from there we'll go along. So John chapter 18 verse 1, if someone could read out first, please. Yes. So it says very specifically in the book of John that Jesus went into a garden in the other gospels. We just see that there's Gethsemane, the town Gethsemane which is mentioned. But then here we are told that he goes into a garden in that particular city. So which is why scholars, you know, tend to draw a link between this garden and the Garden of Eden and they talk about how the first Adam, he fails in the Garden of Eden. But over here, we have the second Adam who comes and he's successful in gaining victory over Satan. You know, rather than look to his own self-interests, the Lord says, let your will be done and he submits to the Father. So the contrast is drawn between the event that took place in the first garden, the Garden of Eden and the event that we see over here in the garden in this town of Gethsemane. And we see that the second Adam was successfully able to gain the victory for all of humanity through his act. On the other hand, the first Adam in fact led down all of humanity by dragging us into sin and bringing death into the world and all of that. So Jesus is able to cancel what the first Adam did and he is able to redeem and restore mankind once again. We will now maybe look at verses 2 to 6 where we have the basic outline given of the events that start off this whole arrest. So if someone could read out verses 2 to 6. Now Judas who betrayed him also knew the place for Jesus often made there with his disciples. So Judas having procured a band of soldiers and some officers from the chief priests and the Pharisees went there with lanterns and tortoise weapons. Then Jesus knowing all that would happen to him came forward and said to them, who do you seek? They answered him, Jesus and Nigel. Jesus said to them, I am he. Judas who betrayed him was standing with him. When Jesus said to them, I am he. They drew back and fell to the ground. Yes, so we see that they are using tortures and lanterns and all of that and it's very very clear that this entire incident is taking place in the night. So the Jewish leaders are very aware that what they are doing is crooked, that it's not transparent and honest and good. So they are doing it under the cover of night like as if they are guilty people and it shows that they are aware that what they are doing is wrong. If they had tried to do something like this in the broad daylight with all the public present, then the people who are watching the onlookers would have seen all the events taking place. So then they would make a judgment for themselves whether what is being done is correct or wrong and they probably would have reached a different conclusion. So the leaders don't want to take that risk. They don't want their crookedness exposed and so they are doing it in the secret cover of the night and they would not have been very aware of Jesus' movements, where he's going to be at which point of time. So Judas' offer becomes very useful to them because Judas would be aware of where Jesus' itinerary, where he would be going next. So they probably would have told him at an ideal time when Jesus is kind of isolated away from the public, let us know. So Judas of course now comes to them and tells them that Jesus is going to be going to a garden where he would be alone with his disciples. So with his help, they plan to use this particular night to make the arrest and so we have Judas coming along over here along with all the soldiers and it just says over there in verse 3, detachment of soldiers and some officials from the chief priests. So it looks like the soldiers also belong to the chief priests and the officials as well. So this seems to be the temple guard because all the way from the Old Testament, at times we had the Levites who had been appointed to be on guard duty, to guard the treasures of the temple and to guard the temple premises. So these soldiers are probably those, you know, Levites who are attached to the temple guard. So all of them come over here now to arrest Jesus and Jesus, you know, rather probably very mockingly, he says, you know, whom are you seeking because he knows very well why they have come and they say that they are looking for Jesus of Nazareth and he very clearly uses the divine, you know, term. He just says, I am. So there, so when they say, when he says that, when he says, I am, it says over here in verse 6, they drew back and fell to the ground. So the power of his name, the power of who he is, is, comes through in those two words which he utters when he says, I am. And if these events had taken place during the daytime, the crowd in fact would have seen that happening. So, you know, they don't get to see all of that because it's taking place in secret. But the power of Jesus is very apparent over here. And then if we could read out verses 7 to 11, please. So he asked them again, whom do you seek? And they said, Jesus of Nazareth. Jesus answered, I told you that I am he. So if you seek me, let these men go. This was to fulfill the word that he had spoken of those whom you gave me, I have lost not one. Then Simon Peter, having a sword drew, drew it and struck the high priest's servant and cut off his right ear. The servant's name was Malchus. So Jesus said to Peter, put your sword into its sheath. Shall I not drink the cup that the Father