Welcome to 3ABN's
Spring Camp Meeting:
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Live from the
3ABN Worship Center.
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And we do welcome every
one of you. Thank you all.
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Are you enjoying Camp
Meeting? I think we ask you that
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so often... but I
have been so blessed.
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The ministers that are
ministering are opening up
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new word for us and I
believe it's changing all of us
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into His image and His likeness.
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Isn't that what we all
want in the first place?
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Well, we are honored this
afternoon to have Shelley Quinn
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to present her last
message for this Camp Meeting.
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And it's The Trial of Trials.
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This morning what she
presented was so beautiful.
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And she's going to pick
up there and take it further.
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You know, Shelley has been with
3ABN now for almost 12 years
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and I've known her
for almost twelve years.
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During that time you see
people through the good times
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and through the bad times.
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And I just want you to
know she's another one that's
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the real deal.
She's the same any time
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whatever the circumstance
is. The woman loves God
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and she opens herself up
to God and He blesses her.
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And I want you to
receive the word this afternoon
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as she presents it.
But right now I've got
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Pastor John
Lomacang and Celestine Barry
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that are going to come
out and they're going to sing
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a beautiful song for
us. It's Gentle Healer.
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So as they come I
want to encourage you
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to open up your hearts to them.
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This is another mighty
man of God, and the more I get
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to know about Celestine I
realize she's got clean hands
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and a pure heart.
Isn't that what we look for?
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Before you sing,
pastor, let me pray. OK?
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Holy Father, I come
before You in the name of Jesus.
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And Lord we praise you and
thank You for Your presence.
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Thank you, Lord,
that You are here. We ask
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that you would open
up all of our hearts.
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Father, open our
hearts to receive Your Word.
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And then, Father, as
the Word is implanted
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we pray that You would seal
it that the enemy can't come and
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steal not one
word from our hearts
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but Father it would
produce a mighty bountiful crop
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as we're conformed not
to the image of this world
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but into Your
image and likeness.
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And this is my
prayer in Jesus' name. Amen!
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The gentle Healer
came Into our town today
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He touched blind eyes
And the darkness left to stay
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But more than the blindness,
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He took their sins away
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The gentle Healer came
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Into our town today
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The gentle Healer came
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into our town today
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He spoke one word...
that was all He had to say
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And the one who had died
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Just rose up straight away
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The gentle Healer came
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Into our town today
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Oh, He seems like
just An ordinary man
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With dirty feet And
rough but gentle hands
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But the words He says
Are hard to understand
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Yet, He seems like
just And ordinary man
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The gentle Healer
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He left our town today
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I just looked around
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And found He'd gone away
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Some folks from
town Who followed Him,
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they say
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The gentle Healer is
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the Truth, the Light, the Way.
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The gentle Healer is
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the Truth, the Light,
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the Way.
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Amen!
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Thank you Pastor
John and Celestine.
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Isn't that a beautiful song?
And they sing so well together!
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Well, you've had your
physical food. Are you ready
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for some more
spiritual food? Amen! OK.
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We are going to continue.
In our last meeting we were
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talking about the
Garden of Gethsemane.
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Now we're going to
continue along the path
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of Christ's passion. Let's pray.
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Father, as we come
in the name of Jesus
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once again, Lord,
we just lift before You
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our hearts and ask that
You would do a great work
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in our hearts. As
we receive Your Word
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sanctify us by this Word, Lord.
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Help us to know You
better because to know You
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and to know
Your Son Jesus Christ
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is eternal life.
In Jesus' name, Amen.
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I want to read to you a
quote from Desire of Ages
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page 83. Ellen White writes:
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"It would be well for us
to spend a thoughtful hour
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each day in contemplation
of the life of Christ.
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We should take it point by point
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and let the
imagination grasp each scene...
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especially the closing ones. "
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And then she says we'll
have three benefits from this.
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"As we thus dwell upon
His great sacrifice for us, "
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first, "our confidence in
Him will be more consistent; "
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second, "our love
will be quickened; "
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and third, "we shall be more
deeply imbued with His Spirit. "
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As I have read and re-read
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both the acts of what happened
in the Garden of Gethsemane
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and what happened
during the trial of Christ
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I have found
these words to be true.
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They've had a profound impact.
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These stories have had
a profound impact on me
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as I have considered how
and why Jesus had to suffer
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so much before He was crucified.
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Usually we think of His
suffering as the crucifixion,
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but He suffered
this intense suffering.
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And I realize that His
excruciating pain and shame
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before He went to the cross
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is just another demonstration
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of His
incomprehensible love for us.
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But we also see
the judgment of God...
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how severe the judgment of God
and how real the judgment of God
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on sin is. To the
degree that we understand
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the measure of
Christ's suffering
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is the degree that we will
understand His love for us:
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this extravagant love.
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And to the degree we
understand His extravagant love
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is the degree
that we will trust Him.
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And you know what I have
found? Just doing these studies
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and, as Ellen White said, con-
templating on them over and over
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has truly helped
me lose all doubt
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in anything that God might do.
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We've already considered
His intense suffering in the
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Garden of Gethsemane.
Now we're going to consider
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His suffering after His arrest
in the two phases of His trial.
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First... There were
two different stages.
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First He went before
the Jewish religious courts.
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He appeared briefly before
Annas, then He was shuffled off
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to Caiaphas' house, and
then before the Sanhedrin.
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Now the Sanhedrin was like
I would call it the Supreme
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Court. It was the
ruling council of the Jews.
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There were 71
members in the Sanhedrin
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and it only
took 23 for a quorum.
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But this was made up...
The Sanhedrin was Sadducees,
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Pharisees, the scribes and then
the elders - the lay people.
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And what they did... The
Sanhedrin was presided over
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by the high priest.
And what they did was to
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coerce Jesus to admit
that He was the Son of God
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and then they
charged Him with blasphemy
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which was a capital
offence in the Jewish world.
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And because... You
know, the Sanhedrin had
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considerable authority.
But about 20 years before
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Jesus' trial the Romans
had passed a law that limited
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the Sanhedrin in their ability
to carry out a death execution.
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So they were forced to
take Him to the Roman court.
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So He goes from the
Jewish religious court
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to the stage of the
Roman political court.
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And He appears first before
Pilate, of course, who was
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the Roman governor.
And they charged Him.
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There was trumped up charges
about treason against Rome.
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Pilate sends
Him to Herod Antipas
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and Antipas sends Him back...
Herod sends Him back to Pilate.
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So please open your
Bibles to John chapter 18.
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John chapter 18. I hope
you have your Bibles today.
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All four gospels
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talk about the trial of Jesus.
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But the different authors
emphasize different events.
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They have different perspec-
tives, and what I have found
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as I harmonized all of
this and put it together
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there is more written
about the trial of Jesus
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than about any other
event in the life of Jesus.
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And I have gone round and
round with how am I going to
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present this to you.
Should I just get up here
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and tell you the
story? But if I do that
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you won't be able
to do what I've done
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when you go home:
to read and re-read
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and consider this. So
today what we're going to do
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is read. And we're going
to be flipping back and forth
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in all four gospels.
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And we're going to read
as it were the transcript
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of Jesus' trial. So we're going
to have to go rather rapidly,
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but... 'cause
there's a lot to read.
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Before we start
let me tell you this:
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the procedures -
the proceedings -
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before the Jewish
court were all illegal.
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They broke every
law of the Sanhedrin.
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First of all, no trial was
to be held during a feast day
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or at night. And Jesus' was
held before sunrise... His trial
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was before
sunrise on a feast day.
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The accused was supposed
to be given legal counsel...
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a defense
counsel. He was given none.
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The accused was not supposed
to be asked a self-incriminating
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question. But
Caiaphas made Him under oath
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admit that He
was the Son of God.
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So each member of the Sanhedrin
was supposed to be an impartial
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judge. They were
supposed to vote individually.
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But what we are going to
see is that Jesus was convicted
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by an enthusiastic
loud group approval.
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And in death cases
there was supposed to be
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a full night that passed before
the sentence was carried out.
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But they are going to make
certain that He gets crucified
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on the same day.
So for you note takers
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just jot this down. Our
first segment is John 18
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verses 12 through
14 and verses 19 to 24.
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John 18:12-14 and 19-24.
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This is the first
phase of the Jewish trial:
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the informal
interrogation before Annas
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who was the
previous high priest.
