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And<00:13:00.070><c> what</c><00:13:00.190><c> does</c><00:13:00.330><c> the</c><00:13:00.570><c> Psalmist</c><00:13:00.889><c> say?</c>

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In<00:13:01.750><c> the</c><00:13:01.889><c> very</c><00:13:02.250><c> first</c><00:13:02.710><c> Psalm,</c>

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Blessed<00:13:04.409><c> is</c><00:13:04.669><c> the</c><00:13:04.990><c> man</c><00:13:05.269><c> that</c><00:13:05.629><c> walketh</c><00:13:06.029><c> not</c>

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behold<00:14:24.909><c> they</c><00:14:25.289><c> know</c><00:14:25.649><c> what</c><00:14:26.090><c> I</c><00:14:26.409><c> said.</c>

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Answerest<00:15:00.990><c> the</c><00:15:01.110><c> high</c><00:15:01.470><c> priest</c><00:15:01.870><c> so?</c>

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Jesus<00:15:03.850><c> answered</c><00:15:04.250><c> him,</c>

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He<00:15:41.950><c> allowed</c><00:15:42.370><c> himself</c><00:15:42.929><c> to</c><00:15:43.149><c> be</c><00:15:43.389><c> taken.</c>

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They<00:15:44.090><c> had</c><00:15:44.409><c> no</c><00:15:44.710><c> power</c><00:15:45.090><c> to</c><00:15:45.289><c> do</c><00:15:45.470><c> it</c><00:15:45.629><c> themselves.</c>

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But<00:15:47.610><c> now,</c><00:15:48.169><c> you</c><00:15:48.169><c> see,</c><00:15:48.929><c> in</c><00:15:49.090><c> verse</c><00:15:49.309><c> 22,</c>

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they're<00:15:50.230><c> not</c><00:15:50.429><c> as</c><00:15:50.610><c> afraid</c><00:15:50.990><c> as</c><00:15:51.129><c> they</c><00:15:51.309><c> had</c><00:15:51.490><c> been</c><00:15:51.649><c> in</c><00:15:51.830><c> the</c><00:15:52.009><c> garden,</c>

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and<00:15:52.389><c> one</c><00:15:52.549><c> of</c><00:15:52.649><c> them</c><00:15:53.090><c> strikes</c><00:15:53.730><c> him.</c>

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Now,<00:15:54.950><c> the</c><00:15:55.190><c> authorised</c><00:15:55.809><c> version</c><00:15:56.169><c> says,</c>

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He<00:15:57.070><c> was</c><00:15:57.409><c> struck</c><00:15:57.730><c> with</c><00:15:57.909><c> the</c><00:15:58.210><c> palm</c><00:15:58.409><c> of</c><00:15:58.629><c> the</c><00:15:58.830><c> hand.</c>

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If<00:16:00.269><c> you've</c><00:16:00.490><c> got</c><00:16:00.649><c> another</c><00:16:01.169><c> version,</c>

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or<00:16:01.889><c> perhaps</c><00:16:02.169><c> a</c><00:16:02.409><c> marginal</c><00:16:02.830><c> note,</c>

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it<00:16:03.889><c> will</c><00:16:04.169><c> tell</c><00:16:04.370><c> you</c><00:16:04.549><c> that</c><00:16:04.690><c> that</c><00:16:04.889><c> can</c><00:16:05.129><c> be</c><00:16:05.370><c> translated</c><00:16:05.950><c> as</c>

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with<00:16:06.889><c> a</c><00:16:07.129><c> rod.</c>

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He<00:16:08.409><c> was</c><00:16:08.809><c> struck</c><00:16:09.230><c> with</c><00:16:09.929><c> a</c><00:16:10.429><c> rod</c>

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by<00:16:11.549><c> one</c><00:16:11.750><c> of</c><00:16:11.889><c> the</c><00:16:12.070><c> officers.</c>

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And<00:16:13.710><c> that</c><00:16:13.929><c> was</c><00:16:14.149><c> a</c><00:16:14.250><c> fulfilment</c><00:16:14.850><c> of</c><00:16:15.190><c> prophecy.</c>

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Micah,<00:16:17.649><c> chapter</c><00:16:18.009><c> 5,</c><00:16:19.289><c> verse</c><00:16:19.629><c> 1,</c>

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which<00:16:21.210><c> says,</c>

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They<00:16:22.610><c> shall</c><00:16:22.870><c> smite</c><00:16:23.590><c> the</c><00:16:23.870><c> judge</c><00:16:24.090><c> of</c><00:16:24.269><c> Israel</c>

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with<00:16:25.529><c> a</c><00:16:25.870><c> rod</c><00:16:26.269><c> upon</c><00:16:27.149><c> the</c><00:16:27.429><c> cheek.</c>

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Which<00:16:29.049><c> is</c><00:16:29.190><c> what</c><00:16:29.330><c> happens</c><00:16:29.649><c> here.</c>

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They<00:16:30.909><c> smote</c><00:16:31.289><c> the</c><00:16:31.570><c> one</c><00:16:31.830><c> who</c><00:16:32.110><c> Micah</c><00:16:32.450><c> goes</c><00:16:32.730><c> on</c><00:16:33.009><c> to</c><00:16:33.289><c> say</c>

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would<00:16:34.230><c> be</c><00:16:34.629><c> great</c><00:16:35.090><c> in</c><00:16:35.409><c> the</c><00:16:35.649><c> earth.</c>

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And<00:16:36.769><c> actually,</c><00:16:37.830><c> this</c><00:16:37.889><c> was</c><00:16:38.070><c> only</c><00:16:38.330><c> the</c><00:16:38.629><c> first</c>

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of<00:16:39.350><c> many</c><00:16:39.789><c> blows</c><00:16:40.309><c> that</c><00:16:40.509><c> were</c><00:16:40.690><c> to</c><00:16:40.789><c> be</c><00:16:41.049><c> received.</c>

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Isaiah<00:16:43.570><c> also</c><00:16:44.129><c> had</c><00:16:44.470><c> foretold</c><00:16:44.909><c> this</c><00:16:45.190><c> treatment,</c>

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hadn't<00:16:45.909><c> he,</c><00:16:46.509><c> in</c><00:16:46.750><c> the</c><00:16:46.909><c> 50th</c><00:16:47.350><c> chapter.</c>

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I<00:16:49.190><c> gave</c><00:16:49.450><c> my</c><00:16:49.769><c> back</c><00:16:49.990><c> to</c><00:16:50.149><c> the</c><00:16:50.330><c> smiters</c>

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and<00:16:51.570><c> my</c><00:16:51.909><c> cheeks</c><00:16:52.289><c> to</c><00:16:52.529><c> them</c><00:16:52.710><c> that</c><00:16:52.990><c> plucked</c><00:16:53.230><c> off</c><00:16:53.409><c> the</c><00:16:53.669><c> hair.</c>

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I<00:16:54.850><c> hid</c><00:16:55.070><c> not</c><00:16:55.350><c> my</c><00:16:55.669><c> face</c><00:16:56.269><c> from</c><00:16:56.870><c> shame</c><00:16:57.610><c> and</c><00:16:58.450><c> spitting.</c>

