Exclusion and Embrace, Revised and Updated: A Theological Exploration of Identity, Otherness, and Reconciliation

by Miroslav Volf

His is not an alternative power of the same kind as the powers of Caiaphas, Pilate, and Caesar. If it were, his followers would “be fighting” to keep him from “being handed over” to his accusers who in turn handed him to Pilate (18:36).