John 18:28-19:15
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Jesus, In Our Place
Jesus, In Our Place
I love to tell the story
Of unseen things above,
Of Jesus and His glory,
Of Jesus and His love.
I love to tell the story,
Because I know ’tis true;
It satisfies my longings
As nothing else can do.
I love to tell the story,
’Twill be my theme in glory
To tell the old, old story
of Jesus and His love.
I love to tell the story;
More wonderful it seems
Than all the golden fancies
Of all my golden dreams,
I love to tell the story,
It did so much for me;
And that is just the reason
I tell it now to thee.
I love to tell the story;
More wonderful it seems
Than all the golden fancies
Of all my golden dreams,
I love to tell the story,
It did so much for me;
And that is just the reason
I tell it now to thee.
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Is He King or not?
Is He King or not?
I love to tell the story;
’Tis pleasant to repeat
What seems each time I tell it,
More wonderfully sweet.
I love to tell the story;
For some have never heard
The message of salvation
From God’s own holy Word.
I love to tell the story;
For those who know it best
Seem hungering and thirsting
To hear it like the rest.
And when, in scenes of glory,
I sing the new, new song,
’Twill be the old, old story,
That I have loved so long.
I love to tell the story;
For those who know it best
Seem hungering and thirsting
To hear it like the rest.
And when, in scenes of glory,
I sing the new, new song,
’Twill be the old, old story,
That I have loved so long.
Who do you think you are?
Who do you think you are?
Then they led Jesus from Caiaphas into the Praetorium, and it was early; and they themselves did not enter into the Praetorium so that they would not be defiled, but might eat the Passover.
The they here are the Jews religious rulers.
These are the men spear heading this whole thing.
They have been against him from the beginning of his ministry.
We talked about it last week. These Jews are spiritually dead in their sins. They see the truth and they are doing whatever necessary to suppress the truth in their unrighteousness.
Verse 28 is interesting.
They don’t want to be defiled. So they lead him to Pilate and then refuse to go in to Pilate’s house.
They thought they would be ritually unclean and unable to eat the Passover meal if they went into the Gentiles home.
There’s two pieces of irony here.
They are concerned with being ritually unclean all the while committing murder against the Son of God.
The second piece of irony here is that the Passover meal means nothing for them apart from Christ.
To reject Jesus as God is to reject the God of the Passover.
The Passover was supposed to point them to Christ. It was not the end, its a means to an end.
Here is where we see these men are blind.
They think their religiosity means they are clean, but their hearts are so far away from God, they can’t even grasp the hypocrisy here.
Therefore Pilate went out to them and said, “What accusation do you bring against this Man?”
This is the first time we even see the word accusation mentioned in the book of John with regard to the arrest and trial of Jesus.
Pilate asks the obvious question. You want me to punish him. What did he do?
They answered and said to him, “If this Man were not an evildoer, we would not have delivered Him to you.”
What did Pilate ask them?
They don’t answer his question.
We wouldn’t have brought him to you if he wasn’t an evil doer.
its almost as if they get smart with Pilate here. I think they are upset that he would even ask them any questions at all.
They had already had this conversation they thought when they enlisted the Roman Cohort, but Pilate now wants to ask questions. This frustrates them, so Pilate essentially says, you handle it then.
So Pilate said to them, “Take Him yourselves, and judge Him according to your law.” The Jews said to him, “We are not permitted to put anyone to death,” to fulfill the word of Jesus which He spoke, signifying by what kind of death He was about to die.
Pilate says, Take him yourselves, but what had happened underneath Roman Law was that Jews could no longer execute. They could condemn but the Romans had to be the ones to carry out the execution.
Jesus knew this was coming. and he has spoken about it before.
Remember ?
“As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up; so that whoever believes will in Him have eternal life.
In this regard, Jesus would have had to been killed by the Romans. The Jews would have stoned him.
:14-15
Jesus isn’t taken off guard by this. He is sovereign.