has given me? So we have a very lovely incident mentioned here. And it shows the heart of Peter, who he really is, what he really feels towards his master. So Jesus speaks up in verse 8 and he says, if you are looking for me, then let these men go. He doesn't want the disciples to come to harm. He doesn't want them getting involved in the violence which may take place. And so to protect them, he says that, and which is why John the writer, he emphasizes that once again in verse 9 and he says, these words, Jesus spoke these words to fulfill the statement which he made earlier, I have not lost one of those you gave me. So he doesn't want anyone to get hurt. So he says, you've come here to arrest me, take me, but let these others go. Don't harm them. And immediately you see Peter's response, even as Jesus shows his love, his compassion, and his concern for his disciples, he made it to his rescue because of the sword he has with him and he's willing to start an attack. So he begins by cutting off the ear of one of the servants. And then Jesus commands Peter and says, put your sword away. Shall I not drink the cup the father has given me? So he is saying, don't do this. I am willing to be arrested. I'm willing to go through this. And that would have puzzled Peter a lot because Peter was willing to fight to the death. He was willing to do whatever it takes to save his master. But the master is saying, it's okay. This is something I want to do. This is a cup which I want to drink from. And that would have made Peter feel helpless. And in fact, it would have puzzled all of the disciples because they want to fight. They want to defend. They care about him. But the Lord himself is saying, you know, it's okay. I know this is something that I want to go through. He has been warning them about this. He has been kind of preparing their hearts for this, but they just never caught it. So when it actually is happening, they are so puzzled. They're wondering why, why is Jesus kind of giving up? Because you see from their perspective, they would have thought he's not fighting back. He's giving up. Why is he giving up? You know, so but they're still very, very concerned. And so when the soldiers begin to take him away, you have two of the disciples who follow, you know, a little behind the crowd, because they don't want to completely go back home and just sit over there. They're still very worried, very concerned. The love is still there. And so we see in one of the later verses that Peter and John, they continued to follow the soldiers, even as, you know, the soldiers are leading Jesus to the house of Anna's. And Anna's would be the father-in-law of the high priest. So they didn't go to the high priest's house. They went to the house of the father-in-law of the high priest. So which is why, you know, maybe Anna's is the real power behind the throne. So maybe he's the one who kind of, you know, manipulates everything and controls everything. So they take him over there to his house. And yeah, in your, in your textbook, there are some things mentioned about Anna's. He was the high priest from 680 to 1580, at which point of time the Romans, in fact, remove him from his position. So it's probably after that that Caiaphas is placed, you know, in his position as high priest. So he's somebody who's very powerful and we're not very sure why the Romans, you know, remove him and appoint another person. So maybe he was very, very crooked. Maybe he had, you know, involved in some kind of dealings that they were not pleased with. So now we have the, you know, the preparation starting for the illegal trial that they want to do. And so here it just talks about Peter and John who are following Jesus. And we have verses 15 to 18, where you have the servant girl asking, are you one of the disciples? And now Peter says, you know, he replies, I am not, because it seems to be pointless to be taking Jesus side when Jesus seems to have, you know, given himself up. He seems to be willing to get arrested and imprisoned or whatever it is that's going to happen. And so Peter probably would have thought, you know, now where's the point? You know, he was willing to actually die for him. He was willing to fight for him. But now Jesus is not doing anything. So he probably, you know, uses his logic and thinks, you know, where's the point now when associating myself with the Lord? Because the Lord seems to be saying, I want to go through this. So he says, no, no, no, you know, I'm not associated with him because he too would get arrested. And he doesn't want to get arrested. So we see, we see that what Peter is doing over here can be, you know, logically explained to an extent. And we see that there are two things, this logic and this loyalty. Sometimes when you are trying to be loyal to someone, you know, you don't really care how logical or illogical it is. What matters to you is being completely loyal to that person. And here you see Peter reasoning in his heart and probably thinking, you know, where's the point? Now if I associate my name with Jesus, who doesn't even wish to defend himself, where's the point? So he's being logical about it. And so he's in fact not being quite loyal. It's a fine line between these two things, you know, when someone in a situation like this, but there are many Christians down the ages who are persecuted who kind of had to make a