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Recap:
Last week we say that the civil trial of Jesus was before Pilate.
As the scene moves it flows along with Pilate moving back and forth between Jesus and His accusers.
Jesus lead to the judgement hall (v.28)
Pilate hearing the charges (vv.29-32)
Pilate hearing Jesus’ defense (vv.33-38a)
Pilate declaring Jesus’ innocence to the accusers (vv.38b-40)
Pilate has Jesus scourged (Ch 19, vv.1-3)
Pilate back to the accusers to offer a compromise (vv4-7)
Pilate goes to Jesus to investigate the possibility of Him being a supernatural being (vv.8-11)
Pilate trying to release Jesus (v.12)
Pilate giving the verdict of crucifixion (vv.13-15)
Barabbas over Jesus:
Before we start get into chapter 19, there are a few more truths i’d like to discuss with you about chapter 18:38-40.
Remember that Jesus has confessed to be a king in verse 36.
His kingdom not being of this world.
Pilate asks Jesus, “What is truth?”
Do you think that he was puzzled, sarcastic, or maybe interested?
All we know is that the Truth Incarnate stood before him, and he did not recognize Him.
Pilate hoped to satisfy the Jew’s cry for blood by substituting a real criminal and revolutionary for Jesus, but the Jewish leaders were determined to kill Jesus.
Choosing a man who has murdered people over the Man of peace.
What do you find interesting in the people’s choice?
I love the fact that God twisted the world’s choice and made His Son the substitute for every man, even for those who were rejecting Him now.
vv 1-3) Persecution
[1] How unjust it is for an innocent man, the only innocent Man to ever live at that, to be scourged.
The Passion of the Christ does a very good job of showing us what it would have looked like.
Jesus was stripped and beaten with a whip.
A tail of nine.
This was a savage, excruciating punishment.
The whip was made of leather straps with two small balls attached to the end of each strap.
The balls were made of rough lead or sharp bones or spikes so that they would cut deeply into the flesh.
All the while Jesus’ hands were tied to a post above His head.
The scourging would make the back of the criminal, nothing more than an unrecognizable mass of torn flesh.
[2-3] What sticks out to you in these verses?
Jesus’ claim to be kind is being mocked by the soldiers.
A crown fit for a king… the King of kings.
Little did they know that thorns are a symbol of the curse which sin brought into the world.
Already we are introduced to the concept of Jesus bearing the curse of our sins, so that we might wear the crown of glory.
“Unfading crown of glory” 1 Peter 5:1-5
The purple robe was also used to mock Jesus.
Purple was the color of royalty.
But again it reminds us of how our sins were placed on Jesus in order that we might be clothed with the rove of God’s righteousness.
How often are we mindful of the fact that the eternal Son of God being slapped by the hands of His creatures!
Mouths which He formed are now being used to mock Him!
vv 4-7) Compromise
Why does Pilate bring the Jesus before the people?
I think that Pilate was hoping that the crowd would pity Jesus when they saw Him so badly beaten, battered, and bloodied.
Thinking that the scourging would serve as a compromise and satisfy them.
Jesus Christ isn’t anything like us or Pilate.
Compromise is not the way with Jesus.
He wasn’t trying to compromise with the Father.
No half hearted attempts from Jesus.
He was set, He was going to bring salvation to anyone who would believe.
[6] It was religious men who were leaders in the death of the Savior.
Often, down through the centuries, it has been church officials who have persecuted true believers most.
[7] When the Jews saw that they had failed to prove that Jesus was a threat to Caesar’s government, they brought forth their true charge against Him.
What was the true charge?
Jesus claimed equality with God by saying that He was the Son of God.
To them, this was the worst thing someone could say… blasphemous and should be punished by death.
vv 8-11) Supernatural
History tells us that Pilate was an extremely superstitions man.
When he heard that Jesus claimed to be the Son of God, he thought Jesus was claiming to be the son of a god.
The picture in his mind was that of a half-god and half-man, a god-like being that filled the popular literature and beliefs of that day.
The possibility of his condemning a god struck fear in Pilate.
[8-9] Why did Jesus give him no answer?
There are several good interpretations on why Jesus remained silent.
Pilate was unwilling to act in accordance with the light he had.
Pilate had sinned away the day of opportunity.
He would be given more light when he had not responded to the light he had.
[10] Pilate tried to force Jesus to give him an answer by threatening Him.
He reminded Jesus that, as a Roman governor, he had the power and authority to release Jesus or crucify Him.
[11] The self-control Jesus displays here is remarkable.
He was more calm than Pilate.
All governments are ordained by God , and all authority, whether civil or spiritual, is from God.
Who do you think Jesus is referring to, “Therefore he who delivered me over to you has the great sin?”
Caiaphas, the high priest
Judas, the betrayer
The Jewish people in general
The person doesn’t matter so much as the thought behind it.
Here the thought is that these Jews should have known better.
They had Scriptures which predicted the coming of the Messiah.
They should have recognized Him when He came.
But they rejected Him and were now crying out for His life.
This verse teaches us that there are degrees of guilt.
Pilate wasn’t innocent, he was guilty, but either Caiaphas, Judas, or the Jews were more so.
v 12) Choose this day
Pilate wishes to release Jesus.
What is the important decision Pilate must make?
Making the decision, choosing either Jesus or Caesar (the world).
This is no joking matter being called, “you are not Caesar’s friend.”
The Jews hated Caesar, they would like to destroy him, and free themselves from his control.
Yet here they were pretending to protect Caesar’s empire from the threat of Jesus.
They reaped the punishment of this terrible hypocrisy when the Romans marched into Jerusalem in A.D. 70 and completely destroyed the city and slaughtered its inhabitants.
Application?
For every person when we are confronted with Jesus.
We are forced to choose.
Caesar or Jesus .
vv 13-16) The decision made
Pilate’s fatal choice was made: What were the motivations for his choice?
Losing the people’s favor
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