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 We're in the rising action of the entire gospel story.

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 And soon it will climax with Jesus on the cross.

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 And the story will resolve.

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 And so verse 1, it says,

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 When Jesus had spoken these words,

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 he went out with his disciples across the brook hydron,

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 where there was a garden which he and his disciples entered.

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 Matthew and Mark, in their gospels,

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 called this garden Gethsemane,

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 which literally means oil press.

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 So it's an olive garden.

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 And that's the garden that is in view.

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 And then in verse 2,

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 Now Judas, who betrayed him, also knew the place,

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 for Jesus often met there with his disciples.

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 So Judas has an intimate knowledge of Jesus and his disciples' whereabouts

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 and how they travel, what they do.

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 And it seems that customarily at this time of the year,

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 they met, they gathered at Gethsemane,

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 at the olive garden,

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 so that maybe to pray,

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 to prepare for how they're going to spend the rest of the feast.

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 And so knowing this,

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 and knowing that it will be secluded enough just outside the city,

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 and knowing that there will be cover of night,

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 he comes with soldiers.

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 It says, verse 3,

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 Judas, having procured a band of soldiers,

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 and some officers from the chief priests and the Pharisees,

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 went there with lanterns and torches and weapons.

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 And the band of soldiers is a technical word that refers to a division of the Roman army.

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 It's the Roman cohort,

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 which could have up to 600 soldiers,

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 300 to 600 Roman soldiers.

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 And so the implication is,

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 and they came with weapons,

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 this is a pretty sizable crowd, right?

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 Jesus and his disciples,

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 I mean fishermen,

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 12 people,

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 they don't have a chance,

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 11 people without Judas,

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 they don't have a chance against these people.

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 And it's not just the Roman soldiers,

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 but they come with the Jewish officers.

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 They don't really get along, right?

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 Historically,

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 but with the common foe in Jesus,

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 they become strange bedfellows.

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 They partner together to come.

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 And the whole world,

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 as a result,

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 is implicated in what's about to happen.

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 So the Jews,

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 Gentiles,

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 the whole world,

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 and not just others,

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 but also his,

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 even,

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 even his own disciples.

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 And as we go through this passage,

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 I'm going to kind of do an unusual outline,

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 and just look at four portraits of people in this story.

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 So we're going to look at Peter,

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 and how he denies the Lord.

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 We're going to look at Caiaphas,

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 and the other Jewish leaders.

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 And then we're going to look at Pilate,

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 the Gentile leader.

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 And then we're going to look at,

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 finally,

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 Jesus,

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 and the portrayal of him throughout this passage.

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 And in John 13,

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 if you might recall,

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 Peter had told Jesus that he would even die for him.

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 But Jesus told him,

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 the rooster will not crow

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 till you have denied me three times.

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 And up to this point,

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 Peter's doing well.

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 He seems to be keeping his word.

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 And so when Judas comes with the band of soldiers,

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 it says in verse 10,

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 that Peter took his sword,

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 which is probably not like a full-length sword,

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 but more like a dagger that people typically carry in this day and age.

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 And then he cuts off the servant of the high priest's ear,

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 the right ear,

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 he says.

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 His name is Malchus.

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 But it turns out that this is not only brash of Peter,

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 but also futile,

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 considering that they are hopelessly outnumbered.

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 And he's also rebuked by Jesus,

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 who says to him in verse 11,

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 put your sword into its cheek,

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 that shall I not drink the cup that the Father has given me.

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 Right?

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 So Peter is not only acting,

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 you know,

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 rationed up,

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 but he's also contradicting the very will of the Father

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 in wanting Jesus to go through this.

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 Thankfully,

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 Jesus comes to his rescue,

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 and Peter doesn't get arrested for cutting off the ear of the high priest's servant.

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 And we know from the other Gospels,

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 it's because Jesus diffuses the situation by healing the servant's right ear.

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 And so that's why Peter's okay here,

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 doesn't get arrested or anything like that.

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 And so Jesus comes to the rescue,

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 and then he's bound and taken away by this entourage.

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 And in verse 15,

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 it says that Simon Peter followed Jesus,

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 and so did another disciple.

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 And since that disciple was known to the high priest,

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 he entered with Jesus into the courtyard of the high priest.

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 And this unidentified disciple is most likely the beloved disciple

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 mentioned throughout the Gospel of John,

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 which is John,

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 Apostle John himself.

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 It's kind of an oblique way of referring to himself

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 instead of mentioning his own name.

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 And so the disciple whom Jesus loved,

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 and he apparently has a close connection with the high priest or his family,

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 so he's able to get into the courtyard where the trial with the Sanhedrin is taking place.

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 And this is not as far-fetched as it might sound,

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 because John's family is a fisherman,

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 but this is a day and age where social hierarchies are not as strictly divided.

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 Even people of the educational class or the priestly class

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 were expected to have some kind of trade.

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 So Apostle Paul, for example, was a tent maker, as you might recall.

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 So he had some connection,

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 so he's able to go in,

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 and he has enough connection to be able to get Peter into the courtyard as well.

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 So that's what he does.

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 And as Peter's getting in,

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 this is verse 16,

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 but Peter stood outside at the door,

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 and so the other disciple who was known to the high priest

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 went out and spoke to the servant girl who kept watch at the door

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 and brought Peter in.

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 And as he's coming in,

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 the servant girl makes a sensible connection, right?

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 Because she knows,

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 because John's known in this household,

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 John's a disciple of Jesus,

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 and John just came in,

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 and he came out to grab Peter.

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 So she assumes,

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 oh, so maybe he's a disciple also.

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 And so she asks him this question in verse 17,

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 you also are not one of this man's disciples, are you?

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 The question is phrased in an intentionally pointed way.

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 It expects a negative answer.

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 It says,

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 you also are not one of this man's disciples, are you?

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 So there's a hint of disdain and disbelief in her question.

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 And so Peter senses that,

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 feels that,

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 and he's also,

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 I mean,

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 to give him,

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 a lot of us might do the same when we're in his situation,

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 because he's a nerd by what's happened, right?

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 A shocking turn of events.

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 His master,

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 his teacher,

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 who he thought was going to come into his kingdom

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 and take over this,

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 repel the Roman Empire

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 and restore the Jewish kingdom.

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 This king,

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 this messiah,

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 has been arrested.

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 And not only are he in an environment he's never been in, right?

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 He doesn't have such connections that John did.

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 So he's never been to the courtyard of the high priest himself, right?

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 And so he's,

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 and he's also probably thinking back to what he did

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 in cutting off that servant's right ear.

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 So he's guilt-stricken

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 and he's probably a little fearful

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 and worried about what might happen.

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 And so Peter answers very defensively,

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 I am not.

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 And sin and denial of our Lord,

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 like any other sinful deed,

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 shameful deed,

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 really becomes easier and easier the more you do it.

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 And so the second and third denial come subsequently

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 and he becomes actually all the more animated as it comes.

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 Verses 25 to 27.

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 Now Simon Peter was standing and warming himself.

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 So they said to him,

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 you also are not one of his disciples.

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 Are you?

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 Again, that pointed question,

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 same phrasing.

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 He denied it and said,

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 I am not.

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 One of the servants of the high priest,

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 a relative of the man whose ear Peter had cut off,

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 asked,

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 did I not see you in the garden with him?

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 Peter again denied it.

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 And at once a rooster crowed.

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 Right.

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 So it escalates, right?

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 In the last instant,

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 the man who asked him the question

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 thinks he's seen him, right?

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 Well, I was there.

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 I'm the relative of the guy whose ear you cut off, right?

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 I think I saw you there.

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 And still Peter insists and lies flatly to his face.

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 No, I'm not the guy.

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 And notice what leads Peter to these shameful denials, right?

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 He's not facing any judicial threat, right?

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 He's not,

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 he hasn't been arrested.

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 John's clearly there.

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 He's fine, right?

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 He's a disciple also.

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 So there's no real threat to him,

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 but he's cowed by the atmosphere that he is in, right?

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 That question of disdain, disbelief.

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 You also are not one of this man's disciples, are you?

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 That feeling of marginalization,

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 that air of disdain,

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 that cows him to these denials.

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 And it's a pointed question, right?

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 You're not one of this man's disciples, are you?

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 This man, the one that's being tried by the Sanhedrin right now,

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 you're not this man's disciple, are you?

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 And we live in a generation that can identify with this

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 because we think with our feelings.

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 That's how our generation operates nowadays.

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 And nowadays what wins debates is not solid arguments,

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 but sneers and snarky remarks.

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 You also are not one of those Christians, are you?

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 You actually believe that God created the world?

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 Do you really believe that Jesus rose again from the dead?

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 None of these remarks, as you may have noticed,

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 are actual arguments, right?

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 They simply are assertions that generate a powerful feeling of shame.

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 And it preys on people's insecurities.

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 You really believe that?

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 You're really one of his disciples?

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 They make you feel like what you believe is ridiculous

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 without actually making any arguments to prove that it is ridiculous.

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 And I want to urge you guys,

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 and this is going to happen more and more,

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 and I can recall a time when Steve and I were sitting in a coffee shop

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 talking about the Bible, pizza pies down the street,

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 and a woman who was talking to her boyfriend

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 just right next to us on the table says,

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 oh, hey, you want to believe in Jesus too?

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 Just making fun of us.

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 And we hadn't said anything to her at all, right?

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 I mean, that's the kind of environment we're in, right?

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 And I want to urge you to don't be cowed by the circumstances.

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 When people, don't give people freebies like that.

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 Stand up for what you believe

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 and make them tell you why they think what you believe is untenable

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 instead of just believing that just because they make you feel that way,

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 that it's ridiculous.

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 And if you are not yet a follower of Jesus,

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 be aware of the same hindrance to your belief in Jesus.

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 Don't accept the assumptions of the spirit of the age

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 without examining them.

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 Consider Jesus on his own terms,

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 on his own right.

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 Be open-minded.

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 Don't deny Jesus simply because you're afraid of admitting

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 that you believe in him.

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 Don't fall to the trap that Peter fell into.

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 Now let's turn to a different character narrative.

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 Caiaphas, the high priest, and the other Jewish leaders.

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 After they arrest Jesus, it says in verses 13 and 14,

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 First they led him to Annas,

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 for he was the father-in-law of Caiaphas,

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 who was high priest that year.

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 It was Caiaphas who had advised the Jews

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 that it would be expedient that one man should die for the people.

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 You guys might remember this from chapter 11.

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 Caiaphas saying,

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 Hey, let's make Jesus the scapegoat,

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 make him bear the wrath of the Roman Empire,

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 and in doing so we'll simultaneously quell this messianic frenzy,

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 and we will appease the Roman Empire.

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 So let's use him as a scapegoat.

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 And now that's so Caiaphas has said

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 that it would be expedient for them to do so.

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 So the verdict was already out,

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 and from that time on,

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 they had already resolved to kill Jesus,

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 and that's what they've been doing up to this point.

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 Now you might ask at this point,

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 Why do the Jews bring Jesus first to Annas,

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 the high priest's father-in-law?

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 That seems a little unusual.

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 Why don't you take him to the high priest?

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 Why don't you take him to his father-in-law?

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 And then if you are an unusually careful reader,

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 you may have noticed that there's a slight contradiction,

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 well, it might be a contradiction.

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 Verse 19, it says,

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 The high priest, it says,

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 then questioned Jesus about his disciples and his teaching,

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 in verse 19.

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 And that's when Jesus had been brought to Annas,

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 not Caiaphas,

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 but he's called him,

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 later he calls Annas the high priest.

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 And then afterward he says in verse 24

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 that Annas then sent him bound to Caiaphas the high priest.

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 So it's Annas that's been questioning Jesus,

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 and he's called the high priest,

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 and then later he says that he sent Jesus to the high priest,

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 Caiaphas.

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 So who is the high priest?

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 Because there are only supposed to be one.

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 And so this might seem contradictory at first,

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 but if you understand the complex political and religious situation

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 on the ground at the time,

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 this makes a lot more sense.

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 Because Annas was in fact the high priest from AD 6 to 15.

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 But then the emperor,

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 or actually not the emperor,

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 but Pilate's predecessor,

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 who was Valerius Greatus,

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 he deposed Annas by force,

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 and then put Pilate in his,

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 not Pilate,

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 Caiaphas in his place.

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 And because of that,

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 a lot of the Jews,

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 the pious Jews,

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 held that Annas was the rightful high priest.

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 He was the one that was appointed by God to be high priest.

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 And so even though Caiaphas held the actual authority,

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 the official function according to the Romans,

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 Annas was kind of,

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 was considered a high priest as well.

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 And so,

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 and not only that,

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 Annas' sons,

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 actually five of them in fact,

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 all will at some point become high priests.

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 And his father-in-law Caiaphas,

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 I mean his son-in-law Caiaphas also obviously.

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 So,

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 so he's kind of like the patriarch of the high priest family.

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 So,

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 that's why Luke writes in chapter 3 verse 2 of his gospel,

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 that Jesus,

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 that John the Baptist ministered during the time,

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 during the priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas.

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 So he's already commenting on this situation,

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 the reality,

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 that both of them are prominent high priests.

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 And so,

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 they probably arranged this already beforehand,

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 with Caiaphas and with the Roman authorities.

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 So they first take him to Annas to hear the verdict,

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 and then they take him to Caiaphas,

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 for the official stamp of approval.

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 And why did the Jewish religious authorities oppose Jesus so fiercely?

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 Right?

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 The content of Annas' interrogation of Jesus in verses 19 to 24,

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 reveals some of this.

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 So read verse 19 with me.

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 It says,

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 the high priest then questioned Jesus,

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 about his disciples,

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 and his teaching.

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 So,

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 those are the two things that they're up in arms about,

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 that they're questioning Jesus.

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 But his disciples,

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 which may reflect their concern,

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 preoccupation with how large his following is.

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 Because if it's large,

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 then maybe he could be,

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 he could lead a popular uprising.

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 And they're concerned about that.

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 And secondly,

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 they're concerned about his teaching.

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 So,

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 even though,

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 later as you will see,

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 they present the matter to Pilate,

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 in primarily political terms,

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 because they know that that's,

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 Pilate's vulnerable spot,

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 and that's the language he understands.

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 But for them,

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 the concern is religious.

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 Right?

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 So they say,

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 well,

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 politics also is a part of it.

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 But they disagree,

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 with people's assessment,

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 that Jesus is the Messiah.

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 That Jesus claimed to be the Son of God,

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 and had told them,

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 that they do not belong to the Father,

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 and that that's why they are rejecting Jesus.

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 So Jesus had told the Pharisees,

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 and the Jewish leaders to their face,

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 of this reality,

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 and they resent that fact.

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 And so they question him,

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 and it's questions about his teaching.

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 And then Jesus responds,

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 in verses 20 to 21.

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 I've spoken openly to the world.

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 I've always taught in synagogues,

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 and in the temple,

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 where all Jews come together.

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 I have said nothing in secret.

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 Why do you ask me?

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 Ask those who have heard me,

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 what I said to them.

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 They know what I said.

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 Jesus is saying,

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 he taught out in the open.

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 This doesn't mean that he didn't have

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 any private lessons he did with his disciples.

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 But he's saying that what he said out in the open,

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 in public,

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 was one and the same as what he taught in private.

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 There were not two different messages.

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 He was not saying something in secret,

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 and plotting something.

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 No, he said everything openly.

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 And in contrast,

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 look at these Jewish leaders.

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 They came in the cover of night,

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 in seclusion,

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 to arrest him away,

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 while the rest of the Jews are preoccupied

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 with celebrating the Passover feast.

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 And they conduct this trial at night,

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 and we know this,

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 due to the presence of the lanterns and torches

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 mentioned in verse 3,

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 also the charcoal fire by which the people are warming.

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 So this is taking place that night,

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 and according to Jewish legal procedure,

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 the court was not supposed to be in session at night.

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 This is illegal for them to do,

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 yet they're doing this.

