“May he then take Israel’s sins upon him, that we may be set free through his blood. Who brings him into our hands?”
“One of his disciples, who stands outside.”
“Fetch him in.”
John, later known as the “Evangelist,” was brought in, and Caiaphas began to examine him.
“What do you say concerning your teacher? Has he transgressed the law of Moses?”
“He has fulfilled the law.”
“But what new commandment has he introduced into our holy law?”
“Love one another.”
“Did he say he was the King of the Jews?”
“The Master said, ‘My kingdom is not of this world.’”