Sunday, August 11, 2024

PT-9 "The Ignorant Wicked" (Matt. 27:27-37)

 

SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR 8/11/2024 9:08 AM

 

My Worship Time                                                                  Focus: PT-9 “The Ignorant Wicked”

 

Bible Reading & Meditation                                              Reference:  Matthew 27:27-37

 

            Message of the verses:  27 Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the Praetorium and gathered the whole Roman cohort around Him. 28 They stripped Him and put a scarlet robe on Him. 29 And after twisting together a crown of thorns, they put it on His head, and a reed in His right hand; and they knelt down before Him and mocked Him, saying, "Hail, King of the Jews!" 30 They spat on Him, and took the reed and began to beat Him on the head. 31 After they had mocked Him, they took the scarlet robe off Him and put His own garments back on Him, and led Him away to crucify Him.

 

            “32 As they were coming out, they found a man of Cyrene named Simon, whom they pressed into service to bear His cross.

  

             “33 And when they came to a place called Golgotha, which means Place of a Skull, 34 they gave Him wine to drink mixed with gall; and after tasting it, He was unwilling to drink. 35 And when they had crucified Him, they divided up His garments among themselves by casting lots. 36 And sitting down, they began to keep watch over Him there. 37 And above His head they put up the charge against Him which read, "THIS IS JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS.’”

 

            Here is the last part of what John MacArthur wrote for this section of verses:  “Jewish men normally wore five pieces of clothing: sandals, and inner cloak, a headpiece, a belt, and an outer cloak, or tunic.  The four soldiers dived up the first four pieces of Jesus’ garments among themselves by casting lots.  Because ‘the tunic was seamless, woven in one piece,’ they decided not to cut it into four pieces but to ‘cast lots for it, to decide whose it shall be’ (John 19:23-24).  Having done that, the sat down near the cross and began to keep watch over Him there.  The quaternion was required to remain with the victim until his death was certain, making sure that friends or family members did not rescue him or seek to reduce his suffering by putting him to death by a swifter means.

 

            “As a final mockery of Jesus and affront to the Jewish leaders, Pilate had instructed the soldiers (see John 19:19a) to put up the charge against Him which read, "THIS IS JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS.’”Matthew recorded an abbreviated version of the full inscription, which read, JESUS THE NAZARENE, THE KING OF THE JEWS,’ AND WAS ‘WRITTEN IN Hebrew, Latin, and in Greek’ (John 19:19b-20). Greek was the most nearly universal language in the empire at that time, Aramaic (closely related to Hebrew) was the language of Palestine, and Latin was the official language of Rome.  By those three languages the governor made certain that virtually every person who passed by could read the inscription.

 

            “The chief priests insisted that the wording of the inscription be changed to ‘He said, ‘I am King of the Jews.’ But Pilate refused to concede to them again, declaring with finality, What I have written I have written’ (John 19:21-22).   8/11/2024 8:53 AM

 

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