by Jason | May 11, 2020 | Commentaries on the Cross, Gospel of John
John 19:11 Jesus answered him, “You would have no authority over me at all unless it had been given you from above. Therefore he who delivered me over to you has the greater sin.” Jesus’ reply to Pilate’s claim to authority seems straight forward and easy enough to...
by Jason | May 10, 2020 | Apologetics, Commentaries on the Cross, Gospel of John
John 19:10 So Pilate said to him, “You will not speak to me? Do you not know that I have authority to release you and authority to crucify you?” The strident and atheist author, Richard Dawkins, wrote a book titled The God Delusion a few years back and the title is a...
by Jason | May 8, 2020 | Commentaries on the Cross, Gospel of John
John 19:9 He entered his headquarters again and said to Jesus, “Where are you from?” But Jesus gave him no answer. Perhaps the hardest moment in the life of a Christian is that moment when God is silent in the face of our sufferings or in light of grave injustice. We...
by Jason | May 6, 2020 | Commentaries on the Cross, Gospel of John
John 19:8 When Pilate heard this statement, he was even more afraid. What a curious development. Pilate is afraid of what precisely? The Bible doesn’t say, it simply moves on with the evil drama of sinful men delivering over the only true and honest...
by Jason | May 4, 2020 | Apologetics, Commentaries on the Cross, Gospel of John
John 19:7 The Jews answered him, “We have a law, and according to that law he ought to die because he has made himself the Son of God.” The Jews have had their arguments with Jesus and they have lost them all, so this is their response. They have been defeated...
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