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 Luke 23, verses 1 to 25.

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 Then the whole company of them arose and brought him before Pilate,

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 and they began to accuse him, saying,

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 We found this man misleading our nation and forbidding us to give tribute to Caesar,

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 and saying that he himself is Christ, a king.

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 And Pilate asked him,

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 Are you the king of the Jews?

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 And he answered him,

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 You have said so.

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 Then Pilate said to the chief priests and the crowds,

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 I find no guilt in this man.

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 But they were urgent, saying,

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 He stirs up the people, teaching throughout all Judea, from Galilee even to this place.

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 When Pilate heard this, he asked whether the man was a Galilean.

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 And when he learned that he belonged to Herod's jurisdiction,

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 he sent him over to Herod, who was himself in Jerusalem at that time.

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 When Herod saw Jesus, he was very glad,

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 for he had long desire to see him,

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 because he had heard about him,

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 and he was hoping to see some sign done by him.

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 So he questioned him at some length, but he made no answer.

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 The chief priests and the scribes stood by,

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 vehemently accusing him.

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 And Herod with his soldiers treated him with contempt and mocked him.

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 Then, arraying him in splendid clothing,

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 he sent him back to Pilate.

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 And Herod and Pilate became friends with each other that very day,

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 for before this they had been at enmity with each other.

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 Pilate then called together the chief priests and the rulers and the people

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 and said to them,

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 You brought me this man as one who was misleading the people.

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 And after examining him before you,

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 behold, I did not find this man guilty of any of your charges against him.

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 Neither did Herod,

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 for he sent him back to us.

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 Look, nothing deserving death has been done by him.

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 I will therefore punish and release him.

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 But they all cried out together,

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 Away with this man,

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 and release to us Barabbas,

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 a man who had been thrown into prison

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 for an insurrection started in the city and for murder.

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 Pilate addressed them once more,

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 desiring to release Jesus.

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 But they kept shouting,

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 Crucify!

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 Crucify him!

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 A third time he said to them,

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 Why?

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 What evil has he done?

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 I have found in him no guilt deserving death.

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 I will therefore punish and release him.

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 But they were urgent,

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 demanding with loud cries that he should be crucified.

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 And their voices prevailed.

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 So Pilate decided that their demands should be granted.

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 He released the man who had been thrown into prison

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 for insurrection and murder,

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 for whom they asked.

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 But he delivered Jesus over to their will.

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 This is God's holy and authoritative word.

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 In the movie,

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 The Shawshank Redemption,

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 the protagonist, Andy Dufresne,

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 is sentenced to life in Shawshank State Penitentiary

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 for the murders of his wife and her lover,

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 despite the fact that he's not the one that committed the murders.

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 And in the penitentiary,

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 Dufresne is repeatedly abused and raped,

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 and the viewer is struck by the injustice of it all.

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 His conviction meant that a criminal went free.

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 Someone who deserved to be in his place

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 was not charged for his guilt.

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 But through it all,

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 Dufresne maintains his innocence

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 and perseveres in hope.

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 It's an old movie,

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 but I won't spoil the ending for you.

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 In our passage today,

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 we see a similar story.

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 Jesus is repeatedly declared innocent.

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 But the Jewish people failed to recognize their king

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 and insist on his condemnation.

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 And ultimately,

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 we learn from this passage

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 that we are implicated in Jesus' death.

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 We are the reason he died.

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 He was our substitute.

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 He was the atoning sacrifice.

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 And that's the main point of this passage,

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 that Jesus Christ is the innocent Son of God

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 who was condemned in our place to justify us.

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 And we'll talk first about his innocence

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 and then his silence

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 and lastly his sentence.

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 So let's first look at Jesus' innocence

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 in verses 1 to 5.

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 The Jewish council,

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 as you recall from last week,

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 just concluded their investigation of Jesus.

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 And they asked Jesus in verse 70,

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 Are you the Son of God then?

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 And Jesus affirmed it,

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 saying,

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 You say that I am.

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 So that they indignantly declared,

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 What further testimony do we need?

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 We have heard it ourselves from his own lips.

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 He's blaspheming.

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 So then it says in chapter 23, verse 1,

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 The whole company of them,

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 probably the entire council

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 and the Jewish leaders that were gathered,

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 they arose and brought Jesus before Pilate.

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 Now Pilate is the Roman prefect

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 who governed Palestine,

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 the Jewish people,

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 from 26 to 36 AD.

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 But it leads us to ask the question,

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 Why did these Jewish leaders bring Jesus to him?

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 Why didn't they pass the sentence

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 and punish him themselves?

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 And this betrays their malicious intent

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 because even though the Jewish leaders

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 and the Sanhedrin,

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 which is the highest religious ruling authority

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 among the Jews,

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 did have a wide range of options

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 for punishing people,

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 their own people.

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 They had the ability,

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 the judicial power,

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 but they were not allowed

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 to execute anyone.

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 John 18, 31 tells us that.

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 And so their intent is plain here.

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 They will not stop until Jesus is dead.

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 They know that capital sentences

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 can only be passed by the Roman governor,

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 so that's why they bring him to Pilate.

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 And so they begin to accuse him in verse 2.

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 We found this man misleading our nation

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 and forbidding us to give tribute to Caesar

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 and saying that he himself is Christ,

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 a king.

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 Now instead of referring to Jesus by name,

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 they call him this man.

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 The word man actually isn't there

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 literally in the Greek.

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 Literally, it's actually this one.

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 It's a very derogatory way

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 of referring to someone.

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 They're saying,

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 this one is a rabble rouser.

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 They're not giving him the dignity

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 of calling him by his name

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 or by his actual title,

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 this one.

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 And their first accusation

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 is that Jesus is misleading

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 the Jewish nation.

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 And then their second accusation

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 is that he is forbidding them

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 to give tribute to Caesar.

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 And these are very strategically

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 chosen accusations

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 because the primary responsibilities

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 of a Roman prefect,

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 that's Pilate,

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 was maintaining law and order

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 and collecting money,

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 basically enriching the Roman coffers,

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 managing the finances.

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 Now both of these accusations

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 hit at those exact points

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 because if Jesus is misleading the nation,

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 then he might be causing a stir

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 and destroying,

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 disturbing the law and order

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 of the state.

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 The second accusation

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 is that he forbids people

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 from paying tribute to Caesar,

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 in which case,

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 Pilate's responsibility

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 to manage the finances

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 for the Roman emperor

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 is in peril.

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 So these are very cleverly designed schemes

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 to pressure Pilate

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 to do something about Jesus.

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 They're trying to tell Pilate,

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 your job is at risk

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 because of this one.

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 Now both of these accusations

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 are false.

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 Jesus was not misleading the nation.

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 He was the only teacher

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 that was in fact

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 rightly leading the Jewish people.

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 In Luke chapter 9, verse 41,

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 Jesus called the Jewish nation

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 a faithless and twisted generation

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 and that word twisted

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 is the same Greek word

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 that is translated as misleading

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 here in verse 2.

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 So the Jewish leaders

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 are now kind of turning the table

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 on Jesus

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 and putting on him

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 the charge that he had leveled

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 against them.

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 You dare to call us

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 twisted and misled?

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 We were fine

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 until you got here.

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 You're the one

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 that is misleading

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 and twisting our people.

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 The second accusation

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 is even more blatantly false

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 because we know

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 from Luke 20, verses 24 to 25,

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 Jesus plainly told people

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 that you should pay taxes to Caesar.

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 He said,

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 Show me a denarius.

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 Whose likeness and inscription

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 does it have?

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 They said, Caesar's.

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 And he said to them,

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 Then refer to Caesar

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 the things that are Caesar's

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 and to God

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 the things that are God's.

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 So Jewish leaders

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 are clearly not after truth

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 or justice.

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 They're just bent

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 on destroying Jesus

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 and they will lie

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 even to get it done.

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 They saved their most explosive

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 and the only true accusation

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 for last.

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 They accused Jesus

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 of saying that

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 he himself is Christ,

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 a king.

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 And notice how

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 the Jewish leaders

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 kind of deftly slip in

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 their explanation

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 that the term Christ

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 means king.

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 Earlier when they were

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 questioning Jesus,

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 they only asked him,

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 If you are the Christ,

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 tell us.

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 Christ does mean king

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 because it means

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 anointed one.

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 But it has a very specific

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 historical and religious

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 content.

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 It's the messianic king.

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 It is primarily

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 a historical and theological term

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 that does have

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 political implications.

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 But that's not the emphasis.

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 But what the Jewish leaders

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 are here emphasizing

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 is the political aspect.

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 He calls himself

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 a Christ,

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 a king,

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 mind you.

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 Well, don't you know

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 we only have one king?

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 Isn't Caesar king?

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 He claims to be king.

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 He's accusing Jesus

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 of sedition,

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 which of course

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 would have been

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 threatening to Pilate.

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 So Pilate latches

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 onto that word

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 that's interesting to him,

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 concerns him king.

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 He asks Jesus

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 in verse 3,

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 Are you the king

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 of the Jews?

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 And Jesus answers him,

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 You have said so.

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 And Jesus' response

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 to that question

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 is the focal point

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 of verses 1 to 5.

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 It's right at the center

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 of a mirroring structure,

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 a chiastic structure

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 that points to

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 and highlights

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 that response.

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 You have said so.

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 Now Jesus is not

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 hiding the fact

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 that he's the messianic king.

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 I mentioned to you

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 last week in Matthew 26-25.

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 After Jesus predicts

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 his betrayal,

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 Judas,

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 the one who would

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 betray Jesus,

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 asks Jesus,

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 Is it I, Rabbi?

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 Is it me?

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 Am I going to be

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 the one that betrays you?

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 And then Jesus

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 knowingly responds

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 to him

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 with the exact same phrase,

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 You have said so.

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 So that phrase

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 does not mean

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 you said it,

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 not me.

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 It means,

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 rather,

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 yes,

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 it is as you say.

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 So Jesus is affirming

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 that he is the Christ.

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 He is a king.

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 However,

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 there is an important

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 difference

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 that we have to note

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 between Jesus' idea

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 of kingship

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 and these Jewish leaders'

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 idea of kingship.

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 Because while

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 Jesus did claim

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 that he is

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 the messianic king,

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 the Christ,

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 Jesus did not mean

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 that he is king

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 in an earthly,

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 geopolitical sense

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 that people

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 typically imagine.

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 The way the Jewish leaders

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 were imagining,

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 the way Pilate

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 was imagining.

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 Jesus was not

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 a political revolutionary

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 with imperial ambitions.

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 In a more detailed

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 account of this

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 conversation between

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 Jesus and Pilate

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 in John 18,

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 verses 33 to 38,

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 Jesus tells Pilate

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 in more detail this,

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 My kingdom

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 is not of this world.

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 If my kingdom

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 were of this world,

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 my servants

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 would have been fighting

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 that I might not

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 be delivered

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 over to the Jews.

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 But my kingdom

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 is not of this world.

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 And then Pilate

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 asks a follow-up question,

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 So you are a king?

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 And then Jesus answers,

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 You say that

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 I am a king.

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 For this purpose

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 I was born

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 and for this purpose

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 I've come into the world,

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 to bear witness

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 to the truth.

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 Everyone who is of the truth

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 listens to my voice.

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 So that seems to be

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 the context behind

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 Pilate's ruling here

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 because Luke doesn't

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 include this full dialogue,

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 but Pilate perceives

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 that Jesus is not

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 a threat to Rome.

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 He's not an insurrectionist

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 trying to rally

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 the Jewish people

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 to rebel against Caesar.

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 And he recognizes

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 that the Jewish leaders

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 are in fact jealous of Jesus

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 and they're trying

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 to frame him

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 and they're accusing him

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 falsely.

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 And that's why

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 Pilate announces

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 this in verse 4.

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 Pilate said

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 to the chief priests

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 in the crowds,

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 I find no guilt

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 in this man.

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 And then

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 that should have been

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 the end of the trial.

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 The judge has rendered

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 his verdict.

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 Jesus is innocent.

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 But the trial continues.

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 It says in verse 5,

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 But they were urgent,

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 saying,

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 He stirs up the people,

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 teaching throughout

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 all Judea,

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 from Galilee,

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 even to this place.

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 They're trying to

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 strike fear into Pilate's

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 hearts by referencing

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 Jesus' widespread acclaim.

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 He's teaching throughout

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 all Judea,

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 from Galilee,

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 even to this place,

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 the capital

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 of the Jewish people,

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 Jerusalem.

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 Yes,

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 this country preacher

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 from Galilee

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 has spread,

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 his message has spread

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 even to here.

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 And you are about

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 to let this man go?

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 They're trying to

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 paint Jesus as a rebel

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 who poses a threat

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 to Rome,

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 when in reality,

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 they're the ones

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 that are rebelling

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 against Rome's verdict.

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 They're the ones

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 that are rebelling

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 against God's

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 anointed chosen king.

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 And so here,

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 even this pagan governor

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 is willing to admit

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 what these Jewish leaders

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 themselves

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 are refusing

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 to acknowledge,

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 that Jesus is guiltless.

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 This is Jesus'

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 innocence.

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 But the Jewish leaders'

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 passing statement

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 that Jesus is from Galilee

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 catches Pilate's attention.

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 It says in verses 6-7,

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 when Pilate heard this,

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 he asked whether the man

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 was a Galilean.

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 And when he learned

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 that he belonged

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 to Herod's jurisdiction,

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 he sent him over to Herod,

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 who was himself

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 in Jerusalem at that time.

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 Verse 12 tells us

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 that Pilate and Herod

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 were not in good terms.

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 So it seems unlikely

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 that Pilate is here

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 trying to be deferential

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 toward Herod

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 or trying to do him a favor.

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 Rather,

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 Pilate is probably

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 trying to pass off

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 a troubling case,

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 a troublesome case

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 to Herod,

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 since Herod is

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 the Rome-endorsed

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 Jewish client king

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 over the Jewish people,

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 over Galilee.

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 It's similar to

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 kind of a higher court

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 in the U.S.

