Jesus condemning trial- Pt. 1
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· 9 viewsBound for the cross, binding the hands of Jesus and the trial at hand
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Binding the hands of Jesus
Binding the hands of Jesus
The last 9 hours of the life of Jesus as he is bound and handed over to the Roman’s to carry out God’s plan. They bound Him, may we not bind the hands of Jesus today.
1 Early in the morning the chief priests with the elders and scribes and the whole Council, immediately held a consultation; and binding Jesus, they led Him away and delivered Him to Pilate.
Night before Peter denied Christ (Mk14:66-72)
Night before Jesus stood before Caiaphas the High Priest (Mk14:60-65)
Night before Jesus faced, chief priests, elders and scribes (Mk14:53-59)
Night before be has betrayed and abandoned (Mk14:43-52)
Night before He struggled in the flesh in prayer (Mk14:32-42)
Night before He had dinner with friends; Lords supper (Mk14:22-31)
That brings us to our passage today, after an illegal hearing, in the night we get to this:
1 Early in the morning the chief priests with the elders and scribes and the whole Council, immediately held a consultation; and binding Jesus, they led Him away and delivered Him to Pilate.
It would be easy for us to recall the story, even to feel contempt for those who bound the hands of Jesus here and handed Him over. But some food for thought, can we bind the hands of the Lord today?
With bound hands he was lead away to be judged; not by Caiaphas, not by the chief priests, elders, scribes, even the crowd, but judgment of sin was about to be carried out on the one with bound hands.
Don’t bind the hands of Jesus by carrying burdens not necessary to carry (Mt11:28-30)
28 “Come to Me, all who are weary and heavy-laden, and I will give you rest. 29 “Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30 “For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.”
Jesus open invitation is still open today, what are we to do?
Come, take, learn, find rest
Don’t bind the hands of Jesus by not doing it. This is more than just a salvation issue
Don’t bind the hands of Jesus by not responding to the gospel (Mk16:15-16; 2The1:7-9)
15 And He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation. 16 “He who has believed and has been baptized shall be saved; but he who has disbelieved shall be condemned.
We can bind the hands of Jesus when we don’t follow the command of Esus to preach (proclaim) the gospel so that one may come to believe and be baptized. Look at the end of (v.16) what is the results of disbelief?
7 and to give relief to you who are afflicted and to us as well when the Lord Jesus will be revealed from heaven with His mighty angels in flaming fire, 8 dealing out retribution to those who do not know God and to those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus. 9 These will pay the penalty of eternal destruction, away from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of His power,
What was reason He was bound and handed over according to (vv.7-8)
Now look at the binding the hands of Jesus when gospel not obeyed in (v.9) now this time this is a salvation issue! So, don’t bind the hands of Jesus
(Jesus bound hands picture)
So, we have a message to the saved for the unsaved, and a comfort to the saved, but the saved can bind the hands of Jesus too.
Don’t bind the hands of Jesus by refusing to be transformed (Rom12:1-2; Eph4:20-24; Php4:8; Jm1:21)
We bind the hands when we refuse to be transformed by the renewing of our mind
20 But you did not learn Christ in this way, 21 if indeed you have heard Him and have been taught in Him, just as truth is in Jesus, 22 that, in reference to your former manner of life, you lay aside the old self, which is being corrupted in accordance with the lusts of deceit, 23 and that you be renewed in the spirit of your mind, 24 and put on the new self, which in the likeness of God has been created in righteousness and holiness of the truth.
We bind the hands when we are not transformed by not laying aside our old self, old manner of life. by not be renewed in the spirit of your mind and putting on the new self (Eph4:20-24)
8 Finally, brethren, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is of good repute, if there is any excellence and if anything worthy of praise, dwell on these things.
9 The things you have learned and received and heard and seen in me, practice these things, and the God of peace will be with you.
We bind when we do not think, consider, ponder, dwell on the things that are true, honorable, right, pure, lovely, things of good repute (Php4:8)
We bind the hands of Jesus when we do not receive the implanted word in humility, for that is what saves our souls! (Jm1:21)
We can be guilty of binding the hands of Jesus by not sharing Him, we can be guilty by not obeying Him. We can be guilty by not studying and being renewed by His Word and making, taking every opportunity to share the word with others.
21 Therefore, putting aside all filthiness and all that remains of wickedness, in humility receive the word implanted, which is able to save your souls.
Don’t bind the hands of Jesus in your prayer life (Heb2:17-18; Heb4:14-16; Heb7:25)
17 Therefore, He had to be made like His brethren in all things, so that He might become a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people. 18 For since He Himself was tempted in that which He has suffered, He is able to come to the aid of those who are tempted.
