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NASB | Luke 13:1 Now on the same occasion there were some present who reported to Him about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mixed with their sacrifices. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Luke 13:1 Just at that time some people came who told Jesus about the Galileans whose blood Pilate [the governor] had mixed with their sacrifices. |
Bible Question:
I have a friend who stated that the Jews were not responsible for Christ being crucified. He states that Ponchas Pilate simply deferred his power to them, so therefore, the Christians are really responsible. Was Ponchas Pilate considered a Christian? |
Bible Answer: Hi, mookie 1999! It is interesting that people are still seeking to put the finger on who's to blame... Here's what Jesus said: Jesus answered, "You would have no power over me if it were not given to you from above. Therefore the one who handed me over to you is guilty of a greater sin." (John 19:11) The Jews were subjects of Rome so they had to appeal to the Roman Authority in matters of state... this they did with Jesus, a Man that the religious elite sought to put to death: 47Then the chief priests and the Pharisees called a meeting of the Sanhedrin. "What are we accomplishing?" they asked. "Here is this man performing many miraculous signs. 48If we let him go on like this, everyone will believe in him, and then the Romans will come and take away both our place and our nation." 49Then one of them, named Caiaphas, who was high priest that year, spoke up, "You know nothing at all! 50You do not realize that it is better for you that one man die for the people than that the whole nation perish." 51He did not say this on his own, but as high priest that year he prophesied that Jesus would die for the Jewish nation, 52and not only for that nation but also for the scattered children of God, to bring them together and make them one. 53So from that day on they plotted to take his life. (John 11:47-53) It is this group of people who incite the mob and Pilate to crucify Jesus: 9"Do you want me to release to you the king of the Jews?" asked Pilate, 10knowing it was out of envy that the chief priests had handed Jesus over to him. 11But the chief priests stirred up the crowd to have Pilate release Barabbas instead. 12"What shall I do, then, with the one you call the king of the Jews?" Pilate asked them. 13"Crucify him!" they shouted. 14"Why? What crime has he committed?" asked Pilate. But they shouted all the louder, "Crucify him!" 15Wanting to satisfy the crowd, Pilate released Barabbas to them. He had Jesus flogged, and handed him over to be crucified. (Mark 15:9-15) Is there definite proof of their guilt? Yes!: 12Then the detachment of soldiers with its commander and the Jewish officials arrested Jesus. They bound him 13and brought him first to Annas, who was the father-in-law of Caiaphas, the high priest that year. 14Caiaphas was the one who had advised the Jews that it would be good if one man died for the people... 24Then Annas sent him, still bound, to Caiaphas the high priest... 28Then the Jews led Jesus from Caiaphas to the palace of the Roman governor. By now it was early morning, and to avoid ceremonial uncleanness the Jews did not enter the palace; they wanted to be able to eat the Passover. 29So Pilate came out to them and asked, "What charges are you bringing against this man?" 30"If he were not a criminal," they replied, "we would not have handed him over to you." 31Pilate said, "Take him yourselves and judge him by your own law." "But we have no right to execute anyone," the Jews objected. 32This happened so that the words Jesus had spoken indicating the kind of death he was going to die would be fulfilled. 33Pilate then went back inside the palace, summoned Jesus and asked him, "Are you the king of the Jews?" 34"Is that your own idea," Jesus asked, "or did others talk to you about me?" 35"Am I a Jew?" Pilate replied. "It was your people and your chief priests who handed you over to me. What is it you have done?" (John 18:12-14, 24, 28-35) Jesus is arrested by Temple guards, brought to the heads of the religious elite, Anna and Caiphas--both part of the plan to kill Jesus; once they complied with their "audience" of Jesus' guilt they brought Him to the Roman governor who had the authority to put a man to death... it is Pilate himself who numbers the religious elite as the ones who handed Jesus over to him! The problem with your friend, who happens to be a Jew, is that they do not accept any part of Jesus... even when their Sacred Writings clearly state that we are all guilty because He died in our stead, they refuse to accept anything Jesus: 5 But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon him, and by his wounds we are healed. 6 We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has turned to his own way; and the LORD has laid on him the iniquity of us all. (Isaiah 53:5-6) ...as if by shifting the blame they do not have to conform to God's edict: that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, (Philippians 2:10) God Bless! Angel |
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