1 00:00:02,680 --> 00:00:08,559 Speaker 1: Life Audio The Bible Study Podcast, Episode nine to sixty. Today, 2 00:00:08,600 --> 00:00:12,119 Speaker 1: The Bible Study Podcast continues the study of the Gospel 3 00:00:12,200 --> 00:00:15,520 Speaker 1: of Luke as we go into Good Friday and chapter 4 00:00:15,560 --> 00:00:26,599 Speaker 1: twenty three. Welcome to the Bible Study Podcast. I'm your host, 5 00:00:26,720 --> 00:00:29,280 Speaker 1: Chris Christensen. We're going to continue on with the Good 6 00:00:29,280 --> 00:00:32,920 Speaker 1: Friday story that we started last week, including the trial 7 00:00:33,000 --> 00:00:37,000 Speaker 1: of Jesus before Pilot. But first a word from this sponsor. 8 00:00:38,600 --> 00:00:41,279 Speaker 1: Chapter twenty three starts like this. Then the whole assembly 9 00:00:41,400 --> 00:00:44,680 Speaker 1: rose and led him off to Pilot, and they began 10 00:00:44,760 --> 00:00:48,160 Speaker 1: to accuse him, saying, we have found this man subverting 11 00:00:48,159 --> 00:00:51,800 Speaker 1: our nation. He opposes payment of taxes to Caesar and 12 00:00:51,880 --> 00:00:56,400 Speaker 1: claims to be Messiah, a king. So Pilot asked, Jesus, 13 00:00:56,720 --> 00:01:00,800 Speaker 1: are you the king of the Jews. You have said so, replied. 14 00:01:01,240 --> 00:01:03,880 Speaker 1: Then Pilot announced to the chief priests and the crowd, 15 00:01:04,319 --> 00:01:07,760 Speaker 1: I find no basis for a charge against this man. 16 00:01:09,080 --> 00:01:13,559 Speaker 1: So this would be an interesting story if it ended 17 00:01:13,800 --> 00:01:18,360 Speaker 1: right here, and really, if justice were served, it should 18 00:01:19,480 --> 00:01:23,920 Speaker 1: because the chief priests and the leaders take Jesus to Pilot, 19 00:01:24,280 --> 00:01:27,360 Speaker 1: and the reason they're taking him to Pilot is the 20 00:01:27,480 --> 00:01:30,880 Speaker 1: Romans are in charge. And one of the things that 21 00:01:30,920 --> 00:01:34,680 Speaker 1: the Romans have reserved for themselves is the power of 22 00:01:34,720 --> 00:01:40,399 Speaker 1: life and death. And so the Sanhedrin cannot legally put 23 00:01:40,440 --> 00:01:46,560 Speaker 1: someone to death. In Roman Judea. They could stone someone, 24 00:01:46,640 --> 00:01:49,680 Speaker 1: they could, you know, they could try and stir up 25 00:01:49,720 --> 00:01:52,200 Speaker 1: the crowds and have that happen, but someone might get 26 00:01:52,200 --> 00:01:56,160 Speaker 1: in trouble, someone might have to suffer the consequences with 27 00:01:56,240 --> 00:01:58,680 Speaker 1: the Romans if they do that. And so they're bringing 28 00:01:58,760 --> 00:02:02,840 Speaker 1: him to Pilot, and they are making stuff up, right, 29 00:02:02,960 --> 00:02:07,040 Speaker 1: they say this person is subverting our nation. So they're 30 00:02:07,560 --> 00:02:12,360 Speaker 1: saying he is a political leader. He opposes payment of 31 00:02:12,400 --> 00:02:16,160 Speaker 1: taxes di caasar. Now they asked him specifically about taxes 32 00:02:16,200 --> 00:02:20,880 Speaker 1: diseasar this week, and he did not oppose taxes di caesar. 33 00:02:21,000 --> 00:02:25,359 Speaker 1: So they're lying. They're bearing false witness, which is one 34 00:02:25,400 --> 00:02:28,320 Speaker 1: of the ten commandments not to do that. And then 35 00:02:28,400 --> 00:02:32,959 Speaker 1: he claims to be Messiah, a king. Well, he has 36 00:02:33,080 --> 00:02:38,040 Speaker 1: never directly said that. He claims that even when they 37 00:02:38,040 --> 00:02:40,360 Speaker 1: were just talking to him in the Sanhedron. He says, 38 00:02:40,400 --> 00:02:45,760 Speaker 1: you say that, so they are bearing false witness. They 39 00:02:45,840 --> 00:02:50,760 Speaker 1: don't produce sufficient evidence that Pilot even believes them. Right, 40 00:02:50,800 --> 00:02:52,360 Speaker 1: he asked Jesus for you the king of the Jews. 41 00:02:52,400 --> 00:02:58,079 Speaker 1: He says, you've said so, and Pilot has been around 42 00:02:58,120 --> 00:03:01,440 Speaker 1: for a while in