Neville Goddard on Luke 23:20-23 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Luke 23 in context

Scripture Focus

20Pilate therefore, willing to release Jesus, spake again to them.

21But they cried, saying, Crucify him, crucify him.

22And he said unto them the third time, Why, what evil hath he done? I have found no cause of death in him: I will therefore chastise him, and let him go.

23And they were instant with loud voices, requiring that he might be crucified. And the voices of them and of the chief priests prevailed.

Luke 23:20-23

Biblical Context

Pilate tries to release Jesus, finding no fault, but the crowd's loud demand for crucifixion prevails. The third offer of mercy is overruled by the force of collective fear and insistence on punishment.

Neville's Inner Vision

Within your mind the crowd represents the storm of habit and judgment pressing on a moment of true consciousness. Jesus stands as the I AM, the innocent Self that cannot be crucified by belief. Pilate is the rational mind wavering between release and control, attempting to keep the dream of separation intact. When he declares no fault in Jesus, he is naming an inner truth—that your true nature is harmless and untouched by the old story. Yet the louder voices within—doubt, guilt, obligation—call for punitions and maintain the old script. The third proclamation signals the stubborn rhythm of thought that resists a new conviction. The crucifixion is not a historical event but a symbolic sacrifice of a lesser identity to reveal a higher state of awareness. By watching these inner movements, you learn that the outcome was never external to you; it is a revision waiting to occur in your consciousness.

Practice This Now

Practice: In stillness, assume the state of release by saying I AM and I release this old judgment now; feel the crowd dissolve and the true Self rise. Feel the innocence within as already free, and let the imagined outcome reflect that freedom.