Thou sayest
Matthew 27:11 Now Jesus stood before the governor: and the governor asked him, saying, Art thou the King of the Jews? And Jesus said unto him, Thou sayest.
This is not the same thing as in Matthew 26 what Jesus said to Judas.
Matthew 26:25 And Judas, who betrayed him, answered and said, Is it I, Rabbi? He saith unto him, Thou hast said.
This refers to a few verses earlier:
14 Then one of the twelve, who was called Judas Iscariot, went unto the chief priests, 15 and said, What are ye willing to give me, and I will deliver him unto you? And they weighed unto him thirty pieces of silver.
Jesus was referring to what Judas had said just a little while earlier. Jesus is omniscient and omnipresent.
So then what does Jesus mean when he tells Pilate "thou sayest", present tense.
Let us consider for a moment Jesus. He was born into a poor family, that is very obvious. Poor carpenter in Nazareth, a relatively despised region. In this region he was an immigrant having come from Egypt, so even on the wrong side of the tracks He was at the bottom of the social ladder. He begins his ministry with what? Did he have money? Did he have a synagogue to preach in? No he was itinerant preacher and most of his sermons were held outdoors, either from a boat or on a mountain top.
He was mocked, He was ridiculed, He was insulted. Now during that time no one in the Roman government or among the Jewish leaders was calling Him the king of the Jews. Just a few months earlier He asked His disciples what men were calling Him and they said "one of the prophets". It was at this time that Peter got the revelation that He was the Messiah, the anointed one, from which we can infer "the king of the Jews". But Jesus told them to keep that secret. This needs to be something that God reveals to you, not something that you put on your title for click bait.
But after that He raises Lazarus from the dead and now the Jewish leaders admit the whole world is following Him. He enters Jerusalem triumphantly to shouts of Hosanna, blessed is He that comes in the name of the Lord. All of the Roman guard and leadership had to have seen this.
So here we are, in front of the governor and no one is mocking or scoffing anymore. That is the point of Jesus saying "thou sayest".
Let me share my own experience. I started this blog for myself. I wanted to dive into the word, discover as much as I could, build up my faith, and understand what was happening in the world. I never advertised. I didn't use gimmicks like "click bait". I didn't have fancy graphics or videos and didn't use popular platforms like Youtube. I didn't have time for any of that. What I wanted was to get into the word of God and I made this public because I felt there might be others out there who would be interested. I started March 4, 2021 but that isn't actually when I started. I had started a year earlier on another forum but I was forced to leave that forum. So there has been mocking, scoffing, and also those who have taken offense at this word and wanted to cancel it. But where are all those ones now?
I was accused of being crazy and my brother wanted me to get counseling. I had discussed an imminent nuclear war between the US and Russia. However, no one is scoffing or mocking or calling me crazy anymore. From the least to the greatest there are people on this earth wondering if we are about to see the Second Coming of the Messiah.
I thought hey, if ten others profit from this blog then it will be well worth it. Today we are over 167,000 people from around the world and that number increases by about 500 a day now. So then, in some small part I have experienced this verse.
Matthew 27:11 Now Jesus stood before the governor: and the governor asked him, saying, Art thou the King of the Jews? And Jesus said unto him, Thou sayest.
This is not the same thing as in Matthew 26 what Jesus said to Judas.
Matthew 26:25 And Judas, who betrayed him, answered and said, Is it I, Rabbi? He saith unto him, Thou hast said.
This refers to a few verses earlier:
14 Then one of the twelve, who was called Judas Iscariot, went unto the chief priests, 15 and said, What are ye willing to give me, and I will deliver him unto you? And they weighed unto him thirty pieces of silver.
Jesus was referring to what Judas had said just a little while earlier. Jesus is omniscient and omnipresent.
So then what does Jesus mean when he tells Pilate "thou sayest", present tense.
Let us consider for a moment Jesus. He was born into a poor family, that is very obvious. Poor carpenter in Nazareth, a relatively despised region. In this region he was an immigrant having come from Egypt, so even on the wrong side of the tracks He was at the bottom of the social ladder. He begins his ministry with what? Did he have money? Did he have a synagogue to preach in? No he was itinerant preacher and most of his sermons were held outdoors, either from a boat or on a mountain top.
He was mocked, He was ridiculed, He was insulted. Now during that time no one in the Roman government or among the Jewish leaders was calling Him the king of the Jews. Just a few months earlier He asked His disciples what men were calling Him and they said "one of the prophets". It was at this time that Peter got the revelation that He was the Messiah, the anointed one, from which we can infer "the king of the Jews". But Jesus told them to keep that secret. This needs to be something that God reveals to you, not something that you put on your title for click bait.
But after that He raises Lazarus from the dead and now the Jewish leaders admit the whole world is following Him. He enters Jerusalem triumphantly to shouts of Hosanna, blessed is He that comes in the name of the Lord. All of the Roman guard and leadership had to have seen this.
So here we are, in front of the governor and no one is mocking or scoffing anymore. That is the point of Jesus saying "thou sayest".
Let me share my own experience. I started this blog for myself. I wanted to dive into the word, discover as much as I could, build up my faith, and understand what was happening in the world. I never advertised. I didn't use gimmicks like "click bait". I didn't have fancy graphics or videos and didn't use popular platforms like Youtube. I didn't have time for any of that. What I wanted was to get into the word of God and I made this public because I felt there might be others out there who would be interested. I started March 4, 2021 but that isn't actually when I started. I had started a year earlier on another forum but I was forced to leave that forum. So there has been mocking, scoffing, and also those who have taken offense at this word and wanted to cancel it. But where are all those ones now?
I was accused of being crazy and my brother wanted me to get counseling. I had discussed an imminent nuclear war between the US and Russia. However, no one is scoffing or mocking or calling me crazy anymore. From the least to the greatest there are people on this earth wondering if we are about to see the Second Coming of the Messiah.
I thought hey, if ten others profit from this blog then it will be well worth it. Today we are over 167,000 people from around the world and that number increases by about 500 a day now. So then, in some small part I have experienced this verse.