JESUS ENDURES CONTEMPT John 19:1-9 Pilate was convinced of our Lord's innocence, and he adopted several expedients to save His life; he did everything, indeed, except to act with absolute justice and discharge the case. If he had promptly and firmly refused to be a party to the unrighteous act to... [ Continue Reading ]
THE REJECTION OF THE KING John 19:10-17 Pilate's pride was touched by that silence. In His reply our Lord refers to the relative responsibility of those who shared in His condemnation. It was as if He said, “Great as your sin is, in forfeiting your position, it is less than the sin of those who ha... [ Continue Reading ]
“THEY CRUCIFIED HIM” John 19:18-24 Just outside the city gates, beside the main road, was a little conical eminence, which from its resemblance to a skull was called in Aramaic, _Golgotha,_ and in Latin, _Calvary._ As we speak of the _brow_ of a hill, they called the bald eminence a _skull._ The t... [ Continue Reading ]
JESUS' LAST THOUGHT FOR OTHERS John 19:23-30 Love made Mary brave to encounter the tragedy of that scene. The sword, as Simeon had foretold, was piercing her soul, Luke 2:35. Jesus knew how lonely she would be. He had neither silver nor gold, but could at least secure her a home and tender care. A... [ Continue Reading ]
THE PIERCED SIDE John 19:31-37 How punctilious the Jewish leaders were to maintain each detail of their ritual! Remember that there is a religiousness which is not religion but its counterfeit. John solemnly attests the fact of the blood and water. _He knoweth that he saith true._ It is referred... [ Continue Reading ]
LOVE-IMPELLED SERVICES John 19:38-42 In that supreme hour Christ's secret disciples revealed their true heroism, and carried Him to the garden sepulcher. It had been written that the Messiah would make His grave with the rich, Isaiah 53:9; that prophecy seemed unlikely of fulfillment until Joseph... [ Continue Reading ]