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 Maybe it was when you tried out for a sports team,

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 or a musical group, or a theater troupe.

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 Maybe it was when you were vying for a promotion at work.

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 Maybe it was from a spouse,

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 or from a family member,

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 you were rejected.

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 We all know what rejection is.

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 We've all experienced rejection in some measure.

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 Maybe you felt rejection from even a church.

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 People who should be committed to you,

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 but you felt like they rejected you.

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 This morning, I want to let you know that

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 Jesus thoroughly understands what it means to be rejected.

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 This morning, we're going to look at a passage in Matthew chapter 27,

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 verses 11 through 26.

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 And in this passage, we're going to see Jesus,

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 the Messiah, the long-awaited King,

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 the one in whom the whole Old Testament is anticipating to come

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 and take up David's throne and bring in a forever kingdom.

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 He's going to be rejected today.

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 He was innocent,

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 but he went willingly,

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 and he was rejected.

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 This morning, we're going to look at the trial of Jesus,

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 the Roman trial of Jesus before Pilate,

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 and this trial is going to unfold in three scenes.

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 The first scene is Pilate asking Jesus some questions,

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 and the second scene is Pilate asking a Jewish crowd some questions,

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 and the last scene is the verdict.

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 Who makes the verdict?

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 Scene one.

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 Jesus is questioned by Pilate.

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 Matthew 27, this is verses 11 through 14.

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 We read,

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 Now Jesus stood before the governor,

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 and the governor asked him,

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 the governor is Pilate,

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 Are you the king of the Jews?

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 Jesus said,

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 You have said so.

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 But when he was accused by the chief priests and elders,

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 he gave no answer.

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 Then Pilate said to him,

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 Do you not hear how many things they testify against you?

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 But Jesus gave him no answer,

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 not even to a single charge,

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 so that the governor, Pilate, was greatly amazed.

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 Now, you may be asking the question,

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 What is Jesus doing there,

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 standing before this Roman magistrate?

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 Verse 11,

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 Now Jesus stood before the governor.

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 How did that happen?

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 Here's what this passage is going to tell us.

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 How a Jewish Messiah ends up on a Roman cross.

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 As part of Roman occupation and control of Jerusalem in Israel,

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 part of the authority structure in understanding of the time was this.

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 Only Romans had the authority to kill somebody.

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 Only they could exercise capital punishment.

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 And so there's a reason why Jesus is standing before Pilate,

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 the Roman magistrate of that place and time.

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 The chief priests and elders did not have the authority to legally kill Jesus,

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 even if they found him guilty of death.

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 Which brings us back to Matthew chapter 26, 63 through 66.

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 It's Caiaphas' house.

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 He's the high priest, the Sanhedrin,

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 this kind of Jewish at this moment.

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 It's a little bit of a kangaroo court.

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 They pronounce Jesus guilty of blasphemy in verse 65.

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 He's claiming to be someone he's not.

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 And then in verse 66, they condemn him to death.

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 But they don't have the authority to kill him.

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 So they need to get the Roman magistrate on board.

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 It's Pontius Pilate that has to condemn Jesus to death

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 in order for him to die.

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 And so what we see happening in chapter 27, verses 1 and 2,

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 it's early morning now.

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 It's been an all-nighter by the Sanhedrin.

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 They've been up all night.

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 And now they have brought a charge.

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 Jesus is a blasphemer worthy of death.

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 And in 27, 1 and 2, when morning came, early morning,

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 all the chief priests and the elders of the people

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 took counsel against Jesus to put him to death.

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 How to put him to death?

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 And they bound him and led him away

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 and delivered him over to Pilate the governor.

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 The whole Sanhedrin trial,

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 the Jewish trial of Jesus took place in Caiaphas' house.

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 And so what happens in 27, 1 and 2,

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 they bind Jesus up and they bring him to Herod's castle,

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 which was the praetorium.

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 This is where the Roman magistrate would be

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 when he was in Jerusalem.

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 And so they parade him through Jerusalem early that morning.

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 The first morning, the first Good Friday morning.

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 And so what we see happening in 27, 1 and 2,

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 these chief priests and elders taking counsel together against Jesus.

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 Do you realize what they're doing?

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 They're trying to figure out how they can get Pilate to condemn this Jew.

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 And they come up with a plan.

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 Because they know that when they bring them before Pilate,

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 if they say,

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 Pilate, we bring this lawbreaker to you,

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 this blasphemer to you,

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 and this blasphemy is worthy of death.

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 Do you know what Pilate would say?

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 Not in the eyes of Rome.

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 It's not grounds for capital punishment.

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 So they had to think of a different charge.

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 And do you know what the charge they came up with?

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 Sedition.

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 Treason.

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 They're going to charge Jesus with being a king

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 who's seeking to undermine the Roman rule

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 and ultimately be opposed to Caesar.

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 Now that's something Pilate would have to take seriously.

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 And so what we see happening in 27, 11.

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 Now Jesus stood before the governor

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 and Pilate asked him this question.

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 Are you the king of the Jews?

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 Charges have already been brought.

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 He's claiming to be the king of Israel.

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 The Jews, Pilate.

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 Do something about it.

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 So Pilate asks him,

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 Are you the king of the Jews?

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 Are you a threat to Caesar?

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 Are you a threat to Rome?

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 Pilate's asking this question

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 because these are the charges

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 that the chief priests and elders

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 have leveled against Jesus.

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 He's being charged with being a rival king.

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 Jesus answers this

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 and his answer is measured.

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 You have said so.

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 It's an interesting answer.

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 You have said so.

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 You're saying it.

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 It's coming out of your mouth.

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 If Jesus had just said yes,

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 Pilate would have understood him

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 as making a claim of being an earthly king.

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 And Jesus is saying,

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 I'm beyond an earthly king.

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 We see that played out in John 19, 33 through 38

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 where actually John records a conversation

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 between Jesus and Pilate

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 and Jesus makes it clear

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 that his kingdom is not of this world.

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 Now if Jesus said no,

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 he would be denying his kingship.

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 And so Jesus says,

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 you've said so.

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 And so he maintains his innocence

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 and forces Pilate to have to make

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 a really difficult decision.

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 And then we see the next question

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 which comes in verse 13.

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 Then Pilate said to him,

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 do you not hear how many things

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 they testify against you?

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 Look at verse 12.

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 But when he was accused

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 by the chief priests and elders,

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 he gave no answer.

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 So here's the situation.

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 Throughout the praetorium,

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 we learn from John

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 that the chief priests and elders

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 don't go into Herod's palace

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 because that would defile them

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 on the day before the Sabbath.

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 And so they're staying outside

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 while Jesus is inside

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 and Pilate's kind of going back and forth

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 and Jesus can hear the whole thing.

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 And these chief priests and elders

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 are making accusations about Jesus

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 in addition to him claiming to be

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 an insurrectionist,

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 to be treasonous.

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 They're loading it up.

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 And so Pilate's hearing all this

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 being accused of Jesus.

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 And Jesus doesn't answer them a thing.

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 And it gets Pilate's attention.

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 And so in verse 13, he asks,

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 do you not hear how many things

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 they testify against you?

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 Are you not hearing this?

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 Jesus, are you not hearing this?

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 They want to kill you.

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 Do you not get how serious this is?

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 And in verse 14,

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 Jesus doesn't answer Pilate.

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 But he gave Pilate no answer,

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 not even to a single charge,

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 so that the governor was greatly amazed.

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 So Jesus is silent to the charges

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 of the chief priests and elders.

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 He's silent to Pilate's asking of a question

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 for why aren't you responding?

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 Here's what should be going through your mind.

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 Isaiah 53, 7,

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 he was oppressed and he was afflicted,

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 yet he opened not his mouth

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 like a lamb that is led to the slaughter.

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 Remember, this is Passover.

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 And like a sheep that before its shearers

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 is silent,

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 so he opened not his mouth.

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 His silence was purposeful.

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 He's intentionally being quiet.

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 And it impressed Pilate.

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 He's greatly amazed.

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 Jesus is not seeking to defend himself

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 at all costs.

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 I mean, how many of these trials

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 has Pilate overseen?

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 And when a charge like this,

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 he's used to people freaking out

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 and trying to defend themselves

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 at all costs.

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 They don't want to die.

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 Jesus is not saying a word.

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 It leaves an impression.

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 So here at the end of scene one,

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 we have this accusation made against Jesus,

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 but he's not saying anything.

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 He's standing before Pilate

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 and he's not responding.

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 He's silent.

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 He's silent.

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 Pilate.

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 What we start to see here is that

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 Pilate doesn't believe he's guilty.

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 Pilate's starting to see

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 this man is no threat to Rome.

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 He's amazed that he's not responding,

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 but this guy,

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 he's no threat to Caesar.

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 and so what we're going to start seeing is that

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 not only is Pilate unconvinced of the guilt of Jesus

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 he says so much in John 19 I find no guilt in him

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 what we're going to start seeing now is Pilate starts to seek a way to

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 release Jesus so what's being established here by

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 Matthew is that Jesus is under trial

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 by Pilate, Pilate is finding him

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 innocent Jesus is remaining silent and he's getting

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 accused by his own

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 scene 2, Pilate questions the crowd

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 now remember this is all during the feast this is all during the Passover

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 just hours before Jesus has practiced Passover

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 observed it with his disciples and he completely renewed it

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 to focus on him, his body breaking of the bread

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 his blood this cup

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 he's retooled Passover to be about his great sacrifice that he's going to make

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 so in verse 15 we learn about a custom that took place in Jerusalem during the Passover

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 and it's this now at the feast the governor was accustomed to release for the crowd any one prisoner whom they wanted

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 now we don't know how long this custom had been going on

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 but apparently there's this practice with which the Roman governor of the time Pontius Pilate appointed by Rome to maintain Roman rule

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 he would grant on Passover amnesty for one prisoner a prisoner of the crowd's choosing

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 it was great political maneuvering

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 it was great political maneuvering

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 and so this custom is taking place

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 the

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 the chief priests and elders would have known

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 about it and of course

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 Pilate would have known about it

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 and of course the Jews living in Jerusalem

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 would know about it

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 that's why they're at the Roman

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 Praetorium right now

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 in verse 16

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 we read

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 and they had

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 then a notorious prisoner called Barabbas

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 it's really important for you to understand who they is a reference to

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 they is a reference most likely to the Jewish crowd

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 they had already picked their prisoner

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 Barabbas

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 and what we read

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 is that he was notorious

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 the original language is more like notable

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 to Romans he was notorious

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 to the Jews living in Jerusalem

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 he would have been more like a hero

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 like a freedom fighter

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 we learn from Luke 23 19

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 that Barabbas was actually an insurrectionist

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 and a murderer

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 what he would represent

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 is for all those in Jerusalem

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 who wanted to be free of Roman rule

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 this guy

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 this guy was the guy

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 he was using violence

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 to try to get Rome

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 out of Jerusalem

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 he would have been a freedom fighter

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 so for many in Jerusalem

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 he would have been thought of as a hero

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 Rome would have seen him as a threat

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 what we know is that he was a political figure

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 representing the will of many in Jerusalem

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 and what I want you to understand is that

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 they most likely refers to the Jews in Jerusalem

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 and here comes question three

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 the first question to the crowd

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 so when they had gathered

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 Pilate said to them

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 whom do you want me to release for you

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 Barabbas or Jesus

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 who's called

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 the Christ

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 so what

00:16:30.140 --> 00:16:32.260
 Pilate is essentially doing is

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 is

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 I know you want me to release Barabbas already

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 but

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 but how about this Jesus

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 you know

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 the Christ

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 Messiah

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 your king

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 Pilate doesn't think

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 Jesus is guilty of the charges

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 that have been made against him

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 and so

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 he's seeking to use this custom

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 to release Jesus

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 he's given this crowd an opportunity

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 Pilate at this point

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 would have known that Jesus

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 had gained a following in Jerusalem

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 that he was well thought of by many in Jerusalem

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 and so what he's putting to this Jewish crowd is

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 who are you going to choose

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 you're going to choose the insurrectionist

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 Barabbas

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 murderer

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 or are you going to choose

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 the Christ

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 Jesus

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 the king

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 who are you going to pick

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 in verse 17

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 we start

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 learning of

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 what

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 is behind

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 this

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 decision to

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 offer Jesus

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 with Barabbas

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 verse 17

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 it says

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 Pilate knew that the chief priests

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 and elders

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 were envious

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 of Jesus

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 and it was out of envy

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 that they had delivered him up

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 excuse me

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 that's verse 18

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 they were envious

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 of Jesus

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 fame and favor

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 with the crowds

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 and they resented

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 his public rebukes

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 so Pilate

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 is giving this crowd

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 an opportunity

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 to circumvent

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 the envy

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 of the chief priests

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 and elders

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 he's giving them

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 an opportunity

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 to

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 through this custom

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 to choose Jesus

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 despite the envy

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 of the chief priests

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 and elders

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 he's saying

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 who do you want to pick

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 who do you want to pick

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 who do you want me

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 to release to you

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 the murderer

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 or Jesus

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 and in verse 19

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 there's still further reason

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 why we see

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 Pilate

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 doing this

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 we learn about

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 his wife

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 besides

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 while he was sitting

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 on the judgment seat

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 his wife sent word

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 to him

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 have nothing to do

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 with that righteous man

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 for I have suffered much

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 because of him today

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 I'm in a dream

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 Pilate's wife

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 sent him a message

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 while he's on

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 his judgment seat

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 while he's

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 exercising decisions

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 now

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 it must have been urgent

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 so for my wife

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 to send me a text

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 or to call me

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 while I'm in a staff meeting

