1 00:00:00,760 --> 00:00:05,400 Speaker 1: Let us pray, And they were instant with loud voices 2 00:00:06,280 --> 00:00:10,080 Speaker 1: requiring that he might be crucified. And the voices of 3 00:00:10,119 --> 00:00:14,319 Speaker 1: them and of the chief priests prevailed Luke twenty three 4 00:00:14,360 --> 00:00:20,079 Speaker 1: twenty three. With every breath I take to day, I 5 00:00:20,120 --> 00:00:26,079 Speaker 1: am in awe at the abuse you suffered on my behalf, Jesus, 6 00:00:26,640 --> 00:00:29,319 Speaker 1: when I was knee deep in my sin and far 7 00:00:29,360 --> 00:00:33,840 Speaker 1: from you, you saw my face and you knew my name. 8 00:00:35,720 --> 00:00:40,120 Speaker 1: As the Nine tales whip rip through your flesh. I 9 00:00:40,159 --> 00:00:43,680 Speaker 1: am forever grateful that with each strip placed on your 10 00:00:43,720 --> 00:00:47,760 Speaker 1: body it represented the sin that you would free me from. 11 00:00:49,840 --> 00:00:53,519 Speaker 1: I praise you because it was through your pain and 12 00:00:53,600 --> 00:00:56,760 Speaker 1: betrayal that I now live a life free from the 13 00:00:56,840 --> 00:01:01,520 Speaker 1: chains and bondage of Satan. When life begins to deal 14 00:01:01,600 --> 00:01:06,039 Speaker 1: me hard blows, let me look to you, Jesus as 15 00:01:06,080 --> 00:01:09,640 Speaker 1: the encouragement to my faith. Let me look to you, 16 00:01:09,800 --> 00:01:14,160 Speaker 1: Jesus to remind me that my pain and troubles are 17 00:01:14,200 --> 00:01:18,400 Speaker 1: only momentary, then that they will pale in comparison to 18 00:01:18,440 --> 00:01:23,440 Speaker 1: the glory that awaits me. Thank you for standing trial 19 00:01:24,400 --> 00:01:27,520 Speaker 1: so that I can stand in my new life, free 20 00:01:27,560 --> 00:01:36,280 Speaker 1: from Satan and free from the sting of death. In Jesus' name. Amen. 21 00:01:38,840 --> 00:01:42,520 Speaker 1: Listening to these daily prayers strengthens your relationship with God. 22 00:01:43,120 --> 00:01:46,960 Speaker 1: Continue hearing from the Lord by listening to today's Bible 23 00:01:47,040 --> 00:01:50,000 Speaker 1: in a Year, brought to you by Bible in a 24 00:01:50,080 --> 00:01:57,880 Speaker 1: Year dot com. 25 00:01:58,360 --> 00:02:04,120 Speaker 2: Jesus on Trial. In our last story, Jesus was taken 26 00:02:04,160 --> 00:02:08,160 Speaker 2: to the chief priests to be questioned. Jesus was beaten, 27 00:02:08,400 --> 00:02:12,239 Speaker 2: spat upon, yelled at, and denied by his closest follower, 28 00:02:12,360 --> 00:02:16,240 Speaker 2: Peter hand it over to Pilot. Jesus now stands on 29 00:02:16,320 --> 00:02:20,519 Speaker 2: trial to be killed. Pilot is to decide whether Jesus 30 00:02:20,560 --> 00:02:24,000 Speaker 2: of Nazareth should be put to death as inspired by 31 00:02:24,000 --> 00:02:24,720 Speaker 2: the Gospels. 32 00:02:27,000 --> 00:02:29,160 Speaker 3: I'm so glad you've joined us on the Bible in 33 00:02:29,160 --> 00:02:33,560 Speaker 3: a Year podcast today. But before we get to today's episode, 34 00:02:33,639 --> 00:02:36,120 Speaker 3: I want you to know that I would absolutely love 35 00:02:36,200 --> 00:02:39,360 Speaker 3: to send you my daily devotional that will give you 36 00:02:39,480 --> 00:02:44,200 Speaker 3: fresh encouragement every single morning and day from the moment 37 00:02:44,240 --> 00:02:46,880 Speaker 3: we wake up to the moment our head finally hits 38 00:02:46,919 --> 00:02:51,120 Speaker 3: the pillow. 