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John 18:12: "Then
the detachment of troops
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and the captains and
the officers of the Jews
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arrested Jesus and bound
Him. And they led Him away
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to Annas first, for he was
the father-in-law of Caiaphas
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who was the high
priest that year.
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Now it was Caiaphas
who advised the Jews
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that it was expedient
that one Man should die
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for the people. " And
John earlier in his gospel said
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he didn't do that
under his own authority
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but as high priest he prophesied
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that one would die
for the Jewish nation
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as well as for
all of God's children.
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So now skip down to
verse 19. John 18:19:
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"The high priest... " speaking
of Annas... "then asked Jesus
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about His
disciples and His doctrine. "
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He wasn't interested in
learning; he was interested
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in incriminating. Caiaphas, or
Annas rather, had been the high
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priest from AD 6
to the year AD 15.
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And according to the
Mishnah the Jews considered
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the high priesthood
as an office for life.
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So once you've been high
priest, even though you retired,
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you are still
considered high priest.
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And Annas was the
most influential member
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of the Sanhedrin. So verse 20:
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"Jesus answered him and said:
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'I spoke openly to the world.
I always taught in synagogues
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and in the temple
where the Jews always met
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and in secret I
have said nothing. ' "
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"Why do you ask Me?
Ask those who have heard Me
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what I said to them.
Indeed, they know what I said. "
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"And when He had said these
things, one of the officers
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who stood by struck
Jesus with the palm of his hand
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saying: 'Do You answer
the high priest like that? '
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Jesus answered him:
'If I have spoken evil
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bear witness of the evil.
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But if well, why
do you strike Me? '
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Then Annas sent Him bound
to Caiaphas the high priest. "
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Now keep your finger in John 18
'cause we're coming back there.
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But turn to Matthew chapter 26.
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Matthew chapter 26.
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And again if you're taking notes
so you can follow this from home
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we're going to look
at verses 57 through 68.
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Matthew 26:57-68.
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We're going to look now at
what happened at Caiaphas' house
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who... Caiaphas was high priest
at the time of this trial.
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He'd been high priest for 18...
He was actually high priest for
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18 years... which is the longest
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of any other
first-century high priest.
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So verse 57... Matthew 26:57:
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"And those who had laid
hold of Jesus led Him away
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to Caiaphas the high
priest where the scribes and the
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elders were assembled.
But Peter followed Him at a
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distance to the
high priest's courtyard
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and he went in and sat with
the servants to see the end.
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Now when the chief priest,
the elders, and all the council
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sought false testimony against
Jesus to put Him to death... "
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They're working frantically
to coach witnesses...
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but they found none. Even
though many false witnesses
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came forward they found none
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because the testimony of these
carefully-prepared witnesses
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just didn't agree. "And
so they said: 'This fellow
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said: I am able to
destroy the temple of God
00:16:52.81\00:16:55.98
and build it in three days. ' "
00:16:56.18\00:16:58.05
Now of course we know
in John 2:19 Jesus said:
00:16:58.25\00:17:01.15
"Destroy this temple and in
three days I will raise it up. "
00:17:01.35\00:17:05.82
What was He referring to?
00:17:06.12\00:17:07.69
Verse 21 said it was His body.
00:17:07.82\00:17:09.86
But in II Samuel chapter 7
00:17:10.06\00:17:12.93
and Zechariah chapter
6 both of those accounts
00:17:13.13\00:17:16.97
portray the Messiah as
One who will build the temple.
00:17:17.17\00:17:21.87
So just this accusation...
Caiaphas is taking this
00:17:22.07\00:17:25.87
as a calm to the Messiahship.
00:17:26.07\00:17:28.54
So verse 62: "And
the high priest arose
00:17:28.74\00:17:31.81
and said to Him:
'Do you answer nothing?
00:17:32.01\00:17:34.62
What is it these men
testify against You? '
00:17:34.82\00:17:37.42
But Jesus kept silent,
and the high priest answered
00:17:37.62\00:17:40.89
and said to Him: 'I put You
under oath by the Living God.
00:17:41.09\00:17:46.63
Tell us if You are
Christ the Son of God. ' "
00:17:46.83\00:17:50.23
He's going to coerce the com-
mission... admission from Him.
00:17:50.43\00:17:54.20
"Jesus said to
him: 'It is as you said.
00:17:54.57\00:17:58.04
Nevertheless I say to
you: hereafter you will see the
00:17:58.24\00:18:01.68
Son of Man sitting at the right
hand of the power and coming
00:18:01.88\00:18:05.35
on the clouds of heaven... '
" Knowing that this affirmation
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would lead to death Jesus
affirms His divine origin.
00:18:10.65\00:18:16.39
And He's drawing here from
what? Daniel 7 and verse 13
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where He identifies Himself
as the Son of Man who will
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come on the clouds of glory.
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He is a King of heavenly origin.
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He is a co-equal to God
00:18:28.67\00:18:30.64
and He will reign
over an eternal kingdom.
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Look at verse 65.
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This is Caiaphas' reaction.
00:18:36.14\00:18:38.58
"Then the high priest
tore his clothes saying:
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'He has spoken blasphemy!
What further need do we have
00:18:42.18\00:18:45.89
of witnesses? Look! Now you
have heard this blasphemy. ' "
00:18:46.09\00:18:50.13
Tearing the clothes was a
common expression of grief
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in the Jewish culture.
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It was customary to respond
to blasphemy this way, but
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it's interesting. In
Leviticus 21:10 the high priest
00:19:04.07\00:19:08.11
was prohibited from
tearing his garments
00:19:08.31\00:19:11.51
because they were sacred.
00:19:11.71\00:19:14.15
But Caiaphas was
so enraged at this
00:19:14.35\00:19:18.59
that he committed
this act of sacreligion.
00:19:18.79\00:19:22.19
And verse 66 he continues:
00:19:22.59\00:19:24.79
"What do you think? "
00:19:24.99\00:19:26.73
"And then they
all answered and said:
00:19:27.13\00:19:29.13
'He is deserving of death! '
00:19:29.33\00:19:31.30
Then they spat on
Him and they beat Him. "
00:19:31.50\00:19:34.14
Mark says they blindfolded Him
00:19:34.27\00:19:35.87
and others struck Him
with the palms of their hands
00:19:36.07\00:19:37.77
saying: "Prophesy to us, Christ.
00:19:37.97\00:19:40.58
Who is the one who struck You? "
00:19:40.78\00:19:43.28
The Sanhedrin found Him guilty
00:19:43.68\00:19:47.88
but they're not
yet sentencing Him.
00:19:48.08\00:19:50.52
But some members
of the court went wild
00:19:50.72\00:19:53.19
and they're spitting on
Him and they're slapping Him.
00:19:53.39\00:19:56.49
And then they dismiss
with a plan to reconvene
00:19:56.93\00:20:01.53
shortly after dawn. And
they hand Him over to the
00:20:01.73\00:20:06.47
troop of Roman soldiers
that had accompanied them
00:20:06.70\00:20:10.21
to the Garden of
Gethsemane to arrest Him.
00:20:10.41\00:20:12.81
Now because He
was sentenced to death
00:20:13.21\00:20:16.24
these Roman soldiers
felt pretty much at ease.
00:20:16.44\00:20:18.45
They could do whatever
they wanted with this prisoner.
00:20:18.65\00:20:21.02
And they probably played
00:20:21.42\00:20:24.42
a very common Roman
game called hot hand.
00:20:24.62\00:20:28.42
What the Roman soldiers would do
00:20:28.62\00:20:30.93
is they would blindfold
the prisoner. And this is...
00:20:31.13\00:20:33.66
We saw that Mark said
that He was blindfolded.
00:20:33.86\00:20:36.20
Then they would
of all the troops
00:20:36.60\00:20:39.70
there would only be
one that would stand out.
00:20:39.90\00:20:42.17
All the rest of them
would double up their fists
00:20:42.37\00:20:46.21
and sock the prisoner.
00:20:46.41\00:20:48.24
Then they'd remove his blindfold
00:20:48.64\00:20:50.91
and they'd all be back together
and they'd say: "Tell us:
00:20:51.11\00:20:54.28
which one of us
did not strike you? "
00:20:54.48\00:20:57.42
So we are given reason to
believe that this is exactly
00:20:57.79\00:21:02.12
what happened. In
Luke 22 in his account
00:21:02.32\00:21:05.13
the Greek word that he
uses is that they beat Jesus.
