{"id":8232,"date":"2017-06-05T20:37:48","date_gmt":"2017-06-05T14:37:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/?p=8232"},"modified":"2024-04-05T19:02:25","modified_gmt":"2024-04-06T00:02:25","slug":"who-am-i-part-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/religiousmind.net\/?p=8232","title":{"rendered":"Who Am I? Part 6"},"content":{"rendered":"

I wrote<\/a>:<\/p>\n

It\u2019s axiomatic to me that Jesus didn\u2019t utilize his own godliness, but trusted the Holy Spirit that descended\u00a0<\/em>like a dove from heaven, and\u2026<\/em>remained on him.[11]<\/sup><\/a>\u00a0 Otherwise, Jesus\u2019 invitation and command,\u00a0Follow me<\/a>,[12]<\/sup><\/a>\u00a0is little more than a cruel joke.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

And<\/a>:<\/p>\n

As I\u2019ve written\u00a0before<\/a>\u00a0it is axiomatic to me that the way Jesus loved us was through that same love He received from the Holy Spirit that descended\u00a0<\/em>like a dove from heaven, and\u2026<\/em>remained on him.[43]<\/sup><\/a>\u00a0 He prayed as much to his Father if one has ears to hear:\u00a0<\/em>I made known your name to them, and I will continue to make it known, so that the love\u00a0(\u1f00\u03b3\u03ac\u03c0\u03b7<\/a>)\u00a0<\/em>you have loved\u00a0(\u1f20\u03b3\u03ac\u03c0\u03b7\u03c3\u03b1\u03c2, a form of \u1f00\u03b3\u03b1\u03c0\u03ac\u03c9<\/a>)\u00a0<\/em>me with may be in them, and I may be in them.[44]<\/a><\/sup><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

And<\/a>:<\/p>\n

As I\u2019ve written before,[20]<\/sup><\/a>\u00a0it is axiomatic to me that Jesus\u2019 holiness was from the Holy Spirit rather than his own divine nature.\u00a0 Otherwise, his command and invitation,\u00a0<\/em>Follow me<\/a>, would be meaningless to sinful human beings.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

In the movie Casper<\/a> there is a comic bit when Casper (voiced by Malachi Pearson<\/a>), a friendly ghost, gets excited to show Kat (Christina Ricci<\/a>), a living girl, a secret laboratory.\u00a0 He takes her by the hand and leads her into a place she can\u2019t follow\u2014through a wall.\u00a0 <\/a>In the beginning that\u2019s almost all I meant by my \u201caxiom.\u201d\u00a0 Jesus wasn\u2019t commanding us to follow Him somewhere we couldn\u2019t go.\u00a0 In fact, before He began to make appearances through walls behind locked doors<\/a> He said plainly, Where I am going, you cannot follow me now, but you will follow later<\/em>.[1]<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n

<\/a>Over time though my \u201caxiom\u201d has come to mean so much more: When I am anything less than Christlike I no longer think: \u201cOh, He is God and I am not.\u201d\u00a0 Instead, I know that I am living according to the flesh<\/em> (Romans 8:5-11<\/a>), that I\u2019ve fallen away from grace<\/a><\/em>.\u00a0 One would think I would know better by now but apparently I do not.\u00a0 It alerts me that it is time to stop relying on myself and get back to trusting Jesus, relying on his Spirit.\u00a0 But that weight deserves something weightier than an axiom.\u00a0 Jesus said (John 14:10 NET):<\/p>\n

Do you not believe that I am in the Father, and the Father is in me? \u00a0The words that I say to you, I do not speak on my own initiative, but the Father residing in me performs his miraculous deeds (\u1f14\u03c1\u03b3\u03b1, a form of \u1f14\u03c1\u03b3\u03bf\u03bd<\/a>).<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Translating \u1f14\u03c1\u03b3\u03b1 miraculous deeds<\/em> isn\u2019t wrong.\u00a0 Now when John heard in prison about the<\/em> \u1f14\u03c1\u03b3\u03b1 Christ had done<\/em>[2]<\/sup><\/a> Jesus described those deeds <\/em>this way: The blind see, the lame walk, lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the poor have good news proclaimed to them<\/em>.[3]<\/sup><\/a> \u00a0This is a list of miraculous deeds<\/em> including the act of proclaiming good news (\u03b5\u1f50\u03b1\u03b3\u03b3\u03b5\u03bb\u1f77\u03b6\u03bf\u03bd\u03c4\u03b1\u03b9, a form of \u03b5\u1f50\u03b1\u03b3\u03b3\u03b5\u03bb\u03af\u03b6\u03c9<\/a>) and the good news (\u03b5\u1f50\u03b1\u03b3\u03b3\u03ad\u03bb\u03b9\u03bf\u03bd<\/a>) which was proclaimed.\u00a0 None of it happens apart from the Holy Spirit.\u00a0 For the Father loves the Son and shows him everything he does, and will show him greater deeds <\/em>(\u1f14\u03c1\u03b3\u03b1, a form of \u1f14\u03c1\u03b3\u03bf\u03bd) than these, so that you will be amazed. \u00a0For just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, so also the Son gives life to whomever he wishes<\/em>.[4]<\/sup><\/a> \u00a0Now as Jesus was passing by, he saw a man who had been blind from birth <\/em>(John 9:1-7 NET).<\/p>\n

