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Excerpt from another sermon: Series 2, Quarter 1,-9 "Standing Before a Silent God"

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STANDING BEFORE A SILENT GOD TEXT: John 19: 7-12

INTRODUCTION

By the Jewish Law no sentence of death could be passed at night, therefore when the morning dawned a meeting of the priests and elders was convened. It was then that their formal sentence of death was passed on Jesus and it was then that they deliberated how they should best present their case to Pilate so as to ensure that Jesus would not escape.

We know very little about Pilate as far as the Bible goes (but history tells us much). He was a typical Roman. He was self-centered and self-seeking. He was not devoid of the Roman love for justice but his love of self outweighed his love of justice. And his shameful past had so eaten the heart out of him, that in the great crises of his life he failed. He was the last man in the world that should have managed the Jews. He had outraged their feelings in the most wanton manner. The name Pilate was a nickname. It meant armed with a pike suggesting Pilate’s profession and his personality. Tradition has it that he was born in Seville Spain. We do know that his name, Pontious, was a famous Samnite name which would make him somewhat of a blueblood in Romans society. Tradition insists that Pilate had a successful army career in Europe before coming to Rome. We do know that while in Rome Pilate married Caesar Augustus’ granddaughter, a refined, educated named Claudia Procula. Because of this marriage Pilate found himself in the highest circles of Jewish society. He used his influence to get himself appointed procurator of Judea in AD. 26 (Pilate must have had pull because he took his wife with him and that was against the rules). The procurator of Judea served under the to Governor of The Judea. The procurator's job was to keep the taxes coming in and to keep the lid on in a troubled area. It was a tough assignment especially in Judea because it was the hot-spot of political unrest. Pilate’s temperament made him a poor choice for the job. Perhaps he regarded the post as a steppingstone to bigger things; perhaps he was spoiled by his easy desk-job back in Rome. Without doubt, he was used to army ways and figured he could handle any problem as long as he had a couple of Roman legions on hand.

Pilate probably missed the lights and nightlife of the capital, and must have found life in the hot restless province hopelessly backward. The local customs annoyed him. Making no attempt to understand the people in Judea, Pilate made the same judgment many a tourist or soldier has made in a foreign country since his time: because the people were “different,” they were inferior.

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