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 or an elder meeting

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 something like that

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 I know this is urgent

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 and she says

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 have nothing to do

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 with that righteous man

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 in reference to Jesus

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 for I have suffered much

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 because of him today

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 in a dream

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 we're not told

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 the content

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 of the dream

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 we just know

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 that she suffered

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 because of it

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 but what we know

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 about Romans

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 is they believed

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 that dreams

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 were omens

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 from the gods

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 and this would have

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 been a bad omen

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 but in Matthew

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 this is not the first time

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 we read about dreams

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 in Matthew 1 and 2 alone

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 there are five dreams

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 that God uses

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 to direct people

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 to do his will

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 so in light of that

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 it makes sense

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 that we have this

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 kind of idea

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 that behind this troubling dream

00:20:18.319 --> 00:20:19.519
 is God

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 God's at work

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 and this dream

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 of

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 this dream of hers

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 affects her

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 and she contacts

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 her husband

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 and it affects him

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 goes into

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 why he wants

00:20:37.960 --> 00:20:39.299
 to release Jesus

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 by the way

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 that word

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 for righteous man

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 you gotta hear

00:20:48.079 --> 00:20:48.639
 what he's saying

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 he's done

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 no wrong

00:20:50.279 --> 00:20:54.759
 now I need

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 to clarify something

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 there's nothing

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 in the gospels

00:20:59.779 --> 00:21:01.159
 that would make

00:21:01.159 --> 00:21:02.319
 one conclude

00:21:02.319 --> 00:21:03.399
 that Pilate

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 or his wife

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 was a follower

00:21:05.199 --> 00:21:05.720
 of Jesus

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 neither of them

00:21:07.559 --> 00:21:08.279
 are pronouncing

00:21:08.279 --> 00:21:09.000
 that he's

00:21:09.000 --> 00:21:09.960
 lord of their life

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 but what we are

00:21:11.819 --> 00:21:12.480
 seeing here

00:21:12.480 --> 00:21:13.539
 is that this

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 gentile magistrate

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 despite the

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 accusations

00:21:17.920 --> 00:21:18.839
 of the Jews

00:21:18.839 --> 00:21:21.039
 he sees

00:21:21.039 --> 00:21:22.000
 the innocence

00:21:22.000 --> 00:21:23.400
 of Jesus

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 he's not guilty

00:21:25.380 --> 00:21:29.700
 and his

00:21:29.700 --> 00:21:30.640
 maneuvering

00:21:30.640 --> 00:21:31.200
 to try to

00:21:31.200 --> 00:21:31.660
 release

00:21:31.660 --> 00:21:32.599
 Jesus

00:21:32.599 --> 00:21:34.299
 is putting

00:21:34.299 --> 00:21:34.940
 Pilate

00:21:34.940 --> 00:21:36.140
 at odds

00:21:36.140 --> 00:21:37.579
 with the Jews

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 now

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 between

00:21:41.259 --> 00:21:41.880
 this

00:21:41.880 --> 00:21:42.779
 question

00:21:42.779 --> 00:21:45.879
 in verse

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 17

00:21:47.160 --> 00:21:48.359
 and then

00:21:48.359 --> 00:21:48.960
 the question

00:21:48.960 --> 00:21:49.839
 that we read

00:21:49.839 --> 00:21:50.960
 in verse

00:21:50.960 --> 00:21:52.819
 21

00:21:52.819 --> 00:21:54.180
 it's essentially

00:21:54.180 --> 00:21:54.779
 the same

00:21:54.779 --> 00:21:55.339
 question

00:21:55.339 --> 00:21:56.559
 but there's

00:21:56.559 --> 00:21:56.980
 an interval

00:21:56.980 --> 00:21:57.539
 of time

00:21:57.539 --> 00:21:58.000
 in between

00:21:58.000 --> 00:21:58.339
 it

00:21:58.339 --> 00:21:59.799
 and so

00:21:59.799 --> 00:22:00.899
 Pilate

00:22:00.899 --> 00:22:01.160
 says

00:22:01.160 --> 00:22:01.359
 hey

00:22:01.359 --> 00:22:02.960
 who do you

00:22:02.960 --> 00:22:03.319
 want me to

00:22:03.319 --> 00:22:04.000
 release to you

00:22:04.000 --> 00:22:04.619
 Barabbas

00:22:04.619 --> 00:22:05.119
 or Jesus

00:22:05.119 --> 00:22:05.599
 in verse

00:22:05.599 --> 00:22:06.000
 17

00:22:06.000 --> 00:22:06.500
 and he comes

00:22:06.500 --> 00:22:07.079
 back to it

00:22:07.079 --> 00:22:07.339
 in verse

00:22:07.339 --> 00:22:07.740
 21

00:22:07.740 --> 00:22:08.720
 so who have

00:22:08.720 --> 00:22:09.279
 you decided

00:22:09.279 --> 00:22:10.059
 so there's

00:22:10.059 --> 00:22:10.579
 this period

00:22:10.579 --> 00:22:11.019
 of time

00:22:11.019 --> 00:22:11.639
 in between

00:22:11.639 --> 00:22:13.019
 and in that

00:22:13.019 --> 00:22:14.119
 period of time

00:22:14.119 --> 00:22:15.119
 verse 20

00:22:15.119 --> 00:22:15.660
 now the chief

00:22:15.660 --> 00:22:16.079
 priests

00:22:16.079 --> 00:22:16.759
 and the elders

00:22:16.759 --> 00:22:17.619
 persuaded the

00:22:17.619 --> 00:22:18.420
 crowd to ask

00:22:18.420 --> 00:22:19.240
 for Barabbas

00:22:19.240 --> 00:22:21.039
 and destroy

00:22:21.039 --> 00:22:22.339
 Jesus

00:22:22.339 --> 00:22:26.019
 and so

00:22:26.019 --> 00:22:27.440
 when we get

00:22:27.440 --> 00:22:28.259
 to verse 21

00:22:28.259 --> 00:22:29.200
 which of the two

00:22:29.200 --> 00:22:29.740
 do you want me

00:22:29.740 --> 00:22:30.319
 to release

00:22:30.319 --> 00:22:30.960
 to you

00:22:30.960 --> 00:22:32.460
 without hesitation

00:22:32.460 --> 00:22:33.599
 the crowds

00:22:33.599 --> 00:22:34.240
 respond

00:22:34.240 --> 00:22:35.960
 Barabbas

00:22:35.960 --> 00:22:38.460
 they've made

00:22:38.460 --> 00:22:39.380
 their decision

00:22:39.380 --> 00:22:42.319
 and yet

00:22:42.319 --> 00:22:42.960
 Pilate isn't

00:22:42.960 --> 00:22:43.460
 done seeking

00:22:43.460 --> 00:22:44.059
 to release

00:22:44.059 --> 00:22:44.600
 Jesus

00:22:44.600 --> 00:22:45.079
 look at the

00:22:45.079 --> 00:22:45.740
 next question

00:22:45.740 --> 00:22:46.180
 he asks

00:22:46.180 --> 00:22:46.600
 the crowd

00:22:46.600 --> 00:22:47.360
 in verse 22

00:22:47.360 --> 00:22:49.340
 then what

00:22:49.340 --> 00:22:49.880
 shall I do

00:22:49.880 --> 00:22:50.299
 with Jesus

00:22:50.299 --> 00:22:51.039
 who is called

00:22:51.039 --> 00:22:51.680
 Christ

00:22:51.680 --> 00:22:54.640
 it's almost

00:22:54.640 --> 00:22:55.259
 like this

00:22:55.259 --> 00:22:56.779
 God

00:22:56.779 --> 00:22:57.539
 using this

00:22:57.539 --> 00:22:58.180
 Gentile

00:22:58.180 --> 00:22:59.019
 magistrate

00:22:59.019 --> 00:23:00.059
 to speak

00:23:00.059 --> 00:23:00.620
 a word

00:23:00.620 --> 00:23:01.160
 to the

00:23:01.160 --> 00:23:01.920
 Jewish people

00:23:01.920 --> 00:23:03.360
 what do you

00:23:03.360 --> 00:23:03.759
 want me to

00:23:03.759 --> 00:23:04.059
 do with

00:23:04.059 --> 00:23:04.759
 the Christ

00:23:04.759 --> 00:23:06.879
 now that

00:23:06.879 --> 00:23:07.299
 you have

00:23:07.299 --> 00:23:07.920
 rejected

00:23:07.920 --> 00:23:08.240
 him

00:23:08.240 --> 00:23:11.460
 what do you

00:23:11.460 --> 00:23:11.779
 want me to

00:23:11.779 --> 00:23:12.279
 do with him

00:23:12.279 --> 00:23:13.779
 if I'm not