His disciples asked him, \u201cRabbi, who committed the sin that caused him to be born blind, this man or his parents?\u201d\u00a0 Jesus answered, \u201cNeither this man nor his parents sinned, but he was born blind so that the acts (\u1f14\u03c1\u03b3\u03b1, a form of \u1f14\u03c1\u03b3\u03bf\u03bd)<\/em> of God may be revealed through what happens to him.\u00a0 We must perform (\u1f10\u03c1\u03b3\u1f71\u03b6\u03b5\u03c3\u03b8\u03b1\u03b9, a form of \u1f10\u03c1\u03b3\u03ac\u03b6\u03bf\u03bc\u03b1\u03b9<\/a>)<\/em> the deeds (\u1f14\u03c1\u03b3\u03b1, a form of \u1f14\u03c1\u03b3\u03bf\u03bd)<\/em> of the one who sent me as long as it is daytime.\u00a0 Night is coming when no one can work (\u1f10\u03c1\u03b3\u1f71\u03b6\u03b5\u03c3\u03b8\u03b1\u03b9, a form of \u1f10\u03c1\u03b3\u03ac\u03b6\u03bf\u03bc\u03b1\u03b9)<\/em>.\u00a0 As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.\u201d\u00a0 Having said this, he spat on the ground and made some mud with the saliva. He smeared the mud on the blind man\u2019s eyes and said to him, \u201cGo wash in the pool of Siloam\u201d (which is translated \u201csent\u201d).\u00a0 So the blind man went away and washed, and came back seeing.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

But the adjective miraculous <\/em>shouldn\u2019t blind us to the less showy \u1f14\u03c1\u03b3\u03b1 the Holy Spirit residing <\/em>(\u03bc\u1f73\u03bd\u03c9\u03bd, a form of \u03bc\u03ad\u03bd\u03c9<\/a>) in believers performs <\/em>(\u03c0\u03bf\u03b9\u03b5\u1fd6, a form of \u03c0\u03bf\u03b9\u03ad\u03c9<\/a>) all the time:<\/p>\n

<\/a>It was after eleven Sunday night.\u00a0 I had to get up early to catch a flight Monday morning.\u00a0 My neighbor was listening to some speed metal.\u00a0 The bass vibrated my bed.\u00a0 I had every right to be angry, didn\u2019t I?\u00a0 I, as a composer, had given up music because it kept me too connected to the sensuality of the world.\u00a0 (Never mind that I wasn\u2019t that good at performing or composing music.)\u00a0 As I lay there beginning to simmer a self-righteous snit, that still small voice reminded me that Monday was Memorial Day, a holiday for my neighbor. \u00a0All I really needed to do that day was get up, get to the airport and fly to my destination.\u00a0 After that I\u2019d be off, too.\u00a0 All the while the Holy Spirit\u2019s love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control washed away my self-righteous anger like a fountain of water springing up to eternal life<\/a><\/em>.\u00a0 And to top it off, the very moment He won that skirmish<\/a> with the dead and dying flesh in my body the song ended, my neighbor turned off his stereo and went to bed, just so I didn\u2019t miss the point (Matthew 5:15, 16; John 3:20, 21 NET).<\/p>\n

People do not light a lamp and put it under a basket but on a lampstand, and it gives light to all in the house.\u00a0 In the same way, let your light shine before people, so that they can see your good<\/a> (\u03ba\u03b1\u03bb\u1f70, a form of \u03ba\u03b1\u03bb\u03cc\u03c2<\/a>)<\/em> deeds (\u1f14\u03c1\u03b3\u03b1, a form of \u1f14\u03c1\u03b3\u03bf\u03bd)<\/em> and give honor to your Father in heaven.<\/p>\n

For everyone who does evil deeds<\/a> (\u03c6\u03b1\u1fe6\u03bb\u03b1, a form of \u03c6\u03b1\u1fe6\u03bb\u03bf\u03c2<\/a>)<\/em> hates the light and does not come to the light, so that their deeds (\u1f14\u03c1\u03b3\u03b1, a form of \u1f14\u03c1\u03b3\u03bf\u03bd)<\/em> will not be exposed.\u00a0 But the one who practices the truth comes to the light, so that it may be plainly evident that his deeds (\u1f14\u03c1\u03b3\u03b1, a form of \u1f14\u03c1\u03b3\u03bf\u03bd)<\/em> have been done in God.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

When I live according to the flesh<\/em> I become a puffed-up<\/a> weakling<\/a>, Satan\u2019s<\/a> fool<\/a>.\u00a0 When Jesus was overcome<\/a> by the flesh of Adam He was still God: He cursed the fig tree and it withered and died (Matthew 21:18-22<\/a>; Mark 11:12-14<\/a>, 20-25<\/a>).\u00a0 I find it difficult to understand<\/a> Jonathan Edwards\u2019<\/a> portrayal of God to his congregation in his famous sermon \u201cSinners in the Hands of an Angry God<\/a>\u201d in the light of Paul\u2019s letter to believers in Rome (Romans 8:31b-39 NET):<\/p>\n

If God is for us, who can be against us?\u00a0 Indeed, he who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all \u2013 how will he not also, along with him, freely give us all things?\u00a0 Who will bring any charge against God\u2019s elect?\u00a0 It is God who justifies.\u00a0 Who is the one who will condemn?\u00a0 Christ is the one who died (and more than that, he was raised), who is at the right hand of God, and who also is interceding for us.\u00a0 Who will separate us from the love of Christ?\u00a0 Will trouble, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword?\u00a0 As it is written, \u201cFor your sake we encounter death all day long; we were considered as sheep to be slaughtered.\u201d\u00a0 No, in all these things we have complete victory through him who loved us!\u00a0 For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor heavenly rulers, nor things that are present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor anything else in creation will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Still, I do see a time when sinners, Jerusalem, the whole world, perhaps even the created cosmos were in extreme danger of falling into the hands of an angry God.\u00a0 Jesus was no demigod: half-man, half-god, super-man, inferior god.\u00a0 He is fully man and fully God.\u00a0 As a human being I might wonder if it is worse to suffer abuse or watch as my son is abused.\u00a0 But God the Father did not partake (\u03bc\u03b5\u03c4\u1f73\u03c3\u03c7\u03b5\u03bd, a form of \u03bc\u03b5\u03c4\u03ad\u03c7\u03c9<\/a>) of the blood and flesh of humanity, the weak link in this chain.\u00a0 The arresting officers tied Jesus up (John 18:12<\/a>), tempting the flesh of Adam to resist.\u00a0 If I succumbed to the flesh and cursed officers arresting me I would just make them angrier with my foul noise.\u00a0 But Jesus is also God.\u00a0 If He had succumbed to the flesh of Adam and cursed the arresting officers they would have withered and died.<\/p>\n

