Jesus: The Condemnation
So that you may believe - Gospel of John • Sermon • Submitted • Presented • 19:58
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Jesus before Pilate
Jesus before Pilate
Jesus presented to Pilate (Jn18:28)
Pilate questions the Jews and Jesus (Jn18:29-33)
Jesus and Pilate talk (Jn18:34-38)
Pilate finds no guilt (Jn18:39)
Jews demand Barabbas the insurgent (Jn18:39-40)
Jesus scourged, ridiculed and returned to Pilate (Jn19:1-5)
Pilate again, finds no guilt (Jn19:6)
(Transition) - - - this leads us to where we are tonight. A guiltless Jesus before Pilate and the chief priests and officers demanding crucifixion.
Our passage
Our passage
7 The Jews answered him, “We have a law, and by that law He ought to die because He made Himself out to be the Son of God.” 8 Therefore when Pilate heard this statement, he was even more afraid;
9 and he entered into the Praetorium again and said to Jesus, “Where are You from?” But Jesus gave him no answer. 10 So Pilate said to Him, “You do not speak to me? Do You not know that I have authority to release You, and I have authority to crucify You?”
11 Jesus answered, “You would have no authority over Me, unless it had been given you from above; for this reason he who delivered Me to you has the greater sin.” 12 As a result of this Pilate made efforts to release Him, but the Jews cried out saying, “If you release this Man, you are no friend of Caesar; everyone who makes himself out to be a king opposes Caesar.”
13 Therefore when Pilate heard these words, he brought Jesus out, and sat down on the judgment seat at a place called The Pavement, but in Hebrew, Gabbatha. 14 Now it was the day of preparation for the Passover; it was about the sixth hour. And he said to the Jews, “Behold, your King!”
15 So they cried out, “Away with Him, away with Him, crucify Him!” Pilate said to them, “Shall I crucify your King?” The chief priests answered, “We have no king but Caesar.”
16 So he then handed Him over to them to be crucified.
What did you notice in this passage?
I want you to stop, think for a moment, what feelings, emotions are the people involved in the passage feeling?
Chief priest, officers; Pilate, Jesus
Why do the Jews say Jesus must die (v.7)?
He made himself out to be the Son of God.
What feeling did that bring to Pilate (v.8)?
Pilate was ‘more’ afraid.
What did Pilate claim to have (v.10)?
I have authority to release you or crucify you.
What did Jesus say about authority and guilt (v.11)?
You have no authority unless given from above.
Those who delivered Me to you have greater sin.
What is the Jews claim to Pilate (v.12)?
If you release this man you are no friend of Caesar.
Pilate comes out sits on judgment seat (v.13); what day is it (v.14)?
It is preparation day.
After the crying out again (v.15); what is the final judgment of Pilate (v.16)?
He handed Jesus over to be crucified.
Finally, the charge spoken
Finally, the charge spoken
Here is the charge, here is why we want him killed (Jn19:7)
7 The Jewish leaders replied, “By our law he ought to die because he called himself the Son of God.”
no longer speaking in vague term
30 They answered and said to him, “If this Man were not an evildoer, we would not have delivered Him to you.”
They are not claiming kill him because he claims kingship, but his relationship, to the Father.
Clarke in his commentary said this:
“It is certain that the Jews understood this is a very peculiar sense. When Christ called Himself the Son of God, they understood it to imply positive equality to the Supreme Being.”
Pilate was never angry with Jesus, he was not amused like Herod was, but he was afraid, afraid of the situation.
Was it because of the vision of His wife?
19 While he was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent him a message, saying, “Have nothing to do with that righteous Man; for last night I suffered greatly in a dream because of Him.”
Was it because of the hostility of the crowd
6 So when the chief priests and the officers saw Him, they cried out saying, “Crucify, crucify!” Pilate said to them, “Take Him yourselves and crucify Him, for I find no guilt in Him.”
It is that Pilate now sees that “this man” he presented might really be more than a man?
Morris in his commentary:
“He can scarcely be called a religious man, but the news that his prisoner had made divine claims scared the governor…every Roman of that day knew the stories of the gods or their offspring appearing in human guise.”
Pilate asks the question, where are you from, one in which Jesus had already answered
He was a king
Kingdom not of this world (Jn18:36)
So, Jesus did not answer.
