John 19:1-7 Reading
Jesus’s sufferings in the hands of men (his creation)-no way and unbelievable: flogged, ridicule-crown of thorns, clothed him in a purple robe, hurls insults-hail, King of Jews, struck in the face; for what?-show the worst of humanity.
Pilate found no basis for a charge in Jesus (vs 6)
Only charge the Jews brought again him is he claimed to be the Son of God. (vs 7).
John 19:1-7
[1]Then Pilate took Jesus and had him whipped.
[2]The soldiers made a crown out of thorny branches and put it on his head; then they put a purple robe on him
[3]and came to him and said, “Long live the King of the Jews!” And they went up and slapped him.
[4]Pilate went out once more and said to the crowd, “Look, I will bring him out here to you to let you see that I cannot find any reason to condemn him.”
[5]So Jesus came out, wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe. Pilate said to them, “Look! Here is the man!”
[6]When the chief priests and the temple guards saw him, they shouted, “Crucify him! Crucify him!”Pilate said to them, “You take him, then, and crucify him. I find no reason to condemn him.”
[7]The crowd answered back, “We have a law that says he ought to die, because he claimed to be the Son of God.”