Jesus was questioned first by Annas (a former high priest himself) the father-in-law of Caiaphas the high priest.\u00a0 When Jesus answered, one of the high priest\u2019s officers who stood nearby struck him on the face<\/em> (John 18:22<\/a>).\u00a0 Then Annas sent him, still tied up, to Caiaphas the high priest<\/em>.[5]<\/sup><\/a>\u00a0 The chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were trying to find false testimony against Jesus so that they could put him to death<\/em>.[6]<\/sup><\/a> \u00a0\u00a0The high priest said to him, \u201cI charge you under oath by the living God, tell us if you are the Christ, the Son of God.\u201d<\/em>[7]<\/sup><\/a>\u00a0 <\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cI am,\u201d said Jesus, \u201cand you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the Power and coming with the clouds of heaven.\u201d<\/em>[8]<\/sup><\/a>\u00a0 So they accused Him of blasphemy and condemned Him to death (Matthew 26:65, 66<\/a>; Mark 14:64<\/a>).\u00a0 They spat on Him (Matthew 26:67<\/a>), blindfolded him (Mark 14:65<\/a>) and played a guessing game, saying, \u201cProphesy for us, you Christ!\u00a0 Who hit you?\u201d<\/em>[9]<\/sup><\/a> \u00a0Now the men who were holding Jesus under guard began to mock him and beat him<\/em>,[10]<\/sup><\/a> following their leaders, oblivious to the potential harm they risked to themselves or the entire created cosmos.<\/p>\n

After Jesus instructed his disciples not to tell anyone that he was the Christ<\/em>[11]<\/sup><\/a> he began to show his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things at the hands of the elders, chief priests, and experts in the law<\/em>.[12]<\/sup><\/a>\u00a0 When it was early in the morning, all the chief priests and the elders of the people plotted against Jesus to execute him<\/em>.[13]<\/sup><\/a>\u00a0 They led Jesus away to their council and said, \u201cIf you are the Christ, tell us.\u201d<\/em>[14]<\/sup><\/a>\u00a0 Caiaphas had given them the key to getting Jesus to accuse Himself: If we are unfaithful, he remains faithful, since he cannot deny himself<\/em>.[15]<\/sup><\/a> \u00a0Then the whole group of them rose up and brought Jesus before Pilate<\/em>.[16]<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n

They did not go into the governor\u2019s residence so they would not be ceremonially defiled, but could eat the Passover meal<\/em>.[17]<\/sup><\/a>\u00a0 So Pilate came out to them but said, \u201cTake him yourselves and pass judgment on him according to your own law!\u201d\u00a0 The Jewish leaders replied, \u201cWe cannot legally put anyone to death.\u201d<\/em>[18]<\/sup><\/a>\u00a0 They began to accuse him, saying, \u201cWe found this man subverting our nation <\/em>(Matthew 23<\/a>), forbidding us to pay the tribute tax to Caesar<\/em> (Matthew 22:15-22<\/a>) and claiming that he himself is Christ, a king.\u201d<\/em>[19]<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n

Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners<\/em>.[20]<\/sup><\/a>\u00a0 But with two lies and their own belief<\/a> that the Christ would be a political\/military revolutionary who would overthrow Pilate and his Roman overlords,\u00a0the chief priests with the elders and the experts in the law and the whole Sanhedrin<\/em>[21]<\/sup><\/a> transmuted their (false) charge of blasphemy into a Roman capital crime.<\/p>\n

Privately, Jesus comforted Pilate: My kingdom is not from this world.\u00a0 If my kingdom were from this world, my servants would be fighting to keep me from being handed over to the Jewish authorities<\/em>.[22]<\/sup><\/a>\u00a0 Publicly, when he was accused by the chief priests and the elders, he did not respond<\/em>.[23]<\/sup><\/a>\u00a0 Pilate had found no basis for an accusation against<\/em> (Luke 23:4<\/a>; John 18:38b<\/a>) Jesus, but he did see a possible way out (John 18:39, 40 NET):<\/p>\n

\u201cBut it is your custom that I release one prisoner for you at the Passover.\u00a0 So do you want me to release for you the king of the Jews?\u201d\u00a0 Then they shouted back, \u201cNot this man, but Barabbas!\u201d\u00a0 (Now Barabbas was a revolutionary.)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

John wrote of Jesus, ye<\/sup>h\u00f4v\u00e2h <\/em>become<\/a> human flesh: He came to what was his own, but his own people did not receive him<\/em>.[24]<\/sup><\/a>\u00a0 In fact, they persisted in saying, \u201cHe incites the people by teaching throughout all Judea.\u00a0 It started in Galilee and ended up here!\u201d<\/em>[25]<\/sup><\/a>\u00a0 <\/em>Galilee was Herod\u2019s jurisdiction, so Pilate sent Jesus to Herod.\u00a0 The chief priests and the experts in the law were there, vehemently accusing him.\u00a0 Even Herod with his soldiers treated him with contempt and mocked him.\u00a0 Then, dressing him in elegant clothes, Herod sent him back to Pilate<\/em>.[26]<\/sup><\/a>\u00a0 Then Pilate called together the chief priests, the rulers, and the people, and said to them <\/em>(Luke 23:13-16 NET):<\/p>\n