choice, whether they would be logical about their faith, or that they would be completely loyal to the Lord. I mean, I'm just reminded of the, you know, Communist era when a lot of Christians were being persecuted. And then they would place a, you know, Bible on the floor and they would say, you know, spit on it. And there would be people who would, you know, think logically and say, you know, I mean, if I spit on it, it doesn't make a difference. Because in my heart, I still love the Lord and I still will be worshipping him. And they would go ahead and logically they would, you know, spit. But then that there would be others who would say, it doesn't matter, even if I get killed, it's alright. But I refuse to, you know, it's just symbolic. I mean, they're just symbolically doing it. But still they want to go all the way and declare their full loyalty. And so they would, there were many people who said, No, I will not spit on the Bible. And I'd rather get killed. So you can be logical, or you can just allow logic to go out of the window and see, I don't care whether it makes sense or not, but I am going to express my full love and loyalty to my Lord. So in this case, Peter actually fails badly on that front. He's being very safe. He's being very careful and logical. But that is not actually the loyalty, you know, so we see that he denies him. And we see one more, I mean, later on in the, you know, it talks about how he denies him once again. And moving back to the other events which are taking place over here versus 19 to, okay, we have a person who has raised their hand. Yeah, please go ahead, brother. Yeah. Yeah. Thank you, Pastor. Pastor, I want to know that, as you said, Peter was actually loyal, was not able to be loyal. But I just want to know, as you said, as you gave that example, so if the Peter was loyal to the, to, to, if he showed the loyalty in that way, at that time, might be he could have killed and the prophecy what Jesus said, we should speak, Jesus spoke about him, how it could be fulfilled. And second thing, I just want to know that is what it is, like that point of time, he became logical, was wrong, or, or that, that protected him so that through him, he could able to, because later he proved his loyalty through his ministry and all. So to ease, like as you said, that the minister, like many people did not spit. And so how you, how you see this thing, like, because even though Jesus prophesied that you will deny me, so that prophecy was also to be fulfilled. And Jesus also had a plan that he should be the one who is going to carry the key of the kingdom. So how you will judge it. Thank you, Buster. That's my question. Yeah, now in Peter's case, it is very clear what Jesus would have preferred, he would have wanted loyalty. He says, Peter, you will deny me. Peter says, Lord, I'm willing to die for you. And, you know, Jesus says, you're saying that now, but you know what, you're actually going to deny me. And the word used over there is deny, betray, you know, say, no, no, I'm in no way associated with this person. So in Peter's case, it was very, very clear that Jesus wanted display of full loyalty. And Peter did not give that. Now, when it comes to other believers down the ages, I think that's just a choice which, you know, each person would have to personally make. Now, if I ever have to face that day, I truly hope, I mean, that I would throw logic out and you know, just show my full display of love and loyalty. But I mean, I don't know, that's just a personal choice which each of us would have to make for ourselves. Now coming to the other aspects, if God has a prophecy that needs to be fulfilled, he can do anything in a situation to make that prophecy come through. So it's, say, Jesus could have, I mean, God could have worked in ways which would have prevented Peter from being kind. So nothing can stand in the way of God's prophecies. So if there's a prophecy upon someone's life and they are living in accordance with God's leading, that prophecy will come to pass. God will arrange circumstances and make sure that it comes to pass. And regarding the keys of the kingdom being given to Peter, if we look at that particular passage, there are portions of the passage where when Jesus says to you, giving to you, and it's the singular word where the words are being spoken directly to Peter. But then in the later portion of the same passage, when it says, you know, you can bind and you can lose, it's not referring to the singular you, it's talking about plural you, all of you. So no, it was not something that was given, especially a position that was especially given only to Peter. Now that's a position which has been given to all of the church. So the church is not built on Peter at all. Because again, even that word used over there, you have two words, Petra and Petros, two completely different words. They're not getting to the all of the details of that. But it's very, very important for us to know that the kingdom was not built on Peter at all. Yeah, okay, so I think Peter was Petros and the foundation is Petra. Petra is feminine. Petros is masculine and they are two completely different, you know, usages of the noun. So that entire structure of that passage, and the Roman Catholic Church kind of got it wrong. So they regard Peter as the first pope and all of that. But the whole basis on which they lay that