....”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”.
No, I am not.
They were more than just lively...so a yes or no answer wasn’t necessary,
Then why did Pilate ask the question?
he had made his claim already
Not to Pilate.
and clearly to Pilate face to face...”It is as you say”...
No. He said "That is what YOU say." If he had said "it is as you say," Pilate would have gone back to the Jews and let them know that their charges were confirmed. But he didn't.