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1 | Was Pilate guilty for Christ's death? | Matt 27:24 | kalos | 8303 | ||
Who was responsible for (guilty of) putting Christ to death? Hank: You posted your question weeks ago on Tue 05/29/01. However I just came across this answer in my Bible reading the other day. Acts 4:27 "For truly in this city there were gathered together against Your holy servant Jesus, whom You anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, along with the Gentiles and the peoples of Israel," Here the scripture itself names two individuals and two groups of people who "were gathered together against...Jesus." They are: 1) Herod 2) Pontius Pilate 3) the Gentiles 4) the peoples of Israel Was Pilate guilty for Christ's death? Yes. Was he the only one who was guilty? No. |
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2 | Was Pilate guilty for Christ's death? | Matt 27:24 | Makarios | 8309 | ||
I agree Hank, this is another fine answer in JVH's large and growing collection of fine answers! About the only thing that I would add here is that Pilate found no political or military threat to Rome in Christ, and this was basically his only concern. Only Matthew records the event of Pilate washing his hands. By doing this, he vainly attempted to rid himself of the guilt of condemning an innocent man to death (Deut. 21:1-9; Psalm 73:13).. But this 'washing of the hands' was a custom that was frequently used of the heathens as well as the Jews (displaying innocency). However, the Jews accepted the blame for the execution of Jesus (v. 25) even though Pilate was a 'means' (being the governor) whereby they could execute Jesus. However, this does not in any way make Pilate innocent, since the blame encompasses not only Pilate himself but also the Jews, Herod, and the Gentiles (as was pointed out by JVH). :) Blessings, Nolan! |
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