is completely wrong, because when you look at the basic Greek used over there, Jesus is in no way saying that it's going to be on Peter that the whole church is going to be built, not at all. Yeah, someone else had raised their hand, if the person would like to speak, otherwise we can move on. Yeah, let's just move on. Thank you. Yeah, so we, yes, we come to verses 19 to 24. Again, we have some very interesting things mentioned here. So if someone could read out all of those verses, it was 19 to 24, please. The high priest then questioned Jesus about his disciples and his teachings. Jesus answered him, I have spoken openly to the world, I have always thought and smoke out and in the temple where all Jews come together. I have said nothing in secret. When you ask me, ask those who have heard me, who I have said to them. They know what I have said. When he said these things, one of the apostles said, standing by, is that how you answer the high priest? Jesus answered him, if what I said is wrong, bear witness about the wrong, but what I said is right, then why do you strike me? And then send him down to the high priest. Okay, so over here you have Kaya for speaking and he's trying to find some kind of defect in Jesus' doctrine and Jesus' wordings, so that, you know, he can later on say, yeah, yeah, see, because of this false doctrines that Jesus is holding, that's the reason why we had to take this extreme step and have him executed. So he's trying to catch Jesus in his speech and Jesus very openly says, look, this is not the first conversation that we are having, you know, out in the open, out in the public, I've always very, very clearly expressed my views and there had been a lot of debates which went on between the Jewish leaders and Jesus with all the public listening and in all those debates, it was the, you know, leaders who went away defeated. They could never ever say, look, this man is, you know, breaking the law of Moses, he is denying what the Old Testament scriptures are saying that none of them could ever say that. So in all of the debates which took place in the open public, Jesus very carefully proved what he was saying using Old Testament scriptures and these people could never win any of the arguments. So Jesus is saying, now why are you again asking me this? Because whatever I had to say has already been very, very clearly spoken out in the open. Now, if you're now questioning me in secret, it's because you're planning on cooking up some new, you know, fake charges. So if this debate had happened in the out in the public in the daytime, again, Jesus would have very plainly spoken the things which he has spoken earlier. Again, these people would have stood defeated in the debate. So here they are doing it in secret, in the night, because they want to just go out in the morning to the crowd and say, you know what, when we were talking to him, all these false words came out and he's holding all these wrong doctrines and he wants to spread them. So they are kind of trying to come up with fake things. And so in verse 23, Jesus says, if I said something wrong, testify as to what is wrong, you know, but if I spoke the truth, why did you strike me? So Jesus is very confident about his stand and even as he's saying all of these things, I'm sure all those leaders and all these people standing over there, they very clearly know that what they are doing is very, very crooked and they don't have, you know, any proper standing to be doing what they are doing. So we see that, we see the transparency of Jesus coming across. You also see the crookedness of these people. And in your textbook, it talks about how trials like this should have been conducted in the day time, you know, where the public clearly knows that there's a trial going on. Also, it would be something that would be done in the Sanhedrin. The entire Sanhedrin would get together and then a decision would be taken. But here you just have a bunch of people. You have the High Priest, you have his father-in-law and you have a few others. It's not the entire Sanhedrin which is meeting together and taking this decision. And moreover, one single person actually cannot pronounce judgment, which is what they are planning on doing over here. So they are doing the entire thing in a very, very crooked manner because they actually don't have any charges to bring against Jesus and they would have to fabricate false charges. So it's easier to fabricate false charges when you're doing it secretly, which is why they're doing it in the night. So John kind of leaves this part of the, you know, narrative here. He doesn't go into further detail. In the other Gospels, you have more details given about Jesus' conversations with these people. But John over here moves on to the interactions which take place with Pilate. So Pilate was someone who had never really cared about the Jews, had no respect for their culture or their faith. And in fact, he had been so insensitive in the past to their religion and their faith that in fact the Jews had, you know, given a complaint against him to the Roman emperor. So Pilate was someone who could not care less about any of the religious matters of the Jews. And now Jesus is taken to Pilate. So they come over here to the Roman governor's palace in verse 28. And yeah, we have a lot of verses. Maybe we don't really need to read all of those. If