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Jesus Before Pilate, the Second Time

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Text Used to Create the Splice “Jesus Before Pilate, the Second Time”

Matthew 27:15-31 (Greek Text Analysis starting with Matthew 27:15)

Mark 15:6-20 (Greek Text Analysis starting with Mark 15:6)

Luke 23:13-25 (Greek Text Analysis starting with Luke 23:13)

John 18:38 – 19:16 (Greek Text Analysis starting with John 18:38)

 

Psalm 17:5
My steps have held fast to Your paths. My feet have not slipped.

 

THE SPLICE

1Pilate went out to the Jews, summoned the chief priests and the  rulers and the people, and said to them, “You brought this man to me as one who incites the people to rebellion2, and behold, having examined Him before you, I have found no guilt in this man regarding the charges which you make against Him.  No, nor has Herod, for he sent Him back to us; and behold nothing deserving death has been done by Him. Therefore I will punish Him and release Him.” Now at the feast the governor, Pilate, was accustomed/obliged to release for the people any one prisoner whom they wanted. The crowd went up and began asking Pilate to do as he had been accustomed to do for them So when the people gathered together, Pilate answered/said to them, “You have a custom that I release someone for you at the Passover; do you wish then that I release for you the King of the Jews? Which of the two do you want me to release for you? Barabbas, or Jesus who is called Christ?” For Pilate knew that it was because of envy that the Sanhedrin/Jews had handed Jesus over. At that time the Romans were holding a notorious prisoner, called Barabbas. The man named Barabbas, who was a robber, had been imprisoned with the insurrectionists who had committed murder in the insurrection at Jerusalem. But the chief priests and elders stirred up and persuaded the crowds to ask Pilate to release Barabbas for them instead and to put Jesus to death, and so they cried out all together, saying, “Not this man, but Barabbas. Away with this man, and release for us Barabbas!” Answering again and wanting to release Jesus, Pilate addressed them a second time and said, “Then what shall I do with Him whom you call the King of the Jews? What shall I do with Jesus who is called Christ?” The people in the crowds all shouted back, “Crucify Him!” But Pilate said to them the third time he addressed them, “Why, what evil has He done? I have found in Him no guilt demanding death; therefore I will punish Him and release Him.” And wishing to satisfy the crowd, Pilate released 3Barabbas for them, the man they were asking for who had been thrown into prison for insurrection and murder. Pilate then took Jesus and 4scourged Him/had Him scourged. After the scourging, the soldiers of Pilate took Jesus away into the Praetorium, and the soldiers called the whole Roman cohort to gather around Him.  They stripped Jesus of all His clothes, dressed Him up in a 5purple/scarlet robe, twisted together a 6crown of thorns and put it on His head as if it were a king’s crown, and gave Him a reed for His right hand to hold as a mock scepter; and they began to come up, mockingly kneeling and bowing before Him and saying, “Hail, King of the Jews!” and to give Him slaps in the face. They also took back the reed they made Him hold in His right hand and beat Him repeatedly in the head with it, all the while they were also spitting on Him. After these abuses, Pilate came out again said to them, “Behold, I am bringing Him out to you so that you may know that I find no guilt in Him.” Jesus then came out, wearing the crown of thorns and the purple/crimson 7robe. Pilate said to them, 8 Behold, the Man!” So when the chief priests and the officers saw Him, they cried out saying, “Crucify, crucify!” Pilate said to them, “Take Him yourselves and crucify Him, for I find no guilt in Him.” The Jews answered him, “We have a law, and by that law He ought to die because He made Himself out to be the Son of God.” Therefore when Pilate heard this statement, 9he was even more afraid; and he  entered into the  Praetorium again and said to Jesus, “Where are You from?”  Jesus gave him no answer.  So Pilate said to Him, “You do not speak to me? Do You not know that I have authority to crucify You?” Jesus answered, “ You would have no authority over Me, unless it had been given you from above; for this reason he who delivered Me to you has the greater sin.”  As a result of this Pilate made efforts again to release Him but the Jews cried out saying, “If you release this Man, you are no friend of Caesar; everyone who makes himself out to be a king opposes Caesar.” Therefore when Pilate heard these words, he brought Jesus out, and sat down on the judgement seat at a place called The Pavement, but in Hebrew, Gabatha. While Pilate was sitting on the judgment seat, Pilate’s wife sent him a message, saying, “Have nothing to do with that righteous Man; for last night I suffered greatly in a dream because of Him.” Now it was the day of preparation for the Passover; it was about the 10sixth hour (6am). And Pilate said to the Jews, “Behold, your King!”  So they cried out, “Away with Him, away with Him, crucify Him!” Pilate said to them, “Shall I crucify your King?” The chief priests answered, “We have no king but Caesar.” They kept shouting all the more, they were insistent, with loud voices asking that He be crucified, saying “Crucify Him!”  And their voices began to prevail, along with the voices 11of the chief priests. When Pilate saw that he was accomplishing nothing, but rather that a riot was starting, he took water and washed his hands in front of the crowd saying, “I am innocent of this Man’s blood;  see to that yourselves.” And all the people said, “His blood shall be on us and on our children!” And Pilate pronounced sentence that their demand be granted. So he then handed Jesus over to them to be crucified. Pilate delivered Jesus to their (the chief priests, the rulers; the whole crowd of people) will. The soldiers of Pilate put Jesus’s own clothes back on Him and led Him out to be crucified.

