Luke brings us an abbreviated version of Pilate’s last ditch effort to free Jesus. We looked at Pilate’s efforts in Matthew and Mark too. As the crowd cries out “Crucify Him”, Pilate gives in and “The Crowd Rules.” This is a scene which tears my heart. It apparently was very difficult for Pilate too. Pilate […]
Jesus has returned to Pilate from Herod. Neither one of them found Jesus guilty of any crime, and certainly not one worthy of death. Now Pilate is faced with what to do with an innocent Man. Pilate is trying to appease the crowd and keep his integrity. Instead of simply releasing Jesus, Pilate calls “the […]
Luke is the only one of the gospel writers to favor us with the information about Jesus’ “trial” before Herod. This is another very unorthodox trial and was intended as a way for Pilate to pass the buck. Herod had heard about Jesus previously and wanted to see Him. He probably heard about Jesus directly […]
We join Jesus before Pilate today. He was brought here from the council of the Sanhedrin. They had just rubber stamped the “trial” from the night before. They wanted the Romans to carry out sentence on Jesus, so here we stand, in front of Pilate. We looked at this scene in Matthew and Mark’s gospels […]
I love reading all four gospels and finding places where one gives a little more detail than the others. Today we come upon one of those places. Luke takes us to the council chambers of the Sanhedrin. This is after Jesus was taken to Caiaphas’ home where He was confronted by Anais and later Caiaphas […]