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 Jesus,

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 and there's a stark contrast,

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 Jesus speaks out there in the open,

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 and these Jews are doing something illegal,

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 contrary to the law,

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 in secret.

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 And not only that,

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 Jesus asks them,

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 why do you ask me?

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 Ask those who have heard me what I said to them,

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 they know what I said.

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 This again is a statement that has bite,

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 because according to Jewish legal procedures,

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 you're not supposed to question the subject.

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 You're not supposed to question the defendant.

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 You're supposed to question the witnesses

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 that are produced on behalf of the defendant.

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 That's proper Jewish legal proceeding.

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 And not only that,

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 the witnesses,

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 you're supposed to first bring up the witnesses

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 in support of the defendant,

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 and then listen to the witnesses

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 that are coming up against the defendant.

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 But nothing like that is taking place.

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 They come merely to question Jesus himself,

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 with no witnesses for him.

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 So Jesus is saying,

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 why do you ask me?

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 He's exposing the hypocrisy

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 of the Jewish leaders.

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 And after being taken to Caiaphas after Annas,

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 Jesus is then taken to the Roman governor's headquarters.

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 This is Pilate's headquarters.

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 In the morning,

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 and so this would be the morning of Good Friday.

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 And in order to be,

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 so it says in verse 28,

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 that the Jews themselves

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 did not enter the governor's headquarters

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 so that they would not be defiled,

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 but could eat the Passover.

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 I mean,

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 that just drifts with irony, right?

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 I mean,

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 they are concerned

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 about eating the Passover meal

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 while they are illegally prosecuting

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 and killing

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 the true Passover lamb

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 that God sent

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 to rescue them and save them.

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 Right?

00:18:55.860 --> 00:18:57.559
 They're concerned about eating the Passover.

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 So they won't even go into the governor's headquarters.

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 And I want to keep going on this train,

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 but I need to digress for a little bit

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 in case you guys notice

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 these seeming inconsistencies.

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 And not because

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 these are important in themselves,

00:19:17.359 --> 00:19:18.059
 in their own detail,

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 but because I believe

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 it's important for you

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 to have confidence in God's word

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 that it's trustworthy.

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 Because you might be wondering,

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 well,

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 didn't Mark and Luke

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 and,

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 you know,

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 Matthew,

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 right?

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 And didn't we see earlier

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 that Jesus already had

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 the Passover meal

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 with his disciples?

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 So that was on Thursday.

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 So what does it mean here

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 that they want to eat the Passover?

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 Does that mean

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 the Passover hasn't happened yet?

00:19:41.040 --> 00:19:41.200
 Right?

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 So the reason why

00:19:45.120 --> 00:19:48.720
 it could appear to be contradictory

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 is because the word Passover

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 is used in multiple senses.

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 And the first sense,

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 of course,

00:19:55.740 --> 00:19:58.259
 is to refer to the Passover feast proper,

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 that meal,

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 or that meal

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 that takes place on Thursday.

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 Right?

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 And so it could refer to that meal

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 and that's how Matthew

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 and Mark

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 primarily use the word.

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 Actually,

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 that's the exclusive way

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 they use the word.

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 But Passover could also,

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 the word can also be referring

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 to the whole feast

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 which lasts seven days,

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 not just to the Passover meal proper.

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 And that's how John

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 uses the word.

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 He goes back and forth

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 between the two.

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 And you could tell

00:20:25.099 --> 00:20:25.940
 that this is the case

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 because in Matthew and Mark,

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 they always distinguish

00:20:29.680 --> 00:20:30.359
 the Passover

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 from the Feast of Unleavened Bread.

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 And they're one and the same.

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 Passover is the first day

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 of the Feast of Unleavened Bread.

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 But they distinguish the two

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 because to use the term

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 Unleavened Bread

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 to refer to the feast

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 and the word Passover

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 to refer to the Passover proper,

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 to the meal.

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 But John doesn't do that.

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 He doesn't,

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 the word Unleavened Bread

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 doesn't even occur

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 in the entire Gospel.

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 So that tells you

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 he has to use the word Passover

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 in multiple senses.

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 And here he's referring

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 to the feast.

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 So they're saying,

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 no,

00:20:56.740 --> 00:20:58.079
 they had the Passover meal already

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 but the feast

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 continues to have special meals

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 and they want to be able

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 to continue to participate

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 in that feast.

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 It's not,

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 you know,

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 unlike how we have,

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 I mean,

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 there's,

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 some of us are Chinese American

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 and we celebrate

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 the Chinese New Year.

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 There's a big festival

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 in Boston,

00:21:15.240 --> 00:21:15.420
 right?

00:21:15.840 --> 00:21:17.579
 And the Chinese New Year

00:21:17.579 --> 00:21:17.920
 is,

00:21:18.380 --> 00:21:18.980
 was this year,

00:21:19.019 --> 00:21:20.539
 was actually on January 28th,

00:21:20.539 --> 00:21:20.759
 right?

00:21:21.039 --> 00:21:22.620
 But the celebration

00:21:22.620 --> 00:21:23.519
 of the Chinese New Year

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 lasts 15 days,

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 not one day,

00:21:25.740 --> 00:21:25.960
 right?

00:21:26.380 --> 00:21:28.420
 And so the Chinese New Year

00:21:28.420 --> 00:21:29.779
 parade in Chinatown

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 was actually on February 12th,

00:21:32.000 --> 00:21:32.979
 almost two weeks

00:21:32.979 --> 00:21:34.059
 after the fact,

00:21:34.219 --> 00:21:35.019
 after the actual

00:21:35.019 --> 00:21:35.759
 Chinese New Year day.

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 It's kind of like that,

00:21:36.819 --> 00:21:36.919
 right?

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 So someone could say,

00:21:37.779 --> 00:21:37.879
 well,

00:21:37.899 --> 00:21:38.839
 I need to go celebrate

00:21:38.839 --> 00:21:39.599
 the Chinese New Year

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 two weeks after the fact.

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 So right,

00:21:41.319 --> 00:21:41.759
 this here,

00:21:42.119 --> 00:21:42.919
 it's the day after

00:21:42.919 --> 00:21:43.539
 the Passover,

00:21:43.699 --> 00:21:44.039
 they're saying,

00:21:44.099 --> 00:21:44.159
 no,

00:21:44.159 --> 00:21:44.739
 they need to continue

00:21:44.739 --> 00:21:45.279
 to celebrate

00:21:45.279 --> 00:21:46.459
 the Passover feast,

00:21:46.979 --> 00:21:47.259
 right?

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 And this also explains

00:21:49.439 --> 00:21:51.099
 kind of a thorny question

00:21:51.099 --> 00:21:52.479
 later in chapter 19,

00:21:52.619 --> 00:21:53.519
 verse 14,

00:21:53.619 --> 00:21:53.979
 where it says,

00:21:54.339 --> 00:21:55.699
 now it was the day

00:21:55.699 --> 00:21:56.559
 of preparation

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 of the Passover.

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 Again,

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 that's not referring

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 to the fact that

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 it's the day

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 when they prepare

00:22:02.619 --> 00:22:03.779
 for the Passover proper,

00:22:04.159 --> 00:22:04.919
 which would be

00:22:04.919 --> 00:22:05.740
 the Wednesday

00:22:05.740 --> 00:22:06.919
 in preparation for Thursday,

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 but it's referring

00:22:07.959 --> 00:22:09.179
 to the preparation

00:22:09.179 --> 00:22:09.719
 of the Passover,

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 which actually,

00:22:12.779 --> 00:22:13.679
 throughout the gospel,

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 the word preparation

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 is used in only one way,

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 and it's referred

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 to the preparation

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 for the Sabbath.

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 That's how the word

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 is typically used.

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 And so it's talking

00:22:22.639 --> 00:22:23.559
 about that that was

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 the day of preparation

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 for the Sabbath

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 of the Passover feast

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 is what it's talking

00:22:28.659 --> 00:22:29.139
 about there,

00:22:29.259 --> 00:22:29.439
 right?

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 And you can see

00:22:30.420 --> 00:22:31.039
 that clearly

00:22:31.039 --> 00:22:31.799
 in chapter 19,

00:22:31.900 --> 00:22:32.460
 verse 31,

00:22:32.779 --> 00:22:33.640
 where John notes

00:22:33.640 --> 00:22:34.580
 that since it was

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 the day of preparation

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 and so that the bodies

00:22:38.539 --> 00:22:39.180
 would not remain

00:22:39.180 --> 00:22:39.779
 on the cross

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 on the Sabbath,

00:22:41.320 --> 00:22:41.880
 for the Sabbath

00:22:41.880 --> 00:22:42.660
 was a high day,

00:22:42.720 --> 00:22:43.559
 it's a special Sabbath

00:22:43.559 --> 00:22:44.180
 because it's during

00:22:44.180 --> 00:22:44.539
 the feast,

00:22:44.779 --> 00:22:45.980
 the Jews asked Pilate

00:22:45.980 --> 00:22:46.580
 that their legs

00:22:46.580 --> 00:22:47.140
 might be broken

00:22:47.140 --> 00:22:47.799
 and that they might

00:22:47.799 --> 00:22:49.220
 be taken away.

00:22:49.380 --> 00:22:49.700
 So again,

00:22:49.940 --> 00:22:50.900
 so if you look

00:22:50.900 --> 00:22:51.400
 at these,

00:22:51.920 --> 00:22:52.740
 then you could see

00:22:52.740 --> 00:22:54.160
 a remarkable harmony

00:22:54.160 --> 00:22:55.480
 arises in the gospel

00:22:55.480 --> 00:22:56.759
 narratives of Matthew,

00:22:56.920 --> 00:22:57.420
 Mark, Luke,

00:22:57.420 --> 00:22:58.320
 and John.

00:22:59.000 --> 00:23:00.100
 So getting back

00:23:00.100 --> 00:23:01.180
 to the main point here.

00:23:01.560 --> 00:23:02.220
 So while they are

00:23:02.220 --> 00:23:03.300
 trying to get Jesus,

00:23:03.539 --> 00:23:04.620
 the ultimate Passover lamb,

00:23:04.740 --> 00:23:05.000
 killed,

00:23:05.100 --> 00:23:06.000
 they're concerned about

00:23:06.000 --> 00:23:07.220
 eating all the meals

00:23:07.220 --> 00:23:08.420
 in the Passover feast.

00:23:09.039 --> 00:23:10.259
 But what made them

00:23:10.259 --> 00:23:10.980
 so blind?

00:23:11.759 --> 00:23:11.880
 Right?

00:23:14.080 --> 00:23:14.740
 Because they were

00:23:14.740 --> 00:23:16.019
 so set in their ways

00:23:16.019 --> 00:23:16.920
 and so settled

00:23:16.920 --> 00:23:17.800
 in their expectations

00:23:17.800 --> 00:23:18.920
 of who Jesus,

00:23:19.140 --> 00:23:19.800
 who the Messiah

00:23:19.800 --> 00:23:20.440
 would be,

00:23:21.039 --> 00:23:22.460
 they missed God's

00:23:22.460 --> 00:23:23.279
 purposes and plans

00:23:23.279 --> 00:23:24.080
 even though He was

00:23:24.080 --> 00:23:25.900
 right before their eyes.

00:23:25.900 --> 00:23:28.340
 they expected

00:23:28.340 --> 00:23:29.080
 a Messiah

00:23:29.080 --> 00:23:29.640
 that would lead

00:23:29.640 --> 00:23:30.440
 them militarily

00:23:30.440 --> 00:23:32.980
 to establish

00:23:32.980 --> 00:23:33.980
 a physical kingdom

00:23:33.980 --> 00:23:35.300
 on earth.

00:23:37.460 --> 00:23:38.480
 And we know

00:23:38.480 --> 00:23:38.940
 that that's what

00:23:38.940 --> 00:23:39.500
 they expected

00:23:39.500 --> 00:23:40.240
 not only from

00:23:40.240 --> 00:23:41.040
 the gospel narratives

00:23:41.040 --> 00:23:41.840
 but also from

00:23:41.840 --> 00:23:42.759
 historical records.

00:23:43.240 --> 00:23:44.620
 Not too long after,

00:23:44.900 --> 00:23:46.220
 just over 30 years

00:23:46.220 --> 00:23:46.840
 after Jesus'

00:23:47.040 --> 00:23:47.660
 crucifixion,

00:23:48.180 --> 00:23:49.140
 the Jews will

00:23:49.140 --> 00:23:50.120
 actually revolt,

00:23:50.780 --> 00:23:51.720
 start the first

00:23:51.720 --> 00:23:52.720
 Jewish-Roman war.

00:23:54.440 --> 00:23:55.820
 They wanted to take over.

00:23:56.540 --> 00:23:57.680
 They wanted to further

00:23:57.680 --> 00:23:58.740
 their political ambitions.

00:24:00.480 --> 00:24:01.040
 And so that's why

00:24:01.040 --> 00:24:02.000
 they took exception

00:24:02.000 --> 00:24:02.519
 to Jesus.

00:24:02.700 --> 00:24:03.460
 And we see this clearly

00:24:03.460 --> 00:24:04.440
 in chapter 19,

00:24:04.540 --> 00:24:05.100
 verse 7.

00:24:05.280 --> 00:24:05.860
 Read it with me.

00:24:06.460 --> 00:24:07.540
 We have a law

00:24:07.540 --> 00:24:09.180
 and according to that law

00:24:09.180 --> 00:24:10.380
 He ought to die

00:24:10.380 --> 00:24:11.440
 because He has made

00:24:11.440 --> 00:24:12.140
 Himself

00:24:12.140 --> 00:24:13.519
 the Son of God.

00:24:14.040 --> 00:24:15.680
 They can't come to terms

00:24:15.680 --> 00:24:16.220
 with the fact

00:24:16.220 --> 00:24:17.040
 that Jesus might

00:24:17.040 --> 00:24:17.840
 actually be

00:24:17.840 --> 00:24:19.019
 the Son of God.

00:24:19.140 --> 00:24:19.700
 And because they're

00:24:19.700 --> 00:24:20.300
 so settled

00:24:20.300 --> 00:24:21.080
 in their expectations,

00:24:21.340 --> 00:24:22.660
 they want to get

00:24:22.660 --> 00:24:23.340
 rid of Him

00:24:23.340 --> 00:24:24.160
 instead.

00:24:24.160 --> 00:24:25.560
 And I want to ask

00:24:25.560 --> 00:24:27.080
 ourselves this morning

00:24:27.080 --> 00:24:27.980
 as well because

00:24:27.980 --> 00:24:29.300
 we might also be

00:24:29.300 --> 00:24:30.420
 missing God's purposes

00:24:30.420 --> 00:24:31.240
 and plans right

00:24:31.240 --> 00:24:32.100
 before our eyes

00:24:32.100 --> 00:24:32.980
 because we're so

00:24:32.980 --> 00:24:35.100
 settled in our own

00:24:35.100 --> 00:24:36.080
 faulty expectations

00:24:36.080 --> 00:24:36.680
 of God.

00:24:39.900 --> 00:24:41.100
 Ask this question

00:24:41.100 --> 00:24:41.720
 to yourself honestly.

00:24:41.840 --> 00:24:43.140
 In what ways

00:24:43.140 --> 00:24:44.100
 are we trying to

00:24:44.100 --> 00:24:45.380
 make God fit

00:24:45.380 --> 00:24:46.720
 into our plans

00:24:46.720 --> 00:24:48.320
 rather than trying

00:24:48.320 --> 00:24:49.420
 to make your life

00:24:49.420 --> 00:24:50.920
 and your priorities

00:24:50.920 --> 00:24:52.860
 fit into God's plan?

00:24:56.080 --> 00:24:57.019
 Maybe some of us

00:24:57.019 --> 00:24:58.100
 expected a Savior

00:24:58.100 --> 00:24:59.539
 who would say to us,

00:24:59.620 --> 00:24:59.940
 Daughter,

00:25:00.080 --> 00:25:01.600
 neither do I condemn you,

00:25:02.279 --> 00:25:02.960
 but a Savior

00:25:02.960 --> 00:25:03.980
 who would not say,

00:25:04.100 --> 00:25:05.019
 And from now on,

00:25:05.140 --> 00:25:05.840
 sin no more.

