Did you ever watch the TV show, The Time Tunnel? I liked it a lot, but not enough people did. It only aired one season (1966-67). The two heroes would go through a time tunnel and would be transported back in time to some great historical event. How amazing to actually be there to see such. What would you want to see? Today, I want to take you into the Time Tunnel. I want you to see the actual trial of Jesus before Pontius Pilate. The following movie may be the closest we will get to actually seeing and hearing what really transpired. The film is based completely on the gospel of John, using the Good News Translation, which they stick to very closely. That's a very good thing about this movie (released in 2003 by the Visual Bible Project); it is so scriptural. Thus, it's unlike Hollywood films that take great liberties with the text. It's a 3 hour movie, so fast forward to 2 hrs. 27 min. and 00 seconds and stop it at 2:33:20, where Pilate hands Jesus over to be crucified. You can read along in your own Bible, or you can see how closely they followed the Good News Translation below. I want you to see yet another great resource available to you for free on the internet. I am not saying that the movie perfectly captures the story, but it certainly does a great job sticking to the word of God. See for yourself.
Jesus Is Sentenced to Death (John 18:38-19:16)
Then Pilate went back outside to the people and said to them, “I cannot find any reason to condemn him. 39 But according to the custom you have, I always set free a prisoner for you during the Passover. Do you want me to set free for you the king of the Jews?”
40 They answered him with a shout, “No, not him! We want Barabbas!” (Barabbas was a bandit.)
19 Then Pilate took Jesus and had him whipped. 2 The soldiers made a crown out of thorny branches and put it on his head; then they put a purple robe on him 3 and came to him and said, “Long live the King of the Jews!” And they went up and slapped him.
4 Pilate went back out once more and said to the crowd, “Look, I will bring him out here to you to let you see that I cannot find any reason to condemn him.”5 So Jesus came out, wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe. Pilate said to them, “Look! Here is the man!”
6 When the chief priests and the Temple guards saw him, they shouted, “Crucify him! Crucify him!”
Pilate said to them, “You take him, then, and crucify him. I find no reason to condemn him.”
7 The crowd answered back, “We have a law that says he ought to die, because he claimed to be the Son of God.”
8 When Pilate heard this, he was even more afraid. 9 He went back into the palace and asked Jesus, “Where do you come from?”
But Jesus did not answer. 10 Pilate said to him, “You will not speak to me? Remember, I have the authority to set you free and also to have you crucified.”
11 Jesus answered, “You have authority over me only because it was given to you by God. So the man who handed me over to you is guilty of a worse sin.”
12 When Pilate heard this, he tried to find a way to set Jesus free. But the crowd shouted back, “If you set him free, that means that you are not the Emperor's friend! Anyone who claims to be a king is a rebel against the Emperor!”
13 When Pilate heard these words, he took Jesus outside and sat down on the judge's seat in the place called “The Stone Pavement.” (In Hebrew the name is “Gabbatha.”) 14 It was then almost noon of the day before the Passover. Pilate said to the people, “Here is your king!”
15 They shouted back, “Kill him! Kill him! Crucify him!”
Pilate asked them, “Do you want me to crucify your king?”
The chief priests answered, “The only king we have is the Emperor!”
16 Then Pilate handed Jesus over to them to be crucified.
1.- What is one verse or phrase that grabbed you? Share some of your thoughts regarding it.
2.- Monday we will be moving into our new home. So that you start to know your way around, go there now- multiplyingmanlymen.com and place a comment on the blog and put up some fictitious scores on our new scoreboard. If you have any problems, juslemeknow.
Hmm. Some of you haven't put up any points on the board yet this week. Please do so now. For the rest of you, I commend you for your faithfulness.
Optional: If you have time to watch even the first few minutes of the following video that Luis Ortiz recommended on Jesus and Barabbas, you'll find it to be excellent. Thanks Luis!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPah8hxFTaM
Please keep Louie Ojeda in prayer. His brother Rick passed away yesterday after fighting the West Nile virus.
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