Gospels in a Year Day 87 - Jesus Brought before Pilate // Judas Hangs Himself // Pilate Questions Jesus Todays Reading: Matthew 27:1-14 1 When morning came, all the chief priests and the elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death; 2 and they bound him and led him away and delivered him to Pilate the governor. 3 When Judas, his betrayer, saw that he was condemned, he repented and brought back the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and the elders, 4 saying, I have sinned in betraying innocent blood. They said, What is that to us? See to it yourself. 5 And throwing down the pieces of silver in the temple, he departed; and he went and hanged himself. 6 But the chief priests, taking the pieces of silver, said, It is not lawful to put them into the treasury, since they are blood money. 7 So they took counsel, and bought with them the potters field, to bury strangers in. 8 Therefore that field has been called the Field of Blood to this day. 9 Then was fulfilled what had been spoken by the prophet Jeremiah, saying, And they took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of him on whom a price had been set by some of the sons of Israel, 10 and they gave them for the potters field, as the Lord directed me. 11 Now Jesus stood before the governor; and the governor asked him, Are you the King of the Jews? Jesus said to him, You have said so. 12 But when he was accused by the chief priests and elders, he made no answer. 13 Then Pilate said to him, Do you not hear how many things they testify against you? 14 But he gave him no answer, not even to a single charge; so that the governor wondered greatly. Todays Commentary: Took counsel: Depicts the conspiracy of Jesus adversaries (12:14; 22:15; 26:4). Matthews description of the plot alludes to Ps 2:2 (Acts 4:25-27). In context, David describes rulers who take counsel together, against the LORD and his anointed (i.e., the Messiah). Pilate the governor: Pontius Pilate, the Roman procurat or of Judea, Idumea, and Samaria from A.D. 26 to 36. He is known from first-century sources as a harsh tyrant. Although he considers Jesus innocent of a capital crime (27:23), he lacks the integrity to release him by his own authority. He is now immortalized in the Apostles Creed as responsible for the suffering and Crucifixion of Christ. King of the Jews?: The Jerusalem leaders give Jesus a title with obvious political overtones. The concern is whether Jesus represents a challenge to the authority of Rome; if so, Pilate would have legal cause to execute him for sedition.
Posted on: Sat, 15 Mar 2014 11:16:46 +0000
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