Contributed by Tim Spear on Dec 3, 2012
                
                
                
                    Pilate made a choice. Rather than ask for God's grace, he asked for a bowl. Rather than invite Jesus to stay, he sent him away. Rather than hear Christ's voice, he heard the
                    
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                    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 20, 2002
                
                
                
                    Pilate represents the legal authority of the Gentile world.  Jesus is tried and judged outside the camp.  “Outside the camp” was the place of separation from the covenant for the people in the wilderness.  Bull, heifer, and goat sin offerings were burned outside the camp (Exod. 29:14; Lev. 4:12,
                    
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                    Contributed by J. Allen Lucas on Mar 17, 2008
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    After Pilate realized Jesus was innocent of the charges brought before him, he wanted to let Jesus go, but when he told the people what he wanted to do, they got upset.
They didn’t want justice, they wanted death!  They wanted blood! They wanted the blood of Jesus and they got it!
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                    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Apr 6, 2009
                
                
                
                    "Friends and foes, chief priests in hate, Pilate in mockery, angels in adoration, disciples in love, Christ himself in lowliness (Acts 22:8), and now the multitudes in simplicity, all proclaim him 'of Nazareth.' 
(as cited in Spence-Jones, H. D. M. (Hrsg.): The Pulpit
                    
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                    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Apr 8, 2009
                
                
                
                    Here is a conjecture about a historical event, but it could have happened just this way. A man named Barabbas had been involved in open revolt against Roman rule, and was guilty of murder. He was in prison awaiting crucifixion – death by extended, painful, torturous suffering. Possibly the prison
                    
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                    Bucket Theology 
Two buckets of water were mentioned in the Bible.  Do you remember what Pilate did when he had a chance to acquit Jesus? He called for a bucket and washed his hands of the whole thing. Matthew 27:24: “When Pilate saw that he was getting nowhere, but that instead an uproar was
                    
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                    Contributed by Ferdinand Funk on Sep 29, 2008
                
                
                
                    LET LOOSE 
In his drama The Trial of Jesus, John Masefield has the centurion Longinus report to Pilate after the crucifixion of Jesus.  Longinus had been the officer in charge of the execution, and after his official report, Pilate's wife calls the centurion to come and tell her how the prisoner
                    
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                    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Apr 18, 2011
                
                
                
                    SADDUCEES' TRIAL METHODS
"Critics deny the accuracy of the description John gives. They cite the Mishnah requiring that trials be held in the daytime, that several days are required to try a capital crime, and that the accused not be directly questioned, among other details. However, exceptions
                    
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                    Contributed by John Harvey on Mar 31, 2004
                
                
                
                    Crucifixion was a form of capital punishment reserved for slaves and those who were a threat to Rome.  This explains why Pontius Pilate chose crucifixion as the penalty for Jesus Christ, since Jesus claimed a
                    
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                    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 17, 2003
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    Let’s look at what Dr. C. Truman Davis*  wrote about the price Jesus paid for this indescribable gift 
(2 Cor. 9:15):
After the arrest in the middle of the night, Jesus was brought before the Sanhedrin and Caiphus, the High Priest; it is here that the first physical trauma was inflicted. A soldier
                    
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                    Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Aug 7, 2025
                
                
                
                    [157].  A MESSAGE FROM A POEM – JESUS ON TRIAL (Easter)
This is a more unusual style for me as you will see.  The whole poem is set at the trial of the Lord from the time He entered the judgement hall until the sentence was pronounced.
In particular the poem will mention Herod, Pilate, Barabbas,
                    
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                    Contributed by Evelyn Weston on Apr 13, 2004
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    Joseph of Arimathea was a very wealthy Pharisee, a member of the council, and a secret follower of Jesus.  It was Joseph who went to Pilate and asked for Jesus’ body after the crucifixion.  And it was Joseph who supplied the tomb for Jesus’ burial.
Well, it seems that someone pulled him aside and
                    
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                    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 8, 2004
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    THE BLOOD OF CHRIST- COMMUNION MEDITATION
If you’ve seen Mel Gibson’s “The Passion of the Christ,” you probably remember the scene of Jesus’ scourging.  It’s rather hard to forget the whip with steel and bone and glass knotted in its leather striking Jesus over and over again.  
There is a part
                    
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                    Contributed by Troy Borst on May 19, 2005
                
                
                
                    INTRODUCTION... Beauty and the Beast
	One of my wife’s favorite movies of all time is Disney’s ’Beauty and the Beast’ which came out in the early 90s.  The story centers around a young woman named Belle and her experiences with the Beast.  The story begins with her father becoming lost in the woods
                    
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