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And<00:17:01.350><c> when</c><00:17:01.610><c> Annas</c><00:17:01.889><c> had</c><00:17:02.090><c> finished,</c><00:17:03.129><c> in</c><00:17:03.309><c> verse</c><00:17:03.529><c> 24,</c>

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Jesus<00:17:05.250><c> was</c><00:17:05.529><c> sent</c><00:17:05.869><c> bound</c><00:17:06.430><c> to</c><00:17:07.089><c> Caiaphas.</c>

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Now,<00:17:08.970><c> as</c><00:17:09.109><c> we</c><00:17:09.210><c> said</c><00:17:09.329><c> earlier,</c>

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John<00:17:10.130><c> doesn't</c><00:17:10.470><c> record</c><00:17:10.829><c> the</c><00:17:11.230><c> details</c>

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of<00:17:11.769><c> what</c><00:17:12.049><c> happened</c><00:17:12.490><c> before</c><00:17:12.970><c> Caiaphas,</c>

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but<00:17:14.390><c> the</c><00:17:14.609><c> other</c><00:17:14.769><c> Gospel</c><00:17:15.130><c> writers</c><00:17:15.529><c> do.</c>

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They<00:17:16.490><c> tell</c><00:17:16.710><c> us</c><00:17:16.890><c> about</c><00:17:17.190><c> Caiaphas'</c><00:17:17.930><c> questions,</c>

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about<00:17:19.170><c> the</c><00:17:19.349><c> Lord</c><00:17:19.569><c> being</c><00:17:19.910><c> taken</c><00:17:20.289><c> down</c><00:17:20.609><c> at</c><00:17:20.910><c> dawn</c>

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before<00:17:21.490><c> the</c><00:17:21.750><c> Sanhedrin,</c>

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then<00:17:23.190><c> formally</c><00:17:23.750><c> condemned</c><00:17:24.710><c> for</c><00:17:25.410><c> acknowledging</c>

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that<00:17:26.210><c> he</c><00:17:26.349><c> was</c><00:17:26.650><c> the</c><00:17:26.809><c> Son</c><00:17:26.970><c> of</c><00:17:27.230><c> God.</c>

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Now,<00:17:29.890><c> given</c><00:17:29.910><c> the</c><00:17:30.210><c> illegal</c><00:17:30.670><c> nature</c><00:17:31.269><c> of</c><00:17:31.849><c> the</c><00:17:32.109><c> proceedings,</c>

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the<00:17:33.569><c> Lord</c><00:17:34.069><c> now</c><00:17:34.789><c> remained</c><00:17:35.410><c> silent.</c>

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As<00:17:38.009><c> Isaiah</c><00:17:38.509><c> had</c><00:17:38.849><c> foretold</c><00:17:39.490><c> 700</c><00:17:39.990><c> years</c><00:17:40.450><c> before,</c>

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chapter<00:17:41.970><c> 53,</c><00:17:43.269><c> verse</c><00:17:43.490><c> 7,</c>

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he<00:17:45.049><c> opened</c><00:17:45.809><c> not</c><00:17:46.710><c> his</c><00:17:47.470><c> mouth.</c>

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He<00:17:48.990><c> was</c><00:17:49.210><c> innocent.</c>

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Messengers<00:17:51.630><c> called</c><00:17:51.930><c> together</c><00:17:52.349><c> members</c><00:17:52.630><c> of</c><00:17:52.809><c> the</c><00:17:53.029><c> council</c>

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and<00:17:54.130><c> Matthew</c><00:17:54.509><c> 26</c><00:17:55.190><c> tells</c><00:17:55.549><c> us,</c>

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they<00:17:56.829><c> that</c><00:17:57.049><c> had</c><00:17:57.269><c> laid</c><00:17:57.470><c> hold</c><00:17:57.769><c> on</c><00:17:58.029><c> Jesus</c>

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led<00:17:58.670><c> him</c><00:17:58.890><c> away</c><00:17:59.130><c> to</c><00:17:59.490><c> Caiaphas,</c><00:18:00.109><c> the</c><00:18:00.269><c> high</c><00:18:00.569><c> priest,</c>

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where<00:18:01.789><c> the</c><00:18:02.130><c> scribes</c><00:18:02.650><c> and</c><00:18:02.829><c> the</c><00:18:03.109><c> elders</c><00:18:03.650><c> were</c><00:18:04.329><c> assembled.</c>

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Well<00:18:06.970><c> now,</c><00:18:07.109><c> let's</c><00:18:07.349><c> move</c><00:18:07.690><c> to</c><00:18:07.869><c> this</c><00:18:08.089><c> official</c><00:18:08.529><c> trial,</c>

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shall<00:18:09.109><c> we,</c><00:18:09.289><c> before</c><00:18:09.670><c> Caiaphas,</c>

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and<00:18:10.730><c> we</c><00:18:11.049><c> pick</c><00:18:11.190><c> it</c><00:18:11.309><c> up</c><00:18:11.470><c> in</c><00:18:11.670><c> Mark's</c><00:18:12.150><c> Gospel,</c><00:18:13.009><c> chapter</c><00:18:13.329><c> 14.</c>

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Mark<00:18:16.930><c> chapter</c><00:18:17.250><c> 14</c><00:18:18.069><c> and</c><00:18:18.609><c> verse</c><00:18:18.890><c> 55.</c>

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They're<00:18:27.250><c> desperately</c><00:18:27.710><c> searching</c><00:18:28.170><c> for</c><00:18:28.450><c> witnesses.</c>

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And<00:18:29.869><c> this</c><00:18:30.029><c> is</c><00:18:30.150><c> what</c><00:18:30.329><c> Mark</c><00:18:30.529><c> tells</c><00:18:30.910><c> us.</c>

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Chapter<00:18:32.410><c> 14</c><00:18:32.990><c> and</c><00:18:33.150><c> verse</c><00:18:33.430><c> 55.</c>

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The<00:18:35.430><c> chief</c><00:18:35.789><c> priests</c><00:18:36.109><c> and</c><00:18:36.289><c> all</c><00:18:36.490><c> the</c><00:18:36.730><c> council</c>

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sought<00:18:37.369><c> for</c><00:18:37.609><c> witnesses</c><00:18:37.930><c> against</c><00:18:38.329><c> Jesus</c>

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to<00:18:38.950><c> put</c><00:18:39.069><c> him</c><00:18:39.250><c> to</c><00:18:39.450><c> death,</c><00:18:40.210><c> and</c><00:18:40.509><c> found</c><00:18:40.869><c> none.</c>

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For<00:18:42.230><c> many</c><00:18:42.529><c> bare</c><00:18:42.849><c> false</c><00:18:43.269><c> witness</c><00:18:43.549><c> against</c><00:18:44.009><c> him,</c>

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but<00:18:44.890><c> their</c><00:18:45.150><c> witness</c><00:18:45.470><c> agreed</c><00:18:45.849><c> not</c><00:18:46.130><c> together.</c>

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And<00:18:47.829><c> there</c><00:18:48.029><c> arose</c><00:18:48.410><c> certain</c><00:18:48.890><c> and</c><00:18:49.190><c> bare</c><00:18:49.410><c> false</c><00:18:49.750><c> witness</c>

