Mark
15:6-15
Pilate
Hands Jesus Over to be
Crucified
15:6
Now it was the custom at the
Feast to release a prisoner whom
the people requested.
7
A man called Barabbas was in
prison with the insurrectionists
who had committed murder in the
uprising.
8
The crowd came up and asked
Pilate to do for them what he
usually did.
9
"Do you want me to release to you
the king of the Jews?" asked
Pilate,
10
knowing it was out of envy that
the chief priests had handed
Jesus over to him.
11
But the chief priests stirred up
the crowd to have Pilate release
Barabbas instead.
12
"What shall I do, then, with the
one you call the king of the
Jews?" Pilate asked them.
13
"Crucify him!" they shouted.
14
"Why? What crime has he
committed?" asked Pilate.
But they
shouted all the louder, "Crucify
him!"
15
Wanting to satisfy the crowd,
Pilate released Barabbas to them.
He had Jesus flogged, and handed
him over to be
crucified.
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This
is the Word of the Lord ... It
is meant to change the way
that we think, and the way
that we live.
Commentary
by Bob
Pardue
Pilate
Hands Christ Over to His
Enemies
There are
several different ways to look at
this passage.
1. Who's
fault was it that Jesus was
sentenced to death?
a)
Pilate, the one who gave the
order?
b) The
Jewish leaders, who stirred
the crowd into a
frenzy?
c) The
crowd who yelled, "Crucify
him!!"?
d) The
disciples, who went into
hiding?
e)
Peter, who denied ever knowing
Jesus?
The answer
is all of the above. The
crucifixion followed a chain of
events and there are many angles
to this story.
However, a
short lesson I received from this
is a lesson for teenagers (and
adults).
Pilate
caved when the pressure was on
him because he was afraid that
the Jewish leaders would report
him to Caesar, not to mention a
possible riot of the
crowds.
This is a
clear lesson as to what sometimes
happens when we give in to peer
pressure or do the wrong thing
because we're afraid of the
consequences of doing what we
know is right.
Let's think
about this the next time we're
tempted by the
"crowd".
Love in
Christ
-
Bob
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Bob
Pardue
is a member of First Baptist
Church in Lancaster, SC. He is
ordained from Rich Hill Baptist
in Lancaster. The website is at
http://www.makingchristknown.com
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