What did Israel answer when the Roman authorities asked if Jesus was their king?
Israel answered, 'We have no king but Caesar.' This rejection echoed their earlier challenge, 'Who made you a ruler over us?' They thus denied His kingship and affirmed Caesar's authority instead. This fulfilled the pattern of rejecting God's chosen ruler.
Les explains that when the Roman authorities asked Israel if Jesus was their king, Israel's answer was a flat rejection: 'We have no king but Caesar.' He ties this to the account of Moses, where a Hebrew asked, 'Who made thee a prince and a judge over us?' Just as Israel rejected Moses, they rejected Jesus, saying the morning of His trial, 'Who made you a ruler over us?' Les says this laid the groundwork and showed they had nothing to do with Him because they questioned His authority.