John 19:8
King James Version
11 Jun 2026
“When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he was the more afraid;”
λόγος
In Greek thought, the logos was the rational principle holding the universe together. John opens his Gospel with this word — not as a concept, but as a person. In the beginning was the Word. Before anything existed, the Word already was.
οὖν
therefore
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οὖν
Therefore, then, accordingly. Therefore since we have been justified through faith we have peace with God. The therefore of Scripture always builds on something God has already done.
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φοβέω
he was afraid
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φοβέω
To fear, to be afraid, to reverence. Phobeo. Do not fear those who kill the body. Fear God and nothing else needs to be feared. He holds what every other fear threatens.
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ὅτε
When
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ὅτε
When, at the time when, after. When the fullness of time had come God sent His Son. God's timing is always right. He never acts too early or too late.
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μᾶλλον
the] more
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μᾶλλον
(adverbially) more (in a greater degree)) or rather
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Πιλᾶτος
Pilate
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Πιλᾶτος
close-pressed, i.e. firm; Pilatus, a Roman
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