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 remanding it,

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 a case back

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 to the lower courts

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 to deal with it themselves.

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 And so Pilate's saying,

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 I don't need to deal with this.

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 Jesus is a Galilean.

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 Send him to Herod Antipas.

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 Herod Antipas,

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 just so you know,

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 is not Herod the Great.

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 Herod the Great

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 is the one

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 that massacred

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 the male-borns

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 all under the age of two

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 at the time of Jesus' birth

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 out of a desire

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 to kill Jesus.

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 Herod Antipas,

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 however,

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 isn't much better.

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 And he was

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 the Tetrarch of Galilee.

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 And he would have been

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 in Jerusalem

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 for the Passover feast

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 at this time.

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 And so Pilate

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 takes advantage of that

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 and sends Jesus to him.

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 But even though

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 Pilate's trying to pass off

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 a difficult case to Herod,

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 Herod,

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 it's a favor for him

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 because we find out

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 in verse 8,

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 when Herod saw Jesus,

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 he was very glad

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 for he had long

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 desire to see him

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 because he had heard

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 about him

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 and he was hoping

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 to see some signs

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 done by him.

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 Herod was ecstatic

00:16:45.519 --> 00:16:46.519
 about entertaining

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 a Jewish celebrity.

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 He had long heard

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 about Jesus' miracles,

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 his works,

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 and he had become famous

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 all throughout Galilee

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 and Herod had wanted

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 to see Jesus.

00:17:00.039 --> 00:17:01.840
 But as James Edwards,

00:17:02.000 --> 00:17:03.539
 a Bible commentator,

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 puts it,

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 to desire Jesus

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 because of signs

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 and wonders,

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 health and wealth,

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 powers and privilege,

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 or any other

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 or ulterior purposes

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 is not to desire Jesus.

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 What draws you to Jesus?

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 The greatest gift

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 that God offers to us

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 is himself.

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 It's the gift of his Son,

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 the triune God,

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 the Holy Spirit.

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 The gift,

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 the greatest gift

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 that God offers to us

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 is reconciliation with him,

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 restoration to his presence,

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 a relationship

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 with God,

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 a redemption

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 from servitude

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 to sin

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 and Satan

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 so that we might

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 serve God.

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 That's what salvation is.

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 But if you come

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 to God,

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 if you come to Jesus

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 for some other

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 tangential benefits,

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 for social respectability

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 with friends,

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 financial assistance,

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 to satisfy your curiosity,

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 then you're not seeking Jesus.

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 a 17th century English poet

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 that I like

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 named Robert Herrick

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 has a couplet

00:18:27.900 --> 00:18:29.080
 that kind of captures this.

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 He says,

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 Will thou my true friend be?

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 Then love not mine,

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 but me.

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 Will you come to God

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 for him,

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 not merely for what is his?

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 Do you love the giver

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 of all good gifts?

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 Or do you just love

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 what he can lavish on you?

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 Notice the repetition also

00:19:00.640 --> 00:19:01.680
 of the word see

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 in verse 8.

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 When Herod saw Jesus,

00:19:06.559 --> 00:19:09.319
 He was very glad

00:19:09.319 --> 00:19:10.419
 for He had long desire

00:19:10.419 --> 00:19:11.539
 to see Him

00:19:11.539 --> 00:19:13.379
 because He had heard

00:19:13.379 --> 00:19:13.940
 about Him

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 and He was hoping

00:19:14.779 --> 00:19:16.539
 to see some sign

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 done by Him.

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 It's repeated three times

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 in this single verse,

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 the word see.

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 In Luke 11,

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 verses 14 to 36,

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 Jesus contrasted

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 those who hear

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 the Word of God

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 and keep it

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 from those who seek

00:19:31.039 --> 00:19:31.639
 from Him

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 a sign

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 from heaven.

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 And He called

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 those who seek signs

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 an evil generation,

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 saying that

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 the only sign

00:19:40.660 --> 00:19:41.380
 that will be given

00:19:41.380 --> 00:19:41.820
 to them

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 is His preaching,

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 His proclamation

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 of the good news

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 of salvation.

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 And so with that

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 background in mind,

00:19:48.240 --> 00:19:49.580
 verse 8 tells us

00:19:49.580 --> 00:19:50.519
 a lot about

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 what kind of man

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 this Herod is.

00:19:53.200 --> 00:19:54.100
 Herod had heard

00:19:54.100 --> 00:19:54.700
 about Jesus,

00:19:55.440 --> 00:19:56.759
 but he did not

00:19:56.759 --> 00:19:57.880
 believe in Jesus.

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 Instead,

00:19:59.340 --> 00:20:00.220
 he sought signs.

00:20:01.519 --> 00:20:02.640
 Jesus' words

00:20:02.640 --> 00:20:03.700
 were not enough

00:20:03.700 --> 00:20:04.120
 for him.

00:20:04.400 --> 00:20:05.360
 He wanted to see

00:20:05.360 --> 00:20:05.800
 Jesus.

00:20:06.620 --> 00:20:07.540
 He wanted to see

00:20:07.540 --> 00:20:08.240
 His miracles.

00:20:09.020 --> 00:20:09.440
 He was,

00:20:09.580 --> 00:20:11.660
 I won't believe it

00:20:11.660 --> 00:20:12.680
 until I see it

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 kind of guy.

00:20:16.500 --> 00:20:17.880
 But as Romans 10,

00:20:17.980 --> 00:20:18.980
 17 tells us,

00:20:19.160 --> 00:20:20.720
 faith comes from

00:20:20.720 --> 00:20:21.360
 hearing,

00:20:21.800 --> 00:20:22.980
 and hearing through

00:20:22.980 --> 00:20:24.300
 the Word of Christ.

00:20:25.840 --> 00:20:26.360
 Yes,

00:20:26.480 --> 00:20:27.680
 Jesus did perform

00:20:27.680 --> 00:20:28.680
 signs and wonders

00:20:28.680 --> 00:20:29.380
 that proved

00:20:29.380 --> 00:20:30.860
 His messianic identity,

00:20:30.859 --> 00:20:32.259
 and He did that

00:20:32.259 --> 00:20:32.759
 for those who

00:20:32.759 --> 00:20:33.459
 were genuinely

00:20:33.459 --> 00:20:34.439
 seeking Him

00:20:34.439 --> 00:20:35.439
 and were humbly

00:20:35.439 --> 00:20:36.000
 putting their

00:20:36.000 --> 00:20:36.699
 trust in Him.

00:20:37.119 --> 00:20:37.759
 But Jesus

00:20:37.759 --> 00:20:39.240
 never panders

00:20:39.240 --> 00:20:40.979
 to settled skeptics

00:20:40.979 --> 00:20:41.879
 who are merely

00:20:41.879 --> 00:20:43.179
 looking for a spectacle.

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 And Herod

00:20:45.859 --> 00:20:46.619
 was such a person.

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 Are you here

00:20:49.119 --> 00:20:49.579
 this morning

00:20:49.579 --> 00:20:50.240
 with the desire

00:20:50.240 --> 00:20:50.879
 to see?

00:20:52.639 --> 00:20:53.740
 I want to exhort you

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 instead to hear

00:20:54.919 --> 00:20:55.779
 and believe.

00:20:55.779 --> 00:20:59.180
 there's evidence

00:20:59.180 --> 00:20:59.660
 enough

00:20:59.660 --> 00:21:00.859
 in what you hear.

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 There's power

00:21:01.819 --> 00:21:02.299
 enough

00:21:02.299 --> 00:21:03.639
 in the good news

00:21:03.639 --> 00:21:04.279
 that you hear

00:21:04.279 --> 00:21:05.579
 of Jesus Christ.

00:21:08.980 --> 00:21:09.759
 And so,

00:21:09.839 --> 00:21:10.759
 it says in verse 9,

00:21:11.359 --> 00:21:12.359
 Herod questioned

00:21:12.359 --> 00:21:13.599
 Jesus at some length,

00:21:13.940 --> 00:21:14.559
 but he made

00:21:14.559 --> 00:21:15.359
 no answer.

00:21:15.899 --> 00:21:16.519
 This is Jesus'

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 silence.

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 And it's a fulfillment

00:21:19.220 --> 00:21:20.940
 of Isaiah chapter 53,

00:21:21.180 --> 00:21:22.200
 verses 7 to 8,

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 which is a prophecy

00:21:23.339 --> 00:21:24.680
 about the Messiah.

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 It says,

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 He was oppressed

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 and He was afflicted,

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 yet He opened

00:21:34.740 --> 00:21:36.639
 not His mouth.

00:21:37.940 --> 00:21:39.079
 Like a lamb

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 that is led

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 to the slaughter

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 and like a sheep

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 that before it

00:21:42.700 --> 00:21:43.879
 shears is silent,

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 so He opened

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 not His mouth.

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 By oppression

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 and judgment

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 He was taken away

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 and asked

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 for His generation

00:21:55.640 --> 00:21:56.960
 who considered

00:21:56.960 --> 00:21:58.140
 that He was cut off

00:21:58.140 --> 00:21:58.740
 out of the land

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 of the living,

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 stricken for

00:22:00.720 --> 00:22:01.759
 the transgression

00:22:01.759 --> 00:22:03.020
 of My people.

00:22:05.600 --> 00:22:06.520
 Jesus is the

00:22:06.520 --> 00:22:07.580
 atoning sacrifice.

00:22:08.380 --> 00:22:09.660
 As John 1.29

00:22:09.660 --> 00:22:10.220
 tells us,

00:22:10.220 --> 00:22:11.040
 the Lamb of God

00:22:11.040 --> 00:22:11.920
 who takes away

00:22:11.920 --> 00:22:12.840
 the sin of the world

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 and asked sheep

00:22:14.180 --> 00:22:15.140
 before its shears

00:22:15.140 --> 00:22:15.820
 is silent,

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 so Jesus makes

00:22:16.900 --> 00:22:18.220
 no answer to Herod.

00:22:18.720 --> 00:22:19.860
 He silently led

00:22:19.860 --> 00:22:20.540
 to the slaughter

00:22:20.540 --> 00:22:21.940
 so that He might die

00:22:21.940 --> 00:22:22.640
 for the transgressions

00:22:23.280 --> 00:22:24.160
 of His people.

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 But while Jesus

00:22:27.200 --> 00:22:27.720
 is silent,

00:22:27.800 --> 00:22:28.380
 His accusers

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 are very loud.

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 He said in verses

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 10 to 11,

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 the chief priests

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 and the scribes

00:22:32.759 --> 00:22:33.320
 stood by

00:22:33.320 --> 00:22:34.840
 vehemently accusing Him

00:22:34.840 --> 00:22:35.860
 and Herod

00:22:35.860 --> 00:22:36.740
 with his soldiers

00:22:36.740 --> 00:22:37.580
 treated Him

00:22:37.580 --> 00:22:38.279
 with contempt

00:22:38.279 --> 00:22:39.640
 and mocked Him.

00:22:40.880 --> 00:22:41.400
 Then,

00:22:41.460 --> 00:22:42.279
 arraying Him

00:22:42.279 --> 00:22:43.480
 in splendid clothing,

00:22:44.440 --> 00:22:45.120
 He sent Him

00:22:45.120 --> 00:22:46.080
 back to Pilate.

00:22:47.400 --> 00:22:47.700
 Now,

00:22:47.779 --> 00:22:48.720
 Herod's true colors

00:22:48.720 --> 00:22:49.480
 don't take long

00:22:49.480 --> 00:22:50.080
 to come out.

00:22:50.340 --> 00:22:51.240
 He wasn't a genuine

00:22:51.240 --> 00:22:51.680
 seeker,

00:22:51.680 --> 00:22:52.460
 so when Jesus

00:22:52.460 --> 00:22:53.759
 refuses to oblige Him,

00:22:54.240 --> 00:22:55.480
 Herod's curiosity

00:22:55.480 --> 00:22:56.840
 quickly turns into contempt.

00:22:58.380 --> 00:22:59.299
 And because Jesus

00:22:59.299 --> 00:23:01.160
 refused to entertain Him

00:23:01.160 --> 00:23:02.519
 with spectacles,

00:23:03.039 --> 00:23:04.200
 Herod and His soldiers

00:23:04.200 --> 00:23:05.620
 turn Jesus

00:23:05.620 --> 00:23:06.600
 into a spectacle.

00:23:07.740 --> 00:23:09.620
 And this is so degrading

00:23:09.620 --> 00:23:10.360
 and humiliating

00:23:10.360 --> 00:23:10.799
 for Jesus.

00:23:12.060 --> 00:23:12.240
 Right?

00:23:12.340 --> 00:23:13.180
 Jesus acknowledged

00:23:13.180 --> 00:23:14.200
 that He's the Christ,

00:23:14.299 --> 00:23:15.240
 the Messianic King,

00:23:15.759 --> 00:23:17.019
 so Herod and His soldiers

00:23:17.019 --> 00:23:18.160
 used that against Him,

00:23:18.440 --> 00:23:19.200
 arraying Him

00:23:19.200 --> 00:23:20.500
 in splendid clothing.

00:23:20.880 --> 00:23:21.440
 It's probably

00:23:21.440 --> 00:23:22.380
 some kind of

00:23:22.380 --> 00:23:23.420
 regal garment,

00:23:24.140 --> 00:23:25.980
 a royal garment.

00:23:26.460 --> 00:23:27.660
 And they're mocking Him.

00:23:27.720 --> 00:23:28.539
 So you think

00:23:28.539 --> 00:23:29.600
 you're a king?

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 Well, here!

00:23:32.120 --> 00:23:33.100
 We've dressed you up

00:23:33.100 --> 00:23:33.500
 as king.

00:23:34.700 --> 00:23:35.759
 They're trying to strip

00:23:35.759 --> 00:23:36.900
 Jesus of His dignity.

00:23:39.400 --> 00:23:40.519
 Seems so cruel,

00:23:40.640 --> 00:23:41.220
 but isn't that

00:23:41.220 --> 00:23:42.380
 what we do sometimes?

