Neville Goddard on Luke 23:1-12 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Luke 23 in context

Scripture Focus

1And the whole multitude of them arose, and led him unto Pilate.

2And they began to accuse him, saying, We found this fellow perverting the nation, and forbidding to give tribute to Caesar, saying that he himself is Christ a King.

3And Pilate asked him, saying, Art thou the King of the Jews? And he answered him and said, Thou sayest it.

4Then said Pilate to the chief priests and to the people, I find no fault in this man.

5And they were the more fierce, saying, He stirreth up the people, teaching throughout all Jewry, beginning from Galilee to this place.

6When Pilate heard of Galilee, he asked whether the man were a Galilaean.

7And as soon as he knew that he belonged unto Herod's jurisdiction, he sent him to Herod, who himself also was at Jerusalem at that time.

8And when Herod saw Jesus, he was exceeding glad: for he was desirous to see him of a long season, because he had heard many things of him; and he hoped to have seen some miracle done by him.

9Then he questioned with him in many words; but he answered him nothing.

10And the chief priests and scribes stood and vehemently accused him.

11And Herod with his men of war set him at nought, and mocked him, and arrayed him in a gorgeous robe, and sent him again to Pilate.

12And the same day Pilate and Herod were made friends together: for before they were at enmity between themselves.

Luke 23:1-12

Biblical Context

Luke 23:1-12 presents Jesus being led to Pilate, accused by the crowd, and then moved to Herod, mocked, and returned; the episode dramatizes how outer judgments reveal inner questions of kingship and sovereignty.

Neville's Inner Vision

See in this drama the theater of your own mind. Pilate, the claimant judge, is the critical part of you that weighs appearances; Herod represents curiosity and the longing for spectacle. When the crowd proclaims Jesus a king, it is the inner recognition of your true sovereignty—the I AM that awakens when you claim who you are. Pilate’s report of ‘no fault’ is the inner conclusion that your essential nature cannot be harmed by external verdicts, yet you still experience pressure from the world of opinions. The mock robe and the mocking soldiers are the outer garments fear would cast upon your inner royal state. The exchange of Jesus back and forth between rulers points to how different states of consciousness must eventually yield to the single truth of being. The ending—friendship between Pilate and Herod—symbolizes the harmony of the mind when all judgments align under the realization of your inner king. This is not history but your present experience: the moment you acknowledge the I AM, you authorize what you already are.

Practice This Now

Imaginative_act: In stillness, declare, 'I am the King now.' Feel the I AM's authority permeate your thoughts and revise any sense of judgment as if it were already true; practice for a minute and observe the shift.