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against<00:18:50.490><c> him,</c><00:18:50.769><c> saying,</c>

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We<00:18:51.829><c> heard</c><00:18:52.109><c> him</c><00:18:52.450><c> say,</c>

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I<00:18:53.089><c> will</c><00:18:53.849><c> destroy</c><00:18:54.329><c> this</c><00:18:54.630><c> temple</c><00:18:55.049><c> that</c><00:18:55.250><c> is</c><00:18:55.390><c> made</c><00:18:55.549><c> with</c><00:18:55.809><c> hands,</c>

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and<00:18:57.430><c> within</c><00:18:57.690><c> three</c><00:18:57.970><c> days</c><00:18:58.269><c> I</c><00:18:58.390><c> will</c><00:18:58.569><c> build</c><00:18:58.769><c> another</c>

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made<00:18:59.430><c> without</c><00:18:59.849><c> hands.</c>

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But<00:19:01.529><c> neither</c><00:19:01.990><c> so</c><00:19:02.309><c> did</c><00:19:02.470><c> their</c><00:19:02.730><c> witness</c><00:19:03.309><c> agree</c><00:19:04.049><c> together.</c>

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Now<00:19:06.150><c> isn't</c><00:19:06.309><c> this</c><00:19:06.549><c> interesting,</c><00:19:07.529><c> brothers</c><00:19:07.609><c> and</c><00:19:07.789><c> sisters?</c>

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These<00:19:09.670><c> men,</c><00:19:10.930><c> these</c><00:19:11.170><c> Jewish</c><00:19:11.490><c> rulers</c><00:19:11.849><c> who'd</c><00:19:12.150><c> arrested</c><00:19:12.490><c> the</c><00:19:12.710><c> Lord</c>

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have<00:19:12.970><c> been</c><00:19:13.369><c> planning</c><00:19:13.690><c> for</c><00:19:13.970><c> this</c><00:19:14.309><c> for</c><00:19:14.589><c> some</c><00:19:14.930><c> time.</c>

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They<00:19:16.569><c> may</c><00:19:16.789><c> have</c><00:19:16.950><c> been</c><00:19:17.130><c> evil</c><00:19:17.509><c> men,</c>

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but<00:19:18.869><c> they</c><00:19:18.970><c> were</c><00:19:19.109><c> not</c><00:19:19.349><c> stupid.</c>

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And<00:19:21.309><c> yet,</c><00:19:22.730><c> the</c><00:19:22.809><c> whole</c><00:19:23.109><c> thing</c><00:19:23.369><c> begins</c><00:19:23.750><c> to</c><00:19:24.069><c> unravel</c><00:19:24.410><c> at</c><00:19:24.769><c> this</c><00:19:25.049><c> point.</c>

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They<00:19:26.170><c> can't</c><00:19:26.630><c> get</c><00:19:26.910><c> the</c><00:19:27.130><c> witnesses</c><00:19:27.430><c> they</c><00:19:27.750><c> need</c>

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and<00:19:28.210><c> they</c><00:19:28.410><c> can't</c><00:19:28.750><c> get</c><00:19:29.049><c> them</c><00:19:29.250><c> to</c><00:19:29.470><c> agree.</c>

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This,<00:19:31.150><c> you</c><00:19:31.230><c> would</c><00:19:31.329><c> have</c><00:19:31.529><c> thought,</c>

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was<00:19:31.890><c> one</c><00:19:32.069><c> of</c><00:19:32.190><c> the</c><00:19:32.289><c> most</c><00:19:32.529><c> basic</c><00:19:33.009><c> requirements.</c>

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So<00:19:34.910><c> why</c><00:19:35.329><c> does</c><00:19:35.490><c> it</c><00:19:35.829><c> start</c><00:19:36.049><c> to</c><00:19:36.430><c> unravel</c><00:19:36.769><c> in</c><00:19:36.990><c> this</c><00:19:37.289><c> way?</c>

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Why<00:19:38.589><c> hadn't</c><00:19:38.809><c> they</c><00:19:39.029><c> prepared</c><00:19:39.490><c> for</c><00:19:39.750><c> this?</c>

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Well,<00:19:42.130><c> it</c><00:19:42.269><c> makes</c><00:19:42.509><c> you</c><00:19:42.769><c> wonder</c><00:19:43.109><c> whether</c><00:19:43.930><c> Judas</c><00:19:44.369><c> Iscariot</c>

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was<00:19:45.930><c> meant</c><00:19:46.250><c> to</c><00:19:46.450><c> have</c><00:19:46.690><c> been</c><00:19:46.890><c> the</c><00:19:47.130><c> chief</c><00:19:47.390><c> witness.</c>

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But<00:19:49.170><c> did</c><00:19:49.630><c> he</c><00:19:49.849><c> perhaps</c><00:19:50.250><c> back</c><00:19:50.609><c> out?</c>

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Had<00:19:52.210><c> he</c><00:19:52.390><c> perhaps</c><00:19:52.710><c> already</c><00:19:53.130><c> hidden</c><00:19:53.329><c> himself</c><00:19:53.829><c> by</c><00:19:54.130><c> this</c><00:19:54.450><c> time?</c>

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After<00:19:55.450><c> all,</c><00:19:55.890><c> his</c><00:19:56.069><c> evidence</c><00:19:56.509><c> would</c><00:19:56.730><c> have</c><00:19:56.869><c> been</c><00:19:56.990><c> the</c><00:19:57.150><c> most</c><00:19:57.450><c> complete.</c>

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But<00:19:58.769><c> even</c><00:19:59.089><c> that,</c><00:19:59.430><c> according</c><00:19:59.710><c> to</c><00:19:59.910><c> the</c><00:20:00.109><c> law,</c>

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wouldn't<00:20:01.509><c> have</c><00:20:01.690><c> been</c><00:20:01.849><c> enough.</c>

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It<00:20:02.950><c> would</c><00:20:03.170><c> have</c><00:20:03.349><c> needed</c><00:20:03.609><c> corroboration.</c>

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And<00:20:05.670><c> of</c><00:20:05.769><c> course</c><00:20:05.849><c> the</c><00:20:06.069><c> key</c><00:20:06.349><c> passage</c><00:20:06.829><c> in</c><00:20:07.029><c> the</c><00:20:07.210><c> law</c><00:20:07.450><c> that</c><00:20:07.670><c> relates</c>

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to<00:20:08.309><c> this</c>

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is<00:20:09.170><c> that</c><00:20:09.450><c> verse</c><00:20:09.750><c> in</c><00:20:09.950><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:20:10.509><c> 17,</c><00:20:11.849><c> verse</c><00:20:12.109><c> 6.</c>

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At<00:20:13.809><c> the</c><00:20:13.990><c> mouth</c><00:20:14.289><c> of</c><00:20:14.549><c> two</c><00:20:14.809><c> witnesses,</c><00:20:15.789><c> or</c><00:20:16.150><c> three</c><00:20:16.529><c> witnesses,</c>

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shall<00:20:18.009><c> he</c><00:20:18.309><c> that</c><00:20:18.430><c> is</c><00:20:18.690><c> worthy</c><00:20:18.970><c> of</c><00:20:19.230><c> death</c><00:20:19.410><c> be</c><00:20:19.690><c> put</c><00:20:19.869><c> to</c><00:20:20.130><c> death.</c>