00:23:13.779 --> 00:23:13.980
 going to

00:23:13.980 --> 00:23:14.460
 release him

00:23:14.460 --> 00:23:14.819
 to you

00:23:14.819 --> 00:23:15.140
 what do you

00:23:15.140 --> 00:23:15.379
 want me

00:23:15.379 --> 00:23:15.700
 to do

00:23:15.700 --> 00:23:15.980
 with him

00:23:15.980 --> 00:23:16.519
 again

00:23:16.519 --> 00:23:17.259
 he's hoping

00:23:17.259 --> 00:23:17.640
 that there

00:23:17.640 --> 00:23:18.140
 are enough

00:23:18.140 --> 00:23:18.480
 in this

00:23:18.480 --> 00:23:18.740
 crowd

00:23:18.740 --> 00:23:19.339
 to recognize

00:23:19.339 --> 00:23:19.799
 that Jesus

00:23:19.799 --> 00:23:20.299
 is not

00:23:20.299 --> 00:23:20.700
 guilty

00:23:20.700 --> 00:23:21.559
 but it

00:23:21.559 --> 00:23:22.059
 totally

00:23:22.059 --> 00:23:22.740
 backfires

00:23:22.740 --> 00:23:23.460
 on him

00:23:23.460 --> 00:23:27.079
 the crowd

00:23:27.079 --> 00:23:27.579
 doesn't

00:23:27.579 --> 00:23:27.920
 fight

00:23:27.920 --> 00:23:29.779
 they all

00:23:29.779 --> 00:23:30.720
 said

00:23:30.720 --> 00:23:31.720
 let

00:23:31.720 --> 00:23:32.680
 him

00:23:32.680 --> 00:23:33.700
 be

00:23:33.700 --> 00:23:34.880
 crucified

00:23:34.880 --> 00:23:36.680
 they're

00:23:36.680 --> 00:23:36.880
 doing

00:23:36.880 --> 00:23:37.279
 what the

00:23:37.279 --> 00:23:37.519
 chief

00:23:37.519 --> 00:23:37.819
 priest

00:23:37.819 --> 00:23:37.980
 and

00:23:37.980 --> 00:23:38.299
 elders

00:23:38.299 --> 00:23:38.519
 have

00:23:38.519 --> 00:23:39.019
 persuaded

00:23:39.019 --> 00:23:39.240
 them

00:23:39.240 --> 00:23:39.600
 to do

00:23:39.600 --> 00:23:40.120
 but

00:23:40.120 --> 00:23:40.660
 they're

00:23:40.660 --> 00:23:40.980
 doing

00:23:40.980 --> 00:23:41.279
 it

00:23:41.279 --> 00:23:42.160
 it's

00:23:42.160 --> 00:23:42.400
 out

00:23:42.400 --> 00:23:42.519
 of

00:23:42.519 --> 00:23:42.920
 their

00:23:42.920 --> 00:23:43.500
 mouth

00:23:43.500 --> 00:23:44.500
 release

00:23:44.500 --> 00:23:45.500
 Barabbas

00:23:45.500 --> 00:23:46.180
 destroy

00:23:46.180 --> 00:23:46.980
 Jesus

00:23:46.980 --> 00:23:48.779
 and in

00:23:48.779 --> 00:23:49.400
 verse 23

00:23:49.400 --> 00:23:50.240
 we have

00:23:50.240 --> 00:23:51.740
 Pilate's

00:23:51.740 --> 00:23:53.160
 last question

00:23:53.160 --> 00:23:53.680
 of this

00:23:53.680 --> 00:23:54.120
 sequence

00:23:54.120 --> 00:23:54.680
 they're all

00:23:54.680 --> 00:23:55.259
 questions

00:23:55.259 --> 00:23:55.920
 so far

00:23:55.920 --> 00:23:57.180
 and again

00:23:57.180 --> 00:23:57.819
 he asks

00:23:57.819 --> 00:23:58.319
 the crowd

00:23:58.319 --> 00:23:59.019
 why

00:23:59.019 --> 00:23:59.580
 what evil

00:23:59.580 --> 00:23:59.960
 has he

00:23:59.960 --> 00:24:00.319
 done

00:24:00.319 --> 00:24:02.460
 he doesn't

00:24:02.460 --> 00:24:02.879
 get it

00:24:02.879 --> 00:24:03.379
 he doesn't

00:24:03.379 --> 00:24:03.879
 get why

00:24:03.879 --> 00:24:04.099
 they're

00:24:04.099 --> 00:24:04.379
 doing

00:24:04.379 --> 00:24:04.879
 this

00:24:04.879 --> 00:24:06.960
 but again

00:24:06.960 --> 00:24:07.740
 his question

00:24:07.740 --> 00:24:08.679
 goes to

00:24:08.679 --> 00:24:09.079
 Jesus

00:24:09.079 --> 00:24:09.939
 innocence

00:24:09.939 --> 00:24:11.659
 what evil

00:24:11.659 --> 00:24:11.980
 has he

00:24:11.980 --> 00:24:12.200
 done

00:24:12.200 --> 00:24:12.579
 he hasn't

00:24:12.579 --> 00:24:12.819
 done

00:24:12.819 --> 00:24:13.299
 anything

00:24:13.299 --> 00:24:14.159
 he sees

00:24:14.159 --> 00:24:14.759
 no guilt

00:24:14.759 --> 00:24:15.279
 in Jesus

00:24:15.279 --> 00:24:15.679
 that would

00:24:15.679 --> 00:24:16.279
 require

00:24:16.279 --> 00:24:18.099
 crucifixion

00:24:18.099 --> 00:24:19.659
 capital

00:24:19.659 --> 00:24:20.319
 punishment

00:24:20.319 --> 00:24:22.759
 but the

00:24:22.759 --> 00:24:23.279
 crowds

00:24:23.279 --> 00:24:23.879
 insist

00:24:23.879 --> 00:24:24.279
 and they

00:24:24.279 --> 00:24:24.599
 shout

00:24:24.599 --> 00:24:25.079
 all the

00:24:25.079 --> 00:24:25.539
 more

00:24:25.539 --> 00:24:27.079
 let him

00:24:27.079 --> 00:24:27.299
 be

00:24:27.299 --> 00:24:27.819
 crucified

00:24:27.819 --> 00:24:33.139
 you

00:24:33.139 --> 00:24:33.339
 remember

00:24:33.339 --> 00:24:33.539
 what

00:24:33.539 --> 00:24:34.240
 happened

00:24:34.240 --> 00:24:34.720
 just days

00:24:34.720 --> 00:24:35.059
 before

00:24:35.059 --> 00:24:38.059
 when Jesus

00:24:38.059 --> 00:24:38.559
 was coming

00:24:38.559 --> 00:24:38.839
 into

00:24:38.839 --> 00:24:39.319
 Jerusalem

00:24:39.319 --> 00:24:42.859
 the crowds

00:24:42.859 --> 00:24:43.139
 who were

00:24:43.139 --> 00:24:43.519
 with him

00:24:43.519 --> 00:24:43.939
 were coming

00:24:43.939 --> 00:24:44.700
 from Galilee

00:24:44.700 --> 00:24:47.559
 upon his

00:24:47.559 --> 00:24:48.279
 entrance

00:24:48.279 --> 00:24:48.799
 into

00:24:48.799 --> 00:24:49.399
 Jerusalem

00:24:49.399 --> 00:24:49.819
 they

00:24:49.819 --> 00:24:50.980
 had spread

00:24:50.980 --> 00:24:51.599
 their cloaks

00:24:51.599 --> 00:24:52.240
 on the road

00:24:52.240 --> 00:24:52.619
 they had

00:24:52.619 --> 00:24:53.359
 spread palm

00:24:53.359 --> 00:24:53.839
 branches

00:24:53.839 --> 00:24:54.700
 and they

00:24:54.700 --> 00:24:55.240
 shouted

00:24:55.240 --> 00:24:56.939
 Hosanna

00:24:56.939 --> 00:24:57.419
 to the

00:24:57.420 --> 00:24:57.840
 son of

00:24:57.840 --> 00:24:58.259
 David

00:24:58.259 --> 00:24:59.680
 blessed

00:24:59.680 --> 00:25:00.240
 is he

00:25:00.240 --> 00:25:00.720
 who comes

00:25:00.720 --> 00:25:00.960
 in the

00:25:00.960 --> 00:25:01.100
 name

00:25:01.100 --> 00:25:01.340
 of the

00:25:01.340 --> 00:25:01.600
 Lord

00:25:01.600 --> 00:25:02.340
 Hosanna

00:25:02.340 --> 00:25:03.100
 God

00:25:03.100 --> 00:25:03.580
 saves

00:25:03.580 --> 00:25:03.840
 in the

00:25:03.840 --> 00:25:04.400
 highest

00:25:04.400 --> 00:25:06.300
 and while

00:25:06.300 --> 00:25:06.620
 they were

00:25:06.620 --> 00:25:07.100
 praising

00:25:07.100 --> 00:25:08.259
 and declaring

00:25:08.259 --> 00:25:08.640
 this

00:25:08.640 --> 00:25:09.240
 the people

00:25:09.240 --> 00:25:10.180
 of Jerusalem

00:25:10.180 --> 00:25:11.000
 the residents

00:25:11.000 --> 00:25:11.440
 there

00:25:11.440 --> 00:25:13.440
 they were

00:25:13.440 --> 00:25:13.720
 asking

00:25:13.720 --> 00:25:14.140
 who is

00:25:14.140 --> 00:25:14.620
 this guy

00:25:14.620 --> 00:25:16.920
 and now

00:25:16.920 --> 00:25:17.779
 this crowd

00:25:17.779 --> 00:25:18.500
 in verse

00:25:18.500 --> 00:25:19.500
 23

00:25:19.500 --> 00:25:22.720
 they're

00:25:22.720 --> 00:25:24.180
 shouting

00:25:24.180 --> 00:25:25.220
 let him

00:25:25.220 --> 00:25:25.440
 be

00:25:25.440 --> 00:25:26.019
 crucified

00:25:26.019 --> 00:25:28.019
 days

00:25:28.019 --> 00:25:28.700
 earlier

00:25:28.700 --> 00:25:30.339
 the king

00:25:30.339 --> 00:25:30.980
 has come

00:25:30.980 --> 00:25:33.400
 and now

00:25:33.400 --> 00:25:36.099
 crucify

00:25:36.099 --> 00:25:36.599
 him

00:25:36.599 --> 00:25:39.619
 so by

00:25:39.619 --> 00:25:40.039
 the end

00:25:40.039 --> 00:25:40.440
 of scene

00:25:40.440 --> 00:25:40.879
 two

00:25:40.879 --> 00:25:42.519
 we have

00:25:42.519 --> 00:25:42.980
 the sense

00:25:42.980 --> 00:25:43.460
 of Jesus

00:25:43.460 --> 00:25:44.240
 innocence

00:25:44.240 --> 00:25:46.379
 but he's

00:25:46.379 --> 00:25:47.299
 being condemned

00:25:47.299 --> 00:25:48.240
 to the cross

00:25:48.240 --> 00:25:49.119
 by his own

00:25:49.119 --> 00:25:52.740
 which leads

00:25:52.740 --> 00:25:53.079
 us into

00:25:53.079 --> 00:25:53.440
 scene

00:25:53.440 --> 00:25:53.819
 three

00:25:53.819 --> 00:25:57.720
 the decision

00:25:57.720 --> 00:26:02.419
 some kind

00:26:02.419 --> 00:26:02.939
 of decision

00:26:02.939 --> 00:26:06.200
 who's making

00:26:06.200 --> 00:26:06.879
 this decision

00:26:06.880 --> 00:26:10.760
 verse 24

00:26:10.760 --> 00:26:11.280
 we read

00:26:11.280 --> 00:26:11.620
 this

00:26:11.620 --> 00:26:12.620
 so when

00:26:12.620 --> 00:26:12.980
 Pilate

00:26:12.980 --> 00:26:13.460
 saw that

00:26:13.460 --> 00:26:13.740
 he was

00:26:13.740 --> 00:26:14.060
 gaining

00:26:14.060 --> 00:26:14.500
 nothing

00:26:14.500 --> 00:26:15.220
 but rather

00:26:15.220 --> 00:26:15.820
 a riot

00:26:15.820 --> 00:26:16.480
 was beginning

00:26:16.480 --> 00:26:16.940
 he took

00:26:16.940 --> 00:26:17.320
 water

00:26:17.320 --> 00:26:17.800
 and washed

00:26:17.800 --> 00:26:18.240
 his hands

00:26:18.240 --> 00:26:18.680
 and before

00:26:18.680 --> 00:26:19.280
 the crowd

00:26:19.280 --> 00:26:20.240
 saying

00:26:20.240 --> 00:26:21.700
 washing his

00:26:21.700 --> 00:26:21.800
 hands

00:26:21.800 --> 00:26:22.180
 before the

00:26:22.180 --> 00:26:22.380
 crowd

00:26:22.380 --> 00:26:22.740
 and saying

00:26:22.740 --> 00:26:23.020
 I am

00:26:23.020 --> 00:26:23.300
 innocent

00:26:23.300 --> 00:26:23.620
 of this

00:26:23.620 --> 00:26:23.920
 man's

00:26:23.920 --> 00:26:24.200
 blood

00:26:24.200 --> 00:26:25.560
 see to

00:26:25.560 --> 00:26:25.720
 it

00:26:25.720 --> 00:26:26.280
 yourselves

00:26:26.280 --> 00:26:28.760
 now

00:26:28.760 --> 00:26:29.100
 remember

00:26:29.100 --> 00:26:30.000
 this would

00:26:30.000 --> 00:26:30.200
 have been

00:26:30.200 --> 00:26:30.600
 a powder

00:26:30.600 --> 00:26:30.940
 crag

00:26:30.940 --> 00:26:31.340
 moment

00:26:31.340 --> 00:26:31.900
 politically

00:26:31.900 --> 00:26:33.340
 Passover

00:26:33.340 --> 00:26:34.420
 Jerusalem

00:26:34.420 --> 00:26:34.780
 is usually

00:26:34.780 --> 00:26:35.500
 30,000

00:26:35.500 --> 00:26:36.060
 in the city

00:26:36.060 --> 00:26:36.600
 it's swelled

00:26:36.600 --> 00:26:36.800
 up to

00:26:36.800 --> 00:26:37.740
