Luke 23:1-4

John Burnett:  23 Then the whole body of them got up and brought Him before Pilate.² And they began to accuse Him, saying, “We found this man misleading our nation and forbidding to pay taxes to Caesar, and saying that He Himself is ^[a]Christ, a King.” ³ So Pilate asked Him, saying, “Are You the King of the Jews?” And He answered him and said, “It is as you say.”⁴ Then Pilate said to the chief priests and the crowds, “I find no guilt in this man.”  About the only thing, Pilate said right during the proceedings in front of him.  Jesus Christ live a perfect life and when those of us who have repented of our sins and put our trust in Jesus Christ stand before Him on judgment day, Jesus Christ will say, “I find no guilt in this man,” because we will be washed clean and imputed Christ’s righteousness. 

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Tomorrow’s reading for Luke 23:5-9

⁵ Then they became insistent. “But he is causing riots by his teaching wherever he goes—all over Judea, from Galilee to Jerusalem!”

⁶ “Oh, is he a Galilean?” Pilate asked. ⁷ When they said that he was, Pilate sent him to Herod Antipas, because Galilee was under Herod’s jurisdiction, and Herod happened to be in Jerusalem at the time.

⁸ Herod was delighted at the opportunity to see Jesus, because he had heard about him and had been hoping for a long time to see him perform a miracle. ⁹ He asked Jesus question after question, but Jesus refused to answer.