Isaiah 53:7&8- He was oppressed and afflicted,
yet he did not open his mouth;
he was led like a lamb to the slaughter,
and as a sheep before its shearers is silent,
so he did not open his mouth.
By oppression and judgment he was taken away.
Yet who of his generation protested?
Isaiah was written over 700 years before Jesus came. The Jews were looking for the promised Messiah, the king who would sit on David’s throne. Isaiah 53 speaks of the suffering servant. In these verses we see references to Jesus being tortured and eventually killed.
Pilate’s wife sent him a message we see in Matthew 27
While Pilate was sitting on the judge’s seat, his wife sent him this message: “Don’t have anything to do with that innocent man, for I have suffered a great deal today in a dream because of him.”
Perhaps this was on Pilate’s mind as he tried to deal with the situation. The Romans were superstitious people and yet viewed the Jews as being backward and difficult. In an attempt to diffuse the situation Pilate had Jesus flogged.
Then Pilate took Jesus and had him flogged. The soldiers twisted together a crown of thorns and put it on his head. They clothed him in a purple robe and went up to him again and again, saying, “Hail, king of the Jews!” And they slapped him in the face.
They flogged, whipped, Jesus with a cat of nine tails which was a whip with nine leather straps with sharp pieces of rock etc at the end. The soldiers mocked him. The robe they put on him would have stuck on because of the blood from his back. The crown of thorns caused Jesus to bleed from his scalp.
Pilate had Jesus brought out and said:
Once more Pilate came out and said to the Jews gathered there, “Look, I am bringing him out to you to let you know that I find no basis for a charge against him.”
But the reaction of the chief priests and their officials was:
As soon as the chief priests and their officials saw him, they shouted, “Crucify! Crucify!”
Pilate replied
But Pilate answered, “You take him and crucify him. As for me, I find no basis for a charge against him.”
The chief priests answer?
The Jewish leaders insisted, “We have a law, and according to that law he must die, because he claimed to be the Son of God.”
This freaked Pilate out which is not surprising due to the Romans beliefs in many gods.
“Where do you come from?” he asked Jesus, but Jesus gave him no answer. “Do you refuse to speak to me?” Pilate said. “Don’t you realize I have power either to free you or to crucify you?”
Jesus finally replied
Jesus answered, “You would have no power over me if it were not given to you from above. Therefore the one who handed me over to you is guilty of a greater sin.”
Pilate tried to set Jesus free but the religious leaders persisted in a peculiar way.
“If you let this man go, you are no friend of Caesar. Anyone who claims to be a king opposes Caesar.”
Interesting because the Jew despised the Romans and wanted them out of Israel. They had no love for Caesar or the Romans. Pilate presented Jesus to them saying here is your king. The religious leaders who despised Caesar and the Romans answered.
“We have no king but Caesar,” the chief priests answered.
Pilate gave in and consented to have Jesus crucified.
Think about what Jesus endured. Think about how he suffered. Then think about the truth that he went through all of that, the farce of a trial, the torture, the rejection, because he loves you.
Thank you for reading. God Bless.
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Oh how He loves me, He gave His Life for me
He loves you deeply Brenda 🙂
Thank you for reminding us of the amazing love that Jesus showered with on His journey to the cross. I never been loved like that, only with the son of God have I been loved that much. I am just privileged.
It is truly amazing love