00:21:05.33\00:21:10.33
"He was bruised
for our iniquities. "
00:21:10.73\00:21:14.64
Now keep your
finger there in Matthew 26
00:21:15.04\00:21:18.17
and let's flip back to John 18.
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John 18. And again
for you note takers
00:21:23.41\00:21:27.08
this is John 18
verses 15 through 18.
00:21:27.28\00:21:31.25
We're going to look at
the record of Peter's denial
00:21:31.65\00:21:34.39
as he observed these
circus-like proceedings.
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John 18 and verse 15.
00:21:38.33\00:21:41.26
"And Simon Peter followed
Jesus at a distance and so did
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another disciple. " This
would be John, who's writing.
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"Now that disciple was
known to the high priest
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and went with Jesus into the
courtyard of the high priest.
00:21:49.94\00:21:52.54
But Peter stood
at the door outside.
00:21:52.74\00:21:55.64
Then the other disciple...
" young John... who was known
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to the high priest
"went out and spoke to her
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who kept the door
and brought Peter in.
00:22:01.08\00:22:03.49
Then the servant girl who
kept the door said to Peter:
00:22:03.69\00:22:06.25
'You are not also one of
this Man's disciples, are you? '
00:22:06.65\00:22:10.53
And he said: 'I am not! ' "
00:22:10.83\00:22:13.80
That's his first denial.
00:22:14.00\00:22:15.70
"Now the servants and the
officers who had made a fire
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of coal stood there, for it was
cold and they warmed themselves.
00:22:18.63\00:22:22.00
And Peter stood with
them and warmed himself. "
00:22:22.20\00:22:25.34
Peter joined the crowd. He
was attempting to blend in.
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He was at a crossroad
between courage and compromise.
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And unfortunately he
failed to die to self
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and he cowardly denied Jesus.
00:22:37.75\00:22:39.72
You know, many of us
succumb to the pressure
00:22:39.92\00:22:43.83
of a crowd of unbelievers.
00:22:44.03\00:22:45.79
We falter and we
lose our testimony.
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If we do not speak
boldly we lose our testimony
00:22:48.13\00:22:52.63
because of fear. Either
we're going to deny self
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or we're going to deny Christ.
00:22:56.64\00:22:58.47
Now return to Matthew
26. Just flip back there to
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Matthew 26. Again
for you note takers
00:23:03.45\00:23:07.02
this is verses 71 through 75.
00:23:07.32\00:23:09.92
Matthew 26:71-75 tells
us the rest of the story
00:23:10.32\00:23:15.72
of Peter's total humiliation.
00:23:15.92\00:23:17.96
Verse 71: "And when he
had gone out to the gate
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another girl saw him. "
According to John's gospel
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this was a relative of Malchus
who'd had his ear cut off
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by Peter with the
sword in the garden.
00:23:29.67\00:23:32.11
And she recognized
him from the garden.
00:23:32.31\00:23:34.28
"So she said to those who were
there: 'This fellow also was
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with Jesus of Nazareth.
' But again he denied it
00:23:38.95\00:23:43.75
with an oath:
00:23:43.95\00:23:47.16
'I do not know the Man. ' "
00:23:47.36\00:23:50.19
Peter was so intimidated
by the fear of persecution
00:23:50.39\00:23:56.26
and ridicule... the
threat of persecution...
00:23:56.70\00:24:01.30
that he actually took an
oath. And what that is saying
00:24:01.50\00:24:04.74
is that he was
saying: "I swear by God
00:24:04.94\00:24:08.41
I do not know the Man. "
00:24:08.61\00:24:11.38
This is his second denial.
00:24:11.78\00:24:13.75
"And a little
later... " verse 73...
00:24:13.95\00:24:16.55
"A little later those
who stood by came up and said
00:24:16.79\00:24:20.26
to Peter: 'Surely
you also are one of them
00:24:20.46\00:24:24.23
for your speech betrays you. ' "
00:24:24.43\00:24:25.79
"You've got a Galilean accent! "
00:24:25.99\00:24:27.60
"Then he began to
curse and swear saying:
00:24:27.76\00:24:30.63
'I do not know the Man! ' "
00:24:30.83\00:24:32.73
This is his third denial.
00:24:32.93\00:24:35.07
"And immediately
a rooster crowed. "
00:24:35.47\00:24:38.67
Now here Luke's account says
00:24:39.07\00:24:42.38
"And the Lord turned
and looked at Peter. "
00:24:42.58\00:24:46.68
Peter had witnessed
what was going on with Jesus.
00:24:47.48\00:24:51.55
How He was being
beaten and socked
00:24:51.95\00:24:55.36
and how He'd been spat upon
00:24:55.56\00:24:57.49
and how He'd been ridiculed.
00:24:57.89\00:24:59.66
Peter, the man who
gave up all to follow Jesus,
00:25:00.13\00:25:03.87
the man who was quick to obey
00:25:04.07\00:25:06.63
when he'd been fishing
all night and Jesus said:
00:25:06.84\00:25:09.57
"Hey go out into the deep
and cast your nets over on
00:25:09.77\00:25:12.81
this side" he was quick to obey.
00:25:13.01\00:25:15.08
He was a man of great
faith. He had walked on water
00:25:15.28\00:25:17.98
at Christ's bidding. He
was a man of spiritual insight.
00:25:18.18\00:25:21.65
He said: "Thou art the Christ. "
00:25:21.85\00:25:23.99
Yet he was a man of self will
and he was still self-confident.
00:25:24.19\00:25:30.23
And in his own confidence
he committed this terrible sin
00:25:30.63\00:25:34.40
of denial. What is the lesson
that we should learn from this?
00:25:34.60\00:25:38.77
"Take heed lest ye
think ye stand you fall. "
00:25:39.07\00:25:42.84
So... exhausted and
bruised from the beating
00:25:43.24\00:25:46.74
with His clothes
torn and tattered
00:25:47.14\00:25:51.15
Jesus lifts His head
and He looks at Peter.
00:25:51.55\00:25:55.52
He looks at Peter and
gives him this sympathetic look
00:25:55.92\00:26:01.29
of intense profound love.
00:26:01.69\00:26:05.06
And when Peter saw
the look of Jesus' face
00:26:05.46\00:26:10.30
he was heartbroken.
00:26:10.70\00:26:13.27
He realized what he had done
and look at what verse 75 says:
00:26:13.47\00:26:17.74
And Peter remembered the words
of Jesus who had said to him:
00:26:18.14\00:26:22.61
'Before the rooster crows
you will deny Me three times. '
00:26:22.81\00:26:26.28
So he went out
and wept bitterly. "
00:26:26.72\00:26:29.45
Just hours before
at the Last Supper
00:26:29.85\00:26:32.29
Peter was warned by
Christ that he would deny Him.
00:26:32.49\00:26:36.93
And in his usual
brash zeal he had said:
00:26:37.33\00:26:40.70
"I will not deny You
if I have to die with You!
00:26:41.26\00:26:45.67
You can count on me. "
00:26:45.87\00:26:47.67
But Jesus had prayed for Peter
00:26:48.07\00:26:51.67
and now the power of that
prayer was beginning to work
00:26:51.87\00:26:57.21
in Peter's heart
and it moved Peter
00:26:57.41\00:27:01.05
to restore him to loyalty.
00:27:01.25\00:27:03.92
So broken and full
of anguish he goes out.
00:27:04.12\00:27:06.92
He gets alone with
God and he repents.
00:27:07.12\00:27:10.59
Now turn to Luke chapter 22.
00:27:11.63\00:27:15.36
Luke chapter 22.
00:27:15.76\00:27:17.70
For you note takers,
we're going to look at
00:27:18.97\00:27:21.80
Luke 22:66-71.
00:27:22.00\00:27:26.04
Luke 22 verses 66 through 71.
00:27:26.44\00:27:29.31
This is His formal
trial before the Sanhedrin.
00:27:29.91\00:27:34.35
Caiaphas had called a
hastily-called meeting:
00:27:35.02\00:27:40.26
an illegal night
session of the Sanhedrin.
00:27:40.46\00:27:42.59
So now it's the dawn of day.
