8 Bible Verses about Called Himself The Christ
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But Jesus remained silent. And the high priest said to him, "I charge you under oath by the living God: tell us if you are the Christ, the Son of God."
But he was silent and made no answer. Again the high priest asked him, "Are you the Christ, the Son of the Blessed?"
"If you are the Christ, tell us." But he said to them, "If I tell you, you will not believe.
The Jews answered him, "We have a law, and according to that law he ought to die, because he made himself the Son of God."
And they began to accuse him, saying, "We found this man perverting our nation and forbidding to pay taxes to Caesar, saying that he himself is Christ, a king."
The Jews answered him, "For a good work we do not stone you, but for blasphemy, and because you, being a man, make yourself God."
The chief priests of the Jews then said to Pilate, "Do not write, 'The King of the Jews,' but, 'This man said, I am King of the Jews.'"