Showing posts with label Jews. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Jews. Show all posts
Friday, October 28, 2022
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Thursday, April 11, 2019
It won;t wash off
Pilate washed his hands saying he was free from guilt. He continued his evil ways until being called back to Rome, where he was banished to Gaul. Just outside Lucerne Switzerland stands Mount Pilatus. Tradition says when storms rage on the mountain, Pilate’s Ghost is seen in the rain seeking to wash the guilt from his hands, crying, “It won’t come off! It won’t come off!” Nor will it ever do so. ILLUSTRATED LIFE OF JESUS Herbert H. Hobbs author.
When Pilate washed his hands, thinking this would free him of guilt, the Jews that waited for the verdict told Pilate that, “His blood be on us and on our children!” (Matthew 27:25). Their statement was all the more terrible, if we remember the teaching of the Mosaic Law regarding the shedding of blood. Pilate didn’t know, but the Jews did. In Deuteronomy 21 the law considered the innocence of unsolved murders. Jesus was innocent, and they were about to...murder... an innocent man! Absolution was sought as it says in Deuteronomy 21:7-8 “Our hands did not shed this blood; out eyes did not see it.............” But no absolution was sought for the murder of Jesus!
Thus, Pilate released Barabbas and caused Jesus to be beaten and crucified with no mercy. They mocked Him by putting...royal robes... a scarlet cloak belonging to a guard...on Him and plaited a crown of thorns for His head. A reed of grass was placed in His hand for a royal scepter. And they all, in procession, bowed before Jesus, hailing Him, King of the Jews, while spitting on Him and beating upon His head. When they were tired of this, they led Jesus away to be crucified. Jesus carried His cross to Golgotha, a hill shaped like a skull.
Pilate tried to wash away his guilt. The Jews didn’t, rather they claimed it! But, had Jesus ...not... shed His precious blood that day, there would be ...nothing... to wash away my sins...nothing to cleanse me. Only the innocent blood of Jesus can cleanse me from all ...unrighteousness... and make me ...righteous... before God! Jesus had the ...world’s eternity... on His back, my eternity! What a load it must’ve been...to know what He had to do to save me....but praise God He did!
Monday, January 28, 2019
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Monday, April 16, 2018
What are the different Jewish festivals in the Bible?
What are the different Jewish festivals in the Bible?: What are the different Jewish festivals in the Bible? What are the festivals and feasts the Jews celebrate? How do the Jewish festivals relate to Jesus?
Thursday, March 29, 2018
Sunday, December 24, 2017
Time
Awhile back while studying, the Scriptures I came across a couple of passages that on the surface would appear to be a contradiction. I've come to find out that by researching the historical and cultural context is necessary for complete understanding of God's Word. Knowing that Christianity's opponents will find every reason to charge the Scriptures with contradiction, we as believers in a Sovereign God must be prepared to give a defense for the hope that is in us by understanding contextually, historically and culturally why we believe what we believe. So here you have it.
Mark 15:22-25 They brought Him to the place called Golgotha, which means, “Place of a Skull.” They gave Him wine mingled with myrrh to drink, but He did not take it. When they had crucified Him, they divided His garments, casting lots for them, to decide what each man should take. Now it was the THIRD HOUR, and they crucified Him.
Notice in the passage above Mark states that Jesus was crucified on the third hour, which according to the Jewish timetable the beginning of a day started at 6am (sun up), so by doing the math we see that the third hour is 9am in the morning when they crucified Jesus.
Sounds simple enough, but let's take a look at John's account.
John 19:13-15 When Pilate heard these words, he brought Jesus out and sat down on the judgment seat at a place called The Pavement which in Hebrew is Gabbatha. It was the Day of Preparation of the Passover and about the SIXTH HOUR. He said to the Jews, “Here is your King!” But they shouted, “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!”
Now how is it that Jesus according to the Gospel of Mark is being crucified on the THIRD HOUR but according to John's Gospel He is standing before Pilate being condemned to death on the SIXTH HOUR? Shouldn't Jesus already be nailed to the cross?
The reason I'm writing this is to give us a proper understanding of God's Word. To understand what the apostle John is saying we must understand who his audience is that he's writing his gospel account to. We know contextually that John wrote his gospel to Gentile believers. How do we know that? Because when we read John's account, we see that he had to explain Jewish customs, translate Jewish names, and locate Palestinian sites. These facts suggest that he was writing for Gentile readers who lived primarily outside Palestine. Therefore, the timetable in which they would understand is the Roman timetable which operates equally to ours today. So John's sixth hour is referring to 6am in the morning, which is identical to the time that Jesus was standing before Pilate in the synoptic Gospel's (Mark 15:1-2). Three hours later Jesus would be nailed to the cross.
Wednesday, November 29, 2017
Tuesday, September 26, 2017
Wednesday, August 9, 2017
Drom different points of view
John relates Jesus’ life from a heavenly point of view, while Matthew relates it from a Jewish point of view, Luke from a Greek point of view, and Mark from a Roman viewpoint. As a consequence, John is the only Gospel author who wrote to a universal audience. Why did he write the book? Here is John’s answer to that question:
“These are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name.”
John 20:31
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