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In our last time together, we 47 00:03:23,840 --> 00:03:27,000 Speaker 3: heard how Jesus was beaten, cursed, and mocked before he 48 00:03:27,040 --> 00:03:30,560 Speaker 3: appeared before the Jewish Sanhedron. He was asked if he 49 00:03:30,600 --> 00:03:33,080 Speaker 3: claimed to be the Christ, the Messiah, and though he 50 00:03:33,160 --> 00:03:35,680 Speaker 3: knew his words would cost him, he did not walk 51 00:03:35,720 --> 00:03:39,640 Speaker 3: away from the truth. Jesus is in fact and claimed 52 00:03:39,640 --> 00:03:43,160 Speaker 3: to be the Savior, the Son of God, the World's Messiah, 53 00:03:43,560 --> 00:03:47,280 Speaker 3: the Jewish Messiah, and the Savior of the world. This 54 00:03:47,480 --> 00:03:49,640 Speaker 3: was the very thing that the Jewish leaders needed to 55 00:03:49,680 --> 00:03:53,400 Speaker 3: hand him over to the Romans for execution. This, in 56 00:03:53,440 --> 00:03:56,360 Speaker 3: their minds, was blasphemy that he claimed to be God. 57 00:03:57,280 --> 00:04:00,400 Speaker 3: We also learned that Peter denied the Lord three times, 58 00:04:00,880 --> 00:04:04,320 Speaker 3: just as Jesus had predicted, and we learned how Judas, 59 00:04:04,600 --> 00:04:08,120 Speaker 3: filled with shame and sin, made a tragic decision to 60 00:04:08,280 --> 00:04:11,120 Speaker 3: end his own life and to end up in hell 61 00:04:11,240 --> 00:04:14,680 Speaker 3: as the son of Perdition. Today we'll hear about the 62 00:04:14,720 --> 00:04:19,000 Speaker 3: trial of Jesus before Pilate, the Roman ruler seems reluctant 63 00:04:19,040 --> 00:04:22,680 Speaker 3: to put Jesus to death, but the religious leaders and 64 00:04:22,760 --> 00:04:25,960 Speaker 3: the crowds cry out for his death while demanding a 65 00:04:26,080 --> 00:04:30,400 Speaker 3: murderer to be released. And while Jesus is clearly innocent, 66 00:04:31,160 --> 00:04:34,880 Speaker 3: there's now no stopping what is about to happen that 67 00:04:35,000 --> 00:04:38,120 Speaker 3: our Lord would be condemned to dial across a brutal, 68 00:04:38,360 --> 00:04:42,440 Speaker 3: vicious death and excruciating death for the sins of the world. 69 00:04:43,040 --> 00:04:45,880 Speaker 3: Let's listen now to the reading of the Word of God. 70 00:04:49,520 --> 00:04:52,479 Speaker 2: Jesus was placed before a ponscious Pilot with an angry 71 00:04:52,560 --> 00:04:56,200 Speaker 2: mob behind him. The Jewish officials had riled up the 72 00:04:56,240 --> 00:05:00,680 Speaker 2: crowds to accuse Jesus and demand his death. Jesus stood 73 00:05:00,720 --> 00:05:04,080 Speaker 2: before Pilot, looking into the crowd. Some of the same 74 00:05:04,160 --> 00:05:07,520 Speaker 2: crowd that at once shouted Hosanna in the highest to 75 00:05:07,600 --> 00:05:10,679 Speaker 2: the son of David, was now calling for the ending 76 00:05:10,720 --> 00:05:14,960 Speaker 2: of his life. Pilot, irked by the crowd, asked what 77 00:05:15,120 --> 00:05:19,760 Speaker 2: charges do you bring against this man in visceral anger? 