  1. At the time of Jesus’s trial, the chief priests, elders, disciples and Jesus had been up all night. At sundown, Jesus and the disciples had eaten the Passover meal, Jesus gave His disciples last warnings/encouragement, they went into the Garden of Gethsemane, Jesus was praying while P, J, & J fell asleep three times, Jesus was illegally arrested by a crowd with weapons, Jesus had the illegal trials before Annas and Caiaphas and then was sent to Pilate, Herod and Pilate again (for accounts on all of these events plus more, see Matthew 26:17-27:14; Mark 14:12-15:5; Luke 22:1-23:17; John 13:1-18:38). It was His custom to spend His days teaching in the temple (Matthew 21:17) and nights on the Mount of Olives (Luke 21:37) which is out by Bethany (Matthew 21:17; Luke 19:29). People were getting up early so they could listen to Him (Luke 21:38), which means Jesus was up early. He had been awake a really long time by the time He was crucified, assuming He took no naps, which He had done at least once before on a boat. See Luke 8:23; Mark 4:38; Matthew 8:24 regarding the boat. ↩︎
  2. incites the people to rebellion: This is the human reason why Jesus was crucified. The ultimate reason is because it was God’s will (Isaiah 53:10, John 18:11). ↩︎
  3. Barabbas: What became of Barabbas, the one Pilate set free? The Bible confirms that he was a robber (John 18:40), and it says that he was jailed with the insurrectionists who had committed murder (Mark 15:7), that he was a notorious prisoner (Matthew 27:16), that he had been thrown into prison for an insurrection made in the city, and for murder (Luke 23:19). Acts 3:14 tells us (through Peter) that Barabbas was a murderer. I wonder: with his freedom granted by Pilate, did he become a repeat offender? Did he get imprisoned again and then meet his end in a crucifixion anyway (robbers/thieves, insurrectionists, and murderers were crucified by the Romans)? Did he thank God for the release from prison and start learning about Jesus, perhaps even from some of the disciples, themselves? Did Barabbas ever even think about Jesus and what happened that day? Did he realized what was done for him, and responded to the call for repentance and salvation in Jesus? ↩︎
  4. scourged Him: Scourging was, most times, enough for a prisoner to die from. The Romans used whips made of leather, with several strands of braided leather and those strands had bits of metal or bone attached to the ends of them. These whips were called “flagrum”. The person to be scourged was stripped naked and flogged across the entire backside of his body. This beating tore the flesh off very quickly and sometimes exposed the bones and organs. It was used as a preliminary to crucifixion, in order to weaken, as well as humiliate. ↩︎
  5. purple/scarlet: Strong’s concordance tells us that Matthew 27:28 uses the Greek word kokkinos which means “crimson or scarlet”. Mark 15:20 uses the word porphýra which means “a purple garment indicating wealth”. Helps Word-studies explains a little more in depth. There were three familiar shades of purple in the ancient world: deep violet, deep scarlet (or crimson), and deep blue. John 19:5 uses the Greek word porphyroús which means a purple (reddish-purple) cloth or dye.  All three of these together tells us that the robe was a purple-scarlet color, maybe akin to red-violet or violet-red from a crayons box. We can only speculate on the exact color. HELPS Word-studies taken from The Discovery Bible, available at discoverybible.com, copyright © 2021, HELPS Ministries Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved. ↩︎
  6. crown of thorns: The crown of thorns is mentioned in Matthew 27:29, Mark 15:17, and John 19:2. All three accounts use the word akanthinos or akantha meaning “thorns/thorny bush” or “prickly plant”. There is speculation that these thorns were date palm thorns. Assuming that date palms haven’t changed in the past 2,000 years, a quick internet search says that date palms have strong spine-type thorns at the base of the leaves. The spines are around 2-4 inches long. The Bible does not specify what type of thorns were used. ↩︎
  7. robe:  The Greek word for “robe”, used in Matthew 27:28 is chlamus which was a short cloak, worn by military officers and soldiers. The Greek word for “robe” used in John 19:5 is himation and means “a long, loose and flowing outer robe or cloak”. Perhaps they dressed Jesus in two garments; the one from Herod which is mentioned in Luke 23:11, and uses the word esthés meaning “clothing” or “robe”, and then they threw the short military cloak on over that. ↩︎
  8. Behold, the Man: Pilate was probably hoping that the crowd, seeing Jesus beaten, scourged, spit on, and mocked, would be satisfied with that and stop asking for His crucifixion. ↩︎
  9. he was even more afraid: This means that Pilate was afraid to begin with. It is possible that from the first, he had the feeling that Jesus was not some ordinary man.   ↩︎
  10. sixth hour: This is around 6am. John is possibly using Roman time-keeping whereas, Matthew, Mark and Luke are using Jewish time-keeping. See What is the sixth hour in John 19:14? for a great explanation. ↩︎
  11. and of the chief priests: From Luke 23:23; “and of the chief priests” was in the original Greek, but not the NASB. ↩︎