A little too ethereal to fit well with what has been said of the kingdom of God elsewhere.
This Kingdom, capitalized (but not in the NIV, the NAB, or the NRSV), sounds oddly, harmlessly unearthly.
John 18:36 "Jesus answered, "My Kingdom is not an earthly kingdom. If it were, my followers would fight to keep me from being handed over to the Jewish leaders. But my Kingdom is not of this world.
37 Pilate said, "So you are a king?" Jesus responded, "You say I am a king. Actually, I was born and came into the world to testify to the truth. All who love the truth recognize that what I say is true."
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