Luke 23:7-12

Tomorrow we will read Luke 23:13-16

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“For as the rain and the snow come down from heaven and do not return there but water the earth, making it bring forth and sprout, giving seed to the sower and bread to the eater, so shall my word be that goes out from my mouth; it shall not return to me empty, but it shall accomplish that which I purpose, and shall succeed in the thing for which I sent it. Isaiah 55:10-11

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Rachel Workman:  No comments today.

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John Burnett:  ⁵ But they kept on insisting, saying, “He stirs up the people, teaching all over Judea, starting from Galilee even as far as this place.”

⁶ When Pilate heard it, he asked whether the man was a Galilean. ⁷ And when he learned that He belonged to Herod’s jurisdiction, he sent Him to Herod, who himself also was in Jerusalem ^[a]at that time.  God’s sovereignty on display again.

Jesus before Herod

⁸ Now Herod was very glad when he saw Jesus; for he had wanted to see Him for a long time, because he had been hearing about Him and was hoping to see some ^[b]sign performed by Him. ⁹ And he questioned Him ^[c]at some length; but He answered him nothing. ¹⁰ And the chief priests and the scribes were standing there, accusing Him vehemently. ¹¹ And Herod with his soldiers, after treating Him with contempt and mocking Him, dressed Him in a gorgeous robe and sent Him back to Pilate. ¹² Now Herod and Pilate became friends with one another that very day; for before they had been enemies with each other.  Jesus did not answer to them so that prophesy in Isaiah 53:7 would be fulfilled, “Like a lamb to the slaughter, like a sheep is silent before its shearers.”

Pharisees, Herod and Pilate thought that they had power and that they deserved an answer from Jesus.  I find it ironic that they will have to answer to their judge Jesus Christ one day.     

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Tomorrow’s reading for Luke 23:13-16

¹³ Then Pilate called together the leading priests and other religious leaders, along with the people, ¹⁴ and he announced his verdict. “You brought this man to me, accusing him of leading a revolt. I have examined him thoroughly on this point in your presence and find him innocent. ¹⁵ Herod came to the same conclusion and sent him back to us. Nothing this man has done calls for the death penalty. ¹⁶ So I will have him flogged, and then I will release him.”^[a]