78 00:05:19,800 --> 00:05:23,880 Speaker 2: They replied, he is a criminal worthy of death. He 79 00:05:23,960 --> 00:05:28,000 Speaker 2: claims to be King of the Jews and the promised savior. 80 00:05:29,000 --> 00:05:32,000 Speaker 2: Pilot took Jesus back into the palace, away from the 81 00:05:32,040 --> 00:05:35,760 Speaker 2: mob to question him. So is it as they say, 82 00:05:36,240 --> 00:05:41,320 Speaker 2: he said, underneath Pilot's regal and mocking tone, with genuine curiosity. 83 00:05:41,720 --> 00:05:46,280 Speaker 2: Who truly is this man? He thought? Are you king 84 00:05:46,400 --> 00:05:47,080 Speaker 2: of the Jews? 85 00:05:47,200 --> 00:05:47,719 Speaker 3: He asked? 86 00:05:48,480 --> 00:05:51,440 Speaker 2: Did you say this because you were curious or because 87 00:05:51,480 --> 00:05:57,359 Speaker 2: somebody told you? Jesus replied, Am I at you? Pilot answered? 88 00:05:58,000 --> 00:06:01,240 Speaker 2: You people have your own nation, priests, and way of 89 00:06:01,320 --> 00:06:04,479 Speaker 2: doing things. Yet they brought you here to me to 90 00:06:04,560 --> 00:06:07,240 Speaker 2: have you killed. What did you do to make them 91 00:06:07,279 --> 00:06:10,920 Speaker 2: so angry? Jesus looked at Pilot the same way he 92 00:06:10,960 --> 00:06:14,720 Speaker 2: looked at many people, with an intensity intermingled with great 93 00:06:14,760 --> 00:06:19,800 Speaker 2: compassion and love. My kingdom is not of this world, 94 00:06:20,000 --> 00:06:23,200 Speaker 2: he said. If my kingdom were of this world, my 95 00:06:23,320 --> 00:06:26,040 Speaker 2: servants would be fighting in the streets on my behalf 96 00:06:26,680 --> 00:06:30,320 Speaker 2: rather than cry out for my death. For my kingdom 97 00:06:30,560 --> 00:06:34,920 Speaker 2: is not of this world. So you are a king, 98 00:06:35,520 --> 00:06:39,080 Speaker 2: Pilot asked again, this time with more genuine intrigue in 99 00:06:39,120 --> 00:06:43,600 Speaker 2: his voice. Jesus answered, again, you say that I am 100 00:06:43,640 --> 00:06:47,960 Speaker 2: a king for this purpose? I was born to testify 101 00:06:48,200 --> 00:06:54,279 Speaker 2: to the truth. Those who hear the truth hear me too. Pilot, 102 00:06:54,880 --> 00:07:01,000 Speaker 2: confused yet deeply engaged, asked Jesus another question, what is truth? 103 00:07:01,800 --> 00:07:04,760 Speaker 2: Yet this was a question he was actually asking himself. 104 00:07:05,600 --> 00:07:07,720 Speaker 2: After this, he went back out to the crowd of 105 00:07:07,800 --> 00:07:11,080 Speaker 2: Jews and said to them, I find no charges against 106 00:07:11,120 --> 00:07:15,720 Speaker 2: this man. Not satisfied until they saw the streets painted 107 00:07:15,760 --> 00:07:19,640 Speaker 2: red with Jesus's blood, the crowd continued in their uproar. 