we could maybe read out verses 28 and 29. Yeah. Yeah. So they started off first in Anna's house from there. They go to, you know, Caiaphas house and now they have come to the palace of the Roman governor. And they do not enter the palace of this Gentile, because if they enter the Gentiles palace, then that will make them ceremonially unclean and then they will not be able to eat the Passover. So they are very, very eager and very, very keen on eating the Passover. And John mentions that over here, because it's so ironic. They're getting all ready to, you know, murder the Passover lamb, but they want to eat the Passover lamb. It just shows the sheer hypocrisy of the whole thing. Even as they are making serious plans to have the Passover lamb killed, they also want to act like as if they want to participate in him and, you know, be a part of him. And they don't realize that what they are doing is so ridiculously ironically, you know, so they don't realize it. So it says over here very specifically, they wanted to eat the Passover and that is why they did not enter the palace and they're standing very piously outside. And so Pilate comes outside and he speaks to them. And oh yeah, there was something mentioned in your notes, which was interesting. If you know, if someone could read out versus 31 and 32, please. Yeah, so when they say over here, we have no right to execute anyone. They're very specifically talking about execution through crucifixion. You know, I mean, at least that's the, you know, that's the meaning which comes out when we read the rest of the passage, the overall context. So over here, they're speaking specifically about how they do not have any rights given by the Roman government to crucify anyone. And that is why they need Pilate's permission to be able to, you know, give Jesus this kind of a death sentence. Why didn't they choose stoning? Why did they not choose beheading? You know, they could have chosen those methods as well. But I think they probably chose crucifixion because when it comes to the scriptures, when it comes to the Old Testament scriptures, crucifixion is considered something, something like a curse. And also when it comes to the Roman point of view, crucifixion is something that's reserved for only the worst people. So in case they had chosen, you know, stoning, or if they had chosen beheading, the public would question and say, are they doing this to an innocent man? Is there injustice happening over here? There would be talk, there would be conversations and they don't want that. So they decide that, you know, these leaders decide that crucifixion would be the best method to adopt because that is something that, you know, they go through very serious procedures before they come to that particular kind of a capital sentence. Because it says in Deuteronomy 21, 22 to 23. Yeah, I mean, I mean, we're familiar with that, but if someone could read out Deuteronomy 21, 22 to 23, and what it says about crucifixion. Deuteronomy 21. Deuteronomy 21, verse 22 and 23, and if a man has committed a crime punishable by death and he is put to death and you hang him on a tree, his body shall not remain all night on the tree, but you shall bury him the same day for a hand man is cursed by God, you shall not defile your land that the Lord your God is giving you for inheritance. So it's not just bad that the person has been, you know, killed and then just hung on a tree. It also implies that this man is under a curse. So it's somebody very, very evil. Someone who has done something very terrible. Only such people are, you know, literally under a curse of God. So they want to demonstrate that they are really this good pious leaders who have done this to this man because there's actually a curse upon him. What he has done is so terrible. This false doctrine that he's spreading is so terrible that this occurs upon his life. So they're not satisfied with just opting for stoning or opting for beheading. They want to go all the way and have this particular form of punishment imposed because of course crucifixion was not there in the book of Deuteronomy times, but the whole idea of somebody being hung from a tree so that it would indicate that there's a curse upon this person. This person has done something very, very terrible. And also it would kind of make them give them a kind of legal, you know, backing because the Romans were not very, you know, casual about crucifixion. They killed many people. But when it came to crucifixion, that was something that was reserved for only the worst people, the worst offenders. So you would never have any of the Roman authorities very casually crucifying someone. You would need to have proper reasons for it. And so these leaders would have conspired and thought this is the best method to employ so that the whole public will think that, you know, we are really justified and we are really right in doing what we are doing. So they asked Pilate and say, you know, you got to cooperate with us and help us in this because we don't have the right to do the crucifixion. But if you say yes, then it can be done. So this is kind of a bit of a background regarding why they choose this particular mode. But of course, they were also fulfilling the scriptures, which they don't realize at that time. So now the conversation between Pilate and Jesus begins. And if we could read out verses 