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But<00:20:21.450><c> at</c><00:20:21.829><c> the</c><00:20:22.009><c> mouth</c><00:20:22.289><c> of</c><00:20:22.650><c> one</c><00:20:22.930><c> witness,</c>

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he<00:20:24.289><c> shall</c><00:20:24.630><c> not</c><00:20:24.950><c> be</c><00:20:25.190><c> put</c><00:20:25.410><c> to</c><00:20:25.630><c> death.</c>

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So<00:20:27.210><c> they</c><00:20:27.309><c> had</c><00:20:27.529><c> to</c><00:20:27.690><c> get</c><00:20:27.849><c> the</c><00:20:28.029><c> number</c><00:20:28.230><c> of</c><00:20:28.450><c> witnesses</c><00:20:28.690><c> they</c><00:20:29.849><c> needed</c>

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and<00:20:30.730><c> they</c><00:20:30.849><c> had</c><00:20:31.069><c> to</c><00:20:31.210><c> get</c><00:20:31.289><c> them</c><00:20:31.450><c> to</c><00:20:31.650><c> agree.</c>

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And<00:20:33.329><c> in</c><00:20:33.490><c> their</c><00:20:33.710><c> desperation,</c><00:20:34.670><c> you</c><00:20:34.930><c> see,</c>

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when<00:20:35.269><c> you</c><00:20:35.349><c> look</c><00:20:35.529><c> at</c><00:20:35.670><c> verse</c><00:20:35.930><c> 57,</c>

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people<00:20:38.369><c> started</c><00:20:38.950><c> standing</c><00:20:39.329><c> up</c><00:20:39.769><c> from</c><00:20:39.970><c> within</c><00:20:40.170><c> the</c><00:20:40.470><c> council,</c>

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bearing<00:20:41.990><c> witness</c><00:20:42.349><c> against</c><00:20:42.769><c> the</c><00:20:42.930><c> Lord.</c>

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It<00:20:43.589><c> says,</c><00:20:44.430><c> there</c><00:20:44.650><c> arose</c><00:20:45.309><c> certain.</c>

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The<00:20:46.750><c> revised</c><00:20:47.269><c> version</c><00:20:47.730><c> says,</c>

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there<00:20:48.490><c> stood</c><00:20:48.890><c> up</c><00:20:49.470><c> certain</c>

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and<00:20:50.789><c> bare</c><00:20:51.049><c> false</c><00:20:51.430><c> witness</c><00:20:51.990><c> against</c><00:20:52.569><c> him.</c>

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So<00:20:53.609><c> you've</c><00:20:53.789><c> got</c><00:20:53.910><c> members</c><00:20:54.170><c> of</c><00:20:54.369><c> the</c><00:20:54.569><c> council</c><00:20:54.910><c> standing</c><00:20:55.450><c> up</c><00:20:55.789><c> now</c>

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in<00:20:56.190><c> their</c><00:20:56.470><c> desperation</c><00:20:57.109><c> to</c><00:20:57.390><c> say</c><00:20:57.569><c> something</c><00:20:58.029><c> against</c><00:20:58.769><c> him.</c>

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And<00:21:00.170><c> in</c><00:21:00.329><c> the</c><00:21:00.470><c> end</c><00:21:00.589><c> what</c><00:21:00.750><c> they</c><00:21:00.950><c> come</c><00:21:01.150><c> out</c><00:21:01.430><c> with</c><00:21:01.609><c> are</c><00:21:01.769><c> the</c><00:21:01.869><c> words</c>

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of<00:21:02.329><c> verse</c><00:21:02.569><c> 59.</c>

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We<00:21:04.450><c> heard</c><00:21:04.670><c> him</c><00:21:04.910><c> say,</c>

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I<00:21:05.269><c> will</c><00:21:05.430><c> destroy</c><00:21:05.829><c> this</c><00:21:06.069><c> temple</c><00:21:06.450><c> that</c><00:21:06.589><c> is</c><00:21:06.750><c> made</c><00:21:06.950><c> with</c><00:21:07.170><c> hands,</c>

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and<00:21:08.269><c> within</c><00:21:08.509><c> three</c><00:21:08.829><c> days</c><00:21:09.150><c> I</c><00:21:09.329><c> will</c><00:21:09.450><c> build</c><00:21:09.670><c> another</c><00:21:10.089><c> made</c>

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without<00:21:11.069><c> hands.</c>

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Now,<00:21:13.329><c> the</c><00:21:13.509><c> claims</c><00:21:13.809><c> in</c><00:21:14.049><c> that</c><00:21:14.349><c> verse</c>

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were<00:21:15.470><c> a</c><00:21:15.789><c> reference,</c><00:21:16.670><c> incorrectly</c><00:21:17.549><c> quoted,</c>

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to<00:21:19.049><c> words</c><00:21:19.390><c> of</c><00:21:19.589><c> the</c><00:21:19.769><c> Lord</c><00:21:20.029><c> spoken</c><00:21:20.490><c> three</c><00:21:20.869><c> years</c><00:21:21.150><c> before,</c>

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back<00:21:22.150><c> in</c><00:21:22.269><c> John</c><00:21:22.509><c> chapter</c><00:21:22.849><c> 2.</c>

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Well,<00:21:24.789><c> if</c><00:21:24.950><c> those</c><00:21:25.250><c> words</c><00:21:25.509><c> had</c><00:21:25.730><c> worried</c><00:21:25.930><c> them</c><00:21:26.170><c> so</c><00:21:26.529><c> much,</c>

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why<00:21:27.289><c> had</c><00:21:27.410><c> they</c><00:21:27.609><c> waited</c><00:21:27.890><c> three</c><00:21:28.230><c> years</c><00:21:28.490><c> to</c><00:21:28.670><c> do</c><00:21:28.750><c> anything</c><00:21:29.029><c> about</c><00:21:29.369><c> it?</c>

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And<00:21:31.730><c> in</c><00:21:31.849><c> any</c><00:21:32.089><c> case,</c><00:21:32.509><c> as</c><00:21:32.609><c> it</c><00:21:32.829><c> says</c><00:21:32.930><c> in</c><00:21:33.109><c> the</c><00:21:33.190><c> next</c><00:21:33.450><c> verse,</c>

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their<00:21:34.690><c> witness</c><00:21:35.170><c> did</c><00:21:35.470><c> not</c><00:21:35.750><c> agree.</c>

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Actually,<00:21:38.269><c> the</c><00:21:38.410><c> Lord's</c><00:21:38.849><c> treatment</c><00:21:39.190><c> here</c><00:21:39.529><c> brings</c><00:21:39.849><c> to</c><00:21:40.210><c> mind</c>

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the<00:21:40.890><c> words</c><00:21:41.109><c> of</c><00:21:41.309><c> the</c><00:21:41.569><c> psalmist</c><00:21:42.250><c> in</c><00:21:42.890><c> Psalm</c><00:21:43.210><c> 27,</c>

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when<00:21:45.089><c> he</c><00:21:45.349><c> says,</c>