\u201cYou brought me this man as one who was misleading the people.\u00a0 When I examined him before you, I did not find this man guilty of anything you accused him of doing.\u00a0 Neither did Herod, for he sent him back to us.\u00a0 Look, he has done nothing deserving death.\u00a0 I will therefore have him flogged and release him.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I\u2019ll finish this essay with a Gospel harmony to capture some of the drama.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Matthew<\/td>\nMark<\/td>\nLuke<\/td>\n\n

John<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\nThen Pilate took Jesus and had him flogged severely. \u00a0The soldiers braided a crown of thorns and put it on his head, and they clothed him in a purple robe.\u00a0 They came up to him again and again and said, \u201cHail, king of the Jews!\u201d \u00a0And they struck him repeatedly in the face.<\/p>\n

John 19:1-3<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\nAgain Pilate went out and said to the Jewish leaders, \u201cLook, I am bringing him out to you, so that you may know that I find no reason for an accusation against him.\u201d<\/p>\n

John 19:4<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

<\/td>\nThen the crowd came up and began to ask Pilate to release a prisoner for them, as was his custom.<\/p>\n

Mark 15:8<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
So after they had assembled, Pilate said to them\u2026<\/p>\n

Matthew 27:17a<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

So Pilate asked them\u2026<\/p>\n

Mark 15:9a<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u201cWhom do you want me to release for you, Jesus Barabbas or Jesus who is called the Christ?\u201d<\/p>\n

Matthew 27:17b<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n\u201cDo you want me to release the king of the Jews for you?\u201d<\/p>\n

Mark 15:9b<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
(For he knew that they had handed him over because of envy.)<\/p>\n

Matthew 27:18<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

(For he knew that the chief priests had handed him over because of envy.)<\/p>\n

Mark 15:10<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
As he was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent a message to him: \u201cHave nothing to do with that innocent man; I have suffered greatly as a result of a dream about him today.\u201d<\/p>\n

Matthew 27:19<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
But the chief priests and the elders persuaded the crowds to ask for Barabbas\u2026<\/p>\n

Matthew 27:20a<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

But the chief priests stirred up the crowd to have him release Barabbas instead.<\/p>\n

Mark 15:11<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u2026and to have Jesus killed.<\/p>\n

Matthew 27:20b<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\nSo Jesus came outside, wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe. \u00a0Pilate said to them, \u201cLook, here is the man!\u201d<\/p>\n

When the chief priests and their officers saw him, they shouted out, \u201cCrucify him! \u00a0Crucify him!\u201d \u00a0Pilate said, \u201cYou take him and crucify him! \u00a0Certainly I find no reason for an accusation against him!\u201d\u00a0 The Jewish leaders replied, \u201cWe have a law, and according to our law he ought to die, because he claimed to be the Son of God!\u201d<\/p>\n

When Pilate heard what they said, he was more afraid than ever\u2026<\/p>\n

John 19:5-8<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

<\/td>\n<\/td>\nBut they all shouted out together, \u201cTake this man away! \u00a0\u00a0Release Barabbas for us!\u201d \u00a0(This was a man who had been thrown into prison for an insurrection started in the city, and for murder.)<\/p>\n

Luke 23:18, 19<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n\u2026and he went back into the governor\u2019s residence and said to Jesus, \u201cWhere do you come from?\u201d \u00a0But Jesus gave him no answer.\u00a0 So Pilate said, \u201cDo you refuse to speak to me? \u00a0Don\u2019t you know I have the authority to release you, and to crucify you?\u201d Jesus replied, \u201cYou would have no authority over me at all, unless it was given to you from above. \u00a0Therefore the one who handed me over to you is guilty of greater sin.\u201d\u00a0 From this point on, Pilate tried to release him.<\/p>\n

John 19:9-12a<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

<\/td>\n<\/td>\nPilate addressed them once again because he wanted to release Jesus.<\/p>\n

Luke 23:20<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The governor asked them, \u00a0\u201cWhich of the two do you want me to release for you?\u201d \u00a0And they said, \u201cBarabbas!\u201d<\/p>\n

Matthew 27:21<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Pilate said to them, \u201cThen what should I do with Jesus who is called the Christ?\u201d\u00a0 They all said, \u201cCrucify him!\u201d \u00a0He asked, \u201cWhy? \u00a0What wrong has he done?\u201d<\/p>\n

Matthew 27:22-23a<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

So Pilate spoke to them again, \u201cThen what do you want me to do with the one you call king of the Jews?\u201d<\/p>\n

They shouted back, \u201cCrucify him!\u201d \u00a0Pilate asked them, \u201cWhy? \u00a0What has he done wrong?\u201d<\/p>\n

Mark 15:12-14a<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\nBut the Jewish leaders shouted out, \u201cIf you release this man, you are no friend of Caesar! \u00a0Everyone who claims to be a king opposes Caesar!\u201d\u00a0 When Pilate heard these words he brought Jesus outside and sat down on the judgment seat in the place called \u201cThe Stone Pavement\u201d (Gabbatha in Aramaic).\u00a0 (Now it was the day of preparation for the Passover, about noon.) \u00a0Pilate said to the Jewish leaders, \u201cLook, here is your king!\u201d<\/p>\n

John 19:12b-14<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

<\/td>\n<\/td>\nBut they kept on shouting, \u201cCrucify, crucify him!\u201d \u00a0A third time he said to them, \u201cWhy?\u00a0 What wrong has he done?\u00a0 I have found him guilty of no crime deserving death. \u00a0I will therefore flog him and release him.\u201d<\/p>\n

Luke 23:21, 22<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\nThen they shouted out, \u201cAway with him! \u00a0Away with him! \u00a0Crucify him!\u201d \u00a0Pilate asked, \u201cShall I crucify your king?\u201d \u00a0The high priests replied, \u201cWe have no king except Caesar!\u201d<\/p>\n

