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 took to the palace of the Roman governor.

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 By now it was early morning,

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 and to avoid ceremonial uncleanness,

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 they did not enter the palace

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 because they wanted to be able to eat the Passover.

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 So if we're paying close attention here,

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 we notice that John skips right over the part

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 where Jesus stood before Caiaphas and the Sanhedrin.

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 All the other gospel writers mention this,

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 and if we compare with them,

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 we see that Jesus went straight from Annas

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 and his house to standing before Caiaphas

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 and the Jewish leaders, the Sanhedrin,

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 and then now they lead Jesus from there to Pilate,

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 and it's still early in the morning.

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 Pilate was the Roman governor.

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 For those of you who are maybe less familiar

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 with some of the history here,

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 the Romans had come a while back,

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 and they had conquered the whole region,

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 and so they were in power, they were ruling,

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 and Pilate was the governor of this region

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 on behalf of Caesar, the Roman emperor.

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 And with Roman rule, there were, of course,

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 soldiers present in Jerusalem

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 where all this is taking place.

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 So functionally, Pilate is the highest authority

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 in the land.

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 But, of course, these large empires of ancient times,

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 they didn't totally obliterate

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 all of the local government,

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 provided that certain conditions were met.

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 Taxes had to be paid and other things.

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 And the Jewish people were permitted by Rome

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 to have their ruling council, the Sanhedrin,

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 and to have their priesthood

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 and leaders at the temple.

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 And even in this region, a king.

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 They had a man named King Herod.

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 But, of course, Rome was very choosy

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 about who they allowed

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 to serve in these positions of leadership.

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 They wanted to ensure

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 that they would have the compliance

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 of their conquered peoples.

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 So it was very early in the morning,

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 and to avoid ceremonial uncleanness,

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 they did not enter the palace

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 because they wanted to be able

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 to eat the Passover.

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 So according to Jewish law,

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 if they'd entered Pilate's palace,

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 it would have made them ceremonially unclean

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 and unable to participate fully

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 in the Passover.

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 So according to John,

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 that's why Pilate came out of the palace

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 to them.

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 Verse 29.

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 So Pilate came out to them

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 and asked,

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 What charges are you bringing

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 against this man?

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 If he were not a criminal,

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 they replied,

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 we would not have handed him over to you.

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 Pilate said,

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 Take him yourselves

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 and judge him by your own law.

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 But we have no right

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 to execute anyone,

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 they objected.

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 This took place

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 to fulfill what Jesus had said

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 about the kind of death

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 he was going to die.

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 So the Jewish leaders,

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 they present Jesus to Pilate,

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 and Pilate asks what the charges are,

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 and here in John's Gospel,

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 it seems that they didn't really have

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 a good answer to the question,

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 at least at first.

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 If he were not a criminal,

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 we would not have handed him over to you.

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 Well, that doesn't answer the question.

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 It's almost like they're saying,

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 He's guilty.

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 Trust us.

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 Pilate basically says,

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 Why don't you deal with this yourselves?

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 Take him.

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 Judge him by your own law.

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 And it's here that the truth

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 of why they've come to Pilate

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 comes out.

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 We have no right to execute anyone,

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 they objected.

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 Essentially, they're saying,

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 We have tried him.

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 He is guilty.

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 He deserves to die

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 for what he has done,

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 but we can't execute him

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 because according to

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 the Roman law

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 and how things are going

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 in the nation right now,

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 only the governor

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 has the authority

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 for capital punishment.

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 There's also,

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 perhaps,

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 an unstated desire here

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 for the religious leaders

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 to have Pilate

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 do their dirty work

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 for them,

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 as if that may lessen

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 their guilt in the matter.

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 You see that there's a whole lot

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 of religious posturing

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 going on here

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 on the part of

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 the religious leaders.

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 So Pilate takes Jesus in

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 and he questions him.

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 Verse 33.

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 Pilate then went back

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 inside the palace,

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 summoned Jesus,

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 and asked him,

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 Are you the king of the Jews?

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 Is that your own idea?

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 Jesus asked.

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 Or did others talk to you about me?

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 This conversation

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 between Pilate and Jesus

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 is fascinating.

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 Pilate asks Jesus point-blank

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 whether he's the king of the Jews.

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 Now imagine for just a moment

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 that you were Jesus' attorney

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 and you were there in the room.

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 What would you say

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 if you had to give an answer

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 on Jesus' behalf?

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 Are you the king of the Jews?

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 Well, that really opens up

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 a big conversation, doesn't it?

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 First of all,

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 there's already a king

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 of the Jews,

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 at least in name and position,

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 a man named Herod.

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 He probably wouldn't appreciate

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 somebody else claiming to be king.

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 Next, we might wonder

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 what Pilate's getting at here.

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 Jesus has been very popular

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 among many people.

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 Might it be in the best interests

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 of this whole situation

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 to replace Herod

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 with this man

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 who happens to encourage

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 people to pay taxes

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 to Caesar

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 and whose teaching,

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 if followed,

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 could bring some really good change

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 in this region.

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 Perhaps Pilate wonders

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 whether this man in front of him

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 is of royal lineage.

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 Is that why so many

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 are talking of him

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 as being the king?

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 There was this whole

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 triumphal entry thing

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 that happened

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 just a few days ago

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 and they were proclaiming him

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 king of Israel.

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 He's been referred to

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 as the son of David,

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 that great king of old.

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 And then we, of course,

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 add to all that

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 the expectations of the people

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 regarding the Messiah,

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 a coming king

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 of God's choosing

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 who would rule the nation

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 according to the word

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 of the prophets long ago.

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 Is Pilate asking

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 whether Jesus is the Messiah?

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 So this is not

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 the easiest question

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 to answer,

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 is it?

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 Depending on what Jesus says,

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 there could be

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 some serious consequences.

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 Notice what Jesus

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 does say in reply.

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 He doesn't answer

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 the question.

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 Instead, he asks

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 a counter-question.

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 Is that your own idea?

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 Or did others

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 talk to you about me?

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 He probes deeper

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 into where Pilate

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 has even got this notion

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 that he might be

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 the king of the Jews.

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 Pilate replies,

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 Am I a Jew?

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 Your own people

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 and chief priests

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 handed you over to me.

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 What is it you have done?

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 Pilate won't answer

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 Jesus' question either.

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 And if I had to guess

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 at what Pilate means here,

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 it's probably something like,

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 I'm not a Jew.

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 I don't understand

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 what's going on here

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 between you

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 and the Jewish leaders.

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 All I know is that

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 they're the ones

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 who have handed you

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 over to me.

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 So what have you done?

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 Pilate knows

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 that the Jewish leaders

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 have a problem

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 with Jesus.

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 But now he's trying

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 to figure out

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 what's the problem?

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 Is it something wrong

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 that he's done?

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 Or is it the problem

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 with the religious leaders?

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 And again,

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 amazingly,

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 Jesus doesn't give

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 a direct answer

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 to the question.

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 He gives Pilate

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 something else

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 to think about.

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 Verse 36.

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 Jesus said,

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 My kingdom

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 is not

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 of this world.

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 If it were,

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 my servants

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 would fight

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 to prevent

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 my arrest

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 by the Jewish leaders.

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 Jews.

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 But now my kingdom

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 is from another place.

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 Fascinating.

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 Jesus claims

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 point blank

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 to be a king.

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 To have a kingdom.

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 Even to have

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 servants or subjects.

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 But not in the way

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 that we might expect.

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 He claims to be king

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 of a kingdom

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 that's not of,

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 not from

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 this world.

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 That's quite the claim.

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 We could follow

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 Jesus' logic here.

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 If Jesus' kingdom

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 is not from

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 this world,

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 then where is it from?

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 Out of this world.

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 Heaven.

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 That's what Jesus

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 has been teaching.

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 The kingdom of heaven.

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 The kingdom of God.

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 Now I'd love

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 to ask Pilate

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 just what was going on

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 in his mind

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 as Jesus

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 heard,

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 said this to him.

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 Most people

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 claiming something

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 like Jesus

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 just claimed

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 you wouldn't

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 take too seriously.

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 You might think

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 they were mad

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 or crazy.

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 Or was there

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 something

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 about this Jesus

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 that made

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 Pilate wonder

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 deep down inside

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 if Jesus

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 was speaking

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 the truth?

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 Pilate comes back

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 with these words

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 in verse 37.

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 You are a king

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 then,

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 said Pilate.

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 Now we don't know

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 the tone of these words.

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 Was Pilate

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 just trying to

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 pin Jesus down

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 as claiming

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 something?

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 By your own words,

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 you admit it,

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 you are a king.

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 Or was Pilate

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 saying this

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 with a tone

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 of mockery?

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 You are a king

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 then.

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 Perhaps because

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 he thought

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 Jesus' claim

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 was laughable.

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 Or was it

00:10:07.559 --> 00:10:08.279
 more inquisitive?

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 So then,

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 you are a king?

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 We don't know

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 how Pilate

00:10:11.799 --> 00:10:12.299
 said this,

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 but Jesus

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 replies,

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 you say

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 that I'm a king.

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 In fact,

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 the reason

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 I was born

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 and came

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 into the world

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 is to testify

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 to the truth.

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 Everyone

00:10:24.819 --> 00:10:25.659
 on the side

00:10:25.659 --> 00:10:26.259
 of truth

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 listens

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 to me.

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 Wow.

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 Again,

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 what a reply

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 from Jesus.

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 And here again,

00:10:35.139 --> 00:10:35.959
 there's more debate

00:10:35.959 --> 00:10:36.779
 about what Jesus

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 meant when he said,

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 you say

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 that I am a king.

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 It's possible

00:10:41.019 --> 00:10:41.620
 that Jesus

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 means,

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 yes,

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 you said it.

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 I am a king.

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 Some don't agree.

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 They think

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 he means,

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 you say

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 that I'm a king.

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 Those are your words,

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 not mine.

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 I think the first option

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 makes more sense,

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 that this was sort of

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 a colloquial way

00:11:00.379 --> 00:11:01.800
 of saying to Pilate,

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 you're right.

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 You've said it.

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 I am a king.

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 And then Jesus

00:11:07.539 --> 00:11:08.840
 goes on to explain

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 why he has come

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 into the world

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 and what he has

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 come to do.

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 The reason

00:11:16.000 --> 00:11:16.840
 I was born

00:11:16.840 --> 00:11:17.539
 and came

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 into the world

00:11:18.220 --> 00:11:19.740
 is to testify

00:11:19.740 --> 00:11:20.679
 to the truth.

00:11:22.379 --> 00:11:22.799
 Everyone

00:11:22.799 --> 00:11:23.460
 on the side

00:11:23.460 --> 00:11:24.000
 of truth

00:11:24.000 --> 00:11:24.560
 listens

00:11:24.560 --> 00:11:25.519
 to me.

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 What a thing

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 to say

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 to the most

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 powerful man

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 in the region.

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 I love it.

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 Jesus

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 is fearless.

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 He knows

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 exactly

00:11:38.220 --> 00:11:39.120
 who he is.

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 He knows

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 why he has come.

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 He doesn't hide

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 the truth.

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 He doesn't

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 pretend to be

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 just an ordinary

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 human being.

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 He says,

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 my birth,

00:11:47.639 --> 00:11:48.259
 my coming

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 into this world

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 has a purpose.

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 I'm here to testify,

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 to bear witness

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 to the truth.

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 And everyone

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 on the side

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 of truth,

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 everyone

00:11:58.740 --> 00:12:00.200
 of the truth

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 listens.

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 to me.

00:12:04.639 --> 00:12:05.120
 Another

00:12:05.120 --> 00:12:05.980
 amazing claim

00:12:05.980 --> 00:12:06.560
 of Jesus.

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 And think

00:12:08.840 --> 00:12:09.360
 about this.

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 Jesus is

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 basically saying,

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 there's two

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 kinds of people,

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 Pilate.

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 There are those

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 who are on the

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 side of truth

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 or of the truth

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 and there are

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 those who

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 are not.

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 And Pilate,

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 I myself

00:12:22.980 --> 00:12:23.680
 am the line

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 in the sand

00:12:24.639 --> 00:12:25.360
 between the two

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 sides.

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 Everyone who

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 listens to me

00:12:27.379 --> 00:12:28.200
 is on the

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 side of truth.

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 and everyone

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 who doesn't

00:12:31.039 --> 00:12:31.559
 implied

00:12:31.559 --> 00:12:32.639
 is not.

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 What an

00:12:34.139 --> 00:12:34.979
 amazing claim.

00:12:36.539 --> 00:12:37.199
 Jesus sets

00:12:37.199 --> 00:12:37.839
 himself up

00:12:37.839 --> 00:12:38.219
 as the

00:12:38.219 --> 00:12:38.679
 ultimate

00:12:38.679 --> 00:12:39.459
 authority

00:12:39.459 --> 00:12:41.159
 of truth

00:12:41.159 --> 00:12:42.979
 in this

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 world.

