Jesus Said a Lot in Few Words

In John 19, Jesus was brought before Pilate and Pilate asked the Lord, “Whence art thou?” Jesus was silent which prompted Pilate to say, “Speakest thou not unto me? Knowest thou not that I hove power to crucify thee, and have power to release thee?” Jesus then broke his silence and said.”Thou couldest have no power at all against me, except it were given thee from above: therefore he that hath delivered me unto thee hath the greater sin.” (John 19:8-11). There are several implications of Jesus’ words. First, might does not always make right. Pilate did have the power of life and death over Jesus and that power was given to him by God, but he was still responsible for how he used that power. There are several positions of authority that humans hold wherein their authority is God given, i.e. an officer of the government whether a king…