Judea, and so he said, I 43 00:03:01,480 --> 00:03:03,959 Speaker 1: don't see it. I don't see that this man is 44 00:03:04,000 --> 00:03:08,080 Speaker 1: guilty of what you're saying. Now, Pilot probably wasn't ignorant 45 00:03:08,200 --> 00:03:11,920 Speaker 1: of Jesus. Jesus has been very well known, and so 46 00:03:12,080 --> 00:03:15,240 Speaker 1: Pilot may have known that the things they're telling him 47 00:03:15,240 --> 00:03:20,200 Speaker 1: are actually lies. Certainly, if he had said you shouldn't 48 00:03:20,240 --> 00:03:22,560 Speaker 1: pay taxes to Caesar, that probably would have made its 49 00:03:22,639 --> 00:03:27,040 Speaker 1: way back to Pilot because he was a well known teacher. 50 00:03:28,720 --> 00:03:31,880 Speaker 1: So at this point it seems like the whole trial's 51 00:03:31,880 --> 00:03:34,120 Speaker 1: over and we all go back to normal, but we 52 00:03:34,200 --> 00:03:38,520 Speaker 1: don't continuing on. But they insisted he stirs up the 53 00:03:38,560 --> 00:03:42,640 Speaker 1: people all over Judea by his teaching. He started in 54 00:03:42,720 --> 00:03:46,600 Speaker 1: Galilee and has come all the way here. On hearing this, 55 00:03:46,680 --> 00:03:49,480 Speaker 1: Pilot asked if the man was a Galilean. When he 56 00:03:49,560 --> 00:03:53,560 Speaker 1: learned that Jesus was under Herod's jurisdiction, he sent him 57 00:03:53,600 --> 00:03:58,440 Speaker 1: to Herod, who was also in Jerusalem at the time. Okay, 58 00:03:58,600 --> 00:04:08,960 Speaker 1: so Galilee is a separate province than Judea, and Pilot 59 00:04:09,280 --> 00:04:13,040 Speaker 1: is the governor of Judea, and so if Jesus is 60 00:04:13,160 --> 00:04:17,320 Speaker 1: from Galilee, then he is subject not to Pilot but 61 00:04:17,440 --> 00:04:20,159 Speaker 1: to Herod. Now this is not Herod the Great, but 62 00:04:20,279 --> 00:04:23,160 Speaker 1: one of his many sons, and so he sends him 63 00:04:23,160 --> 00:04:26,720 Speaker 1: to Herod, as would be a proper But it's also 64 00:04:26,760 --> 00:04:30,520 Speaker 1: a way for Pilot to say, this is not my problem. 65 00:04:31,040 --> 00:04:33,920 Speaker 1: When Herod saw Jesus, he was greatly pleased because for 66 00:04:33,960 --> 00:04:36,320 Speaker 1: a long time he had been wanting to see him 67 00:04:36,640 --> 00:04:39,560 Speaker 1: from what he had heard about him. He hoped to 68 00:04:39,560 --> 00:04:43,040 Speaker 1: see him perform a sign of some sort. He plied 69 00:04:43,120 --> 00:04:47,000 Speaker 1: him with many questions, but Jesus gave him no answer. 70 00:04:47,480 --> 00:04:49,839 Speaker 1: The chief priests and teachers of the law were standing 71 00:04:49,880 --> 00:04:54,200 Speaker 1: there vehemently accusing him. Then Herod and his soldiers ridiculed 72 00:04:54,200 --> 00:04:57,600 Speaker 1: and mocked him, dressing him in an elegant robe. They 73 00:04:57,640 --> 00:05:00,840 Speaker 1: sent him back to Pilot that day. Herod and Pilot 74 00:05:00,920 --> 00:05:04,880 Speaker 1: became friends. Before this, they had been enemies. It's interesting 75 00:05:04,920 --> 00:05:08,920 Speaker 1: what people will bond over. And they're bonding over ridiculing 76 00:05:09,520 --> 00:05:15,760 Speaker 1: Jesus or thwarting the religious leaders mocking them. It's not 77 00:05:15,839 --> 00:05:19,360 Speaker 1: quite clear what makes them friends from enemies. If you've 78 00:05:19,360 --> 00:05:22,440 Speaker 1: ever seen the movie or the play, Jesus Christ Superstar. 