John 19:15<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

But they shouted more insistently, \u201cCrucify him!\u201d<\/p>\n

Matthew 27:23b<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

But they shouted more insistently, \u201cCrucify him!\u201d<\/p>\n

Mark 15:14b<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

But they were insistent, demanding with loud shouts that he be crucified.<\/p>\n

Luke 23:23a<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\nAnd their shouts prevailed.<\/p>\n

Luke 23:23b<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
When Pilate saw that he could do nothing, but that instead a riot was starting, he took some water, washed his hands before the crowd and said, \u201cI am innocent of this man\u2019s blood. \u00a0You take care of it yourselves!\u201d\u00a0 In reply all the people said, \u201cLet his blood be on us and on our children!\u201d<\/p>\n

Matthew 27:24, 25<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\nSo Pilate decided that their demand should be granted.<\/p>\n

Luke 23:24<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nBecause he wanted to satisfy the crowd\u2026<\/p>\n

Mark 15:15a<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Then he released Barabbas for them.<\/p>\n

Matthew 27:26a<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\u2026Pilate released Barabbas for them.<\/p>\n

Mark 15:15b<\/p>\n

 <\/td>\n

He released the man they asked for, who had been thrown in prison for insurrection and murder.<\/p>\n

Luke 23:25a<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
But after he had Jesus flogged\u2026<\/p>\n

Matthew 27:26b<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

Then, after he had Jesus flogged\u2026<\/p>\n

Mark 15:15c<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u2026he handed him over to be crucified.<\/p>\n

Matthew 27:26c<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\u2026he handed him over to be crucified.<\/p>\n

Mark 15:15d<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

But he handed Jesus over to their will.<\/p>\n

Luke 23:25b<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

Then Pilate handed him over to them to be crucified.<\/p>\n

John 19:16a<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Then the governor\u2019s soldiers took Jesus into the governor\u2019s residence and gathered the whole cohort around him.\u00a0 They stripped him and put a scarlet robe around him, and after braiding a crown of thorns, they put it on his head.<\/p>\n

Matthew 27:27-29<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

So the soldiers led him into the palace (that is, the governor\u2019s residence) and called together the whole cohort.\u00a0 They put a purple cloak on him and after braiding a crown of thorns, they put it on him.<\/p>\n

Mark 15:16, 17<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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<\/td>\nThey began to salute him: \u201cHail, king of the Jews!\u201d\u00a0\u00a0 Again and again they struck him on the head with a staff and spit on him.<\/p>\n

Mark 15:18, 19a<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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They put a staff in his right hand\u2026<\/p>\n

Matthew 27:29b<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
..and kneeling down before him, they mocked him: \u201cHail, king of the Jews!\u201d<\/p>\n

Matthew 27:29c<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

Then they knelt down and paid homage to him.<\/p>\n

Mark 15:19b<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
They spat on him and took the staff and struck him repeatedly on the head.<\/p>\n

Matthew 27:30<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
When they had mocked him, they stripped him of the robe and put his own clothes back on him. Then they led him away to crucify him.<\/p>\n

Matthew 27:31<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

When they had finished mocking him, they stripped him of the purple cloak and put his own clothes back on him. \u00a0Then they led him away to crucify him.<\/p>\n

Mark 15:20<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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 <\/p>\n

None of Jesus\u2019 accusers, persecutors or tormentors withered and died.\u00a0 As He told his disciples, the Father residing in me performs his miraculous deeds<\/em>.[27]<\/sup><\/a> \u00a0I\u2019ll continue this in another essay. The rest of the Gospel harmony I used to write this essay follows.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Matthew<\/td>\nMark<\/td>\nLuke<\/td>\nJohn<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\nThen they arrested Jesus\u2026<\/p>\n

Luke 22:54a<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

Then the squad of soldiers with their commanding officer and the officers of the Jewish leaders arrested Jesus\u2026<\/p>\n

John 18:12a<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n\u2026and tied him up.\u00a0 They brought him first to Annas, for he was the father-in-law of Caiaphas, who was high priest that year.\u00a0 (Now it was Caiaphas who had advised the Jewish leaders that it was to their advantage that one man die for the people.)<\/p>\n

John 18:12b-14<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\nWhile this [John 18:15-18<\/a>] was happening, the high priest [Annas<\/a> had been high priest before his son-in-law] questioned Jesus about his disciples and about his teaching.\u00a0 Jesus replied, \u201cI have spoken publicly to the world. \u00a0I always taught in the synagogues and in the temple courts, where all the Jewish people assemble together. \u00a0I have said nothing in secret.\u00a0 Why do you ask me? \u00a0Ask those who heard what I said. \u00a0They know what I said.\u201d\u00a0 When Jesus had said this, one of the high priest\u2019s officers who stood nearby struck him on the face and said, \u201cIs that the way you answer the high priest?\u201d\u00a0 Jesus replied, \u201cIf I have said something wrong, confirm what is wrong. \u00a0But if I spoke correctly, why strike me?\u201d<\/p>\n

John 18:19-23<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Now the ones who had arrested Jesus led him to Caiaphas, the high priest, in whose house the experts in the law and the elders had gathered.<\/p>\n

Matthew 26:57<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

Then they led Jesus to the high priest, and all the chief priests and elders and experts in the law came together.<\/p>\n

Mark 14:53<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\u2026led him away, and brought him into the high priest\u2019s house.<\/p>\n

Luke 22:54b<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

Then Annas sent him, still tied up, to Caiaphas the high priest.<\/p>\n

John 18:24<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

But Peter was following him from a distance, all the way to the high priest\u2019s courtyard.<\/p>\n

Matthew 26:58a<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

And Peter had followed him from a distance, up to the high priest\u2019s courtyard.<\/p>\n