 180,000

00:26:37.740 --> 00:26:38.540
 and so

00:26:38.540 --> 00:26:39.160
 this kind

00:26:39.160 --> 00:26:39.759
 of event

00:26:39.759 --> 00:26:40.060
 man

00:26:40.060 --> 00:26:40.980
 it's loaded

00:26:40.980 --> 00:26:42.380
 politically

00:26:42.380 --> 00:26:43.400
 charged

00:26:43.400 --> 00:26:45.040
 a lot

00:26:45.040 --> 00:26:45.519
 of lives

00:26:45.519 --> 00:26:46.200
 are at stake

00:26:46.200 --> 00:26:46.400
 here

00:26:46.400 --> 00:26:46.660
 if

00:26:46.660 --> 00:26:48.460
 Pilate

00:26:48.460 --> 00:26:49.380
 keeps on

00:26:49.380 --> 00:26:49.860
 pushing

00:26:49.860 --> 00:26:50.840
 then who

00:26:50.840 --> 00:26:51.240
 knows

00:26:51.240 --> 00:26:51.500
 what's

00:26:51.500 --> 00:26:51.720
 going to

00:26:51.720 --> 00:26:52.200
 erupt

00:26:52.200 --> 00:26:53.920
 a riot

00:26:53.920 --> 00:26:54.620
 is forming

00:26:54.620 --> 00:26:55.920
 and so

00:26:55.920 --> 00:26:56.800
 what we see

00:26:56.800 --> 00:26:57.500
 here happening

00:26:57.500 --> 00:26:58.180
 is Pilate

00:26:58.180 --> 00:26:58.700
 is making

00:26:58.700 --> 00:26:59.380
 a decision

00:26:59.380 --> 00:27:00.800
 of expedience

00:27:00.799 --> 00:27:01.680
 not of

00:27:01.680 --> 00:27:02.180
 principle

00:27:02.180 --> 00:27:05.599
 and he

00:27:05.599 --> 00:27:06.019
 seeks to

00:27:06.019 --> 00:27:06.480
 absolve

00:27:06.480 --> 00:27:06.859
 himself

00:27:06.859 --> 00:27:07.319
 of any

00:27:07.319 --> 00:27:08.019
 responsibility

00:27:08.019 --> 00:27:10.460
 he takes

00:27:10.460 --> 00:27:11.139
 a play

00:27:11.139 --> 00:27:11.619
 out of a

00:27:11.619 --> 00:27:11.879
 Jewish

00:27:11.879 --> 00:27:12.460
 handbook

00:27:12.460 --> 00:27:13.279
 and washes

00:27:13.279 --> 00:27:13.799
 his hands

00:27:13.799 --> 00:27:14.319
 for all

00:27:14.319 --> 00:27:14.779
 the Jewish

00:27:14.779 --> 00:27:15.200
 crowds

00:27:15.200 --> 00:27:15.500
 to see

00:27:15.500 --> 00:27:15.879
 what's

00:27:15.879 --> 00:27:16.059
 he going

00:27:16.059 --> 00:27:16.220
 to eat

00:27:16.220 --> 00:27:17.099
 that's

00:27:17.099 --> 00:27:17.460
 not a

00:27:17.460 --> 00:27:17.740
 Roman

00:27:17.740 --> 00:27:18.519
 practice

00:27:18.519 --> 00:27:19.460
 that's

00:27:19.460 --> 00:27:20.059
 a Jewish

00:27:20.059 --> 00:27:20.919
 practice

00:27:20.919 --> 00:27:22.819
 he washes

00:27:22.819 --> 00:27:23.399
 his hands

00:27:23.399 --> 00:27:23.819
 in front

00:27:23.819 --> 00:27:24.180
 of them

00:27:24.180 --> 00:27:25.440
 and he

00:27:25.440 --> 00:27:25.680
 says

00:27:25.680 --> 00:27:26.079
 I am

00:27:26.079 --> 00:27:26.460
 innocent

00:27:26.460 --> 00:27:26.799
 of this

00:27:26.799 --> 00:27:27.119
 man's

00:27:27.119 --> 00:27:27.539
 blood

00:27:27.539 --> 00:27:28.579
 his blood

00:27:28.579 --> 00:27:29.119
 is not

00:27:29.119 --> 00:27:29.839
 on me

00:27:29.839 --> 00:27:31.179
 see to

00:27:31.179 --> 00:27:31.359
 it

00:27:31.359 --> 00:27:32.000
 yourselves

00:27:32.000 --> 00:27:33.500
 we bumped

00:27:33.500 --> 00:27:33.959
 into that

00:27:33.959 --> 00:27:34.319
 phrase

00:27:34.319 --> 00:27:34.959
 see to

00:27:34.959 --> 00:27:35.079
 it

00:27:35.079 --> 00:27:35.399
 yourself

00:27:35.399 --> 00:27:35.799
 just

00:27:35.799 --> 00:27:36.299
 recently

00:27:36.299 --> 00:27:37.339
 it's

00:27:37.339 --> 00:27:37.579
 when

00:27:37.579 --> 00:27:38.939
 Judas

00:27:38.939 --> 00:27:39.659
 returns

00:27:39.659 --> 00:27:40.099
 the 30

00:27:40.099 --> 00:27:40.480
 pieces

00:27:40.480 --> 00:27:41.099
 of silver

00:27:41.099 --> 00:27:42.379
 and the

00:27:42.379 --> 00:27:43.159
 chief priests

00:27:43.159 --> 00:27:43.839
 and elders

00:27:43.839 --> 00:27:44.879
 say to him

00:27:44.879 --> 00:27:45.819
 see to it

00:27:45.819 --> 00:27:46.359
 yourself

00:27:46.359 --> 00:27:47.019
 Judas

00:27:47.019 --> 00:27:48.099
 what they're

00:27:48.099 --> 00:27:48.459
 saying

00:27:48.459 --> 00:27:49.299
 hey his

00:27:49.299 --> 00:27:49.720
 blood

00:27:49.720 --> 00:27:50.359
 that money

00:27:50.359 --> 00:27:50.939
 is not

00:27:50.939 --> 00:27:51.480
 our fault

00:27:51.480 --> 00:27:51.919
 we're not

00:27:51.919 --> 00:27:52.519
 responsible

00:27:52.519 --> 00:27:53.019
 for it

00:27:53.019 --> 00:27:53.519
 but they

00:27:53.519 --> 00:27:53.759
 were

00:27:53.759 --> 00:27:54.339
 responsible

00:27:54.339 --> 00:27:54.959
 for it

00:27:54.959 --> 00:27:57.259
 and even

00:27:57.259 --> 00:27:57.559
 though

00:27:57.559 --> 00:27:57.980
 Pilate

00:27:57.980 --> 00:27:58.419
 is trying

00:27:58.419 --> 00:27:59.079
 to absolve

00:27:59.079 --> 00:27:59.480
 himself

00:27:59.480 --> 00:28:00.500
 of responsibility

00:28:00.500 --> 00:28:01.379
 oh he

00:28:01.379 --> 00:28:02.079
 is not

00:28:02.079 --> 00:28:02.539
 innocent

00:28:02.539 --> 00:28:02.919
 here

00:28:02.919 --> 00:28:03.419
 there's

00:28:03.419 --> 00:28:03.859
 nobody

00:28:03.859 --> 00:28:04.319
 innocent

00:28:04.319 --> 00:28:04.679
 here

00:28:04.679 --> 00:28:05.599
 no one

00:28:05.599 --> 00:28:06.039
 is innocent

00:28:06.039 --> 00:28:06.859
 there's

00:28:06.859 --> 00:28:07.259
 one

00:28:07.259 --> 00:28:07.699
 innocent

00:28:07.699 --> 00:28:08.299
 person

00:28:08.299 --> 00:28:10.359
 Jesus

00:28:10.359 --> 00:28:11.460
 but everybody

00:28:11.460 --> 00:28:12.039
 else

00:28:12.039 --> 00:28:13.039
 they have

00:28:13.039 --> 00:28:13.419
 a role

00:28:13.419 --> 00:28:14.099
 in this

00:28:14.099 --> 00:28:16.699
 Pilate

00:28:16.699 --> 00:28:17.119
 has some

00:28:17.119 --> 00:28:17.740
 responsibility

00:28:17.740 --> 00:28:18.399
 in this

00:28:18.399 --> 00:28:20.919
 Jesus

00:28:20.919 --> 00:28:21.419
 says as

00:28:21.419 --> 00:28:21.619
 much

00:28:21.619 --> 00:28:21.960
 in John

00:28:21.960 --> 00:28:22.299
 19

00:28:22.299 --> 00:28:22.639
 11

00:28:22.639 --> 00:28:23.039
 where he

00:28:23.039 --> 00:28:23.559
 tells

00:28:23.559 --> 00:28:24.879
 Pilate

00:28:24.879 --> 00:28:26.419
 those

00:28:26.419 --> 00:28:26.559
 who

00:28:26.559 --> 00:28:26.899
 delivered

00:28:26.899 --> 00:28:27.079
 me

00:28:27.079 --> 00:28:27.319
 over

00:28:27.319 --> 00:28:27.759
 to you

00:28:27.759 --> 00:28:28.879
 or have

00:28:28.879 --> 00:28:29.200
 greater

00:28:29.200 --> 00:28:29.599
 sin

00:28:29.599 --> 00:28:30.379
 than you

00:28:30.379 --> 00:28:31.119
 but he's

00:28:31.119 --> 00:28:31.259
 still

00:28:31.259 --> 00:28:31.599
 saying

00:28:31.599 --> 00:28:32.240
 you have

00:28:32.240 --> 00:28:32.859
 a responsibility

00:28:32.859 --> 00:28:33.439
 in this

00:28:33.439 --> 00:28:33.859
 Pilate

00:28:33.859 --> 00:28:37.859
 he's not

00:28:37.859 --> 00:28:38.480
 nearly as

00:28:38.480 --> 00:28:38.919
 guilty as

00:28:38.919 --> 00:28:39.299
 the chief

00:28:39.299 --> 00:28:39.779
 priests

00:28:39.779 --> 00:28:41.059
 the elders

00:28:41.059 --> 00:28:42.899
 and the

00:28:42.899 --> 00:28:43.179
 Jewish

00:28:43.179 --> 00:28:43.700
 crowd

00:28:43.700 --> 00:28:45.899
 Pilate

00:28:45.899 --> 00:28:46.179
 would have

00:28:46.179 --> 00:28:46.599
 been between

00:28:46.599 --> 00:28:47.139
 a rock

00:28:47.139 --> 00:28:47.559
 and a

00:28:47.559 --> 00:28:48.439
 hard place

00:28:48.439 --> 00:28:49.359
 the chief

00:28:49.359 --> 00:28:49.659
 priests

00:28:49.659 --> 00:28:50.059
 and elders

00:28:50.059 --> 00:28:50.539
 have played

00:28:50.539 --> 00:28:51.000
 their hand

00:28:51.000 --> 00:28:51.659
 out really

00:28:51.659 --> 00:28:52.099
 well

00:28:52.099 --> 00:28:53.839
 they're

00:28:53.839 --> 00:28:54.259
 forcing

00:28:54.259 --> 00:28:54.719
 Pilate

00:28:54.719 --> 00:28:55.219
 to give

00:28:55.219 --> 00:28:55.939
 into what

00:28:55.939 --> 00:28:56.559
 they wanted

00:28:56.559 --> 00:28:56.919
 to put

00:28:56.919 --> 00:28:57.259
 Jesus

00:28:57.259 --> 00:28:57.740
 to death

00:28:57.740 --> 00:28:57.939
 and

00:28:57.939 --> 00:28:59.919
 eventually

00:28:59.919 --> 00:29:00.500
 we learn

00:29:00.500 --> 00:29:01.039
 from John

00:29:01.039 --> 00:29:01.399
 that they

00:29:01.399 --> 00:29:02.079
 even played

00:29:02.079 --> 00:29:02.599
 the Caesar

00:29:02.599 --> 00:29:03.139
 card

00:29:03.139 --> 00:29:07.259
 if you

00:29:07.259 --> 00:29:07.859
 release this

00:29:07.859 --> 00:29:08.139
 man

00:29:08.139 --> 00:29:08.679
 you're not

00:29:08.679 --> 00:29:09.259
 Caesar's

00:29:09.259 --> 00:29:09.759
 friend

00:29:09.759 --> 00:29:11.179
 everyone

00:29:11.179 --> 00:29:11.659
 who makes

00:29:11.659 --> 00:29:12.219
 himself a

00:29:12.219 --> 00:29:12.399
 king

00:29:12.399 --> 00:29:12.859
 opposes

00:29:12.859 --> 00:29:13.399
 Caesar

00:29:13.399 --> 00:29:14.779
 it's called

00:29:14.779 --> 00:29:15.240
 political

00:29:15.240 --> 00:29:15.919
 leverage

00:29:15.919 --> 00:29:18.539
 hey Pilate

00:29:18.539 --> 00:29:18.959
 if you

00:29:18.959 --> 00:29:19.619
 don't

00:29:19.619 --> 00:29:20.659
 condemn him

00:29:20.660 --> 00:29:21.360
 we're going

00:29:21.360 --> 00:29:21.960
 straight to

00:29:21.960 --> 00:29:22.360
 Caesar

00:29:22.360 --> 00:29:23.400
 that you

00:29:23.400 --> 00:29:23.960
 released

00:29:23.960 --> 00:29:24.580
 a king

00:29:24.580 --> 00:29:27.680
 that would

00:29:27.680 --> 00:29:27.860
 have been

00:29:27.860 --> 00:29:28.180
 the end

00:29:28.180 --> 00:29:28.580
 of Caesar

00:29:28.580 --> 00:29:29.340
 or Pilate's

00:29:29.340 --> 00:29:29.740
 career

00:29:29.740 --> 00:29:34.380
 upon hearing

00:29:34.380 --> 00:29:34.940
 the words

00:29:34.940 --> 00:29:35.360
 I am

00:29:35.360 --> 00:29:35.700
 innocent

00:29:35.700 --> 00:29:36.100
 of this

00:29:36.100 --> 00:29:36.440
 man's

00:29:36.440 --> 00:29:36.740
 blood

00:29:36.740 --> 00:29:37.460
 see to

00:29:37.460 --> 00:29:37.600
 it

00:29:37.600 --> 00:29:38.040
