Jesus answered him, (Pilate) “You would have no power over Me unless it had been given You from above; therefore he who delivered Me to you has the greater sin.” John 19:11 Lord, You were really letting Pilate off the hook – so to speak. You saw his heart and knew it was pure and […]
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Pilate therefore said to Him, (Jesus) “You will not speak to me? Do You not know that I have power to release You and power to crucify You?” John 19:10 Lord, Pilate was doing everything within his ability to let You go. He knew You were innocent. He knew the crowd wanted to kill You. […]
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When Pilate heard these word, (“We have a law and by that law He ought to die because He has made Himself the Son of God.”) he was the more afraid; he entered the praetorium again and said to Jesus, “Where are you from?” But Jesus gave no answer. John 19:8, 9 Lord once again […]
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The Jews answered him, (Pilate) “We have a law and by that law He ought to die because He has made Himself the Son of God.” John 19:7 Lord there are those even today that will make sure their evil is carried out even though there are those that would do all in their power […]
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When the chief priests and officers saw Him, (Jesus) they cried out, “Crucify Him, crucify Him!” Pilate said to them, “Take Him yourselves and crucify Him, for I find no crime in Him.” John 19:6 Thank You Lord for those that are on our side and stand up for what is right. Pilate did his […]
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So Jesus came out, wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe. Pilate said to them, “Here is the man.” John 19:5 Lord this was very humiliating….degrading and demeaning. It is hard to understand why You would choose for this to happen. Perhaps it was so we would know that You had gone through […]
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Pilate went out again and said to them, (Jews) “Behold, I am bringing Him (Jesus) out to you, that you may know that I find no crime in Him.” John 19:4 Lord, Pilate was in a very difficult situation. He could find nothing wrong with You. He once again told the crowd that You were […]
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Then Pilate took Jesus and scourged Him. And the soldiers plaited a crown of thorns, and put it on His head, and arrayed Him in a purple robe; they came up to Him saying, “Hail, King of the Jews!” and struck Him with their hands. Psalms 19:1 – 3 Lord it is hard to read […]
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They (crowd of Jews) cried out again, “Not this man but Barabbas!” Now Barabbas was a robber. John 18:40 Lord, Pilate was trying to get out of putting You in prison or killing You. He asked the crowd who they wanted released. They said they wanted Barabbas released. They wanted You in prison. So this […]
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Pilate had just told the Jews that he found no crime in Jesus. He continues, “But you have a custom that I should release one man for you at the Passover; will you have me release for you the King of the Jews?” John 18:39 Thank You Lord for men like Pilate who try and […]
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