00:23:45.519 --> 00:23:46.819
 We pay lip service

00:23:46.819 --> 00:23:48.120
 to Jesus as our king.

00:23:48.119 --> 00:23:49.979
 When our hearts

00:23:49.979 --> 00:23:50.699
 are in reality

00:23:50.699 --> 00:23:51.579
 far from Him.

00:23:53.859 --> 00:23:55.059
 We dress Him up

00:23:55.059 --> 00:23:56.259
 as king in our lives.

00:23:56.699 --> 00:23:57.979
 While like Herod,

00:23:58.319 --> 00:23:59.319
 staying seated

00:23:59.319 --> 00:24:00.659
 firmly on the throne

00:24:00.659 --> 00:24:01.339
 ourselves.

00:24:02.039 --> 00:24:02.779
 On the throne

00:24:02.779 --> 00:24:03.719
 of our own lives.

00:24:05.939 --> 00:24:07.179
 But Jesus will not

00:24:07.179 --> 00:24:08.179
 stand to be mocked.

00:24:09.079 --> 00:24:10.179
 It's only those

00:24:10.179 --> 00:24:11.339
 who truly submit

00:24:11.339 --> 00:24:12.239
 to His lordship,

00:24:12.319 --> 00:24:13.059
 His kingship,

00:24:13.419 --> 00:24:14.319
 that become citizens

00:24:14.319 --> 00:24:15.579
 of the kingdom of God.

00:24:15.579 --> 00:24:16.719
 So have you humbled

00:24:16.719 --> 00:24:17.819
 yourself before Jesus?

00:24:18.779 --> 00:24:19.479
 Have you submitted

00:24:19.479 --> 00:24:20.619
 all of your purposes

00:24:20.619 --> 00:24:22.059
 and priorities to Him?

00:24:22.859 --> 00:24:23.879
 Or is Jesus

00:24:23.879 --> 00:24:25.259
 just a mock king

00:24:25.259 --> 00:24:25.919
 in your life?

00:24:29.119 --> 00:24:30.059
 Because no matter

00:24:30.059 --> 00:24:30.959
 how much Herod

00:24:30.959 --> 00:24:31.539
 and his soldiers

00:24:31.539 --> 00:24:33.119
 humiliate and ridicule Jesus,

00:24:33.500 --> 00:24:34.259
 no matter what

00:24:34.259 --> 00:24:35.000
 their opinion

00:24:35.000 --> 00:24:36.099
 of Jesus is,

00:24:36.319 --> 00:24:37.459
 it doesn't change

00:24:37.459 --> 00:24:38.559
 the fact that

00:24:38.559 --> 00:24:39.579
 He is king,

00:24:40.059 --> 00:24:41.000
 the fact that

00:24:41.000 --> 00:24:42.319
 He is the Son of God,

00:24:42.699 --> 00:24:43.479
 the fact that

00:24:43.479 --> 00:24:44.699
 He is the Lord

00:24:44.699 --> 00:24:45.779
 before whom

00:24:45.779 --> 00:24:46.599
 every knee

00:24:46.599 --> 00:24:47.279
 will bow

00:24:47.279 --> 00:24:48.660
 and every tongue

00:24:48.660 --> 00:24:49.339
 confess.

00:24:50.519 --> 00:24:51.559
 That's the promise

00:24:51.559 --> 00:24:52.420
 of God's word.

00:24:52.839 --> 00:24:53.660
 Maybe you have not

00:24:53.660 --> 00:24:54.460
 yet pledged

00:24:54.460 --> 00:24:55.519
 allegiance to Jesus

00:24:55.519 --> 00:24:56.519
 and you're here

00:24:56.519 --> 00:24:57.119
 this morning.

00:24:57.720 --> 00:24:58.480
 Maybe you've only

00:24:58.480 --> 00:24:59.579
 confessed Jesus

00:24:59.579 --> 00:25:01.319
 with your mouth,

00:25:01.639 --> 00:25:03.019
 but you don't believe

00:25:03.019 --> 00:25:03.899
 that in your heart.

00:25:03.900 --> 00:25:07.080
 But no matter

00:25:07.080 --> 00:25:07.700
 what you do,

00:25:07.820 --> 00:25:08.519
 how you regard

00:25:08.519 --> 00:25:08.920
 Jesus

00:25:08.920 --> 00:25:09.560
 and how you

00:25:09.560 --> 00:25:10.180
 treat Jesus

00:25:10.180 --> 00:25:10.700
 can never

00:25:10.700 --> 00:25:11.480
 strip Him

00:25:11.480 --> 00:25:12.580
 of His authority,

00:25:12.780 --> 00:25:13.120
 glory,

00:25:13.340 --> 00:25:13.900
 and power,

00:25:14.000 --> 00:25:14.560
 and dignity.

00:25:14.559 --> 00:25:17.339
 So will you

00:25:17.339 --> 00:25:17.960
 actually submit

00:25:17.960 --> 00:25:18.539
 to Him today?

00:25:20.980 --> 00:25:21.379
 Herod,

00:25:21.440 --> 00:25:22.079
 after his trial

00:25:22.079 --> 00:25:22.480
 of Jesus,

00:25:22.599 --> 00:25:22.919
 sends Him

00:25:22.919 --> 00:25:23.700
 back to Pilate

00:25:23.700 --> 00:25:24.059
 and through

00:25:24.059 --> 00:25:24.679
 that exchange

00:25:24.679 --> 00:25:25.099
 it says in

00:25:25.099 --> 00:25:25.659
 verse 12

00:25:25.659 --> 00:25:25.940
 that they

00:25:25.940 --> 00:25:26.839
 become friends.

00:25:28.299 --> 00:25:29.379
 By extraditing

00:25:29.379 --> 00:25:30.359
 Jesus to Herod,

00:25:30.460 --> 00:25:30.960
 Pilate was

00:25:30.960 --> 00:25:31.599
 acknowledging

00:25:31.599 --> 00:25:32.519
 Herod's legitimacy

00:25:32.519 --> 00:25:33.980
 and influence

00:25:33.980 --> 00:25:35.159
 and Herod was

00:25:35.159 --> 00:25:35.980
 a very ambitious

00:25:35.980 --> 00:25:36.940
 client king

00:25:36.940 --> 00:25:37.579
 and so that

00:25:37.579 --> 00:25:39.079
 forged a relationship,

00:25:39.399 --> 00:25:40.220
 mended their fences.

00:25:42.039 --> 00:25:42.839
 And it says

00:25:42.839 --> 00:25:43.779
 in verses 13

00:25:43.779 --> 00:25:44.539
 to 16,

00:25:44.660 --> 00:25:45.200
 Pilate then

00:25:45.200 --> 00:25:45.859
 called together

00:25:45.859 --> 00:25:46.639
 the chief priests

00:25:46.639 --> 00:25:47.240
 and the rulers

00:25:47.240 --> 00:25:47.819
 and the people

00:25:47.819 --> 00:25:48.619
 and said to them,

00:25:49.059 --> 00:25:49.839
 You brought me

00:25:49.839 --> 00:25:50.859
 this man as one

00:25:50.859 --> 00:25:51.700
 who was misleading

00:25:51.700 --> 00:25:52.279
 the people.

00:25:52.859 --> 00:25:53.720
 And after examining

00:25:53.720 --> 00:25:54.440
 him before you,

00:25:54.480 --> 00:25:54.819
 behold,

00:25:54.920 --> 00:25:55.940
 I did not find

00:25:55.940 --> 00:25:57.039
 this man guilty

00:25:57.039 --> 00:25:58.339
 of any of your

00:25:58.339 --> 00:25:59.480
 charges against him.

00:26:00.139 --> 00:26:01.019
 Neither did Herod,

00:26:01.399 --> 00:26:02.180
 for he sent him

00:26:02.180 --> 00:26:02.960
 back to us.

00:26:03.660 --> 00:26:03.940
 Look,

00:26:04.299 --> 00:26:05.359
 nothing deserving

00:26:05.359 --> 00:26:06.200
 death has been

00:26:06.200 --> 00:26:06.940
 done by him.

00:26:07.220 --> 00:26:07.899
 I will therefore

00:26:07.899 --> 00:26:09.200
 punish and

00:26:09.200 --> 00:26:09.980
 release him.

00:26:10.599 --> 00:26:11.220
 This is now

00:26:11.220 --> 00:26:11.819
 the second

00:26:11.819 --> 00:26:12.480
 declaration

00:26:12.480 --> 00:26:13.559
 of Jesus

00:26:13.559 --> 00:26:14.159
 his innocence.

00:26:14.899 --> 00:26:15.720
 And this time,

00:26:15.819 --> 00:26:16.500
 it's both

00:26:16.500 --> 00:26:17.899
 Herod and

00:26:17.899 --> 00:26:18.559
 Pilate

00:26:18.559 --> 00:26:19.940
 who declared

00:26:19.940 --> 00:26:21.099
 Jesus guiltless.

00:26:21.619 --> 00:26:21.960
 And that's

00:26:21.960 --> 00:26:22.859
 significant because

00:26:22.859 --> 00:26:23.539
 according to

00:26:23.539 --> 00:26:24.139
 Deuteronomy

00:26:24.139 --> 00:26:24.980
 chapter 19

00:26:24.980 --> 00:26:25.779
 verse 15,

00:26:26.440 --> 00:26:26.960
 which is the

00:26:26.960 --> 00:26:27.799
 Old Testament law

00:26:27.799 --> 00:26:29.759
 that talks about

00:26:29.759 --> 00:26:30.679
 the criteria

00:26:30.679 --> 00:26:31.339
 for witnesses,

00:26:32.019 --> 00:26:32.440
 it says that

00:26:32.440 --> 00:26:33.460
 a single witness

00:26:33.460 --> 00:26:34.659
 shall not suffice

00:26:34.659 --> 00:26:35.619
 against a person

00:26:35.619 --> 00:26:37.000
 for any crime

00:26:37.000 --> 00:26:38.019
 or for any wrong

00:26:38.019 --> 00:26:38.579
 in connection

00:26:38.579 --> 00:26:39.819
 with any offense

00:26:39.819 --> 00:26:40.579
 that he has

00:26:40.579 --> 00:26:40.960
 committed.

00:26:40.960 --> 00:26:42.819
 only on the

00:26:42.819 --> 00:26:43.519
 evidence of

00:26:43.519 --> 00:26:44.480
 two witnesses

00:26:44.480 --> 00:26:45.759
 or of three

00:26:45.759 --> 00:26:46.279
 witnesses

00:26:46.279 --> 00:26:47.500
 shall a charge

00:26:47.500 --> 00:26:48.680
 be established.

00:26:49.160 --> 00:26:49.680
 So now with

00:26:49.680 --> 00:26:50.360
 Herod and

00:26:50.360 --> 00:26:51.059
 Pilate both

00:26:51.059 --> 00:26:51.960
 declaring Jesus

00:26:51.960 --> 00:26:52.620
 to be innocent,

00:26:53.019 --> 00:26:53.779
 that legal,

00:26:54.019 --> 00:26:54.819
 biblical standard

00:26:54.819 --> 00:26:55.680
 has been met.

00:26:56.460 --> 00:26:57.039
 Jesus really

00:26:57.039 --> 00:26:57.700
 is innocent.

00:26:58.539 --> 00:26:59.440
 And that should

00:26:59.440 --> 00:27:00.360
 be the end of it.

00:27:00.860 --> 00:27:01.440
 He should go

00:27:01.440 --> 00:27:01.860
 free.

00:27:02.700 --> 00:27:03.840
 But he is

00:27:03.840 --> 00:27:04.500
 the atoning

00:27:04.500 --> 00:27:05.259
 sacrifice,

00:27:05.400 --> 00:27:06.100
 like the Passover

00:27:06.100 --> 00:27:06.759
 lamb that was

00:27:06.759 --> 00:27:07.279
 supposed to be

00:27:07.279 --> 00:27:07.779
 blemished.

00:27:07.779 --> 00:27:09.059
 Jesus is

00:27:09.059 --> 00:27:09.639
 the lamb of

00:27:09.639 --> 00:27:10.099
 God that

00:27:10.099 --> 00:27:10.500
 takes away

00:27:10.500 --> 00:27:10.859
 the sin of

00:27:10.859 --> 00:27:11.180
 the world

00:27:11.180 --> 00:27:11.460
 who is

00:27:11.460 --> 00:27:12.099
 blameless.

00:27:13.700 --> 00:27:14.259
 And he is

00:27:14.259 --> 00:27:15.019
 going to

00:27:15.019 --> 00:27:16.259
 his slaughter.

00:27:19.460 --> 00:27:20.139
 He should

00:27:20.139 --> 00:27:20.579
 have let him

00:27:20.579 --> 00:27:20.819
 go,

00:27:20.980 --> 00:27:21.299
 Pilate,

00:27:21.339 --> 00:27:21.839
 if he were

00:27:21.839 --> 00:27:22.440
 really concerned

00:27:22.440 --> 00:27:23.039
 with justice.

00:27:23.480 --> 00:27:24.339
 But he is

00:27:24.339 --> 00:27:24.839
 eager to

00:27:24.839 --> 00:27:25.379
 please the

00:27:25.379 --> 00:27:25.680
 crowd.

00:27:26.420 --> 00:27:27.079
 So he offers

00:27:27.079 --> 00:27:27.660
 a compromise

00:27:27.660 --> 00:27:28.539
 in verse 16,

00:27:28.660 --> 00:27:29.139
 offering to

00:27:29.139 --> 00:27:30.019
 punish and

00:27:30.019 --> 00:27:30.779
 release Jesus.

00:27:31.660 --> 00:27:32.119
 The word

00:27:32.119 --> 00:27:32.920
 punish here

00:27:32.920 --> 00:27:33.879
 is a euphemism

00:27:33.879 --> 00:27:34.720
 for whipping.

00:27:35.660 --> 00:27:36.299
 There were

00:27:36.299 --> 00:27:36.899
 two types

00:27:36.900 --> 00:27:37.300
 of whipping

00:27:37.300 --> 00:27:37.940
 that the

00:27:37.940 --> 00:27:38.980
 Romans used.

