“_VVB You_PNP say_VVB I_PNP am_VBB a_AT0 king_NN1 ._SENT ”_NP0 So_AV0 Jesus_NP0 responds_VVZ to_PRP Pilate_NP0 ,_PUN when_CJS Pilate_NP0 presses_VVZ him_PNP on_PRP his_DPS kingship_NN1 ._SENT 
“_NP0 Are_VBB you_PNP then_AV0 a_AT0 king_NN1 ?_SENT ”_NP0 asks_VVZ Pilate_NP0 ._SENT 
“_VVB You_PNP say_VVB I_PNP am_VBB a_AT0 king_NN1 ._SENT ”_NP0 So_AV0 Jesus_NP0 admonishes_VVZ Pilate_NP0 ,_PUN with_PRP this_DT0 half-affirmation_NN1 at_PRP best_AJS ,_PUN because_CJS he_PNP knows_VVZ what_DTQ kind_NN1 of_PRF king_NN1 Pilate_NP0 has_VHZ in_PRP mind_NN1 :_PUN the_AT0 beastly_AJ0 kind_NN1 ,_PUN the_AT0 prophet_NN1 Daniel’s_NP0 tyrant_NN1 of_PRF ten_CRD horns_NN2 ,_PUN who_PNQ rules_VVZ by_PRP the_AT0 lie_NN1 that_CJT might_VM0 makes_VVZ right_AJ0 ._SENT The_AT0 kind_NN1 of_PRF king_NN1 whose_DTQ reign_NN1 begins_VVZ and_CJC ends_VVZ steeped_VVN in_PRP others’_NN1 blood_NN1 ._SENT As_CJS Jesus_NP0 stands_VVZ before_PRP Pilate_NP0 ,_PUN he_PNP stands_VVZ ready_AJ0 to_TO0 shed_VVI his_DPS own_DT0 blood_NN1 for_PRP a_AT0 different_AJ0 kind_NN1 of_PRF reign_NN1 ._SENT He’s_NP0 not_XX0 Pilate’s_NP0 kind_NN1 of_PRF king_NN1 at_PRP all_DT0 ._SENT 
The_AT0 church’s_AJ0 choice_NN1 of_PRF this_DT0 gospel_NN1 passage_NN1 for_PRP the_AT0 Solemnity_NN1 of_PRF Christ_NP0 the_AT0 King_NN1 invites_VVZ us_PNP to_PRP solemn_AJ0 reflection_NN1 ._SENT We_PNP would_VM0 do_VDI well_AV0 to_TO0 heed_VVI Jesus’s_NP0 admonishment_NN1 ourselves_PNX ,_PUN for_PRP too_AV0 many_DT0 times_NN2 in_PRP Christian_AJ0 history_NN1 we’ve_NN1 made_VVN Pilate’s_NP0 mistake_NN1 ._SENT When_CJS Christians_NN2 marched_VVD under_PRP the_AT0 banners_NN2 of_PRF the_AT0 Crusades_NN2 ,_PUN they_PNP marched_VVD under_PRP a_AT0 false_AJ0 flag_NN1 ;_PUN when_CJS the_AT0 Inquisition_NN1 bled_VVD its_DPS opponents_NN2 with_PRP the_AT0 blade_NN1 ,_PUN it_PNP sought_VVD truth_NN1 with_PRP lies_NN2 ;_PUN and_CJC today_AV0 ,_PUN in_PRP this_DT0 age_NN1 of_PRF anxiety_NN1 ,_PUN do_VDB we_PNP not_XX0 face_VVI the_AT0 temptation_NN1 to_TO0 hitch_VVI ourselves_PNX to_PRP a_AT0 leader_NN1 ,_PUN any_DT0 leader_NN1 ,_PUN who_PNQ has_VHZ the_AT0 seeming_AJ0 strength_NN1 to_TO0 save_VVI us_PNP ?_SENT Or_CJC to_PRP any_DT0 power_NN1 ,_PUN or_CJC any_DT0 technology_NN1 ,_PUN or_CJC any_DT0 means_NN0 whatsoever_DTQ ,_PUN no_AT0 matter_NN1 the_AT0 ultimate_AJ0 cost_NN1 —_PUN so_AV0 long_AJ0 as_CJS it_PNP seemingly_AV0 helps_VVZ us_PNP through_PRP the_AT0 terrible_AJ0 now_AV0 ?_SENT 
