Pilate asks Jesus directly, “Are you the King of the Jews?” Jesus, seeming to evade, answers with a question: “Do you ask this on your own, or did others tell you about me?” No question put to Jesus will find an answer if the question is a trap. On his own terms and in the divine freedom of his will, Jesus says, “My kingdom is not from this world.” Thus, he has a kingdom of which he is the king. In a sense, however, he is not the king of the Jews; rather, he is not the king merely of the Jews. He is king over everyone who belongs to the truth, which he himself is.