[A_perfect_lady]

I use several versions in my study....but you do have to be careful not to miss the point of the conversation by getting caught up in verbage too much...I prefer the International Version of the Bible for it’s a translation not a pharaphrase....and in todays language rather than old English as the King James...but lets not get sidetracked into versions...that is BTW a distraction.

Oh no, this is no mere distraction. It makes a huge difference if he is avoiding the question or answering it. A huge difference. Otherwise we would not be having this discussion.

I did however explain why Jesus didn’t say a word Piolet then....Christ had already answered him in their conversation prior. Did you expect Jesus would browbeat him?

When you are on trial for your life, and you are asked a yes or no question, answering yes or no is not browbeating.

You’re rather flitting between occasions...of when Jesus was asked who he was.....I thought you wanted to stay at the time he was in front of Piolet....which actually is wise because things get overlapped and the confusion you are now having.

I'm not flitting at all and I am not confused. I am saying that Jesus would claim to be the son of God in front of Jews, but once he was on trial for his life, and saying that meant the death sentence, he wouldn't say it. That is not confusing at all.

[caww]

....”When you are on trial for your life, and you are asked a yes or no question, answering yes or no is not browbeating”.....

You are assuming the courts of our time not there’s at that time.... They were more than just lively...so a yes or no answer wasn’t necessary, he had made his claim already and clearly to Pilate face to face...”It is as you say”...and Pilate had asked if he was King of the Jews....and BTW..read the sign sometime Pilate had made for the cross.

I honestly don’t believe you can be convinced Jesus said what he did Perfect Lady...you don’t believe what’s written and clearly recorded...so everything else is just chasing after the wind....For you see...were you to acknowledge that Jesus indeed claim he was the Christ, the Messiah,( and he did) then you would have to determine what your next step would be, wouldn’t you? Where would you go next concerning Him?...and what if it was all indeed true about Him?

But then if you don’t ‘want’ to know you have everything to loose and nothing to gain...that ball is always in our court until we send it back...there is no “holding pattern”.