He re-assembles the Sanhedrin
00:27:42.89\00:27:46.33
to formulate the
charges against Jesus.
00:27:46.63\00:27:49.10
So Luke 22 and verse 66:
00:27:49.30\00:27:51.60
"As soon as it was day
the elders of the people
00:27:51.90\00:27:54.30
both chief priests and scribes
came together and led Him
00:27:54.50\00:27:56.87
into their council saying: 'If
You are the Christ, tell us. '
00:27:57.07\00:28:00.91
But He said to
them: 'If I tell you
00:28:01.28\00:28:04.85
you will by no
means believe. ' "
00:28:05.05\00:28:07.95
Once again, they
expected a militant Messiah...
00:28:08.35\00:28:12.32
one who would deliver
them physically, deliver them
00:28:12.52\00:28:17.09
materially. They did not
expect the suffering servant
00:28:17.29\00:28:21.90
who was going to
die as their substitute
00:28:22.10\00:28:26.00
to deliver them spiritually.
00:28:26.20\00:28:28.54
Do you remember what
we said in the last hour?
00:28:28.74\00:28:30.81
Someone has said
preconceived opinions
00:28:31.17\00:28:35.04
effectively insulate
the mind against truth.
00:28:35.24\00:28:40.82
In verse 68 Jesus says:
00:28:41.68\00:28:44.85
"And if I ask you you
will by no means answer Me
00:28:45.05\00:28:49.36
or let Me go. " He knew
that they were unwilling
00:28:49.56\00:28:52.83
to let go of
man-made religious practices.
00:28:53.03\00:28:57.67
These were abusive bullies.
00:28:57.87\00:29:00.87
And you know something? Bullies
are always insecure individuals.
00:29:01.07\00:29:06.54
Bullies are afraid of
losing their influence,
00:29:07.21\00:29:12.68
their power. And they're afraid
of being powerless themselves.
00:29:12.88\00:29:16.62
And that's what was
going on here. Verse 69:
00:29:16.82\00:29:18.99
"Hereafter the Son of Man
will sit on the right hand
00:29:19.39\00:29:22.06
of the power of God.
" "Then they all said:
00:29:22.26\00:29:25.49
'Are You then
the Son of God? ' "
00:29:25.69\00:29:27.60
And He says to them:
"You rightly say that I am. "
00:29:27.96\00:29:30.67
The Sanhedrin asked 2 questions:
00:29:31.00\00:29:33.00
"Are You the Christ? "
"Are You the Son of God? "
00:29:33.20\00:29:36.07
They wanted to catch
Him in clear-cut blasphemy.
00:29:36.27\00:29:40.71
And He claimed Sonship.
He claimed that He would not
00:29:40.91\00:29:44.65
remain dead. He said:
"You'll see Me at the right hand
00:29:44.85\00:29:47.65
of the throne of the
Father. Even if you kill Me
00:29:47.85\00:29:50.79
you're going to see Me again. "
00:29:50.99\00:29:52.32
And He claimed exaltation,
and their voices break forth
00:29:52.49\00:29:57.66
in an outrage. Verse 71:
00:29:57.86\00:29:59.76
"And they said: 'What
further testimony do we need
00:30:00.00\00:30:03.37
for we have heard it ourselves
from His own mouth. ' "
00:30:03.57\00:30:08.20
In other words: "You
are guilty of blasphemy.
00:30:08.40\00:30:12.61
You are sentenced unto death. "
00:30:12.81\00:30:14.98
Now keep a finger here in Luke
00:30:15.38\00:30:17.51
and we're going
to turn to John 18.
00:30:17.68\00:30:21.98
And I think I've got time to
do this. While you're turning
00:30:22.38\00:30:24.89
I just want to
share what was going on
00:30:25.09\00:30:29.99
with Judas. We saw
what happened with Peter.
00:30:30.19\00:30:33.36
But when Judas saw
that they had condemned Him
00:30:33.76\00:30:38.23
for blasphemy and he knew that
they had plotted against Him
00:30:38.43\00:30:42.70
to put Him to death,
Judas returns to the temple
00:30:42.90\00:30:46.84
priests and he says: "Hey,
I've betrayed innocent blood. "
00:30:47.04\00:30:51.41
And there was a divine curse
in Deuteronomy and I believe
00:30:51.81\00:30:55.58
27:25 against anyone
00:30:55.78\00:30:58.75
who would betray innocent blood.
00:30:58.95\00:31:03.43
So he says: "I've
betrayed innocent blood. "
00:31:03.83\00:31:06.53
And he's trying to give
them their 30 shekels back.
00:31:06.73\00:31:08.90
They won't even take it.
00:31:09.20\00:31:10.63
You know what they
said? "What is that to us? "
00:31:10.83\00:31:13.00
Which shows they knew
that Jesus was innocent.
00:31:13.20\00:31:15.57
But they said:
"What is that to us? "
00:31:15.77\00:31:17.51
And so they told
him: "You see to it. "
00:31:17.91\00:31:20.84
So their glib response proves
00:31:21.21\00:31:24.11
that they
realized His innocence.
00:31:24.28\00:31:26.05
So Judas throws
the 30 pieces down
00:31:26.25\00:31:29.45
in the temple and
he is remorseful...
00:31:29.65\00:31:34.12
he's trying to make
restitution. But unlike Peter
00:31:34.29\00:31:37.89
he doesn't repent. And
gripped by guilt, he goes
00:31:38.09\00:31:41.63
out and he hangs himself.
00:31:41.83\00:31:43.60
And then Luke tells us in
Acts 1:18 the rest of his story.
00:31:43.80\00:31:48.50
As he hung there in the hot sun
00:31:48.90\00:31:52.91
the bacteria of decay
00:31:53.31\00:31:56.24
caused his body
to begin bloating up.
00:31:56.44\00:31:59.15
He was like an
over-inflated balloon.
00:31:59.35\00:32:01.92
So when either the
branch or the rope on which he
00:32:02.12\00:32:06.39
hung broke, he fell
forward and his body split open.
00:32:06.59\00:32:11.49
So that's the difference between
just being sorry for your sin
00:32:11.69\00:32:16.56
and repenting. So we
should be at John 18.
00:32:16.77\00:32:21.67
We're going to
consider verses 28 through 38.
00:32:21.87\00:32:25.91
The Sanhedrin
has found Him guilty.
00:32:26.31\00:32:28.91
Now they're going to take
Him before Pontius Pilate.
00:32:29.11\00:32:31.21
He's the Roman governor.
He was actually the governor
00:32:31.41\00:32:34.32
from AD 26 to AD 36.
00:32:34.52\00:32:36.75
So verse 28: "Then
they, the whole multitude
00:32:37.72\00:32:41.12
led Jesus from
Caiaphas to the Praetorium. "
00:32:41.32\00:32:43.73
This was the official
residence of the Roman governor
00:32:43.93\00:32:47.36
and it was most
likely in Herod's palace
00:32:47.56\00:32:50.63
that was on the
western wall of the temple.
00:32:50.83\00:32:53.47
"And it was early
morning... " early morning...
00:32:54.17\00:32:57.61
"but they themselves did
not go into the Praetorium
00:32:58.01\00:33:01.48
lest they should be defiled
00:33:01.68\00:33:03.65
but that they
might eat the Passover. "
00:33:03.85\00:33:06.15
This was a Gentile judgment
hall, and if they went in
00:33:06.35\00:33:09.65
they'd be ceremonially unclean.
00:33:09.85\00:33:11.39
And when it's
referring to eating the Passover
00:33:11.59\00:33:13.86
most likely it's referring
to the feast of unleavened bread
00:33:14.06\00:33:17.53
that lasted for seven days.
00:33:17.69\00:33:20.00
But it's soon after sunrise.
00:33:20.20\00:33:23.00
So here Pilate is
roused from a deep sleep
00:33:23.43\00:33:27.40
and he doesn't
realize that he is waking up
00:33:27.60\00:33:32.17
to the greatest
drama in history.
00:33:32.37\00:33:35.18
Verse 29: "Pilate
then went out to them. "
00:33:35.58\00:33:39.31
I can just see him
rubbing the sleep from his eyes.