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Deliver<00:21:47.329><c> me</c><00:21:47.529><c> not</c><00:21:47.849><c> over</c><00:21:48.230><c> unto</c><00:21:48.490><c> the</c><00:21:48.690><c> will</c><00:21:48.809><c> of</c><00:21:49.089><c> mine</c><00:21:49.289><c> enemies,</c>

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for<00:21:50.650><c> false</c><00:21:51.509><c> witnesses</c><00:21:52.309><c> are</c><00:21:53.069><c> risen</c><00:21:53.329><c> up</c><00:21:53.569><c> against</c><00:21:54.009><c> me,</c>

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and<00:21:55.029><c> such</c><00:21:55.230><c> as</c><00:21:55.509><c> breathe</c><00:21:55.750><c> out</c><00:21:56.089><c> cruelty.</c>

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I<00:21:57.650><c> had</c><00:21:58.029><c> fainted</c><00:21:59.170><c> unless</c><00:21:59.430><c> I</c><00:21:59.670><c> had</c><00:21:59.990><c> believed</c><00:22:00.250><c> to</c><00:22:00.490><c> see</c><00:22:00.670><c> the</c><00:22:00.829><c> goodness</c><00:22:01.130><c> of</c><00:22:01.349><c> the</c><00:22:01.490><c> Lord.</c>

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And<00:22:02.990><c> there</c><00:22:03.069><c> are</c><00:22:03.210><c> similar</c><00:22:03.529><c> words</c><00:22:03.829><c> also</c><00:22:04.289><c> in</c><00:22:04.549><c> Psalm</c><00:22:04.829><c> 35.</c>

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Well,<00:22:07.569><c> lack</c><00:22:07.789><c> of</c><00:22:08.150><c> planning</c><00:22:08.390><c> meant</c><00:22:08.670><c> that</c><00:22:08.829><c> they</c><00:22:09.049><c> failed</c><00:22:09.289><c> to</c><00:22:09.609><c> agree.</c>

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It's<00:22:10.930><c> just</c><00:22:11.150><c> possible,</c><00:22:11.690><c> of</c><00:22:11.829><c> course,</c><00:22:12.549><c> although</c><00:22:12.710><c> we're</c><00:22:12.930><c> not</c><00:22:13.190><c> told,</c>

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that<00:22:14.789><c> their</c><00:22:15.450><c> false</c><00:22:15.890><c> testimony</c><00:22:16.390><c> was</c><00:22:16.829><c> exposed</c><00:22:17.369><c> under</c><00:22:17.730><c> cross</c><00:22:18.009><c>-examination</c>

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by<00:22:19.349><c> men</c><00:22:19.589><c> like</c><00:22:19.970><c> Nicodemus</c><00:22:20.750><c> and</c><00:22:21.150><c> Joseph</c><00:22:21.490><c> of</c><00:22:21.710><c> Arimathea.</c>

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We<00:22:23.750><c> don't</c><00:22:24.029><c> know.</c>

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But<00:22:25.630><c> then</c><00:22:25.809><c> in</c><00:22:25.890><c> verse</c><00:22:26.109><c> 61,</c>

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we're<00:22:27.730><c> told</c><00:22:27.950><c> that</c><00:22:28.109><c> Jesus</c><00:22:28.450><c> held</c><00:22:28.690><c> his</c><00:22:29.029><c> peace</c><00:22:29.430><c> and</c><00:22:29.829><c> answered</c><00:22:30.170><c> nothing.</c>

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Again<00:22:31.829><c> the</c><00:22:32.009><c> high</c><00:22:32.289><c> priest</c><00:22:32.529><c> asked</c><00:22:32.869><c> him</c><00:22:33.069><c> and</c><00:22:33.190><c> said</c><00:22:33.349><c> unto</c><00:22:33.549><c> him,</c>

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Art<00:22:34.309><c> thou</c><00:22:34.569><c> the</c><00:22:34.789><c> Christ,</c><00:22:35.210><c> the</c><00:22:35.329><c> Son</c><00:22:35.450><c> of</c><00:22:35.589><c> the</c><00:22:35.750><c> Blessed?</c>

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And<00:22:36.490><c> Jesus</c><00:22:36.849><c> said,</c><00:22:37.289><c> I</c><00:22:37.430><c> am.</c>

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And<00:22:38.890><c> ye</c><00:22:39.009><c> shall</c><00:22:39.130><c> see</c><00:22:39.410><c> the</c><00:22:39.529><c> Son</c><00:22:39.769><c> of</c><00:22:39.910><c> man</c><00:22:40.069><c> sitting</c><00:22:40.349><c> on</c><00:22:40.549><c> the</c><00:22:40.710><c> right</c>

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hand<00:22:41.089><c> of</c><00:22:41.309><c> power</c>

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and<00:22:42.089><c> coming</c><00:22:42.309><c> in</c><00:22:42.490><c> the</c><00:22:42.690><c> clouds</c><00:22:42.890><c> of</c><00:22:43.130><c> heaven.</c>

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Now,<00:22:44.990><c> we</c><00:22:45.170><c> said</c><00:22:45.269><c> a</c><00:22:45.470><c> few</c><00:22:45.589><c> moments</c><00:22:45.990><c> ago</c><00:22:46.549><c> that</c><00:22:46.970><c> the</c><00:22:47.170><c> Lord</c><00:22:47.769><c> became</c><00:22:48.730><c> quiet</c>

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in<00:22:50.650><c> fulfillment</c><00:22:51.109><c> of</c><00:22:51.329><c> Isaiah</c><00:22:51.670><c> 53.</c>

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He<00:22:52.450><c> opened</c><00:22:52.789><c> not</c><00:22:52.990><c> his</c><00:22:53.190><c> mouth.</c>

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These<00:22:54.289><c> proceedings</c><00:22:54.750><c> were</c><00:22:55.049><c> illegal.</c>

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And<00:22:56.809><c> it</c><00:22:57.089><c> says</c><00:22:57.349><c> in</c><00:22:57.549><c> verse</c><00:22:57.890><c> 61,</c>

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he<00:22:58.769><c> held</c><00:22:59.029><c> his</c><00:22:59.329><c> peace</c><00:22:59.509><c> and</c><00:22:59.730><c> answered</c><00:23:00.009><c> nothing.</c>

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But<00:23:01.650><c> then</c><00:23:02.130><c> in</c><00:23:02.349><c> verse</c><00:23:02.609><c> 62,</c><00:23:03.329><c> for</c><00:23:03.630><c> some</c><00:23:03.950><c> reason</c><00:23:04.549><c> that</c><00:23:04.930><c> is</c><00:23:05.170><c> not</c>

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explained<00:23:05.950><c> here,</c>

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he<00:23:07.289><c> did</c><00:23:07.690><c> answer</c><00:23:08.509><c> the</c><00:23:08.829><c> high</c><00:23:09.170><c> priest.</c>

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He<00:23:10.089><c> breaks</c><00:23:10.549><c> his</c><00:23:10.930><c> silence</c><00:23:11.569><c> when</c><00:23:12.569><c> the</c><00:23:12.750><c> high</c><00:23:13.009><c> priest</c><00:23:13.250><c> says,</c>