108 00:07:20,720 --> 00:07:24,400 Speaker 2: Pilots sent Jesus to Herod, the governor over the land, 109 00:07:24,600 --> 00:07:29,120 Speaker 2: to help judge him. Herod, entertained by the idea of Jesus, 110 00:07:29,400 --> 00:07:33,560 Speaker 2: asked him to do tricks for him. Herod demanded signs 111 00:07:33,600 --> 00:07:39,200 Speaker 2: as proof of Jesus's deity. Jesus remained silent in solidarity 112 00:07:39,280 --> 00:07:42,560 Speaker 2: towards what was about to take place. Herod and his 113 00:07:42,680 --> 00:07:47,760 Speaker 2: soldiers mocked Jesus, dressing him up like a king. Pilot 114 00:07:47,840 --> 00:07:51,520 Speaker 2: lobbied for Jesus's innocence, yet the outcry for his murder 115 00:07:51,560 --> 00:07:55,960 Speaker 2: was too great to simply ignore. Pilot then brought forth 116 00:07:55,960 --> 00:08:00,160 Speaker 2: a choice before the people during the Passover festival. The 117 00:08:00,200 --> 00:08:03,040 Speaker 2: governor was supposed to release a prisoner that was chosen 118 00:08:03,160 --> 00:08:06,440 Speaker 2: by the people. He figured this was the best chance 119 00:08:06,520 --> 00:08:10,480 Speaker 2: to release Jesus. He took Jesus, who was bruised from 120 00:08:10,480 --> 00:08:13,400 Speaker 2: Herod's teasing, and brought him in front of the people. 121 00:08:14,080 --> 00:08:17,680 Speaker 2: He also brought forth a man named Barrabas, a convicted 122 00:08:17,800 --> 00:08:22,160 Speaker 2: terrorist and murderer. Pilot then gave the crowd a choice, 123 00:08:22,600 --> 00:08:27,120 Speaker 2: save the life of Jesus or Barrabis. Swiftly, as if 124 00:08:27,120 --> 00:08:30,880 Speaker 2: the kindness and miracles of Jesus were wiped from their memory, 125 00:08:31,120 --> 00:08:35,200 Speaker 2: they chose Barrabis. He was the first person. Jesus took 126 00:08:35,240 --> 00:08:39,160 Speaker 2: the place of Barrabas, was released, and a call for 127 00:08:39,280 --> 00:08:43,560 Speaker 2: death wailed from the audience. Pilot, knowing he could not 128 00:08:43,720 --> 00:08:47,400 Speaker 2: convince the crowd of Jesus's innocence, poured water and washed 129 00:08:47,400 --> 00:08:51,520 Speaker 2: his hands clean. Refusing to be responsible for Jesus's death. 130 00:08:52,600 --> 00:08:56,079 Speaker 2: The crowd, possessed by a similar hatred that once gripped 131 00:08:56,080 --> 00:08:59,160 Speaker 2: the heart of Cain in ancient times, sought to spill 132 00:08:59,200 --> 00:09:03,160 Speaker 2: the blood of the righteous. Jesus was taken into the 133 00:09:03,200 --> 00:09:07,160 Speaker 2: courtyard to be beaten, stripped, and tied to a pillar 134 00:09:07,240 --> 00:09:10,960 Speaker 2: stained from the dried blood of past criminals. Jesus knelt 135 00:09:11,000 --> 00:09:15,000 Speaker 2: before the crowd. A man slowly approached the naked and 136 00:09:15,120 --> 00:09:17,920 Speaker 2: vulnerable Jesus with a cord of nine tails in his 137 00:09:18,040 --> 00:09:22,720 Speaker 2: right hand, a whip with nine leather chords attached with 138 00:09:22,840 --> 00:09:26,800 Speaker 2: shards of glass and bone. The first blow was a 139 00:09:26,840 --> 00:09:30,880 Speaker 2: direct hit, sending pain up Jesus's spine into his head, 140 00:09:31,960 --> 00:09:36,680 Speaker 2: the second ripping his flesh open and exposed, the third 141 00:09:36,760 --> 00:09:40,520 Speaker 2: tearing the muscle beneath, the fourth going down all the 142 00:09:40,600 --> 00:09:46,480 Speaker 2: way to bone whip. Jesus's flood was sprayed against the 143 00:09:46,480 --> 00:09:51,199 Speaker 2: courtyard walls. Drenched in his own blood. Jesus knelt silently. 