Jesus has been arrested and tried before Annas & Caiphas, then before Pilate. Pilate, knowing that the Jewish leaders want Jesus crucified, attempts to placate the leaders.
John 19: 1-7, Beaten, taunted, flogged
Then Pilate took Jesus and had him flogged.
2 The soldiers twisted together a crown of thorns and put it on his head. They clothed him in a purple robe
3 and went up to him again and again, saying, “Hail, king of the Jews!” And they slapped him in the face.
4 Once more Pilate came out and said to the Jews gathered there, “Look, I am bringing him out to you to let you know that I find no basis for a charge against him.”
5 When Jesus came out wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe, Pilate said to them, “Here is the man!”
6 As soon as the chief priests and their officials saw him, they shouted, “Crucify! Crucify!”
But Pilate answered, “You take him and crucify him. As for me, I find no basis for a charge against him.”
7 The Jewish leaders insisted, “We have a law, and according to that law he must die, because he claimed to be the Son of God.”
Jesus is to be executed for blasphemy. Pilate taunts the Jewish leaders by telling them to do it themselves, knowing that they have no authority to do so.
No comments:
Post a Comment