00:33:39.51\00:33:42.15
"And he said: 'What
accusation do you bring
00:33:42.55\00:33:46.59
against this Man? '
00:33:46.82\00:33:48.16
They answered and said to him:
'If He were not an evil-doer
00:33:48.19\00:33:51.46
we would not have
delivered Him up to you. ' "
00:33:51.66\00:33:53.46
Full of pride, aren't they?
00:33:53.96\00:33:55.63
Pilate didn't want to get
involved in the internal affairs
00:33:56.03\00:34:00.74
of the Jews, so
he says in verse 31:
00:34:00.94\00:34:04.41
"You take Him and judge
Him according to your law. "
00:34:04.81\00:34:08.44
"Therefore the Jews said to
him: 'It is not lawful for us to
00:34:08.64\00:34:11.45
put anyone to death' that
the saying of Jesus might be
00:34:11.65\00:34:15.55
fulfilled which He
spoke signifying by what death
00:34:15.75\00:34:20.46
He would die. "
Well... what does that mean?
00:34:20.66\00:34:24.46
There's no other - as
you're harmonizing this -
00:34:25.29\00:34:28.80
there's no other gospel
that's going to explain it.
00:34:29.00\00:34:32.40
We've got to read
between the lines.
00:34:32.60\00:34:35.24
It's signifying the
death by which He would die.
00:34:36.10\00:34:39.31
You see, the Jews, although
their authority had been
00:34:40.04\00:34:44.91
limited, they still
stoned, didn't they,
00:34:45.11\00:34:49.45
for blasphemy. They
stoned Stephen for blasphemy.
00:34:49.65\00:34:52.19
So they didn't strictly
adhere to the Roman law.
00:34:52.39\00:34:55.36
But they were not
wanting Jesus to be stoned.
00:34:55.56\00:35:00.53
They were seeking crucifixion.
00:35:00.83\00:35:04.20
Crucifixion horrified the Jews
00:35:04.40\00:35:07.04
because it was the
same as hanging on a tree...
00:35:07.44\00:35:10.71
which carried God's curse.
00:35:10.91\00:35:13.98
And that's what
they wanted for Jesus.
00:35:14.18\00:35:16.75
Now here the gospel of Luke
00:35:17.15\00:35:19.45
adds that they were
hurling accusations of treason
00:35:19.65\00:35:23.05
against the Roman state
saying: "We found this fellow
00:35:23.25\00:35:25.72
perverting the nation
and forbidding to pay taxes
00:35:25.92\00:35:28.16
to Caesar saying that He
Himself is Christ the King. ' "
00:35:28.36\00:35:31.93
But now let's
continue. John 18:33:
00:35:32.13\00:35:34.93
"Then Pilate
entered the Praetorium
00:35:35.30\00:35:38.07
and he called
Jesus and said to Him:
00:35:38.47\00:35:40.94
'Are You the king of the Jews? '
00:35:41.34\00:35:43.47
Jesus answered him: 'Are
you speaking for yourself
00:35:43.87\00:35:46.78
about this or did others
tell you this concerning Me? '
00:35:46.98\00:35:49.54
Pilate answered: 'Am I a Jew?
00:35:49.94\00:35:52.41
Your own nation and the
chief priests have delivered You
00:35:52.61\00:35:55.18
to me. What have You done? '
00:35:55.38\00:35:56.99
Jesus answered: 'My
kingdom is not of this world.
00:35:57.39\00:36:01.46
If My kingdom were of
this world, My servants would
00:36:01.86\00:36:04.16
fight so that I should
not be delivered to the Jews.
00:36:04.36\00:36:07.23
But now My kingdom
is not from here. ' "
00:36:07.60\00:36:10.87
He's saying: "I am a King,
00:36:11.07\00:36:13.64
but I rule over
hearts... not territory. "
00:36:13.84\00:36:17.11
"Pilate therefore said to Him:
00:36:17.51\00:36:19.44
'Are you a King
then? ' Jesus answered:
00:36:19.64\00:36:22.31
'You say rightly
that I am a King.
00:36:22.51\00:36:25.01
For this cause I was born
and for this cause I have come
00:36:25.21\00:36:28.28
into the world: that
I should bear witness
00:36:28.48\00:36:30.92
to the truth.
Everyone who is of the truth
00:36:31.12\00:36:33.76
here's My voice. '
" And then Pilate -
00:36:33.96\00:36:36.96
standing in the
presence of truth incarnate -
00:36:37.16\00:36:41.30
Pilate says: "What is truth? "
00:36:41.70\00:36:44.93
He is just dismissing
the relevance of truth.
00:36:45.13\00:36:50.61
You know, if we
consider Matthew's account
00:36:51.21\00:36:53.54
of Christ
standing before Pilate,
00:36:53.74\00:36:55.78
it's interesting. Matthew
says Jesus did not answer
00:36:55.98\00:37:00.15
one charge that the
chief priests and the elders
00:37:00.35\00:37:03.45
hurled against
Him... not one word.
00:37:03.65\00:37:06.25
And Pilate marveled greatly
because Pilate was used to
00:37:06.65\00:37:11.26
men saying with loud
protestation: "I'm innocent! "
00:37:11.46\00:37:16.43
He was used to men
trying to defend themselves
00:37:16.67\00:37:19.10
and it was confusing to him
00:37:19.30\00:37:20.97
to see a Man who
seemed content to die.
00:37:21.17\00:37:24.47
was being fulfilled.
00:37:24.67\00:37:28.91
"He was oppressed
and He was afflicted
00:37:29.21\00:37:32.05
yet He opened not His mouth.
He was led as a lamb to the
00:37:32.25\00:37:35.15
slaughter, and as a sheep
before its shearers is silent
00:37:35.35\00:37:38.45
so He opened not His mouth. "
00:37:38.65\00:37:42.22
Now flip back to Luke.
00:37:42.62\00:37:45.26
We're going to now
consider Luke chapter 23
00:37:45.66\00:37:51.27
verses 4 through 17.
00:37:51.47\00:37:54.27
Luke 23:4-17.
00:37:54.67\00:37:57.21
This is when Pilate sends Jesus
00:37:57.41\00:38:01.24
to Herod Antipas.
00:38:01.44\00:38:03.71
Luke 23 and verse 4:
00:38:03.91\00:38:06.08
"So Pilate said to the
chief priests and the crowd:
00:38:06.28\00:38:08.35
'I find no fault in this Man. '
00:38:08.55\00:38:10.22
But they were the more fierce
saying: 'He stirs up the people
00:38:10.42\00:38:12.82
teaching through all
Judea beginning from Galilee
00:38:13.02\00:38:16.32
to this place. ' Now
when Pilate heard of Galilee
00:38:16.52\00:38:20.53
he asked if the Man
were a Galilean. And as soon
00:38:20.73\00:38:24.27
as he knew that Jesus was
00:38:24.47\00:38:27.44
and he belonged to
Herod's jurisdiction,
00:38:27.64\00:38:30.81
he sent Him to Herod
who was also in Jerusalem
00:38:31.01\00:38:34.98
at this time. "
Now who is Herod?
00:38:35.18\00:38:37.71
He's the tetrarch of Galilee.
00:38:38.11\00:38:39.95
He's the one who
murdered John the Baptist.
00:38:40.15\00:38:43.15
So verse 8: "Now
when Herod saw Jesus
00:38:44.22\00:38:47.72
he was exceedingly glad for
he had desired for a long time
00:38:47.92\00:38:52.73
to see Him because he had
heard many things about Him. "
00:38:52.93\00:38:56.73
"He had heard
many things about Him
00:38:57.13\00:38:59.17
and he hoped to see
some miracle done by Him. "
00:38:59.37\00:39:01.64
He wanted Jesus to
entertain him in other words.
00:39:01.84\00:39:03.94
"Then he
questioned Him with many words
00:39:04.34\00:39:06.91
but Jesus
answered him nothing. "
00:39:07.31\00:39:10.08
Members of Herod's
household were believers.
00:39:10.81\00:39:14.65
His personal steward
Chuza was a believer,
00:39:15.05\00:39:18.99
and Chuza's wife
Joanna was a believer.
00:39:19.39\00:39:22.79
They were supporters of Jesus.
00:39:22.99\00:39:24.93
You can find it in
Luke 8 and verse 3.
00:39:25.13\00:39:27.50
And Manaen, who was brought
up as Herod's foster brother,
00:39:27.93\00:39:32.67
was a believer. He
was actually a teacher
00:39:32.87\00:39:35.70
in the early church. We
find that in Acts 13 verse 1.