 yourself

00:29:38.040 --> 00:29:38.680
 you

00:29:38.680 --> 00:29:39.019
 take

00:29:39.019 --> 00:29:39.200
 the

00:29:39.200 --> 00:29:39.980
 responsibility

00:29:39.980 --> 00:29:41.040
 what we

00:29:41.040 --> 00:29:41.500
 read in

00:29:41.500 --> 00:29:42.300
 verse 25

00:29:42.300 --> 00:29:43.600
 is absolutely

00:29:43.600 --> 00:29:44.600
 striking

00:29:44.600 --> 00:29:48.240
 in verse 25

00:29:48.240 --> 00:29:50.180
 and all

00:29:50.180 --> 00:29:50.720
 the people

00:29:50.720 --> 00:29:51.340
 answered

00:29:51.340 --> 00:29:53.180
 his blood

00:29:53.180 --> 00:29:53.860
 be on us

00:29:53.860 --> 00:29:54.200
 and on

00:29:54.200 --> 00:29:54.360
 our

00:29:54.360 --> 00:29:54.779
 children

00:29:54.779 --> 00:29:56.960
 his blood

00:29:56.960 --> 00:29:57.680
 be on us

00:29:57.680 --> 00:29:57.980
 and on

00:29:57.980 --> 00:29:58.140
 our

00:29:58.140 --> 00:29:58.560
 children

00:29:58.560 --> 00:30:00.420
 we hear

00:30:00.420 --> 00:30:00.600
 you

00:30:00.600 --> 00:30:01.060
 Pilate

00:30:01.060 --> 00:30:02.560
 his blood

00:30:02.560 --> 00:30:03.680
 on us

00:30:03.680 --> 00:30:04.400
 and our

00:30:04.400 --> 00:30:04.820
 children

00:30:04.820 --> 00:30:10.600
 this is the

00:30:10.600 --> 00:30:11.000
 Passover

00:30:11.000 --> 00:30:11.560
 folks

00:30:11.560 --> 00:30:14.700
 this is the

00:30:14.700 --> 00:30:15.080
 Passover

00:30:15.080 --> 00:30:15.620
 lamb

00:30:15.619 --> 00:30:18.899
 his blood

00:30:18.899 --> 00:30:19.399
 be on

00:30:19.399 --> 00:30:19.879
 us

00:30:19.879 --> 00:30:22.859
 they're not

00:30:22.859 --> 00:30:23.399
 talking about

00:30:23.399 --> 00:30:23.839
 his blood

00:30:23.839 --> 00:30:24.339
 to deliver

00:30:24.339 --> 00:30:24.639
 them

00:30:24.639 --> 00:30:26.479
 they're not

00:30:26.479 --> 00:30:27.039
 talking about

00:30:27.039 --> 00:30:27.500
 his blood

00:30:27.500 --> 00:30:27.959
 to forgive

00:30:27.959 --> 00:30:28.239
 them

00:30:28.239 --> 00:30:30.919
 they're talking

00:30:30.919 --> 00:30:31.699
 about blood

00:30:31.699 --> 00:30:32.079
 guilt

00:30:32.079 --> 00:30:34.319
 we take

00:30:34.319 --> 00:30:34.919
 responsibility

00:30:34.919 --> 00:30:35.439
 for his

00:30:35.439 --> 00:30:35.739
 death

00:30:35.739 --> 00:30:37.379
 we're killing

00:30:37.379 --> 00:30:37.699
 him

00:30:37.699 --> 00:30:40.979
 his death

00:30:40.979 --> 00:30:41.359
 is on

00:30:41.359 --> 00:30:41.779
 us

00:30:41.779 --> 00:30:48.160
 they're not

00:30:48.160 --> 00:30:48.779
 thinking about

00:30:48.779 --> 00:30:49.160
 Jesus

00:30:49.160 --> 00:30:50.440
 his blood

00:30:50.440 --> 00:30:51.039
 shed for

00:30:51.039 --> 00:30:51.339
 them

00:30:51.339 --> 00:30:51.899
 to deliver

00:30:51.899 --> 00:30:52.220
 them

00:30:52.220 --> 00:30:54.319
 they want

00:30:54.319 --> 00:30:54.799
 him dead

00:30:54.799 --> 00:30:58.559
 there's

00:30:58.559 --> 00:30:59.099
 something very

00:30:59.099 --> 00:30:59.519
 subtle

00:30:59.519 --> 00:31:00.539
 that happens

00:31:00.539 --> 00:31:01.460
 in verse 25

00:31:01.460 --> 00:31:04.240
 and in order

00:31:04.240 --> 00:31:04.660
 to help you

00:31:04.660 --> 00:31:05.079
 see it

00:31:05.079 --> 00:31:05.819
 we got to

00:31:05.819 --> 00:31:06.319
 back up a

00:31:06.319 --> 00:31:06.680
 little bit

00:31:06.680 --> 00:31:08.859
 in verse 15

00:31:08.859 --> 00:31:09.799
 we read this

00:31:09.799 --> 00:31:10.440
 now at the

00:31:10.440 --> 00:31:10.940
 feast the

00:31:10.940 --> 00:31:11.480
 governor was

00:31:11.480 --> 00:31:12.180
 accustomed to

00:31:12.180 --> 00:31:13.059
 release for

00:31:13.059 --> 00:31:13.740
 the crowd

00:31:13.740 --> 00:31:14.399
 any one

00:31:14.399 --> 00:31:15.000
 prisoner whom

00:31:15.000 --> 00:31:15.440
 they wanted

00:31:15.440 --> 00:31:16.099
 the crowd

00:31:16.099 --> 00:31:17.500
 it was the

00:31:17.500 --> 00:31:18.039
 Jews who

00:31:18.039 --> 00:31:18.659
 are living in

00:31:18.659 --> 00:31:19.460
 Jerusalem who

00:31:19.460 --> 00:31:20.599
 had come to

00:31:20.599 --> 00:31:21.440
 Herod's palace

00:31:21.440 --> 00:31:22.539
 to make a

00:31:22.539 --> 00:31:23.299
 case for

00:31:23.299 --> 00:31:23.960
 Barabbas

00:31:23.960 --> 00:31:26.480
 and then in

00:31:26.480 --> 00:31:27.059
 verse 20

00:31:27.059 --> 00:31:28.339
 now the chief

00:31:28.339 --> 00:31:29.119
 priest and the

00:31:29.119 --> 00:31:30.159
 elders persuaded

00:31:30.159 --> 00:31:31.059
 the crowd

00:31:31.059 --> 00:31:32.440
 the same

00:31:32.440 --> 00:31:33.059
 crowd this

00:31:33.059 --> 00:31:33.700
 Jewish crowd

00:31:33.700 --> 00:31:34.299
 in Jerusalem

00:31:34.299 --> 00:31:37.059
 in verse 24

00:31:37.059 --> 00:31:38.240
 we read this

00:31:38.240 --> 00:31:40.620
 Pilate washed

00:31:40.620 --> 00:31:41.140
 his hands

00:31:41.140 --> 00:31:41.740
 before the

00:31:41.740 --> 00:31:42.900
 crowd saying

00:31:42.900 --> 00:31:43.620
 I am innocent

00:31:43.620 --> 00:31:44.200
 of this man's

00:31:44.200 --> 00:31:44.900
 blood see to

00:31:44.900 --> 00:31:45.480
 it yourself

00:31:45.480 --> 00:31:48.420
 and then in

00:31:48.420 --> 00:31:49.059
 verse 25

00:31:49.059 --> 00:31:50.220
 we read this

00:31:50.220 --> 00:31:52.680
 and all the

00:31:52.680 --> 00:31:53.579
 people answered

00:31:53.579 --> 00:31:56.940
 Matthew's

00:31:56.940 --> 00:31:57.980
 use of that

00:31:57.980 --> 00:31:58.759
 word

00:31:58.759 --> 00:31:59.620
 people

00:31:59.620 --> 00:32:00.779
 the normal

00:32:00.779 --> 00:32:01.319
 use

00:32:01.319 --> 00:32:02.680
 is to talk

00:32:02.680 --> 00:32:03.099
 about the

00:32:03.099 --> 00:32:04.059
 Jewish nation

00:32:04.059 --> 00:32:06.740
 this crowd

00:32:06.740 --> 00:32:07.779
 is now a

00:32:07.779 --> 00:32:08.799
 representative of

00:32:08.799 --> 00:32:09.379
 the Jewish

00:32:09.379 --> 00:32:10.279
 nation and

00:32:10.279 --> 00:32:10.700
 they are

00:32:10.700 --> 00:32:11.319
 rejecting

00:32:11.319 --> 00:32:13.079
 Jesus as

00:32:13.079 --> 00:32:14.259
 their messianic

00:32:14.259 --> 00:32:14.879
 king

00:32:14.879 --> 00:32:16.779
 and they're

00:32:16.779 --> 00:32:17.179
 claiming

00:32:17.179 --> 00:32:18.460
 responsibility for

00:32:18.460 --> 00:32:19.059
 it by saying

00:32:19.059 --> 00:32:20.159
 his blood is

00:32:20.159 --> 00:32:21.279
 on our heads

00:32:21.279 --> 00:32:22.159
 and on our

00:32:22.159 --> 00:32:23.059
 children's

00:32:23.059 --> 00:32:27.919
 in less than

00:32:27.919 --> 00:32:28.899
 40 years

00:32:28.899 --> 00:32:30.720
 Jerusalem is

00:32:30.720 --> 00:32:31.220
 sacked

00:32:31.220 --> 00:32:32.519
 the temple is

00:32:32.519 --> 00:32:33.359
 raised

00:32:33.359 --> 00:32:34.460
 they are

00:32:34.460 --> 00:32:35.319
 judged

00:32:35.319 --> 00:32:37.720
 there his

00:32:37.720 --> 00:32:39.220
 blood was

00:32:39.220 --> 00:32:39.940
 on their

00:32:39.940 --> 00:32:40.400
 head

00:32:40.400 --> 00:32:41.460
 and they

00:32:41.460 --> 00:32:42.740
 ceased to

00:32:42.740 --> 00:32:43.539
 be the

00:32:43.539 --> 00:32:44.299
 people of

00:32:44.299 --> 00:32:44.879
 God they

00:32:44.879 --> 00:32:45.799
 once were

00:32:45.799 --> 00:32:48.859
 they rejected

00:32:48.859 --> 00:32:49.559
 their king

00:32:49.559 --> 00:32:51.240
 and they

00:32:51.240 --> 00:32:51.980
 rejected their

00:32:51.980 --> 00:32:52.740
 standing before

00:32:52.740 --> 00:32:53.119
 God

00:32:53.119 --> 00:32:55.839
 so in this

00:32:55.839 --> 00:32:56.559
 last scene

00:32:56.559 --> 00:32:58.160
 of this

00:32:58.160 --> 00:32:59.059
 Roman trial

00:32:59.059 --> 00:32:59.680
 of Jesus

00:32:59.680 --> 00:33:02.360
 we have

00:33:02.360 --> 00:33:02.880
 essentially

00:33:02.880 --> 00:33:03.460
 the Roman

00:33:03.460 --> 00:33:04.060
 crowd

00:33:04.060 --> 00:33:04.600
 or the

00:33:04.600 --> 00:33:04.880
 Jewish

00:33:04.880 --> 00:33:05.400
 crowd

00:33:05.400 --> 00:33:06.060
 making

00:33:06.060 --> 00:33:07.039
 the

00:33:07.039 --> 00:33:07.420
 judgment

00:33:07.420 --> 00:33:09.140
 they

00:33:09.140 --> 00:33:09.620
 reject

00:33:09.620 --> 00:33:10.140
 Jesus

00:33:10.140 --> 00:33:10.900
 as the

00:33:10.900 --> 00:33:11.299
 Christ

00:33:11.299 --> 00:33:11.880
 the king

00:33:11.880 --> 00:33:12.799
 and they

00:33:12.799 --> 00:33:13.220
 force

00:33:13.220 --> 00:33:13.799
 Pilate

00:33:13.799 --> 00:33:14.740
 to crucify

00:33:14.740 --> 00:33:15.039
 him

00:33:15.039 --> 00:33:17.140
 and

00:33:17.140 --> 00:33:17.560
 Pilate

00:33:17.560 --> 00:33:18.360
 concedes

00:33:18.360 --> 00:33:20.220
 but the

00:33:20.220 --> 00:33:20.759
 greater guilt

00:33:20.759 --> 00:33:21.340
 is on

00:33:21.340 --> 00:33:21.860
 the people

00:33:21.860 --> 00:33:24.100
 and in

00:33:24.100 --> 00:33:25.060
 verse 26

00:33:25.059 --> 00:33:26.839
 Pilate

00:33:26.839 --> 00:33:27.319
 releases

00:33:27.319 --> 00:33:28.079
 Barabbas

00:33:28.079 --> 00:33:29.679
 and he

00:33:29.679 --> 00:33:30.399
 has Jesus

00:33:30.399 --> 00:33:31.480
 scourged

00:33:31.480 --> 00:33:33.039
 and delivered

00:33:33.039 --> 00:33:34.440
 over to

00:33:34.440 --> 00:33:35.179
 be crucified

00:33:35.179 --> 00:33:38.500
 to be

00:33:38.500 --> 00:33:39.179
 scourged

00:33:39.179 --> 00:33:42.099
 was horrific

00:33:42.099 --> 00:33:44.460
 if you were

00:33:44.460 --> 00:33:45.019
 there to see

00:33:45.019 --> 00:33:45.899
 it it would

00:33:45.899 --> 00:33:46.259
 turn your

00:33:46.259 --> 00:33:46.619
 stomach

00:33:46.619 --> 00:33:49.419
 they would

00:33:49.419 --> 00:33:49.759
 use a

00:33:49.759 --> 00:33:50.379
 flagellum

00:33:50.379 --> 00:33:51.960
 called a

00:33:51.960 --> 00:33:52.279
 cat of

00:33:52.279 --> 00:33:53.039
 nine tails

00:33:53.039 --> 00:33:54.299
 and what it

00:33:54.299 --> 00:33:54.799
 was a