He came so that He might become our merciful, faithful high priest who faced all temptation but did not sin and was able to come to the aid of those who are tempted. (Heb2:17-18)
14 Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession. 15 For we do not have a high priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but One who has been tempted in all things as we are, yet without sin. 16 Therefore let us draw near with confidence to the throne of grace, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.
Because He was bound, handed over, died, rose, and ascended we can know He is a our Great High Priest who we can draw near to with confidence to his throne of grace where we can find mercy and grace in our time of need. (Heb4:14-16)
25 Therefore He is able also to save forever those who draw near to God through Him, since He always lives to make intercession for them.
in looking at (v.25) why should we not bind the hands of Jesus regarding prayer? - he always lives to make intercession for us!
So, how else do you think “we” could bind the hands of Jesus today?
(STOP HERE: ALLOW SOME DISCUSSION)
By not doing our part as a part of the body of Christ
By not evangelizing; sharing the gospel with others
Before moving on to the early morning trial of the bound Jesus, may we be resolved not to bind the hands of Jesus today but chose to loose them to save us, transform us and use us. There was a poem I read when preparing this message and it it is well worth sharing
Christ has no hands but our hands - by Annie Johnson Flint
Christ has no hands but our hands to do His work today; He has no feet but our feet to lead men in the way
He has no feet but our feet to lead men in the way
He has no tongue but our tongue to tell men how He died; He has no help but our help to bring them to His side.
We are the only bible the careless world will read; We are the sinner’s gospel, we are the scoffers creed;
We are the Lord’s last message, given in word and deed; what if the type is crooked? What if the print is blurred?
What if our hands are busy with other work than His: What if our feet are walking where sin’s allurement is? What if our tongue is speaking of things His lips would spurn? How can we hope to help Him or welcome His return?
Christ has no hands but our hands today.
Jesus trial: The participants
Jesus trial: The participants
God’s scheme of redemption has many players, from the prophets of old, to the legalists of the day, to hand over our Jesus on this great and dreadful day. It is good for us to know our players in looking at the trial.
Previously we saw the ecclesiastical trial
The hearing before Annas (Jn18:12-14; Jn17:19-24)
The trial before Caiaphas and council (Mk14:53-65)
Then the consultation of the council (Mk15:1)
This portion of the trial comes in stages too, just as did the trial the night before:
Before Pilate (Mk15:2-5)
Before Herod (Lk23:6-12)
Back before Pilate again (Mk15:6-15)
Handing over to be mocked (Mk15:16-20)
So, let’s read through the passage and pick out the characters then we will go back at look at them.
1 Early in the morning the chief priests with the elders and scribes and the whole Council, immediately held a consultation; and binding Jesus, they led Him away and delivered Him to Pilate.
1 Early in the morning the chief priests with the elders and scribes and the whole Council, immediately held a consultation; and binding Jesus, they led Him away and delivered Him to Pilate. 2 Pilate questioned Him, “Are You the King of the Jews?” And He answered him, “It is as you say.”
2 Pilate questioned Him, “Are You the King of the Jews?” And He answered him, “It is as you say.” 3 The chief priests began to accuse Him harshly.
2 Pilate questioned Him, “Are You the King of the Jews?” And He answered him, “It is as you say.” 3 The chief priests began to accuse Him harshly. 4 Then Pilate questioned Him again, saying, “Do You not answer? See how many charges they bring against You!”
5 But Jesus made no further answer; so Pilate was amazed. 6 Now at the feast he used to release for them any one prisoner whom they requested. 7 The man named Barabbas had been imprisoned with the insurrectionists who had committed murder in the insurrection.
Mk15
8 The crowd went up and began asking him to do as he had been accustomed to do for them. 9 Pilate answered them, saying, “Do you want me to release for you the King of the Jews?”
10 For he was aware that the chief priests had handed Him over because of envy. 11 But the chief priests stirred up the crowd to ask him to release Barabbas for them instead. 12 Answering again, Pilate said to them, “Then what shall I do with Him whom you call the King of the Jews?”
Mk15:
Mk15:13
13 They shouted back, “Crucify Him!” 14 But Pilate said to them, “Why, what evil has He done?” But they shouted all the more, “Crucify Him!” 15 Wishing to satisfy the crowd, Pilate released Barabbas for them, and after having Jesus scourged, he handed Him over to be crucified.