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 And that

00:12:44.979 --> 00:12:45.439
 before

00:12:45.439 --> 00:12:46.659
 the Roman

00:12:46.659 --> 00:12:47.159
 governor.

00:12:49.599 --> 00:12:50.199
 Pilate

00:12:50.199 --> 00:12:50.839
 responds,

00:12:51.299 --> 00:12:52.779
 what is

00:12:52.779 --> 00:12:53.279
 truth?

00:12:53.279 --> 00:12:53.360
 truth?

00:12:55.360 --> 00:12:55.839
 Again,

00:12:55.959 --> 00:12:56.159
 there's

00:12:56.159 --> 00:12:56.600
 speculation

00:12:56.600 --> 00:12:57.100
 about

00:12:57.100 --> 00:12:57.600
 Pilate's

00:12:57.600 --> 00:12:58.100
 tone here.

00:12:58.240 --> 00:12:58.699
 Some think

00:12:58.699 --> 00:12:59.240
 Pilate was

00:12:59.240 --> 00:13:00.279
 sincere in

00:13:00.279 --> 00:13:00.899
 this question.

00:13:02.379 --> 00:13:03.240
 Some not.

00:13:04.339 --> 00:13:05.039
 Some see

00:13:05.039 --> 00:13:05.559
 Pilate as

00:13:05.559 --> 00:13:06.139
 kind of a

00:13:06.139 --> 00:13:06.639
 philosophical

00:13:06.639 --> 00:13:07.299
 thinker in

00:13:07.299 --> 00:13:07.819
 this moment.

00:13:08.019 --> 00:13:08.220
 You know,

00:13:08.399 --> 00:13:10.220
 what is

00:13:10.220 --> 00:13:10.720
 truth?

00:13:12.279 --> 00:13:13.220
 Most people,

00:13:13.419 --> 00:13:13.699
 I think,

00:13:13.819 --> 00:13:14.539
 take Pilate's

00:13:14.539 --> 00:13:15.079
 words as a

00:13:15.079 --> 00:13:15.519
 sort of

00:13:15.519 --> 00:13:16.399
 rhetorical

00:13:16.399 --> 00:13:17.379
 dismissal of

00:13:17.379 --> 00:13:17.699
 Jesus.

00:13:18.279 --> 00:13:18.480
 Like,

00:13:19.419 --> 00:13:21.159
 what is

00:13:21.159 --> 00:13:21.620
 truth?

00:13:21.620 --> 00:13:21.679
 death?

00:13:22.980 --> 00:13:23.220
 Like,

00:13:23.240 --> 00:13:23.519
 can we

00:13:23.519 --> 00:13:23.980
 even know

00:13:23.980 --> 00:13:24.159
 it?

00:13:26.440 --> 00:13:27.019
 Whatever

00:13:27.019 --> 00:13:27.799
 Pilate meant,

00:13:28.600 --> 00:13:28.980
 he had

00:13:28.980 --> 00:13:29.620
 already come

00:13:29.620 --> 00:13:30.220
 to the

00:13:30.220 --> 00:13:30.960
 verdict in

00:13:30.960 --> 00:13:31.539
 his mind

00:13:31.539 --> 00:13:32.460
 for Jesus.

00:13:35.919 --> 00:13:36.500
 With

00:13:36.500 --> 00:13:36.820
 this,

00:13:37.000 --> 00:13:37.379
 he went

00:13:37.379 --> 00:13:37.899
 out again

00:13:37.899 --> 00:13:38.320
 to the

00:13:38.320 --> 00:13:38.960
 Jews gathered

00:13:38.960 --> 00:13:39.639
 there and

00:13:39.639 --> 00:13:40.000
 said,

00:13:40.560 --> 00:13:41.419
 I find

00:13:41.419 --> 00:13:42.419
 no basis

00:13:42.419 --> 00:13:42.980
 for a

00:13:42.980 --> 00:13:43.600
 charge against

00:13:43.600 --> 00:13:43.879
 him.

00:13:46.000 --> 00:13:46.600
 But,

00:13:47.240 --> 00:13:47.759
 it is

00:13:47.759 --> 00:13:48.419
 your custom

00:13:48.419 --> 00:13:49.039
 for me to

00:13:49.039 --> 00:13:49.560
 release to

00:13:49.560 --> 00:13:50.779
 you one

00:13:50.779 --> 00:13:51.279
 prisoner,

00:13:51.620 --> 00:13:51.960
 at the

00:13:51.960 --> 00:13:52.320
 time of

00:13:52.320 --> 00:13:52.440
 the

00:13:52.440 --> 00:13:52.899
 Passover.

00:13:53.759 --> 00:13:54.120
 Do you

00:13:54.120 --> 00:13:54.600
 want me

00:13:54.600 --> 00:13:55.220
 to release

00:13:55.220 --> 00:13:55.639
 the king

00:13:55.639 --> 00:13:55.940
 of the

00:13:55.940 --> 00:13:56.320
 Jews?

00:14:02.080 --> 00:14:02.659
 They

00:14:02.659 --> 00:14:03.000
 shouted

00:14:03.000 --> 00:14:03.460
 back,

00:14:04.259 --> 00:14:04.700
 no,

00:14:05.200 --> 00:14:06.039
 not him,

00:14:06.620 --> 00:14:07.159
 give us

00:14:07.159 --> 00:14:07.779
 Barabbas.

00:14:09.240 --> 00:14:09.820
 Now,

00:14:09.860 --> 00:14:10.480
 Barabbas had

00:14:10.480 --> 00:14:11.240
 taken part

00:14:11.240 --> 00:14:12.240
 in an

00:14:12.240 --> 00:14:12.740
 uprising.

00:14:14.759 --> 00:14:15.340
 So,

00:14:15.399 --> 00:14:15.580
 whether

00:14:15.580 --> 00:14:15.980
 Pilate

00:14:15.980 --> 00:14:16.580
 believed all

00:14:16.580 --> 00:14:17.019
 that Jesus

00:14:17.019 --> 00:14:17.440
 said to

00:14:17.440 --> 00:14:17.720
 him in

00:14:17.720 --> 00:14:18.120
 private,

00:14:18.500 --> 00:14:18.879
 we don't

00:14:18.879 --> 00:14:19.159
 know,

00:14:19.560 --> 00:14:19.879
 but he

00:14:19.879 --> 00:14:20.220
 made it

00:14:20.220 --> 00:14:20.779
 quite clear

00:14:20.779 --> 00:14:21.120
 that he

00:14:21.120 --> 00:14:21.579
 had found

00:14:21.579 --> 00:14:22.419
 no basis

00:14:22.419 --> 00:14:23.199
 for a

00:14:23.199 --> 00:14:23.559
 charge

00:14:23.559 --> 00:14:23.980
 against

00:14:23.980 --> 00:14:24.399
 Jesus.

00:14:26.279 --> 00:14:26.939
 And it

00:14:26.939 --> 00:14:27.399
 seems in

00:14:27.399 --> 00:14:27.839
 the moment

00:14:27.839 --> 00:14:28.399
 he tried

00:14:28.399 --> 00:14:29.000
 to come

00:14:29.000 --> 00:14:29.279
 up with

00:14:29.279 --> 00:14:29.659
 a way

00:14:29.659 --> 00:14:30.559
 to release

00:14:30.559 --> 00:14:31.419
 Jesus.

00:14:33.539 --> 00:14:34.240
 According to

00:14:34.240 --> 00:14:34.679
 Matthew's

00:14:34.679 --> 00:14:35.059
 gospel,

00:14:35.220 --> 00:14:35.799
 Pilate knew

00:14:35.799 --> 00:14:36.600
 that it

00:14:36.600 --> 00:14:37.059
 was out

00:14:37.059 --> 00:14:37.620
 of envy

00:14:37.620 --> 00:14:38.339
 that the

00:14:38.339 --> 00:14:38.620
 Jewish

00:14:38.620 --> 00:14:39.259
 leaders

00:14:39.259 --> 00:14:39.879
 had handed

00:14:39.879 --> 00:14:40.699
 Jesus over

00:14:40.699 --> 00:14:41.179
 to him.

00:14:41.600 --> 00:14:41.839
 And so

00:14:41.839 --> 00:14:42.419
 Pilate tries

00:14:42.419 --> 00:14:42.759
 to make

00:14:42.759 --> 00:14:43.120
 a play

00:14:43.120 --> 00:14:43.459
 here.

00:14:43.459 --> 00:14:44.279
 He tries

00:14:44.279 --> 00:14:44.620
 to do

00:14:44.620 --> 00:14:45.179
 the opposite

00:14:45.179 --> 00:14:45.579
 of what

00:14:45.579 --> 00:14:46.120
 the religious

00:14:46.120 --> 00:14:47.480
 leaders want

00:14:47.480 --> 00:14:48.600
 and release

00:14:48.600 --> 00:14:49.820
 Jesus and

00:14:49.820 --> 00:14:50.240
 he tries

00:14:50.240 --> 00:14:50.560
 to do

00:14:50.560 --> 00:14:50.960
 this by

00:14:50.960 --> 00:14:51.360
 appealing

00:14:51.360 --> 00:14:51.759
 to the

00:14:51.759 --> 00:14:52.100
 crowd.

00:14:52.940 --> 00:14:53.340
 Let's

00:14:53.340 --> 00:14:53.720
 give them

00:14:53.720 --> 00:14:54.159
 a vote.

00:14:55.440 --> 00:14:55.840
 Maybe

00:14:55.840 --> 00:14:57.240
 they really

00:14:57.240 --> 00:14:57.659
 like

00:14:57.659 --> 00:14:59.620
 Jesus and

00:14:59.620 --> 00:14:59.960
 it's just

00:14:59.960 --> 00:15:00.700
 these leaders

00:15:00.700 --> 00:15:01.200
 who don't

00:15:01.200 --> 00:15:01.680
 like him.

00:15:02.440 --> 00:15:03.080
 He gives

00:15:03.080 --> 00:15:03.420
 them the

00:15:03.420 --> 00:15:04.180
 chance to

00:15:04.180 --> 00:15:04.519
 make a

00:15:04.519 --> 00:15:04.940
 decision

00:15:04.940 --> 00:15:06.539
 based on

00:15:06.539 --> 00:15:07.080
 this annual

00:15:07.080 --> 00:15:07.740
 custom of

00:15:07.740 --> 00:15:08.320
 releasing a

00:15:08.320 --> 00:15:08.639
 prisoner

00:15:08.639 --> 00:15:09.800
 each year.

00:15:10.700 --> 00:15:11.440
 He gives

00:15:11.440 --> 00:15:11.700
 them the

00:15:11.700 --> 00:15:12.060
 option.

00:15:13.180 --> 00:15:13.480
 You can

00:15:13.480 --> 00:15:13.700
 have

00:15:13.700 --> 00:15:14.240
 Barabbas

00:15:14.240 --> 00:15:15.379
 or you

00:15:15.379 --> 00:15:15.860
 can have

00:15:15.860 --> 00:15:16.680
 the king

00:15:16.680 --> 00:15:17.600
 of the

00:15:17.600 --> 00:15:18.000
 Jews

00:15:18.000 --> 00:15:19.200
 released to

00:15:19.200 --> 00:15:19.399
 you.

00:15:20.139 --> 00:15:20.480
 You can

00:15:20.480 --> 00:15:20.820
 have an

00:15:20.820 --> 00:15:21.759
 insurrectionist

00:15:21.759 --> 00:15:22.200
 who's been

00:15:22.200 --> 00:15:22.779
 thrown in

00:15:22.779 --> 00:15:23.919
 prison for

00:15:23.919 --> 00:15:24.560
 his part in

00:15:24.560 --> 00:15:25.279
 an uprising

00:15:25.279 --> 00:15:25.919
 and another

00:15:25.919 --> 00:15:26.419
 gospel,

00:15:26.600 --> 00:15:26.919
 murder,

00:15:27.299 --> 00:15:28.320
 or you

00:15:28.320 --> 00:15:28.680
 can have

00:15:28.680 --> 00:15:29.159
 Jesus,

00:15:29.960 --> 00:15:30.500
 the king

00:15:30.500 --> 00:15:30.779
 of the

00:15:30.779 --> 00:15:31.139
 Jews.

00:15:32.740 --> 00:15:33.220
 Probably

00:15:33.220 --> 00:15:33.600
 Pilate

00:15:33.600 --> 00:15:34.000
 thought this

00:15:34.000 --> 00:15:34.399
 would be a

00:15:34.399 --> 00:15:35.060
 sure way to

00:15:35.060 --> 00:15:35.759
 secure Jesus'

00:15:35.940 --> 00:15:36.320
 release.

