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Darkest dungeon jesus christ how stressful10/20/2023 ![]() ![]() Surely, they thought, Pilate will put this Jesus to death. Secular history shows us that he was a cruel, ruthless man, almost completely insensitive to the moral feelings of others. The Jewish leaders had reason to expect a favorable result when they went to Pilate. Philo, the ancient Jewish scholar from Alexandria, described Pilate: “His corruption, his acts of insolence, his rapine, his habit of insulting people, his cruelty, his continual murders of people untried and uncondemned, and his never-ending gratuitous and most grievous inhumanity.” (Barclay) ![]() “The ordinary residence of procurators was Caesarea, on the sea coast, but it was their custom to be in Jerusalem at Passover time, with a detachment of soldiers, to watch over the public peace.” (Bruce) Prefects governed small, troubled areas and in judicial matters they possessed powers like those of the far more powerful proconsuls and imperial legates in short, they held the power of life and death.” (Carson) “Pilate was in fact appointed prefect or procurator by Tiberius Caesar in A.D. They led Him away and delivered Him to Pontius Pilate : The Sanhedrin gave Jesus over to Pontius Pilate, the Roman appointed governor over Judea, because they did not have the authority to put Him to death. “But as it was contrary to all forms of law to proceed against a person’s life by night, they seem to have separated for a few hours, and then, at the break of day, came together again, pretending to conduct the business according to the forms of law.” (Clarke)ī. ![]() As Luke shows, this morning trial was essentially the same as the previous, informal examination. All the chief priests and elders of the people plotted against Jesus to put Him to death : This was the official gathering of the Sanhedrin following the informal (and illegal) night session, also described in Luke 22:66-71. And when they had bound Him, they led Him away and delivered Him to Pontius Pilate the governor.Ī. When morning came, all the chief priests and elders of the people plotted against Jesus to put Him to death. ![]()
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