For the last 1,600 years, Christians around the world remember the last days of Jesus’ life during Holy Week. Today is Good Friday. Good Friday remembers the day Jesus was condemned by Pilate, crucified on a cross, and buried in a tomb.
The Jewish court system has found Jesus guilty of blasphemy and deserving of death (Mark 14:63-64). But Rome had different standards for what deserved the death penalty, and only they could execute criminals (John 18:31). So the chief priests drag Jesus before Pilate and claim that he’s a tax evader and insurrectionist who calls
himself the ‘King of the Jews’ (Luke 23:1-2). Jesus never said this, but he doesn’t deny the title either. He simply adds that his Kingdom is not an earthly one (John 18:36-37). But Pilate clearly sees the religious leaders are making up…
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