Just as many were astonished at you, So His visage was marred more than any man, And His form more than the sons of men… – Isaiah 52:14 (NKJV)
And I beheld, and, lo, in the midst of the throne and of the four beasts, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as it had been slain… – Revelation 5:6 (KJV)
He answered them, “You said it—I AM.” – Luke 22:70 (ISV)
(vv.1-2) About before Jesus’ followers
(v.7) Pilate wants to remain about Jesus
but will learn that will have to make a about Jesus
(vv.8-9) (Jesus) “…the things I speak, I speak just as the Father has told Me.” – John 12:50 (NASB)
Not Hearing from God? Ask: What was the God said? (v.9)
Pilate will learn that will have to make a about Jesus (v.23)
And while he was sitting on the judgment seat, his (Pilate’s) wife sent him a message, saying, “See that you have nothing to do with that righteous (innocent [NIV], just [KJV]) Man; for last night I suffered greatly in a dream because of Him.” – Matthew 27:19 (NASB)
(v.24) Pilate (like us) will be for the he (we) made about Jesus
When Pilate saw that he was accomplishing nothing, but rather that a riot was starting, he took water and washed his hands in front of the crowd, saying, “I am innocent of this Man’s blood; see to that yourselves.” – Matthew 27:24 (NASB95)
Barabbas: The son of the Father (OTESD)
bar – son, Abba – father
And they all said, “Are You the Son of God, then?” And He said to them, “Yes, I am.” – Luke 22:70 (NASB95)
“…I and the Father are one.” …The Jews picked up stones again to stone Him…The Jews answered Him, “For a good work we do not stone You, but for blasphemy; and because You, being a man, make Yourself out to be God.” – John 10:30-33 (NASB95)
Here’s how it works:
The of God will be put to
So that the (bar) of the Father (Abba) can go
For Christ also died for sins once for all, the just for the unjust, so that He might bring us to God, having been put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the spirit… – 1 Peter 3:18-19 (NASB95)
But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, even to those who believe in His name, who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God. – John 1:12-13 (NASB95)