00:15:37.899 --> 00:15:38.659
 After all,

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 Jesus might

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 have made a

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 few enemies,

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 but many

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 loved him,

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 right?

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 But Pilate's

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 play fails.

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 The crowd

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 shouts back

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 in response,

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 No!

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 Not him!

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 Give us

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 Barabbas!

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 Matthew

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 actually tells

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 us in his

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 gospel that

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 the chief

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 priests and

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 the elders of

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 the Jews went

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 around in the

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 crowd and

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 stirred up the

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 people to

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 ask for

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 Barabbas instead

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 of Jesus.

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 So Pilate's

00:16:08.899 --> 00:16:09.539
 first attempt

00:16:09.539 --> 00:16:09.960
 here to

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 release Jesus

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 failed.

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 chapter 19

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 verse 1.

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 Then Pilate

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 took Jesus

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 and had

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 him flogged.

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 The soldiers

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 twisted together

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 a crown of

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 thorns and

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 put it on

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 his head.

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 They closed

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 him in a

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 purple robe

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 and went up

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 to him again

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 and again

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 saying,

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 Hail,

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 king of

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 the Jews!

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 And they

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 slapped him

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 in the face.

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 Now we

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 might wonder,

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 well,

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 why did

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 Pilate decide

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 to have

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 Jesus

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 flogged?

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 Luke gives

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 us the

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 clue.

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 According to

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 Luke,

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 this was

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 another

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 attempt by

00:16:48.259 --> 00:16:48.860
 Pilate to

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 have Jesus

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 released.

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 He knew

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 that Jesus

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 hadn't done

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 anything to

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 deserve death

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 and so he

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 had this

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 hope of

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 satisfying the

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 Jewish leaders

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 by having

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 Jesus punished

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 and then

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 releasing him.

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 perhaps this

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 will be

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 enough,

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 a sort of

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 public

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 humiliation

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 that will

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 squelch

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 Jesus'

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 public

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 following

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 and make

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 the Jewish

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 leaders

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 appear in

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 the right.

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 Now what

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 kind of

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 flogging

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 was this?

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 The Romans

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 had three

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 kinds of

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 floggings

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 that they

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 would

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 regularly

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 administer.

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 The

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 fustigatio

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 was a

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 less

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 severe

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 beating

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 that they

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 gave for

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 relatively

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 light

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 offenses,

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 troublemakers.

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 The

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 flagellatio

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 was a

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 brutal

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 flogging

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 that they

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 gave to

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 criminals,

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 people whose

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 offenses were

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 quite serious.

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 And lastly

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 there was

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 the verberatio,

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 the most

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 terrible

00:17:49.759 --> 00:17:50.300
 scourging

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 of all,

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 one that

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 was always

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 associated

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 with other

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 punishments

00:17:53.720 --> 00:17:54.860
 including

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 crucifixion.

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 Now the

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 exact

00:17:58.400 --> 00:17:59.019
 sequence of

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 events is a

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 little unclear

00:18:00.139 --> 00:18:00.799
 here when

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 you compare

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 all four

00:18:01.740 --> 00:18:02.099
 gospel

00:18:02.099 --> 00:18:02.619
 accounts.

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 Was Jesus

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 flogged

00:18:04.180 --> 00:18:05.779
 once before

00:18:05.779 --> 00:18:06.259
 Pilate

00:18:06.259 --> 00:18:07.039
 presented him

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 to the

00:18:07.720 --> 00:18:08.980
 crowd and

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 then led

00:18:09.359 --> 00:18:09.779
 away to

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 be crucified

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 or was

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 he flogged

00:18:12.220 --> 00:18:13.160
 before and

00:18:13.160 --> 00:18:13.920
 then after

00:18:13.920 --> 00:18:14.460
 flogged

00:18:14.460 --> 00:18:14.819
 again?

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 It's difficult

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 to make a

00:18:17.079 --> 00:18:17.720
 judgment about

00:18:17.720 --> 00:18:18.379
 these things

00:18:18.379 --> 00:18:19.639
 and see how

00:18:19.639 --> 00:18:20.379
 these accounts

00:18:20.379 --> 00:18:21.440
 all fit

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 together but

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 if indeed

00:18:23.220 --> 00:18:23.819
 Jesus was

00:18:23.819 --> 00:18:24.200
 flogged

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 twice then

00:18:24.799 --> 00:18:25.319
 likely the

00:18:25.319 --> 00:18:26.099
 final flogging

00:18:26.099 --> 00:18:26.660
 would have

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 been that

00:18:27.180 --> 00:18:28.039
 most severe

00:18:28.039 --> 00:18:28.519
 form.

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 And the

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 earlier would

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 have been

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 likely less

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 severe given

00:18:33.500 --> 00:18:34.119
 that Pilate

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 intended to

00:18:34.799 --> 00:18:35.359
 release him.

00:18:36.819 --> 00:18:37.460
 This

00:18:37.460 --> 00:18:39.779
 most severe

00:18:39.779 --> 00:18:40.900
 flogging,

00:18:41.000 --> 00:18:41.900
 the verberatio,

00:18:42.480 --> 00:18:43.440
 was horrific.

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 The victim

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 was usually

00:18:46.680 --> 00:18:47.119
 stripped,

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 naked,

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 tied to a

00:18:49.960 --> 00:18:50.339
 post,

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 and beaten

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 until the

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 soldiers were

00:18:54.099 --> 00:18:54.639
 exhausted

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 or until

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 the commanding

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 officer called

00:18:58.800 --> 00:18:59.300
 them off.

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 For victims

00:19:01.340 --> 00:19:02.280
 who like

00:19:02.280 --> 00:19:02.940
 Jesus were

00:19:02.940 --> 00:19:03.700
 not Roman

00:19:03.700 --> 00:19:04.280
 citizens,

00:19:05.280 --> 00:19:06.420
 the favored

00:19:06.420 --> 00:19:07.160
 instrument was

00:19:07.160 --> 00:19:08.440
 a whip with

00:19:08.440 --> 00:19:09.280
 leather thongs

00:19:09.280 --> 00:19:11.440
 and these

00:19:11.440 --> 00:19:11.940
 thongs were

00:19:11.940 --> 00:19:12.440
 fitted with

00:19:12.440 --> 00:19:13.120
 pieces of

00:19:13.120 --> 00:19:14.240
 bone or

00:19:14.240 --> 00:19:15.180
 lead or

00:19:15.180 --> 00:19:15.540
 metal.

00:19:16.820 --> 00:19:17.460
 These

00:19:17.460 --> 00:19:18.040
 beatings were

00:19:18.040 --> 00:19:18.880
 so savage

00:19:18.880 --> 00:19:19.320
 that the

00:19:19.320 --> 00:19:20.259
 victims sometimes

00:19:20.259 --> 00:19:20.980
 died just

00:19:20.980 --> 00:19:21.520
 from them.

00:19:21.519 --> 00:19:23.680
 eyewitness

00:19:23.680 --> 00:19:24.720
 records report

00:19:24.720 --> 00:19:25.400
 that such

00:19:25.400 --> 00:19:26.359
 brutal

00:19:26.359 --> 00:19:27.160
 scourgings

00:19:27.160 --> 00:19:28.319
 could leave

00:19:28.319 --> 00:19:29.559
 victims with

00:19:29.559 --> 00:19:30.259
 their bones

00:19:30.259 --> 00:19:30.940
 and their

00:19:30.940 --> 00:19:31.539
 insides

00:19:31.539 --> 00:19:32.220
 exposed.

00:19:32.220 --> 00:19:35.819
 But John's

00:19:35.819 --> 00:19:36.660
 emphasis as he

00:19:36.660 --> 00:19:37.079
 tells the

00:19:37.079 --> 00:19:37.880
 story is not

00:19:37.880 --> 00:19:38.500
 so much on

00:19:38.500 --> 00:19:39.100
 the brutality

00:19:39.100 --> 00:19:39.880
 of this,

00:19:40.559 --> 00:19:41.360
 but on the

00:19:41.360 --> 00:19:41.799
 shameful

00:19:41.799 --> 00:19:43.019
 humiliation

00:19:43.019 --> 00:19:44.160
 of it.

00:19:45.220 --> 00:19:45.980
 John tells

00:19:45.980 --> 00:19:46.500
 us of how

00:19:46.500 --> 00:19:47.660
 they mocked

00:19:47.660 --> 00:19:48.120
 Jesus.

00:19:49.279 --> 00:19:50.140
 They dressed

00:19:50.140 --> 00:19:50.680
 him up like

00:19:50.680 --> 00:19:51.420
 a king with

00:19:51.420 --> 00:19:51.860
 a purple

00:19:51.860 --> 00:19:52.360
 robe.

00:19:53.000 --> 00:19:53.720
 They put a

00:19:53.720 --> 00:19:54.120
 crown of

00:19:54.120 --> 00:19:54.920
 thorns on

00:19:54.920 --> 00:19:55.480
 his head

00:19:55.480 --> 00:19:56.779
 and they

00:19:56.779 --> 00:19:57.039
 said,

00:19:57.200 --> 00:19:57.519
 Hail,

00:19:57.799 --> 00:19:58.120
 King of

00:19:58.120 --> 00:19:58.700
 the Jews,

00:19:58.960 --> 00:20:00.339
 and repeatedly

00:20:00.339 --> 00:20:01.720
 slapped him.

00:20:02.220 --> 00:20:03.740
 literally gave

00:20:03.740 --> 00:20:04.480
 him blows.

00:20:08.600 --> 00:20:09.360
 Once more

00:20:09.360 --> 00:20:10.019
 Pilate came

00:20:10.019 --> 00:20:10.539
 out and said

00:20:10.539 --> 00:20:11.100
 to the Jews

00:20:11.100 --> 00:20:11.799
 gathered there,

00:20:12.660 --> 00:20:13.299
 Look,

00:20:13.480 --> 00:20:14.079
 I am bringing

00:20:14.079 --> 00:20:14.660
 him out to

00:20:14.660 --> 00:20:15.160
 you to let

00:20:15.160 --> 00:20:15.559
 you know

00:20:15.559 --> 00:20:16.160
 that I find

00:20:16.160 --> 00:20:16.920
 no basis

00:20:16.920 --> 00:20:17.700
 for a

00:20:17.700 --> 00:20:18.180
 charge

00:20:18.180 --> 00:20:19.360
 against him.

00:20:20.360 --> 00:20:21.180
 When Jesus

00:20:21.180 --> 00:20:21.759
 came out

00:20:21.759 --> 00:20:22.240
 wearing the

00:20:22.240 --> 00:20:22.700
 crown of

00:20:22.700 --> 00:20:23.039
 thorns

00:20:23.039 --> 00:20:23.360
 and the

00:20:23.360 --> 00:20:24.000
 purple robe,

00:20:24.880 --> 00:20:25.400
 Pilate said

00:20:25.400 --> 00:20:25.819
 to them,

00:20:26.680 --> 00:20:27.860
 Here is

00:20:27.860 --> 00:20:28.380
 the man.

00:20:28.660 --> 00:20:29.240
 Behold

00:20:29.240 --> 00:20:30.200
 the man.

00:20:32.220 --> 00:20:34.440
 As soon

00:20:34.440 --> 00:20:34.779
 as the

00:20:34.779 --> 00:20:35.480
 chief priests

00:20:35.480 --> 00:20:35.819
 and their

00:20:35.819 --> 00:20:36.579
 officials saw

00:20:36.579 --> 00:20:36.779
 him,

00:20:36.880 --> 00:20:37.620
 they shouted,

00:20:38.259 --> 00:20:38.980
 Crucify!

00:20:39.440 --> 00:20:40.079
 Crucify!

00:20:42.360 --> 00:20:43.400
 But Pilate

00:20:43.400 --> 00:20:43.819
 answered,

00:20:44.339 --> 00:20:45.759
 You take

00:20:45.759 --> 00:20:46.120
 him and

00:20:46.120 --> 00:20:46.900
 crucify him.

00:20:48.500 --> 00:20:48.940
 As for

00:20:48.940 --> 00:20:49.100
 me,

00:20:49.160 --> 00:20:49.799
 I find no

00:20:49.799 --> 00:20:50.680
 basis for a

00:20:50.680 --> 00:20:51.420
 charge against

00:20:51.420 --> 00:20:51.700
 him.

00:20:55.480 --> 00:20:56.180
 So

00:20:56.180 --> 00:20:56.680
 Pilate's

00:20:56.680 --> 00:20:57.299
 second attempt

00:20:57.299 --> 00:20:57.819
 to release

00:20:57.819 --> 00:20:58.360
 Jesus

00:20:58.360 --> 00:20:59.500
 failed.

