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 ]