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Art<00:23:13.849><c> thou</c><00:23:14.049><c> the</c><00:23:14.230><c> Christ,</c><00:23:14.670><c> the</c><00:23:14.690><c> Son</c><00:23:14.829><c> of</c><00:23:14.950><c> the</c><00:23:15.109><c> Blessed?</c>

00:23:16.849 --> 00:23:21.670
Now,<00:23:17.269><c> Mark</c><00:23:17.430><c> doesn't</c><00:23:17.849><c> tell</c><00:23:18.170><c> us</c><00:23:18.849><c> why</c><00:23:19.430><c> the</c><00:23:19.670><c> Lord</c><00:23:19.910><c> broke</c><00:23:20.250><c> his</c><00:23:20.609><c> silence.</c>

00:23:21.750 --> 00:23:24.529
But<00:23:22.250><c> Matthew</c><00:23:22.650><c> in</c><00:23:22.789><c> his</c><00:23:23.069><c> account</c><00:23:23.470><c> does.</c>

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And<00:23:24.809><c> I'll</c><00:23:24.950><c> just</c><00:23:25.190><c> read</c><00:23:25.410><c> this</c><00:23:25.730><c> verse</c><00:23:25.950><c> to</c><00:23:26.269><c> you.</c>

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It's<00:23:26.910><c> Matthew</c><00:23:27.289><c> 26</c><00:23:28.210><c> and</c><00:23:28.710><c> verse</c><00:23:29.049><c> 63.</c>

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And<00:23:30.990><c> Matthew</c><00:23:31.349><c> puts</c><00:23:31.710><c> it</c><00:23:31.869><c> like</c><00:23:32.210><c> this.</c>

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The<00:23:33.269><c> high</c><00:23:33.650><c> priest</c><00:23:33.990><c> answered</c><00:23:34.529><c> and</c><00:23:34.730><c> said</c><00:23:34.930><c> unto</c><00:23:35.130><c> him,</c>

00:23:36.609 --> 00:23:39.970
I<00:23:36.730><c> adjure</c><00:23:37.569><c> thee</c><00:23:38.069><c> by</c><00:23:38.809><c> the</c><00:23:39.069><c> living</c><00:23:39.369><c> God</c>

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that<00:23:40.549><c> thou</c><00:23:40.809><c> tell</c><00:23:41.130><c> us</c><00:23:41.349><c> whether</c><00:23:41.569><c> thou</c><00:23:41.789><c> be</c><00:23:41.930><c> the</c><00:23:42.109><c> Christ,</c><00:23:42.869><c> the</c><00:23:42.970><c> Son</c>

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of<00:23:43.349><c> God.</c>

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And<00:23:44.690><c> that's</c><00:23:45.009><c> the</c><00:23:45.170><c> key</c><00:23:45.430><c> element.</c>

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I<00:23:46.609><c> adjure</c><00:23:47.150><c> thee</c><00:23:47.369><c> by</c><00:23:47.630><c> the</c><00:23:47.769><c> living</c><00:23:47.990><c> God.</c>

00:23:49.369 --> 00:23:52.450
What<00:23:49.630><c> happened</c><00:23:50.009><c> was</c><00:23:50.410><c> that</c><00:23:50.630><c> the</c><00:23:50.789><c> high</c><00:23:51.069><c> priest</c><00:23:51.509><c> put</c><00:23:51.930><c> the</c><00:23:52.190><c> Lord</c>

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on<00:23:52.950><c> oath</c><00:23:53.410><c> to</c><00:23:54.029><c> answer.</c>

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And<00:23:56.410><c> although</c><00:23:56.569><c> we're</c><00:23:56.690><c> not</c><00:23:56.849><c> going</c><00:23:56.970><c> to</c><00:23:57.190><c> follow</c><00:23:57.329><c> it</c><00:23:57.589><c> back</c><00:23:57.789><c> now,</c>

00:23:58.130 --> 00:24:01.349
the<00:23:58.390><c> reference</c><00:23:58.829><c> you</c><00:23:59.130><c> need</c><00:23:59.589><c> that</c><00:23:59.930><c> helps</c><00:24:00.130><c> to</c><00:24:00.589><c> explain</c><00:24:00.910><c> that</c>

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is<00:24:01.730><c> Leviticus</c><00:24:02.210><c> chapter</c><00:24:02.529><c> 5</c><00:24:02.970><c> verse</c><00:24:03.309><c> 1.</c>

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So<00:24:04.950><c> having</c><00:24:05.210><c> been</c><00:24:05.450><c> put</c><00:24:05.609><c> on</c><00:24:05.930><c> oath</c><00:24:06.190><c> to</c><00:24:06.490><c> answer,</c>

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the<00:24:07.710><c> Lord</c><00:24:07.950><c> does</c><00:24:08.269><c> indeed</c><00:24:08.769><c> give</c><00:24:09.069><c> his</c><00:24:09.329><c> answer</c><00:24:09.910><c> in</c><00:24:10.549><c> verse</c><00:24:11.269><c> 62.</c>

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Ye<00:24:13.430><c> shall</c><00:24:13.650><c> see</c><00:24:13.849><c> the</c><00:24:13.990><c> Son</c><00:24:14.230><c> of</c><00:24:14.390><c> Man</c><00:24:14.589><c> sitting</c><00:24:14.890><c> on</c><00:24:15.109><c> the</c><00:24:15.309><c> right</c><00:24:15.529><c> hand</c>

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of<00:24:15.890><c> power</c>

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and<00:24:16.789><c> coming</c><00:24:16.970><c> in</c><00:24:17.130><c> the</c><00:24:17.309><c> clouds</c><00:24:17.529><c> of</c><00:24:17.769><c> heaven.</c>

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Then<00:24:18.650><c> the</c><00:24:18.829><c> high</c><00:24:19.150><c> priest</c><00:24:19.450><c> rents</c><00:24:19.950><c> his</c><00:24:20.210><c> clothes</c><00:24:20.549><c> and</c><00:24:20.890><c> saith,</c>

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What<00:24:21.690><c> need</c><00:24:22.029><c> we</c><00:24:22.210><c> of</c><00:24:22.369><c> any</c><00:24:22.630><c> further</c><00:24:22.910><c> witnesses?</c>

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Ye<00:24:24.250><c> have</c><00:24:24.369><c> heard</c><00:24:24.690><c> the</c><00:24:24.910><c> blasphemy,</c><00:24:25.890><c> what</c><00:24:26.130><c> think</c><00:24:26.490><c> ye?</c>

00:24:26.750 --> 00:24:31.589
And<00:24:27.589><c> they</c><00:24:27.789><c> all</c><00:24:28.369><c> condemned</c><00:24:28.849><c> him</c><00:24:29.349><c> to</c><00:24:29.730><c> be</c><00:24:29.950><c> guilty</c><00:24:30.269><c> of</c><00:24:30.549><c> death.</c>

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The<00:24:32.269><c> high</c><00:24:32.670><c> priest</c><00:24:33.230><c> rents</c><00:24:34.170><c> his</c><00:24:34.470><c> clothes.</c>

00:24:36.349 --> 00:24:41.529
Now<00:24:36.589><c> the</c><00:24:36.789><c> law</c><00:24:37.549><c> in</c><00:24:38.250><c> Exodus</c><00:24:38.630><c> 28</c><00:24:39.910><c> clearly</c><00:24:40.829><c> stated</c>