00:20:59.500 --> 00:21:00.000
 the Jewish

00:21:00.000 --> 00:21:00.660
 leaders were

00:21:00.660 --> 00:21:01.619
 not satisfied

00:21:01.619 --> 00:21:02.319
 with this

00:21:02.319 --> 00:21:03.140
 punishment.

00:21:03.319 --> 00:21:03.740
 They wanted

00:21:03.740 --> 00:21:04.339
 him dead.

00:21:05.779 --> 00:21:06.359
 Notice the

00:21:06.359 --> 00:21:07.059
 details that

00:21:07.059 --> 00:21:07.579
 John gives

00:21:07.579 --> 00:21:08.039
 us here.

00:21:09.000 --> 00:21:09.740
 In verse

00:21:09.740 --> 00:21:10.200
 six,

00:21:11.079 --> 00:21:11.720
 As soon

00:21:11.720 --> 00:21:12.819
 as the

00:21:12.819 --> 00:21:13.759
 chief priests

00:21:13.759 --> 00:21:14.200
 and their

00:21:14.200 --> 00:21:15.019
 officials saw

00:21:15.019 --> 00:21:15.220
 him,

00:21:15.319 --> 00:21:15.880
 they shouted,

00:21:16.539 --> 00:21:17.160
 Crucify!

00:21:18.500 --> 00:21:19.440
 It was

00:21:19.440 --> 00:21:20.519
 the Jewish

00:21:20.519 --> 00:21:21.059
 leaders,

00:21:22.059 --> 00:21:23.779
 the chief

00:21:23.779 --> 00:21:24.519
 priests,

00:21:25.319 --> 00:21:25.799
 Annas,

00:21:26.140 --> 00:21:26.700
 Caiaphas,

00:21:26.700 --> 00:21:27.180
 and their

00:21:27.180 --> 00:21:29.340
 family that

00:21:29.340 --> 00:21:29.740
 led the

00:21:29.740 --> 00:21:30.240
 charge.

00:21:31.440 --> 00:21:32.220
 They didn't

00:21:32.220 --> 00:21:32.620
 leave an

00:21:32.620 --> 00:21:33.240
 instant for

00:21:33.240 --> 00:21:33.799
 the people in

00:21:33.799 --> 00:21:34.360
 the crowd to

00:21:34.360 --> 00:21:35.559
 have pity or

00:21:35.559 --> 00:21:36.420
 compassion on

00:21:36.420 --> 00:21:37.059
 Jesus or to

00:21:37.059 --> 00:21:37.700
 have a differing

00:21:37.700 --> 00:21:38.059
 opinion.

00:21:38.460 --> 00:21:38.900
 They just

00:21:38.900 --> 00:21:39.720
 started shouting

00:21:39.720 --> 00:21:40.580
 right away

00:21:40.580 --> 00:21:42.519
 and in no

00:21:42.519 --> 00:21:42.940
 time the

00:21:42.940 --> 00:21:43.700
 entire crowd

00:21:43.700 --> 00:21:44.319
 was shouting,

00:21:45.220 --> 00:21:45.799
 Crucify!

00:21:46.580 --> 00:21:47.180
 Crucify!

00:21:48.039 --> 00:21:48.880
 Which means

00:21:48.880 --> 00:21:49.880
 kill him,

00:21:50.380 --> 00:21:51.299
 execute him

00:21:51.299 --> 00:21:52.500
 on a cross.

00:21:54.279 --> 00:21:55.059
 Crucifixion was

00:21:55.059 --> 00:21:55.480
 the way the

00:21:55.480 --> 00:21:56.000
 Romans did

00:21:56.000 --> 00:21:57.019
 their executions.

00:21:57.680 --> 00:21:58.240
 They nailed

00:21:58.240 --> 00:22:00.539
 people to

00:22:00.539 --> 00:22:01.220
 wooden crosses

00:22:01.220 --> 00:22:01.779
 and hung

00:22:01.779 --> 00:22:02.279
 them up to

00:22:02.279 --> 00:22:02.579
 die.

00:22:08.519 --> 00:22:09.079
 Pilate

00:22:09.079 --> 00:22:09.480
 answered,

00:22:09.740 --> 00:22:10.460
 You take

00:22:10.460 --> 00:22:10.839
 him and

00:22:10.839 --> 00:22:11.819
 crucify him.

00:22:11.859 --> 00:22:12.359
 As for me,

00:22:12.559 --> 00:22:13.279
 I find no

00:22:13.279 --> 00:22:14.039
 basis for a

00:22:14.039 --> 00:22:14.680
 charge against

00:22:14.680 --> 00:22:14.920
 him.

00:22:15.819 --> 00:22:16.500
 This is the

00:22:16.500 --> 00:22:17.180
 third time

00:22:17.180 --> 00:22:17.799
 Pilate has

00:22:17.799 --> 00:22:18.460
 spoken these

00:22:18.460 --> 00:22:18.740
 words.

00:22:18.839 --> 00:22:19.839
 I find no

00:22:19.839 --> 00:22:21.039
 basis for a

00:22:21.039 --> 00:22:22.140
 charge against

00:22:22.140 --> 00:22:22.319
 him.

00:22:22.400 --> 00:22:23.160
 This man does

00:22:23.160 --> 00:22:23.700
 not deserve

00:22:23.700 --> 00:22:24.279
 to die.

00:22:24.279 --> 00:22:26.160
 He hasn't

00:22:26.160 --> 00:22:26.740
 done anything

00:22:26.740 --> 00:22:27.420
 deserving of

00:22:27.420 --> 00:22:27.899
 punishment.

00:22:30.059 --> 00:22:30.740
 Pilate seems

00:22:30.740 --> 00:22:31.259
 to be saying,

00:22:31.399 --> 00:22:32.079
 Listen, if you

00:22:32.079 --> 00:22:32.859
 want to crucify

00:22:32.859 --> 00:22:33.619
 him, go ahead,

00:22:33.680 --> 00:22:34.180
 I give you

00:22:34.180 --> 00:22:34.639
 permission.

00:22:35.859 --> 00:22:36.460
 Go and

00:22:36.460 --> 00:22:37.059
 execute him

00:22:37.059 --> 00:22:37.519
 yourselves.

00:22:40.019 --> 00:22:40.639
 What's going

00:22:40.639 --> 00:22:41.079
 on here?

00:22:41.960 --> 00:22:42.819
 It sounds like

00:22:42.819 --> 00:22:43.700
 Pilate is fully

00:22:43.700 --> 00:22:44.619
 aware that to

00:22:44.619 --> 00:22:45.680
 execute Jesus

00:22:45.680 --> 00:22:46.480
 would be an

00:22:46.480 --> 00:22:47.039
 injustice.

00:22:48.559 --> 00:22:49.200
 To just

00:22:49.200 --> 00:22:49.960
 sentence him to

00:22:49.960 --> 00:22:50.700
 death without a

00:22:50.700 --> 00:22:51.440
 criminal charge

00:22:51.440 --> 00:22:51.840
 would make

00:22:51.840 --> 00:22:52.820
 him guilty

00:22:52.820 --> 00:22:55.600
 of injustice.

00:22:56.320 --> 00:22:56.620
 So this

00:22:56.620 --> 00:22:57.080
 seems to be

00:22:57.080 --> 00:22:57.600
 Pilate saying,

00:22:57.740 --> 00:22:58.059
 I don't want

00:22:58.059 --> 00:22:58.660
 any part of

00:22:58.660 --> 00:22:58.960
 this.

00:23:00.940 --> 00:23:01.640
 You kill

00:23:01.640 --> 00:23:02.080
 him if you

00:23:02.080 --> 00:23:02.480
 want to.

00:23:02.559 --> 00:23:03.120
 Leave me out

00:23:03.120 --> 00:23:03.539
 of this.

00:23:05.480 --> 00:23:06.059
 Pilate was

00:23:06.059 --> 00:23:06.700
 not known in

00:23:06.700 --> 00:23:07.100
 the history

00:23:07.100 --> 00:23:07.900
 books as an

00:23:07.900 --> 00:23:08.900
 upright man,

00:23:09.180 --> 00:23:10.100
 but at the

00:23:10.100 --> 00:23:10.779
 least it seems

00:23:10.779 --> 00:23:11.480
 that he had a

00:23:11.480 --> 00:23:11.900
 conscience.

00:23:12.860 --> 00:23:13.600
 He knew that

00:23:13.600 --> 00:23:14.340
 this was not

00:23:14.340 --> 00:23:15.039
 right.

00:23:17.259 --> 00:23:17.980
 Verse 7,

00:23:18.080 --> 00:23:18.480
 The Jewish

00:23:18.480 --> 00:23:19.480
 leaders insisted,

00:23:19.480 --> 00:23:21.220
 we have a

00:23:21.220 --> 00:23:21.900
 law and

00:23:21.900 --> 00:23:22.460
 according to

00:23:22.460 --> 00:23:23.380
 that law he

00:23:23.380 --> 00:23:24.019
 must die

00:23:24.019 --> 00:23:24.539
 because he

00:23:24.539 --> 00:23:25.160
 claimed to

00:23:25.160 --> 00:23:25.860
 be the son

00:23:25.860 --> 00:23:26.519
 of God.

00:23:28.839 --> 00:23:29.680
 When Pilate

00:23:29.680 --> 00:23:30.440
 heard this,

00:23:31.360 --> 00:23:32.120
 he was even

00:23:32.120 --> 00:23:32.880
 more afraid

00:23:32.880 --> 00:23:34.500
 and he went

00:23:34.500 --> 00:23:35.220
 back inside

00:23:35.220 --> 00:23:35.880
 the palace.

00:23:39.059 --> 00:23:39.880
 Where do you

00:23:39.880 --> 00:23:40.440
 come from?

00:23:41.180 --> 00:23:42.079
 He asked.

00:23:43.160 --> 00:23:44.059
 But Jesus

00:23:44.059 --> 00:23:45.599
 gave him

00:23:45.599 --> 00:23:46.860
 no answer.

00:23:49.480 --> 00:23:52.319
 Pilate now

00:23:52.319 --> 00:23:52.940
 seems quite

00:23:52.940 --> 00:23:53.579
 conflicted

00:23:53.579 --> 00:23:54.019
 inside.

00:23:55.360 --> 00:23:56.079
 I can't

00:23:56.079 --> 00:23:56.380
 help but

00:23:56.380 --> 00:23:57.240
 wonder what

00:23:57.240 --> 00:23:57.660
 was going

00:23:57.660 --> 00:23:58.160
 on in his

00:23:58.160 --> 00:23:58.700
 mind right

00:23:58.700 --> 00:23:58.960
 here.

00:23:59.680 --> 00:23:59.940
 What if

00:23:59.940 --> 00:24:00.519
 it's true?

00:24:01.779 --> 00:24:02.220
 Could he

00:24:02.220 --> 00:24:02.740
 really be

00:24:02.740 --> 00:24:03.339
 from heaven

00:24:03.339 --> 00:24:04.759
 sent by

00:24:04.759 --> 00:24:05.440
 the gods

00:24:05.440 --> 00:24:06.440
 or by the

00:24:06.440 --> 00:24:06.920
 God of

00:24:06.920 --> 00:24:07.519
 the Jews

00:24:07.519 --> 00:24:08.620
 to be

00:24:08.620 --> 00:24:09.160
 their king,

00:24:09.279 --> 00:24:09.720
 to speak

00:24:09.720 --> 00:24:10.299
 the truth?

00:24:11.299 --> 00:24:11.660
 What if

00:24:11.660 --> 00:24:12.200
 he is the

00:24:12.200 --> 00:24:12.500
 son of

00:24:12.500 --> 00:24:12.799
 God?

00:24:14.000 --> 00:24:14.420
 Remember,

00:24:14.579 --> 00:24:14.960
 Pilate was

00:24:14.960 --> 00:24:15.539
 no stranger

00:24:15.539 --> 00:24:16.120
 to all that

00:24:16.120 --> 00:24:16.400
 had been

00:24:16.400 --> 00:24:16.839
 happening.

00:24:17.339 --> 00:24:17.860
 The stories

00:24:17.859 --> 00:24:18.500
 of miracles

00:24:18.500 --> 00:24:19.259
 and healings

00:24:19.259 --> 00:24:19.759
 abounded.

00:24:20.179 --> 00:24:20.639
 The teaching

00:24:20.639 --> 00:24:21.159
 of Jesus

00:24:21.159 --> 00:24:21.819
 had spread

00:24:21.819 --> 00:24:22.879
 like wildfire

00:24:22.879 --> 00:24:23.359
 through the

00:24:23.359 --> 00:24:23.839
 nation on

00:24:23.839 --> 00:24:24.179
 the lips

00:24:24.179 --> 00:24:24.939
 of Jesus'

00:24:25.139 --> 00:24:25.519
 disciples.