33 to 35. So Pilate entered his headquarters again and called Jesus and said to him, are you the king of Jews? Jesus answered, do you say this of your own accord or did others say this to you about me? Pilate answered, am I of you, your own nation? And the chief priest have delivered you over to me. What have you done? Okay, so Pilate, like I said earlier, really wasn't interested at all in the religion of the Jews or their faith and their beliefs. He's just basically looking at this whole thing from a political point of view. You know, if there's a person out here who's claiming to be a king and there's going to be a rebellion tomorrow, then he needs to take charge. So he's basically asking, you know, Jesus, you know, are you a king? Because if you're calling yourself a king, then maybe I need to take action against you because you know, the emperor, the Roman emperor doesn't want anyone going around saying that they are kings and trying to make themselves independent of Roman authority. So are you the king of that? Because you know, Pilate would have been aware of the grand entrance of Jesus into Jerusalem, where all the people were crying out and saying, you know, Hosanna and to the son of David and all of that. So he asks, are you the king of the Jews? And then Jesus very plainly says in verse 36, my kingdom is not of this world. You know, I am a king, but my kingdom is not from here, which is why I even told my servants not to put up a fight, you know, not to defend me. So he gives Pilate the assurance that he is not trying to create any kind of rebellion against the Roman emperor. His kingdom is a different kind, something else altogether. So he says that to Pilate. And once, you know, Pilate hears this, he kind of loses interest in the sense. He's only worried about some kind of political insurrection or some kind of rebellion. So once Jesus says that he is not of this world, his kingdom is not of this world, then it really doesn't matter. And we see his response in verses 37 and 38, if someone could read out that. Then Pilate said to him, so you are a king, Jesus answered, you said that are you a king? For this purpose I was born and for this purpose I have come into the world to bear witness to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth listens to my voice. So here, yeah, yeah, yeah, verse 38, please go ahead. Yeah. Pilate said to him, what is truth? Yeah. After he had said this, he went back outside to the Jews and told him, no guilt. Okay, so this is the first time that Pilate says, I find no guilt in him. He will go on to say this another two times, three times very openly. You have Pilate, the Roman governor, very clearly declaring in public that I find no fault in this man. Okay, so the basic conversation here, so Pilate says, okay, you're saying that you're not from here, but you are a king, is it? And Jesus says, I have come to declare the truth. And if you believe in this and all those who believe in the truth, they are on the, those who believe in me, they are on the side of the truth. So here Jesus is giving an offer to Pilate, are you willing to believe in this truth? Are you willing to accept it and stand on it? So in the middle of all of this, there's a salvation offer actually being extended to this man, to this very powerful man. And Jesus says, I came into the world to testify to the truth. Everyone on the side of truth listens to me. So are you willing to listen to me? Are you willing to accept me as a king who has come over here and Pilate's responses, what is truth? So this is a very popular view that we have today and Pilate obviously held the same view. Everyone's opinion seems to be nowadays, you hold on to what you believe in, I hold on to my version of the truth. You have your version of the truth, I have my version of the truth because all our versions of truth are just no different philosophies. You have a philosophy, I have a philosophy. So let's all hold on to our philosophies and then let's peacefully coexist. Why are you saying that your philosophy is better than mine? Why are you saying that your philosophy is more truthful than mine? Because there is no one constant truth is the general belief, that's kind of prevailing. There is no one solid, solitary truth. There are just multiple truths in the sense that our multiple philosophies is what people say. So over here, Pilate is saying, what is truth? Truth, there are different versions of it. But Jesus says, everyone on the side of truth listens to me. He says, I have come to testify to the truth. So there is one solid truth. There are many philosophies. Some philosophies line up with the truth and many philosophies do not line up with this the truth. But there is one singular truth which we cannot escape from. And the world does not accept that. They are like, oh, what is truth? Your truth is your truth. My truth is my truth. But no, her truth is not something which you come up with on your own. There is one single established truth which the Creator God has set up. And either you believe in that or you don't. There are no multiple truths. So that is something which many people refuse to accept. And yeah, we will, we could maybe, no, I think we'll not have time to get into the next portion. So maybe we could go for a break. So at 10 o'clock, we'll log back in and we'll continue with this passage. All right, thank you.