Pilate keeps Jesus there but he will go on with his questioning.
Therefore Pilate entered again into the Praetorium, and summoned Jesus and said to Him, “Are You the King of the Jews?” Jesus answered, “Are you saying this on your own initiative, or did others tell you about Me?” Pilate answered, “I am not a Jew, am I? Your own nation and the chief priests delivered You to me; what have You done?”
Pilate here is only concerned about Pilate. he is only concerned abut an uprising of Jesus’s followers.
Remember that just a few days before had been celebrated and cheered and worshipped by the Jews in Jerusalem for the feast of the Passover.
There seems to be a strong following, but really, there are few genuine followers of Christ.
But the whole reason Jesus is even in front of Pilate is that the Jews have convinced him that he is a problem and causing an uprising, and the Jewish leaders want Pilate to know that they want him dead.
Verse 34.
Jesus answered, “Are you saying this on your own initiative, or did others tell you about Me?”
Jesus basically asked pilate, “Have you observed me trying to become king?”
Jesus assures Pilate, He isn’t there for a political uprising.
Pilate answered, “I am not a Jew, am I? Your own nation and the chief priests delivered You to me; what have You done?”
Jesus answered, “My kingdom is not of this world. If My kingdom were of this world, then My servants would be fighting so that I would not be handed over to the Jews; but as it is, My kingdom is not of this realm.”
Jesus’s kingdom will not be established through violent acts of sinful men.
Jesus kingdom will not be established through rebellion, but by submission.
Jesus kingdom and kingship will not be realized through a large amount of land, wealth, a large army to establish for himself a life on this earth.
His kingship will be established by his death whereby he will establish for himself a people to whom he will give abundant life.
He is a king, but his desire is not to overthrow the Caesar Romans. His goal is to disarm the ruler of darkness.
Therefore Pilate said to Him, “So You are a king?” Jesus answered, “You say correctly that I am a king. For this I have been born, and for this I have come into the world, to testify to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth hears My voice.”
Jesus is a King. And His kingdom is one of truth.
Pilate sees no wrong in Jesus, so he is going to let him go.
Pilate said to Him, “What is truth?” And when he had said this, he went out again to the Jews and said to them, “I find no guilt in Him.
This is a question that is being asked of him.
We live in a culture that is asking this same question.
Truth doesn’t matter.
Whatever you want it to be.
Whatever turns you on.
Whats true for me is true for me, whats true for you is true for you.
There is a truth and objective truth.
It is a truth that is real, objective, and will measure and judge everything!!! Pilate, you, me, and every one who has ever lived will be measured by their response to him.
Either is
There is truth. His name is Jesus, and Pilate missed it.
Pilate did get something right, look what he says here at the end of verse 38.
I find no guilt in him.
Do you know why that was? Do you know why Pilate couldn’t find fault in him?
Because he had done nothing wrong.
Any one else, when put under the microscope, something will be revealed. We could find fault. We could find sin.
AND thankfully this is true.
God can look at any of us, ANY of us and find PLENTY of sin. Plenty of fault.
And this is why none of us can pay for our own sin.
It must be a spotless lamb for the Father to accept the sacrifice.
and thats what Jesus was.
Perfection.
Pilate tried
Pilate saw this. This is why he is having such a hard time with this.
He
So he tries the most obvious route.
Let them make the decision.
Barabbas- a murderer, a thief, a killer
Jesus- a giver, a healer, a resurrectionist
Barrabas is putting people in the grave and Jesus is pulling them out and they want Barrabas
“But you have a custom that I release someone for you at the Passover; do you wish then that I release for you the King of the Jews?” So they cried out again, saying, “Not this Man, but Barabbas.” Now Barabbas was a robber.
I think they surprise Pilate. Pilate believed he has given them no real choice here. Surely, they want Barabbas to be killed rather than Jesus. But no.
They want Barabbas to be released.