00:24:25.939 --> 00:24:26.299
 What if

00:24:26.299 --> 00:24:26.659
 it's all

00:24:26.659 --> 00:24:27.039
 true?

00:24:34.379 --> 00:24:35.079
 So he

00:24:35.079 --> 00:24:35.559
 questions

00:24:35.559 --> 00:24:36.139
 Jesus.

00:24:39.579 --> 00:24:40.419
 Jesus does

00:24:40.419 --> 00:24:41.079
 not answer.

00:24:42.979 --> 00:24:43.500
 When Pilate

00:24:43.500 --> 00:24:44.179
 heard this,

00:24:45.619 --> 00:24:46.139
 sorry,

00:24:46.140 --> 00:24:50.100
 where do

00:24:50.100 --> 00:24:50.460
 you come

00:24:50.460 --> 00:24:50.759
 from?

00:24:50.840 --> 00:24:51.280
 He asked.

00:24:51.440 --> 00:24:52.560
 Jesus gives

00:24:52.560 --> 00:24:52.880
 him no

00:24:52.880 --> 00:24:53.380
 answer.

00:24:54.280 --> 00:24:54.720
 Pilate says,

00:24:54.840 --> 00:24:55.240
 do you

00:24:55.240 --> 00:24:56.040
 refuse to

00:24:56.040 --> 00:24:56.520
 speak to

00:24:56.520 --> 00:24:56.780
 me?

00:24:57.640 --> 00:24:58.080
 Don't you

00:24:58.080 --> 00:24:58.680
 realize I

00:24:58.680 --> 00:24:59.220
 have power

00:24:59.220 --> 00:24:59.780
 either to

00:24:59.780 --> 00:25:00.460
 free you

00:25:00.460 --> 00:25:01.300
 or to

00:25:01.300 --> 00:25:02.220
 crucify you?

00:25:08.940 --> 00:25:09.780
 So Pilate

00:25:09.780 --> 00:25:10.440
 gets upset

00:25:10.440 --> 00:25:10.980
 that Jesus

00:25:10.980 --> 00:25:12.520
 won't answer

00:25:12.520 --> 00:25:13.140
 his question.

00:25:13.259 --> 00:25:13.820
 He tries to

00:25:13.820 --> 00:25:14.400
 intimidate

00:25:14.400 --> 00:25:14.780
 Jesus.

00:25:14.779 --> 00:25:16.379
 how dare

00:25:16.379 --> 00:25:16.579
 you,

00:25:16.639 --> 00:25:17.099
 you refuse

00:25:17.099 --> 00:25:17.539
 to speak

00:25:17.539 --> 00:25:17.819
 to me?

00:25:17.899 --> 00:25:18.240
 Don't you

00:25:18.240 --> 00:25:19.500
 realize your

00:25:19.500 --> 00:25:20.039
 life is in

00:25:20.039 --> 00:25:20.680
 my hands?

00:25:21.579 --> 00:25:22.180
 I can set

00:25:22.180 --> 00:25:22.559
 you free

00:25:22.559 --> 00:25:22.980
 or I can

00:25:22.980 --> 00:25:23.319
 have you

00:25:23.319 --> 00:25:23.700
 killed.

00:25:26.940 --> 00:25:27.619
 Answer my

00:25:27.619 --> 00:25:28.039
 question.

00:25:29.559 --> 00:25:30.160
 And I

00:25:30.160 --> 00:25:30.680
 marvel at

00:25:30.680 --> 00:25:31.000
 Jesus'

00:25:31.559 --> 00:25:32.359
 response here.

00:25:34.940 --> 00:25:35.379
 Jesus

00:25:35.379 --> 00:25:35.920
 answered,

00:25:36.319 --> 00:25:37.119
 you would

00:25:37.119 --> 00:25:37.599
 have no

00:25:37.599 --> 00:25:38.319
 power over

00:25:38.319 --> 00:25:39.700
 me if it

00:25:39.700 --> 00:25:40.079
 were not

00:25:40.079 --> 00:25:40.619
 given to

00:25:40.619 --> 00:25:41.539
 you from

00:25:41.539 --> 00:25:41.940
 above.

00:25:41.940 --> 00:25:43.759
 therefore the

00:25:43.759 --> 00:25:44.100
 one who

00:25:44.100 --> 00:25:44.740
 handed me

00:25:44.740 --> 00:25:45.259
 over to

00:25:45.259 --> 00:25:46.460
 you is

00:25:46.460 --> 00:25:47.420
 guilty of

00:25:47.420 --> 00:25:47.799
 a greater

00:25:47.799 --> 00:25:48.220
 sin.

00:25:51.580 --> 00:25:52.140
 Amazing.

00:25:54.860 --> 00:25:55.460
 Jesus

00:25:55.460 --> 00:25:56.140
 acknowledges,

00:25:56.259 --> 00:25:56.920
 yes, you

00:25:56.920 --> 00:25:57.580
 do have

00:25:57.580 --> 00:25:58.320
 power over

00:25:58.320 --> 00:25:59.980
 me, but

00:25:59.980 --> 00:26:00.799
 only because

00:26:00.799 --> 00:26:01.700
 God, my

00:26:01.700 --> 00:26:02.340
 Father, has

00:26:02.340 --> 00:26:02.980
 given it to

00:26:02.980 --> 00:26:03.220
 you.

00:26:03.940 --> 00:26:04.380
 In other

00:26:04.380 --> 00:26:05.400
 words, yes,

00:26:05.400 --> 00:26:06.160
 my life is

00:26:06.160 --> 00:26:07.100
 in your

00:26:07.100 --> 00:26:08.700
 hands, but

00:26:08.700 --> 00:26:09.539
 you will

00:26:09.539 --> 00:26:10.360
 answer to

00:26:10.359 --> 00:26:12.679
 God for

00:26:12.679 --> 00:26:13.039
 what you

00:26:13.039 --> 00:26:13.459
 do with

00:26:13.459 --> 00:26:13.719
 me.

00:26:23.199 --> 00:26:23.639
 Jesus

00:26:23.639 --> 00:26:23.959
 says,

00:26:24.059 --> 00:26:24.519
 therefore the

00:26:24.519 --> 00:26:24.859
 one who

00:26:24.859 --> 00:26:25.399
 handed me

00:26:25.399 --> 00:26:25.799
 over to

00:26:25.799 --> 00:26:26.139
 you is

00:26:26.139 --> 00:26:26.679
 guilty of

00:26:26.679 --> 00:26:27.019
 a greater

00:26:27.019 --> 00:26:27.399
 sin.

00:26:28.459 --> 00:26:28.919
 Now, I'm

00:26:28.919 --> 00:26:29.559
 not going to

00:26:29.559 --> 00:26:30.219
 speculate about

00:26:30.219 --> 00:26:30.639
 all that

00:26:30.639 --> 00:26:31.299
 means, but

00:26:31.299 --> 00:26:32.979
 at the

00:26:32.979 --> 00:26:33.579
 very least,

00:26:33.719 --> 00:26:34.919
 notice what

00:26:34.919 --> 00:26:35.479
 Jesus is

00:26:35.479 --> 00:26:36.059
 saying here.

00:26:36.219 --> 00:26:36.639
 He's saying,

00:26:36.759 --> 00:26:37.119
 Pilate,

00:26:37.399 --> 00:26:37.879
 should you

00:26:37.879 --> 00:26:38.740
 crucify me?

00:26:38.740 --> 00:26:40.059
 you will

00:26:40.059 --> 00:26:41.120
 indeed be

00:26:41.120 --> 00:26:42.380
 guilty of

00:26:42.380 --> 00:26:42.680
 sin.

00:26:44.440 --> 00:26:44.940
 And this

00:26:44.940 --> 00:26:45.359
 time it

00:26:45.359 --> 00:26:45.980
 seems Jesus'

00:26:46.180 --> 00:26:47.160
 words leave

00:26:47.160 --> 00:26:47.880
 an impression.

00:26:50.019 --> 00:26:51.019
 Verse 12,

00:26:51.200 --> 00:26:52.180
 from then on

00:26:52.180 --> 00:26:53.380
 Pilate tried

00:26:53.380 --> 00:26:54.000
 to set

00:26:54.000 --> 00:26:54.920
 Jesus free.

00:26:56.500 --> 00:26:57.200
 And the

00:26:57.200 --> 00:26:57.599
 tense of

00:26:57.599 --> 00:26:58.180
 that verb

00:26:58.180 --> 00:26:59.039
 is not

00:26:59.039 --> 00:26:59.599
 just a

00:26:59.599 --> 00:27:00.079
 one-time

00:27:00.079 --> 00:27:00.660
 thing, but

00:27:00.660 --> 00:27:01.460
 he was

00:27:01.460 --> 00:27:02.359
 trying, he

00:27:02.359 --> 00:27:03.579
 was making

00:27:03.579 --> 00:27:04.460
 continual

00:27:04.460 --> 00:27:05.039
 effort for

00:27:05.039 --> 00:27:05.680
 some span

00:27:05.680 --> 00:27:06.079
 of time

00:27:06.079 --> 00:27:06.500
 here to

00:27:06.500 --> 00:27:07.160
 set Jesus

00:27:07.160 --> 00:27:07.559
 free.

00:27:08.740 --> 00:27:11.200
 But the

00:27:11.200 --> 00:27:11.779
 Jewish leaders

00:27:11.779 --> 00:27:12.420
 kept shouting,

00:27:12.620 --> 00:27:13.019
 if you

00:27:13.019 --> 00:27:13.579
 let this

00:27:13.579 --> 00:27:14.140
 man go,

00:27:14.480 --> 00:27:14.759
 you are

00:27:14.759 --> 00:27:15.480
 no friend

00:27:15.480 --> 00:27:16.019
 of Caesar.

00:27:16.440 --> 00:27:17.079
 Anyone who

00:27:17.079 --> 00:27:17.519
 claims to

00:27:17.519 --> 00:27:18.120
 be a king

00:27:18.120 --> 00:27:18.960
 opposes

00:27:18.960 --> 00:27:19.819
 Caesar.

00:27:28.000 --> 00:27:28.519
 When

00:27:28.519 --> 00:27:28.859
 Pilate

00:27:28.859 --> 00:27:29.400
 heard this,

00:27:29.900 --> 00:27:30.240
 he brought

00:27:30.240 --> 00:27:30.940
 Jesus out

00:27:30.940 --> 00:27:32.160
 and sat

00:27:32.160 --> 00:27:32.599
 down on

00:27:32.599 --> 00:27:33.099
 the judge's

00:27:33.099 --> 00:27:34.120
 seat at

00:27:34.120 --> 00:27:34.500
 a place

00:27:34.500 --> 00:27:34.920
 known as

00:27:34.920 --> 00:27:35.359
 the stone

00:27:35.359 --> 00:27:35.799
 pavement,

00:27:36.480 --> 00:27:36.920
 which in

00:27:36.920 --> 00:27:37.519
 Aramaic

00:27:37.519 --> 00:27:38.180
 is

00:27:38.180 --> 00:27:39.200
 Gabbatha.

00:27:40.200 --> 00:27:40.800
 It was

00:27:40.800 --> 00:27:41.060
 the day

00:27:41.060 --> 00:27:41.740
 of preparation

00:27:41.740 --> 00:27:42.140
 of the

00:27:42.140 --> 00:27:42.600
 Passover.

00:27:42.960 --> 00:27:43.180
 It was

00:27:43.180 --> 00:27:43.840
 about noon.

00:27:45.000 --> 00:27:45.500
 Here is

00:27:45.500 --> 00:27:46.080
 your king,

00:27:46.560 --> 00:27:47.000
 Pilate said

00:27:47.000 --> 00:27:47.320
 to the

00:27:47.320 --> 00:27:47.620
 Jews.

00:27:48.759 --> 00:27:49.400
 But they

00:27:49.400 --> 00:27:49.740
 shouted,

00:27:50.000 --> 00:27:50.380
 take him

00:27:50.380 --> 00:27:50.759
 away,

00:27:51.060 --> 00:27:51.440
 take him

00:27:51.440 --> 00:27:51.820
 away,

00:27:52.220 --> 00:27:53.140
 crucify him.

00:27:53.900 --> 00:27:54.420
 Shall I

00:27:54.420 --> 00:27:55.220
 crucify your

00:27:55.220 --> 00:27:55.640
 king?

00:27:56.180 --> 00:27:56.500
 Pilate

00:27:56.500 --> 00:27:56.900
 asked.

00:27:57.680 --> 00:27:58.820
 We have

00:27:58.820 --> 00:27:59.500
 no king

00:27:59.500 --> 00:28:00.380
 but Caesar,

00:28:00.960 --> 00:28:01.519
 the chief

00:28:01.519 --> 00:28:02.160
 priests

00:28:02.160 --> 00:28:03.380
 answered.