00:39:35.90\00:39:39.74
But their reports about Jesus
00:39:39.94\00:39:42.68
had no effect on
Herod's unresponsive heart.
00:39:42.88\00:39:47.02
And Herod is the only man
that Jesus did not answer.
00:39:47.22\00:39:51.52
Not one word.
00:39:51.72\00:39:53.66
He stood in dignified silence.
00:39:54.06\00:39:57.33
Herod had not
listened to John the Baptist
00:39:57.69\00:40:01.96
so Jesus didn't
waste any words on him.
00:40:02.16\00:40:04.27
So let's look at Luke 23:10.
00:40:04.90\00:40:07.14
"And the chief priests and
the scribes stood and vehemently
00:40:07.34\00:40:10.37
accused Him. Then Herod
with his men of war treated
00:40:10.57\00:40:13.11
Him with contempt and
mocked Him, arrayed Him in a
00:40:13.34\00:40:15.41
gorgeous robe and
sent Him back to Pilate.
00:40:15.61\00:40:17.51
That very day Pilate and Herod
became friends with each other
00:40:17.68\00:40:20.58
for previously they had
been at enmity with each other.
00:40:20.78\00:40:23.49
Then Pilate when he had called
together the chief priests,
00:40:23.69\00:40:26.52
the rulers, and the
people said to them:
00:40:26.72\00:40:28.56
'You have brought this
Man to me as One who misleads
00:40:28.96\00:40:31.49
the people. And indeed, having
examined Him in your presence,
00:40:31.69\00:40:34.13
I have found no
fault in this Man
00:40:34.30\00:40:36.23
concerning those things
of which you accuse Him.
00:40:36.43\00:40:38.80
Nor neither did Herod,
for I sent you back to him
00:40:39.00\00:40:42.50
and indeed, nothing deserving of
death has been done by Him. ' "
00:40:42.70\00:40:46.21
So now he's going
to offer a compromise.
00:40:46.51\00:40:48.81
"I will therefore
chastise Him and release Him
00:40:49.01\00:40:52.51
for... " verse 17
says: "it was necessary
00:40:52.71\00:40:57.22
for him to release one
to them at the feast. "
00:40:57.42\00:41:02.42
This was a common practice.
00:41:02.62\00:41:04.23
So now let's look at
Matthew 27. Again, note takers:
00:41:04.56\00:41:10.23
this is Matthew 27
verses 16 through 30.
00:41:10.43\00:41:14.27
Pilate is going to
wash his hands of it.
00:41:15.17\00:41:18.84
Matthew 27...
00:41:19.51\00:41:21.74
we'll look at
verses 16 through 30.
00:41:21.94\00:41:26.25
So Matthew 27:16:
00:41:27.18\00:41:29.85
"And at that time they
had a notorious prisoner
00:41:30.05\00:41:32.79
called Barabbas. " He
was notorious because he
00:41:32.99\00:41:35.12
had committed a
murder in the uprising.
00:41:35.32\00:41:37.43
"Therefore when they had
gathered together Pilate said
00:41:37.63\00:41:40.26
to them: 'Whom do you
want me to release to you?
00:41:40.46\00:41:42.83
Barabbas... or Jesus
who is called Christ? '
00:41:43.03\00:41:45.67
For he knew that they had
handed Him over because of
00:41:45.87\00:41:49.24
envy. While he was
sitting on the judgment seat
00:41:49.44\00:41:52.27
his wife sent to him
saying: 'Have nothing to do
00:41:52.47\00:41:57.21
with that just Man
for I have suffered
00:41:57.41\00:42:00.82
many things in a
dream because of Him. ' "
00:42:01.02\00:42:04.29
Ancient Christian
tradition tells us
00:42:04.65\00:42:08.36
that Pilate's
wife's name was Claudia.
00:42:08.76\00:42:12.66
Claudia was a convert to Judaism
00:42:12.86\00:42:15.50
and then later
became an ardent Christian.
00:42:15.70\00:42:18.67
So here she is. They've
been aroused from their sleep.
00:42:18.87\00:42:23.04
He's out there and she realizes:
"Oh my goodness... look
00:42:23.24\00:42:26.68
what's going on. "
So she raises a voice
00:42:26.88\00:42:29.94
to try to defend Jesus.
00:42:30.15\00:42:31.95
The only voice that
was raised in His trial
00:42:32.15\00:42:34.18
to try to defend
Him... a female voice.
00:42:34.52\00:42:38.09
Verse 20 says - and
I have to say this -
00:42:39.12\00:42:43.99
her message really enforced...
reinforced Pilate's fear.
00:42:44.19\00:42:48.46
We'll see in just a minute.
00:42:48.86\00:42:50.60
Verse 20: "But the
chief priests and the elders
00:42:50.80\00:42:53.47
persuaded the multitude... "
They're stirring up the crowd.
00:42:53.67\00:42:56.34
"that they should ask for
Barabbas and destroy Jesus.
00:42:56.54\00:42:58.57
The governor answered and
said to them: 'Which of the two
00:42:58.81\00:43:01.84
do you want me
to release to you? '
00:43:02.04\00:43:03.38
They said: 'Barabbas. '
And Jesus said to them...
00:43:03.45\00:43:05.98
or Pilate said to them:
00:43:06.18\00:43:07.65
'What then shall I do with
Jesus who is called Christ? '
00:43:07.85\00:43:10.99
And they all said to
him: 'Let Him be crucified! '
00:43:11.29\00:43:14.29
Then the governor said:
'Why? What evil has He done? '
00:43:14.69\00:43:18.53
But they cried out all the more
saying: 'Let Him be crucified! '
00:43:18.73\00:43:22.73
When Pilate saw that he
could not prevail at all
00:43:23.13\00:43:25.73
but rather that
a tumult was rising
00:43:25.93\00:43:28.64
he took water and
he washed his hands
00:43:28.84\00:43:31.91
before the multitude saying:
00:43:32.11\00:43:34.14
'I am innocent of the
blood of this just person.
00:43:34.28\00:43:36.81
You see to it.' " Now first of
all, let me tell you something.
00:43:37.01\00:43:40.28
Pilate was not a nice guy.
00:43:40.88\00:43:43.55
History tells us... I
mean this isn't just because
00:43:44.62\00:43:47.92
Pilate is some
sweet wonderful man.
00:43:48.12\00:43:50.59
He was not a nice man;
he mistreated the Jews.
00:43:51.53\00:43:54.56
He did not want to
get... There had been so much
00:43:54.73\00:43:59.40
disturbance under
his administration
00:43:59.60\00:44:01.34
he didn't want to
get involved with this.
00:44:01.64\00:44:04.34
But something made him
realize Jesus is innocent.
00:44:04.54\00:44:10.08
He exonerated Jesus 3 times.
00:44:10.28\00:44:12.95
But he's overruled
by the people's choice.
00:44:13.35\00:44:15.82
So what does he do? He
can't risk any more problems
00:44:16.02\00:44:19.72
with the Jews because
Caesar could recall him.
00:44:19.92\00:44:23.93
Rome could recall him
or even a worse state.
00:44:24.13\00:44:27.40
So he washes his hands,
but he is not free of guilt.
00:44:27.76\00:44:33.44
Pilate had the
authority and the responsibility
00:44:33.84\00:44:37.81
to act justly. And
it's interesting. I found
00:44:38.01\00:44:41.08
this note...
it's so fascinating.
00:44:41.28\00:44:43.04
Eusebius was a Christian
scholar and a Roman historian.
00:44:43.24\00:44:47.48
He reports that in AD 37...
00:44:47.68\00:44:50.75
What year was
Jesus killed? AD 31.
00:44:50.95\00:44:54.02
In AD 37 Pilate was...
00:44:54.42\00:44:59.06
He only reigned to
36. He was exiled to Gaul
00:44:59.26\00:45:03.97
which was in Western Europe.
00:45:04.17\00:45:05.50
So basically if he
reigned from the middle of 31
00:45:05.80\00:45:09.44
to 36... for
about 4-1/2 more years
00:45:09.64\00:45:13.48
of reign... he sold his soul.