144 00:09:52,240 --> 00:09:55,120 Speaker 2: The ancient words of Isaiah echoed in his mind, with 145 00:09:55,200 --> 00:09:57,800 Speaker 2: a silent reminder of what he was here to do. 146 00:09:59,240 --> 00:10:02,160 Speaker 2: He was oppressed and beaten, yet he did not open 147 00:10:02,240 --> 00:10:05,720 Speaker 2: his mouth. He was led like a lamb to the slaughter, 148 00:10:06,040 --> 00:10:09,280 Speaker 2: and as a sheep before its shearers, he was silent 149 00:10:09,559 --> 00:10:14,439 Speaker 2: and did not open his mouth. After the whipping, Jesus 150 00:10:14,520 --> 00:10:17,559 Speaker 2: was taken back with the soldiers, where they dressed him 151 00:10:17,559 --> 00:10:19,840 Speaker 2: in a royal robe and adorned him with a crown 152 00:10:20,160 --> 00:10:24,199 Speaker 2: of thorns. They teased him, taking a reed and hammering 153 00:10:24,240 --> 00:10:27,400 Speaker 2: the thorns into his temple. They bowed to him in 154 00:10:27,520 --> 00:10:31,400 Speaker 2: mockery and spat in his face. Yet Jesus remained silent. 155 00:10:32,320 --> 00:10:35,960 Speaker 2: The one who spoke the cosmos into existence and breathed 156 00:10:36,120 --> 00:10:42,520 Speaker 2: life into mankind remained silent. Then Pilot took Jesus back 157 00:10:42,559 --> 00:10:47,320 Speaker 2: before the crowds. Have you had enough, he yelled, I 158 00:10:47,360 --> 00:10:51,719 Speaker 2: find no more guilt in him. Behold this man. When 159 00:10:51,760 --> 00:10:55,960 Speaker 2: the crowds saw him again, they began yelling back, crucify him, 160 00:10:56,320 --> 00:11:02,959 Speaker 2: crucify him, crucify him. Pilot, beginning to grow sick of this, 161 00:11:03,360 --> 00:11:07,520 Speaker 2: yelled back, take him yourselves and crucify him. I find 162 00:11:07,600 --> 00:11:11,240 Speaker 2: no guilt in him. The Jews answered back to him 163 00:11:11,240 --> 00:11:15,080 Speaker 2: and said, by our law he should be killed. He 164 00:11:15,160 --> 00:11:20,360 Speaker 2: has called himself God. Pilot took Jesus again, away from 165 00:11:20,360 --> 00:11:26,160 Speaker 2: the crowns. Desperately, Pilot asked, where are you from. Jesus 166 00:11:26,240 --> 00:11:29,480 Speaker 2: was silent. Why aren't you speaking? Don't you know that 167 00:11:29,559 --> 00:11:33,160 Speaker 2: I hold the power to make you live or die? Jesus, 168 00:11:33,320 --> 00:11:36,400 Speaker 2: peering through the crowd of thorns still placed on his head, 169 00:11:36,440 --> 00:11:41,720 Speaker 2: and said, you have no authority over me. Whoever delivers 170 00:11:41,760 --> 00:11:46,160 Speaker 2: me to you is in greater sin. Pilot could hear 171 00:11:46,200 --> 00:11:49,880 Speaker 2: the yells of the crowd outside. If you release him, 172 00:11:49,920 --> 00:11:54,000 Speaker 2: you are no friend of Caesar's. Afraid of these words 173 00:11:54,040 --> 00:11:58,000 Speaker 2: and that rumors of disloyalty to Caesar would spread, Pilot 174 00:11:58,040 --> 00:12:02,559 Speaker 2: took Jesus before the people again. Then, after his torn 175 00:12:02,640 --> 00:12:06,440 Speaker 2: flesh had begun healing and attaching to the fabric, they 176 00:12:06,520 --> 00:12:09,120 Speaker 2: tore off the robe and sent him back to the 177 00:12:09,160 --> 00:12:11,280 Speaker 2: crowds to be crucified. 