00:28:04.460 --> 00:28:05.000
 Finally,

00:28:05.100 --> 00:28:05.680
 Pilate handed

00:28:05.680 --> 00:28:06.340
 him over to

00:28:06.339 --> 00:28:07.439
 them to

00:28:07.439 --> 00:28:08.119
 be crucified.

00:28:10.879 --> 00:28:11.539
 Right to

00:28:11.539 --> 00:28:12.019
 the end,

00:28:12.659 --> 00:28:13.240
 we see this

00:28:13.240 --> 00:28:13.939
 reluctance of

00:28:13.939 --> 00:28:14.439
 Pilate to

00:28:14.439 --> 00:28:14.859
 give in to

00:28:14.859 --> 00:28:15.539
 their demands.

00:28:16.939 --> 00:28:17.259
 In fact,

00:28:17.319 --> 00:28:17.659
 it almost

00:28:17.659 --> 00:28:18.240
 seems as if

00:28:18.240 --> 00:28:18.959
 Pilate's ready

00:28:18.959 --> 00:28:19.819
 to install

00:28:19.819 --> 00:28:20.740
 Jesus as

00:28:20.740 --> 00:28:21.299
 their king.

00:28:21.659 --> 00:28:22.240
 Here's your

00:28:22.240 --> 00:28:22.619
 king.

00:28:22.899 --> 00:28:23.359
 Shall I

00:28:23.359 --> 00:28:24.259
 crucify your

00:28:24.259 --> 00:28:24.659
 king?

00:28:25.439 --> 00:28:25.859
 Are you

00:28:25.859 --> 00:28:26.959
 sure you

00:28:26.959 --> 00:28:27.579
 want me to

00:28:27.579 --> 00:28:28.159
 do this?

00:28:29.879 --> 00:28:30.500
 And the

00:28:30.500 --> 00:28:31.039
 answer of

00:28:31.039 --> 00:28:31.480
 the chief

00:28:31.480 --> 00:28:32.240
 priests,

00:28:34.319 --> 00:28:34.759
 Annas,

00:28:34.959 --> 00:28:35.559
 Caiaphas,

00:28:35.559 --> 00:28:36.759
 and family

00:28:36.759 --> 00:28:37.720
 is we

00:28:37.720 --> 00:28:38.579
 have no

00:28:38.579 --> 00:28:39.240
 king but

00:28:39.240 --> 00:28:39.799
 Caesar.

00:28:41.799 --> 00:28:42.319
 Wow.

00:28:43.819 --> 00:28:44.480
 We are

00:28:44.480 --> 00:28:45.440
 loyal subjects

00:28:45.440 --> 00:28:45.960
 to the

00:28:45.960 --> 00:28:46.960
 emperor alone.

00:28:48.859 --> 00:28:49.639
 I mentioned

00:28:49.639 --> 00:28:50.179
 before how

00:28:50.179 --> 00:28:50.579
 there was a

00:28:50.579 --> 00:28:50.899
 lot of

00:28:50.899 --> 00:28:51.319
 religious

00:28:51.319 --> 00:28:52.059
 posturing

00:28:52.059 --> 00:28:52.559
 going on.

00:28:52.619 --> 00:28:52.700
 Well,

00:28:52.720 --> 00:28:53.000
 here's a

00:28:53.000 --> 00:28:53.559
 different kind

00:28:53.559 --> 00:28:54.279
 of posturing.

00:28:54.619 --> 00:28:55.019
 Here the

00:28:55.019 --> 00:28:55.799
 religious leaders

00:28:55.799 --> 00:28:56.559
 are posturing

00:28:56.559 --> 00:28:56.940
 saying,

00:28:57.139 --> 00:28:57.639
 if you don't

00:28:57.639 --> 00:28:58.139
 give us

00:28:58.139 --> 00:28:59.119
 this thing

00:28:59.119 --> 00:28:59.419
 that we

00:28:59.419 --> 00:28:59.899
 want and

00:28:59.899 --> 00:29:00.220
 put him

00:29:00.220 --> 00:29:00.659
 to death,

00:29:00.679 --> 00:29:00.919
 if you

00:29:00.919 --> 00:29:01.579
 don't execute

00:29:01.579 --> 00:29:01.839
 him,

00:29:02.139 --> 00:29:02.740
 we're more

00:29:02.740 --> 00:29:03.659
 loyal to the

00:29:03.659 --> 00:29:04.240
 Roman emperor

00:29:04.240 --> 00:29:04.680
 than you

00:29:04.680 --> 00:29:04.980
 are.

00:29:07.039 --> 00:29:07.559
 This

00:29:07.559 --> 00:29:07.920
 statement

00:29:07.920 --> 00:29:09.019
 represents the

00:29:09.019 --> 00:29:10.220
 outright rejection

00:29:10.220 --> 00:29:11.779
 of Jesus

00:29:11.779 --> 00:29:12.299
 as their

00:29:12.299 --> 00:29:12.740
 Messiah.

00:29:14.299 --> 00:29:15.000
 Just as

00:29:15.000 --> 00:29:15.779
 John told us

00:29:15.779 --> 00:29:16.200
 right at the

00:29:16.200 --> 00:29:16.779
 very beginning

00:29:16.779 --> 00:29:17.140
 of his

00:29:17.140 --> 00:29:17.480
 account,

00:29:17.559 --> 00:29:17.920
 back in

00:29:17.920 --> 00:29:18.640
 chapter 1,

00:29:19.279 --> 00:29:20.740
 verse 11,

00:29:21.440 --> 00:29:22.819
 Jesus came

00:29:22.819 --> 00:29:23.480
 to that which

00:29:23.480 --> 00:29:24.099
 was his own,

00:29:24.880 --> 00:29:25.700
 but his own

00:29:25.700 --> 00:29:26.259
 did not

00:29:26.259 --> 00:29:27.120
 receive him.

00:29:28.640 --> 00:29:29.180
 And with

00:29:29.180 --> 00:29:29.420
 that,

00:29:29.559 --> 00:29:30.180
 Pilate finally

00:29:30.180 --> 00:29:30.740
 gives in to

00:29:30.740 --> 00:29:31.339
 their demands,

00:29:31.339 --> 00:29:31.679
 and he

00:29:31.679 --> 00:29:32.099
 does what

00:29:32.099 --> 00:29:32.779
 he knows

00:29:32.779 --> 00:29:34.279
 is sin

00:29:34.279 --> 00:29:35.319
 and hands

00:29:35.319 --> 00:29:36.339
 Jesus over

00:29:36.339 --> 00:29:37.399
 to be

00:29:37.399 --> 00:29:37.859
 crucified.

00:29:40.299 --> 00:29:40.939
 We're going

00:29:40.939 --> 00:29:41.379
 to continue

00:29:41.379 --> 00:29:41.899
 the story

00:29:41.899 --> 00:29:42.559
 next week,

00:29:42.859 --> 00:29:44.019
 but let's

00:29:44.019 --> 00:29:44.559
 take a moment

00:29:44.559 --> 00:29:45.059
 to reflect

00:29:45.059 --> 00:29:46.079
 on what

00:29:46.079 --> 00:29:46.579
 we've heard

00:29:46.579 --> 00:29:47.459
 this morning.

00:29:47.819 --> 00:29:48.339
 How should

00:29:48.339 --> 00:29:48.879
 we respond

00:29:48.879 --> 00:29:49.399
 to this?

00:29:50.259 --> 00:29:51.019
 There's lots

00:29:51.019 --> 00:29:51.419
 of different

00:29:51.419 --> 00:29:52.059
 ways this

00:29:52.059 --> 00:29:52.919
 could touch

00:29:52.919 --> 00:29:53.240
 us.

00:29:54.319 --> 00:29:55.159
 This is the

00:29:55.159 --> 00:29:55.720
 very heart

00:29:55.720 --> 00:29:56.379
 of the gospel

00:29:56.379 --> 00:29:56.779
 that we're

00:29:56.779 --> 00:29:57.359
 getting to.

00:29:58.799 --> 00:29:59.419
 John really

00:29:59.419 --> 00:29:59.939
 does seem

00:29:59.940 --> 00:30:00.539
 to highlight

00:30:00.539 --> 00:30:01.059
 the utter

00:30:01.059 --> 00:30:01.820
 wickedness

00:30:01.820 --> 00:30:02.920
 of these

00:30:02.920 --> 00:30:03.600
 Jewish leaders,

00:30:03.740 --> 00:30:04.400
 their blatant

00:30:04.400 --> 00:30:05.279
 rejection of

00:30:05.279 --> 00:30:05.600
 Jesus.

00:30:06.200 --> 00:30:06.580
 They will

00:30:06.580 --> 00:30:07.740
 not have

00:30:07.740 --> 00:30:08.220
 him as

00:30:08.220 --> 00:30:08.799
 their king,

00:30:09.299 --> 00:30:10.279
 even though

00:30:10.279 --> 00:30:10.980
 he is

00:30:10.980 --> 00:30:11.799
 God's

00:30:11.799 --> 00:30:12.200
 Messiah.

00:30:13.120 --> 00:30:13.740
 They will

00:30:13.740 --> 00:30:14.200
 not be

00:30:14.200 --> 00:30:14.840
 content with

00:30:14.840 --> 00:30:15.259
 his being

00:30:15.259 --> 00:30:15.920
 punished and

00:30:15.920 --> 00:30:16.559
 humiliated.

00:30:16.680 --> 00:30:17.059
 They want

00:30:17.059 --> 00:30:17.580
 him dead,

00:30:17.940 --> 00:30:18.460
 and they

00:30:18.460 --> 00:30:19.120
 want Pilate

00:30:19.120 --> 00:30:19.660
 to do it

00:30:19.660 --> 00:30:20.240
 for them.

00:30:20.960 --> 00:30:21.860
 The hypocrisy

00:30:21.860 --> 00:30:22.360
 here is

00:30:22.360 --> 00:30:22.820
 staggering.

00:30:24.740 --> 00:30:25.360
 In the

00:30:25.360 --> 00:30:25.860
 midst of all

00:30:25.860 --> 00:30:26.259
 this,

00:30:26.860 --> 00:30:28.080
 John highlights

00:30:28.080 --> 00:30:28.700
 Jesus'

00:30:29.080 --> 00:30:29.580
 innocence,

00:30:29.940 --> 00:30:31.059
 Pilate is

00:30:31.059 --> 00:30:31.680
 no saint,

00:30:31.799 --> 00:30:32.100
 he's no

00:30:32.100 --> 00:30:32.880
 righteous man,

00:30:32.960 --> 00:30:33.480
 but even

00:30:33.480 --> 00:30:34.259
 Pilate,

00:30:34.340 --> 00:30:34.620
 the Roman

00:30:34.620 --> 00:30:35.100
 governor,

00:30:35.400 --> 00:30:36.259
 a Gentile,

00:30:36.620 --> 00:30:37.180
 knows that

00:30:37.180 --> 00:30:38.140
 Jesus has

00:30:38.140 --> 00:30:38.660
 not done

00:30:38.660 --> 00:30:39.380
 anything to

00:30:39.380 --> 00:30:40.180
 deserve this.

00:30:40.779 --> 00:30:41.660
 Three times,

00:30:42.100 --> 00:30:43.340
 I find no

00:30:43.340 --> 00:30:44.880
 basis for a

00:30:44.880 --> 00:30:45.600
 charge against

00:30:45.600 --> 00:30:45.860
 him.

00:30:46.120 --> 00:30:46.539
 He hasn't

00:30:46.539 --> 00:30:47.059
 done anything

00:30:47.059 --> 00:30:47.519
 wrong.

00:30:52.680 --> 00:30:53.519
 Yet even

00:30:53.519 --> 00:30:54.059
 though Jesus

00:30:54.059 --> 00:30:54.980
 suffers greatly

00:30:54.980 --> 00:30:55.660
 here and is

00:30:55.660 --> 00:30:56.140
 the victim,

00:30:57.320 --> 00:30:58.360
 we also see

00:30:58.360 --> 00:30:59.160
 through John's

00:30:59.160 --> 00:31:00.259
 eyes that

00:31:00.259 --> 00:31:00.740
 he is in

00:31:00.740 --> 00:31:01.200
 fact the

00:31:01.200 --> 00:31:02.480
 hero of

00:31:02.480 --> 00:31:03.019
 this whole

00:31:03.019 --> 00:31:04.680
 story.

00:31:06.220 --> 00:31:07.000
 Isn't it

00:31:07.000 --> 00:31:07.700
 awesome how

00:31:07.700 --> 00:31:08.680
 Jesus responds

00:31:08.680 --> 00:31:09.340
 to Pilate

00:31:09.340 --> 00:31:10.740
 again and

00:31:10.740 --> 00:31:11.220
 again and

00:31:11.220 --> 00:31:11.560
 again?

