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Words of Jesus 65
- John 19:1 Then Pilate therefore
took Jesus, and scourged him.
- 2 And the soldiers platted
a crown of thorns, and put it on his head, and they put on him a
purple robe,
- 3 And said, Hail, King of
the Jews! and they smote him with their hands.
- 4 Pilate therefore went
forth again, and saith unto them, Behold, I bring him forth to
you, that ye may know that I find no fault in him.
Perhaps Pilate was hoping this act of
mockery would satisfy the people's lust for cruelty against Jesus
and spare His life.
- John 19:5 Then came Jesus forth,
wearing the crown of thorns, and the purple robe. And Pilate
saith unto them, Behold the man!
- 6 When the chief priests
therefore and officers saw him, they cried out, saying, Crucify
him, crucify him. Pilate saith unto them, Take ye him, and
crucify him: for I find no fault in him.
- 7 The Jews answered him,
We have a law, and by our law he ought to die, because he made
himself the Son of God.
- 8 When Pilate therefore
heard that saying, he was the more afraid;
Pilate's wife had a dream of warning
about Jesus and after Pilate heard him called the son of God he may
have become afraid.
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Matthew 27:19 When he was set down on
the judgment seat, his wife sent unto him, saying, Have thou
nothing to do with that just man: for I have suffered many
things this day in a dream because of him.
This too shows us the mercy of God. Even
though the scriptures were fulfilled in all these things, Jesus
warned many ahead of time before they face eternity guilty for doing
evil. Judas was warned also.
- John 19:9 And went again into the
judgment hall, and saith unto Jesus, Whence art thou? But Jesus
gave him no answer.
- 10 Then saith Pilate unto
him, Speakest thou not unto me? knowest thou not that I have
power to crucify thee, and have power to release thee?
- 11 Jesus answered,
Thou couldest have no power at all
against me, except it were given thee from above: therefore he
that delivered me unto thee hath the greater sin.
True Pilate literally had no power over
Jesus. Jesus willingly laid down His life to save us from sin. God
allowed him to have power temporarily but Jesus could have called on
the angels at any moment to deliver Him.
- John 19:12 And from thenceforth
Pilate sought to release him: but the Jews cried out, saying, If
thou let this man go, thou art not Caesar's friend: whosoever
maketh himself a king speaketh against Caesar.
- 13 When Pilate therefore
heard that saying, he brought Jesus forth, and sat down in the
judgment seat in a place that is called the Pavement, but in the
Hebrew, Gabbatha.
- 14 And it was the
preparation of the Passover, and about the sixth hour: and he saith unto the Jews, Behold your King!
- 15 But they cried out,
Away with him, away with him, crucify him. Pilate saith unto
them, Shall I crucify your King? The chief priests answered, We
have no king but Caesar.
Pilate seemed to be more fearful of the
people and his standing with Caesar than in killing one that may
have been the Son of God. I know this is hard but all of us may have
to one day make a decision in our own lives. Do we please God or
fear men? By fearing men, do we fear the consequences of openly
proclaiming the gospel of Jesus in front of our friends and family,
government officials and bosses? Do we choose Christ above all
others or above the opinion of others? Are we among those who prefer
to blend in with the crowd? God can give us holy boldness to
stand for what is right if are not naturally brave. This is why
Jesus warned all of us to watch and pray.
- John 19:16 Then delivered he him
therefore unto them to be crucified. And they took Jesus, and
led him away.
- 17 And he bearing his
cross went forth into a place called the place of a skull, which
is called in the Hebrew Golgotha:
- 18 Where they crucified
him, and two other with him, on either side one, and Jesus in
the midst.
- 19 And Pilate wrote a
title, and put it on the cross. And the writing was, JESUS OF
NAZARETH THE KING OF THE JEWS.
He probably did this to ease his
conscience and show the people what they were actually doing. It may
have been a mockery of the Jews that he did this.
- John 19:20 This title then read
many of the Jews: for the place where Jesus was crucified was
nigh to the city: and it was written in Hebrew, and Greek, and
Latin.
- 21 Then said the chief
priests of the Jews to Pilate, Write not, The King of the Jews;
but that he said, I am King of the Jews.
- 22 Pilate answered, What I
have written I have written.
- 23 Then the soldiers, when
they had crucified Jesus, took his garments, and made four
parts, to every soldier a part; and also his coat: now the coat
was without seam, woven from the top throughout.
- 24 They said therefore
among themselves, Let us not rend it, but cast lots for it,
whose it shall be: that the scripture might be fulfilled, which saith, They parted my raiment among them, and for my vesture
they did cast lots. These things therefore the soldiers did.
This was prophecied in the Psalms.
