Jesus Stands Trial Before Pilate and Herod Pilate was the Roman Governor of Palestine from A.D. 26-36. He seemed to take pleasure in
harassing the Jews and had insulted the Jewish religion by bringing imperial images into
Jerusalem.
Because of this Pilate was already beginning to feel insecure in his position when t …
Pilate Hands Jesus Over to be Crucified Pilate wanted to release Jesus, but the crowd continued to demand His death; so he sentenced
Him
to die (vv. 13-25). Today we might say that he did what was politically correct. No doubt Pilate did
not want to risk losing his job, and as we have indicated previously, it w …
Jesus is Led Away to be Crucified When Jesus left Pilate’s judgment hall, he was carrying the cross. This was part of a prisoner’s
humiliation that he carry his own cross. However, because of physical exhaustion Jesus was unable
to carry it very far. A man named Simon, from the town of Cyrene in N …
Jesus Dies on the Cross The previous Bible passage showed three crosses at Calvary: One man died IN sin, one man died
TO
sin and one died FOR sin. Please note four things that happened in this passage (vv. 44-48).
Darkness came over the whole land (v. 44). These three hours of darkness were …
Jesus is Buried in a Borrowed Tomb Joseph of Arimathea was a wealthy and honored member of the Jewish
council. He was also a
secret disciple of Jesus (John
19:38). When Jesus died, Joseph immediately went to Pilate and asked for
permission to have
His body so he could give it a
decent burial (vv. 50- …
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Jesus Stands Trial Before Pilate and Herod
Pilate was the Roman Governor of Palestine from A.D. 26-36. He seemed to take pleasure in harassing the Jews and had insulted the Jewish religion by bringing imperial images into Jerusalem. Because of this Pilate was already beginning to feel insecure in his position when t …
Pilate Hands Jesus Over to be Crucified
Pilate wanted to release Jesus, but the crowd continued to demand His death; so he sentenced Him to die (vv. 13-25). Today we might say that he did what was politically correct. No doubt Pilate did not want to risk losing his job, and as we have indicated previously, it w …
Jesus is Led Away to be Crucified
When Jesus left Pilate’s judgment hall, he was carrying the cross. This was part of a prisoner’s humiliation that he carry his own cross. However, because of physical exhaustion Jesus was unable to carry it very far. A man named Simon, from the town of Cyrene in N …
Jesus Dies on the Cross
The previous Bible passage showed three crosses at Calvary: One man died IN sin, one man died TO sin and one died FOR sin. Please note four things that happened in this passage (vv. 44-48). Darkness came over the whole land (v. 44). These three hours of darkness were …
Jesus is Buried in a Borrowed Tomb
Joseph of Arimathea was a wealthy and honored member of the Jewish council. He was also a secret disciple of Jesus (John 19:38). When Jesus died, Joseph immediately went to Pilate and asked for permission to have His body so he could give it a decent burial (vv. 50- …