00:25:08.600 --> 00:25:09.519
 Maybe you expected

00:25:09.519 --> 00:25:10.360
 a Savior who would say,

00:25:10.440 --> 00:25:11.500
 Whoever hears my word

00:25:11.500 --> 00:25:12.300
 and believes in me

00:25:12.300 --> 00:25:13.259
 has eternal life.

00:25:13.420 --> 00:25:14.240
 He does not come

00:25:14.240 --> 00:25:14.779
 into judgment

00:25:14.779 --> 00:25:15.380
 but has passed

00:25:15.380 --> 00:25:16.400
 from death to life.

00:25:16.400 --> 00:25:18.360
 But maybe not

00:25:18.360 --> 00:25:19.700
 a Savior who would say,

00:25:20.640 --> 00:25:21.519
 Unless a grain of wheat

00:25:21.519 --> 00:25:22.600
 falls into the earth

00:25:22.600 --> 00:25:23.280
 and dies,

00:25:23.420 --> 00:25:24.280
 it remains alone.

00:25:24.600 --> 00:25:25.400
 But if it dies,

00:25:25.500 --> 00:25:26.340
 it bears much fruit.

00:25:26.440 --> 00:25:27.720
 Whoever loves his life

00:25:27.720 --> 00:25:28.340
 loses it

00:25:28.340 --> 00:25:29.280
 and whoever hates

00:25:29.280 --> 00:25:30.200
 his life in this world

00:25:30.200 --> 00:25:30.900
 will keep it

00:25:30.900 --> 00:25:32.280
 for eternal life.

00:25:32.759 --> 00:25:33.320
 These are all

00:25:33.320 --> 00:25:34.360
 from the Gospel of John,

00:25:34.440 --> 00:25:35.200
 what Jesus said,

00:25:35.240 --> 00:25:35.820
 his words.

00:25:37.620 --> 00:25:38.420
 Maybe you expected

00:25:38.420 --> 00:25:39.259
 a Savior who would

00:25:39.259 --> 00:25:39.940
 give you health

00:25:39.940 --> 00:25:40.660
 and wealth

00:25:40.660 --> 00:25:41.440
 and prosperity

00:25:41.440 --> 00:25:42.800
 but never sickness,

00:25:43.100 --> 00:25:43.500
 poverty,

00:25:43.920 --> 00:25:44.640
 and suffering

00:25:44.640 --> 00:25:45.440
 for your good

00:25:45.440 --> 00:25:46.180
 and God's glory.

00:25:46.960 --> 00:25:47.680
 Maybe you expected

00:25:47.680 --> 00:25:48.300
 a God who would

00:25:48.300 --> 00:25:49.259
 fit neatly

00:25:49.259 --> 00:25:50.400
 into your theological

00:25:50.400 --> 00:25:51.820
 paradigms and worldviews

00:25:51.820 --> 00:25:53.280
 but not one who declares

00:25:53.280 --> 00:25:54.620
 his untrammeled sovereignty

00:25:54.620 --> 00:25:57.140
 and defies your restrictions

00:25:57.140 --> 00:25:57.800
 of his deity.

00:25:59.800 --> 00:26:01.340
 Maybe we expect

00:26:01.340 --> 00:26:03.660
 a God who would make us

00:26:03.660 --> 00:26:04.840
 the center of the universe,

00:26:05.360 --> 00:26:06.980
 not a God who says

00:26:06.980 --> 00:26:07.940
 he is the center

00:26:07.940 --> 00:26:08.600
 of the universe.

00:26:10.680 --> 00:26:11.960
 Our duty as Christians

00:26:11.960 --> 00:26:13.100
 is to humble ourselves

00:26:13.100 --> 00:26:13.920
 before God,

00:26:14.259 --> 00:26:15.800
 die to our own wills

00:26:15.799 --> 00:26:16.559
 and plans

00:26:16.559 --> 00:26:18.740
 and then submit

00:26:18.740 --> 00:26:19.659
 to the revealed will

00:26:19.659 --> 00:26:20.379
 of God in Scripture

00:26:20.379 --> 00:26:22.180
 in every aspect of life.

00:26:22.240 --> 00:26:23.779
 That's what we are called to.

00:26:25.079 --> 00:26:26.019
 And if you are not

00:26:26.019 --> 00:26:26.720
 a follower of Jesus,

00:26:26.819 --> 00:26:27.619
 I ask you also

00:26:27.619 --> 00:26:28.500
 to examine yourself

00:26:28.500 --> 00:26:29.220
 at this time.

00:26:29.919 --> 00:26:31.079
 Do aspects of Jesus

00:26:31.079 --> 00:26:32.279
 and his teaching

00:26:32.279 --> 00:26:33.539
 offend your sensibilities?

00:26:35.220 --> 00:26:35.899
 Do you find yourself

00:26:35.899 --> 00:26:37.680
 saying God wouldn't do

00:26:37.680 --> 00:26:38.680
 such a thing?

00:26:38.759 --> 00:26:40.019
 He wouldn't say such a thing?

00:26:40.019 --> 00:26:40.720
 Do you find yourself

00:26:40.720 --> 00:26:41.579
 saying things like that?

00:26:41.919 --> 00:26:42.539
 Oh, God would never

00:26:42.539 --> 00:26:43.480
 say something like that.

00:26:43.480 --> 00:26:44.059
 God would never do

00:26:44.059 --> 00:26:44.500
 something like that.

00:26:44.619 --> 00:26:45.379
 How do you know?

00:26:48.539 --> 00:26:49.399
 Don't we make

00:26:49.399 --> 00:26:50.220
 faulty judgments

00:26:50.220 --> 00:26:50.759
 about people

00:26:50.759 --> 00:26:51.419
 and situations

00:26:51.419 --> 00:26:52.179
 all the time

00:26:52.179 --> 00:26:52.619
 in our lives?

00:26:52.659 --> 00:26:53.259
 We all do.

00:26:53.759 --> 00:26:55.319
 What makes you so sure

00:26:55.319 --> 00:26:56.519
 that your subjective

00:26:56.519 --> 00:26:57.839
 expectation

00:26:57.839 --> 00:26:59.419
 of what God should be

00:26:59.419 --> 00:27:00.779
 is correct?

00:27:04.200 --> 00:27:05.119
 I implore you

00:27:05.119 --> 00:27:05.919
 to look at Jesus

00:27:05.919 --> 00:27:06.740
 and his claims today

00:27:06.740 --> 00:27:07.879
 with fresh eyes

00:27:07.879 --> 00:27:09.240
 because he's

00:27:09.240 --> 00:27:10.700
 the only true savior

00:27:10.700 --> 00:27:11.980
 and we must accept him,

00:27:12.319 --> 00:27:12.859
 submit to him

00:27:12.859 --> 00:27:13.819
 on his terms.

00:27:17.899 --> 00:27:18.699
 So we've seen

00:27:18.699 --> 00:27:19.699
 Peter succumb

00:27:19.699 --> 00:27:21.879
 to peer pressure

00:27:21.879 --> 00:27:22.339
 in a way

00:27:22.339 --> 00:27:23.939
 and Caiaphas

00:27:23.939 --> 00:27:25.059
 and other Jewish leaders

00:27:25.059 --> 00:27:26.159
 to the religious pressures

00:27:26.159 --> 00:27:26.839
 that they feel

00:27:26.839 --> 00:27:28.419
 and we see now here

00:27:28.419 --> 00:27:29.500
 we turn to Pilate

00:27:29.500 --> 00:27:30.679
 who succumbs

00:27:30.679 --> 00:27:31.599
 to political pressure.

00:27:32.559 --> 00:27:33.259
 Read with me

00:27:33.259 --> 00:27:34.619
 verses 29 to 32

00:27:34.619 --> 00:27:35.399
 of chapter 18.

00:27:36.199 --> 00:27:37.099
 So Pilate

00:27:37.099 --> 00:27:37.879
 went outside

00:27:37.879 --> 00:27:38.419
 to them

00:27:38.419 --> 00:27:38.859
 and said,

00:27:39.259 --> 00:27:40.119
 what accusation

00:27:40.119 --> 00:27:40.740
 do you bring

00:27:40.740 --> 00:27:41.619
 against this man?

00:27:41.619 --> 00:27:42.759
 and they answered him,

00:27:42.959 --> 00:27:43.579
 if this man

00:27:43.579 --> 00:27:44.500
 were not doing evil

00:27:44.500 --> 00:27:45.159
 we would not have

00:27:45.159 --> 00:27:46.219
 delivered him over to you.

00:27:47.159 --> 00:27:47.819
 Pilate said to them,

00:27:47.959 --> 00:27:48.819
 take him yourselves

00:27:48.819 --> 00:27:49.779
 then and judge him

00:27:49.779 --> 00:27:50.539
 by your own law.

00:27:51.079 --> 00:27:51.899
 The Jews said to him,

00:27:51.939 --> 00:27:52.799
 it is not lawful

00:27:52.799 --> 00:27:53.539
 for us to put

00:27:53.539 --> 00:27:54.500
 anyone to death.

00:27:55.479 --> 00:27:56.579
 So Pilate

00:27:56.579 --> 00:27:57.399
 opens up trial

00:27:57.399 --> 00:27:58.119
 by asking,

00:27:58.579 --> 00:27:59.199
 what accusation

00:27:59.199 --> 00:27:59.699
 do you bring

00:27:59.699 --> 00:28:00.459
 against this man?

00:28:00.719 --> 00:28:01.719
 And interestingly enough,

00:28:01.779 --> 00:28:02.659
 the Jews don't bring

00:28:02.659 --> 00:28:03.659
 a single accusation.

00:28:04.079 --> 00:28:04.659
 They just say,

00:28:04.779 --> 00:28:04.939
 hey,

00:28:05.139 --> 00:28:05.859
 if you didn't do

00:28:05.859 --> 00:28:06.319
 anything bad

00:28:06.319 --> 00:28:06.679
 we wouldn't have

00:28:06.679 --> 00:28:07.299
 brought him to you.

00:28:07.299 --> 00:28:09.579
 And so the fact

00:28:09.579 --> 00:28:10.299
 that they respond

00:28:10.299 --> 00:28:10.680
 that way

00:28:10.680 --> 00:28:11.319
 suggests that

00:28:11.319 --> 00:28:12.099
 there was already

00:28:12.099 --> 00:28:13.180
 a prior understanding

00:28:13.180 --> 00:28:14.539
 and the fact

00:28:14.539 --> 00:28:16.059
 that Roman guards,

00:28:16.259 --> 00:28:17.099
 the detachment

00:28:17.099 --> 00:28:17.539
 of soldiers

00:28:17.539 --> 00:28:18.779
 came with Judas

00:28:18.779 --> 00:28:19.559
 to arrest Jesus

00:28:19.559 --> 00:28:20.200
 shows that

00:28:20.200 --> 00:28:21.220
 the Roman authorities

00:28:21.220 --> 00:28:22.279
 already had an idea

00:28:22.279 --> 00:28:23.119
 of what was going on.

00:28:23.200 --> 00:28:23.859
 So Pilate probably

00:28:23.859 --> 00:28:24.599
 already knew this.

00:28:24.839 --> 00:28:25.539
 He's just kind of

00:28:25.539 --> 00:28:26.700
 on a power trip.

00:28:26.940 --> 00:28:27.200
 He's saying,

00:28:27.299 --> 00:28:27.460
 hey,

00:28:27.940 --> 00:28:29.139
 let's open up this trial.

00:28:29.200 --> 00:28:29.980
 Let's see what you do.

00:28:30.460 --> 00:28:32.119
 And he threw out

00:28:32.119 --> 00:28:32.619
 this passage

00:28:32.619 --> 00:28:33.619
 who will mock the Jews.

00:28:34.359 --> 00:28:35.180
 And we know

00:28:35.180 --> 00:28:35.879
 that Pilate knew

00:28:35.879 --> 00:28:36.419
 something of what

00:28:36.419 --> 00:28:36.940
 was going on

00:28:36.940 --> 00:28:37.400
 because later

00:28:37.400 --> 00:28:38.320
 when he takes

00:28:38.320 --> 00:28:38.960
 Jesus aside

00:28:38.960 --> 00:28:39.640
 he asks him,

00:28:39.860 --> 00:28:40.340
 are you the king

00:28:40.340 --> 00:28:40.759
 of the Jews?

00:28:41.259 --> 00:28:42.019
 The Jews didn't

00:28:42.019 --> 00:28:42.600
 tell him anything

00:28:42.600 --> 00:28:43.200
 about that

00:28:43.200 --> 00:28:43.940
 to this point

00:28:43.940 --> 00:28:44.340
 so he already

00:28:44.340 --> 00:28:45.380
 knew what was going on.

00:28:46.259 --> 00:28:47.220
 And Pilate senses

00:28:47.220 --> 00:28:48.080
 their insolence

00:28:48.080 --> 00:28:48.820
 when they respond

00:28:48.820 --> 00:28:49.240
 that way

00:28:49.240 --> 00:28:50.259
 and he responds

00:28:50.259 --> 00:28:50.680
 in kind.

00:28:50.779 --> 00:28:50.840
 Well,

00:28:50.900 --> 00:28:51.640
 take him yourselves

00:28:51.640 --> 00:28:51.920
 then,

00:28:52.039 --> 00:28:52.580
 judge him

00:28:52.580 --> 00:28:53.799
 by your own law.

00:28:54.240 --> 00:28:55.279
 If you're so certain

00:28:55.279 --> 00:28:56.080
 of your judgments

00:28:56.080 --> 00:28:57.180
 then you do it yourself.

00:28:57.759 --> 00:28:59.880
 And he's displaying

00:28:59.880 --> 00:29:00.460
 his power

00:29:00.460 --> 00:29:00.720
 saying,

00:29:00.820 --> 00:29:00.920
 well,

00:29:00.960 --> 00:29:01.820
 you can't do that,

00:29:01.840 --> 00:29:02.200
 can you?

00:29:02.539 --> 00:29:03.120
 Because they have

00:29:03.120 --> 00:29:03.600
 no power

00:29:03.600 --> 00:29:04.360
 to execute

00:29:04.360 --> 00:29:05.680
 criminals.

00:29:05.680 --> 00:29:07.420
 Only the Roman

00:29:07.420 --> 00:29:07.920
 authorities

00:29:07.920 --> 00:29:08.680
 had that power.

00:29:09.660 --> 00:29:10.680
 And that had been

00:29:10.680 --> 00:29:11.120
 the case

00:29:11.120 --> 00:29:12.220
 since 6 AD

00:29:12.220 --> 00:29:13.580
 when the Roman

00:29:13.580 --> 00:29:13.980
 Empire

00:29:13.980 --> 00:29:14.700
 established the

00:29:14.700 --> 00:29:15.400
 prefect to rule

00:29:15.400 --> 00:29:16.080
 over Judea,

00:29:16.140 --> 00:29:16.820
 over all the Jews.

00:29:17.880 --> 00:29:18.779
 And so after this

00:29:18.779 --> 00:29:20.120
 Pilate takes

00:29:20.120 --> 00:29:20.860
 Jesus into

00:29:20.860 --> 00:29:21.519
 his headquarters

00:29:21.519 --> 00:29:23.080
 to question him.

00:29:23.539 --> 00:29:24.299
 In verse 33

00:29:24.299 --> 00:29:24.740
 he asks,

00:29:24.860 --> 00:29:26.259
 are you the king

00:29:26.259 --> 00:29:27.700
 of the Jews?

00:29:27.700 --> 00:29:30.100
 So that's how

00:29:30.100 --> 00:29:30.500
 the Jews

00:29:30.500 --> 00:29:31.319
 had framed

00:29:31.319 --> 00:29:31.980
 Jesus'

00:29:31.980 --> 00:29:32.799
 you know,

00:29:32.940 --> 00:29:33.779
 their accusation

00:29:33.779 --> 00:29:34.480
 toward Jesus.