79 00:05:23,040 --> 00:05:27,480 Speaker 1: When Herod has a great song in that musical, it 80 00:05:27,839 --> 00:05:30,080 Speaker 1: prove to me that you're no fool. Walk across my 81 00:05:30,160 --> 00:05:34,320 Speaker 1: swimming pool. Pard wants to see something cool. Herod wants 82 00:05:34,360 --> 00:05:38,360 Speaker 1: to see a miracle. He wants something. He's been trying 83 00:05:38,400 --> 00:05:41,120 Speaker 1: to see Jesus for a while and Jesus has not 84 00:05:41,279 --> 00:05:43,680 Speaker 1: come to him. And then remember, this is the same 85 00:05:43,760 --> 00:05:47,160 Speaker 1: Herod who has executed his cousin John the Baptist, and 86 00:05:47,200 --> 00:05:49,920 Speaker 1: so there's a reason why Jesus might keep his distance 87 00:05:50,400 --> 00:05:55,080 Speaker 1: from Herod. So now Pilot has the problem again. We're 88 00:05:55,120 --> 00:05:58,960 Speaker 1: back at Pilot's court. Pilot called together the chief priests 89 00:05:58,960 --> 00:06:01,360 Speaker 1: and the rulers of the people, and he said to them, 90 00:06:01,800 --> 00:06:04,880 Speaker 1: you brought me this man as one who was inciting 91 00:06:05,160 --> 00:06:07,960 Speaker 1: the people to rebellion. I have examined him in your 92 00:06:08,000 --> 00:06:11,279 Speaker 1: presence and have found no basis for your charges against him. 93 00:06:11,880 --> 00:06:14,040 Speaker 1: Neither has Herod, for he sent him back to us. 94 00:06:14,400 --> 00:06:18,080 Speaker 1: As you can see, he has done nothing to deserve death. 95 00:06:18,680 --> 00:06:22,440 Speaker 1: Therefore I will punish him and then release him. But 96 00:06:22,520 --> 00:06:25,359 Speaker 1: the whole crowd shouted away, with this man released, Barabbas 97 00:06:25,440 --> 00:06:28,200 Speaker 1: to us. Brabasim had been thrown into prison for an 98 00:06:28,279 --> 00:06:32,159 Speaker 1: insurrection in the city and for murder. Wanting to release Jesus, 99 00:06:32,320 --> 00:06:36,360 Speaker 1: Pilot appealed to them again, but they kept shouting, crucify him, 100 00:06:36,440 --> 00:06:39,200 Speaker 1: crucify him. For the third time, he spoke to them, 101 00:06:39,279 --> 00:06:42,600 Speaker 1: why what crime has this man committed? I have found 102 00:06:42,880 --> 00:06:46,360 Speaker 1: in him no grounds for the death penalty. Therefore I 103 00:06:46,400 --> 00:06:49,520 Speaker 1: will have him punished and then release him. But with 104 00:06:49,640 --> 00:06:53,960 Speaker 1: loud shouts, they insistently demanded that he be crucified, and 105 00:06:54,000 --> 00:06:58,120 Speaker 1: their shouts prevailed, so Pilot decided to grant their demand. 106 00:06:58,600 --> 00:07:00,800 Speaker 1: He released the man who had been thrown into prison 107 00:07:00,839 --> 00:07:04,400 Speaker 1: for insurrection and murder, the one they asked for, and 108 00:07:04,520 --> 00:07:12,240 Speaker 1: surrendered Jesus to their will. So Pilot is afraid of 109 00:07:12,320 --> 00:07:16,720 Speaker 1: the crowds, and he knuckles under and does the thing 110 00:07:16,800 --> 00:07:21,720 Speaker 1: that is not just that he thinks is wrong. He 111 00:07:22,200 --> 00:07:28,240 Speaker 1: releases the one who is guilty of insurrection to punish 112 00:07:28,280 --> 00:07:32,160 Speaker 1: the one who is not. There are all sorts of 113 00:07:32,360 --> 00:07:37,480 Speaker 1: political leaders from then until now who have been afraid 114 00:07:37,480 --> 00:07:40,920 Speaker 1: of the crowds or a public opinion, or of someone 115 00:07:41,040 --> 00:07:44,680 Speaker 1: more powerful than them, and have done the wrong thing 116 00:07:46,600 --> 00:07:51,880 Speaker 1: because of it. It continues to this day. But when 117 00:07:51,920 --> 00:07:55,720 Speaker 1: we have power, we want to keep power, and these 118 00:07:55,840 --> 00:08:00,320 Speaker 1: crowds getting unruly and rioting was a threat to Pilot, 119 00:08:00,680 --> 00:08:05,360 Speaker 1: and so he does the wrong thing for the wrong reason. 120 00:08:07,200 --> 00:08:09,160 Speaker 1: And I think I'm going to stop there this little 121 00:08:09,200 --> 00:08:11,200 Speaker 1: shorter episode, but we're going to be about to get 122 00:08:11,240 --> 00:08:13,320 Speaker 1: to the Crucifixion of Jesus, and I think I'm going 123 00:08:13,360 --> 00:08:16,320 Speaker 1: to want to spend some time there. So we're going 124 00:08:16,360 --> 00:08:18,680 Speaker 1: to end this episode here and we'll pick up this 125 00:08:18,720 --> 00:08:21,679 Speaker 1: story next week. And with that we'll end this episode 126 00:08:21,680 --> 00:08:24,400 Speaker 1: of The Bible Study Podcast. 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