My kingdom is not of this world — Is not an external, but a spiritual kingdom; that I might not be delivered to the Jews — Which Pilate had already attempted to do, John 18:31, and afterward actually did, John 19:16.
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John 18:36
36 Jesus answered,My kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom were of this world, then would my servants fight, that I should not be delivered to the Jews: but now is my kingdom not from hence.