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Pilate before the King of Kings |
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The King of kings was on a cross.
Let that statement sink in. The King of kings was hanging on a cross.
The troubling question for the Roman governor Pilate was, “Are You the King of the Jews?” (Matthew 27:11).
A harmony of the Gospels shows that Pilate tried four times to set Jesus free. First, he sent Jesus to Herod when he realized Jesus was from Galilee and under his political jurisdiction (Lk. 22.6-12). Second, Pilate offered to punish Jesus without putting Him to death (Lk. 23:16, 22). Third, he desperately asked the people to choose Barabbas, the insurrectionist and revolutionary in the place of Jesus (Matt. 27:20-26; Mk. 15:6-15; Jn. 18:38-40), and finally, he tried to stir the crowd's pity by reducing Jesus to a bloody pulp by scourging Him (Jn. 19:1-5).
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