John 19:13-
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vv 13-16) The decision made
vv 13-16) The decision made
Pilate’s fatal choice was made: What were the motivations for his choice?
Losing the people’s favor
Causing more problems for himself
Losing his position and security
25 The fear of man lays a snare,
but whoever trusts in the Lord is safe.
4 “I tell you, my friends, do not fear those who kill the body, and after that have nothing more that they can do. 5 But I will warn you whom to fear: fear him who, after he has killed, has authority to cast into hell. Yes, I tell you, fear him!
Not only was it a fatal choice for Pilate it was the same for the Jews also. They, too, chose the world. This was a shocking choice, for God had supposedly been the God of the Jews for centuries.
23 Gideon said to them, “I will not rule over you, and my son will not rule over you; the Lord will rule over you.”
Why did they chose the world over God? What benefits does the world offer?
Security
Position
Power
Acceptance
Livelihood
Honor
Selfishness
Friendship
Religion
What is incredibly heartbreaking to see in this passage is how low the Jews would stoop by saying, “We have no king bu Caesar.” What a faithless nation! Refusing your God for a wicked, heathen monarch. This isn’t the first time its happened either.
7 And the Lord said to Samuel, “Obey the voice of the people in all that they say to you, for they have not rejected you, but they have rejected me from being king over them.
[16] Pilate loved the praise of men more than God.
Application?
v 17) Bearing the cross
v 17) Bearing the cross
The location of Golgotha is disputed. The Holy Sepulcher is one location people think Jesus was crucified. The other is Gordon’s Calvary.
It could be called Golgotha (the place of the skull) for a couple reasons. 1st the location looks like a skull. 2nd a place where people were executed.
v 18) Crucified
v 18) Crucified
In this gospel we are not clued in to fact that Jesus was nailed to the cross, hands and feet. The cross was then lifted up and dropped into a hole in the ground.
The only perfect person to have ever lived, and this was His reception from His own people.
What comes to mind when we think about the two thieves?
Jesus was surrounded by a world of unjust men, yet He was dying for them.
24 He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. By his wounds you have been healed.
18 For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive in the spirit,
The two thieves executed beside Jesus was the fulfillment of the prophecy in Isaiah 53:12
12 Therefore I will divide him a portion with the many,
and he shall divide the spoil with the strong,
because he poured out his soul to death
and was numbered with the transgressors;
yet he bore the sin of many,
and makes intercession for the transgressors.
The crucifixion also shows us that Jesus was being counted as the King of Sinners:
6 All we like sheep have gone astray;
we have turned—every one—to his own way;
and the Lord has laid on him
the iniquity of us all.
21 For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.
vv 19-22) Title on the cross
vv 19-22) Title on the cross
[19] How does indifference play out here?
The title given to Jesus was 100% true. But there wasn’t a mass movement of sorrow and repentance, no final acceptance of Him.
[21-22] What stands out about the response of the chief priests?
They didn’t like the wording. They wanted it to read as a claim made by Jesus, but not as a fact.
Pilate wouldn’t change the writing. He had become impatient with them and would not give them any more.
vv 23-24) Gambling for clothes
vv 23-24) Gambling for clothes
The insensitive, worldly-minded men were void of compassion. John lets us know that Jesus’ mother was standing by the cross, yet the soldiers showed no compassion whatsoever in sharing His belongings with her.
How might we apply this passage of scripture to our lives?
36 For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world and forfeit his soul?
The seamless coat was one piece of cloth, any guesses why that is important? The coat or robe was identical to the robe of the High Priest. It symbolized Christ, the Mediator, the bridge-builder between God and man.
This event fulfilled more prophecy. Psalm 22:18
18 they divide my garments among them,
and for my clothing they cast lots.
Again Psalm 22 is a Messianic psalm, and Jesus quoting the first part of the Psalm would have alerted the Jewish people of His claim to be the person that Psalm is about. Pointing them to this prophecy.
Why is prophecy important?
It ultimately shows that God was in charge of everything… even the cross, for it was the fulfillment of His purpose, of His great plan of salvation for mankind.
5 For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, 6 who gave himself as a ransom for all, which is the testimony given at the proper time.
15 Therefore he is the mediator of a new covenant, so that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance, since a death has occurred that redeems them from the transgressions committed under the first covenant.
24 For Christ has entered, not into holy places made with hands, which are copies of the true things, but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God on our behalf.
vv 25-27) Mary
vv 25-27) Mary
There are two touching scenes here in this 3 verses.
The first is the fact that the women were there. Guilty by association. Jesus was a revolutionary in the eyes of Rome and a heretic in the eyes of the religionists.
Why would the women risk being there?
They really loved Jesus. There is no other explanation: they simply loved Him. He had done so much for them that they were willing to stand by Him no matter the cost.
How can we emulate that same kind of love?
14 For the love of Christ controls us, because we have concluded this: that one has died for all, therefore all have died; 15 and he died for all, that those who live might no longer live for themselves but for him who for their sake died and was raised.
23 And he said to all, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me.
The second touching scene is Jesus’ care of His mother. Again how incredible that His thoughts were on others, not on Himself. Even in death, His mind and being were set on taking care of others.
John, the disciple, was introduced to her as the one who would hereafter take the place of son to her. He was charged with taking care of Mary as if she were his own mother. John obeyed.
vv 28-29) Thirst
vv 28-29) Thirst
Some time take place between verses 27-28. The three hours of darkness- from noon to 3 p.m. It was during this time that Jesus became sin and suffered the wrath of God.
Jesus’ cry of thirst isn’t a physical thirst. He was fulfilling scripture: Ps 69:21
21 They gave me poison for food,
and for my thirst they gave me sour wine to drink.
The purpose is to show:
Jesus was truly the promised Messiah, the One who fulfilled Scripture.
Jesus’ mind was set on fulfilling the Scriptures.
Jesus had come to do the will of God, dying as the sacrifice for man. This is an incredible point because it means that even while suffering He refused to do God’s will un-thoughtfully.
9 But we see him who for a little while was made lower than the angels, namely Jesus, crowned with glory and honor because of the suffering of death, so that by the grace of God he might taste death for everyone.
23 this Jesus, delivered up according to the definite plan and foreknowledge of God, you crucified and killed by the hands of lawless men.
[29] They probably tied a sponge to the end of a rod with hyssop and pressed it to His lips. Hyssop is a plant, that is also used at the Passover: Exodus 12:22
22 Take a bunch of hyssop and dip it in the blood that is in the basin, and touch the lintel and the two doorposts with the blood that is in the basin. None of you shall go out of the door of his house until the morning.
v 30) Death
v 30) Death
Two important points:
Jesus cried, “It is finished.” The Greek word (tetelestai) is the shout of victorious purpose. Jesus had completed His work, His mission, and His task. He was not crying the cry of defeated martyr. He was crying the cry of a victorious conqueror.
When Jesus gave up His spirit it means that He died willingly. His death was voluntary. He determined the time of His death. In full control of His faculties, He dismissed His Spirit- an act no mere man could accomplish.
vv 31-37) The spear
vv 31-37) The spear