00:27:39.759 --> 00:27:40.200
 It is not

00:27:40.200 --> 00:27:41.019
 totally clear

00:27:41.019 --> 00:27:41.560
 which one

00:27:41.560 --> 00:27:42.120
 is in view

00:27:42.120 --> 00:27:42.660
 by this

00:27:42.660 --> 00:27:43.460
 word punish.

00:27:44.040 --> 00:27:44.840
 But typically

00:27:44.840 --> 00:27:45.800
 prior to

00:27:45.800 --> 00:27:46.759
 crucifixions,

00:27:47.220 --> 00:27:48.019
 Romans used

00:27:48.019 --> 00:27:48.900
 a scourge.

00:27:49.580 --> 00:27:50.120
 It is a

00:27:50.120 --> 00:27:50.940
 leather whip

00:27:50.940 --> 00:27:51.800
 woven with

00:27:51.800 --> 00:27:52.560
 bits of

00:27:52.560 --> 00:27:53.440
 bone and

00:27:53.440 --> 00:27:54.140
 metal,

00:27:54.960 --> 00:27:56.320
 notorious for

00:27:56.320 --> 00:27:57.259
 flaying people's

00:27:57.259 --> 00:27:58.019
 backs and

00:27:58.019 --> 00:27:58.540
 pushing them

00:27:58.540 --> 00:27:59.019
 to the

00:27:59.019 --> 00:27:59.380
 brink of

00:27:59.380 --> 00:27:59.680
 death.

00:28:02.340 --> 00:28:02.600
 And they

00:28:02.600 --> 00:28:02.940
 used a

00:28:02.940 --> 00:28:03.620
 euphemism for

00:28:03.620 --> 00:28:03.759
 it.

00:28:03.840 --> 00:28:04.220
 Such a

00:28:04.220 --> 00:28:04.940
 harsh word,

00:28:05.060 --> 00:28:05.420
 punish.

00:28:05.640 --> 00:28:06.220
 They punish

00:28:06.220 --> 00:28:06.880
 and release

00:28:06.880 --> 00:28:07.039
 them.

00:28:07.700 --> 00:28:08.220
 That's what

00:28:08.220 --> 00:28:08.860
 Pilate wants

00:28:08.860 --> 00:28:09.180
 to do.

00:28:11.440 --> 00:28:12.000
 But the

00:28:12.000 --> 00:28:12.460
 mob will

00:28:12.460 --> 00:28:13.200
 not relent.

00:28:14.079 --> 00:28:14.339
 And this

00:28:14.339 --> 00:28:15.000
 brings us to

00:28:15.000 --> 00:28:15.460
 my final

00:28:15.460 --> 00:28:15.740
 point,

00:28:15.819 --> 00:28:16.039
 Jesus'

00:28:16.240 --> 00:28:16.620
 sentence.

00:28:17.339 --> 00:28:17.600
 It says

00:28:17.600 --> 00:28:17.900
 in verse

00:28:17.900 --> 00:28:18.440
 18,

00:28:18.940 --> 00:28:19.220
 but they

00:28:19.220 --> 00:28:20.319
 all cried

00:28:20.319 --> 00:28:21.200
 out together,

00:28:22.140 --> 00:28:23.360
 away with

00:28:23.360 --> 00:28:23.839
 this man,

00:28:24.299 --> 00:28:25.000
 and released

00:28:25.000 --> 00:28:25.680
 to us

00:28:25.680 --> 00:28:26.900
 Barabbas.

00:28:28.200 --> 00:28:28.980
 If you're

00:28:28.980 --> 00:28:29.420
 exceptionally

00:28:29.420 --> 00:28:30.339
 detail-oriented,

00:28:31.120 --> 00:28:31.740
 you may have

00:28:31.740 --> 00:28:32.420
 noticed that

00:28:32.420 --> 00:28:32.940
 if you're

00:28:32.940 --> 00:28:33.360
 using the

00:28:33.360 --> 00:28:33.940
 English Standard

00:28:33.940 --> 00:28:34.340
 Version,

00:28:35.080 --> 00:28:35.640
 it skips

00:28:35.640 --> 00:28:36.360
 verse 17.

00:28:36.920 --> 00:28:37.400
 It goes

00:28:37.400 --> 00:28:37.960
 from verse

00:28:37.960 --> 00:28:38.820
 16 to

00:28:38.820 --> 00:28:40.600
 verse 18.

00:28:41.059 --> 00:28:41.480
 But you

00:28:41.480 --> 00:28:42.039
 will find a

00:28:42.039 --> 00:28:42.820
 footnote at

00:28:42.820 --> 00:28:43.380
 the end of

00:28:43.380 --> 00:28:44.000
 verse 16

00:28:44.000 --> 00:28:44.600
 which says,

00:28:45.080 --> 00:28:45.720
 here, or

00:28:45.720 --> 00:28:46.400
 after verse

00:28:46.400 --> 00:28:47.420
 19, some

00:28:47.420 --> 00:28:48.400
 manuscripts add

00:28:48.400 --> 00:28:49.360
 verse 17.

00:28:49.960 --> 00:28:50.720
 Now, he was

00:28:50.720 --> 00:28:51.480
 obliged to

00:28:51.480 --> 00:28:52.160
 release one

00:28:52.160 --> 00:28:52.640
 man to

00:28:52.640 --> 00:28:53.140
 them at

00:28:53.140 --> 00:28:53.720
 the festival.

00:28:54.259 --> 00:28:54.980
 So just so

00:28:54.980 --> 00:28:55.320
 you know,

00:28:55.400 --> 00:28:55.759
 because there's

00:28:55.759 --> 00:28:56.059
 so many

00:28:56.059 --> 00:28:56.940
 conspiracy theories

00:28:56.940 --> 00:28:57.299
 out there

00:28:57.299 --> 00:28:57.660
 nowadays,

00:28:58.080 --> 00:28:58.559
 no one is

00:28:58.559 --> 00:28:59.019
 trying to

00:28:59.019 --> 00:28:59.380
 edit the

00:28:59.380 --> 00:29:00.460
 Bible or

00:29:00.460 --> 00:29:01.140
 hide certain

00:29:01.140 --> 00:29:01.660
 details.

00:29:01.660 --> 00:29:03.140
 this verse

00:29:03.140 --> 00:29:03.660
 is omitted

00:29:03.660 --> 00:29:04.040
 for the

00:29:04.040 --> 00:29:04.660
 simple fact

00:29:04.660 --> 00:29:05.000
 that it

00:29:05.000 --> 00:29:05.560
 is probably

00:29:05.560 --> 00:29:06.120
 not part

00:29:06.120 --> 00:29:06.300
 of the

00:29:06.300 --> 00:29:06.600
 original

00:29:06.600 --> 00:29:07.060
 manuscript.

00:29:07.700 --> 00:29:08.420
 The earliest

00:29:08.420 --> 00:29:08.900
 and best

00:29:08.900 --> 00:29:09.640
 manuscripts of

00:29:09.640 --> 00:29:10.200
 the Gospel

00:29:10.200 --> 00:29:10.500
 of Luke

00:29:10.500 --> 00:29:10.800
 does not

00:29:10.800 --> 00:29:11.259
 have this

00:29:11.259 --> 00:29:11.700
 verse in

00:29:11.700 --> 00:29:11.920
 it.

00:29:12.820 --> 00:29:13.620
 And this

00:29:13.620 --> 00:29:14.340
 verse is

00:29:14.340 --> 00:29:15.160
 typically what

00:29:15.160 --> 00:29:15.759
 you call a

00:29:15.759 --> 00:29:16.840
 gloss, like

00:29:16.840 --> 00:29:17.720
 an explanation

00:29:17.720 --> 00:29:18.720
 that people

00:29:18.720 --> 00:29:19.540
 added in the

00:29:19.540 --> 00:29:20.220
 later years

00:29:20.220 --> 00:29:21.160
 to add greater

00:29:21.160 --> 00:29:22.140
 clarity to

00:29:22.140 --> 00:29:22.980
 a passage.

00:29:23.560 --> 00:29:24.120
 It's kind of

00:29:24.120 --> 00:29:24.600
 like the notes

00:29:24.600 --> 00:29:25.259
 you find in

00:29:25.259 --> 00:29:25.660
 your study

00:29:25.660 --> 00:29:25.960
 Bibles.

00:29:26.840 --> 00:29:27.380
 But that

00:29:27.380 --> 00:29:28.160
 became part of

00:29:28.160 --> 00:29:28.580
 the manuscript

00:29:28.580 --> 00:29:29.320
 as time went

00:29:29.320 --> 00:29:29.480
 on.

00:29:29.960 --> 00:29:30.560
 But it does

00:29:30.560 --> 00:29:31.360
 supply a

00:29:31.359 --> 00:29:32.219
 helpful context

00:29:32.219 --> 00:29:32.899
 and the

00:29:32.899 --> 00:29:33.599
 context is

00:29:33.599 --> 00:29:34.240
 confirmed by

00:29:34.240 --> 00:29:35.039
 Matthew 27

00:29:35.039 --> 00:29:35.679
 15 and

00:29:35.679 --> 00:29:36.279
 Mark 15

00:29:36.279 --> 00:29:36.699
 6.

00:29:37.079 --> 00:29:37.399
 And that

00:29:37.399 --> 00:29:38.039
 context is

00:29:38.039 --> 00:29:38.519
 this, that

00:29:38.519 --> 00:29:38.939
 it was a

00:29:38.939 --> 00:29:40.219
 custom for

00:29:40.219 --> 00:29:40.719
 the Roman

00:29:40.719 --> 00:29:41.979
 prefect to

00:29:41.979 --> 00:29:42.899
 release one

00:29:42.899 --> 00:29:43.819
 prisoner during

00:29:43.819 --> 00:29:44.599
 the biggest

00:29:44.599 --> 00:29:45.519
 Jewish festival

00:29:45.519 --> 00:29:46.139
 of the year,

00:29:46.579 --> 00:29:46.959
 the Jewish

00:29:46.959 --> 00:29:47.519
 Passover.

00:29:47.919 --> 00:29:48.219
 It was

00:29:48.219 --> 00:29:48.899
 customary for

00:29:48.899 --> 00:29:49.259
 the Roman

00:29:49.259 --> 00:29:49.819
 prefect to

00:29:49.819 --> 00:29:50.539
 release one

00:29:50.539 --> 00:29:51.339
 Jewish prisoner

00:29:51.339 --> 00:29:52.479
 as a favor

00:29:52.479 --> 00:29:53.039
 for the

00:29:53.039 --> 00:29:53.619
 Jewish people.

00:29:54.740 --> 00:29:55.659
 And that's

00:29:55.659 --> 00:29:56.679
 why they are

00:29:56.679 --> 00:29:57.399
 demanding

00:29:57.399 --> 00:29:58.439
 Barabbas.

00:29:59.219 --> 00:29:59.839
 And Luke

00:29:59.839 --> 00:30:00.559
 adds with a

00:30:00.559 --> 00:30:00.959
 touch of

00:30:00.959 --> 00:30:01.339
 irony,

00:30:01.359 --> 00:30:01.679
 in verse

00:30:01.679 --> 00:30:02.099
 19,

00:30:02.219 --> 00:30:02.599
 that this

00:30:02.599 --> 00:30:02.979
 was a

00:30:02.979 --> 00:30:03.859
 man who

00:30:03.859 --> 00:30:04.219
 had been

00:30:04.219 --> 00:30:04.859
 thrown into

00:30:04.859 --> 00:30:06.039
 prison for

00:30:06.039 --> 00:30:06.979
 an insurrection

00:30:06.979 --> 00:30:07.939
 started in

00:30:07.939 --> 00:30:08.699
 the city and

00:30:08.699 --> 00:30:09.539
 for murder.

00:30:11.399 --> 00:30:12.000
 Insurrection

00:30:12.000 --> 00:30:13.359
 is exactly the

00:30:13.359 --> 00:30:14.059
 crime that the

00:30:14.059 --> 00:30:14.779
 Jewish leaders

00:30:14.779 --> 00:30:15.479
 are trying to

00:30:15.479 --> 00:30:16.179
 accuse Jesus

00:30:16.179 --> 00:30:16.599
 of.

00:30:19.179 --> 00:30:20.059
 Excuse me.

00:30:20.799 --> 00:30:21.259
 And this

00:30:21.259 --> 00:30:22.479
 man had

00:30:22.479 --> 00:30:23.179
 actually done

00:30:23.179 --> 00:30:23.399
 it.

00:30:24.039 --> 00:30:24.599
 He was an

00:30:24.599 --> 00:30:25.119
 actual

00:30:25.119 --> 00:30:26.119
 insurrectionist.

00:30:26.779 --> 00:30:27.259
 And Luke

00:30:27.259 --> 00:30:27.979
 continues in

00:30:27.979 --> 00:30:28.719
 verses 20 to

00:30:28.719 --> 00:30:29.159
 21.

00:30:29.160 --> 00:30:30.460
 Pilate

00:30:30.460 --> 00:30:31.060
 addressed them

00:30:31.060 --> 00:30:31.860
 once more

00:30:31.860 --> 00:30:32.960
 desiring to

00:30:32.960 --> 00:30:33.580
 release Jesus

00:30:33.580 --> 00:30:33.920
 but they

00:30:33.920 --> 00:30:34.779
 kept shouting

00:30:34.779 --> 00:30:36.160
 crucify,

00:30:36.400 --> 00:30:37.320
 crucify him.

00:30:37.820 --> 00:30:38.240
 And that

00:30:38.240 --> 00:30:39.259
 word address

00:30:39.259 --> 00:30:39.640
 and the

00:30:39.640 --> 00:30:40.340
 word kept

00:30:40.340 --> 00:30:41.180
 shouting are

00:30:41.180 --> 00:30:41.960
 very similar

00:30:41.960 --> 00:30:42.500
 words in the

00:30:42.500 --> 00:30:42.700
 Greek.

