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John 19:8 Cross-References
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“When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he was the more afraid;”
John 19:8 (KJV)
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He was the more afraid (μᾶλλον ἐφοβήθη/mallon ephobēthē)—Pilate's fear intensifies. Having already felt his wife's warning about 'that righteous man' (Matthew 27:19), now the explicit claim of divine sonship unnerves him. The Greek mallon (more, increasingly) suggests mounting terror.Roman paganism was filled with stories of gods visiting earth in human form. The notion that this bloodied, thorn-crowned prisoner might be divine sent terror through Pilate's superstitious mind. Yet his fear was self-focused—concern for divine retribution, not awe before holiness. He feared punishment, not sin. F...
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