00:45:13.68\00:45:15.88
We have to remember...
whew! Matthew 27 and verse 25:
00:45:16.95\00:45:21.58
"And all the people
answered: 'His blood be upon us
00:45:21.78\00:45:25.79
and on our children. '
00:45:25.99\00:45:28.62
Then he released
Barabbas to them.
00:45:28.82\00:45:31.86
And when he had scourged Jesus
00:45:32.06\00:45:34.96
he delivered Him
to be crucified. "
00:45:35.16\00:45:37.33
You know, we sanitize
the scenes of the flogging
00:45:37.97\00:45:42.34
and the crucifixion.
00:45:42.54\00:45:44.51
Perhaps because the Bible
writers didn't go into the
00:45:44.71\00:45:47.54
horror of it...
but they didn't have to
00:45:47.71\00:45:49.34
because people during
their times knew what happened.
00:45:49.54\00:45:52.88
We have to go to
extra Biblical resources
00:45:53.08\00:45:56.55
to find out
exactly what happened.
00:45:56.75\00:46:00.52
When the Romans
flogged a prisoner
00:46:00.72\00:46:03.96
they would strip
him to the waist.
00:46:04.16\00:46:06.96
They would tie him to the rack,
00:46:07.13\00:46:09.13
tying his wrists
with leather thongs
00:46:09.33\00:46:12.50
and his ankles
with leather thongs.
00:46:12.70\00:46:15.04
And then the whip they
used was no ordinary whip.
00:46:15.44\00:46:18.44
This was many leather thongs
that were loaded with lead
00:46:18.84\00:46:23.04
and sharp bones and iron spikes.
00:46:23.24\00:46:25.81
And then every
time they would hit
00:46:26.01\00:46:30.29
every blow would tear into
the muscles and the ligaments.
00:46:30.49\00:46:35.22
And bones would be chipped;
their bones would be laid bare.
00:46:35.42\00:46:40.00
And if they
missed... if they hit wrong,
00:46:40.90\00:46:43.77
they would be disemboweled.
Many men died on the rack.
00:46:43.97\00:46:47.74
See, the Rom... Now
the Jews... how many blows?
00:46:48.04\00:46:53.44
Forty minus one... 39.
00:46:53.84\00:46:56.14
But the Romans
had no such limit.
00:46:57.15\00:46:59.88
Their only stipulation was
you beat them till the flesh
00:47:00.25\00:47:03.82
hung off their back.
00:47:04.02\00:47:05.35
So this was excruciating pain.
00:47:05.49\00:47:08.66
"He was wounded
for our transgressions;
00:47:09.29\00:47:13.19
He was bruised
for our iniquities...
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and by His
stripes we are healed. "
00:47:16.67\00:47:20.94
He was weakened from
the beatings and dehydrated.
00:47:21.80\00:47:24.94
He hadn't had anything
to drink all night long.
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Blood loss. Is it any wonder
00:47:27.91\00:47:30.25
that He was too
weak to carry His cross?
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Verse 27:
00:47:33.15\00:47:35.05
"Then the soldiers of the
governor took Jesus into the
00:47:35.25\00:47:37.72
Praetorium and gathered
the whole garrison around Him
00:47:37.92\00:47:39.95
and they stripped Him and
they put a scarlet robe on Him.
00:47:40.16\00:47:42.59
And when they had twisted
a crown of thorns they put it
00:47:42.89\00:47:45.39
on His head and a
reed in His right hand.
00:47:45.59\00:47:47.76
And they bowed
the knee before Him.
00:47:47.96\00:47:50.17
And they mocked Him saying:
'Hail, king of the Jews. '
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Then they spat on Him and
they took the reed and they
00:47:53.74\00:47:57.21
struck Him on the head. "
00:47:57.41\00:47:59.77
And John adds: "They
struck Him with their hands. "
00:48:00.14\00:48:02.61
This is brutal treatment
to our wounded and exhausted
00:48:03.38\00:48:07.82
Savior. The bushes of Palestine
00:48:08.02\00:48:11.55
are noted for their very
long - and we've seen them -
00:48:11.75\00:48:15.82
very long very sharp thorns.
00:48:16.02\00:48:21.30
And these thorns... For
the soldiers to have twisted
00:48:21.60\00:48:25.47
this together they would have
had to have had gloved hands
00:48:25.67\00:48:29.10
or their hands
would have been bloodied.
00:48:29.30\00:48:31.31
So when they put
that... Each time they put that
00:48:31.51\00:48:34.94
crown of thorns on His head...
each time they hit Him over
00:48:35.14\00:48:37.91
the head that would
drive the thorns deeper
00:48:38.11\00:48:40.92
into Christ's scalp.
And what were thorns?
00:48:41.08\00:48:44.62
They were an
emblem of sin, remember?
00:48:44.82\00:48:47.36
When God put the curse on
the earth the thorns came.
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So the soldiers placed an
emblem of sin upon Jesus' head
00:48:52.99\00:48:57.47
but God crowned Him. He
crowned Him with the actual
00:48:58.57\00:49:04.04
sins of the
world. Sister White says
00:49:04.24\00:49:07.88
"Imagine... " Let your
imagination go to this scene.
00:49:08.08\00:49:11.71
"Imagine now the
bloodied, battered
00:49:12.61\00:49:17.02
body of the suffering Messiah. "
00:49:17.22\00:49:20.82
There's a scripture
that I really understand now.
00:49:21.89\00:49:25.09
Isaiah 52:14 says:
00:49:25.49\00:49:27.86
"Just as many
were astonished at You
00:49:28.26\00:49:31.77
so His... " speaking of
the servant, the Messiah...
00:49:31.97\00:49:37.61
"so His visage was
marred more than any man
00:49:37.77\00:49:42.51
and His form more
than the sons of men. "
00:49:42.71\00:49:46.92
In other words,
He was so beaten,
00:49:47.32\00:49:50.02
so bruised, He
was unrecognizable.
00:49:50.22\00:49:54.56
So what happens in John 19
00:49:55.99\00:50:00.70
verses 4 through
16. John 19:4-16.
00:50:00.90\00:50:04.47
We're going to have to hurry,
I just looked at the clock.
00:50:04.67\00:50:08.50
Pilate's final
attempt for compromise.
00:50:09.10\00:50:11.77
Pilate brings Him out
and says: "Behold the Man. "
00:50:13.04\00:50:15.98
"Behold the bloody spectacle. "
00:50:16.18\00:50:18.31
"And therefore when the
chief priests and the officers
00:50:18.51\00:50:20.88
saw Him they said:
'Crucify Him; crucify Him! ' "
00:50:21.02\00:50:23.99
He said: "You take Him and
crucify Him. I don't find any
00:50:24.62\00:50:27.42
fault in Him. " And
they said: "But we have a law
00:50:27.62\00:50:30.39
and according to our
law He ought to die because
00:50:30.59\00:50:32.53
He claims... He made Himself
out to be the Son of God. "
00:50:32.73\00:50:35.76
Whew! Now
Pilate's even more fearful.
00:50:35.96\00:50:38.60
History says that he was
very superstitious, and the idea
00:50:38.80\00:50:41.74
that he was about to
kill a supernatural being
00:50:41.94\00:50:45.37
made him afraid. So he
comes back in and he says
00:50:45.57\00:50:48.28
to Jesus: "Where are You from? "
00:50:48.48\00:50:50.28
And Jesus doesn't answer.
00:50:50.58\00:50:52.51
And he says: "Are You not
speaking to me? Do You not know
00:50:52.71\00:50:55.12
that I have the power to
crucify You and the power
00:50:55.32\00:50:57.85
to release You? "
But Jesus says this:
00:50:58.05\00:51:00.59
"You could have no
power at all against Me
00:51:00.79\00:51:04.13
unless it had been
given you from above.
00:51:04.33\00:51:07.30
Therefore the one
who delivered Me to you
00:51:07.50\00:51:10.53
has the worse...
the greater sin. "
00:51:10.73\00:51:13.60
So he goes therefore in verse 13
00:51:13.80\00:51:16.71
to sit on the judgment seat
00:51:16.91\00:51:19.81
and he then in verse 14 says:
00:51:20.04\00:51:23.65
"Behold your King. "
He leads them away...
00:51:23.85\00:51:27.68
They're saying: "Away
with Him; crucify Him. "
00:51:27.88\00:51:29.95
And he delivers
Him to be crucified
00:51:30.15\00:51:32.55
so that they took
Jesus and led Him away.