00:31:12.019 --> 00:31:12.840
 We just see

00:31:12.840 --> 00:31:13.400
 this great

00:31:13.400 --> 00:31:14.240
 wisdom of

00:31:14.240 --> 00:31:14.740
 Jesus,

00:31:15.740 --> 00:31:17.320
 carefully

00:31:17.320 --> 00:31:18.220
 deciding when

00:31:18.220 --> 00:31:18.800
 to answer

00:31:18.800 --> 00:31:19.200
 and when

00:31:19.200 --> 00:31:19.580
 not,

00:31:20.220 --> 00:31:20.660
 when to

00:31:20.660 --> 00:31:21.540
 answer directly

00:31:21.540 --> 00:31:22.700
 and when to

00:31:22.700 --> 00:31:23.220
 counter with

00:31:23.220 --> 00:31:23.700
 a question.

00:31:24.120 --> 00:31:24.779
 We see his

00:31:24.779 --> 00:31:25.180
 wisdom.

00:31:25.180 --> 00:31:25.880
 we see

00:31:25.880 --> 00:31:26.259
 Jesus'

00:31:26.460 --> 00:31:26.960
 confidence.

00:31:28.700 --> 00:31:29.620
 He knows

00:31:29.620 --> 00:31:30.220
 who he is.

00:31:30.299 --> 00:31:30.799
 He knows

00:31:30.799 --> 00:31:31.539
 why he has

00:31:31.539 --> 00:31:31.900
 come.

00:31:32.680 --> 00:31:33.100
 He's not

00:31:33.100 --> 00:31:33.799
 embarrassed or

00:31:33.799 --> 00:31:34.460
 ashamed one

00:31:34.460 --> 00:31:35.080
 bit to tell

00:31:35.080 --> 00:31:35.620
 Pilate the

00:31:35.620 --> 00:31:35.900
 truth.

00:31:36.060 --> 00:31:38.299
 I am a

00:31:38.299 --> 00:31:40.460
 king and

00:31:40.460 --> 00:31:40.980
 of a kingdom

00:31:40.980 --> 00:31:41.700
 that's not

00:31:41.700 --> 00:31:42.180
 from this

00:31:42.180 --> 00:31:42.580
 world.

00:31:43.259 --> 00:31:43.820
 And I have

00:31:43.820 --> 00:31:44.360
 been born,

00:31:44.519 --> 00:31:45.080
 I have come

00:31:45.080 --> 00:31:45.560
 into this

00:31:45.560 --> 00:31:46.120
 world to

00:31:46.120 --> 00:31:47.060
 testify to

00:31:47.060 --> 00:31:47.580
 the truth.

00:31:47.840 --> 00:31:48.539
 And everyone

00:31:48.539 --> 00:31:49.160
 on the side

00:31:49.160 --> 00:31:49.660
 of truth

00:31:49.660 --> 00:31:50.640
 listens to

00:31:50.640 --> 00:31:50.880
 me.

00:31:51.680 --> 00:31:51.940
 What

00:31:51.940 --> 00:31:52.460
 confidence,

00:31:52.460 --> 00:31:52.620
 confidence,

00:31:53.400 --> 00:31:55.160
 what boldness

00:31:55.160 --> 00:31:55.779
 to speak

00:31:55.779 --> 00:31:56.460
 like this

00:31:56.460 --> 00:31:57.579
 to the

00:31:57.579 --> 00:31:58.220
 most powerful

00:31:58.220 --> 00:31:58.700
 man in

00:31:58.700 --> 00:31:59.140
 the region,

00:31:59.440 --> 00:32:00.000
 the man who

00:32:00.000 --> 00:32:00.799
 stands judge

00:32:00.799 --> 00:32:01.480
 over him.

00:32:02.360 --> 00:32:03.100
 I love it

00:32:03.100 --> 00:32:03.740
 when it comes

00:32:03.740 --> 00:32:04.519
 to verse 11

00:32:04.519 --> 00:32:05.019
 of chapter

00:32:05.019 --> 00:32:05.600
 19.

00:32:06.340 --> 00:32:06.840
 And Jesus

00:32:06.840 --> 00:32:07.640
 says this,

00:32:07.740 --> 00:32:08.059
 you would

00:32:08.059 --> 00:32:08.700
 have no

00:32:08.700 --> 00:32:09.539
 power over

00:32:09.539 --> 00:32:10.640
 me if it

00:32:10.640 --> 00:32:11.000
 were not

00:32:11.000 --> 00:32:11.460
 given to

00:32:11.460 --> 00:32:12.460
 you from

00:32:12.460 --> 00:32:12.860
 above.

00:32:14.680 --> 00:32:15.200
 Therefore,

00:32:15.319 --> 00:32:16.860
 the one who

00:32:16.860 --> 00:32:17.480
 handed me

00:32:17.480 --> 00:32:18.100
 over to you

00:32:18.100 --> 00:32:18.539
 is guilty

00:32:18.539 --> 00:32:19.100
 of a greater

00:32:19.100 --> 00:32:19.460
 sin.

00:32:19.960 --> 00:32:20.620
 Notice what

00:32:20.620 --> 00:32:21.240
 happens in

00:32:21.240 --> 00:32:21.779
 this moment.

00:32:21.779 --> 00:32:22.240
 It's like

00:32:22.240 --> 00:32:22.740
 Pilate's

00:32:22.740 --> 00:32:23.299
 the judge

00:32:23.299 --> 00:32:25.180
 and Jesus

00:32:25.180 --> 00:32:26.079
 is the one

00:32:26.079 --> 00:32:26.660
 on trial.

00:32:26.960 --> 00:32:27.399
 And it's

00:32:27.399 --> 00:32:27.859
 almost like

00:32:27.859 --> 00:32:28.299
 they switch

00:32:28.299 --> 00:32:29.039
 places for

00:32:29.039 --> 00:32:29.420
 a moment.

00:32:29.579 --> 00:32:29.960
 One minute

00:32:29.960 --> 00:32:30.440
 Pilate's

00:32:30.440 --> 00:32:31.019
 claiming to

00:32:31.019 --> 00:32:31.579
 have power

00:32:31.579 --> 00:32:32.220
 over Jesus

00:32:32.220 --> 00:32:32.579
 and the

00:32:32.579 --> 00:32:33.019
 next minute

00:32:33.019 --> 00:32:33.639
 Jesus is

00:32:33.639 --> 00:32:33.940
 telling

00:32:33.940 --> 00:32:34.579
 Pilate what

00:32:34.579 --> 00:32:35.259
 his verdict

00:32:35.259 --> 00:32:35.700
 is going

00:32:35.700 --> 00:32:36.079
 to be.

00:32:36.420 --> 00:32:36.839
 He's going

00:32:36.839 --> 00:32:37.079
 to be

00:32:37.079 --> 00:32:37.440
 guilty

00:32:37.440 --> 00:32:40.399
 before God

00:32:40.399 --> 00:32:40.759
 if he

00:32:40.759 --> 00:32:41.339
 crucifies

00:32:41.339 --> 00:32:41.859
 Jesus.

00:32:42.500 --> 00:32:42.980
 Suddenly

00:32:42.980 --> 00:32:43.519
 Pilate's

00:32:43.519 --> 00:32:43.859
 the one

00:32:43.859 --> 00:32:44.559
 on trial.

00:32:44.899 --> 00:32:45.299
 What will

00:32:45.299 --> 00:32:45.799
 he do

00:32:45.799 --> 00:32:46.359
 in this

00:32:46.359 --> 00:32:46.859
 moment of

00:32:46.859 --> 00:32:47.259
 testing?

00:32:47.599 --> 00:32:47.920
 And he's

00:32:47.920 --> 00:32:48.500
 trying and

00:32:48.500 --> 00:32:48.980
 trying to

00:32:48.980 --> 00:32:49.559
 set Jesus

00:32:49.559 --> 00:32:49.920
 free.

00:32:49.920 --> 00:32:51.620
 It's

00:32:51.620 --> 00:32:52.060
 amazing.

00:32:52.820 --> 00:32:53.080
 Jesus

00:32:53.080 --> 00:32:54.160
 just has

00:32:54.160 --> 00:32:55.060
 this

00:32:55.060 --> 00:32:55.920
 authority.

00:32:56.420 --> 00:32:57.200
 This way

00:32:57.200 --> 00:32:57.600
 of bringing

00:32:57.600 --> 00:32:58.100
 God's

00:32:58.100 --> 00:32:58.700
 truth to

00:32:58.700 --> 00:32:59.539
 bear on

00:32:59.539 --> 00:32:59.880
 any

00:32:59.880 --> 00:33:00.560
 situation

00:33:00.560 --> 00:33:01.320
 and it

00:33:01.320 --> 00:33:02.000
 unseated

00:33:02.000 --> 00:33:02.539
 Pilate

00:33:02.539 --> 00:33:03.019
 from his

00:33:03.019 --> 00:33:03.380
 judgment

00:33:03.380 --> 00:33:03.779
 seat.

00:33:05.519 --> 00:33:06.320
 Jesus is

00:33:06.320 --> 00:33:06.680
 the hero

00:33:06.680 --> 00:33:07.039
 of this

00:33:07.039 --> 00:33:07.360
 story.

00:33:07.519 --> 00:33:07.820
 We see

00:33:07.820 --> 00:33:08.480
 his wisdom.

00:33:08.900 --> 00:33:09.259
 We see

00:33:09.259 --> 00:33:09.980
 his confidence.

00:33:10.240 --> 00:33:10.519
 We see

00:33:10.519 --> 00:33:11.259
 his boldness.

00:33:11.360 --> 00:33:11.620
 We see

00:33:11.620 --> 00:33:12.180
 his authority.

00:33:12.380 --> 00:33:13.039
 We hear

00:33:13.039 --> 00:33:13.980
 his penetrating

00:33:13.980 --> 00:33:14.560
 words.

00:33:15.160 --> 00:33:15.500
 And all

00:33:15.500 --> 00:33:15.779
 of this

00:33:15.779 --> 00:33:16.380
 in the face

00:33:16.380 --> 00:33:17.260
 of injustice,

00:33:17.860 --> 00:33:18.240
 cruelty,

00:33:18.840 --> 00:33:19.220
 hatred,

00:33:19.820 --> 00:33:20.160
 envy,

00:33:20.660 --> 00:33:21.100
 corruption,

00:33:21.700 --> 00:33:22.160
 slander.

00:33:23.300 --> 00:33:23.940
 It's

00:33:23.940 --> 00:33:24.460
 amazing.

00:33:27.020 --> 00:33:27.660
 Perhaps

00:33:27.660 --> 00:33:28.120
 the greatest

00:33:28.120 --> 00:33:28.900
 emphasis here

00:33:28.900 --> 00:33:29.320
 though in

00:33:29.320 --> 00:33:29.680
 John's

00:33:29.680 --> 00:33:30.140
 telling of

00:33:30.140 --> 00:33:30.740
 this story

00:33:30.740 --> 00:33:31.520
 is on

00:33:31.520 --> 00:33:32.040
 whether or

00:33:32.040 --> 00:33:32.980
 not Jesus

00:33:32.980 --> 00:33:34.480
 is king.

00:33:34.800 --> 00:33:35.520
 That's what

00:33:35.520 --> 00:33:36.020
 all of this

00:33:36.020 --> 00:33:36.620
 turns on.

00:33:37.800 --> 00:33:38.200
 It's the

00:33:38.200 --> 00:33:38.920
 first question

00:33:38.920 --> 00:33:39.840
 Pilate asks.

00:33:40.600 --> 00:33:41.440
 Are you

00:33:41.440 --> 00:33:41.780
 the king

00:33:41.780 --> 00:33:42.040
 of the

00:33:42.040 --> 00:33:42.420
 Jews?

00:33:43.460 --> 00:33:44.240
 It's the

00:33:44.240 --> 00:33:44.760
 subject of

00:33:44.760 --> 00:33:45.000
 Jesus'

00:33:45.200 --> 00:33:45.760
 conversation

00:33:45.759 --> 00:33:46.379
 with Pilate.

00:33:46.480 --> 00:33:46.700
 My

00:33:46.700 --> 00:33:47.079
 kingdom

00:33:47.079 --> 00:33:47.519
 is not

00:33:47.519 --> 00:33:47.940
 from this

00:33:47.940 --> 00:33:48.200
 world.

00:33:48.299 --> 00:33:48.599
 It's the

00:33:48.599 --> 00:33:48.940
 title

00:33:48.940 --> 00:33:49.319
 Pilate

00:33:49.319 --> 00:33:49.779
 gives to

00:33:49.779 --> 00:33:50.279
 Jesus.

00:33:51.099 --> 00:33:51.359
 Your

00:33:51.359 --> 00:33:51.799
 king.