00:30:42.840 --> 00:30:43.380
 They share the

00:30:43.380 --> 00:30:43.960
 same root

00:30:43.960 --> 00:30:44.240
 word.

00:30:44.580 --> 00:30:44.880
 So it's

00:30:44.880 --> 00:30:45.620
 almost like a

00:30:45.620 --> 00:30:46.440
 shouting match

00:30:46.440 --> 00:30:47.560
 and it's a

00:30:47.560 --> 00:30:47.960
 game of

00:30:47.960 --> 00:30:48.240
 chicken.

00:30:48.340 --> 00:30:48.680
 Who's going

00:30:48.680 --> 00:30:49.180
 to stand

00:30:49.180 --> 00:30:50.040
 down first?

00:30:50.039 --> 00:30:51.639
 The

00:30:51.639 --> 00:30:52.259
 Pilate's

00:30:52.259 --> 00:30:53.039
 calling out

00:30:53.039 --> 00:30:53.220
 to the

00:30:53.220 --> 00:30:53.700
 people to

00:30:53.700 --> 00:30:54.480
 release Jesus

00:30:54.480 --> 00:30:55.039
 but the

00:30:55.039 --> 00:30:55.579
 people call

00:30:55.579 --> 00:30:56.059
 back to

00:30:56.059 --> 00:30:56.279
 him,

00:30:56.399 --> 00:30:57.019
 crucify,

00:30:57.339 --> 00:30:58.339
 crucify him

00:30:58.339 --> 00:30:58.659
 and it's

00:30:58.659 --> 00:30:59.379
 unusual to

00:30:59.379 --> 00:30:59.920
 repeat the

00:30:59.920 --> 00:31:00.299
 word like

00:31:00.299 --> 00:31:00.740
 that, two

00:31:00.740 --> 00:31:01.420
 imperatives in

00:31:01.420 --> 00:31:01.659
 one.

00:31:01.899 --> 00:31:02.259
 It's almost

00:31:02.259 --> 00:31:02.619
 like they're

00:31:02.619 --> 00:31:03.319
 chanting at

00:31:03.319 --> 00:31:03.740
 this point.

00:31:04.019 --> 00:31:04.279
 It's a

00:31:04.279 --> 00:31:04.819
 protest.

00:31:05.359 --> 00:31:05.879
 Crucify,

00:31:06.379 --> 00:31:07.099
 crucify.

00:31:07.879 --> 00:31:08.279
 Will you

00:31:08.279 --> 00:31:09.019
 stand down

00:31:09.019 --> 00:31:10.440
 Pilate or

00:31:10.440 --> 00:31:10.799
 will you

00:31:10.799 --> 00:31:11.299
 marshal your

00:31:11.299 --> 00:31:12.139
 military forces

00:31:12.139 --> 00:31:12.940
 to pacify

00:31:12.940 --> 00:31:13.619
 this mob?

00:31:15.819 --> 00:31:16.440
 And the

00:31:16.440 --> 00:31:16.940
 crowd is

00:31:16.940 --> 00:31:17.420
 incredibly

00:31:17.420 --> 00:31:17.960
 vicious,

00:31:18.180 --> 00:31:18.359
 right?

00:31:18.359 --> 00:31:19.919
 They're

00:31:19.919 --> 00:31:20.599
 calling for

00:31:20.599 --> 00:31:21.399
 this cruel

00:31:21.399 --> 00:31:22.259
 and unusual

00:31:22.259 --> 00:31:23.339
 punishment of

00:31:23.339 --> 00:31:24.219
 crucifixion.

00:31:24.740 --> 00:31:25.279
 It's the

00:31:25.279 --> 00:31:26.099
 most brutal

00:31:26.099 --> 00:31:26.699
 form of

00:31:26.699 --> 00:31:27.439
 capital punishment

00:31:27.439 --> 00:31:28.119
 that existed

00:31:28.119 --> 00:31:28.439
 in the

00:31:28.439 --> 00:31:29.039
 ancient world.

00:31:31.000 --> 00:31:32.059
 So bad,

00:31:32.139 --> 00:31:32.439
 in fact,

00:31:32.799 --> 00:31:33.159
 the Roman

00:31:33.159 --> 00:31:33.879
 Empire deemed

00:31:33.879 --> 00:31:34.439
 it too

00:31:34.439 --> 00:31:35.159
 cruel for

00:31:35.159 --> 00:31:35.959
 Roman citizens.

00:31:36.919 --> 00:31:37.679
 Only slaves

00:31:37.679 --> 00:31:38.459
 and foreigners

00:31:38.459 --> 00:31:39.279
 were ever

00:31:39.279 --> 00:31:40.219
 subjected to

00:31:40.219 --> 00:31:40.939
 crucifixion.

00:31:43.959 --> 00:31:44.240
 And it's

00:31:44.240 --> 00:31:44.439
 not,

00:31:44.699 --> 00:31:45.000
 they had

00:31:45.000 --> 00:31:45.599
 much more,

00:31:45.919 --> 00:31:46.599
 many other

00:31:46.599 --> 00:31:47.379
 way more

00:31:47.379 --> 00:31:47.959
 efficient ways

00:31:47.959 --> 00:31:48.339
 of killing

00:31:48.339 --> 00:31:48.779
 criminals.

00:31:50.059 --> 00:31:50.619
 But this

00:31:50.619 --> 00:31:51.359
 is what

00:31:51.359 --> 00:31:51.879
 they reserved

00:31:51.879 --> 00:31:52.359
 for people

00:31:52.359 --> 00:31:52.639
 that they

00:31:52.639 --> 00:31:53.039
 wanted to

00:31:53.039 --> 00:31:53.379
 make an

00:31:53.379 --> 00:31:54.099
 example out

00:31:54.099 --> 00:31:54.240
 of.

00:31:55.759 --> 00:31:56.220
 Don't

00:31:56.220 --> 00:31:56.779
 ever do

00:31:56.779 --> 00:31:57.159
 what this

00:31:57.159 --> 00:31:57.639
 guy did

00:31:57.639 --> 00:31:58.919
 because that's

00:31:58.919 --> 00:31:59.259
 what will

00:31:59.259 --> 00:31:59.699
 happen to

00:31:59.699 --> 00:31:59.980
 you.

00:32:01.819 --> 00:32:02.500
 Torture and

00:32:02.500 --> 00:32:02.980
 execution

00:32:02.980 --> 00:32:03.539
 wrapped in

00:32:03.539 --> 00:32:03.819
 one,

00:32:03.939 --> 00:32:04.619
 that's exactly

00:32:04.619 --> 00:32:05.159
 what these

00:32:05.159 --> 00:32:05.819
 Jewish leaders

00:32:05.819 --> 00:32:06.319
 and the

00:32:06.319 --> 00:32:06.839
 crowd are

00:32:06.839 --> 00:32:07.159
 seeking.

00:32:07.799 --> 00:32:08.240
 So there's

00:32:08.240 --> 00:32:09.000
 no legality

00:32:09.000 --> 00:32:09.559
 to their

00:32:09.559 --> 00:32:10.079
 demand at

00:32:10.079 --> 00:32:10.379
 all.

00:32:11.019 --> 00:32:11.480
 Pilate has

00:32:11.480 --> 00:32:12.480
 declared him

00:32:12.480 --> 00:32:12.799
 innocent,

00:32:13.159 --> 00:32:13.819
 so this is

00:32:13.819 --> 00:32:14.459
 a lynching.

00:32:15.619 --> 00:32:16.259
 It's mob

00:32:16.259 --> 00:32:16.599
 action.

00:32:16.599 --> 00:32:18.459
 And Pilate

00:32:18.459 --> 00:32:19.039
 tries to

00:32:19.039 --> 00:32:19.500
 exert his

00:32:19.500 --> 00:32:20.079
 authority and

00:32:20.079 --> 00:32:20.919
 regain control

00:32:20.919 --> 00:32:21.139
 of the

00:32:21.139 --> 00:32:21.939
 situation one

00:32:21.939 --> 00:32:22.559
 last time

00:32:22.559 --> 00:32:23.779
 in verse 22.

00:32:24.319 --> 00:32:24.779
 A third

00:32:24.779 --> 00:32:25.319
 time he

00:32:25.319 --> 00:32:25.719
 said to

00:32:25.719 --> 00:32:26.059
 them,

00:32:26.639 --> 00:32:27.039
 why?

00:32:27.459 --> 00:32:28.279
 What evil

00:32:28.279 --> 00:32:28.779
 has he

00:32:28.779 --> 00:32:29.099
 done?

00:32:29.659 --> 00:32:30.119
 I have

00:32:30.119 --> 00:32:30.599
 found in

00:32:30.599 --> 00:32:31.219
 him no

00:32:31.219 --> 00:32:31.679
 guilt

00:32:31.679 --> 00:32:32.299
 deserving

00:32:32.299 --> 00:32:32.779
 death.

00:32:33.039 --> 00:32:33.599
 I will

00:32:33.599 --> 00:32:33.980
 therefore

00:32:33.980 --> 00:32:35.259
 punish and

00:32:35.259 --> 00:32:36.039
 release him.

00:32:36.119 --> 00:32:36.339
 Luke

00:32:36.339 --> 00:32:36.959
 specifically

00:32:36.959 --> 00:32:37.500
 notes here

00:32:37.500 --> 00:32:37.819
 that this

00:32:37.819 --> 00:32:38.139
 was the

00:32:38.139 --> 00:32:38.980
 third time

00:32:38.980 --> 00:32:39.679
 that Pilate

00:32:39.679 --> 00:32:40.159
 declared

00:32:40.159 --> 00:32:40.579
 Jesus'

00:32:40.579 --> 00:32:41.240
 innocence.

00:32:42.240 --> 00:32:42.619
 He did

00:32:42.619 --> 00:32:42.779
 it in

00:32:42.779 --> 00:32:43.379
 verse 4

00:32:43.379 --> 00:32:43.839
 and again

00:32:43.839 --> 00:32:44.639
 in verse 14

00:32:44.639 --> 00:32:44.980
 and now

00:32:44.980 --> 00:32:45.299
 here in

00:32:45.299 --> 00:32:46.000
 verse 22

00:32:46.000 --> 00:32:46.940
 and 3

00:32:46.940 --> 00:32:47.639
 is often

00:32:47.639 --> 00:32:48.339
 a symbolic

00:32:48.339 --> 00:32:49.099
 number in

00:32:49.099 --> 00:32:49.960
 scripture that

00:32:49.960 --> 00:32:50.559
 signifies

00:32:50.559 --> 00:32:51.559
 completeness.

00:32:52.519 --> 00:32:52.779
 And so

00:32:52.779 --> 00:32:53.619
 Peter denied

00:32:53.619 --> 00:32:54.519
 Jesus three

00:32:54.519 --> 00:32:55.119
 times.

00:32:55.740 --> 00:32:56.519
 He disavowed

00:32:56.519 --> 00:32:57.480
 Jesus completely.

00:32:58.279 --> 00:32:58.619
 And here

00:32:58.619 --> 00:32:59.639
 Pilate declares

00:32:59.639 --> 00:33:00.599
 Jesus innocent

00:33:00.599 --> 00:33:01.920
 three times,

00:33:02.019 --> 00:33:02.980
 meaning he

00:33:02.980 --> 00:33:03.940
 is completely

00:33:03.940 --> 00:33:05.119
 vouching for

00:33:05.119 --> 00:33:05.519
 Jesus'

00:33:05.740 --> 00:33:06.139
 innocence.

00:33:06.500 --> 00:33:06.879
 He is

00:33:06.879 --> 00:33:07.720
 certain of

00:33:07.720 --> 00:33:08.460
 his innocence.

00:33:09.819 --> 00:33:10.599
 The proper

00:33:10.599 --> 00:33:11.460
 judicial authority

00:33:11.460 --> 00:33:12.039
 has declared

00:33:12.039 --> 00:33:12.460
 it three

00:33:12.460 --> 00:33:12.980
 times.

00:33:13.440 --> 00:33:13.940
 But it

00:33:13.940 --> 00:33:14.319
 says in

00:33:14.319 --> 00:33:14.900
 verse 23

00:33:14.900 --> 00:33:15.539
 they were

00:33:15.539 --> 00:33:17.140
 again urgent,

00:33:17.700 --> 00:33:18.640
 demanding with

00:33:18.640 --> 00:33:19.660
 loud cries

00:33:19.660 --> 00:33:20.340
 that he should

00:33:20.340 --> 00:33:21.039
 be crucified

00:33:21.039 --> 00:33:22.299
 and their

00:33:22.299 --> 00:33:23.180
 voices

00:33:23.180 --> 00:33:24.220
 prevailed.

00:33:25.920 --> 00:33:26.740
 To survey

00:33:26.740 --> 00:33:27.279
 this passage

00:33:27.279 --> 00:33:27.860
 one more time

00:33:27.860 --> 00:33:28.140
 with me,

00:33:28.220 --> 00:33:29.180
 look at how

00:33:29.180 --> 00:33:30.140
 vehement and

00:33:30.140 --> 00:33:30.900
 obstinate these

00:33:30.900 --> 00:33:31.579
 people are.

00:33:32.400 --> 00:33:33.160
 After Pilate's

00:33:33.160 --> 00:33:34.059
 first declaration

00:33:34.059 --> 00:33:34.539
 of Jesus'

00:33:34.700 --> 00:33:35.000
 innocence,

00:33:35.140 --> 00:33:35.500
 he said in

00:33:35.500 --> 00:33:35.880
 verse 5

00:33:35.880 --> 00:33:36.140
 that they

00:33:36.140 --> 00:33:36.840
 were urgent.

00:33:37.460 --> 00:33:37.940
 After his

00:33:37.940 --> 00:33:38.779
 second declaration

00:33:38.779 --> 00:33:39.220
 of innocence,

00:33:39.360 --> 00:33:39.779
 he said in

00:33:39.779 --> 00:33:40.319
 verse 18,

00:33:40.400 --> 00:33:40.660
 they all

00:33:40.660 --> 00:33:41.240
 cried out

00:33:41.240 --> 00:33:41.740
 together,

00:33:42.339 --> 00:33:43.160
 kept shouting

00:33:43.160 --> 00:33:43.859
 crucify,

00:33:44.019 --> 00:33:44.579
 crucify.