178 00:12:15,400 --> 00:12:18,760 Speaker 3: As we begin today's scripture, Pilot is asking the crowds 179 00:12:18,800 --> 00:12:21,720 Speaker 3: why they've brought Jesus before him. He had to have 180 00:12:21,760 --> 00:12:24,120 Speaker 3: a good reason to send the Lord to his death. 181 00:12:24,920 --> 00:12:27,320 Speaker 3: The angry crowd yelled that Jesus claimed to be a 182 00:12:27,400 --> 00:12:31,160 Speaker 3: king and savior of the Jews, but they also made 183 00:12:31,160 --> 00:12:34,800 Speaker 3: false accusations, saying Jesus told them not to pay tribute 184 00:12:34,840 --> 00:12:38,640 Speaker 3: to Caesar. Just as Satan, the deceiver always does in 185 00:12:38,679 --> 00:12:41,959 Speaker 3: twisting the truth, the crowds are now twisting the truth 186 00:12:42,120 --> 00:12:45,800 Speaker 3: and misrepresenting what the Lord had said. A claim to 187 00:12:45,840 --> 00:12:48,079 Speaker 3: be king over Caesar would have been a threat against 188 00:12:48,080 --> 00:12:53,520 Speaker 3: the Roman Empire, punishable by death. Pilot was not convinced 189 00:12:53,520 --> 00:12:56,320 Speaker 3: that Jesus was worthy of being put to death, so 190 00:12:56,400 --> 00:13:00,640 Speaker 3: he asked Jesus if he was really the king. Asked 191 00:13:00,640 --> 00:13:03,760 Speaker 3: Pilot if this was his own ideas, or if others 192 00:13:03,800 --> 00:13:07,320 Speaker 3: had put him up to it. Pilot pressed further because 193 00:13:07,360 --> 00:13:09,400 Speaker 3: he wasn't a Jew and he didn't know what Jesus 194 00:13:09,480 --> 00:13:13,160 Speaker 3: could possibly have done to anger these people. And patient 195 00:13:13,320 --> 00:13:17,480 Speaker 3: and as loving as ever, Jesus replied by explaining the 196 00:13:17,600 --> 00:13:21,400 Speaker 3: nature of the Kingdom of God. The kingdom of Jesus 197 00:13:21,520 --> 00:13:24,760 Speaker 3: was not a kingdom that would overthrow the earthly rule 198 00:13:24,840 --> 00:13:28,040 Speaker 3: of Rome. It was a different kind of kingdom, not 199 00:13:28,160 --> 00:13:31,520 Speaker 3: of this world. He was the kingdom of eternal life, 200 00:13:31,600 --> 00:13:35,000 Speaker 3: the Kingdom of God. He was telling Pilot that his 201 00:13:35,040 --> 00:13:38,199 Speaker 3: authority did not come from the world and the governments 202 00:13:38,200 --> 00:13:41,440 Speaker 3: of this world, but in the authority of God himself. 203 00:13:42,320 --> 00:13:47,280 Speaker 3: His truthfulness and gentleness and boldness certainly intrigued even confused Pilot. 204 00:13:48,600 --> 00:13:51,960 Speaker 3: Jesus continued and said it was for this reason that 205 00:13:52,000 --> 00:13:55,200 Speaker 3: he came to the world. His purpose was to testify 206 00:13:55,280 --> 00:13:58,720 Speaker 3: to the truth. Pilot responds with a question that many 207 00:13:58,760 --> 00:14:03,440 Speaker 3: are still asking today, what is truth? We do not 208 00:14:03,600 --> 00:14:06,000 Speaker 3: know if Pilot was genuine in his search for truth, 209 00:14:06,679 --> 00:14:10,080 Speaker 3: or