Neville Goddard on Luke 23:13-16 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Luke 23 in context

Scripture Focus

13And Pilate, when he had called together the chief priests and the rulers and the people,

14Said unto them, Ye have brought this man unto me, as one that perverteth the people: and, behold, I, having examined him before you, have found no fault in this man touching those things whereof ye accuse him:

15No, nor yet Herod: for I sent you to him; and, lo, nothing worthy of death is done unto him.

16I will therefore chastise him, and release him.

Luke 23:13-16

Biblical Context

Pilate declares Jesus faultless and plans to chastise and release, a ritual of appeasement. The scene mirrors the inner court of consciousness where judgment and release can reveal faultlessness in the true I AM.

Neville's Inner Vision

Think of Pilate as the outward governor of your mind, the part that weighs outcomes and yields to the crowd. Jesus is the faultless Self—the I AM—that remains untouched by accusation. When Pilate says he has found no fault, he moves to a softer decree: chastise, and release. In Neville terms, this is your consciousness performing a cure on a troubling thought by first disciplining it and then allowing the truth to move in and out. The 'chastisement' is not punishment but a precise revision of the inner movement: you acknowledge the charge as a temporary appearance, then assert the liberating fact that your essential Being is free from fault. The outer scene only reflects your inward decree. By choosing to chastise and release, you consent to the inner law that there is nothing to condemn and everything to release into the light of the I AM. Imagination, rightly used, reinstates perfect order in your life.

Practice This Now

Imaginative Act: Assume the state 'I AM the faultless Presence' now, feel it real in your body, and revise any charge as merely a passing appearance; then release it and rest in that truth.