- Psalm 22:13 They gaped upon me
with their mouths, as a ravening and a roaring lion.
- 14 I am poured out
like water, and all my bones are out of joint: my heart is like
wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels.
- 15 My strength is
dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; and
thou hast brought me into the dust of death.
- 16 For dogs have
compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they
pierced my hands and my feet.
- 17 I may tell all my
bones: they look and stare upon me.
- 18 They part my
garments among them, and cast lots upon my vesture.
I sometimes wonder if the Psalmist David
actually knew who he was referring to when he wrote down those
verses of prophecy.
- John 19:25 Now there stood by the
cross of Jesus his mother, and his mother's sister, Mary the
wife of Cleophas, and Mary Magdalene.
I know Mary must have known that this
was coming but imagine how she felt to see her Son being treated in
this manner.
- John 19:26 When Jesus therefore
saw his mother, and the disciple standing by, whom he loved, he
saith unto his mother, Woman,
behold thy son!
- 27 Then saith he to the
disciple, Behold thy mother!
And from that hour that disciple took her unto his own home.
Jesus in His suffering had the apostle
John take care of His mother. He did not leave her without support.
- John 19:28 After this, Jesus
knowing that all things were now accomplished, that the
scripture might be fulfilled, saith, I thirst.
- 29 Now there was set a
vessel full of vinegar: and they filled a spunge with vinegar,
and put it upon hyssop, and put it to his mouth.
Psalms, Isaiah, Micah, Jeremiah, Zechariah
and others foretold so much of what occurred at the time Christ
walked the earth but also that which is yet to come. It is now 2024
in June.
Gall was actually poison. Vinegar would have
a bad taste.
- John 19:30 When Jesus therefore
had received the vinegar, he said,
It is finished: and he bowed
his head, and gave up the ghost.
- 31 The Jews therefore,
because it was the preparation, that the bodies should not
remain upon the cross on the sabbath day, (for that sabbath day
was an high day,) besought Pilate that their legs might be
broken, and that they might be taken away.
- 32 Then came the soldiers,
and brake the legs of the first, and of the other which was
crucified with him.
- 33 But when they came to
Jesus, and saw that he was dead already, they brake not his
legs:
- 34 But one of the soldiers
with a spear pierced his side, and forthwith came there out
blood and water.
- 35 And he that saw it bare
record, and his record is true: and he knoweth that he saith
true, that ye might believe.
- 36 For these things were
done, that the scripture should be fulfilled, A bone of him
shall not be broken.
Little did the solders know they were
fulfilling scripture by not breaking the bones of Jesus.
During the Passover in the book of
Exodus, they were not to break any bones of the Passover lamb. This
represented the perfect Passover lamb that was to come to be
sacrificed for the sins of all who would accept it. This Passover
lamb was Jesus Christ.
- John 19:37 And again another
scripture saith, They shall look on him whom they pierced.
Fulfilled prophecy given by Zechariah.
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Zechariah 12:10 And I will pour upon
the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the
spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon
me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one
mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him,
as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn.
This has a double meaning for they
looked on Him in the day Jesus was crucified but also it will occur
again at the second coming of Jesus when the Jewish nation of Israel
shall indeed look upon Him that their ancestors pierced. There will
be a great mourning in the land when they discover that the Messiah
they were waiting for had indeed already come and their ancestors
rejected the very Son of God.
- John 19:38 And after this Joseph
of Arimathaea, being a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear
of the Jews, besought Pilate that he might take away the body of
Jesus: and Pilate gave him leave. He came therefore, and took
the body of Jesus.
- 39 And there came also
Nicodemus, which at the first came to Jesus by night, and
brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about an hundred pound
weight.
- 40 Then took they the body
of Jesus, and wound it in linen clothes with the spices, as the
manner of the Jews is to bury.
- 41 Now in the place where
he was crucified there was a garden; and in the garden a new sepulchre, wherein was never man yet laid.
- 42 There laid they Jesus
therefore because of the Jews' preparation day; for the sepulchre was nigh at hand.
The way of salvation was accomplished.
The deed was done. Now the way was open to all who would believe in
the Son of God who died for sins. Now when we believe in Jesus, we
can have eternal life. To believe in Jesus does not just mean
believe that He existed as a person. To believe means to believe in
Him. We believe that He is the one God sent to save us from sin. We
believe He is the Christ, the anointed one. To believe in something
is to accept and live for that something. To believe means to listen
to, live for and walk in what we believe in. It means more than just
believing in His existence for the devil also believes.
- James 2:19 Thou believest that
there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and
tremble.
- 20 But wilt thou know,
O vain man, that faith without works is dead?
True faith will produce faithfulness
and fruitfulness as we walk in the word of God.
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