Know The Answer?
What did Pontius Pilate ask Jesus in front of the governor?
Are you the king of the Jews?

Reference:
John 18:33

The Bible Story - And The Sun Stood Still
Plain Truth Magazine
June 1963
Volume: Vol XXVIII, No.6
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The Bible Story - And The Sun Stood Still

JOSHUA and the elders had just received men who claimed to be ambassadors from a far away land. They came to seek peace. If so, reasoned the elders, then there would be no particular harm in promising not to attack a nation that wasn't included among the enemy nations of Canaan. Although these men looked like swarthy Canaanites, Joshua knew that some similar tribes had gone to other lands, especially north Africa, to live. The elders of Israel were told of these things, and it was decided that it would be well to do what the strangers asked, and promise no harm to their nation. This was carried out in a solemn ceremony with Joshua, the strangers, priests and elders present. However, though there was an element of doubt present in this matter, God wasn't consulted.

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Plain Truth MagazineJune 1963Vol XXVIII, No.6