Pilate's question answered in a scriptural exposition of the Gospel of the Kingdom

Before the Son of God sent forth his apostles to preclaim the gospel of the kingdom in hes name, "He opened their understanding that they might understand the scriptures." If thou wouldst gain the knowledge of the wisdome of God which is so inestimable and which is contained in the word they preached, thou must also be the subject of the same illumination.