00:29:34.740 --> 00:29:35.380
 Of course,

00:29:35.580 --> 00:29:36.700
 Pilate doesn't care

00:29:36.700 --> 00:29:37.400
 whether Jesus

00:29:37.400 --> 00:29:38.100
 is,

00:29:38.279 --> 00:29:38.980
 you know,

00:29:39.019 --> 00:29:39.480
 Messiah

00:29:39.480 --> 00:29:41.100
 or what he claimed

00:29:41.100 --> 00:29:41.480
 to be

00:29:41.480 --> 00:29:41.960
 or teach

00:29:41.960 --> 00:29:42.920
 for the Jews

00:29:42.920 --> 00:29:43.880
 but he cares

00:29:43.880 --> 00:29:44.420
 when someone

00:29:44.420 --> 00:29:45.340
 claims to be king.

00:29:46.380 --> 00:29:48.080
 Because his job

00:29:48.080 --> 00:29:48.680
 is to uphold

00:29:48.680 --> 00:29:49.160
 the authority

00:29:49.160 --> 00:29:49.600
 of Caesar.

00:29:50.360 --> 00:29:52.120
 So they told him

00:29:52.120 --> 00:29:53.140
 he claims

00:29:53.140 --> 00:29:53.759
 to be the king

00:29:53.759 --> 00:29:54.240
 of the Jews

00:29:54.240 --> 00:29:55.100
 and so Pilate

00:29:55.100 --> 00:29:55.759
 asks Jesus

00:29:55.759 --> 00:29:56.379
 this question.

00:29:57.160 --> 00:29:57.579
 And then Jesus

00:29:57.579 --> 00:29:58.000
 says,

00:29:58.180 --> 00:29:59.019
 do you say

00:29:59.019 --> 00:29:59.940
 this of your own

00:29:59.940 --> 00:30:00.640
 accord or did

00:30:00.640 --> 00:30:01.359
 others say it

00:30:01.359 --> 00:30:02.500
 to you about me?

00:30:03.339 --> 00:30:04.079
 And then Pilate

00:30:04.079 --> 00:30:04.519
 responds,

00:30:04.680 --> 00:30:05.440
 am I a Jew?

00:30:06.279 --> 00:30:07.160
 Your own nation

00:30:07.160 --> 00:30:07.980
 and the chief priests

00:30:07.980 --> 00:30:08.579
 have delivered you

00:30:08.579 --> 00:30:09.160
 over to me.

00:30:09.440 --> 00:30:10.980
 What have you done?

00:30:11.579 --> 00:30:11.740
 Right?

00:30:12.559 --> 00:30:13.740
 So his question

00:30:13.740 --> 00:30:14.539
 is contemptuous.

00:30:14.720 --> 00:30:15.720
 Am I a Jew?

00:30:15.980 --> 00:30:16.460
 He's,

00:30:16.519 --> 00:30:17.460
 that's derogatory.

00:30:17.599 --> 00:30:17.759
 He's saying,

00:30:17.799 --> 00:30:17.960
 no,

00:30:18.039 --> 00:30:18.799
 I'm not a Jew.

00:30:19.220 --> 00:30:19.720
 So why are you

00:30:19.720 --> 00:30:20.539
 asking me that question?

00:30:20.700 --> 00:30:21.319
 I'm not the one

00:30:21.319 --> 00:30:22.039
 that brought you here.

00:30:22.160 --> 00:30:23.079
 Your own people

00:30:23.079 --> 00:30:23.839
 brought you here

00:30:23.839 --> 00:30:24.680
 and I know

00:30:24.680 --> 00:30:25.200
 these people

00:30:25.200 --> 00:30:25.740
 are being

00:30:25.740 --> 00:30:26.480
 hypocritical

00:30:26.480 --> 00:30:27.279
 because they never

00:30:27.279 --> 00:30:27.960
 once wanted

00:30:27.960 --> 00:30:28.440
 to uphold

00:30:28.440 --> 00:30:29.079
 Caesar's rule

00:30:29.079 --> 00:30:29.539
 before

00:30:29.539 --> 00:30:30.500
 and all of a sudden

00:30:30.500 --> 00:30:31.059
 they're interested

00:30:31.059 --> 00:30:31.980
 in ratting out

00:30:31.980 --> 00:30:33.079
 this guy,

00:30:33.220 --> 00:30:33.980
 this Christ

00:30:33.980 --> 00:30:34.460
 who claims

00:30:34.460 --> 00:30:34.940
 to be the king

00:30:34.940 --> 00:30:35.480
 of the Messiah.

00:30:35.880 --> 00:30:36.460
 And so you did

00:30:36.460 --> 00:30:36.859
 something.

00:30:36.960 --> 00:30:37.880
 What have you done?

00:30:38.519 --> 00:30:39.140
 He's asking.

00:30:40.559 --> 00:30:41.839
 And Jesus answers

00:30:41.839 --> 00:30:42.900
 in verse 36,

00:30:43.460 --> 00:30:44.079
 my kingdom

00:30:44.079 --> 00:30:45.480
 is not of this world.

00:30:45.740 --> 00:30:46.559
 If my kingdom

00:30:46.559 --> 00:30:47.480
 were of this world,

00:30:47.779 --> 00:30:48.480
 my servants

00:30:48.480 --> 00:30:49.380
 would have been fighting

00:30:49.380 --> 00:30:50.319
 that might not

00:30:50.319 --> 00:30:50.819
 be delivered

00:30:50.819 --> 00:30:51.759
 over to the Jews.

00:30:52.279 --> 00:30:52.960
 But my kingdom

00:30:52.960 --> 00:30:55.240
 is not from the world.

00:30:55.240 --> 00:30:56.980
 So by speaking

00:30:56.980 --> 00:30:57.839
 of his kingdom,

00:30:58.059 --> 00:30:59.380
 Jesus freely

00:30:59.380 --> 00:30:59.980
 acknowledges

00:30:59.980 --> 00:31:00.759
 his kingship.

00:31:01.480 --> 00:31:02.160
 But rather than

00:31:02.160 --> 00:31:03.000
 simply accepting

00:31:03.000 --> 00:31:04.019
 the Jewish authorities

00:31:04.019 --> 00:31:05.640
 and the Roman authorities

00:31:05.640 --> 00:31:07.120
 definition of kingship,

00:31:07.259 --> 00:31:08.140
 he defines it

00:31:08.140 --> 00:31:08.880
 in his own way.

00:31:08.980 --> 00:31:09.220
 He says,

00:31:09.299 --> 00:31:11.299
 it's not of this world.

00:31:13.500 --> 00:31:14.299
 If it were,

00:31:14.339 --> 00:31:14.740
 his servants

00:31:14.740 --> 00:31:15.759
 would be fighting for him.

00:31:15.920 --> 00:31:17.339
 But because it's not,

00:31:17.400 --> 00:31:18.120
 he's all alone,

00:31:18.819 --> 00:31:19.579
 forsaken even

00:31:19.579 --> 00:31:20.779
 by his own disciples.

00:31:25.019 --> 00:31:26.279
 Pilate then follows up,

00:31:26.359 --> 00:31:27.299
 so you are a king.

00:31:28.119 --> 00:31:28.980
 And Jesus says,

00:31:29.039 --> 00:31:30.240
 you say that I am a king.

00:31:30.679 --> 00:31:31.720
 For this purpose

00:31:31.720 --> 00:31:32.279
 I was born

00:31:32.279 --> 00:31:33.119
 and for this purpose

00:31:33.119 --> 00:31:34.220
 I have come into the world

00:31:34.220 --> 00:31:34.939
 to bear witness

00:31:34.939 --> 00:31:35.579
 to the truth.

00:31:36.279 --> 00:31:37.059
 Everyone who is

00:31:37.059 --> 00:31:37.639
 of the truth

00:31:37.639 --> 00:31:39.299
 listens to my voice.

00:31:39.960 --> 00:31:40.939
 So when he says,

00:31:41.000 --> 00:31:42.000
 you say that I am a king,

00:31:42.099 --> 00:31:42.839
 he's not saying,

00:31:42.960 --> 00:31:43.859
 well, that's not what I said,

00:31:43.919 --> 00:31:44.579
 but that's what you're saying.

00:31:44.619 --> 00:31:45.419
 That's not what Jesus

00:31:45.419 --> 00:31:46.099
 is saying at all.

00:31:46.099 --> 00:31:48.119
 This is the typical Jewish way

00:31:48.119 --> 00:31:49.159
 of affirming

00:31:49.159 --> 00:31:50.179
 what the person said.

00:31:50.259 --> 00:31:50.619
 It's saying,

00:31:51.079 --> 00:31:52.279
 it is as you said,

00:31:52.459 --> 00:31:53.559
 it is as you said,

00:31:54.019 --> 00:31:54.879
 it is as you say so.

00:31:55.019 --> 00:31:55.759
 That's what he's saying.

00:31:56.119 --> 00:31:56.859
 And you know that

00:31:56.859 --> 00:31:57.500
 you can compare it

00:31:57.500 --> 00:31:58.179
 to Luke 22,

00:31:58.319 --> 00:31:59.219
 70 to 71

00:31:59.219 --> 00:32:00.500
 where a similar question

00:32:00.500 --> 00:32:01.579
 is asked of Jesus

00:32:01.579 --> 00:32:02.619
 and Jesus responds

00:32:02.619 --> 00:32:03.279
 in the same way,

00:32:03.539 --> 00:32:04.959
 you say that I am.

00:32:05.279 --> 00:32:06.579
 And then they take that

00:32:06.579 --> 00:32:07.799
 as blasphemy.

00:32:07.919 --> 00:32:08.759
 So it's clearly

00:32:08.759 --> 00:32:09.679
 an affirmation.

00:32:09.819 --> 00:32:10.480
 It's not a denial

00:32:10.480 --> 00:32:11.539
 of what Pilate is saying.

00:32:13.039 --> 00:32:14.039
 And the purpose,

00:32:14.179 --> 00:32:14.619
 he says,

00:32:14.740 --> 00:32:15.059
 in fact,

00:32:15.059 --> 00:32:16.039
 he's such a king

00:32:16.039 --> 00:32:17.159
 that he is so,

00:32:17.319 --> 00:32:18.240
 by his nature,

00:32:18.379 --> 00:32:18.940
 a king

00:32:18.940 --> 00:32:21.019
 that it's the very purpose

00:32:21.019 --> 00:32:22.460
 for which he was born.

00:32:22.579 --> 00:32:23.159
 That's the reason

00:32:23.159 --> 00:32:23.759
 why he was born.

00:32:24.379 --> 00:32:25.240
 And that's the reason

00:32:25.240 --> 00:32:26.319
 why he came into the world.

00:32:27.180 --> 00:32:28.220
 And he explains it.

00:32:28.279 --> 00:32:28.480
 He says,

00:32:28.559 --> 00:32:29.460
 to bear witness

00:32:29.460 --> 00:32:30.480
 to the truth.

00:32:30.920 --> 00:32:31.599
 And Jesus,

00:32:31.819 --> 00:32:32.819
 as he said earlier,

00:32:32.960 --> 00:32:34.059
 he is the truth.

00:32:34.279 --> 00:32:34.779
 He's the way,

00:32:34.839 --> 00:32:35.240
 the truth,

00:32:35.299 --> 00:32:35.759
 and the life.

00:32:36.039 --> 00:32:36.779
 And because Jesus

00:32:36.779 --> 00:32:38.079
 is the ultimate revelation

00:32:38.079 --> 00:32:39.119
 of God the Father,

00:32:39.480 --> 00:32:40.099
 he's the one

00:32:40.099 --> 00:32:41.099
 that's sent by God

00:32:41.099 --> 00:32:41.960
 to reveal the truth

00:32:41.960 --> 00:32:42.619
 about God.

00:32:42.920 --> 00:32:43.960
 Because of that,

00:32:43.960 --> 00:32:45.879
 to become a king,

00:32:45.880 --> 00:32:46.400
 he was born

00:32:46.400 --> 00:32:47.200
 to be a king,

00:32:47.360 --> 00:32:48.220
 is the same thing

00:32:48.220 --> 00:32:49.040
 as him being born

00:32:49.040 --> 00:32:49.720
 to bear witness

00:32:49.720 --> 00:32:50.280
 to the truth.

00:32:50.600 --> 00:32:51.360
 They're one and the same.

00:32:53.440 --> 00:32:54.480
 And there's an implicit

00:32:54.480 --> 00:32:55.820
 invitation in Jesus'

00:32:55.960 --> 00:32:56.420
 last statement,

00:32:56.520 --> 00:32:56.880
 isn't there?

00:32:57.040 --> 00:32:57.760
 Verse 37,

00:32:58.160 --> 00:32:59.100
 everyone who is

00:32:59.100 --> 00:32:59.780
 of the truth

00:32:59.780 --> 00:33:01.800
 listens to my voice.

00:33:02.220 --> 00:33:03.280
 Will you listen

00:33:03.280 --> 00:33:04.000
 to my voice,

00:33:04.160 --> 00:33:04.460
 Pilate?

00:33:06.860 --> 00:33:07.920
 Will you listen

00:33:07.920 --> 00:33:08.660
 to my voice?

00:33:09.660 --> 00:33:11.060
 But Pilate says,

00:33:11.160 --> 00:33:11.860
 dismissively,

00:33:12.040 --> 00:33:12.700
 verse 38,

00:33:12.700 --> 00:33:14.120
 what is truth?

00:33:15.240 --> 00:33:15.799
 And we know

00:33:15.799 --> 00:33:16.680
 he's being dismissive

00:33:16.680 --> 00:33:17.860
 because he doesn't

00:33:17.860 --> 00:33:18.759
 wait around

00:33:18.759 --> 00:33:19.420
 for an answer.

00:33:19.860 --> 00:33:20.580
 He just storms

00:33:20.580 --> 00:33:21.120
 right out

00:33:21.120 --> 00:33:22.539
 to continue the trial

00:33:22.539 --> 00:33:24.039
 and to talk

00:33:24.039 --> 00:33:24.640
 to the Jews.

00:33:28.480 --> 00:33:29.500
 And in doing so,

00:33:29.519 --> 00:33:30.019
 he proves that

00:33:30.019 --> 00:33:30.559
 he is not

00:33:30.559 --> 00:33:31.279
 of the truth.

00:33:32.700 --> 00:33:33.460
 But nevertheless,

00:33:33.860 --> 00:33:35.420
 Pilate is probably

00:33:35.420 --> 00:33:35.880
 at this point

00:33:35.880 --> 00:33:36.880
 a little bit fearful

00:33:36.880 --> 00:33:37.380
 already

00:33:37.380 --> 00:33:38.680
 about who

00:33:38.680 --> 00:33:39.980
 Jesus might

00:33:39.980 --> 00:33:40.660
 truly be.

00:33:40.660 --> 00:33:43.140
 the pagan rulers

00:33:43.140 --> 00:33:43.759
 during this time

00:33:43.759 --> 00:33:45.000
 were very superstitious,

00:33:45.500 --> 00:33:45.740
 right?

00:33:45.840 --> 00:33:47.420
 And they liked

00:33:47.420 --> 00:33:47.900
 to appease

00:33:47.900 --> 00:33:48.420
 all the gods

00:33:48.420 --> 00:33:48.960
 that they can.

00:33:49.420 --> 00:33:50.080
 And they had

00:33:50.080 --> 00:33:50.540
 a category

00:33:50.540 --> 00:33:51.600
 for divine men,

00:33:51.759 --> 00:33:52.460
 men who were

00:33:52.460 --> 00:33:52.920
 spiritual,

00:33:53.200 --> 00:33:53.660
 men whom

00:33:53.660 --> 00:33:56.040
 gods had endowed

00:33:56.040 --> 00:33:56.840
 with spiritual gifts.

00:33:57.380 --> 00:33:57.860
 And so perhaps

00:33:57.860 --> 00:33:58.660
 that's what's going on.

