John the apostle wrote how the high priests and officers led, “Jesus from Caiaphas unto the hall of judgment: and it was early; and they themselves went not into the judgment hall, lest they should be defiled; but that they might eat the passover”, and in chapter eighteen and verse twenty-nine of his book John shared how Pilate asked, “what accusation bring you against this man?” where we read:
Pilate then went out unto them, and said, What accusation bring you against this man?
The verse reads, “Pilate then went out unto them, and said, ...” John began with the words, “Pilate then” which means “Pilate whose name means armed with at spear and was the sixth Roman procurator of Judah and Samaria at that time” “went out unto them” or “proceeded and went forth to the Jewish religious leaders”, “and said” which means “and uttered, declared and proclaimed” the following words. John shared how the Roman “procurator” named “Pilate” went forth to meet with the Jewish leaders who brought Jesus to the “Praetorium”.
The verse continues, “... What accusation bring you against this man?” John added the words, “what accusation” or “what criminal charge” “bring you against this man” which means “do you, Jewish religious leaders, carry or apply in opposition to this male human being”? John shared how “Pilate” wanted to know the “criminal charge” the Jewish religious leaders had against Jesus.
When we think through John's words in this verse, we how “Pilate” had to “come out” to where the Jewish leaders were because they would not enter this hall of judgment or they would be “defiled”. “Pilate's” first question to them concerned the “criminal charge”they had “against this man”. Though they had no charge with which to accuse Jesus, we shall see that they manufactured one. These wicked people desired Jesus to be dead and out of their lives. However, they did not realize they were only part of God's plan to give His Son Jesus to die for the sins of all humanity. “All have sinned, and come short of the glory of God”, and “the wages of sin is death”. (See Romans 3:23 and 6:23) The “criminal charges” were against all mankind, and Jesus came to pay the price for those “charges”. God loves people, and as we examine all Jesus did for the “salvation” of man, let us yield our lives to Him as our personal “Savior and Lord”.
Next time we see John shares how the accusers of Jesus say, “if he were not a malefactor, we would not have delivered him up unto you”, so read ahead, and we shall join together then.
Until tomorrow…there is more…
Look for the daily devotional book “Equipped for Battle – From Generation to Generation”, the marriage book “So, You Want to Be Married”, “One Year in the Sermon on the Mount” and the new poetry book "Random Mushrooms Volumes I and II" and the new novel "Elizabeth County" in all major bookstore sites, http://www.amazon.com ; http://www.barnesandnobles.com ; download to e-books, and find it locally at www.mrzlc.com/bookstore. All references are from "Strongs Concordance".
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