if he also liked the crowd was simply mocking Jesus, 210 00:14:10,679 --> 00:14:12,760 Speaker 3: But we do know that he saw no fault in 211 00:14:12,840 --> 00:14:15,839 Speaker 3: Christ and told the crowds. There was nothing for which 212 00:14:15,880 --> 00:14:19,280 Speaker 3: he could charge or crucify this man. This is an 213 00:14:19,520 --> 00:14:23,600 Speaker 3: important point to remember. Jesus had done nothing wrong. He 214 00:14:23,760 --> 00:14:27,400 Speaker 3: was sinless, he had never broken God's law or man's law. 215 00:14:27,920 --> 00:14:31,000 Speaker 3: He was completely innocent as he stood before the crowd, 216 00:14:32,680 --> 00:14:36,160 Speaker 3: and yet his innocence was of no consequence to the people, 217 00:14:36,240 --> 00:14:40,840 Speaker 3: who would not relent until he was dead. So Pilot, 218 00:14:41,080 --> 00:14:43,720 Speaker 3: hoping to get out of the situation, sent him to Herod, 219 00:14:43,760 --> 00:14:47,440 Speaker 3: the Jewish governor of Galilee. Herod showed no interest in 220 00:14:47,480 --> 00:14:50,920 Speaker 3: discerning the truth. He just wanted to see Jesus perform 221 00:14:51,000 --> 00:14:54,280 Speaker 3: signs and wonders that he had been told about. Jesus 222 00:14:54,360 --> 00:14:57,640 Speaker 3: would not perform for him, of course, so Herod mocked 223 00:14:57,720 --> 00:15:00,520 Speaker 3: Jesus and then had him dressed up like a king 224 00:15:00,600 --> 00:15:04,080 Speaker 3: and sending back to Pilot. Pilots still did not see 225 00:15:04,080 --> 00:15:06,880 Speaker 3: a reason to sentence Jesus to death and hoped to 226 00:15:06,920 --> 00:15:09,920 Speaker 3: release him by offering a pardon, as was customary to 227 00:15:09,960 --> 00:15:13,560 Speaker 3: the Roman governor to do during the passover. So he 228 00:15:13,640 --> 00:15:16,840 Speaker 3: brought two men before the crowds. One was Jesus, the 229 00:15:16,920 --> 00:15:19,360 Speaker 3: innocent man with no faults. The other was a man 230 00:15:19,440 --> 00:15:24,480 Speaker 3: named Barabbas, a criminal, an insurrectionist, and a murderer. He 231 00:15:24,600 --> 00:15:26,960 Speaker 3: gave the crowds the choice to release one of the men. 232 00:15:27,720 --> 00:15:31,240 Speaker 3: Do you choose Jesus or do you choose Barabbas? Pilot 233 00:15:31,320 --> 00:15:35,600 Speaker 3: set and the crowd made their choice. Give us Barabbas. 234 00:15:36,960 --> 00:15:41,560 Speaker 3: In some ways, Barabbas, the insurrectionists who fought against Rome 235 00:15:41,680 --> 00:15:44,800 Speaker 3: represent what they really wanted, Jesus to be one who 236 00:15:44,800 --> 00:15:48,880 Speaker 3: would set them free from oppression. What they didn't understand 237 00:15:49,520 --> 00:15:52,240 Speaker 3: is that the death of which Jesus would die, the 238 00:15:52,320 --> 00:15:55,760 Speaker 3: true Messiah, would free them from a much greater grip, 239 00:15:56,160 --> 00:15:59,760 Speaker 3: the grip of sin and death. We then heard how 240 00:15:59,800 --> 00:16:02,720 Speaker 3: our Lord endured beatings and lashings, and his body is 241 00:16:02,720 --> 00:16:07,920 Speaker 3: torn apart, violently and viciously, without mercy. The physical pain, 242 00:16:08,040 --> 00:16:13,200 Speaker 3: of course, is excruciating, yet Jesus endures it silently, fulfilling 243 00:16:13,200 --> 00:16:16,400 Speaker 3: the prophecy of Isaiah that said the Messiah would stand 244 00:16:16,480 --> 00:16:19,880 Speaker 3: like a lamb led to the slaughter, not opening his mouth. 