00:33:58.700 --> 00:33:59.480
 But he definitely,

00:33:59.680 --> 00:34:00.740
 he knows that

00:34:00.740 --> 00:34:01.840
 Jesus is innocent

00:34:01.840 --> 00:34:02.860
 with regard to the claim

00:34:02.860 --> 00:34:03.360
 that the Jewish

00:34:03.360 --> 00:34:04.100
 authorities are bringing.

00:34:04.480 --> 00:34:05.380
 So he tells them,

00:34:05.380 --> 00:34:06.860
 I find no guilt

00:34:06.860 --> 00:34:07.920
 in him.

00:34:08.400 --> 00:34:09.119
 And if Pilate

00:34:09.119 --> 00:34:09.740
 were truly

00:34:09.739 --> 00:34:10.679
 a man of integrity,

00:34:10.679 --> 00:34:11.179
 that would be

00:34:11.179 --> 00:34:12.259
 the end of the discussion,

00:34:12.379 --> 00:34:12.659
 wouldn't it?

00:34:13.259 --> 00:34:14.579
 I find no guilt

00:34:14.579 --> 00:34:15.139
 in him.

00:34:15.259 --> 00:34:16.059
 End of trial.

00:34:16.239 --> 00:34:16.479
 Leave.

00:34:16.579 --> 00:34:17.199
 That's what he should

00:34:17.199 --> 00:34:17.479
 have done,

00:34:17.519 --> 00:34:18.179
 but he doesn't.

00:34:18.559 --> 00:34:19.519
 He wants to appease

00:34:19.519 --> 00:34:20.059
 the Jews.

00:34:21.659 --> 00:34:22.359
 So the story

00:34:22.359 --> 00:34:23.659
 continues in chapter 19.

00:34:23.899 --> 00:34:25.099
 Read verses 1 to 5

00:34:25.099 --> 00:34:25.479
 with me.

00:34:27.139 --> 00:34:27.959
 Chapter 19,

00:34:28.039 --> 00:34:28.819
 verses 1 to 5.

00:34:29.219 --> 00:34:29.939
 Then Pilate

00:34:29.939 --> 00:34:30.679
 took Jesus

00:34:30.679 --> 00:34:31.819
 and flogged him.

00:34:34.119 --> 00:34:34.879
 And the soldiers

00:34:34.879 --> 00:34:35.639
 twisted together

00:34:35.639 --> 00:34:36.459
 a crown of thorns

00:34:36.459 --> 00:34:37.359
 and put it on his head

00:34:37.359 --> 00:34:38.019
 and arrayed him

00:34:38.019 --> 00:34:38.980
 in a purple robe.

00:34:39.460 --> 00:34:40.420
 They came up to him

00:34:40.420 --> 00:34:40.820
 saying,

00:34:40.980 --> 00:34:41.159
 Hail,

00:34:41.340 --> 00:34:42.199
 King of the Jews,

00:34:42.659 --> 00:34:43.739
 and struck him

00:34:43.739 --> 00:34:44.599
 with their hands.

00:34:45.320 --> 00:34:46.340
 Pilate went out again

00:34:46.340 --> 00:34:47.099
 and said to them,

00:34:47.259 --> 00:34:47.460
 See,

00:34:47.559 --> 00:34:48.420
 I am bringing him

00:34:48.420 --> 00:34:49.099
 out to you

00:34:49.099 --> 00:34:50.219
 that you may know

00:34:50.219 --> 00:34:50.900
 that I find

00:34:50.900 --> 00:34:51.960
 no guilt in him.

00:34:52.519 --> 00:34:53.960
 So Jesus came out

00:34:53.960 --> 00:34:54.639
 wearing the crown

00:34:54.639 --> 00:34:55.099
 of thorns

00:34:55.099 --> 00:34:55.920
 and the purple robe

00:34:55.920 --> 00:34:56.920
 and Pilate said to him,

00:34:57.259 --> 00:34:58.820
 Behold the man.

00:34:59.860 --> 00:35:01.659
 The flogging

00:35:01.659 --> 00:35:02.259
 that takes place

00:35:02.259 --> 00:35:03.099
 at this point

00:35:03.099 --> 00:35:05.299
 is not the flogging

00:35:05.299 --> 00:35:05.920
 that Matthew

00:35:05.920 --> 00:35:06.739
 and Mark

00:35:06.739 --> 00:35:07.279
 write about.

00:35:07.739 --> 00:35:08.420
 So we know

00:35:08.420 --> 00:35:09.559
 because that flogging

00:35:09.559 --> 00:35:10.059
 takes place

00:35:10.059 --> 00:35:10.960
 after Jesus

00:35:10.960 --> 00:35:12.059
 sentenced to death.

00:35:12.380 --> 00:35:12.920
 This happens

00:35:12.920 --> 00:35:13.779
 before Jesus

00:35:13.779 --> 00:35:14.519
 sentenced to death.

00:35:14.960 --> 00:35:15.460
 And the Jews

00:35:15.460 --> 00:35:16.339
 had three types

00:35:16.339 --> 00:35:16.860
 of flogging.

00:35:17.019 --> 00:35:18.079
 The mildest kind

00:35:18.079 --> 00:35:19.019
 was reserved

00:35:19.019 --> 00:35:20.440
 for petty crimes

00:35:20.440 --> 00:35:21.659
 and they used it

00:35:21.659 --> 00:35:22.739
 as a warning.

00:35:22.839 --> 00:35:22.920
 Hey,

00:35:22.980 --> 00:35:23.519
 don't do this again

00:35:23.519 --> 00:35:24.239
 and they'll let them go.

00:35:24.319 --> 00:35:24.940
 That was the mildest

00:35:24.940 --> 00:35:25.579
 form of flogging.

00:35:25.659 --> 00:35:26.000
 And then they had

00:35:26.000 --> 00:35:26.799
 the moderate kind

00:35:26.799 --> 00:35:27.579
 and then they had

00:35:27.579 --> 00:35:28.460
 the severest kind

00:35:28.460 --> 00:35:29.019
 of flogging

00:35:29.019 --> 00:35:30.019
 which involved tying,

00:35:30.480 --> 00:35:31.659
 taking the clothes

00:35:31.659 --> 00:35:32.339
 off the person,

00:35:32.699 --> 00:35:33.579
 tying them to a post

00:35:33.579 --> 00:35:34.960
 and then whipping them

00:35:34.960 --> 00:35:36.219
 with a leather whip

00:35:36.219 --> 00:35:37.259
 that was retrofitted

00:35:37.259 --> 00:35:38.799
 with bones and metals.

00:35:39.299 --> 00:35:40.420
 And it was so severe

00:35:40.420 --> 00:35:41.420
 that many people

00:35:41.420 --> 00:35:43.139
 died from just being flogged.

00:35:43.440 --> 00:35:44.480
 And that treatment

00:35:44.480 --> 00:35:45.319
 was connected

00:35:45.319 --> 00:35:47.460
 to capital punishment.

00:35:47.980 --> 00:35:48.920
 And so Jesus,

00:35:49.079 --> 00:35:49.839
 this is not that kind

00:35:49.839 --> 00:35:50.159
 of flogging

00:35:50.159 --> 00:35:50.859
 that he's referring to.

00:35:50.920 --> 00:35:52.179
 That happens to Jesus later

00:35:52.179 --> 00:35:53.460
 and Matthew and Mark

00:35:53.460 --> 00:35:54.219
 write about that.

00:35:54.500 --> 00:35:55.339
 So he's going through

00:35:55.339 --> 00:35:56.879
 a whole ordeal here.

00:35:57.559 --> 00:35:58.519
 And so in order

00:35:58.519 --> 00:35:59.420
 to appease the Jews,

00:35:59.519 --> 00:36:00.059
 he flogs them

00:36:00.059 --> 00:36:01.000
 and he wants to let them go

00:36:01.000 --> 00:36:01.639
 with the warning

00:36:01.639 --> 00:36:02.239
 and says,

00:36:02.340 --> 00:36:03.340
 I find no guilt in him

00:36:03.340 --> 00:36:05.539
 but the Jews are stubborn

00:36:05.539 --> 00:36:06.840
 and unyielding

00:36:06.840 --> 00:36:07.559
 the Jewish leaders

00:36:07.559 --> 00:36:08.260
 in their demand

00:36:08.260 --> 00:36:09.519
 of the capital punishment.

00:36:10.159 --> 00:36:11.860
 So verse 6 to 11,

00:36:11.960 --> 00:36:12.219
 it says,

00:36:12.920 --> 00:36:13.920
 When the chief priests

00:36:13.920 --> 00:36:15.579
 and the officers saw him,

00:36:16.000 --> 00:36:16.840
 they cried out,

00:36:17.199 --> 00:36:18.139
 Crucify him!

00:36:18.780 --> 00:36:19.579
 Crucify him!

00:36:20.139 --> 00:36:21.159
 Pilate said to them,

00:36:21.840 --> 00:36:23.039
 Take him yourselves

00:36:23.039 --> 00:36:23.860
 and crucify him

00:36:23.860 --> 00:36:25.199
 for I find no guilt in him.

00:36:25.619 --> 00:36:26.699
 And the Jews answered him,

00:36:26.800 --> 00:36:27.400
 We have a law

00:36:27.400 --> 00:36:28.420
 and according to that law

00:36:28.420 --> 00:36:29.380
 he ought to die

00:36:29.380 --> 00:36:30.519
 because he has made himself

00:36:30.519 --> 00:36:31.360
 the son of God.

00:36:31.840 --> 00:36:32.800
 And when Pilate heard

00:36:32.800 --> 00:36:33.260
 this statement,

00:36:33.340 --> 00:36:34.720
 he was even more afraid.

00:36:35.340 --> 00:36:36.579
 He entered his headquarters

00:36:36.579 --> 00:36:37.920
 again and said to Jesus,

00:36:38.320 --> 00:36:39.940
 Where are you from?

00:36:40.539 --> 00:36:42.220
 But Jesus gave him no answer.

00:36:43.119 --> 00:36:44.200
 So Pilate said to him,

00:36:44.420 --> 00:36:45.960
 You will not speak to me?

00:36:46.300 --> 00:36:47.119
 Do you not know

00:36:47.119 --> 00:36:47.920
 that I have authority

00:36:47.920 --> 00:36:48.640
 to release you

00:36:48.640 --> 00:36:49.960
 and authority to crucify you?

00:36:49.960 --> 00:36:52.079
 Jesus answered him.

00:36:52.420 --> 00:36:54.760
 You would have no authority

00:36:54.760 --> 00:36:56.579
 over me at all

00:36:56.579 --> 00:36:58.519
 unless it had been given

00:36:58.519 --> 00:36:59.500
 you from above.

00:37:00.059 --> 00:37:01.320
 Therefore he who delivered me

00:37:01.320 --> 00:37:02.039
 over to you

00:37:02.039 --> 00:37:04.300
 has the greater sin.

00:37:05.139 --> 00:37:06.460
 So when finally

00:37:06.460 --> 00:37:08.320
 the Jewish authorities

00:37:08.320 --> 00:37:09.679
 come to the crux

00:37:09.679 --> 00:37:10.559
 of their accusation

00:37:10.559 --> 00:37:11.099
 that he claimed

00:37:11.099 --> 00:37:12.079
 to be the son of God,

00:37:12.559 --> 00:37:13.300
 Pilate hears this

00:37:13.300 --> 00:37:14.500
 and is even more afraid.

00:37:15.119 --> 00:37:15.320
 He says,

00:37:15.420 --> 00:37:16.360
 Maybe this really is

00:37:16.360 --> 00:37:17.179
 a spiritual person.

00:37:17.179 --> 00:37:20.019
 And so he tries to

00:37:20.019 --> 00:37:21.179
 manipulate Jesus

00:37:21.179 --> 00:37:22.480
 into answering his questions.

00:37:22.599 --> 00:37:22.899
 He says,

00:37:23.000 --> 00:37:23.819
 I have the authority

00:37:23.819 --> 00:37:24.639
 to release you

00:37:24.639 --> 00:37:25.399
 or crucify you,

00:37:25.460 --> 00:37:26.339
 but Jesus would have

00:37:26.339 --> 00:37:26.719
 none of it.

00:37:26.759 --> 00:37:27.480
 He wouldn't answer.

00:37:27.839 --> 00:37:28.519
 And he tells him,

00:37:28.579 --> 00:37:29.219
 You would not have

00:37:29.219 --> 00:37:29.819
 authority over me

00:37:29.819 --> 00:37:30.519
 unless it was given

00:37:30.519 --> 00:37:31.339
 to you from God.

00:37:33.799 --> 00:37:36.579
 And he says that,

00:37:36.779 --> 00:37:37.399
 Therefore he who delivered

00:37:37.399 --> 00:37:38.159
 me over to you

00:37:38.159 --> 00:37:39.279
 has the greater sin.

00:37:39.339 --> 00:37:40.299
 So he's not saying

00:37:40.299 --> 00:37:41.619
 that Pilate is without guilt

00:37:41.619 --> 00:37:42.819
 because God was sovereign

00:37:42.819 --> 00:37:43.539
 over this process.

00:37:43.639 --> 00:37:44.319
 He is guilty

00:37:44.319 --> 00:37:45.000
 of what he did.

00:37:45.419 --> 00:37:46.799
 But his sin

00:37:46.800 --> 00:37:48.200
 is less grave

00:37:48.200 --> 00:37:49.340
 compared to the sin

00:37:49.340 --> 00:37:50.700
 of those who handed him,

00:37:50.920 --> 00:37:52.320
 the one who handed him over.

00:37:52.720 --> 00:37:53.840
 Because his is passive.

00:37:53.960 --> 00:37:54.740
 He received Jesus

00:37:54.740 --> 00:37:56.200
 as he came into his jurisdiction.

00:37:56.860 --> 00:37:57.980
 But Judas,

00:37:58.420 --> 00:37:59.480
 who's probably,

00:38:00.440 --> 00:38:01.700
 this John is referring to here

00:38:01.700 --> 00:38:03.200
 because the word betrayer

00:38:03.200 --> 00:38:04.740
 is attached to him

00:38:04.740 --> 00:38:05.760
 throughout the gospel,

00:38:06.539 --> 00:38:07.600
 which is the same word

00:38:07.600 --> 00:38:08.460
 as the word delivered.

00:38:08.900 --> 00:38:09.480
 So it seems

00:38:09.480 --> 00:38:10.620
 that he's referring to him.

00:38:10.700 --> 00:38:11.280
 He is guilty

00:38:11.280 --> 00:38:12.300
 of the greater sin.

00:38:13.400 --> 00:38:13.820
 And so he says,

00:38:14.060 --> 00:38:14.560
 From then on,

00:38:14.559 --> 00:38:16.019
 Jesus seeks to release him

00:38:16.019 --> 00:38:17.219
 in verse 12.

00:38:17.219 --> 00:38:18.599
 And then the Jews

00:38:18.599 --> 00:38:20.480
 pull out their final card,

00:38:21.019 --> 00:38:23.079
 their biggest weapon,

00:38:23.360 --> 00:38:23.980
 their leverage.

00:38:24.519 --> 00:38:25.079
 Verse 12,

00:38:25.880 --> 00:38:28.679
 If you release this man,

00:38:29.139 --> 00:38:31.799
 you are not Caesar's friend.

00:38:33.179 --> 00:38:35.360
 Everyone who makes himself

00:38:35.360 --> 00:38:38.000
 a king opposes Caesar.

00:38:39.059 --> 00:38:40.940
 Now that's his sensitive spot,

00:38:41.000 --> 00:38:41.420
 isn't it?

00:38:41.420 --> 00:38:41.700
 Right?

00:38:43.079 --> 00:38:44.880
 He's subject to Caesar.

00:38:45.880 --> 00:38:48.039
 And Caesar at this time

00:38:48.039 --> 00:38:48.700
 was known,

00:38:48.800 --> 00:38:49.720
 Tiberius was known

00:38:49.720 --> 00:38:50.579
 for being suspicious

00:38:50.579 --> 00:38:51.880
 of his subordinates.