00:33:45.019 --> 00:33:45.559
 And then in

00:33:45.559 --> 00:33:46.400
 verse 23,

00:33:46.539 --> 00:33:47.160
 again after the

00:33:47.160 --> 00:33:47.960
 third declaration

00:33:47.960 --> 00:33:48.279
 of innocence,

00:33:48.440 --> 00:33:48.700
 they were

00:33:48.700 --> 00:33:49.640
 urgent once

00:33:49.640 --> 00:33:49.960
 again,

00:33:50.400 --> 00:33:51.599
 demanding with

00:33:51.599 --> 00:33:52.500
 loud cries

00:33:52.500 --> 00:33:53.200
 that Jesus

00:33:53.200 --> 00:33:53.799
 should be

00:33:53.799 --> 00:33:54.579
 crucified and

00:33:54.579 --> 00:33:55.299
 their voices

00:33:55.299 --> 00:33:55.940
 prevailed.

00:33:56.880 --> 00:33:57.480
 They're very

00:33:57.480 --> 00:33:57.960
 loud.

00:33:58.279 --> 00:33:58.900
 Luke is making

00:33:58.900 --> 00:33:59.519
 note of that.

00:33:59.660 --> 00:34:00.500
 Very loud and

00:34:00.500 --> 00:34:01.759
 clamorous crowd.

00:34:02.700 --> 00:34:03.019
 But the

00:34:03.019 --> 00:34:04.140
 contrast that with

00:34:04.140 --> 00:34:04.480
 Jesus,

00:34:05.200 --> 00:34:06.000
 all he ever

00:34:06.000 --> 00:34:06.599
 says during

00:34:06.599 --> 00:34:07.279
 this entire

00:34:07.279 --> 00:34:08.559
 trial is you

00:34:08.559 --> 00:34:09.320
 have said so

00:34:09.320 --> 00:34:10.039
 in verse 3

00:34:10.039 --> 00:34:10.719
 in Greek,

00:34:10.800 --> 00:34:11.059
 that's just

00:34:11.059 --> 00:34:11.659
 two words.

00:34:13.659 --> 00:34:13.980
 He made

00:34:13.980 --> 00:34:14.820
 no answer

00:34:14.820 --> 00:34:15.340
 to Herod,

00:34:15.559 --> 00:34:16.139
 verse 9.

00:34:17.099 --> 00:34:17.860
 Jesus is

00:34:17.860 --> 00:34:18.219
 silent,

00:34:19.219 --> 00:34:19.779
 the mob,

00:34:19.860 --> 00:34:20.300
 the crowd

00:34:20.300 --> 00:34:20.920
 is loud.

00:34:22.300 --> 00:34:22.900
 Let that

00:34:22.900 --> 00:34:23.480
 be a lesson

00:34:23.480 --> 00:34:24.579
 for us.

00:34:26.820 --> 00:34:27.559
 The way

00:34:27.559 --> 00:34:28.199
 our world

00:34:28.199 --> 00:34:28.960
 works is

00:34:28.960 --> 00:34:29.820
 often like

00:34:29.820 --> 00:34:30.619
 the saying,

00:34:31.159 --> 00:34:31.619
 let he

00:34:31.619 --> 00:34:32.380
 who shouts

00:34:32.380 --> 00:34:33.300
 the loudest

00:34:33.300 --> 00:34:34.079
 be heard

00:34:34.079 --> 00:34:34.559
 first.

00:34:34.559 --> 00:34:38.340
 the

00:34:38.340 --> 00:34:38.759
 students

00:34:38.759 --> 00:34:39.079
 who go

00:34:39.079 --> 00:34:39.360
 to the

00:34:39.360 --> 00:34:40.079
 professor's

00:34:40.079 --> 00:34:41.099
 office hours

00:34:41.099 --> 00:34:42.340
 most frequently

00:34:42.340 --> 00:34:43.079
 to negotiate

00:34:43.079 --> 00:34:43.900
 their grades

00:34:43.900 --> 00:34:44.579
 end up

00:34:44.579 --> 00:34:44.900
 getting the

00:34:44.900 --> 00:34:45.440
 best grades.

00:34:47.099 --> 00:34:47.719
 The

00:34:47.719 --> 00:34:48.599
 special interest

00:34:48.599 --> 00:34:49.279
 groups that

00:34:49.279 --> 00:34:50.059
 lobby the

00:34:50.059 --> 00:34:51.099
 loudest to

00:34:51.099 --> 00:34:51.900
 get politicians

00:34:51.900 --> 00:34:52.880
 to pass the

00:34:52.880 --> 00:34:54.239
 legislations that

00:34:54.239 --> 00:34:54.659
 they want,

00:34:54.739 --> 00:34:55.139
 get what they

00:34:55.139 --> 00:34:55.420
 want.

00:34:56.599 --> 00:34:57.539
 The social

00:34:57.539 --> 00:34:58.500
 media mobs

00:34:58.500 --> 00:34:59.500
 who retweet

00:34:59.500 --> 00:35:00.299
 and like the

00:35:00.299 --> 00:35:01.239
 most posts

00:35:01.239 --> 00:35:02.139
 win the

00:35:02.139 --> 00:35:02.980
 trending battles

00:35:02.980 --> 00:35:03.480
 of the

00:35:03.480 --> 00:35:04.139
 culture wars.

00:35:04.559 --> 00:35:06.159
 But let

00:35:06.159 --> 00:35:06.519
 Jesus'

00:35:06.779 --> 00:35:07.719
 trials remind

00:35:07.719 --> 00:35:08.340
 you that

00:35:08.340 --> 00:35:09.099
 the loudest

00:35:09.099 --> 00:35:09.759
 voice isn't

00:35:09.759 --> 00:35:10.239
 always the

00:35:10.239 --> 00:35:10.659
 right one.

00:35:13.380 --> 00:35:13.980
 Nowadays,

00:35:14.179 --> 00:35:14.400
 there are

00:35:14.400 --> 00:35:15.159
 many voices

00:35:15.159 --> 00:35:16.259
 that demean

00:35:16.259 --> 00:35:17.380
 and dismiss

00:35:17.380 --> 00:35:17.960
 the word of

00:35:17.960 --> 00:35:18.279
 God,

00:35:18.579 --> 00:35:19.659
 that criticize

00:35:19.659 --> 00:35:20.579
 Christ and

00:35:20.579 --> 00:35:21.119
 his church,

00:35:21.500 --> 00:35:21.860
 and the

00:35:21.860 --> 00:35:22.559
 volume seems

00:35:22.559 --> 00:35:23.440
 to be increasing

00:35:23.440 --> 00:35:24.119
 with each

00:35:24.119 --> 00:35:24.880
 passing ear,

00:35:25.179 --> 00:35:25.880
 but remember

00:35:25.880 --> 00:35:26.340
 that the

00:35:26.340 --> 00:35:27.039
 loudest voice

00:35:27.039 --> 00:35:27.699
 is not

00:35:27.699 --> 00:35:28.539
 always the

00:35:28.539 --> 00:35:29.179
 right one,

00:35:29.579 --> 00:35:30.259
 so stand

00:35:30.259 --> 00:35:31.179
 firmly on

00:35:31.179 --> 00:35:32.039
 God's word,

00:35:32.500 --> 00:35:33.219
 hold fast

00:35:33.219 --> 00:35:33.799
 to your

00:35:33.799 --> 00:35:34.480
 Christian

00:35:34.480 --> 00:35:35.079
 convictions

00:35:35.079 --> 00:35:36.380
 and principles,

00:35:36.940 --> 00:35:37.599
 and remember

00:35:37.599 --> 00:35:38.219
 that no matter

00:35:38.219 --> 00:35:39.139
 how numerous

00:35:39.139 --> 00:35:40.800
 and how loud

00:35:40.800 --> 00:35:41.440
 the voices

00:35:41.440 --> 00:35:42.500
 around you

00:35:42.500 --> 00:35:43.199
 get,

00:35:44.400 --> 00:35:45.380
 the voice

00:35:45.380 --> 00:35:45.880
 of God

00:35:45.880 --> 00:35:46.480
 trumps them

00:35:46.480 --> 00:35:46.719
 all.

00:35:49.219 --> 00:35:50.000
 We should

00:35:50.000 --> 00:35:50.500
 stand up

00:35:50.500 --> 00:35:51.159
 for Christ

00:35:51.159 --> 00:35:51.539
 and bear

00:35:51.539 --> 00:35:52.039
 witness to

00:35:52.039 --> 00:35:52.240
 him,

00:35:52.820 --> 00:35:54.579
 but unfortunately

00:35:54.579 --> 00:35:55.300
 Pilate doesn't

00:35:55.300 --> 00:35:55.760
 do that.

00:35:56.639 --> 00:35:57.039
 It says in

00:35:57.039 --> 00:35:57.679
 verse 24,

00:35:57.840 --> 00:35:58.079
 so if

00:35:58.079 --> 00:35:58.860
 Pilate decided

00:35:58.860 --> 00:35:59.860
 that their

00:35:59.860 --> 00:36:00.780
 demand should

00:36:00.780 --> 00:36:01.519
 be granted,

00:36:01.519 --> 00:36:03.960
 Pilate stands

00:36:03.960 --> 00:36:04.500
 down and

00:36:04.500 --> 00:36:05.019
 grants the

00:36:05.019 --> 00:36:05.699
 mob their

00:36:05.699 --> 00:36:06.300
 wish to

00:36:06.300 --> 00:36:07.259
 crucify Jesus.

00:36:08.219 --> 00:36:08.699
 Now looking

00:36:08.699 --> 00:36:10.420
 at Jewish

00:36:10.420 --> 00:36:10.920
 and Roman

00:36:10.920 --> 00:36:11.420
 history,

00:36:11.920 --> 00:36:12.699
 it's not

00:36:12.699 --> 00:36:13.139
 hard to

00:36:13.139 --> 00:36:13.780
 understand

00:36:13.780 --> 00:36:14.380
 Pilate's

00:36:14.380 --> 00:36:15.079
 fear and

00:36:15.079 --> 00:36:15.579
 concession

00:36:15.579 --> 00:36:15.940
 here,

00:36:16.400 --> 00:36:16.920
 because

00:36:16.920 --> 00:36:17.460
 Pilate's

00:36:17.460 --> 00:36:18.000
 tenure as

00:36:18.000 --> 00:36:18.659
 governor over

00:36:18.659 --> 00:36:19.099
 the Jews

00:36:19.099 --> 00:36:19.579
 was very

00:36:19.579 --> 00:36:20.019
 turbulent.

00:36:21.019 --> 00:36:21.820
 On one

00:36:21.820 --> 00:36:22.199
 occasion,

00:36:22.420 --> 00:36:22.920
 he had

00:36:22.920 --> 00:36:23.559
 the Roman

00:36:23.559 --> 00:36:24.119
 military

00:36:24.119 --> 00:36:24.679
 flags

00:36:24.679 --> 00:36:25.860
 brought in

00:36:25.860 --> 00:36:26.599
 and installed

00:36:26.599 --> 00:36:27.179
 all over

00:36:27.179 --> 00:36:27.980
 Jerusalem,

00:36:28.619 --> 00:36:29.380
 and that

00:36:29.380 --> 00:36:30.139
 flag had

00:36:30.139 --> 00:36:30.960
 the image

00:36:30.960 --> 00:36:31.559
 of Emperor

00:36:31.559 --> 00:36:32.380
 Tiberius on

00:36:32.380 --> 00:36:32.599
 it,

00:36:33.039 --> 00:36:33.639
 which is

00:36:33.639 --> 00:36:34.000
 of course

00:36:34.000 --> 00:36:34.819
 illegal to

00:36:34.819 --> 00:36:35.440
 Jews because

00:36:35.440 --> 00:36:36.139
 the Jewish

00:36:36.139 --> 00:36:37.019
 law bans

00:36:37.019 --> 00:36:37.900
 images because

00:36:37.900 --> 00:36:38.139
 they're

00:36:38.139 --> 00:36:38.460
 considered

00:36:38.460 --> 00:36:39.319
 that idolatrous.

00:36:39.940 --> 00:36:40.139
 And so

00:36:40.139 --> 00:36:41.599
 the Jews

00:36:41.599 --> 00:36:42.079
 staged a

00:36:42.079 --> 00:36:42.400
 massive

00:36:42.400 --> 00:36:43.019
 protest in

00:36:43.019 --> 00:36:43.360
 front of

00:36:43.360 --> 00:36:43.759
 Pilate's

00:36:43.759 --> 00:36:44.059
 home,

00:36:45.219 --> 00:36:46.259
 and he

00:36:46.259 --> 00:36:46.799
 threatened to

00:36:46.799 --> 00:36:47.199
 kill them,

00:36:47.900 --> 00:36:48.500
 which is

00:36:48.500 --> 00:36:49.420
 what Roman

00:36:49.420 --> 00:36:49.819
 governors

00:36:49.819 --> 00:36:50.599
 typically did,

00:36:50.980 --> 00:36:51.639
 but they

00:36:51.639 --> 00:36:52.319
 refused to

00:36:52.319 --> 00:36:52.679
 relent,

00:36:52.839 --> 00:36:53.119
 and so

00:36:53.119 --> 00:36:53.759
 Pilate gave

00:36:53.759 --> 00:36:54.119
 in in

00:36:54.119 --> 00:36:54.679
 that instance.

