Luk 23:1-12 | Family | STEP | 1-5. Christ brought before Pilate. .

Luke 23:1-12

1-5. Christ brought before Pilate. Mt 27:1,2,11-18. Perverting the nation; exciting the people to rebel against the Roman government.

Give tribute; pay taxes. The accusation which the Jews brought against Jesus before Pilate was not that of blasphemy in claiming to be the Son of God, for which their council had condemned him. Mt 26:65; it was that of treason against the Roman government. His claiming to be the Son of God was no crime in a Roman court. They could not induce Pilate for this to put him to death. They therefore invented another accusation, and sought false witnesses to support it. So that while they condemned him for what was no crime, they sought to have Pilate condemn him for a crime which he never committed. Justly did he who knew what was in them, say, "Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell? Mt 23:33. Thou sayest it; Jesus not only acknowledged himself to be the King of the Jews, but explained to Pilate that his kingdom was not of this world; so that he found no fault in him on this ground. Joh 18:36,37. He stirreth up the people; causing tumults among them.

All Jewry; the whole Jewish country. He sent him to Herod; seeking thus to get rid of the case altogether. This was Herod Antipas, who put John to death. He was son to Herod the Great, under whose reign Christ was born, Mt 2:1; uncle to Herod Agrippa, by whom James was killed, and who was eaten of worms, Ac 12:2, 23; and great-uncle to that Agrippa who was almost persuaded by Paul to become a Christian. Ac 25.27. He answered him nothing; the Saviour would not answer questions prompted by a vain curiosity, without any desire to know the truth. Men of war; the soldiers of his guard.

Set him at naught; treated him with contempt.