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So they cried out, “Away with Him, away with Him, crucify Him!” Pilate *said to them, “Shall I crucify your King?” The chief priests answered, “We have no king but Caesar.”
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As we saw in
Narcissism Case Studies – The Pharisees, Overview
Narcissist Case Studies – Pharisees – How We Know They Were Narcissists, Part I
Narcissist Case Studies – How We Know “The Pharisees” Were Narcissists, Part 2
Additional Perspectives on The Pharisees
the scribes and Pharisees of Jesus’ day were classic Narcissists. A careful analysis of their actions can give some clues as to how narcissists approach things. In this case, there was no way that the chief priests really wanted Caesar to be their king – the whole nation of Israel was chafing at Roman rule and would have loved to cast it off. And they were actively looking for a Jewish king. So when the chief priests, said “we have no king but Caesar”, they were blatantly lying simply to make sure that Pilate did not let Jesus go.
As discussed in other posts, some of the Messianic Psalms clearly lay out the characteristics of the narcissistic / insolent pride Pharisees. And a key tactic was speaking falsehood to get what they wanted. That is a prime tactic of all narcissists.
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Psalm 12
12 Help, Lord, for the godly man ceases to be,
For the faithful disappear from among the sons of men.
2 They speak falsehood to one another;
With flattering lips and with a double heart they speak.
3 May the Lord cut off all flattering lips,
The tongue that speaks great things;
4 Who have said, “With our tongue we will prevail;
Our lips are our own; who is lord over us?”.
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Narcissism is the modern colloquial term for what the Bible calls “insolent pride”
Please see Putting “Biblical Perspectives On Narcissism” Into Perspective for an overview of this blog
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