Mark 14:54a<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

But Peter was following at a distance.<\/p>\n

Luke 22:54c<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
After going in, he sat with the guards to see the outcome.<\/p>\n

Matthew 26:58b<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

He was sitting with the guards and warming himself by the fire.<\/p>\n

Mark 14:54b<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

When they had made a fire in the middle of the courtyard and sat down together, Peter sat down among them.<\/p>\n

Luke 22:55<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

Meanwhile Simon Peter was standing in the courtyard warming himself.<\/p>\n

John 18:25a<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

The chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were trying to find false testimony against Jesus so that they could put him to death.\u00a0 But they did not find anything, though many false witnesses came forward. \u00a0Finally two came forward and declared, \u201cThis man said, \u2018I am able to destroy the temple of God and rebuild it in three days.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

Matthew 26:59-61<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

The chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were looking for evidence against Jesus so that they could put him to death, but they did not find anything.\u00a0 Many gave false testimony against him, but their testimony did not agree.\u00a0 Some stood up and gave this false testimony against him:\u00a0 \u201cWe heard him say, \u2018I will destroy this temple made with hands and in three days build another not made with hands.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

Mark 14:55-58<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nYet even on this point their testimony did not agree.<\/p>\n

Mark 14:59<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
So the high priest stood up and said to him, \u201cHave you no answer? \u00a0What is this that they are testifying against you?\u201d\u201d<\/p>\n

But Jesus was silent.<\/p>\n

Matthew 26:62, 63a<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

Then the high priest stood up before them and asked Jesus, \u201cHave you no answer? \u00a0What is this that they are testifying against you?\u201d<\/p>\n

But he was silent and did not answer.<\/p>\n

Mark 14:60, 61a<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The high priest said to him, \u201cI charge you under oath by the living God, tell us if you are the Christ, the Son of God.\u201d\u00a0 Jesus said to him, \u201cYou have said it yourself.<\/p>\n

Matthew 26:63b-64a<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

Again the high priest questioned him, \u201cAre you the Christ, the Son of the Blessed One?\u201d<\/p>\n

Mark 14:61b<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n\u201cI am,\u201d said Jesus\u2026<\/p>\n

Mark 14:62a<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
But I tell you, from now on you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the Power and coming on the clouds of heaven.\u201d\u00a0 Then the high priest tore his clothes and declared, \u201cHe has blasphemed! \u00a0Why do we still need witnesses? \u00a0Now you have heard the blasphemy!\u00a0 What is your verdict?\u201d \u00a0They answered, \u201cHe is guilty and deserves death.\u201d\u00a0 Then they spat in his face\u2026<\/p>\n

Matthew 26:63b-67a<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\u2026\u201cand you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the Power and coming with the clouds of heaven.\u201d \u00a0Then the high priest tore his clothes and said, \u201cWhy do we still need witnesses? \u00a0You have heard the blasphemy! \u00a0What is your verdict?\u201d \u00a0They all condemned him as deserving death. \u00a0Then some began to spit on him\u2026<\/p>\n

Mark 14:62b-65a<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n\u2026and to blindfold him\u2026<\/p>\n

Mark 14:65b<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u2026and struck him with their fists. \u00a0And some slapped him, saying, \u201cProphesy for us, you Christ! \u00a0Who hit you?\u201d<\/p>\n

Matthew 26:67b-68<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\u2026and to strike him with their fists, saying, \u201cProphesy!\u201d<\/p>\n

Mark 14:65c<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThe guards also took him and beat him.<\/p>\n

Matthew 14:65d<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

Now the men who were holding Jesus under guard began to mock him and beat him.<\/p>\n

Luke 22:63<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\nThey blindfolded him and asked him repeatedly, \u201cProphesy! \u00a0Who hit you?\u201d\u00a0 They also said many other things against him, reviling him.<\/p>\n

Luke 22:64, 65<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
When it was early in the morning, all the chief priests and the elders of the people plotted against Jesus to execute him.<\/p>\n

Matthew 27:1<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

Early in the morning, after forming a plan\u2026<\/p>\n

Mark 15:1a<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

When day came, the council of the elders of the people gathered together, both the chief priests and the experts in the law.<\/p>\n

Luke 22:66a<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\nThen they led Jesus away to their council and said, \u201cIf you are the Christ, tell us.\u201d \u00a0But he said to them, \u201cIf I tell you, you will not believe, and if I ask you, you will not answer. \u00a0But from now on the Son of Man will be seated at the right hand <\/em>of the power of God.\u201d \u00a0So they all said, \u201cAre you the Son of God, then?\u201d \u00a0He answered them, \u201cYou say that I am.\u201d \u00a0Then they said, \u201cWhy do we need further testimony? \u00a0\u00a0We have heard it ourselves from his own lips!\u201d<\/p>\n

Luke 22:66b-71<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
They tied him up, led him away, and handed him over to Pilate the governor.<\/p>\n

Matthew 27:2<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\u2026the chief priests with the elders and the experts in the law and the whole Sanhedrin tied Jesus up, led him away, and handed him over to Pilate.<\/p>\n

Mark 15:1b<\/p>\n

 <\/td>\n

Then the whole group of them rose up and brought Jesus before Pilate.<\/p>\n

Luke 23:1<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

Then they brought Jesus from Caiaphas to the Roman governor\u2019s residence.\u00a0 (Now it was very early morning.)<\/p>\n

John 18:28a<\/p>\n

 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\nThey did not go into the governor\u2019s residence so they would not be ceremonially defiled, but could eat the Passover meal.<\/p>\n

John 18:28b<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\nSo Pilate came outside to them and said, \u201cWhat accusation do you bring against this man?\u201d \u00a0They replied, \u201cIf this man were not a criminal, we would not have handed him over to you.\u201d<\/p>\n