245 00:16:20,960 --> 00:16:24,200 Speaker 3: Pilot tries one more time to spare the life of Jesus. 246 00:16:24,960 --> 00:16:27,560 Speaker 3: He says in Luke twenty three, verses twenty two and 247 00:16:27,600 --> 00:16:30,520 Speaker 3: twenty three, A third time he said to them, why 248 00:16:30,960 --> 00:16:33,680 Speaker 3: what evil has he done? I have found in him 249 00:16:33,720 --> 00:16:37,000 Speaker 3: no guilt deserving death. I will therefore punish and then 250 00:16:37,280 --> 00:16:41,200 Speaker 3: release him. But they were urgent, demanding with loud Christ 251 00:16:41,400 --> 00:16:46,640 Speaker 3: that he should be crucified, and their voices prevailed. Finally, 252 00:16:46,720 --> 00:16:48,680 Speaker 3: Pilot gave in to the will of the people and 253 00:16:48,760 --> 00:16:51,480 Speaker 3: sentenced Jesus to death, although he knew that the one 254 00:16:51,480 --> 00:16:55,560 Speaker 3: who stood before him was innocent. Jesus endured all of this, 255 00:16:55,640 --> 00:16:59,920 Speaker 3: including the cross, because of God's unending, immeasurable love for us. 256 00:17:00,800 --> 00:17:02,960 Speaker 3: This was the cup of suffering and pain that he 257 00:17:03,080 --> 00:17:06,560 Speaker 3: cried out and asked the Father to take from him. 258 00:17:06,920 --> 00:17:09,240 Speaker 3: And yet he submitted himself to the will of God, 259 00:17:09,600 --> 00:17:12,679 Speaker 3: the perfect will, and the lamb of God is slain. 260 00:17:13,480 --> 00:17:16,440 Speaker 3: The savior of the world is given as sacrifice so 261 00:17:16,520 --> 00:17:19,880 Speaker 3: that we could have a relationship with God. You could 262 00:17:19,960 --> 00:17:23,880 Speaker 3: have this relationship with God through Jesus Christ by believing 263 00:17:23,920 --> 00:17:26,520 Speaker 3: in him that he died for you and rose again 264 00:17:26,600 --> 00:17:31,560 Speaker 3: so that you could have eternal life. Let's pray together, Lord, 265 00:17:31,600 --> 00:17:34,119 Speaker 3: we thank you for your love for us. Thank you 266 00:17:34,200 --> 00:17:37,760 Speaker 3: for Jesus, who gave your life on the Lord for 267 00:17:37,840 --> 00:17:42,639 Speaker 3: us that we might be saved and give an eternal life. 268 00:17:42,880 --> 00:17:45,640 Speaker 3: Thank you for what you did for us and dying 269 00:17:45,920 --> 00:17:48,760 Speaker 3: that we might live. And we pray this in your 270 00:17:48,800 --> 00:17:53,240 Speaker 3: saving name. Amen. Thank you for listening to today's Bible 271 00:17:53,240 --> 00:17:56,640 Speaker 3: in a Year podcast. I'm Jack Graham from Dallas, Texas, 272 00:17:56,640 --> 00:17:58,800 Speaker 3: and before we go, I want you to know that 273 00:17:58,840 --> 00:18:01,800 Speaker 3: I would love to send you my daily devotional to 274 00:18:01,880 --> 00:18:06,520 Speaker 3: give you fresh encouragement every single day. 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