Neville Goddard on John 19:13-14 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read John 19 in context

Scripture Focus

13When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he brought Jesus forth, and sat down in the judgment seat in a place that is called the Pavement, but in the Hebrew, Gabbatha.

14And it was the preparation of the passover, and about the sixth hour: and he saith unto the Jews, Behold your King!

John 19:13-14

Biblical Context

Pilate sits on the judgment bench as Jesus is presented as King during Passover. The passage points to recognizing the King within your own consciousness.

Neville's Inner Vision

In the John 19:13-14 scene, you are invited to see the outer judge—Pilate—sit in the seat of decision, while the inner 'King' stands revealed within. The Pavement and Gabbatha are not stones of Rome but states of mind: a habitual public verdict you endure as your present window of attention. The 'sixth hour' speaks of a turning point in your inner time, when the ordinary attention of the ego yields to a higher recognition. When the voice of 'Behold your King' speaks, notice that the 'King' is not a man outside you but the living I AM that you are in consciousness. The Kingdom of God is not a distant realm but your own awareness, crowned by the recognition that you are the ruler of your inner weather. Your mind is the court; your feelings, the jurors; your faith, the gavel. When you accept that the inner King has always been your true status, you reinterpret judgments as revisions of perception rather than punishments. The moment you sit as creator, you release the old verdicts and witness a switch in your life’s outward events, as if the city itself acknowledged the throne within you.

Practice This Now

Take a moment now and sit as the ruler of your inner realm; in your imagination, declare, 'Behold the King within me now,' and feel the witness of that king revise any fear or judgment into calm confidence.