00:38:52.340 --> 00:38:53.240
 And he was known

00:38:53.240 --> 00:38:55.079
 for brutally wiping out

00:38:55.079 --> 00:38:55.700
 any people

00:38:55.700 --> 00:38:57.760
 that he has suspicions against.

00:38:58.800 --> 00:38:59.659
 And earlier,

00:38:59.920 --> 00:39:00.820
 we know from history,

00:39:01.119 --> 00:39:01.820
 the Jewish authorities

00:39:01.820 --> 00:39:02.780
 had actually kind of

00:39:02.780 --> 00:39:03.680
 told on him before.

00:39:04.139 --> 00:39:04.700
 They had come

00:39:04.700 --> 00:39:05.940
 and went to the emperor

00:39:05.940 --> 00:39:06.860
 and complained to him

00:39:06.860 --> 00:39:08.340
 about Pilate before.

00:39:08.460 --> 00:39:08.980
 So he knows

00:39:08.980 --> 00:39:09.980
 they're not bluffing

00:39:09.980 --> 00:39:10.500
 at this point.

00:39:10.500 --> 00:39:12.079
 So he's fearful.

00:39:13.880 --> 00:39:14.900
 And so even though

00:39:14.900 --> 00:39:15.920
 he had clearly said,

00:39:16.019 --> 00:39:17.360
 I find no guilt in him,

00:39:17.599 --> 00:39:18.800
 and from this point on,

00:39:19.400 --> 00:39:21.119
 he settled on the decision

00:39:21.119 --> 00:39:22.039
 what he's going to do.

00:39:22.440 --> 00:39:23.719
 So when Pilate heard

00:39:23.719 --> 00:39:24.360
 these words,

00:39:24.619 --> 00:39:25.800
 he brought Jesus out

00:39:25.800 --> 00:39:26.500
 and sat down

00:39:26.500 --> 00:39:27.340
 on the judgment seat

00:39:27.340 --> 00:39:28.139
 at a place called

00:39:28.139 --> 00:39:29.039
 the Stone Pavement

00:39:29.039 --> 00:39:30.719
 in Aramaic Gabbatha.

00:39:31.139 --> 00:39:31.940
 Now it was the day

00:39:31.940 --> 00:39:32.559
 of preparation

00:39:32.559 --> 00:39:33.340
 of the Passover.

00:39:33.500 --> 00:39:33.900
 It was about

00:39:33.900 --> 00:39:34.920
 the sixth hour.

00:39:34.920 --> 00:39:36.059
 He said to the Jews,

00:39:36.179 --> 00:39:38.619
 Behold your king.

00:39:38.619 --> 00:39:40.339
 So the timing

00:39:40.339 --> 00:39:41.400
 is slightly off

00:39:41.400 --> 00:39:42.539
 from the other Gospels.

00:39:42.639 --> 00:39:44.019
 They say in the Gospels,

00:39:44.199 --> 00:39:46.559
 six hour is about noon,

00:39:47.039 --> 00:39:48.099
 according to Jewish reckoning.

00:39:48.420 --> 00:39:49.219
 But in other Gospels,

00:39:49.279 --> 00:39:49.920
 it says that Jesus

00:39:49.920 --> 00:39:50.739
 was crucified

00:39:50.739 --> 00:39:51.880
 around 9 a.m.

00:39:52.000 --> 00:39:53.319
 But let me remind you,

00:39:53.400 --> 00:39:54.219
 they didn't have watches

00:39:54.219 --> 00:39:54.839
 or clocks

00:39:54.839 --> 00:39:55.980
 during this time,

00:39:56.059 --> 00:39:56.920
 and people are not

00:39:56.920 --> 00:39:58.059
 carrying sundials around.

00:39:58.420 --> 00:39:59.699
 So it was acceptable

00:39:59.699 --> 00:40:00.859
 for them to have

00:40:00.859 --> 00:40:01.500
 approximate

00:40:01.500 --> 00:40:04.900
 knowledge of time,

00:40:05.019 --> 00:40:05.859
 and it was considered

00:40:05.859 --> 00:40:06.299
 truthful

00:40:06.300 --> 00:40:07.440
 when they wrote that way.

00:40:07.519 --> 00:40:07.840
 So that's,

00:40:08.240 --> 00:40:09.320
 I don't want you guys

00:40:09.320 --> 00:40:10.700
 to be bothered by that

00:40:10.700 --> 00:40:11.260
 when you find it.

00:40:11.760 --> 00:40:12.360
 And the Jews

00:40:12.360 --> 00:40:13.820
 continued to clamor violently,

00:40:13.920 --> 00:40:14.760
 Away with him!

00:40:14.960 --> 00:40:15.840
 Away with him!

00:40:16.080 --> 00:40:16.820
 Crucify him!

00:40:17.460 --> 00:40:18.580
 And Pilate now knows

00:40:18.580 --> 00:40:19.400
 that he is trapped,

00:40:19.700 --> 00:40:20.980
 but he does not miss

00:40:20.980 --> 00:40:21.700
 the last opportunity

00:40:21.700 --> 00:40:22.580
 to mock the Jews.

00:40:22.680 --> 00:40:23.019
 He says,

00:40:23.019 --> 00:40:24.780
 Shall I crucify your king?

00:40:25.960 --> 00:40:27.000
 And then they answer

00:40:27.000 --> 00:40:27.760
 in unison,

00:40:28.280 --> 00:40:29.560
 We have no king

00:40:29.560 --> 00:40:30.500
 but Caesar.

00:40:31.160 --> 00:40:32.340
 So he delivered him

00:40:32.340 --> 00:40:33.100
 over to them

00:40:33.100 --> 00:40:34.320
 to be crucified.

00:40:34.680 --> 00:40:34.860
 What?

00:40:34.860 --> 00:40:36.980
 An apostasy,

00:40:37.240 --> 00:40:37.420
 right?

00:40:37.539 --> 00:40:37.780
 Just,

00:40:38.820 --> 00:40:39.940
 the Jewish leaders

00:40:39.940 --> 00:40:41.059
 who ought to be serving God

00:40:41.059 --> 00:40:41.720
 as their king

00:40:41.720 --> 00:40:42.260
 says,

00:40:42.640 --> 00:40:43.519
 We have no king

00:40:43.519 --> 00:40:44.320
 but Caesar.

00:40:45.120 --> 00:40:46.039
 And let me ask you

00:40:46.039 --> 00:40:46.519
 this morning,

00:40:46.860 --> 00:40:47.599
 What are the fears

00:40:47.599 --> 00:40:48.440
 that prevent you

00:40:48.440 --> 00:40:49.680
 from accepting Jesus

00:40:49.680 --> 00:40:51.920
 as your God

00:40:51.920 --> 00:40:52.340
 and Savior?

00:40:53.620 --> 00:40:54.220
 Are there any

00:40:54.220 --> 00:40:55.460
 allegiances in your life

00:40:55.460 --> 00:40:56.200
 that preclude

00:40:56.200 --> 00:40:57.140
 your supreme

00:40:57.140 --> 00:40:57.960
 and exclusive

00:40:57.960 --> 00:40:58.980
 allegiance to God?

00:41:00.559 --> 00:41:01.360
 Perhaps you feel,

00:41:01.760 --> 00:41:02.440
 your fear

00:41:02.440 --> 00:41:03.140
 that you will damage

00:41:03.139 --> 00:41:03.920
 your reputation

00:41:03.920 --> 00:41:04.819
 if you tell people

00:41:04.819 --> 00:41:05.339
 about Christ.

00:41:05.460 --> 00:41:06.859
 Maybe your primary loyalty

00:41:06.859 --> 00:41:08.519
 maybe lies to your employer

00:41:08.519 --> 00:41:10.480
 or your political party

00:41:10.480 --> 00:41:11.359
 or your country

00:41:11.359 --> 00:41:12.940
 and not to God.

00:41:16.139 --> 00:41:17.359
 Are we in any way

00:41:17.359 --> 00:41:18.219
 seeking to preserve

00:41:18.219 --> 00:41:19.440
 our status quo

00:41:19.440 --> 00:41:20.980
 to protect ourselves

00:41:20.980 --> 00:41:21.719
 and to advance

00:41:21.719 --> 00:41:22.839
 our causes

00:41:22.839 --> 00:41:24.000
 rather than aligning

00:41:24.000 --> 00:41:25.599
 ourselves unreservedly

00:41:25.599 --> 00:41:26.400
 with Jesus

00:41:26.400 --> 00:41:27.599
 and his cause?

00:41:27.599 --> 00:41:31.539
 Now that brings us

00:41:31.539 --> 00:41:33.039
 to my final point

00:41:33.039 --> 00:41:33.759
 because this narrative

00:41:33.759 --> 00:41:34.539
 is not at all

00:41:34.539 --> 00:41:35.239
 about Peter

00:41:35.239 --> 00:41:36.339
 or Caiaphas

00:41:36.339 --> 00:41:37.539
 or Pilate

00:41:37.539 --> 00:41:38.719
 but it's about Jesus.

00:41:40.900 --> 00:41:42.360
 And we see Jesus

00:41:42.360 --> 00:41:43.039
 from the beginning

00:41:43.039 --> 00:41:43.679
 to the end

00:41:43.679 --> 00:41:44.839
 in full control

00:41:44.839 --> 00:41:45.739
 of what is happening.

00:41:46.579 --> 00:41:46.659
 Right?

00:41:46.920 --> 00:41:48.099
 Chapter 18 verse 4

00:41:48.099 --> 00:41:48.799
 Then Jesus,

00:41:49.239 --> 00:41:50.279
 knowing all that

00:41:50.279 --> 00:41:51.360
 would happen to him,

00:41:51.559 --> 00:41:52.559
 came forward

00:41:52.559 --> 00:41:53.559
 and then said

00:41:53.559 --> 00:41:54.480
 to the band of soldiers

00:41:54.480 --> 00:41:55.279
 who would come to arrest him,

00:41:55.460 --> 00:41:56.599
 Whom do you seek?

00:41:57.259 --> 00:41:57.860
 They answered him,

00:41:57.920 --> 00:41:58.779
 Jesus of Nazareth

00:41:58.779 --> 00:41:59.980
 and Jesus said to them,

00:42:00.299 --> 00:42:01.099
 I am he.

00:42:02.099 --> 00:42:03.159
 And when Jesus said

00:42:03.159 --> 00:42:03.759
 to them,

00:42:03.839 --> 00:42:04.299
 I am he,

00:42:04.380 --> 00:42:05.059
 they drew back

00:42:05.059 --> 00:42:06.299
 and fell to the ground.

00:42:06.900 --> 00:42:08.440
 Jesus is not caught unaware.

00:42:08.779 --> 00:42:09.759
 He knows exactly

00:42:09.759 --> 00:42:10.380
 what's going on

00:42:10.380 --> 00:42:11.179
 and because of that

00:42:11.179 --> 00:42:12.420
 he comes forward

00:42:12.420 --> 00:42:14.099
 and he self-identifies.

00:42:14.219 --> 00:42:14.460
 He says,

00:42:14.539 --> 00:42:16.019
 no, I am the Jesus of Nazareth

00:42:16.019 --> 00:42:16.960
 that you're looking for.

00:42:17.420 --> 00:42:18.440
 And when he says that

00:42:18.440 --> 00:42:18.940
 he says,

00:42:19.299 --> 00:42:20.139
 I am,

00:42:20.319 --> 00:42:20.579
 literally.

00:42:21.619 --> 00:42:22.719
 That's what's behind

00:42:22.719 --> 00:42:23.440
 the translation,

00:42:23.880 --> 00:42:24.339
 I am he.

00:42:24.400 --> 00:42:25.019
 He literally says,

00:42:25.159 --> 00:42:25.799
 I am.

00:42:25.800 --> 00:42:26.539
 And he's,

00:42:26.660 --> 00:42:27.860
 which is again,

00:42:28.080 --> 00:42:29.900
 reminiscent of God's revelation

00:42:29.900 --> 00:42:31.080
 of himself to Israelites

00:42:31.080 --> 00:42:31.960
 in Exodus 3

00:42:31.960 --> 00:42:32.519
 when he said,

00:42:33.019 --> 00:42:34.080
 I am who I am.

00:42:34.220 --> 00:42:35.660
 Say this to the people of Israel.

00:42:35.980 --> 00:42:38.220
 I am has sent me to you.

00:42:38.539 --> 00:42:39.620
 And when God

00:42:39.620 --> 00:42:40.920
 so discloses himself

00:42:40.920 --> 00:42:41.740
 to people,

00:42:41.960 --> 00:42:43.400
 the only appropriate response

00:42:43.400 --> 00:42:44.100
 is for them

00:42:44.100 --> 00:42:45.920
 to fall prostrate.

00:42:48.160 --> 00:42:49.080
 And so these

00:42:49.080 --> 00:42:50.940
 Roman guards,

00:42:51.600 --> 00:42:52.200
 the cohort,

00:42:52.580 --> 00:42:53.019
 300,

00:42:53.019 --> 00:42:53.739
 secondary soldiers,

00:42:53.920 --> 00:42:54.880
 they draw back

00:42:54.880 --> 00:42:56.239
 and they fall

00:42:56.239 --> 00:42:57.059
 to the ground.

00:43:02.880 --> 00:43:04.119
 Some people say that,

00:43:04.159 --> 00:43:04.360
 you know,

00:43:04.440 --> 00:43:05.039
 they were just

00:43:05.039 --> 00:43:06.119
 physically inept,

00:43:06.360 --> 00:43:06.599
 you know,

00:43:07.280 --> 00:43:07.619
 started,

00:43:07.820 --> 00:43:08.500
 they're so surprised

00:43:08.500 --> 00:43:09.440
 by Jesus' self-exclusion

00:43:09.440 --> 00:43:10.179
 they're just kind of

00:43:10.179 --> 00:43:10.880
 stumbling back

00:43:10.880 --> 00:43:11.460
 and then they trip

00:43:11.460 --> 00:43:11.960
 and fall,

00:43:12.340 --> 00:43:12.579
 right?

00:43:12.940 --> 00:43:13.559
 But I mean,

00:43:13.619 --> 00:43:14.719
 even if that's what happened,

00:43:14.840 --> 00:43:15.440
 John Curry

00:43:15.440 --> 00:43:16.179
 intends something

00:43:16.179 --> 00:43:16.800
 more than that.

00:43:17.000 --> 00:43:18.460
 If that's what happened

00:43:18.460 --> 00:43:19.259
 then they act better

00:43:19.259 --> 00:43:19.900
 than they know

00:43:19.900 --> 00:43:20.960
 because that's in fact

00:43:20.960 --> 00:43:21.880
 what they should have done

00:43:21.880 --> 00:43:23.360
 in the presence of God,

00:43:23.880 --> 00:43:24.639
 the great I am.

00:43:26.660 --> 00:43:27.440
 And so Jesus

00:43:27.440 --> 00:43:28.440
 is in full control

00:43:28.440 --> 00:43:29.840
 and he secures

00:43:29.840 --> 00:43:30.340
 the safety

00:43:30.340 --> 00:43:31.220
 of his followers.

00:43:31.539 --> 00:43:31.680
 He says,

00:43:31.760 --> 00:43:32.480
 if you seek me

00:43:32.480 --> 00:43:33.579
 let these men go

00:43:33.579 --> 00:43:34.900
 and John notes

00:43:34.900 --> 00:43:35.860
 that this is in fulfillment

00:43:35.860 --> 00:43:36.420
 of scripture

00:43:36.420 --> 00:43:37.720
 of those whom you gave me

00:43:37.720 --> 00:43:38.720
 I have lost,

00:43:38.960 --> 00:43:39.780
 not one.