00:24:41.529 --> 00:24:45.710
that<00:24:42.190><c> the</c><00:24:42.410><c> high</c><00:24:42.710><c> priest's</c><00:24:43.109><c> garment</c><00:24:43.549><c> should</c><00:24:44.130><c> not</c><00:24:44.490><c> be</c><00:24:44.849><c> rent.</c>

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So<00:24:46.910><c> this</c><00:24:47.289><c> high</c><00:24:47.690><c> priest</c><00:24:48.109><c> unwittingly</c><00:24:49.670><c> unfropped</c><00:24:50.369><c> himself</c>

00:24:51.630 --> 00:24:55.609
and<00:24:52.089><c> declared</c><00:24:52.690><c> himself</c><00:24:53.369><c> to</c><00:24:53.569><c> be</c><00:24:53.890><c> unfit</c><00:24:54.329><c> for</c><00:24:54.589><c> office.</c>

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But<00:24:56.710><c> in</c><00:24:56.890><c> the</c><00:24:57.069><c> wonderful</c><00:24:57.569><c> way</c><00:24:58.089><c> of</c><00:24:58.369><c> Scripture,</c>

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when<00:24:59.470><c> you</c><00:24:59.630><c> get</c><00:24:59.869><c> to</c><00:25:00.009><c> John</c><00:25:00.289><c> chapter</c><00:25:00.690><c> 19,</c><00:25:01.670><c> remember,</c><00:25:02.950><c> on</c><00:25:03.190><c> the</c><00:25:03.450><c> cross,</c>

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by<00:25:05.849><c> contrast</c><00:25:06.589><c> the</c><00:25:06.829><c> garment</c><00:25:07.230><c> of</c><00:25:07.509><c> Christ,</c>

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the<00:25:08.769><c> high</c><00:25:09.150><c> priest</c><00:25:09.450><c> designate,</c><00:25:10.609><c> was</c><00:25:10.890><c> not</c><00:25:11.509><c> rent.</c>

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But<00:25:13.509><c> this</c><00:25:13.769><c> high</c><00:25:14.049><c> priest</c><00:25:14.549><c> rents</c><00:25:15.269><c> his</c><00:25:15.450><c> clothes</c>

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and<00:25:16.089><c> declared</c><00:25:16.369><c> himself</c><00:25:17.029><c> to</c><00:25:17.390><c> be</c><00:25:17.630><c> unfit</c><00:25:18.029><c> for</c><00:25:18.269><c> office.</c>

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Well<00:25:20.250><c> now,</c><00:25:20.730><c> chapter</c><00:25:21.009><c> 15</c><00:25:21.470><c> of</c><00:25:21.730><c> Mark</c><00:25:21.970><c> and</c><00:25:22.130><c> verse</c><00:25:22.430><c> 1</c><00:25:22.829><c> says,</c>

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Straightway<00:25:24.750><c> in</c><00:25:24.890><c> the</c><00:25:25.029><c> morning</c><00:25:25.430><c> the</c><00:25:25.670><c> chief</c><00:25:25.990><c> priests</c>

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held<00:25:26.769><c> a</c><00:25:27.089><c> consultation</c><00:25:27.829><c> with</c><00:25:28.410><c> the</c><00:25:28.630><c> elders</c><00:25:28.910><c> and</c><00:25:29.269><c> scribes</c>

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and<00:25:29.930><c> the</c><00:25:30.109><c> whole</c><00:25:30.369><c> council</c><00:25:30.890><c> and</c><00:25:31.569><c> bound</c><00:25:31.869><c> Jesus</c>

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and<00:25:32.650><c> carried</c><00:25:32.829><c> him</c><00:25:33.049><c> away</c><00:25:33.589><c> and</c><00:25:34.529><c> delivered</c><00:25:34.930><c> him</c><00:25:35.750><c> to</c><00:25:36.289><c> Pilate.</c>

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Matthew<00:25:39.569><c> in</c><00:25:39.690><c> his</c><00:25:39.990><c> account</c><00:25:40.390><c> puts</c><00:25:40.650><c> it</c><00:25:40.829><c> like</c><00:25:41.150><c> this,</c>

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When<00:25:42.250><c> the</c><00:25:42.450><c> morning</c><00:25:42.730><c> was</c><00:25:43.049><c> come,</c><00:25:43.490><c> all</c><00:25:43.769><c> the</c><00:25:43.970><c> chief</c><00:25:44.250><c> priests</c>

00:25:44.529 --> 00:25:47.430
and<00:25:44.730><c> elders</c><00:25:44.990><c> of</c><00:25:45.130><c> the</c><00:25:45.269><c> people</c><00:25:45.529><c> took</c><00:25:45.789><c> counsel</c><00:25:46.349><c> against</c><00:25:46.829><c> Jesus</c>

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to<00:25:48.069><c> put</c><00:25:48.289><c> him</c><00:25:48.589><c> to</c><00:25:48.849><c> death.</c>

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So<00:25:50.390><c> he</c><00:25:50.529><c> was</c><00:25:50.789><c> condemned</c><00:25:51.369><c> by</c><00:25:51.690><c> the</c><00:25:51.910><c> Sanhedrin</c>

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and<00:25:53.190><c> then</c><00:25:53.349><c> he</c><00:25:53.450><c> was</c><00:25:53.710><c> taken</c><00:25:53.950><c> off</c><00:25:54.250><c> to</c><00:25:54.450><c> Pontius</c><00:25:54.849><c> Pilate.</c>

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Well<00:25:56.490><c> we</c><00:25:56.589><c> must</c><00:25:56.829><c> move</c><00:25:57.150><c> on,</c><00:25:57.529><c> so</c><00:25:57.690><c> let's</c><00:25:57.910><c> come</c><00:25:58.150><c> back</c><00:25:58.390><c> to</c><00:25:58.529><c> John</c><00:25:58.829><c> now</c>

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in<00:25:59.349><c> chapter</c><00:25:59.630><c> 18</c><00:26:00.390><c> to</c><00:26:00.950><c> the</c><00:26:01.170><c> Roman</c><00:26:01.589><c> trial</c><00:26:02.150><c> before</c><00:26:02.710><c> Pilate.</c>

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And<00:26:04.150><c> what</c><00:26:04.329><c> they're</c><00:26:04.529><c> looking</c><00:26:04.849><c> for</c><00:26:05.170><c> now</c><00:26:05.690><c> is</c><00:26:05.970><c> for</c><00:26:06.210><c> Pilate</c>

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to<00:26:06.869><c> ratify</c><00:26:07.410><c> their</c><00:26:07.690><c> sentence.</c>

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This<00:26:09.190><c> man,</c><00:26:09.509><c> they</c><00:26:09.829><c> said,</c><00:26:10.130><c> is</c><00:26:10.410><c> worthy</c><00:26:10.750><c> of</c><00:26:11.049><c> death</c>

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and<00:26:12.170><c> they</c><00:26:12.369><c> want</c><00:26:12.589><c> Pilate</c><00:26:13.049><c> to</c><00:26:13.390><c> rubber</c><00:26:13.750><c> stamp</c>