Pilate told them, \u201cTake him yourselves and pass judgment on him according to your own law!\u201d \u00a0The Jewish leaders replied, \u201cWe cannot legally put anyone to death.\u201d\u00a0 (This happened to fulfill the word Jesus had spoken when he indicated what kind of death he was going to die.)<\/p>\n

John 18:29-32<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

<\/td>\n<\/td>\nThey began to accuse him, saying, \u201cWe found this man subverting our nation, forbidding us to pay the tribute tax to Caesar and claiming that he himself is Christ, a king.\u201d<\/p>\n

Luke 23:2<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Then Jesus stood before the governor, and the governor asked him, \u201cAre you the king of the Jews?\u201d<\/p>\n

Matthew 27:11a<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

So Pilate asked him, \u201cAre you the king of the Jews?\u201d<\/p>\n

Mark 15:2a<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/td>\n

So Pilate asked Jesus, \u201cAre you the king of the Jews?\u201d<\/p>\n

Luke 23:3a<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

So Pilate went back into the governor\u2019s residence, summoned Jesus, and asked him, \u201cAre you the king of the Jews?\u201d<\/p>\n

John 18:33<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\nJesus replied, \u201cAre you saying this on your own initiative, or have others told you about me?\u201d \u00a0Pilate answered, \u201cI am not a Jew, am I? \u00a0Your own people and your chief priests handed you over to me. \u00a0What have you done?\u201d<\/p>\n

Jesus replied, \u201cMy kingdom is not from this world. \u00a0If my kingdom were from this world, my servants would be fighting to keep me from being handed over to the Jewish authorities. \u00a0But as it is, my kingdom is not from here.\u201d \u00a0Then Pilate said, \u201cSo you are a king!\u201d<\/p>\n

John 18:34-37a<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Jesus said, \u201cYou say so.\u201d<\/p>\n

Matthew 27:11b<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

He replied, \u201cYou say so.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mark 15:2b<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

He replied, \u201cYou say so.\u201d<\/p>\n

Luke 23:3b<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

Jesus replied, \u201cYou say that I am a king.<\/p>\n

John 18:37b<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\nFor this reason I was born, and for this reason I came into the world \u2013 to testify to the truth. \u00a0Everyone who belongs to the truth listens to my voice.\u201d \u00a0Pilate asked, \u201cWhat is truth?\u201d<\/p>\n

When he had said this he went back outside to the Jewish leaders\u2026<\/p>\n

John 18:37c, 38a<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

<\/td>\n<\/td>\nThen Pilate said to the chief priests and the crowds, \u201cI find no basis for an accusation against this man.\u201d<\/p>\n

Luke 23:4<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\u2026and announced, \u201cI find no basis for an accusation against him.<\/p>\n

John 18:38b<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

But when he was accused by the chief priests and the elders, he did not respond.\u00a0 Then Pilate said to him, \u201cDon\u2019t you hear how many charges they are bringing against you?\u201d\u00a0 But he did not answer even one accusation, so that the governor was quite amazed.<\/p>\n

Matthew 27:12-14<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

Then the chief priests began to accuse him repeatedly.\u00a0 So Pilate asked him again, \u201cHave you nothing to say? \u00a0See how many charges they are bringing against you!\u201d\u00a0 But Jesus made no further reply, so that Pilate was amazed.<\/p>\n

Mark 15:3-5<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
During the feast the governor was accustomed to release one prisoner to the crowd, whomever they wanted.\u00a0 At that time they had in custody a notorious prisoner named Jesus Barabbas.<\/p>\n

Matthew 27:15, 16<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

During the feast it was customary to release one prisoner to the people, whomever they requested.\u00a0 A man named Barabbas was imprisoned with rebels who had committed murder during an insurrection.<\/p>\n

Mark 15:6, 7<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\nBut it is your custom that I release one prisoner for you at the Passover. \u00a0So do you want me to release for you the king of the Jews?\u201d\u00a0 Then they shouted back, \u201cNot this man, but Barabbas!\u201d \u00a0(Now Barabbas was a revolutionary.)<\/p>\n

John 18:39, 40<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

<\/td>\n<\/td>\nBut they persisted in saying, \u201cHe incites the people by teaching throughout all Judea. \u00a0It started in Galilee and ended up here!\u201d<\/p>\n

Now when Pilate heard this, he asked whether the man was a Galilean.\u00a0 When he learned that he was from Herod\u2019s jurisdiction, he sent him over to Herod, who also happened to be in Jerusalem at that time.\u00a0 When Herod saw Jesus, he was very glad, for he had long desired to see him, because he had heard about him and was hoping to see him perform some miraculous sign.\u00a0 So Herod questioned him at considerable length; Jesus gave him no answer.\u00a0 The chief priests and the experts in the law were there, vehemently accusing him.\u00a0 Even Herod with his soldiers treated him with contempt and mocked him. \u00a0Then, dressing him in elegant clothes, Herod sent him back to Pilate.\u00a0 That very day Herod and Pilate became friends with each other, for prior to this they had been enemies.<\/p>\n

Luke 23:5-12<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\nThen Pilate called together the chief priests, the rulers, and the people, and said to them, \u201cYou brought me this man as one who was misleading the people. \u00a0When I examined him before you, I did not find this man guilty of anything you accused him of doing.\u00a0 Neither did Herod, for he sent him back to us. \u00a0Look, he has done nothing deserving death.\u00a0 I will therefore have him flogged and release him.\u201d<\/p>\n

Luke 23:13-16<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\nThen Pilate took Jesus and had him flogged severely. \u00a0The soldiers braided a crown of thorns and put it on his head, and they clothed him in a purple robe.\u00a0 They came up to him again and again and said, \u201cHail, king of the Jews!\u201d \u00a0And they struck him repeatedly in the face.<\/p>\n