00:43:40.019 --> 00:43:40.720
 That of course

00:43:40.720 --> 00:43:42.340
 refers to spiritual salvation

00:43:42.340 --> 00:43:43.860
 but in order to save

00:43:43.860 --> 00:43:45.039
 his disciples spiritually

00:43:45.039 --> 00:43:46.079
 he needs to preserve

00:43:46.079 --> 00:43:46.660
 them physically

00:43:46.660 --> 00:43:47.860
 because he hasn't died

00:43:47.860 --> 00:43:49.000
 and rose again yet.

00:43:49.000 --> 00:43:50.619
 So he secures

00:43:50.619 --> 00:43:51.260
 their safety

00:43:51.260 --> 00:43:53.760
 and when Peter

00:43:53.760 --> 00:43:54.980
 tries to play the hero

00:43:54.980 --> 00:43:55.500
 he says,

00:43:55.880 --> 00:43:57.159
 this is the cup

00:43:57.159 --> 00:43:57.920
 that he must drink

00:43:57.920 --> 00:43:58.679
 because the father

00:43:58.679 --> 00:43:59.840
 has given it to him.

00:44:00.179 --> 00:44:01.260
 So he's in full control

00:44:01.260 --> 00:44:02.000
 during his arrest

00:44:02.000 --> 00:44:03.780
 and he's in full control

00:44:03.780 --> 00:44:04.719
 during the trial,

00:44:04.860 --> 00:44:05.019
 right?

00:44:05.199 --> 00:44:05.980
 That's why

00:44:05.980 --> 00:44:07.360
 John intentionally

00:44:07.360 --> 00:44:08.440
 juxtaposes

00:44:08.440 --> 00:44:10.619
 Peter's shameful denials

00:44:10.619 --> 00:44:11.960
 along with Jesus'

00:44:12.219 --> 00:44:13.760
 bold witness,

00:44:14.340 --> 00:44:14.500
 right?

00:44:14.539 --> 00:44:15.079
 He kind of

00:44:15.079 --> 00:44:15.960
 interweaves them

00:44:15.960 --> 00:44:16.460
 and puts them

00:44:16.460 --> 00:44:17.239
 right next to each other

00:44:17.239 --> 00:44:18.320
 because in order to

00:44:18.320 --> 00:44:18.980
 highlight the context

00:44:19.000 --> 00:44:20.519
 Jesus is bold

00:44:20.519 --> 00:44:21.079
 as a witness.

00:44:21.219 --> 00:44:22.119
 He tells the truth

00:44:22.119 --> 00:44:22.579
 as a witness.

00:44:22.719 --> 00:44:23.159
 He does not

00:44:23.159 --> 00:44:25.000
 cowering

00:44:25.000 --> 00:44:26.719
 because of

00:44:26.719 --> 00:44:27.820
 the environment.

00:44:28.760 --> 00:44:29.659
 And John reminds us

00:44:29.659 --> 00:44:30.500
 in 1827

00:44:30.500 --> 00:44:32.079
 that after Peter's

00:44:32.079 --> 00:44:32.679
 third denial

00:44:32.679 --> 00:44:33.480
 at once

00:44:33.480 --> 00:44:34.360
 a rooster

00:44:34.360 --> 00:44:35.340
 crowed

00:44:35.340 --> 00:44:36.420
 to remind us

00:44:36.420 --> 00:44:37.139
 that Jesus knew

00:44:37.139 --> 00:44:37.900
 this was going to happen

00:44:37.900 --> 00:44:38.639
 all along.

00:44:39.179 --> 00:44:39.519
 Nothing

00:44:39.519 --> 00:44:40.920
 that's happened so far

00:44:40.920 --> 00:44:42.099
 has happened outside

00:44:42.099 --> 00:44:43.159
 of God's sovereign plan

00:44:43.159 --> 00:44:43.579
 is what

00:44:43.579 --> 00:44:45.039
 he's telling us.

00:44:45.039 --> 00:44:47.559
 and even

00:44:47.559 --> 00:44:48.539
 the Jewish

00:44:48.539 --> 00:44:49.199
 leaders

00:44:49.199 --> 00:44:50.840
 decision to bring

00:44:50.840 --> 00:44:52.239
 him to Pilate

00:44:52.239 --> 00:44:52.759
 so that he can be

00:44:52.759 --> 00:44:53.699
 executed by the Roman

00:44:53.699 --> 00:44:55.019
 proper Roman authorities.

00:44:55.699 --> 00:44:56.599
 Even that is in

00:44:56.599 --> 00:44:57.460
 fulfillment of scripture.

00:44:57.940 --> 00:44:58.679
 So John notes

00:44:58.679 --> 00:44:59.559
 in 1832

00:44:59.559 --> 00:45:00.579
 this was to

00:45:00.579 --> 00:45:01.579
 fulfill the word

00:45:01.579 --> 00:45:02.639
 that Jesus had spoken

00:45:02.639 --> 00:45:03.900
 to show by what

00:45:03.900 --> 00:45:04.759
 kind of death

00:45:04.759 --> 00:45:05.460
 he was going

00:45:05.460 --> 00:45:06.019
 to die.

00:45:07.300 --> 00:45:08.300
 And this wasn't

00:45:08.300 --> 00:45:09.019
 even intentional

00:45:09.019 --> 00:45:09.980
 but I think this is

00:45:09.980 --> 00:45:10.360
 really cool

00:45:10.360 --> 00:45:10.840
 that it happened.

00:45:10.840 --> 00:45:13.320
 the preaching

00:45:13.320 --> 00:45:14.280
 from this Friday

00:45:14.280 --> 00:45:15.220
 the tentative

00:45:15.220 --> 00:45:16.400
 was from Psalm 22

00:45:16.400 --> 00:45:17.680
 during our prayer service

00:45:17.680 --> 00:45:19.280
 which prophesies

00:45:19.280 --> 00:45:20.260
 about Jesus'

00:45:20.460 --> 00:45:21.140
 crucifixion.

00:45:21.539 --> 00:45:22.720
 Verses 16 to 18

00:45:22.720 --> 00:45:23.460
 of Psalm 22

00:45:23.460 --> 00:45:23.760
 says

00:45:23.760 --> 00:45:25.059
 dogs encompass me

00:45:25.059 --> 00:45:26.079
 a company of

00:45:26.079 --> 00:45:26.860
 evildoers

00:45:26.860 --> 00:45:27.860
 encircles me

00:45:27.860 --> 00:45:29.220
 they have pierced

00:45:29.220 --> 00:45:30.019
 my hands

00:45:30.019 --> 00:45:30.920
 and feet

00:45:30.920 --> 00:45:31.880
 I can count

00:45:31.880 --> 00:45:32.700
 all my bones

00:45:32.700 --> 00:45:33.280
 they stare

00:45:33.280 --> 00:45:34.400
 and gloat over me

00:45:34.400 --> 00:45:35.039
 they divide

00:45:35.039 --> 00:45:35.680
 my garments

00:45:35.680 --> 00:45:36.200
 among them

00:45:36.200 --> 00:45:37.220
 and for my clothing

00:45:37.220 --> 00:45:38.440
 they cast lots.

00:45:38.720 --> 00:45:39.160
 So this

00:45:39.160 --> 00:45:40.120
 is all going

00:45:40.119 --> 00:45:40.819
 to be fulfilled

00:45:40.819 --> 00:45:41.759
 in the next chapter.

00:45:42.880 --> 00:45:43.440
 Jesus is going

00:45:43.440 --> 00:45:44.139
 to be pierced

00:45:44.139 --> 00:45:44.400
 he's going

00:45:44.400 --> 00:45:45.059
 to be crucified.

00:45:45.880 --> 00:45:46.719
 Every single

00:45:46.719 --> 00:45:47.400
 turn of event

00:45:47.400 --> 00:45:48.839
 here in this passage

00:45:48.839 --> 00:45:49.759
 happens due to

00:45:49.759 --> 00:45:50.559
 God's sovereign

00:45:50.559 --> 00:45:52.000
 knowledge and plan

00:45:52.000 --> 00:45:52.599
 and Jesus

00:45:52.599 --> 00:45:53.699
 is in full

00:45:53.699 --> 00:45:54.579
 control.

00:45:57.339 --> 00:45:58.420
 But that raises

00:45:58.420 --> 00:45:59.259
 the burning question

00:45:59.259 --> 00:45:59.920
 for us

00:45:59.920 --> 00:46:01.679
 what's in it

00:46:01.679 --> 00:46:02.239
 for us?

00:46:03.179 --> 00:46:03.960
 God is clearly

00:46:03.960 --> 00:46:04.519
 orchestrating

00:46:04.519 --> 00:46:05.259
 these turn of events

00:46:05.259 --> 00:46:06.799
 but why

00:46:06.799 --> 00:46:08.359
 why is he doing that?

00:46:08.360 --> 00:46:11.039
 and that brings

00:46:11.039 --> 00:46:11.500
 us to

00:46:11.500 --> 00:46:12.420
 the truth

00:46:12.420 --> 00:46:12.880
 that we

00:46:12.880 --> 00:46:13.800
 should never

00:46:13.800 --> 00:46:14.620
 become too

00:46:14.620 --> 00:46:15.260
 familiar with

00:46:15.260 --> 00:46:15.599
 and that

00:46:15.599 --> 00:46:16.420
 is the main

00:46:16.420 --> 00:46:16.980
 point of this

00:46:16.980 --> 00:46:17.460
 passage.

00:46:18.059 --> 00:46:18.960
 Christ the

00:46:18.960 --> 00:46:19.360
 king

00:46:19.360 --> 00:46:20.420
 is condemned

00:46:20.420 --> 00:46:21.440
 according to

00:46:21.440 --> 00:46:22.019
 God's sovereign

00:46:22.019 --> 00:46:22.420
 plan

00:46:22.420 --> 00:46:23.559
 so that those

00:46:23.559 --> 00:46:24.180
 who believe

00:46:24.180 --> 00:46:24.680
 in him

00:46:24.680 --> 00:46:25.300
 might be

00:46:25.300 --> 00:46:25.940
 justified.

00:46:27.620 --> 00:46:28.280
 Christ the

00:46:28.280 --> 00:46:28.660
 king is

00:46:28.660 --> 00:46:29.099
 condemned

00:46:29.099 --> 00:46:29.740
 according to

00:46:29.740 --> 00:46:30.300
 God's sovereign

00:46:30.300 --> 00:46:30.680
 plan

00:46:30.680 --> 00:46:31.640
 so that those

00:46:31.640 --> 00:46:32.120
 who believe

00:46:32.120 --> 00:46:32.519
 in him

00:46:32.519 --> 00:46:33.260
 might be

00:46:33.260 --> 00:46:33.940
 justified

00:46:33.940 --> 00:46:34.679
 and we

00:46:34.679 --> 00:46:35.240
 see this

00:46:35.240 --> 00:46:35.740
 truth

00:46:35.740 --> 00:46:36.559
 in the

00:46:36.559 --> 00:46:36.960
 manner of

00:46:36.960 --> 00:46:37.260
 Jesus'

00:46:37.500 --> 00:46:37.860
 suffering

00:46:37.860 --> 00:46:38.500
 throughout

00:46:38.500 --> 00:46:39.099
 the gospel

00:46:39.099 --> 00:46:39.480
 because

00:46:39.480 --> 00:46:41.119
 Pilate asks

00:46:41.119 --> 00:46:41.480
 him

00:46:41.480 --> 00:46:42.460
 what is

00:46:42.460 --> 00:46:43.039
 truth

00:46:43.039 --> 00:46:44.400
 and we

00:46:44.400 --> 00:46:44.720
 know

00:46:44.720 --> 00:46:45.200
 from what

00:46:45.200 --> 00:46:45.619
 Jesus said

00:46:45.619 --> 00:46:46.039
 before that

00:46:46.039 --> 00:46:46.720
 he is the

00:46:46.720 --> 00:46:47.079
 truth

00:46:47.079 --> 00:46:48.079
 and yet

00:46:48.079 --> 00:46:48.980
 he misses

00:46:48.980 --> 00:46:49.480
 the truth

00:46:49.480 --> 00:46:50.019
 right before

00:46:50.019 --> 00:46:50.519
 his eyes.