00:33:54.799 --> 00:33:55.619
 leather whip

00:33:55.619 --> 00:33:56.579
 with nine

00:33:56.579 --> 00:33:57.659
 separate whips

00:33:57.659 --> 00:33:58.420
 and what it

00:33:58.420 --> 00:33:59.079
 would entail

00:33:59.079 --> 00:33:59.460
 is they

00:33:59.460 --> 00:34:00.159
 would weave

00:34:00.159 --> 00:34:01.579
 in bone

00:34:01.579 --> 00:34:02.240
 and metal

00:34:02.240 --> 00:34:04.039
 and what they

00:34:04.039 --> 00:34:04.399
 would do

00:34:04.399 --> 00:34:05.500
 is they

00:34:05.500 --> 00:34:06.299
 would whip

00:34:06.299 --> 00:34:07.019
 a person

00:34:07.019 --> 00:34:07.680
 whose

00:34:07.680 --> 00:34:10.440
 back is

00:34:10.440 --> 00:34:10.940
 exposed

00:34:10.940 --> 00:34:11.659
 and then they

00:34:11.659 --> 00:34:12.300
 would drag

00:34:12.300 --> 00:34:12.860
 it across

00:34:12.860 --> 00:34:13.440
 their skin

00:34:13.440 --> 00:34:15.440
 and it

00:34:15.440 --> 00:34:15.860
 would open

00:34:15.860 --> 00:34:16.400
 up their

00:34:16.400 --> 00:34:16.820
 back

00:34:16.820 --> 00:34:17.300
 it

00:34:17.300 --> 00:34:17.639
 fillet

00:34:17.639 --> 00:34:17.820
 them

00:34:17.820 --> 00:34:19.619
 and they

00:34:19.619 --> 00:34:20.000
 would do

00:34:20.000 --> 00:34:20.940
 it in

00:34:20.940 --> 00:34:21.500
 order to

00:34:21.500 --> 00:34:22.119
 prepare them

00:34:22.119 --> 00:34:23.159
 for crucifixion

00:34:23.159 --> 00:34:23.839
 that they

00:34:23.839 --> 00:34:24.239
 would die

00:34:24.239 --> 00:34:24.699
 faster

00:34:24.699 --> 00:34:27.259
 but here's

00:34:27.259 --> 00:34:27.460
 what you

00:34:27.460 --> 00:34:27.679
 need to

00:34:27.679 --> 00:34:28.059
 notice

00:34:28.059 --> 00:34:29.519
 Matthew

00:34:29.519 --> 00:34:30.079
 doesn't go

00:34:30.079 --> 00:34:30.440
 into the

00:34:30.440 --> 00:34:31.039
 details of

00:34:31.039 --> 00:34:31.519
 scourging

00:34:31.519 --> 00:34:32.880
 do you

00:34:32.880 --> 00:34:33.319
 know why

00:34:33.319 --> 00:34:35.480
 the emphasis

00:34:35.480 --> 00:34:36.000
 is on the

00:34:36.000 --> 00:34:36.500
 rejection

00:34:36.500 --> 00:34:37.460
 of Jesus

00:34:37.460 --> 00:34:38.719
 by his

00:34:38.719 --> 00:34:39.119
 people

00:34:39.119 --> 00:34:42.920
 the emphasis

00:34:42.920 --> 00:34:43.359
 on this

00:34:43.359 --> 00:34:44.039
 passage is

00:34:44.039 --> 00:34:44.519
 on Jesus

00:34:44.519 --> 00:34:45.339
 innocence

00:34:45.339 --> 00:34:46.759
 he was

00:34:46.759 --> 00:34:47.579
 not guilty

00:34:47.579 --> 00:34:48.699
 of sedition

00:34:48.699 --> 00:34:49.759
 Barabbas

00:34:49.759 --> 00:34:50.159
 was

00:34:50.159 --> 00:34:51.259
 Jesus

00:34:51.259 --> 00:34:52.000
 says as

00:34:52.000 --> 00:34:52.299
 much

00:34:52.299 --> 00:34:52.480
 as

00:34:52.480 --> 00:34:53.119
 27

00:34:53.119 --> 00:34:53.519
 4

00:34:53.519 --> 00:34:53.799
 when he

00:34:53.799 --> 00:34:53.960
 says

00:34:53.960 --> 00:34:54.239
 I've

00:34:54.239 --> 00:34:54.579
 betrayed

00:34:54.579 --> 00:34:55.119
 innocent

00:34:55.119 --> 00:34:55.399
 blood

00:34:55.399 --> 00:34:55.599
 he's

00:34:55.599 --> 00:34:55.839
 talking

00:34:55.839 --> 00:34:56.099
 about

00:34:56.099 --> 00:34:56.519
 Jesus

00:34:56.519 --> 00:34:57.000
 blood

00:34:57.000 --> 00:34:58.239
 Pilate's

00:34:58.239 --> 00:34:58.699
 wife

00:34:58.699 --> 00:34:59.379
 was

00:34:59.379 --> 00:35:00.099
 scared

00:35:00.099 --> 00:35:00.500
 by the

00:35:00.500 --> 00:35:00.940
 dream

00:35:00.940 --> 00:35:01.519
 and he

00:35:01.519 --> 00:35:01.799
 says

00:35:01.799 --> 00:35:02.079
 don't

00:35:02.079 --> 00:35:02.219
 have

00:35:02.219 --> 00:35:02.379
 anything

00:35:02.379 --> 00:35:03.279
 to do

00:35:03.279 --> 00:35:03.399
 with

00:35:03.399 --> 00:35:03.559
 this

00:35:03.559 --> 00:35:04.139
 righteous

00:35:04.139 --> 00:35:04.519
 man

00:35:04.519 --> 00:35:04.699
 this

00:35:04.699 --> 00:35:05.099
 innocent

00:35:05.099 --> 00:35:05.639
 man

00:35:05.639 --> 00:35:07.019
 Pilate

00:35:07.019 --> 00:35:07.500
 himself

00:35:07.500 --> 00:35:07.859
 tried

00:35:07.859 --> 00:35:08.059
 to

00:35:08.059 --> 00:35:08.519
 release

00:35:08.519 --> 00:35:09.319
 Jesus

00:35:09.319 --> 00:35:09.980
 multiple

00:35:09.980 --> 00:35:10.639
 times

00:35:10.639 --> 00:35:11.179
 and finally

00:35:11.179 --> 00:35:11.659
 asks

00:35:11.659 --> 00:35:13.339
 what evil

00:35:13.339 --> 00:35:13.659
 has he

00:35:13.659 --> 00:35:14.000
 done

00:35:14.000 --> 00:35:18.400
 the emphasis

00:35:18.400 --> 00:35:19.099
 here is on

00:35:19.099 --> 00:35:19.360
 Jesus

00:35:19.360 --> 00:35:19.940
 innocence

00:35:19.940 --> 00:35:22.139
 but I'm

00:35:22.139 --> 00:35:22.380
 here to

00:35:22.380 --> 00:35:22.639
 tell you

00:35:22.639 --> 00:35:23.000
 there's a

00:35:23.000 --> 00:35:23.619
 far more

00:35:23.619 --> 00:35:24.219
 profound

00:35:24.219 --> 00:35:24.739
 innocence

00:35:24.739 --> 00:35:25.579
 of Jesus

00:35:25.579 --> 00:35:26.139
 you must

00:35:26.139 --> 00:35:26.679
 know about

00:35:26.679 --> 00:35:27.719
 it

00:35:27.719 --> 00:35:28.860
 he's not

00:35:28.860 --> 00:35:29.159
 just

00:35:29.159 --> 00:35:29.599
 innocent

00:35:29.599 --> 00:35:29.900
 of the

00:35:29.900 --> 00:35:30.219
 charge

00:35:30.219 --> 00:35:30.800
 of treason

00:35:30.800 --> 00:35:31.179
 against

00:35:31.179 --> 00:35:31.639
 Rome

00:35:31.639 --> 00:35:32.780
 he is

00:35:32.780 --> 00:35:33.239
 innocent

00:35:33.239 --> 00:35:34.000
 of any

00:35:34.000 --> 00:35:34.480
 charge

00:35:34.480 --> 00:35:35.159
 of any

00:35:35.159 --> 00:35:35.539
 sin

00:35:35.539 --> 00:35:36.139
 against

00:35:36.139 --> 00:35:36.739
 God

00:35:36.739 --> 00:35:37.940
 he

00:35:37.940 --> 00:35:38.500
 lived

00:35:38.500 --> 00:35:39.519
 a life

00:35:39.519 --> 00:35:40.179
 none

00:35:40.179 --> 00:35:40.659
 of us

00:35:40.659 --> 00:35:41.300
 ever

00:35:41.300 --> 00:35:41.739
 could

00:35:41.739 --> 00:35:43.519
 he pleased

00:35:43.519 --> 00:35:43.939
 God

00:35:43.939 --> 00:35:44.559
 every

00:35:44.559 --> 00:35:45.139
 moment

00:35:45.139 --> 00:35:45.519
 of

00:35:45.519 --> 00:35:46.219
 every

00:35:46.219 --> 00:35:46.779
 day

00:35:46.779 --> 00:35:48.319
 his

00:35:48.319 --> 00:35:48.839
 innocence

00:35:48.839 --> 00:35:49.639
 is an

00:35:49.639 --> 00:35:50.039
 innocence

00:35:50.039 --> 00:35:50.699
 before

00:35:50.699 --> 00:35:51.299
 Rome

00:35:51.299 --> 00:35:51.979
 but it's

00:35:51.979 --> 00:35:52.139
 an

00:35:52.139 --> 00:35:52.459
 innocence

00:35:52.459 --> 00:35:52.959
 before

00:35:52.959 --> 00:35:53.599
 God

00:35:53.599 --> 00:35:56.659
 he did

00:35:56.659 --> 00:35:57.019
 what none

00:35:57.019 --> 00:35:57.279
 of us

00:35:57.279 --> 00:35:57.799
 could do

00:35:57.799 --> 00:35:59.819
 further

00:35:59.819 --> 00:36:00.259
 emphasis

00:36:00.259 --> 00:36:00.919
 is on

00:36:00.919 --> 00:36:01.179
 Jesus

00:36:01.179 --> 00:36:01.919
 silence

00:36:01.919 --> 00:36:03.219
 he's

00:36:03.219 --> 00:36:03.739
 purposely

00:36:03.739 --> 00:36:04.519
 silent

00:36:04.519 --> 00:36:04.839
 remember

00:36:04.839 --> 00:36:05.119
 in the

00:36:05.119 --> 00:36:05.459
 garden

00:36:05.459 --> 00:36:05.799
 when he

00:36:05.799 --> 00:36:05.939
 was

00:36:05.939 --> 00:36:06.359
 arrested

00:36:06.359 --> 00:36:07.939
 Peter

00:36:07.939 --> 00:36:08.479
 slices

00:36:08.479 --> 00:36:08.959
 Malchus

00:36:08.959 --> 00:36:09.419
 his ear

00:36:09.419 --> 00:36:09.759
 off

00:36:09.759 --> 00:36:10.159
 Jesus

00:36:10.159 --> 00:36:10.619
 heals

00:36:10.619 --> 00:36:11.159
 his ear

00:36:11.159 --> 00:36:11.779
 and he

00:36:11.779 --> 00:36:12.099
 says

00:36:12.099 --> 00:36:12.659
 to

00:36:12.659 --> 00:36:13.059
 Peter

00:36:13.059 --> 00:36:13.279
 Peter

00:36:13.279 --> 00:36:13.440
 I

00:36:13.440 --> 00:36:13.579
 could

00:36:13.579 --> 00:36:13.799
 call

00:36:13.799 --> 00:36:14.000
 down

00:36:14.000 --> 00:36:14.359
 12

00:36:14.359 --> 00:36:14.719
 legions

00:36:14.719 --> 00:36:14.879
 of

00:36:14.879 --> 00:36:15.259
 angels

00:36:15.259 --> 00:36:15.639
 if I

00:36:15.639 --> 00:36:15.899
 wanted

00:36:15.899 --> 00:36:16.139
 to

00:36:16.139 --> 00:36:16.960
 and the

00:36:16.960 --> 00:36:17.239
 point

00:36:17.239 --> 00:36:17.579
 is

00:36:17.579 --> 00:36:18.379
 he

00:36:18.379 --> 00:36:18.739
 didn't

00:36:18.739 --> 00:36:19.139
 want

00:36:19.139 --> 00:36:19.339
 to

00:36:19.339 --> 00:36:21.119
 he

00:36:21.119 --> 00:36:21.279
 was

00:36:21.279 --> 00:36:21.500
 doing

00:36:21.500 --> 00:36:21.679
 the

00:36:21.679 --> 00:36:21.839
 will

00:36:21.839 --> 00:36:21.960
 of

00:36:21.960 --> 00:36:22.099
 his

00:36:22.099 --> 00:36:22.440
 father

00:36:22.440 --> 00:36:23.119
 and he

00:36:23.119 --> 00:36:23.399
 had

00:36:23.399 --> 00:36:23.699
 to be

00:36:23.699 --> 00:36:24.139
 arrested

00:36:24.139 --> 00:36:26.960
 my

00:36:26.960 --> 00:36:27.279
 point

00:36:27.279 --> 00:36:27.599
 here

00:36:27.599 --> 00:36:28.940
 Jesus

00:36:28.940 --> 00:36:29.500
 is

00:36:29.500 --> 00:36:30.399
 willingly

00:36:30.399 --> 00:36:31.659
 going

00:36:31.659 --> 00:36:32.480
 to be

00:36:32.480 --> 00:36:33.039
 rejected

00:36:33.039 --> 00:36:34.420
 he's

00:36:34.420 --> 00:36:35.219
 purposefully

00:36:35.219 --> 00:36:35.579
 not

00:36:35.579 --> 00:36:36.119
 saying

00:36:36.119 --> 00:36:36.699
 anything

00:36:36.699 --> 00:36:37.920
 he's

00:36:37.920 --> 00:36:38.460
 fulfilling

00:36:38.460 --> 00:36:39.099
 Isaiah

00:36:39.099 --> 00:36:39.639
 53

00:36:39.639 --> 00:36:40.139
 7

00:36:40.139 --> 00:36:41.019
 in order

00:36:41.019 --> 00:36:41.460
 to go

00:36:41.460 --> 00:36:41.900
 to his

00:36:41.900 --> 00:36:42.219
 death

00:36:42.219 --> 00:36:43.699
 he's

00:36:43.699 --> 00:36:44.000
 giving

