Now Pilate also wrote an inscription and put it on the cross. It was written: “JESUS THE NAZARENE, THE KING OF THE JEWS.”
John 19:19 NASB
More Mockeries of the Son of Man on the Cross of Sacrifice
Even today mockery of Jesus Christ is as common as rejection of the Lord God.
In CRUCIFIXION! – The Pangs of Sin we saw the suffering Servant Jesus as punishment continued.
From John’s witness thus far…
- Then the band and the captain and officers of the Jews took Jesus, and bound him – John 18:12 KJV
- ..one of the officers which stood by struck Jesus with the palm of his hand saying, Answerest thou the high priest so? – John 18:22b KJV
- 24 Now Annas had sent him bound unto Caiaphas the high priest.
- 28 Then led they Jesus from Caiaphas unto the hall of judgment..
- 29 Pilate then went out unto them, and said, What accusation..
- 33 Then Pilate entered into the judgment hall again, and called Jesus, and said unto him, Art thou the King of the Jews?
- 38 Pilate saith unto him, What is truth? And when he had said this, he went out again unto the Jews, and saith unto them, I find in him no fault at all.
- 19:1 Then Pilate therefore took Jesus, and scourged him.
His scourging poured forth sinless Blood by 39 lashes upon Jesus’ back.
Pilate and the politically motivated religious leaders of Jerusalem made mockery of mercy (one less lash than Rome’s forty which should cause death) by condemning the Son of Man in whom they found no guilt.
- John 19:2 And the soldiers twisted a crown of thorns and put it on His head..
- 3 and they repeatedly came up to Him and said, “Hail, King of the Jews!” and slapped Him in the face again and again.
Judas & a detachment of troops & officers from the chief priests & Pharisees, Hosanna to the Son of David: Behold the Man Pilate *said to them, “Shall I crucify your King?” The chief priests answered, “We have no king except Caesar.” Jesus, the King of the Jews
About the sixth hour [noon]
14 Now it was the day of preparation for the Passover; it was about the sixth hour. And he said to the Jews, “Look, your King!” 15 So they shouted, “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 except Caesar.”
16 So he then handed Him over to them to be crucified.
17 They took Jesus, therefore, and He went out, carrying His own cross, to the place called the Place of a Skull, which in Hebrew is called, Golgotha. There they crucified Him, and with Him two other men, one on either side, and Jesus in between…
21 So the chief priests of the Jews were saying to Pilate, “Do not write, ‘The King of the Jews’; rather, write that He said, ‘I am King of the Jews.’”
A Temporary Victory
The powerful have won the political battle of the day!
Yet complete defeat is near for political rulers of the Empire and the powerful leaders of religion in Jerusalem. For by their own shouts the preordained Sacrifice of the Lamb of God for the sins of the world is now to be fulfilled.
22 Pilate answered, “What I have written, I have written.”
It was nearly noon, the Passover Lamb now prepared by scourging. “CRUCIFY, CRUCIFY!” shout the crowds. We will NOT follow Jesus.
Jesus the Christ will take back the power of sin from the enemy and defeat death from a Cross of Sacrifice.
And how is this the Spirit of Grace?
For this grace you must also wait until next time.
To be continued...
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