Before Pilate sentenced Jesus to be crucified, he had had Jesus scourged. For Pilate wanted to let Jesus go. By this inhumane punishment of scourging, Pilate thought to appease the crowds whose desire was to have Jesus executed. (NASB) John 19:1 “PILATE THEN took Jesus and scourged Him.” Scouring: another word for the […]
The crowd before Pilate demanded the crucifixion of Jesus. “Crucify, crucify Him!” And Pilate? What of Pilate (the Roman governor)? (NASB) Luke 23:20-22 “Pilate, wanting to release Jesus, addressed them again, 21 but they kept on calling out, saying, ‘Crucify, crucify Him!” 22 And he said to them the third time, ‘Why, what […]
Irony: “Incongruity between what might be expected and what actually occurs.” The time in the life of Jesus when He was sentenced to death by crucifixion illustrates this meaning of irony…all too well. (NASB) Luke 23:18-19 “But they cried out all together, saying, ‘Away with this man, and release for us Barabbas!’ 19 [Now […]
Pilate, the Roman Governor of Judea, found no guilt in Jesus on the charges against Him – the charges of inciting rebellion. Pilate also said that Herod had found no guilt against Him. (Luke 23:13-15) Jesus was without sin…the charges against Him did not “stick” in the courts of law…under Pilate […]
My enemy’s enemy is my friend. No matter if two people or two nations are enemies…if those same two people or nations have a common enemy…they become friends. And so it happened in the last week, the last hours of Jesus’ life. Herod and Pilate became friends. They had a common adversary…the Jewish leaders […]
The prayer of the week is based on Psalm 103:1-5 All praise and honor and glory and thanksgiving belong to You, Lord God Almighty. Your holy name is to be praised. You tell me not to forget all Your benefits. What are those benefits? Forgiveness of all my sins. Healing of all my diseases. […]
Pilate sent Jesus to Herod – the king. And Herod? He was a man of limited power for Rome was in charge, yet a man of importance. See how Herod interrogates Jesus. (NASB) Luke 23:8 “Now Herod was very glad when he saw Jesus; for he had wanted to see Him for a long […]
Jesus had been tried before the Sanhedrin and found guilty of blasphemy. Punishable by death (by stoning in the Jewish laws), but the Jewish religious leaders in Jerusalem wanted Jesus dead by Roman rule – crucifixion. So after the Jewish leaders had Jesus’ own words that He was the Son of God…they marched […]
Conclusive Evidence of the Council’s unbelief The sun had chased away the darkness of night. Then the Sanhedrin, the Council of 70, could legally be called to decide a case. These men were determined to quickly come to a legal conclusion – Jesus was to die. (Luke 22:66) That had been decided early on […]
As Peter was in the courtyard, denying that he knew the Lord Jesus, what was happening to Jesus inside the house? (NASB) Luke 22:63-65 “Now the men who were holding Jesus in custody were mocking him and beating him, 64 and they blindfolded Him and were asking Him, saying, ‘Prophesy, who is the one […]