00:33:53.259 --> 00:33:53.900
 It's what

00:33:53.900 --> 00:33:54.500
 Jesus is

00:33:54.500 --> 00:33:55.099
 mocked for

00:33:55.099 --> 00:33:56.099
 with the

00:33:56.099 --> 00:33:57.039
 robe and

00:33:57.039 --> 00:33:57.480
 the crown.

00:33:58.119 --> 00:33:58.539
 It's why

00:33:58.539 --> 00:33:59.019
 the religious

00:33:59.019 --> 00:33:59.640
 leaders say

00:33:59.640 --> 00:34:00.200
 Pilate must

00:34:00.200 --> 00:34:00.879
 condemn him

00:34:00.879 --> 00:34:02.240
 or be no

00:34:02.240 --> 00:34:03.379
 friend of

00:34:03.379 --> 00:34:04.039
 the emperor's.

00:34:04.079 --> 00:34:04.559
 We have

00:34:04.559 --> 00:34:05.460
 no king

00:34:05.460 --> 00:34:06.059
 but Caesar.

00:34:07.339 --> 00:34:07.700
 And the

00:34:07.700 --> 00:34:08.300
 clear message

00:34:08.300 --> 00:34:08.900
 of all the

00:34:08.900 --> 00:34:09.659
 gospel accounts

00:34:09.659 --> 00:34:10.039
 is that

00:34:10.039 --> 00:34:11.460
 Jesus is

00:34:11.460 --> 00:34:13.480
 the king.

00:34:14.139 --> 00:34:14.699
 God's

00:34:14.699 --> 00:34:15.739
 chosen

00:34:15.760 --> 00:34:16.220
 king.

00:34:16.760 --> 00:34:17.000
 The

00:34:17.000 --> 00:34:17.380
 Messiah.

00:34:18.480 --> 00:34:18.860
 Do you

00:34:18.860 --> 00:34:19.220
 hear what

00:34:19.220 --> 00:34:19.940
 Jesus said?

00:34:21.560 --> 00:34:22.240
 My

00:34:22.240 --> 00:34:22.980
 kingdom is

00:34:22.980 --> 00:34:23.920
 not of

00:34:23.920 --> 00:34:24.520
 this world.

00:34:25.380 --> 00:34:26.220
 It's from

00:34:26.220 --> 00:34:27.040
 another place.

00:34:27.780 --> 00:34:28.140
 Yes.

00:34:28.680 --> 00:34:29.240
 He really

00:34:29.240 --> 00:34:30.080
 did claim

00:34:30.080 --> 00:34:30.940
 to be a

00:34:30.940 --> 00:34:31.220
 king.

00:34:31.700 --> 00:34:32.340
 Heaven's

00:34:32.340 --> 00:34:32.820
 king.

00:34:35.400 --> 00:34:36.180
 Do you

00:34:36.180 --> 00:34:36.480
 believe

00:34:36.480 --> 00:34:36.820
 Jesus?

00:34:36.820 --> 00:34:36.960
 Jesus?

00:34:40.820 --> 00:34:41.559
 We saw

00:34:41.559 --> 00:34:41.880
 and heard

00:34:41.880 --> 00:34:42.300
 how they

00:34:42.300 --> 00:34:42.620
 treated

00:34:42.620 --> 00:34:43.000
 Jesus

00:34:43.000 --> 00:34:43.380
 here.

00:34:44.160 --> 00:34:44.680
 Rather than

00:34:44.680 --> 00:34:45.320
 accepting him

00:34:45.320 --> 00:34:45.780
 as king,

00:34:45.880 --> 00:34:46.580
 they rejected

00:34:46.580 --> 00:34:46.920
 him.

00:34:47.300 --> 00:34:47.900
 Rather than

00:34:47.900 --> 00:34:48.940
 bowing reverently,

00:34:49.100 --> 00:34:49.680
 they mocked

00:34:49.680 --> 00:34:49.860
 him.

00:34:50.260 --> 00:34:50.740
 Rather than

00:34:50.740 --> 00:34:51.320
 listening to

00:34:51.320 --> 00:34:51.539
 him and

00:34:51.539 --> 00:34:52.120
 obeying his

00:34:52.120 --> 00:34:52.400
 word,

00:34:52.500 --> 00:34:53.260
 they conspired

00:34:53.260 --> 00:34:53.840
 against him

00:34:53.840 --> 00:34:54.240
 and put him

00:34:54.240 --> 00:34:54.720
 to death.

00:34:56.580 --> 00:34:57.360
 But as we

00:34:57.360 --> 00:34:58.100
 hear it today,

00:34:59.100 --> 00:35:00.000
 what about

00:35:00.000 --> 00:35:00.300
 you?

00:35:00.300 --> 00:35:02.500
 how will

00:35:02.500 --> 00:35:03.180
 you respond

00:35:03.180 --> 00:35:04.640
 to Jesus,

00:35:05.300 --> 00:35:06.019
 your king,

00:35:07.300 --> 00:35:08.640
 the one that

00:35:08.640 --> 00:35:09.240
 God has sent

00:35:09.240 --> 00:35:09.800
 from heaven?

00:35:10.640 --> 00:35:11.039
 Will you

00:35:11.039 --> 00:35:11.720
 receive him

00:35:11.720 --> 00:35:12.580
 as your

00:35:12.580 --> 00:35:12.920
 king?

00:35:12.920 --> 00:35:15.619
 will you

00:35:15.619 --> 00:35:16.280
 worship and

00:35:16.280 --> 00:35:16.920
 honor him?

00:35:17.960 --> 00:35:18.539
 Will you

00:35:18.539 --> 00:35:19.079
 listen to

00:35:19.079 --> 00:35:19.240
 him?

00:35:19.320 --> 00:35:19.579
 Will you

00:35:19.579 --> 00:35:20.220
 serve him?

00:35:21.139 --> 00:35:21.460
 Will you

00:35:21.460 --> 00:35:22.079
 obey him?

00:35:24.360 --> 00:35:24.980
 Will you

00:35:24.980 --> 00:35:25.400
 let the

00:35:25.400 --> 00:35:25.900
 truth that

00:35:25.900 --> 00:35:26.220
 he is

00:35:26.220 --> 00:35:27.240
 king change

00:35:27.240 --> 00:35:27.820
 the way

00:35:27.820 --> 00:35:28.960
 you're

00:35:28.960 --> 00:35:29.260
 living?

00:35:34.019 --> 00:35:34.800
 The reason

00:35:34.800 --> 00:35:35.480
 I was born

00:35:35.480 --> 00:35:36.039
 and came

00:35:36.039 --> 00:35:36.519
 into this

00:35:36.519 --> 00:35:38.340
 world is

00:35:38.340 --> 00:35:39.019
 to testify

00:35:39.019 --> 00:35:39.599
 to the

00:35:39.599 --> 00:35:39.960
 truth.

00:35:40.539 --> 00:35:41.159
 Everyone on

00:35:41.159 --> 00:35:41.760
 the side of

00:35:41.760 --> 00:35:42.860
 truth listens

00:35:42.860 --> 00:35:43.980
 to me,

00:35:44.120 --> 00:35:44.700
 said Jesus.

00:35:46.840 --> 00:35:47.559
 Are you

00:35:47.559 --> 00:35:48.099
 listening to

00:35:48.099 --> 00:35:48.300
 him?

00:35:52.079 --> 00:35:52.800
 Are you

00:35:52.800 --> 00:35:53.440
 taking his

00:35:53.440 --> 00:35:54.380
 words seriously?

00:35:56.440 --> 00:35:57.200
 Are you

00:35:57.200 --> 00:35:57.720
 on the

00:35:57.720 --> 00:35:58.180
 side of

00:35:58.180 --> 00:35:58.559
 truth?

00:36:00.880 --> 00:36:01.460
 These

00:36:01.460 --> 00:36:02.480
 words spoken

00:36:02.480 --> 00:36:03.200
 long ago to

00:36:03.200 --> 00:36:03.559
 Pilate

00:36:03.559 --> 00:36:04.519
 penetrate even

00:36:04.519 --> 00:36:05.280
 us today.

00:36:06.760 --> 00:36:07.160
 And so I

00:36:07.160 --> 00:36:07.680
 want to urge

00:36:07.680 --> 00:36:08.440
 you this

00:36:08.440 --> 00:36:08.760
 morning,

00:36:09.180 --> 00:36:09.660
 open your

00:36:09.660 --> 00:36:10.000
 life,

00:36:10.180 --> 00:36:10.640
 open your

00:36:10.640 --> 00:36:12.360
 heart to

00:36:12.360 --> 00:36:12.740
 Jesus.

00:36:12.860 --> 00:36:13.780
 your king.

00:36:15.640 --> 00:36:16.440
 Let him

00:36:16.440 --> 00:36:17.200
 examine you.

00:36:18.300 --> 00:36:19.039
 Let him

00:36:19.039 --> 00:36:19.800
 speak his

00:36:19.800 --> 00:36:20.760
 truth to

00:36:20.760 --> 00:36:21.019
 you.

00:36:22.720 --> 00:36:23.660
 He loves

00:36:23.660 --> 00:36:23.900
 you.

00:36:25.019 --> 00:36:26.000
 He's going

00:36:26.000 --> 00:36:26.579
 through all

00:36:26.579 --> 00:36:27.140
 of this

00:36:27.140 --> 00:36:28.920
 because he

00:36:28.920 --> 00:36:29.420
 loves you.

00:36:32.420 --> 00:36:33.320
 Let's pray.

00:36:33.320 --> 00:36:39.340
 Lord Jesus,

00:36:39.480 --> 00:36:40.200
 we marvel at

00:36:40.200 --> 00:36:40.660
 how you

00:36:40.660 --> 00:36:41.260
 conducted

00:36:41.260 --> 00:36:42.059
 yourself in

00:36:42.059 --> 00:36:42.800
 these

00:36:42.800 --> 00:36:44.400
 horrible

00:36:44.400 --> 00:36:44.980
 moments.

00:36:48.580 --> 00:36:49.059
 It

00:36:49.059 --> 00:36:49.760
 reminds each

00:36:49.760 --> 00:36:50.280
 one of us

00:36:50.280 --> 00:36:51.200
 that we

00:36:51.200 --> 00:36:52.120
 are guilty,

00:36:52.500 --> 00:36:52.880
 we are

00:36:52.880 --> 00:36:53.260
 sinners,

00:36:53.559 --> 00:36:53.920
 we fall

00:36:53.920 --> 00:36:54.519
 short of

00:36:54.519 --> 00:36:55.080
 your glory.

00:36:56.420 --> 00:36:57.059
 But we

00:36:57.059 --> 00:36:57.539
 thank you

00:36:57.539 --> 00:36:58.019
 that you

00:36:58.019 --> 00:36:58.680
 came to

00:36:58.680 --> 00:36:59.240
 save us,

00:36:59.660 --> 00:37:00.000
 that you

00:37:00.000 --> 00:37:00.480
 loved us

00:37:00.480 --> 00:37:00.720
 still,

00:37:00.840 --> 00:37:01.140
 that you

00:37:01.140 --> 00:37:01.440
 are a

00:37:01.440 --> 00:37:01.780
 merciful

00:37:01.780 --> 00:37:02.240
 God,

00:37:02.740 --> 00:37:04.400
 and that

00:37:04.400 --> 00:37:04.800
 you died

00:37:04.800 --> 00:37:05.139
 on that

00:37:05.139 --> 00:37:06.940
 cross for

00:37:06.940 --> 00:37:07.159
 our

00:37:07.159 --> 00:37:07.579
 forgiveness.

00:37:08.700 --> 00:37:09.079
 Lord, we

00:37:09.079 --> 00:37:09.500
 put our

00:37:09.500 --> 00:37:10.480
 trust and

00:37:10.480 --> 00:37:10.880
 our faith

00:37:10.880 --> 00:37:11.260
 in you,

00:37:12.300 --> 00:37:12.920
 and we

00:37:12.920 --> 00:37:13.360
 say thank

00:37:13.360 --> 00:37:13.579
 you.

00:37:15.220 --> 00:37:15.599
 Amen.

00:37:15.599 --> 00:37:15.720
 Amen.

00:37:15.720 --> 00:37:15.780
 Amen.

00:37:15.780 --> 00:37:15.800
 Amen.

00:37:15.800 --> 00:37:15.840
 Amen.

00:37:15.840 --> 00:37:15.860
 Amen.

00:37:15.860 --> 00:37:15.880
 Amen.

00:37:15.880 --> 00:37:15.900
 Amen.

00:37:15.900 --> 00:37:16.420
 Amen.

00:37:16.420 --> 00:37:16.740
 Amen.

00:37:31.440 --> 00:37:33.440
 Amen.