A man clearly guilty.
Barrabas goes free.
and here is where we see what Jesus came to do.
Jesus would be killed instead of Barabbas.
Jesus would be killed instead of me.
Jesus would be killed instead … names…
Jesus would be killed instead of me..
It comes to this, Barabbas must die or Christ must die; you the sinner must perish, or Christ Immanuel, the Immaculate, must die. He dies that we may be delivered. Oh! have we all a participation in such a deliverance to-day? and though we have been robbers, traitors, and murderers yet we can rejoice that Christ has delivered us from the curse of the law, having been made a curse for us?
Jesus in our place.
John 19:1
This is the Gospel-
The guilty man goes free while Jesus the innocent is crushed by the Father.
Pilate is taken back by this decision so he tried to pacify the crowd by having him beaten.
Pilate does this and plans to release him afterwards.
“Therefore I will punish Him and release Him.”
Pilate then took Jesus and scourged Him. And the soldiers twisted together a crown of thorns and put it on His head, and put a purple robe on Him; and they began to come up to Him and say, “Hail, King of the Jews!” and to give Him slaps in the face. Pilate came out again and said to them, “Behold, I am bringing Him out to you so that you may know that I find no guilt in Him.”
Jesus then came out, wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe. Pilate said to them, “Behold, the Man!”
Again Pilate did this as a ploy to expose Jesus as helpless before the people.
Behold the Man-
Look at him-
He is no threat to you. no threat to Rome. no threat to anyone
Isn’t this enough? He has been beaten almost to the point of death.
He has been mocked and treated with blatant disrespect, a crown of thorns placed upon his head.
Behold the man. Isn’t this enough? but it wasn’t.
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.”
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.” 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.”
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.”
The Jews don’t want him beaten. They want him dead.
But Pilate refuses again. He doesn’t want to kill Jesus.
Even as a Pagan man, he knows an innocent man when he sees him, not to mention his wife has warned him to have nothing to do with Jesus in
But the Jews will not stop.
They charge Jesus with blasphemy. and this scares Pilate. Apparently, this pagan has more of a fear of God than these men. Look what it says.
Therefore when Pilate heard this statement, he was even more afraid;
Therefore when Pilate heard this statement, he was even more afraid; and he entered into the Praetorium again and said to Jesus, “Where are You from?” But Jesus gave him no answer.
Therefore when Pilate heard this statement, he was even more afraid; and he entered into the Praetorium again and said to Jesus, “Where are You from?” But Jesus gave him no answer. 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?” 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.”
and he entered into the Praetorium again and said to Jesus, “Where are You from?” But Jesus gave him no answer.
John 19:8-11
Pilate questions Jesus one more time.
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?”
Where are you from?
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.”
Jesus remains silent. ()
I have the authority to either release or kill you.
Jesus sets him straight.
You have no authority outside of what has been given to you.
Oh and by the way, I am your judge.
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.
And then Pilate taunts Jesus.
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.”
I have the authority to either release or kill you.
Jesus sets him straight.
You have no authority outside of what has been given to you.
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.
Oh and by the way, I am your judge.
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.” 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. 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!” 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.” So he then handed Him over to them to be crucified.
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!”
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.”
They deny the king of Kings, and grab hold of that which enslaves them.
So he then handed Him over to them to be crucified.
They distance themselves from the king that can free them and choose rather to give their allegiance to the King that enslaves them.
And refusing to honor him as King they crucify him according to the sovereign plan and prophesied plan of God.
Our substitute. They kill him. They want no part of him.
One thing is for sure, you will not get the eternal blessing of the King of Kings without submitting to him in this life.
Where do you stand with Jesus?
Apart from Him, you stand rightfully condemned. Like Barabbas, It should have been me. It should have been you.
But
Through Him, you can’t stand free because Jesus will die a death he didn’t deserve.
Jesus dies a death I deserve, so I can have a life I don’t.
Have you trusted in Christ?