00:46:51.920 --> 00:46:52.780
 The Jews

00:46:52.780 --> 00:46:53.440
 accuse him

00:46:53.440 --> 00:46:53.820
 of having

00:46:53.820 --> 00:46:54.380
 claimed to

00:46:54.380 --> 00:46:54.780
 be the

00:46:54.780 --> 00:46:55.139
 son of

00:46:55.139 --> 00:46:55.440
 God

00:46:55.440 --> 00:46:56.420
 and then

00:46:56.420 --> 00:46:57.039
 they ask

00:46:57.039 --> 00:46:57.539
 Pilate

00:46:57.539 --> 00:46:58.320
 to release

00:46:58.320 --> 00:46:59.079
 instead of

00:46:59.079 --> 00:46:59.340
 him

00:46:59.340 --> 00:46:59.860
 so this

00:46:59.860 --> 00:47:00.240
 is kind

00:47:00.240 --> 00:47:00.579
 of an

00:47:00.579 --> 00:47:00.920
 equivalent

00:47:00.920 --> 00:47:01.240
 to a

00:47:01.240 --> 00:47:01.599
 presidential

00:47:01.599 --> 00:47:02.099
 pardon

00:47:02.099 --> 00:47:02.360
 right

00:47:02.360 --> 00:47:03.059
 so Pilate

00:47:03.059 --> 00:47:03.380
 had the

00:47:03.380 --> 00:47:03.639
 right

00:47:03.639 --> 00:47:04.239
 and it

00:47:04.239 --> 00:47:05.079
 traditionally

00:47:05.079 --> 00:47:05.759
 released

00:47:05.759 --> 00:47:06.059
 one

00:47:06.059 --> 00:47:06.500
 prisoner

00:47:06.500 --> 00:47:07.099
 for the

00:47:07.099 --> 00:47:07.340
 Jews

00:47:07.340 --> 00:47:07.920
 during the

00:47:07.920 --> 00:47:08.279
 Passover

00:47:08.279 --> 00:47:08.759
 feast

00:47:08.759 --> 00:47:09.279
 as during

00:47:09.279 --> 00:47:09.719
 their biggest

00:47:09.719 --> 00:47:10.179
 feast of

00:47:10.179 --> 00:47:10.460
 the year

00:47:10.460 --> 00:47:11.940
 and so the

00:47:11.940 --> 00:47:12.639
 Jews asked

00:47:12.639 --> 00:47:13.219
 instead

00:47:13.219 --> 00:47:13.980
 when Pilate

00:47:13.980 --> 00:47:14.400
 said should I

00:47:14.400 --> 00:47:14.860
 release to you

00:47:14.860 --> 00:47:15.139
 the king of

00:47:15.139 --> 00:47:15.460
 the Jews

00:47:15.460 --> 00:47:16.400
 they say no

00:47:16.400 --> 00:47:17.360
 release to us

00:47:17.360 --> 00:47:18.599
 Barabbas

00:47:18.599 --> 00:47:20.219
 and how

00:47:20.219 --> 00:47:20.659
 ironic

00:47:20.659 --> 00:47:21.360
 his name

00:47:21.360 --> 00:47:22.480
 means Barabbas

00:47:22.480 --> 00:47:23.440
 a son

00:47:23.440 --> 00:47:24.320
 of the

00:47:24.320 --> 00:47:24.679
 father

00:47:24.679 --> 00:47:26.460
 so they

00:47:26.460 --> 00:47:26.920
 will take

00:47:26.920 --> 00:47:27.719
 a son

00:47:27.719 --> 00:47:28.320
 of the

00:47:28.320 --> 00:47:28.739
 father

00:47:28.739 --> 00:47:29.420
 Barabbas

00:47:29.420 --> 00:47:29.739
 who was

00:47:29.739 --> 00:47:30.539
 actually an

00:47:30.539 --> 00:47:31.460
 insurrectionist

00:47:31.460 --> 00:47:32.119
 so that they

00:47:32.119 --> 00:47:32.559
 can kill

00:47:32.559 --> 00:47:33.039
 Jesus

00:47:33.039 --> 00:47:33.360
 who was

00:47:33.360 --> 00:47:33.719
 not an

00:47:33.719 --> 00:47:34.279
 insurrectionist

00:47:34.279 --> 00:47:34.880
 at all

00:47:34.880 --> 00:47:35.539
 and who

00:47:35.539 --> 00:47:35.880
 is the

00:47:35.880 --> 00:47:36.300
 true

00:47:36.300 --> 00:47:37.340
 and only

00:47:37.340 --> 00:47:38.039
 son of

00:47:38.039 --> 00:47:38.440
 God

00:47:38.440 --> 00:47:39.079
 they will

00:47:39.079 --> 00:47:39.699
 kill him

00:47:39.699 --> 00:47:40.279
 instead

00:47:40.279 --> 00:47:42.800
 and they

00:47:42.800 --> 00:47:43.639
 humiliate him

00:47:43.639 --> 00:47:44.460
 the soldiers

00:47:44.460 --> 00:47:45.259
 twist together

00:47:45.259 --> 00:47:46.259
 a crown

00:47:46.259 --> 00:47:46.980
 of thorns

00:47:46.980 --> 00:47:47.519
 to mock

00:47:47.519 --> 00:47:47.659
 him

00:47:47.659 --> 00:47:47.900
 put him

00:47:47.900 --> 00:47:48.139
 on his

00:47:48.139 --> 00:47:48.340
 head

00:47:48.340 --> 00:47:48.820
 put a

00:47:48.820 --> 00:47:49.099
 purple

00:47:49.099 --> 00:47:49.539
 robe

00:47:49.539 --> 00:47:50.460
 on him

00:47:50.460 --> 00:47:50.840
 and say

00:47:50.840 --> 00:47:51.719
 and jeer

00:47:51.719 --> 00:47:52.199
 hail

00:47:52.199 --> 00:47:53.000
 king

00:47:53.000 --> 00:47:53.559
 of the

00:47:53.559 --> 00:47:54.039
 Jews

00:47:54.039 --> 00:47:56.719
 but again

00:47:56.719 --> 00:47:57.300
 they speak

00:47:57.300 --> 00:47:57.739
 better than

00:47:57.739 --> 00:47:58.159
 they know

00:47:58.159 --> 00:47:58.840
 because he

00:47:58.840 --> 00:47:59.279
 is

00:47:59.279 --> 00:47:59.920
 as John

00:47:59.920 --> 00:48:00.199
 has said

00:48:00.199 --> 00:48:00.840
 over and

00:48:00.840 --> 00:48:01.279
 over and

00:48:01.279 --> 00:48:01.779
 over again

00:48:01.780 --> 00:48:02.500
 he is

00:48:02.500 --> 00:48:02.920
 the true

00:48:02.920 --> 00:48:03.380
 king

00:48:03.380 --> 00:48:04.240
 that God

00:48:04.240 --> 00:48:04.920
 sent

00:48:04.920 --> 00:48:05.880
 for us

00:48:05.880 --> 00:48:09.960
 this is

00:48:09.960 --> 00:48:10.440
 all in

00:48:10.440 --> 00:48:10.880
 fulfillment

00:48:10.880 --> 00:48:11.480
 of what

00:48:11.480 --> 00:48:11.880
 John

00:48:11.880 --> 00:48:12.860
 had said

00:48:12.860 --> 00:48:13.460
 in chapter

00:48:13.460 --> 00:48:13.860
 one

00:48:13.860 --> 00:48:14.760
 his prologue

00:48:14.760 --> 00:48:15.100
 when he

00:48:15.100 --> 00:48:15.740
 gave us a

00:48:15.740 --> 00:48:16.360
 foretaste of

00:48:16.360 --> 00:48:16.740
 what is to

00:48:16.740 --> 00:48:17.060
 come

00:48:17.060 --> 00:48:17.780
 he said

00:48:17.780 --> 00:48:18.420
 he was

00:48:18.420 --> 00:48:18.880
 in the

00:48:18.880 --> 00:48:19.159
 world

00:48:19.159 --> 00:48:19.480
 and the

00:48:19.480 --> 00:48:19.720
 world

00:48:19.720 --> 00:48:20.220
 was made

00:48:20.220 --> 00:48:20.519
 through

00:48:20.519 --> 00:48:20.840
 him

00:48:20.840 --> 00:48:21.320
 yet the

00:48:21.320 --> 00:48:21.539
 world

00:48:21.539 --> 00:48:22.139
 did not

00:48:22.139 --> 00:48:22.519
 know

00:48:22.519 --> 00:48:22.880
 him

00:48:22.880 --> 00:48:23.579
 he came

00:48:23.579 --> 00:48:24.019
 to his

00:48:24.019 --> 00:48:24.519
 own

00:48:24.519 --> 00:48:25.280
 and his

00:48:25.280 --> 00:48:25.740
 own

00:48:25.740 --> 00:48:26.200
 people

00:48:26.200 --> 00:48:26.680
 did not

00:48:26.680 --> 00:48:27.240
 receive

00:48:27.240 --> 00:48:27.599
 him

00:48:27.599 --> 00:48:28.159
 but to

00:48:28.159 --> 00:48:28.460
 all

00:48:28.460 --> 00:48:29.119
 who did

00:48:29.119 --> 00:48:29.559
 receive

00:48:29.559 --> 00:48:29.840
 him

00:48:29.840 --> 00:48:30.180
 who

00:48:30.180 --> 00:48:30.599
 believed

00:48:30.599 --> 00:48:30.900
 in his

00:48:30.900 --> 00:48:31.139
 name

00:48:31.139 --> 00:48:31.720
 he gave

00:48:31.720 --> 00:48:32.180
 the right

00:48:32.180 --> 00:48:32.820
 to become

00:48:32.820 --> 00:48:33.579
 children

00:48:33.579 --> 00:48:34.420
 of

00:48:34.420 --> 00:48:35.200
 God

00:48:35.200 --> 00:48:36.539
 this

00:48:36.539 --> 00:48:37.059
 is the

00:48:37.059 --> 00:48:37.320
 reason

00:48:37.320 --> 00:48:37.559
 why

00:48:37.559 --> 00:48:37.920
 Jesus

00:48:37.920 --> 00:48:39.420
 must head

00:48:39.420 --> 00:48:39.659
 to the

00:48:39.659 --> 00:48:40.039
 cross

00:48:40.039 --> 00:48:40.480
 to his

00:48:40.480 --> 00:48:40.780
 death

00:48:40.780 --> 00:48:42.320
 this is

00:48:42.320 --> 00:48:42.720
 the reason

00:48:42.720 --> 00:48:42.980
 why

00:48:42.980 --> 00:48:43.340
 Jesus

00:48:43.340 --> 00:48:44.019
 is suffering

00:48:44.019 --> 00:48:44.579
 this is

00:48:44.579 --> 00:48:44.940
 not just

00:48:44.940 --> 00:48:45.260
 a good

00:48:45.260 --> 00:48:45.680
 story

00:48:45.680 --> 00:48:45.960
 for you

00:48:45.960 --> 00:48:46.280
 to listen

00:48:46.280 --> 00:48:46.680
 to and

00:48:46.680 --> 00:48:47.180
 think back

00:48:47.180 --> 00:48:47.480
 to it

00:48:47.480 --> 00:48:47.920
 once a

00:48:47.920 --> 00:48:48.220
 year

00:48:48.219 --> 00:48:50.539
 this is

00:48:50.539 --> 00:48:51.279
 a summons

00:48:51.279 --> 00:48:51.899
 from the

00:48:51.899 --> 00:48:52.279
 God of

00:48:52.279 --> 00:48:52.599
 heaven

00:48:52.599 --> 00:48:53.459
 calling you

00:48:53.459 --> 00:48:53.819
 to be a

00:48:53.819 --> 00:48:54.199
 part of

00:48:54.199 --> 00:48:54.379
 this

00:48:54.379 --> 00:48:54.839
 story

00:48:54.839 --> 00:48:56.299
 he came

00:48:56.299 --> 00:48:56.699
 that he

00:48:56.699 --> 00:48:57.219
 might die

00:48:57.219 --> 00:48:57.799
 for you

00:48:57.799 --> 00:49:01.199
 because we

00:49:01.199 --> 00:49:01.719
 are rebels

00:49:01.719 --> 00:49:02.139
 seeking to

00:49:02.139 --> 00:49:02.699
 be king

00:49:02.699 --> 00:49:03.119
 of our

00:49:03.119 --> 00:49:03.399
 own

00:49:03.399 --> 00:49:03.799
 lives

00:49:03.799 --> 00:49:04.219
 seeking to

00:49:04.219 --> 00:49:04.779
 do our

00:49:04.779 --> 00:49:05.099
 own

00:49:05.099 --> 00:49:05.339
 will

00:49:05.339 --> 00:49:05.599
 and to

00:49:05.599 --> 00:49:05.919
 do our

00:49:05.919 --> 00:49:06.199
 own

00:49:06.199 --> 00:49:06.579
 bidding

00:49:06.579 --> 00:49:07.579
 Jesus

00:49:07.579 --> 00:49:08.059
 had to

00:49:08.059 --> 00:49:08.459
 come and

00:49:08.459 --> 00:49:08.919
 die a

00:49:08.919 --> 00:49:09.359
 rebel's

00:49:09.359 --> 00:49:09.619
 death

00:49:09.619 --> 00:49:09.879
 on the

00:49:09.879 --> 00:49:10.299
 cross

00:49:10.299 --> 00:49:11.159
 so we

00:49:11.159 --> 00:49:11.480
 can be

00:49:11.480 --> 00:49:12.019
 reconciled

00:49:12.019 --> 00:49:12.399
 to him

00:49:12.399 --> 00:49:13.239
 and brought

00:49:13.239 --> 00:49:13.699
 into his

00:49:13.699 --> 00:49:13.980
 kingdom

00:49:13.980 --> 00:49:16.619
 and that

00:49:16.619 --> 00:49:17.539
 my friends

00:49:17.539 --> 00:49:18.039
 that's

00:49:18.039 --> 00:49:18.480
 that's

00:49:18.480 --> 00:49:18.960
 the fountain

00:49:18.960 --> 00:49:19.460
 of all

00:49:19.460 --> 00:49:19.860
 Christian

00:49:19.860 --> 00:49:20.259
 blessing

00:49:20.259 --> 00:49:21.380
 that's

00:49:21.380 --> 00:49:21.860
 the source

00:49:21.860 --> 00:49:22.259
 of all

00:49:22.259 --> 00:49:22.619
 Christian

00:49:22.619 --> 00:49:23.159
 strength

00:49:23.159 --> 00:49:23.980
 so don't

00:49:23.980 --> 00:49:24.460
 let yourself

00:49:24.460 --> 00:49:25.079
 be too

00:49:25.079 --> 00:49:25.440
 familiar

00:49:25.440 --> 00:49:26.000
 with that

00:49:26.000 --> 00:49:27.659
 help

00:49:27.659 --> 00:49:28.619
 ask God

00:49:28.619 --> 00:49:29.000
 for help

00:49:29.000 --> 00:49:29.400
 to pray

00:49:29.400 --> 00:49:30.000
 that you

00:49:30.000 --> 00:49:30.519
 would see

00:49:30.519 --> 00:49:31.360
 the beauty

00:49:31.360 --> 00:49:31.920
 and the glory

00:49:31.920 --> 00:49:32.440
 of Jesus

00:49:32.440 --> 00:49:33.480
 on the cross

00:49:33.480 --> 00:49:34.019
 with fresh

00:49:34.019 --> 00:49:34.420
 eyes

00:49:34.420 --> 00:49:35.059
 this Easter

00:49:35.059 --> 00:49:38.340
 Christ

00:49:38.340 --> 00:49:38.820
 the king

00:49:38.820 --> 00:49:39.460
 is condemned

00:49:39.460 --> 00:49:40.299
 according to

00:49:40.299 --> 00:49:40.639
 God's

00:49:40.639 --> 00:49:41.239
 sovereign plan

00:49:41.239 --> 00:49:41.840
 so that

00:49:41.840 --> 00:49:42.480
 those who

00:49:42.480 --> 00:49:43.099
 believe

00:49:43.099 --> 00:49:44.039
 in him

00:49:44.039 --> 00:49:44.940
 might be

00:49:44.940 --> 00:49:45.440
 justified

00:49:45.440 --> 00:49:46.599
 so that

00:49:46.599 --> 00:49:47.019
 you

00:49:47.019 --> 00:49:48.119
 might believe

00:49:48.119 --> 00:49:49.039
 in him

00:49:49.039 --> 00:49:49.960
 and be

00:49:49.960 --> 00:49:50.460
 justified

00:49:50.460 --> 00:49:53.279
 let's pray

00:49:53.279 --> 00:49:53.719
 together

00:49:53.719 --> 00:50:03.500
 God that

00:50:03.500 --> 00:50:04.380
 is our

00:50:04.380 --> 00:50:04.820
 prayer

00:50:04.820 --> 00:50:10.699
 we pray

00:50:10.699 --> 00:50:11.119
 that you

00:50:11.119 --> 00:50:11.460
 would

00:50:11.460 --> 00:50:12.780
 bring us

00:50:12.780 --> 00:50:13.239
 back to

00:50:13.239 --> 00:50:13.719
 our first

00:50:13.719 --> 00:50:14.139
 love

00:50:14.139 --> 00:50:21.380
 rather than

00:50:21.380 --> 00:50:22.019
 being so

00:50:22.019 --> 00:50:23.039
 preoccupied

00:50:23.039 --> 00:50:24.980
 with

00:50:24.980 --> 00:50:26.460
 all that

00:50:26.460 --> 00:50:26.639
 is

00:50:26.639 --> 00:50:27.679
 ours

00:50:27.679 --> 00:50:28.139
 all that

00:50:28.139 --> 00:50:28.380
 you've

00:50:28.380 --> 00:50:28.960
 given us

00:50:28.960 --> 00:50:29.579
 all that

00:50:29.579 --> 00:50:29.780
 you've

00:50:29.780 --> 00:50:30.239
 called us

00:50:30.239 --> 00:50:31.059
 to do

00:50:31.059 --> 00:50:32.000
 that before

00:50:32.000 --> 00:50:32.619
 all of those

00:50:32.619 --> 00:50:33.000
 things

00:50:33.000 --> 00:50:34.039
 we would

00:50:34.039 --> 00:50:35.119
 be able

00:50:35.119 --> 00:50:35.699
 to sit

00:50:35.699 --> 00:50:36.839
 at your

00:50:36.839 --> 00:50:37.199
 feet

00:50:37.199 --> 00:50:39.679
 at the

00:50:39.679 --> 00:50:40.199
 foot of

00:50:40.199 --> 00:50:40.839
 the cross

00:50:40.839 --> 00:50:44.079
 worship

00:50:44.079 --> 00:50:44.480
 you

00:50:44.480 --> 00:50:45.880
 to love

00:50:45.880 --> 00:50:46.179
 you

00:50:46.179 --> 00:50:49.400
 to adore

00:50:49.400 --> 00:50:49.960
 you

00:50:49.960 --> 00:50:54.059
 to believe

00:50:54.059 --> 00:50:54.679
 in you

00:50:54.679 --> 00:50:57.339
 for that

00:50:57.339 --> 00:50:57.619
 is why

00:50:57.619 --> 00:50:58.039
 you came

00:50:58.039 --> 00:50:58.559
 so help

00:50:58.559 --> 00:50:58.940
 us to

00:50:58.940 --> 00:50:59.259
 believe

00:50:59.259 --> 00:51:00.359
 in Jesus

00:51:00.359 --> 00:51:00.759
 name we

00:51:00.759 --> 00:51:01.000
 pray

00:51:01.000 --> 00:51:01.839
 amen

00:51:02.619 --> 00:51:04.199
 we

00:51:13.199 --> 00:51:13.659
 or

00:51:13.659 --> 00:51:15.920
 we

00:51:15.920 --> 00:51:20.759
 it

00:51:20.759 --> 00:51:21.579
 you