John 19:1-16 1 Then Pilate took Jesus and had him flogged. 2 The soldiers twisted together a crown of thorns and put it on his head. They clothed him in a purple robe 3 and went up to him again and again, saying, “Hail, king of the Jews!” And they slapped him in the face. 4 Once more Pilate came out and said to the Jews gathered there, “Look, I am bringing him out to you to let you know that I find no basis for a charge against him.” 5 When Jesus came out wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe, Pilate said to them, “Here is the man!” 6 As soon as the chief priests and their officials saw him, they shouted, “Crucify! Crucify!” But Pilate answered, “You take him and crucify him. As for me, I find no basis for a charge against him.” 7 The Jewish leaders insisted, “We have a law, and according to that law he must die, because he claimed to be the Son of God.” 8 When Pilate heard this, he was even more afraid, 9 and he went back inside the palace. “Where do you come from?” he asked Jesus, but Jesus gave him no answer. 10 “Do you refuse to speak to me?” Pilate said. “Don’t you realize I have power either to free you or to crucify you?” 11 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.” 12 From then on, Pilate tried to set Jesus free, but the Jewish leaders kept shouting, “If you let this man go, you are no friend of Caesar. Anyone who claims to be a king opposes Caesar.” 13 When Pilate heard this, he brought Jesus out and sat down on the judge’s seat at a place known as the Stone Pavement (which in Aramaic is Gabbatha). 14 It was the day of Preparation of the Passover; it was about noon. “Here is your king,” Pilate said to the Jews. 15 But they shouted, “Take him away! Take him away! Crucify him!” “Shall I crucify your king?” Pilate asked. “We have no king but Caesar,” the chief priests answered. 16 Finally Pilate handed him over to them to be crucified.
Pilate knew that Jesus was innocent, but he scourged Jesus. The soldiers also mocked the Lord Jesus, put a crown of thorns and a purple robe on Him.
But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was on him, and by his wounds we are healed. But he was wounded for our transgressions and bruised for our iniquities. Through his punishment we have peace. By his stripes we are healed. (Isaiah 53:5)
The prophet Isaiah had predicted that the Lord Jesus would suffer and be scourged.
The Jews wanted Pilate to crucify Jesus, but Pilate could not find that Jesus was guilty, so he wanted them to crucify him themselves. The Jews said he deserved to die because he claimed to be the Son of God, and they did not believe that he was the Son of God, they wanted to crucify the Son of God. Pilate wanted to release Jesus, but the Jews said that anyone who claimed to be a king betrayed Caesar, so Pilate agreed to crucify Jesus. Pilate could not find out that Jesus was guilty, but because the Jews insisted, he crucified Jesus.
For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. (John 3:16)
I hope that more people will believe in Jesus and have eternal life.
May God bless you and your family. 🙏😀