Do you think Pilate wanted Jesus to defend Himself? - Jesus knew His hour had come and it was time. He need not make any defense. This is the reason He had come.
Jesus is fulfilling scripture by not saying anything (Isa53:7)
7 He was oppressed and He was afflicted, Yet He did not open His mouth; Like a lamb that is led to slaughter, And like a sheep that is silent before its shearers, So He did not open His mouth.
Kuzik in his commentary said this about the power discussion between Jesus and Pilate.
“Pilate thought he had power, but what he had was the power to do wrong, to do harm. He didn’t have the power to do what was right. The right things to do was to release an obviously innocent Man instead of sending Him to death, but Pilate was weak before the strength of the religious leaders and the crowd they commanded. to say, “ i have power to do what the crowd wants me to do,’ is to say you have no power at all.’”
The one claiming power, washed his hands of it because of the crowd (Mt27:24)
24 When Pilate saw that he was accomplishing nothing, but rather that a riot was starting, he took water and washed his hands in front of the crowd, saying, “I am innocent of this Man’s blood; see to that yourselves.”
Jesus did not say Pilate was without sin, but that the greater sin was on those who handed Him over to him.
Judas? Caiphas? Religious leaders?
Pilate takes judgment seat
Pilate takes judgment seat
12 From then on Pilate sought to release Him, but the Jews cried out, saying, “If you let this Man go, you are not Caesar’s friend. Whoever makes himself a king speaks against Caesar.” 13 When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he brought Jesus out and sat down in the judgment seat in a place that is called The Pavement, but in Hebrew, Gabbatha.
Pilate’s desire was to release Him, but the Jews made it impossible to do that without an apparent riot breaking out (Mt27:24 we just looked at).
Pilate did not want troubles with the crowd, did not want problems with Rome either, as we discussed previously.
The Jews bring up Caesar and that sealed Pilates hand for sure.
Jesus is brought down for judgment. While judgment being handed down on Jesus, judgment really was on Pilate who would be judged and killed himself according to historian Eusbius some years later. Under the hand of Caligula.
FYI: Gabbatha means elevated place, high, raised up, hence why called the Pavement, for had to ascend steps to take the judgment seat.
The day, the cry, the judgment
The day, the cry, the judgment
14 Now it was the Preparation Day of the Passover, and about the sixth hour. And he said to the Jews, “Behold your King!” 15 But they cried out, “Away with Him, away with Him! Crucify Him!” Pilate said to them, “Shall I crucify your King?” The chief priests answered, “We have no king but Caesar!”
16 Then he delivered Him to them to be crucified. Then they took Jesus and led Him away.
We know day - Preparation day
We know the hour - sixth hour.
Stop: there is some questions about the hour since Mark says third hour (Mk15:25)
25 It was the third hour when they crucified Him.
Boice in his commentary explains it like this:
(too long for a screen, invite them to tune in and listen to the elongated quote).
“Mark states the crucifixion was on the third hour (Mk15:25). Several attempts have been made to reconcile Jn19:14 and Mk15:25. Some think John and Mark use different reckoning of time. ‘Westcott gives good reasons for supposing that this evangelist, instead of reckoning hours from 6a.m.-6p.m., and 6p.m. to 6a,m., as was the Jewish custom, reckoned from midnight to noon, and noon to midnight — a practice which we know from the Martyrdom of Polycarp was in use in Asia Minor at the time that document was written, and which is still followed in the West today. On this reckoning, it was about 6a.m. when Pilate passed sentence on Jesus.”
The crowd had cried out, continued to cry out “away with him, crucify Him.” but man today want to do away with Jesus, they get angry, mad too, and want Him out, the crowd mentality has removed Jesus from many places today hasn’t it?
Macclaren: “Driven by hate, they deliberately disown their Messianic hope, and repudiate their national glory. They who will not have Christ have to bow to a tyrant. Rebellion against Him brings slavery.”
Erdman in his final thoughts on this passage in his commentary said this. something for us to think on and ponder.
“You may do exactly what Pilate did. He is simply an example of a man who lacks decision of character, who does not possess the courage of his convictions, who tries to compromise with wrong, who disobeys conscience through fear of personal loss.”
Jesus was handed over to fulfill scripture, so you and I could be saved. Let’s also learn from Pilate that we need to stand up and for our convictions and not do what he did given in to the crowd!
(Prayer) (Exit)