00:36:44.000 --> 00:36:44.539
 himself

00:36:44.539 --> 00:36:46.639
 he's

00:36:46.639 --> 00:36:46.920
 about

00:36:46.920 --> 00:36:47.139
 the

00:36:47.139 --> 00:36:47.679
 father's

00:36:47.679 --> 00:36:47.980
 will

00:36:47.980 --> 00:36:50.400
 he's

00:36:50.400 --> 00:36:50.839
 the

00:36:50.839 --> 00:36:51.339
 innocent

00:36:51.339 --> 00:36:51.920
 one

00:36:51.920 --> 00:36:52.859
 willingly

00:36:52.859 --> 00:36:53.839
 going

00:36:53.839 --> 00:36:54.279
 to

00:36:54.279 --> 00:36:54.679
 his

00:36:54.679 --> 00:36:55.179
 death

00:36:55.179 --> 00:36:59.440
 last

00:36:59.440 --> 00:36:59.839
 emphasis

00:36:59.839 --> 00:37:00.219
 I want

00:37:00.219 --> 00:37:00.500
 to draw

00:37:00.500 --> 00:37:00.679
 your

00:37:00.679 --> 00:37:01.019
 attention

00:37:01.019 --> 00:37:01.339
 to

00:37:01.339 --> 00:37:01.659
 is

00:37:01.659 --> 00:37:03.139
 Jesus

00:37:03.139 --> 00:37:03.420
 the

00:37:03.420 --> 00:37:03.699
 Jewish

00:37:03.699 --> 00:37:04.219
 Messiah

00:37:04.219 --> 00:37:04.579
 is

00:37:04.579 --> 00:37:05.059
 rejected

00:37:05.059 --> 00:37:05.579
 by the

00:37:05.579 --> 00:37:05.940
 Jews

00:37:05.940 --> 00:37:06.460
 living

00:37:06.460 --> 00:37:06.779
 in

00:37:06.779 --> 00:37:07.339
 Jerusalem

00:37:07.340 --> 00:37:07.900
 at

00:37:07.900 --> 00:37:08.260
 that

00:37:08.260 --> 00:37:08.800
 time

00:37:08.800 --> 00:37:10.360
 they

00:37:10.360 --> 00:37:10.840
 choose

00:37:10.840 --> 00:37:11.200
 a

00:37:11.200 --> 00:37:11.940
 murderous

00:37:11.940 --> 00:37:13.220
 insurrectionist

00:37:13.220 --> 00:37:13.820
 over

00:37:13.820 --> 00:37:14.340
 the

00:37:14.340 --> 00:37:14.740
 loving

00:37:14.740 --> 00:37:15.420
 Messiah

00:37:15.420 --> 00:37:16.019
 who

00:37:16.019 --> 00:37:16.220
 is

00:37:16.220 --> 00:37:17.079
 innocent

00:37:17.079 --> 00:37:20.380
 the

00:37:20.380 --> 00:37:20.720
 Jewish

00:37:20.720 --> 00:37:21.140
 crowd

00:37:21.140 --> 00:37:21.460
 has

00:37:21.460 --> 00:37:21.760
 given

00:37:21.760 --> 00:37:21.980
 a

00:37:21.980 --> 00:37:22.440
 choice

00:37:22.440 --> 00:37:23.000
 and

00:37:23.000 --> 00:37:23.280
 they

00:37:23.280 --> 00:37:23.940
 decide

00:37:23.940 --> 00:37:24.300
 and so

00:37:24.300 --> 00:37:24.860
 humanly

00:37:24.860 --> 00:37:25.220
 speaking

00:37:25.220 --> 00:37:25.440
 the

00:37:25.440 --> 00:37:25.780
 crowd

00:37:25.780 --> 00:37:26.360
 persuaded

00:37:26.360 --> 00:37:26.940
 Pilate

00:37:26.940 --> 00:37:27.660
 to have

00:37:27.660 --> 00:37:28.059
 Jesus

00:37:28.059 --> 00:37:28.720
 crucified

00:37:28.720 --> 00:37:29.220
 but if

00:37:29.220 --> 00:37:29.360
 you

00:37:29.360 --> 00:37:29.500
 would

00:37:29.500 --> 00:37:29.860
 flip

00:37:29.860 --> 00:37:30.220
 over

00:37:30.220 --> 00:37:30.440
 to

00:37:30.440 --> 00:37:30.640
 your

00:37:30.640 --> 00:37:31.100
 Bibles

00:37:31.100 --> 00:37:31.640
 in

00:37:31.640 --> 00:37:31.760
 your

00:37:31.760 --> 00:37:32.039
 Bibles

00:37:32.039 --> 00:37:32.240
 to

00:37:32.240 --> 00:37:32.620
 Acts

00:37:32.620 --> 00:37:33.059
 chapter

00:37:33.059 --> 00:37:33.460
 2

00:37:33.460 --> 00:37:33.700
 verse

00:37:33.699 --> 00:37:34.339
 23

00:37:34.339 --> 00:37:40.960
 Peter

00:37:40.960 --> 00:37:42.639
 preaching

00:37:42.639 --> 00:37:43.679
 on

00:37:43.679 --> 00:37:44.559
 Pentecost

00:37:44.559 --> 00:37:45.119
 to

00:37:45.119 --> 00:37:45.719
 Jews

00:37:45.719 --> 00:37:46.879
 says

00:37:46.879 --> 00:37:47.059
 to

00:37:47.059 --> 00:37:47.319
 them

00:37:47.319 --> 00:37:47.679
 this

00:37:47.679 --> 00:37:48.460
 Jesus

00:37:48.460 --> 00:37:49.319
 delivered

00:37:49.319 --> 00:37:49.699
 up

00:37:49.699 --> 00:37:50.179
 according

00:37:50.179 --> 00:37:50.439
 to

00:37:50.439 --> 00:37:50.619
 the

00:37:50.619 --> 00:37:51.179
 definite

00:37:51.179 --> 00:37:51.739
 plan

00:37:51.739 --> 00:37:52.039
 and

00:37:52.039 --> 00:37:52.679
 foreknowledge

00:37:52.679 --> 00:37:52.839
 of

00:37:52.839 --> 00:37:53.099
 God

00:37:53.099 --> 00:37:53.239
 it

00:37:53.239 --> 00:37:53.419
 was

00:37:53.419 --> 00:37:54.079
 all

00:37:54.079 --> 00:37:54.419
 God's

00:37:54.419 --> 00:37:54.779
 plan

00:37:54.779 --> 00:37:56.460
 it's

00:37:56.460 --> 00:37:56.719
 all

00:37:56.719 --> 00:37:57.079
 God's

00:37:57.079 --> 00:37:57.399
 plan

00:37:57.399 --> 00:37:58.719
 you

00:37:58.719 --> 00:37:59.199
 crucified

00:37:59.199 --> 00:37:59.819
 and

00:37:59.819 --> 00:38:00.099
 killed

00:38:00.099 --> 00:38:00.500
 by the

00:38:00.500 --> 00:38:00.839
 hands

00:38:00.839 --> 00:38:01.019
 of

00:38:01.019 --> 00:38:01.460
 lawless

00:38:01.460 --> 00:38:02.039
 men

00:38:02.039 --> 00:38:04.460
 they

00:38:04.460 --> 00:38:04.639
 were

00:38:04.639 --> 00:38:05.320
 responsible

00:38:05.320 --> 00:38:06.019
 but

00:38:06.019 --> 00:38:06.599
 God

00:38:06.599 --> 00:38:07.039
 is

00:38:07.039 --> 00:38:07.579
 reigning

00:38:07.579 --> 00:38:07.940
 and

00:38:07.940 --> 00:38:08.300
 in

00:38:08.300 --> 00:38:08.880
 control

00:38:08.880 --> 00:38:09.179
 this

00:38:09.179 --> 00:38:09.360
 is

00:38:09.360 --> 00:38:09.800
 carrying

00:38:09.800 --> 00:38:10.300
 out

00:38:10.300 --> 00:38:10.980
 his

00:38:10.980 --> 00:38:11.699
 purpose

00:38:11.699 --> 00:38:14.019
 so

00:38:14.019 --> 00:38:14.279
 here's

00:38:14.279 --> 00:38:14.400
 the

00:38:14.400 --> 00:38:14.639
 point

00:38:14.639 --> 00:38:14.759
 of

00:38:14.759 --> 00:38:14.920
 all

00:38:14.920 --> 00:38:15.219
 this

00:38:15.219 --> 00:38:15.539
 here's

00:38:15.539 --> 00:38:15.699
 why

00:38:15.699 --> 00:38:15.920
 this

00:38:15.920 --> 00:38:16.079
 is

00:38:16.079 --> 00:38:16.420
 here

00:38:16.420 --> 00:38:20.960
 the

00:38:20.960 --> 00:38:21.239
 Jews

00:38:21.239 --> 00:38:21.880
 rejection

00:38:21.880 --> 00:38:23.199
 of

00:38:23.199 --> 00:38:23.340
 the

00:38:23.340 --> 00:38:23.659
 Jewish

00:38:23.659 --> 00:38:24.199
 Messiah

00:38:24.199 --> 00:38:25.960
 resulted

00:38:25.960 --> 00:38:26.420
 in

00:38:26.420 --> 00:38:26.619
 the

00:38:26.619 --> 00:38:27.059
 rescue

00:38:27.059 --> 00:38:27.699
 of

00:38:27.699 --> 00:38:28.219
 countless

00:38:28.219 --> 00:38:29.099
 Gentiles

00:38:29.099 --> 00:38:30.480
 the

00:38:30.480 --> 00:38:30.880
 Jewish

00:38:30.880 --> 00:38:31.619
 nations

00:38:31.619 --> 00:38:32.179
 rejection

00:38:32.179 --> 00:38:32.480
 of

00:38:32.480 --> 00:38:32.619
 their

00:38:32.619 --> 00:38:32.960
 king

00:38:32.960 --> 00:38:34.319
 opened

00:38:34.319 --> 00:38:34.739
 up

00:38:34.739 --> 00:38:35.059
 this

00:38:35.059 --> 00:38:35.519
 Jewish

00:38:35.519 --> 00:38:35.900
 king

00:38:35.900 --> 00:38:36.380
 to

00:38:36.380 --> 00:38:36.639
 make

00:38:36.639 --> 00:38:36.839
 a

00:38:36.839 --> 00:38:37.099
 whole

00:38:37.099 --> 00:38:37.319
 new

00:38:37.319 --> 00:38:37.739
 people

00:38:37.739 --> 00:38:38.039
 a

00:38:38.039 --> 00:38:38.299
 whole

00:38:38.299 --> 00:38:38.559
 new

00:38:38.559 --> 00:38:38.940
 nation

00:38:38.940 --> 00:38:39.239
 for

00:38:39.239 --> 00:38:39.799
 himself

00:38:39.799 --> 00:38:41.299
 comprised

00:38:41.299 --> 00:38:41.819
 of

00:38:41.819 --> 00:38:42.199
 people

00:38:42.199 --> 00:38:42.480
 men

00:38:42.480 --> 00:38:42.639
 and

00:38:42.639 --> 00:38:42.799
 women

00:38:42.799 --> 00:38:43.079
 boys

00:38:43.079 --> 00:38:43.219
 and

00:38:43.219 --> 00:38:43.380
 girls

00:38:43.380 --> 00:38:43.579
 from

00:38:43.579 --> 00:38:43.920
 every

00:38:43.920 --> 00:38:44.299
 tribe

00:38:44.299 --> 00:38:44.960
 tongue

00:38:44.960 --> 00:38:45.179
 and

00:38:45.179 --> 00:38:45.519
 nation

00:38:45.519 --> 00:38:46.199
 around

00:38:46.199 --> 00:38:46.579
 the

00:38:46.579 --> 00:38:47.119
 world

00:38:47.119 --> 00:38:51.159
 God

00:38:51.159 --> 00:38:51.920
 ordained

00:38:51.920 --> 00:38:54.579
 the

00:38:54.579 --> 00:38:54.940
 Jewish

00:38:54.940 --> 00:38:55.480
 Messiah

00:38:55.480 --> 00:38:57.500
 to be

00:38:57.500 --> 00:38:57.900
 rejected

00:38:57.900 --> 00:38:58.380
 by the

00:38:58.380 --> 00:38:58.659
 Jewish

00:38:58.659 --> 00:38:59.159
 people

00:38:59.159 --> 00:38:59.359
 people

00:38:59.359 --> 00:39:01.299
 in

00:39:01.299 --> 00:39:01.619
 order

00:39:01.619 --> 00:39:02.059
 for

00:39:02.059 --> 00:39:03.219
 Gentiles

00:39:03.219 --> 00:39:03.659
 to be

00:39:03.659 --> 00:39:04.019
 brought

00:39:04.019 --> 00:39:04.559
 into

00:39:04.559 --> 00:39:04.940
 his

00:39:04.940 --> 00:39:05.179
 new

00:39:05.179 --> 00:39:05.619
 people

00:39:05.619 --> 00:39:08.159
 it's

00:39:08.159 --> 00:39:08.599
 amazing

00:39:08.599 --> 00:39:13.420
 so

00:39:13.420 --> 00:39:13.739
 here's

00:39:13.739 --> 00:39:13.940
 let me

00:39:13.940 --> 00:39:14.219
 leave you

00:39:14.219 --> 00:39:14.399
 with

00:39:14.399 --> 00:39:14.759
 this

00:39:14.759 --> 00:39:18.879
 there

00:39:18.879 --> 00:39:19.179
 might be

00:39:19.179 --> 00:39:19.379
 some

00:39:19.379 --> 00:39:19.699
 people

00:39:19.699 --> 00:39:19.879
 with

00:39:19.879 --> 00:39:20.139
 Jewish

00:39:20.139 --> 00:39:20.639
 ancestry

00:39:20.639 --> 00:39:20.980
 in

00:39:20.980 --> 00:39:21.179
 this

00:39:21.179 --> 00:39:21.480
 room

00:39:21.480 --> 00:39:22.539
 but

00:39:22.539 --> 00:39:22.659
 the

00:39:22.659 --> 00:39:23.000
 majority

00:39:23.000 --> 00:39:23.199
 of

00:39:23.199 --> 00:39:23.319
 us

00:39:23.319 --> 00:39:23.460
 are

00:39:23.460 --> 00:39:24.019
 Gentiles

00:39:24.019 --> 00:39:26.119
 how

00:39:26.119 --> 00:39:26.239
 do

00:39:26.239 --> 00:39:26.340
 a

00:39:26.340 --> 00:39:26.480
 bunch

00:39:26.480 --> 00:39:26.599
 of

00:39:26.599 --> 00:39:27.059
 Gentiles

00:39:27.059 --> 00:39:27.360
 living

00:39:27.360 --> 00:39:27.659
 nearly

00:39:27.659 --> 00:39:28.219
 2,000

