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...
by Jason | May 2, 2020 | Commentaries on the Cross, Gospel of John
John 19:6 When the chief priests and the officers saw him, they cried out, “Crucify him, crucify him!” Pilate said to them, “Take him yourselves and crucify him, for I find no guilt in him.” It is a rare church today that reads Scripture during the service. ...
by Jason | Apr 30, 2020 | Commentaries on the Cross, Gospel of John
John 19:4-5 Pilate went out again and said to them, “See, I am bringing him out to you that you may know that I find no guilt in him.” So Jesus came out, wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe. Pilate said to them, “Behold the man.” There’s an ominous...
by Jason | Apr 28, 2020 | Apologetics, Commentaries on the Cross, Gospel of John
John 19:2-3 And the soldiers twisted together 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. The soldiers that did these things to Jesus had obviously...
by Jason | Apr 27, 2020 | Commentaries on the Cross, Gospel of John
John 19:1 Then Pilate took Jesus and flogged him. A fascinating thing about the Bible is that it teaches a doctrine of responsibility and authority that we’re ignorant of in contemporary America. Pilate didn’t personally flog our Lord – tearing His flesh...
by Jason | Apr 25, 2020 | Commentaries on the Cross, Gospel of John
John 18:39 “But you have a custom…” This very custom of pardoning a criminal signifies God’s pardoning of Israel. The guilty party is spared the penalty of the crime. In offering this to the Jews, Pilate twists the knife of irony. That these many...
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