00:36:54.679 --> 00:36:58.480
 Pilate was

00:36:58.480 --> 00:36:59.179
 trying to

00:36:59.179 --> 00:36:59.719
 build an

00:36:59.719 --> 00:37:00.319
 aqueduct to

00:37:00.319 --> 00:37:00.980
 get water to

00:37:00.980 --> 00:37:01.399
 come into

00:37:01.399 --> 00:37:01.839
 the city,

00:37:02.419 --> 00:37:03.139
 but he

00:37:03.139 --> 00:37:03.500
 didn't have

00:37:03.500 --> 00:37:03.779
 money,

00:37:04.159 --> 00:37:04.460
 so he

00:37:04.460 --> 00:37:04.779
 decided,

00:37:04.940 --> 00:37:05.079
 well,

00:37:05.440 --> 00:37:05.719
 there's

00:37:05.719 --> 00:37:06.379
 plenty of

00:37:06.379 --> 00:37:07.119
 treasures in

00:37:07.119 --> 00:37:07.519
 the Jewish

00:37:07.519 --> 00:37:07.879
 temple,

00:37:08.339 --> 00:37:08.819
 I'll go and

00:37:08.819 --> 00:37:09.199
 pillage the

00:37:09.199 --> 00:37:09.460
 temple,

00:37:09.559 --> 00:37:09.899
 so he went

00:37:09.899 --> 00:37:10.099
 to the

00:37:10.099 --> 00:37:10.480
 temple and

00:37:10.480 --> 00:37:10.759
 took the

00:37:10.759 --> 00:37:11.519
 treasures and

00:37:11.519 --> 00:37:12.119
 used that to

00:37:12.119 --> 00:37:12.440
 build the

00:37:12.440 --> 00:37:12.779
 aqueduct,

00:37:12.859 --> 00:37:13.159
 which of

00:37:13.159 --> 00:37:13.719
 course angered

00:37:13.719 --> 00:37:14.199
 the Jews,

00:37:14.859 --> 00:37:15.480
 and they

00:37:15.480 --> 00:37:16.339
 protested once

00:37:16.339 --> 00:37:16.619
 again,

00:37:16.679 --> 00:37:16.919
 and this

00:37:16.919 --> 00:37:17.219
 time he

00:37:17.219 --> 00:37:17.759
 actually did

00:37:17.759 --> 00:37:18.139
 kill the

00:37:18.139 --> 00:37:18.440
 Jews,

00:37:19.279 --> 00:37:20.239
 and it

00:37:20.239 --> 00:37:20.639
 led to a

00:37:20.639 --> 00:37:21.159
 confrontation.

00:37:22.079 --> 00:37:22.440
 And Luke

00:37:22.440 --> 00:37:23.179
 records another

00:37:23.179 --> 00:37:23.799
 instance in

00:37:23.799 --> 00:37:24.199
 Luke chapter

00:37:24.199 --> 00:37:24.899
 13 verse

00:37:24.899 --> 00:37:25.219
 1,

00:37:25.359 --> 00:37:25.759
 Pilate

00:37:25.759 --> 00:37:26.480
 apparently

00:37:26.480 --> 00:37:27.379
 killed some

00:37:27.379 --> 00:37:27.599
 of the

00:37:27.599 --> 00:37:28.779
 Galileans who

00:37:28.779 --> 00:37:29.219
 had brought

00:37:29.219 --> 00:37:30.159
 offerings to

00:37:30.159 --> 00:37:30.799
 God in

00:37:30.799 --> 00:37:31.299
 Jerusalem,

00:37:31.639 --> 00:37:32.519
 and he

00:37:32.519 --> 00:37:33.639
 mixed their

00:37:33.639 --> 00:37:34.159
 blood,

00:37:34.259 --> 00:37:34.960
 these worshippers'

00:37:35.139 --> 00:37:35.519
 blood,

00:37:35.899 --> 00:37:36.659
 with their

00:37:36.659 --> 00:37:37.460
 sacrifices.

00:37:38.599 --> 00:37:39.119
 So Pilate

00:37:39.119 --> 00:37:39.639
 was obviously,

00:37:40.539 --> 00:37:40.839
 I mean,

00:37:41.000 --> 00:37:42.919
 he lasted a

00:37:42.919 --> 00:37:43.219
 while,

00:37:43.439 --> 00:37:44.639
 but it was a

00:37:44.639 --> 00:37:44.939
 turbulent

00:37:44.939 --> 00:37:45.519
 relationship.

00:37:46.079 --> 00:37:46.659
 He's very

00:37:46.659 --> 00:37:48.239
 aware that

00:37:48.239 --> 00:37:49.299
 his Jewish

00:37:49.299 --> 00:37:49.960
 subjects are

00:37:49.960 --> 00:37:51.019
 capable of

00:37:51.019 --> 00:37:52.019
 mobilizing and

00:37:52.019 --> 00:37:52.619
 protesting,

00:37:52.619 --> 00:37:54.079
 and especially

00:37:54.079 --> 00:37:55.159
 during the

00:37:55.159 --> 00:37:56.299
 Passover feast

00:37:56.299 --> 00:37:57.759
 when there are

00:37:57.759 --> 00:37:58.699
 hundreds of

00:37:58.699 --> 00:37:59.920
 thousands of

00:37:59.920 --> 00:38:00.859
 Jewish pilgrims

00:38:00.859 --> 00:38:01.719
 from all over

00:38:01.719 --> 00:38:02.139
 the world

00:38:02.139 --> 00:38:03.079
 gathered in

00:38:03.079 --> 00:38:03.699
 Jerusalem.

00:38:05.139 --> 00:38:05.900
 So he

00:38:05.900 --> 00:38:06.440
 assesses the

00:38:06.440 --> 00:38:06.940
 situation,

00:38:07.179 --> 00:38:07.519
 and he's a

00:38:07.519 --> 00:38:08.139
 sure governor,

00:38:08.219 --> 00:38:08.639
 he thinks,

00:38:09.139 --> 00:38:10.699
 I better back

00:38:10.699 --> 00:38:11.319
 down this time,

00:38:11.759 --> 00:38:13.319
 not right now.

00:38:15.099 --> 00:38:16.000
 So even

00:38:16.000 --> 00:38:16.579
 after having

00:38:16.579 --> 00:38:17.299
 declared Jesus

00:38:17.299 --> 00:38:17.980
 innocent three

00:38:17.980 --> 00:38:18.539
 times,

00:38:19.319 --> 00:38:20.299
 he sentences

00:38:20.300 --> 00:38:21.420
 Jesus to

00:38:21.420 --> 00:38:22.500
 execution.

00:38:24.260 --> 00:38:24.920
 And it

00:38:24.920 --> 00:38:25.260
 says in

00:38:25.260 --> 00:38:26.160
 verse 25,

00:38:26.260 --> 00:38:26.900
 he released

00:38:26.900 --> 00:38:27.880
 a man who

00:38:27.880 --> 00:38:28.160
 had been

00:38:28.160 --> 00:38:28.660
 thrown into

00:38:28.660 --> 00:38:29.260
 prison for

00:38:29.260 --> 00:38:29.800
 insurrection

00:38:29.800 --> 00:38:30.519
 and murder,

00:38:31.000 --> 00:38:31.600
 for whom

00:38:31.600 --> 00:38:32.240
 they asked,

00:38:32.539 --> 00:38:32.860
 but he

00:38:32.860 --> 00:38:33.760
 delivered Jesus

00:38:33.760 --> 00:38:34.539
 over to

00:38:34.539 --> 00:38:35.280
 their will.

00:38:35.960 --> 00:38:36.720
 It's hard to

00:38:36.720 --> 00:38:37.560
 miss the irony

00:38:37.560 --> 00:38:37.940
 of this

00:38:37.940 --> 00:38:38.480
 substitution,

00:38:38.720 --> 00:38:38.840
 right?

00:38:38.900 --> 00:38:39.720
 Jesus is the

00:38:39.720 --> 00:38:40.519
 innocent one

00:38:40.519 --> 00:38:41.180
 who is

00:38:41.180 --> 00:38:41.940
 condemned for

00:38:41.940 --> 00:38:42.800
 some trumped

00:38:42.800 --> 00:38:43.480
 up charge of

00:38:43.480 --> 00:38:43.960
 insurrection,

00:38:44.440 --> 00:38:45.519
 but an actual

00:38:45.519 --> 00:38:46.280
 terrorist,

00:38:46.420 --> 00:38:47.400
 an insurrectionist,

00:38:47.560 --> 00:38:48.600
 is pardoned and

00:38:48.600 --> 00:38:49.840
 released to the

00:38:49.840 --> 00:38:50.240
 public.

00:38:51.440 --> 00:38:51.880
 And Luke

00:38:51.880 --> 00:38:52.740
 summarizes this

00:38:52.740 --> 00:38:53.380
 event this way

00:38:53.380 --> 00:38:54.100
 in Acts chapter

00:38:54.100 --> 00:38:55.220
 3 verse 14,

00:38:55.680 --> 00:38:56.840
 you denied the

00:38:56.840 --> 00:38:57.700
 holy and

00:38:57.700 --> 00:38:58.500
 righteous one

00:38:58.500 --> 00:38:59.680
 and asked for

00:38:59.680 --> 00:39:00.559
 a murderer to

00:39:00.559 --> 00:39:01.440
 be granted to

00:39:01.440 --> 00:39:01.760
 you.

00:39:02.180 --> 00:39:03.019
 A murderer,

00:39:03.559 --> 00:39:04.460
 a taker of

00:39:04.460 --> 00:39:04.960
 life is

00:39:04.960 --> 00:39:05.500
 released,

00:39:06.039 --> 00:39:06.800
 and the

00:39:06.800 --> 00:39:07.320
 giver of

00:39:07.320 --> 00:39:08.000
 life is

00:39:08.000 --> 00:39:08.420
 condemned.

00:39:09.980 --> 00:39:10.400
 Furthermore,

00:39:11.039 --> 00:39:11.640
 the name

00:39:11.640 --> 00:39:13.059
 Barabbas

00:39:13.059 --> 00:39:14.480
 is an

00:39:14.480 --> 00:39:15.420
 Aramaic name

00:39:15.420 --> 00:39:16.200
 that means

00:39:16.200 --> 00:39:17.579
 son of

00:39:17.579 --> 00:39:18.180
 the father.

00:39:19.840 --> 00:39:21.640
 Jesus was

00:39:21.640 --> 00:39:23.120
 declared over

00:39:23.120 --> 00:39:23.480
 and over

00:39:23.480 --> 00:39:24.220
 again throughout

00:39:24.220 --> 00:39:24.880
 the gospel of

00:39:24.880 --> 00:39:25.480
 Luke to be

00:39:25.480 --> 00:39:26.500
 the son of

00:39:26.500 --> 00:39:27.160
 God the

00:39:27.160 --> 00:39:27.519
 father.

00:39:28.559 --> 00:39:29.200
 At his

00:39:29.200 --> 00:39:29.640
 birth,

00:39:29.860 --> 00:39:30.079
 he was

00:39:30.079 --> 00:39:30.620
 called the

00:39:30.620 --> 00:39:30.920
 son of

00:39:30.920 --> 00:39:31.220
 God.

00:39:31.940 --> 00:39:32.920
 God addressed

00:39:32.920 --> 00:39:33.519
 him as my

00:39:33.519 --> 00:39:34.300
 beloved son

00:39:34.300 --> 00:39:34.600
 at his

00:39:34.600 --> 00:39:35.059
 baptism.

00:39:35.860 --> 00:39:36.539
 Jesus called

00:39:36.539 --> 00:39:37.240
 God my

00:39:37.240 --> 00:39:37.800
 father.

00:39:38.500 --> 00:39:39.100
 Chapter 2

00:39:39.100 --> 00:39:39.500
 and chapter

00:39:39.500 --> 00:39:39.900
 10,

00:39:40.120 --> 00:39:40.740
 he declared

00:39:40.740 --> 00:39:41.260
 himself to be

00:39:41.260 --> 00:39:41.680
 the son of

00:39:41.680 --> 00:39:42.260
 God during

00:39:42.260 --> 00:39:42.780
 his trial

00:39:42.780 --> 00:39:43.240
 before the

00:39:43.240 --> 00:39:43.760
 Sanhedrin

00:39:43.760 --> 00:39:44.579
 chapter 22.

00:39:45.940 --> 00:39:46.740
 The son of

00:39:46.740 --> 00:39:47.320
 the father,

00:39:47.440 --> 00:39:47.940
 Barabbas,

00:39:47.940 --> 00:39:48.679
 goes free

00:39:48.679 --> 00:39:49.760
 because the

00:39:49.760 --> 00:39:50.380
 son of

00:39:50.380 --> 00:39:50.880
 God the

00:39:50.880 --> 00:39:52.240
 father takes

00:39:52.240 --> 00:39:53.039
 his place.

00:39:55.579 --> 00:39:56.820
 It's hard to

00:39:56.820 --> 00:39:57.360
 imagine a

00:39:57.360 --> 00:39:58.240
 more dramatic

00:39:58.240 --> 00:39:59.519
 portrayal of

00:39:59.519 --> 00:39:59.980
 Jesus'

00:40:00.300 --> 00:40:01.400
 substitutionary

00:40:01.400 --> 00:40:02.420
 death on

00:40:02.420 --> 00:40:03.720
 our behalf.

00:40:05.800 --> 00:40:06.840
 Luke alluded

00:40:06.840 --> 00:40:07.539
 to Isaiah

00:40:07.539 --> 00:40:08.700
 53 earlier

00:40:08.700 --> 00:40:09.079
 in this

00:40:09.079 --> 00:40:09.539
 passage.

00:40:10.220 --> 00:40:10.840
 It says in

00:40:10.840 --> 00:40:11.840
 Isaiah 53

00:40:11.840 --> 00:40:12.840
 verses 11

00:40:12.840 --> 00:40:13.920
 to 12,

00:40:14.500 --> 00:40:15.019
 out of the

00:40:15.019 --> 00:40:15.760
 anguish of

00:40:15.760 --> 00:40:16.460
 his soul he

00:40:16.460 --> 00:40:17.519
 shall see and

00:40:17.519 --> 00:40:18.400
 be satisfied.