00:39:28.219 --> 00:39:28.519
 years

00:39:28.519 --> 00:39:28.800
 after

00:39:28.800 --> 00:39:29.139
 Jesus

00:39:29.139 --> 00:39:29.380
 was

00:39:29.380 --> 00:39:29.780
 rejected

00:39:29.780 --> 00:39:30.039
 by

00:39:30.039 --> 00:39:30.300
 Jews

00:39:30.300 --> 00:39:30.440
 in

00:39:30.440 --> 00:39:30.780
 Jerusalem

00:39:30.780 --> 00:39:31.320
 how

00:39:31.320 --> 00:39:31.619
 do

00:39:31.619 --> 00:39:31.739
 we

00:39:31.739 --> 00:39:32.199
 respond

00:39:32.199 --> 00:39:32.360
 to

00:39:32.360 --> 00:39:32.659
 this

00:39:32.659 --> 00:39:35.559
 well

00:39:35.559 --> 00:39:35.699
 the

00:39:35.699 --> 00:39:35.900
 first

00:39:35.900 --> 00:39:36.079
 is

00:39:36.079 --> 00:39:36.460
 this

00:39:36.460 --> 00:39:38.340
 choose

00:39:38.340 --> 00:39:38.539
 your

00:39:38.539 --> 00:39:38.900
 king

00:39:38.900 --> 00:39:42.019
 choose

00:39:42.019 --> 00:39:42.219
 your

00:39:42.219 --> 00:39:42.579
 king

00:39:42.579 --> 00:39:44.800
 who

00:39:44.800 --> 00:39:44.940
 are you

00:39:44.940 --> 00:39:45.159
 going to

00:39:45.159 --> 00:39:45.380
 live

00:39:45.380 --> 00:39:45.739
 for

00:39:45.739 --> 00:39:46.280
 you

00:39:46.280 --> 00:39:46.500
 either

00:39:46.500 --> 00:39:47.239
 reject

00:39:47.239 --> 00:39:47.840
 Jesus

00:39:47.840 --> 00:39:48.719
 and you

00:39:48.719 --> 00:39:49.179
 deny

00:39:49.179 --> 00:39:49.579
 him

00:39:49.579 --> 00:39:50.139
 or

00:39:50.139 --> 00:39:50.340
 you

00:39:50.340 --> 00:39:50.920
 receive

00:39:50.920 --> 00:39:51.400
 Jesus

00:39:51.400 --> 00:39:51.860
 in order

00:39:51.860 --> 00:39:52.480
 to receive

00:39:52.480 --> 00:39:52.619
 him

00:39:52.619 --> 00:39:52.840
 as

00:39:52.840 --> 00:39:52.960
 your

00:39:52.960 --> 00:39:53.119
 king

00:39:53.119 --> 00:39:53.259
 you

00:39:53.259 --> 00:39:53.400
 got

00:39:53.400 --> 00:39:53.519
 to

00:39:53.519 --> 00:39:53.880
 deny

00:39:53.880 --> 00:39:54.460
 yourself

00:39:54.460 --> 00:39:55.400
 and

00:39:55.400 --> 00:39:55.660
 follow

00:39:55.660 --> 00:39:56.000
 after

00:39:56.000 --> 00:39:56.300
 him

00:39:56.300 --> 00:39:57.360
 so

00:39:57.360 --> 00:39:57.539
 the

00:39:57.539 --> 00:39:57.820
 first

00:39:57.820 --> 00:39:58.320
 response

00:39:58.320 --> 00:39:58.539
 is

00:39:58.539 --> 00:39:59.200
 choose

00:39:59.200 --> 00:39:59.400
 your

00:39:59.400 --> 00:39:59.820
 king

00:39:59.820 --> 00:40:00.079
 and

00:40:00.079 --> 00:40:00.360
 don't

00:40:00.360 --> 00:40:00.840
 reject

00:40:00.840 --> 00:40:01.140
 him

00:40:01.140 --> 00:40:01.740
 please

00:40:01.740 --> 00:40:03.800
 the

00:40:03.800 --> 00:40:04.099
 second

00:40:04.099 --> 00:40:04.320
 is

00:40:04.320 --> 00:40:04.559
 this

00:40:04.559 --> 00:40:04.740
 for

00:40:04.740 --> 00:40:04.960
 those

00:40:04.960 --> 00:40:05.099
 of

00:40:05.099 --> 00:40:05.260
 us

00:40:05.260 --> 00:40:05.380
 who

00:40:05.380 --> 00:40:05.500
 have

00:40:05.500 --> 00:40:05.900
 chosen

00:40:05.900 --> 00:40:06.340
 Jesus

00:40:06.340 --> 00:40:07.400
 as

00:40:07.400 --> 00:40:07.599
 our

00:40:07.599 --> 00:40:07.880
 king

00:40:07.880 --> 00:40:10.000
 this

00:40:10.000 --> 00:40:10.400
 should

00:40:10.400 --> 00:40:10.900
 sober

00:40:10.900 --> 00:40:11.380
 us

00:40:11.380 --> 00:40:11.680
 to

00:40:11.680 --> 00:40:12.119
 see

00:40:12.119 --> 00:40:12.420
 what

00:40:12.420 --> 00:40:12.780
 he

00:40:12.780 --> 00:40:13.340
 did

00:40:13.340 --> 00:40:14.860
 in

00:40:14.860 --> 00:40:15.420
 order

00:40:15.420 --> 00:40:16.360
 to

00:40:16.360 --> 00:40:16.800
 rescue

00:40:16.800 --> 00:40:17.400
 us

00:40:17.400 --> 00:40:18.019
 it

00:40:18.019 --> 00:40:18.340
 should

00:40:18.340 --> 00:40:18.900
 humble

00:40:18.900 --> 00:40:19.519
 us

00:40:19.519 --> 00:40:20.380
 Romans

00:40:20.380 --> 00:40:20.820
 chapter

00:40:20.820 --> 00:40:21.260
 11

00:40:21.260 --> 00:40:21.880
 if

00:40:21.880 --> 00:40:22.019
 you

00:40:22.019 --> 00:40:22.280
 haven't

00:40:22.280 --> 00:40:22.500
 read

00:40:22.500 --> 00:40:22.820
 that

00:40:22.820 --> 00:40:23.260
 read

00:40:23.260 --> 00:40:23.400
 it

00:40:23.400 --> 00:40:23.520
 it

00:40:23.520 --> 00:40:23.840
 helped

00:40:23.840 --> 00:40:24.200
 Paul

00:40:24.200 --> 00:40:24.660
 talks

00:40:24.660 --> 00:40:25.060
 about

00:40:25.060 --> 00:40:26.100
 why

00:40:26.100 --> 00:40:26.840
 God

00:40:26.840 --> 00:40:27.040
 would

00:40:27.040 --> 00:40:27.520
 harden

00:40:27.520 --> 00:40:28.080
 some

00:40:28.080 --> 00:40:28.220
 of

00:40:28.220 --> 00:40:28.400
 these

00:40:28.400 --> 00:40:28.940
 Jews

00:40:28.940 --> 00:40:29.720
 in order

00:40:29.720 --> 00:40:29.920
 to

00:40:29.920 --> 00:40:30.200
 allow

00:40:30.200 --> 00:40:31.200
 Gentiles

00:40:31.200 --> 00:40:31.680
 to come

00:40:31.680 --> 00:40:31.920
 into

00:40:31.920 --> 00:40:32.180
 his

00:40:32.180 --> 00:40:32.580
 kingdom

00:40:32.580 --> 00:40:34.620
 one of the

00:40:34.620 --> 00:40:34.900
 effects

00:40:34.900 --> 00:40:35.260
 is to

00:40:35.260 --> 00:40:35.700
 humble

00:40:35.700 --> 00:40:36.200
 us

00:40:36.200 --> 00:40:38.260
 we don't

00:40:38.260 --> 00:40:38.620
 deserve

00:40:38.620 --> 00:40:38.860
 any

00:40:38.860 --> 00:40:39.380
 of this

00:40:39.380 --> 00:40:42.820
 and the

00:40:42.820 --> 00:40:43.180
 third

00:40:43.180 --> 00:40:43.720
 way

00:40:43.720 --> 00:40:44.360
 for those

00:40:44.360 --> 00:40:44.660
 of us

00:40:44.660 --> 00:40:44.880
 who've

00:40:44.880 --> 00:40:45.180
 chosen

00:40:45.180 --> 00:40:45.620
 Jesus

00:40:45.620 --> 00:40:47.540
 is to

00:40:47.540 --> 00:40:48.120
 rejoice

00:40:48.119 --> 00:40:50.119
 his

00:40:50.119 --> 00:40:50.699
 rejection

00:40:50.699 --> 00:40:51.940
 resulted

00:40:51.940 --> 00:40:52.279
 in our

00:40:52.279 --> 00:40:52.940
 salvation

00:40:52.940 --> 00:40:55.599
 he shed

00:40:55.599 --> 00:40:55.859
 his

00:40:55.859 --> 00:40:56.239
 blood

00:40:56.239 --> 00:40:56.719
 and his

00:40:56.719 --> 00:40:57.099
 blood

00:40:57.099 --> 00:40:57.679
 is not

00:40:57.679 --> 00:40:58.539
 on our

00:40:58.539 --> 00:40:59.079
 heads

00:40:59.079 --> 00:41:00.319
 his

00:41:00.319 --> 00:41:00.920
 blood

00:41:00.920 --> 00:41:02.480
 forgives

00:41:02.480 --> 00:41:03.059
 us

00:41:03.059 --> 00:41:06.179
 this is

00:41:06.179 --> 00:41:06.460
 all

00:41:06.460 --> 00:41:06.880
 God's

00:41:06.880 --> 00:41:07.199
 plan

00:41:07.199 --> 00:41:11.139
 his

00:41:11.139 --> 00:41:11.759
 rejection

00:41:11.759 --> 00:41:14.579
 resulted

00:41:14.579 --> 00:41:15.380
 in our

00:41:15.380 --> 00:41:15.980
 rescue

00:41:15.980 --> 00:41:18.880
 and now

00:41:18.880 --> 00:41:19.400
 what we

00:41:19.400 --> 00:41:19.819
 say

00:41:19.819 --> 00:41:21.400
 is not

00:41:21.400 --> 00:41:22.239
 crucify

00:41:22.239 --> 00:41:22.579
 him

00:41:22.579 --> 00:41:24.179
 we say

00:41:24.179 --> 00:41:24.719
 things like

00:41:24.719 --> 00:41:25.420
 oh worship

00:41:25.420 --> 00:41:25.799
 him

00:41:25.799 --> 00:41:28.319
 live for

00:41:28.319 --> 00:41:28.719
 him

00:41:28.719 --> 00:41:31.059
 bow down

00:41:31.059 --> 00:41:31.519
 to him

00:41:31.519 --> 00:41:35.139
 today

00:41:35.139 --> 00:41:35.440
 we've

00:41:35.440 --> 00:41:35.739
 seen a

00:41:35.739 --> 00:41:36.199
 rejection

00:41:36.199 --> 00:41:37.539
 of

00:41:37.539 --> 00:41:37.880
 Jesus

00:41:37.880 --> 00:41:38.900
 by his

00:41:38.900 --> 00:41:39.340
 people

00:41:39.340 --> 00:41:41.159
 next

00:41:41.159 --> 00:41:41.559
 Sunday

00:41:41.559 --> 00:41:43.579
 next

00:41:43.579 --> 00:41:43.900
 Sunday

00:41:43.900 --> 00:41:44.380
 is a

00:41:44.380 --> 00:41:45.159
 rejection

00:41:45.159 --> 00:41:46.719
 that

00:41:46.719 --> 00:41:47.000
 Jesus

00:41:47.000 --> 00:41:47.400
 has been

00:41:47.400 --> 00:41:47.840
 dreading

00:41:47.840 --> 00:41:49.699
 let's

00:41:49.699 --> 00:41:50.000
 pray

00:41:50.000 --> 00:41:54.360
 oh God

00:41:54.360 --> 00:41:54.759
 in heaven

00:41:54.759 --> 00:41:55.079
 we do

00:41:55.079 --> 00:41:55.440
 thank you

00:41:55.440 --> 00:41:55.960
 so much

00:41:55.960 --> 00:41:56.559
 for your

00:41:56.559 --> 00:41:56.940
 word

00:41:56.940 --> 00:41:59.199
 God

00:41:59.199 --> 00:41:59.460
 would you

00:41:59.460 --> 00:41:59.759
 do your

00:41:59.759 --> 00:42:00.059
 work

00:42:00.059 --> 00:42:00.579
 in our

00:42:00.579 --> 00:42:00.940
 hearts

00:42:00.940 --> 00:42:01.340
 through your

00:42:01.340 --> 00:42:01.639
 word

00:42:01.639 --> 00:42:03.659
 as

00:42:03.659 --> 00:42:04.200
 Gentiles

00:42:04.200 --> 00:42:04.480
 living

00:42:04.480 --> 00:42:05.340
 2000 years

00:42:05.340 --> 00:42:06.240
 after these

00:42:06.240 --> 00:42:06.700
 events

00:42:06.700 --> 00:42:08.940
 we are

00:42:08.940 --> 00:42:09.579
 sobered

00:42:09.579 --> 00:42:09.900
 but we

00:42:09.900 --> 00:42:10.039
 are

00:42:10.039 --> 00:42:10.500
 grateful

00:42:10.500 --> 00:42:12.940
 God

00:42:12.940 --> 00:42:13.179
 we

00:42:13.179 --> 00:42:14.380
 would

00:42:14.380 --> 00:42:14.720
 ask

00:42:14.720 --> 00:42:15.019
 that you

00:42:15.019 --> 00:42:15.200
 would

00:42:15.200 --> 00:42:15.639
 save

00:42:15.639 --> 00:42:17.420
 save

00:42:17.420 --> 00:42:17.860
 many

00:42:17.860 --> 00:42:18.679
 many

00:42:18.679 --> 00:42:19.179
 Jews

00:42:19.179 --> 00:42:19.559
 save

00:42:19.559 --> 00:42:19.920
 many

00:42:19.920 --> 00:42:20.760
 Gentiles

00:42:20.760 --> 00:42:22.320
 bring

00:42:22.320 --> 00:42:22.559
 them

00:42:22.559 --> 00:42:22.980
 into

00:42:22.980 --> 00:42:23.240
 your

00:42:23.240 --> 00:42:23.619
 kingdom

00:42:23.619 --> 00:42:25.519
 through

00:42:25.519 --> 00:42:25.720
 the

00:42:25.720 --> 00:42:25.960
 blood

00:42:25.960 --> 00:42:26.119
 of

00:42:26.119 --> 00:42:26.539
 Jesus

00:42:26.539 --> 00:42:28.260
 amen