John 19:1-3<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Who Am I? Part 7<\/a><\/em><\/div>\n
Back to Romans, Part 87<\/em><\/a><\/div>\n
Back to To Make Holy, Part 4<\/em><\/a><\/div>\n
Back to Cobwebs<\/em><\/a><\/div>\n
Back to To Make Holy, Part 5<\/em><\/a><\/div>\n
Back to Psalm 22, Part 2<\/em><\/a><\/div>\n
Back to \u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6 and \u1f11\u03b1\u03c5\u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6, Part 1<\/em><\/a><\/div>\n
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<\/a>[1]<\/sup> John 13:36b (NET)<\/p>\n

<\/a>[2]<\/sup> Matthew 11:2a (NET)<\/p>\n

<\/a>[3]<\/sup> Matthew 11:5 (NET)<\/p>\n

<\/a>[4]<\/sup> John 5:20, 21 (NET)<\/p>\n

<\/a>[5]<\/sup> John 18:24 (NET)<\/p>\n

<\/a>[6]<\/sup> Matthew 26:59 (NET)<\/p>\n

<\/a>[7]<\/sup> Matthew 26:63b (NET)<\/p>\n

<\/a>[8]<\/sup> Mark 14:62 (NET)<\/p>\n

<\/a>[9]<\/sup> Matthew 26:68 (NET)<\/p>\n

<\/a>[10]<\/sup> Luke 22:63 (NET)<\/p>\n

<\/a>[11]<\/sup> Matthew 16:20 (NET)<\/p>\n

<\/a>[12]<\/sup> Matthew 16:21 (NET)<\/p>\n

<\/a>[13]<\/sup> Matthew 27:1 (NET)<\/p>\n

<\/a>[14]<\/sup> Luke 22:66b, 67a (NET)<\/p>\n

<\/a>[15]<\/sup> 2 Timothy 2:13 (NET)<\/p>\n

<\/a>[16]<\/sup> Luke 23:1 (NET)<\/p>\n

<\/a>[17]<\/sup> John 18:28b (NET)<\/p>\n

<\/a>[18]<\/sup> John 18:31 (NET)<\/p>\n

<\/a>[19]<\/sup> Luke 23:2 (NET)<\/p>\n

<\/a>[20]<\/sup> 1 Timothy 1:15 (NET)<\/p>\n

<\/a>[21]<\/sup> Mark 15:1 (NET)<\/p>\n

<\/a>[22]<\/sup> John 18:36a (NET)<\/p>\n

<\/a>[23]<\/sup> Matthew 27:12 (NET)<\/p>\n

<\/a>[24]<\/sup> John 1:11 (NET)<\/p>\n

<\/a>[25]<\/sup> Luke 23:5 (NET)<\/p>\n

<\/a>[26]<\/sup> Luke 23:10, 11 (NET)<\/p>\n

<\/a>[27]<\/sup> John 14:10b (NET)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I wrote: It\u2019s axiomatic to me that Jesus didn\u2019t utilize his own godliness, but trusted the Holy Spirit that descended\u00a0like a dove from heaven, and\u2026remained on him.[11]\u00a0 Otherwise, Jesus\u2019 invitation and command,\u00a0Follow me,[12]\u00a0is little more than a cruel joke. And: … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3833,5,15],"tags":[3367,1893,3875,3852,3853,3860,3861,3869,3870,3339,3874,3878,3894,3896,3905,3879,3888,3890,1340,3856,3859,3857,3381,3868,1145,3876,3877,3889,3871,3891,3895,3899,3901,3904,3864,3872,3884,3885,3893,3898,3902,3907,3908,3909,3912,3880,3881,3854,3855,1183,1184,3866,3862,3863,3865,3867,3873,3882,3883,3886,3887,3892,2521,3897,3900,3903,3906,3910,3911,3858],"class_list":["post-8232","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-section-four","category-what-kind-of-carpenter-is-jesus","category-who-am-i","tag-1-timothy-115","tag-2-timothy-213","tag-john-111","tag-john-1336","tag-john-1410","tag-john-1822","tag-john-1824","tag-john-1828","tag-john-1831","tag-john-1836","tag-john-1839-40","tag-john-191-3","tag-john-1912-14","tag-john-1915","tag-john-1916","tag-john-194","tag-john-195-8","tag-john-199-12","tag-john-320-21","tag-john-520-21","tag-john-831-39","tag-john-91-7","tag-luke-235","tag-luke-2266-67","tag-luke-231","tag-luke-2310-11","tag-luke-2313-16","tag-luke-2318-19","tag-luke-232","tag-luke-2320","tag-luke-2321-22","tag-luke-2323","tag-luke-2324","tag-luke-2325","tag-mark-1462","tag-mark-151","tag-mark-1510","tag-mark-1511","tag-mark-1512-14","tag-mark-1514","tag-mark-1515","tag-mark-1516-17","tag-mark-1518-19","tag-mark-1519","tag-mark-1520","tag-mark-158","tag-mark-159","tag-matthew-112","tag-matthew-115","tag-matthew-1620","tag-matthew-1621","tag-matthew-2263","tag-matthew-2659","tag-matthew-2663","tag-matthew-2668","tag-matthew-271","tag-matthew-2712","tag-matthew-2717","tag-matthew-2718","tag-matthew-2719","tag-matthew-2720","tag-matthew-2721","tag-matthew-2722-23","tag-matthew-2723","tag-matthew-2724-25","tag-matthew-2726","tag-matthew-2727-29","tag-matthew-2730","tag-matthew-2731","tag-matthew515-16"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/religiousmind.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8232","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/religiousmind.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/religiousmind.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/religiousmind.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/religiousmind.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8232"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/religiousmind.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8232\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23379,"href":"https:\/\/religiousmind.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8232\/revisions\/23379"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/religiousmind.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8232"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/religiousmind.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8232"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/religiousmind.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8232"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}