00:40:19.400 --> 00:40:20.000
 By his

00:40:20.000 --> 00:40:20.759
 knowledge shall

00:40:20.759 --> 00:40:21.380
 the righteous

00:40:21.380 --> 00:40:22.340
 one, my

00:40:22.340 --> 00:40:23.440
 servant, make

00:40:23.440 --> 00:40:24.300
 many to be

00:40:24.300 --> 00:40:24.840
 accounted

00:40:24.840 --> 00:40:26.239
 righteous, and

00:40:26.239 --> 00:40:27.320
 he shall bear

00:40:27.320 --> 00:40:28.320
 their iniquities.

00:40:28.800 --> 00:40:29.380
 Therefore I will

00:40:29.380 --> 00:40:30.360
 divide him a

00:40:30.360 --> 00:40:31.219
 portion with the

00:40:31.219 --> 00:40:32.199
 many, and he

00:40:32.199 --> 00:40:33.179
 shall divide the

00:40:33.179 --> 00:40:33.900
 spoiled with the

00:40:33.900 --> 00:40:34.980
 strong, because

00:40:34.980 --> 00:40:35.940
 he poured out

00:40:35.940 --> 00:40:36.759
 his soul to

00:40:36.759 --> 00:40:37.820
 death and was

00:40:37.820 --> 00:40:38.980
 numbered with

00:40:38.980 --> 00:40:40.239
 the transgressors.

00:40:40.679 --> 00:40:41.619
 Yet he bore the

00:40:41.619 --> 00:40:43.179
 sin of many and

00:40:43.179 --> 00:40:44.300
 makes intercession

00:40:44.300 --> 00:40:45.480
 for the

00:40:45.480 --> 00:40:46.559
 transgressors.

00:40:46.559 --> 00:40:48.219
 Jesus the

00:40:48.219 --> 00:40:49.079
 righteous one

00:40:49.079 --> 00:40:50.299
 bore our

00:40:50.299 --> 00:40:51.420
 iniquity so

00:40:51.420 --> 00:40:52.159
 that we might

00:40:52.159 --> 00:40:52.980
 be accounted

00:40:52.980 --> 00:40:54.239
 righteous.

00:40:55.299 --> 00:40:56.019
 The innocent

00:40:56.019 --> 00:40:57.299
 one whose

00:40:57.299 --> 00:40:58.000
 record should

00:40:58.000 --> 00:40:58.259
 have been

00:40:58.259 --> 00:41:00.279
 cleared was

00:41:00.279 --> 00:41:01.239
 numbered with

00:41:01.239 --> 00:41:02.840
 the transgressors,

00:41:03.039 --> 00:41:04.360
 and he died in

00:41:04.360 --> 00:41:04.900
 order to make

00:41:04.900 --> 00:41:05.820
 intercession for

00:41:05.820 --> 00:41:06.880
 transgressors like

00:41:06.880 --> 00:41:07.239
 us.

00:41:08.400 --> 00:41:09.779
 We were the

00:41:09.779 --> 00:41:10.599
 insubordinate

00:41:10.599 --> 00:41:11.820
 children who had

00:41:11.820 --> 00:41:12.719
 rebelled against

00:41:12.719 --> 00:41:13.619
 God our Father.

00:41:13.619 --> 00:41:16.380
 We were the

00:41:16.380 --> 00:41:17.139
 insurrectionists

00:41:17.139 --> 00:41:17.859
 that tried to

00:41:17.859 --> 00:41:18.920
 overthrow God

00:41:18.920 --> 00:41:19.940
 our King and

00:41:19.940 --> 00:41:20.779
 to establish our

00:41:20.779 --> 00:41:21.779
 own rule and

00:41:21.779 --> 00:41:22.359
 to live for

00:41:22.359 --> 00:41:23.779
 ourselves selfishly.

00:41:25.519 --> 00:41:27.219
 We were on

00:41:27.219 --> 00:41:28.900
 death row.

00:41:31.699 --> 00:41:33.639
 Eternal death

00:41:33.639 --> 00:41:34.400
 row.

00:41:34.400 --> 00:41:36.340
 And we were

00:41:36.340 --> 00:41:37.360
 completely helpless

00:41:37.360 --> 00:41:39.200
 to do anything

00:41:39.200 --> 00:41:40.500
 to clear our

00:41:40.500 --> 00:41:40.880
 record,

00:41:41.880 --> 00:41:44.340
 to undo our

00:41:44.340 --> 00:41:44.820
 past.

00:41:48.400 --> 00:41:49.380
 When Satan,

00:41:49.500 --> 00:41:50.099
 the accuser of

00:41:50.099 --> 00:41:50.700
 God's people,

00:41:50.860 --> 00:41:51.820
 leveled his

00:41:51.820 --> 00:41:52.780
 charge at us,

00:41:53.260 --> 00:41:54.099
 all we would

00:41:54.099 --> 00:41:54.480
 have been able

00:41:54.480 --> 00:41:55.500
 to do was

00:41:55.500 --> 00:41:56.400
 plead guilty

00:41:56.400 --> 00:41:57.980
 and be

00:41:57.980 --> 00:41:58.599
 sentenced to

00:41:58.599 --> 00:41:59.800
 eternal death

00:41:59.800 --> 00:42:00.700
 and damnation.

00:42:01.700 --> 00:42:02.440
 Because that's

00:42:02.440 --> 00:42:03.619
 the only fitting

00:42:03.619 --> 00:42:04.380
 punishment for

00:42:04.380 --> 00:42:05.019
 people who are

00:42:05.019 --> 00:42:05.579
 guilty of

00:42:05.579 --> 00:42:07.000
 sedition against

00:42:07.000 --> 00:42:07.779
 an eternal

00:42:07.779 --> 00:42:08.799
 and infinitely

00:42:08.799 --> 00:42:09.659
 worthy God.

00:42:10.699 --> 00:42:12.019
 But Jesus,

00:42:13.059 --> 00:42:14.639
 Jesus stood

00:42:14.639 --> 00:42:16.199
 condemned in

00:42:16.199 --> 00:42:17.339
 our place

00:42:17.339 --> 00:42:18.579
 2,000 years

00:42:18.579 --> 00:42:19.559
 ago on

00:42:19.559 --> 00:42:20.359
 the cross.

00:42:22.559 --> 00:42:23.400
 The Bible

00:42:23.400 --> 00:42:24.279
 doesn't tell us

00:42:24.279 --> 00:42:25.139
 the mechanics of

00:42:25.139 --> 00:42:25.960
 how this happened.

00:42:26.500 --> 00:42:27.199
 It doesn't give

00:42:27.199 --> 00:42:28.219
 us a step-by-step

00:42:28.219 --> 00:42:29.319
 kind of metaphysical

00:42:29.319 --> 00:42:30.699
 explanation of

00:42:30.699 --> 00:42:31.619
 how Christ was

00:42:31.619 --> 00:42:32.299
 our substitute

00:42:32.300 --> 00:42:33.420
 and representative,

00:42:33.700 --> 00:42:34.460
 but it does

00:42:34.460 --> 00:42:35.519
 tell us that

00:42:35.519 --> 00:42:36.320
 Jesus bore

00:42:36.320 --> 00:42:37.460
 our sin and

00:42:37.460 --> 00:42:38.300
 received our

00:42:38.300 --> 00:42:39.300
 guilty verdict,

00:42:39.740 --> 00:42:40.280
 that he was

00:42:40.280 --> 00:42:41.440
 condemned so

00:42:41.440 --> 00:42:42.280
 that we might

00:42:42.280 --> 00:42:43.220
 be justified.

00:42:44.340 --> 00:42:45.580
 All the sins

00:42:45.580 --> 00:42:46.260
 that we have

00:42:46.260 --> 00:42:46.640
 committed,

00:42:47.820 --> 00:42:48.640
 all that is

00:42:48.640 --> 00:42:49.519
 sordid and

00:42:49.519 --> 00:42:50.440
 filthy in our

00:42:50.440 --> 00:42:50.940
 lives,

00:42:51.360 --> 00:42:51.900
 all that is

00:42:51.900 --> 00:42:53.039
 prideful and

00:42:53.039 --> 00:42:54.120
 ugly and

00:42:54.120 --> 00:42:55.140
 wicked and

00:42:55.140 --> 00:42:56.340
 evil in our

00:42:56.340 --> 00:42:56.980
 lives,

00:42:58.660 --> 00:42:59.400
 placed on

00:42:59.400 --> 00:43:00.000
 Jesus,

00:43:01.000 --> 00:43:03.440
 who should

00:43:03.440 --> 00:43:04.180
 have never

00:43:04.180 --> 00:43:05.340
 been associated

00:43:05.340 --> 00:43:05.920
 with such

00:43:05.920 --> 00:43:06.400
 things,

00:43:07.160 --> 00:43:07.960
 who is

00:43:07.960 --> 00:43:08.360
 worthy,

00:43:08.480 --> 00:43:08.680
 who is

00:43:08.680 --> 00:43:09.260
 perfect,

00:43:09.700 --> 00:43:10.160
 who is the

00:43:10.160 --> 00:43:10.880
 Son of God,

00:43:11.539 --> 00:43:12.280
 who is

00:43:12.280 --> 00:43:12.900
 innocent.

00:43:13.960 --> 00:43:15.360
 He takes

00:43:15.360 --> 00:43:15.800
 it upon

00:43:15.800 --> 00:43:16.340
 himself

00:43:16.340 --> 00:43:18.500
 so that we

00:43:18.500 --> 00:43:18.980
 might go

00:43:18.980 --> 00:43:19.340
 free.

00:43:24.940 --> 00:43:25.680
 There's a

00:43:25.680 --> 00:43:26.380
 famous story

00:43:26.380 --> 00:43:26.860
 that has been

00:43:26.860 --> 00:43:27.700
 told over and

00:43:27.700 --> 00:43:28.139
 over again

00:43:28.139 --> 00:43:40.739
 about a

00:43:40.739 --> 00:43:41.099
 man named

00:43:41.099 --> 00:43:41.539
 John Duncan.

00:43:41.539 --> 00:43:41.859
 And in

00:43:41.859 --> 00:43:42.319
 one of his

00:43:42.319 --> 00:43:43.159
 lectures at

00:43:43.159 --> 00:43:43.719
 a college,

00:43:43.920 --> 00:43:44.799
 he burst out

00:43:44.799 --> 00:43:45.039
 with a

00:43:45.039 --> 00:43:45.480
 question,

00:43:45.759 --> 00:43:46.659
 asking all

00:43:46.659 --> 00:43:47.019
 of his

00:43:47.019 --> 00:43:47.440
 class,

00:43:48.059 --> 00:43:48.259
 do you

00:43:48.259 --> 00:43:48.679
 know what

00:43:48.679 --> 00:43:49.579
 Calvary was?

00:43:50.059 --> 00:43:50.440
 What?

00:43:51.579 --> 00:43:52.119
 What?

00:43:54.219 --> 00:43:55.079
 And then

00:43:55.079 --> 00:43:55.819
 with tears

00:43:55.819 --> 00:43:56.119
 on his

00:43:56.119 --> 00:43:56.519
 face,

00:43:56.519 --> 00:43:57.920
 he reportedly

00:43:57.920 --> 00:43:58.320
 said,

00:43:59.079 --> 00:44:00.519
 it was

00:44:00.519 --> 00:44:01.280
 damnation.

00:44:02.440 --> 00:44:03.559
 He took

00:44:03.559 --> 00:44:03.920
 it

00:44:03.920 --> 00:44:05.320
 lovingly.

00:44:08.320 --> 00:44:09.159
 That's what

00:44:09.159 --> 00:44:09.699
 the cross

00:44:09.699 --> 00:44:10.139
 was.

00:44:10.980 --> 00:44:11.519
 It was

00:44:11.519 --> 00:44:12.360
 damnation.

00:44:13.259 --> 00:44:13.960
 And Jesus

00:44:13.960 --> 00:44:15.179
 took it

00:44:15.179 --> 00:44:16.320
 lovingly

00:44:16.320 --> 00:44:17.300
 in our

00:44:17.300 --> 00:44:17.800
 place.

00:44:18.259 --> 00:44:18.960
 And it's

00:44:18.960 --> 00:44:19.500
 because

00:44:19.500 --> 00:44:20.239
 Jesus,

00:44:20.400 --> 00:44:20.840
 the Son of

00:44:20.840 --> 00:44:21.300
 God was

00:44:21.300 --> 00:44:21.920
 condemned,

00:44:23.019 --> 00:44:23.559
 that we

00:44:23.559 --> 00:44:24.120
 can now

00:44:24.120 --> 00:44:25.059
 be declared

00:44:25.059 --> 00:44:25.519
 righteous,

00:44:26.220 --> 00:44:26.700
 justified,

00:44:27.500 --> 00:44:28.460
 and adopted

00:44:28.460 --> 00:44:30.500
 as God

00:44:30.500 --> 00:44:31.140
 the Father's

00:44:31.140 --> 00:44:31.620
 sons and

00:44:31.620 --> 00:44:32.039
 daughters

00:44:32.039 --> 00:44:33.380
 in the

00:44:33.380 --> 00:44:33.820
 family of

00:44:33.820 --> 00:44:34.079
 God.

00:44:34.079 --> 00:44:34.160
 Amen.

00:44:34.160 --> 00:44:34.200
 Amen.

00:44:34.200 --> 00:44:34.240
 Amen.

00:44:34.240 --> 00:44:34.300
 Amen.

00:44:34.300 --> 00:44:34.740
 Amen.

00:44:34.740 --> 00:44:35.240
 Amen.

00:44:35.240 --> 00:44:36.240
 Amen.

00:44:36.240 --> 00:44:36.300
 Amen.

00:44:36.300 --> 00:44:37.300
 Amen.

00:44:37.300 --> 00:44:37.800
 Amen.

00:44:37.800 --> 00:44:38.240
 Amen.

00:44:38.240 --> 00:44:38.300
 Amen.

00:44:38.300 --> 00:44:38.360
 Amen.

00:44:38.360 --> 00:44:38.380
 Amen.

00:44:38.380 --> 00:44:38.400
 Amen.

00:44:38.400 --> 00:44:38.460
 Amen.

00:44:38.460 --> 00:44:38.480
 Amen.