16 The soldiers took Him away into the palace (that is, the Praetorium), and they called together the whole Roman cohort. 17 They dressed Him up in purple, and after twisting a crown of thorns, they put it on Him;
Mk15:18-19
18 and they began to acclaim Him, “Hail, King of the Jews!” 19 They kept beating His head with a reed, and spitting on Him, and kneeling and bowing before Him. 20 After they had mocked Him, they took the purple robe off Him and put His own garments on Him. And they led Him out to crucify Him.
Who did you see, what did you notice about them, what sticks out to you about them?
Lets name each one then I will discuss them
Elders, scribes and whole council; as well as Jesus (v.1)
Pilate (v.2)
Chief Priests (v.3)
Barabbas the prisoner (v.7)
The crowd (v.8)
The soldiers (v.16)
____________ and whole council make up the Sanhedrin
this is the Pharisees, Sadducees, Herodians, Chief Priest and elders. Jesus was before them in chapter 14; they are the ones Jesus previously (except for the high priest) had faced before in them trying to test and trick Him. I will get to more on the chief priests in a few minutes
___________ was the Roman Governor (Mk15:2; Lk23:2-3)
This is Pontius Pilate; he was the 5th Roman Governor (Prefect) in Judea and served from 26-36 AD. He served under Emperor Cesar Tiberius.
He was often harsh, even considered cruel and greedy at times
1 Now on the same occasion there were some present who reported to Him about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mixed with their sacrifices.
2 And they began to accuse Him, saying, “We found this man misleading our nation and forbidding to pay taxes to Caesar, and saying that He Himself is Christ, a King.” 3 So Pilate asked Him, saying, “Are You the King of the Jews?” And He answered him and said, “It is as you say.”
I just wanted to give you the passage, we will be studying the trial itself separate and apart from this study this morning.
The ________________ who plotted to kill Jesus (Mk14:1; Mk14:43; Mk14:53; Mk15:1)
They also tried Jesus in the court of Caiaphas (Mk14:53)
And handed Jesus over to Pilate (MK15:1-3)
The prisoner, insurrectionist and murderer________________ (Mk15:7-15; Jn18:40)
40 So they cried out again, saying, “Not this Man, but Barabbas.” Now Barabbas was a robber.
What more do we learn about him from the John passage? He is a robber
Some interesting facts on Barabbas, he was considered a “sicarii” which is dagger-bearer, a man of violence, bitterness and hate of Rome. He stood for hate, where Jesus died for love. Man’s conquest fails but love’s conquest is victorious just 3 days later!
Man chose lawlessness vs the law of love God’s royal law
Man chose war vs. the prince of peace
Man chose hatred and violence vs. love and eternal riches
that leads us to our next one
The __________ aka multitude (Mk15:8; Mk15:11; Mk15:13-14)
They came to ask for release of prisoner which was common practice
Who were influenced by the chief priests to ask for Barabbas
11 But the chief priests stirred up the crowd to ask him to release Barabbas for them instead.
who a week before we crying out “hosanna, hosanna” are now crying out Crucify Him, crucify him (Mk15:13-14)
13 They shouted back, “Crucify Him!” 14 But Pilate said to them, “Why, what evil has He done?” But they shouted all the more, “Crucify Him!”
Have you ever been influenced by others, by the crowd or anything? And the more someone tries to reason with you, you rebel back more?
I think this is a very important fact, I want everyone to know the following so not influenced by the crowd and able to lead people to the crown
What do I believe?
Why do I believe what I believe?
What evidence do I have of my belief?
How can I show, lead someone to believe through the Word?
We are simply Christian’s studying God’s Word, my hope, my desire is for you to love God’s Word, be able to rightly divide God’s Word so you can share God’s Word so that God’s Word can bring salvation to others.
Before calling this lesson done we still have one more to look at.
The ______________ (Mk15:16-20)
Soldiers, but really if you look at (v.16) there is an entire Roman cohort.
Roman cohort was comprised of 180-360 men, that were under 6 Centuries (aka: Centurions). The numbers may vary some with a particular circumstance, the point is the mass number, it was not a small number of soldiers that were there.
What a crowd in Pilates hall, but there is one more that we have not seen in Mark, but see in Luke. Herod (Lk23:6-12) you can read the passage. This is believed by most to be Herod Antipas the son of Herod the Great. He was known as the Tetrarch of Galilee (regional king) and was there from birth to death.
Today we have looked at not binding the hands of Jesus as well as the cast of characters that are involved in the 2nd trial of Jesus. Next week we will look at what transpires.