00:51:32.75\00:51:35.52
Jesus... whose whole
ministry was healing people
00:51:35.72\00:51:38.86
and setting them
free... He was wounded
00:51:39.06\00:51:42.40
and bound and led
away to be crucified.
00:51:42.60\00:51:45.07
And men thought that they
had triumphed, but the real
00:51:45.27\00:51:48.00
triumph was going to be shown
in just a few days, wasn't it,
00:51:48.20\00:51:51.67
at the resurrection.
00:51:51.87\00:51:53.21
So let me ask you this:
00:51:53.41\00:51:55.58
why? We know
Jesus had to die for us.
00:51:56.51\00:51:59.71
Why did Jesus
have to suffer so much
00:52:00.22\00:52:04.32
before His death?
What was the purpose
00:52:04.52\00:52:08.22
of His suffering
before the crucifixion?
00:52:08.42\00:52:11.69
His suffering reveals the
magnitude of God's love for us.
00:52:12.09\00:52:16.63
John 3:16. "For God so loved
the world that He gave His only
00:52:18.17\00:52:21.24
begotten Son, that
whosoever should believe on Him
00:52:21.44\00:52:24.91
would not perish but
have everlasting life. "
00:52:25.11\00:52:26.94
Romans 5:8. "God
demonstrated His love by this:
00:52:27.14\00:52:30.01
while we were yet sinners
He sent Jesus to die for us. "
00:52:30.21\00:52:33.52
And John 15:13 when Jesus
said: "Greater love hath no man
00:52:33.92\00:52:37.92
than this: that he
would lay down his life
00:52:38.12\00:52:39.89
for another. "
Because of our sins...
00:52:40.12\00:52:43.63
I Peter says He
suffered "to bring us to God. "
00:52:43.83\00:52:48.13
Listen: I Peter 3:18:
00:52:48.33\00:52:50.20
"For Christ also
suffered once for sin -
00:52:50.40\00:52:53.17
the just for the unjust -
that He might bring us to God.
00:52:53.37\00:52:57.04
Being put to death in the flesh
00:52:57.24\00:52:58.64
but made alive in the Spirit. "
00:52:58.84\00:53:00.68
Jesus paid a debt He did
not owe because we owed a debt
00:53:01.08\00:53:04.75
we could not pay.
Isaiah 53 says: "Surely He
00:53:04.95\00:53:09.68
has borne our griefs, carried
our sorrows, yet we esteemed Him
00:53:09.88\00:53:13.19
stricken, smitten by God
and afflicted. But He was
00:53:13.39\00:53:16.19
wounded for our
transgressions, He was bruised
00:53:16.39\00:53:19.23
for our iniquities. The
chastisement of our peace
00:53:19.43\00:53:22.03
was upon Him, and by
His stripes we are healed. "
00:53:22.23\00:53:25.20
The violence of sin
was heaped upon Him,
00:53:25.77\00:53:28.64
and His suffering reveals
the horrendous nature of sin.
00:53:29.04\00:53:33.01
It demonstrates how far He would
go for love and righteousness
00:53:33.94\00:53:37.65
because He
suffered to make us whole.
00:53:37.85\00:53:41.05
But it is the New
Testament book of Hebrews -
00:53:41.45\00:53:44.09
and I don't think we've got
time to flip there - so let me
00:53:44.29\00:53:46.72
just say it quickly.
In Hebrews chapter 4:14-16
00:53:46.92\00:53:52.46
says He suffered with our
weaknesses so that He could be
00:53:52.66\00:53:57.10
a compassionate High Priest.
00:53:57.30\00:53:59.77
"Seeing then that we have
a great High Priest who is
00:54:00.47\00:54:03.44
passed through the
heavens, Jesus, the Son of God,
00:54:03.64\00:54:05.67
let us hold fast our confession.
For we do not have a High Priest
00:54:05.87\00:54:08.88
who cannot
sympathize with our weaknesses
00:54:09.28\00:54:11.41
but was in all
points tempted as we are
00:54:11.81\00:54:14.22
yet without sin. "
And THAT is the reason
00:54:14.38\00:54:18.09
that we can come boldly
before the throne of grace.
00:54:18.29\00:54:22.46
He understands!
He has proven that
00:54:22.66\00:54:27.00
He's not some distant God.
00:54:27.20\00:54:29.06
He's not gonna
let you suffer alone.
00:54:29.46\00:54:31.57
Have you, like Jesus,
been betrayed and abandoned
00:54:31.77\00:54:35.34
by those closest to you?
00:54:35.54\00:54:37.27
Have you been verbally
abused? Suffered rejection
00:54:37.47\00:54:41.38
and ridicule? Have people false-
ly accused you and told lies
00:54:41.58\00:54:46.08
about you? Have you
suffered vicious physical abuse?
00:54:46.28\00:54:49.95
Have you been
stripped naked and violated
00:54:50.25\00:54:52.85
and suffered intense pain?
00:54:53.05\00:54:54.76
Jesus understands your
feeling of powerlessness.
00:54:54.96\00:55:00.16
Jesus knows
that you are tempted.
00:55:00.66\00:55:03.57
He understands that you're temp-
ted to hurt those who hurt you.
00:55:03.77\00:55:07.14
To lash out against
those who abuse you.
00:55:07.34\00:55:09.67
He suffered to give you
victory over these feelings.
00:55:10.51\00:55:13.68
He's somebody who can
carry our burdens today
00:55:14.54\00:55:17.25
and give us the victory.
00:55:17.45\00:55:19.38
In the decades
following Jesus' death
00:55:19.58\00:55:22.02
there were many martyrs
who were brutally martyred.
00:55:22.22\00:55:26.62
But knowing that Jesus willingly
00:55:27.06\00:55:30.53
chose to face such
physical pain and suffering
00:55:30.73\00:55:34.00
on their behalf
gave them the strength
00:55:34.36\00:55:37.23
to carry forward...
faithful unto the end.
00:55:37.43\00:55:40.90
By choosing to suffer
physical and verbal abuse
00:55:41.37\00:55:45.71
He identified with us
so that He could offer us
00:55:45.91\00:55:49.51
His supernatural strength
at the times when we suffer.
00:55:49.71\00:55:53.88
As we confront the
terrifying trials of life
00:55:54.75\00:55:58.22
we need to reach up
for our Savior's hand
00:55:58.62\00:56:01.72
knowing that He is able to
give us the help that we need.
00:56:02.22\00:56:06.76
He empathizes;
He'll give us the victory.
00:56:06.96\00:56:09.46
We know that He was
crucified in weakness
00:56:11.47\00:56:14.37
but He goes on
living in the power of God.
00:56:14.57\00:56:17.54
And His power is made
perfect in our weakness.
00:56:17.74\00:56:21.58
His grace is sufficient,
so we can take great hope.
00:56:21.78\00:56:27.45
We know like Paul
said in Philippians 4:13
00:56:27.75\00:56:31.75
"I can do ALL things through
Christ who strengthens me. "
00:56:31.95\00:56:37.16
Praise the Lord!
00:56:37.36\00:56:38.69
One of my favorite
promises is Romans 8:37-39.
00:56:38.73\00:56:44.23
It says this: "Yet
in all these things
00:56:45.33\00:56:48.14
we are more than conquerors
00:56:48.54\00:56:51.21
through Him who loved us.
00:56:51.41\00:56:52.94
For I am persuaded
that neither death nor life
00:56:53.14\00:56:55.71
nor angels nor
principalities nor powers
00:56:56.11\00:56:59.55
nor things
present nor things to come
00:57:00.05\00:57:03.05
nor height, nor depth,
nor any other created thing
00:57:03.25\00:57:08.52
shall be able to separate us
00:57:08.92\00:57:11.66
from the love of God which
is in Christ Jesus our Lord. "
00:57:11.86\00:57:15.96
I hope that you
will take this study
00:57:16.77\00:57:20.74
and go home and
repeat it over and over.
00:57:20.94\00:57:23.74
Watch what it
does to your heart.
00:57:24.14\00:57:26.21
Watch how it
connects you to the Lord.
00:57:26.61\00:57:28.98
Watch how you will be imbued
00:57:29.18\00:57:31.21
with the power
of the Holy Spirit.
00:57:31.61\00:57:34.02