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the<00:26:14.809><c> decision</c><00:26:15.170><c> they</c><00:26:15.349><c> had</c><00:26:15.589><c> made.</c>

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But<00:26:17.269><c> it</c><00:26:17.390><c> didn't</c><00:26:17.630><c> turn</c><00:26:17.930><c> out</c><00:26:18.190><c> quite</c><00:26:18.430><c> as</c><00:26:18.690><c> simple</c><00:26:18.950><c> as</c><00:26:19.170><c> that,</c><00:26:19.549><c> did</c><00:26:19.630><c> it?</c>

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So,<00:26:21.250><c> John</c><00:26:21.789><c> chapter</c><00:26:22.150><c> 18</c><00:26:22.809><c> and</c><00:26:23.089><c> verse</c><00:26:23.329><c> 28,</c>

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Then<00:26:25.829><c> led</c><00:26:26.029><c> they</c><00:26:26.329><c> Jesus</c><00:26:26.569><c> from</c><00:26:26.829><c> Caiaphas</c>

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unto<00:26:27.589><c> the</c><00:26:27.769><c> hall</c><00:26:27.890><c> of</c><00:26:28.150><c> judgment,</c><00:26:28.670><c> and</c><00:26:28.809><c> it</c><00:26:28.890><c> was</c><00:26:29.210><c> early,</c>

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and<00:26:30.710><c> they</c><00:26:30.990><c> themselves</c><00:26:31.450><c> went</c><00:26:31.710><c> not</c><00:26:31.930><c> into</c><00:26:32.190><c> the</c><00:26:32.369><c> judgment</c><00:26:32.670><c> hall,</c>

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lest<00:26:33.470><c> they</c><00:26:33.670><c> should</c><00:26:33.849><c> be</c><00:26:34.190><c> defiled,</c>

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but<00:26:35.990><c> that</c><00:26:36.170><c> they</c><00:26:36.309><c> might</c><00:26:36.650><c> eat</c><00:26:37.309><c> the</c><00:26:37.730><c> Passover.</c>

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So<00:26:39.829><c> they</c><00:26:39.990><c> brought</c><00:26:40.250><c> the</c><00:26:40.430><c> Lord</c><00:26:40.589><c> to</c><00:26:40.789><c> the</c><00:26:40.890><c> hall</c><00:26:41.069><c> of</c><00:26:41.470><c> judgment.</c>

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The<00:26:43.150><c> revised</c><00:26:43.430><c> version</c><00:26:43.809><c> says</c><00:26:44.130><c> the</c><00:26:44.390><c> palace.</c>

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The<00:26:46.029><c> Greek</c><00:26:46.309><c> word</c><00:26:46.609><c> here</c><00:26:46.910><c> is</c><00:26:47.150><c> praetorium.</c>

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It<00:26:49.009><c> was</c><00:26:49.230><c> the</c><00:26:49.450><c> official</c><00:26:49.930><c> residence</c><00:26:50.410><c> of</c><00:26:50.630><c> the</c><00:26:50.789><c> governor,</c>

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traditionally<00:26:52.190><c> regarded</c><00:26:52.869><c> as</c><00:26:53.329><c> the</c><00:26:53.549><c> fortress</c><00:26:53.910><c> of</c><00:26:54.130><c> Antonia.</c>

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And<00:26:55.970><c> we're</c><00:26:56.190><c> told</c><00:26:56.410><c> in</c><00:26:56.549><c> this</c><00:26:56.869><c> verse</c><00:26:57.089><c> that</c><00:26:57.269><c> it</c><00:26:57.349><c> was</c><00:26:57.730><c> early.</c>

00:26:59.910 --> 00:27:03.470
Now<00:27:00.170><c> that</c><00:27:00.390><c> word</c><00:27:00.769><c> can</c><00:27:01.009><c> have</c><00:27:01.230><c> two</c><00:27:01.549><c> possible</c><00:27:02.109><c> significances.</c>

00:27:03.670 --> 00:27:07.130
It<00:27:03.869><c> could</c><00:27:04.089><c> simply</c><00:27:04.430><c> mean</c><00:27:04.809><c> it</c><00:27:04.970><c> was</c><00:27:05.170><c> in</c><00:27:05.289><c> the</c><00:27:05.450><c> early</c><00:27:05.630><c> part</c><00:27:05.890><c> of</c><00:27:06.089><c> the</c><00:27:06.250><c> day.</c>

00:27:07.309 --> 00:27:10.369
But<00:27:07.509><c> if</c><00:27:07.730><c> the</c><00:27:07.910><c> word</c><00:27:08.069><c> is</c><00:27:08.269><c> being</c><00:27:08.569><c> used</c><00:27:08.829><c> in</c><00:27:08.990><c> its</c><00:27:09.309><c> technical</c><00:27:09.769><c> sense,</c>

00:27:10.829 --> 00:27:13.630
it<00:27:11.009><c> indicates</c><00:27:11.569><c> the</c><00:27:11.910><c> fourth</c><00:27:12.369><c> watch</c><00:27:12.789><c> of</c><00:27:13.009><c> the</c><00:27:13.170><c> night,</c>

00:27:13.630 --> 00:27:18.109
which<00:27:14.490><c> went</c><00:27:14.750><c> from</c><00:27:15.049><c> 3</c><00:27:15.390><c> a</c><00:27:15.630><c>.m.</c><00:27:15.910><c> to</c><00:27:16.009><c> 6</c><00:27:16.390><c> a</c><00:27:16.609><c>.m.</c><00:27:16.869><c> in</c><00:27:17.049><c> the</c><00:27:17.190><c> morning.</c>

00:27:18.450 --> 00:27:20.150
And<00:27:18.730><c> it</c><00:27:18.849><c> could</c><00:27:18.990><c> be</c><00:27:19.210><c> either.</c>

00:27:20.390 --> 00:27:23.430
But<00:27:20.549><c> if</c><00:27:20.869><c> early</c><00:27:21.269><c> simply</c><00:27:21.710><c> means</c><00:27:22.130><c> early</c><00:27:22.589><c> in</c><00:27:22.769><c> the</c><00:27:22.950><c> day</c><00:27:23.089><c> in</c><00:27:23.250><c> a</c>

00:27:23.430 --> 00:27:24.210
general<00:27:23.730><c> sense,</c>

00:27:24.490 --> 00:27:26.750
then<00:27:24.670><c> what</c><00:27:24.869><c> might</c><00:27:25.150><c> have</c><00:27:25.329><c> happened</c><00:27:25.589><c> is</c><00:27:25.829><c> this.</c>

00:27:27.049 --> 00:27:29.900
The<00:27:27.210><c> Jewish</c><00:27:27.549><c> leaders</c><00:27:28.309><c> called</c><00:27:28.750><c> the</c><00:27:29.029><c> Sanhedrin</c><00:27:29.609><c> together</c>

00:27:30.309 --> 00:27:34.609
just<00:27:30.890><c> after</c><00:27:31.349><c> daybreak</c><00:27:32.109><c> at</c><00:27:32.750><c> the</c><00:27:32.890><c> beginning</c><00:27:33.069><c> of</c><00:27:33.289><c> Mark</c><00:27:33.490><c> 15.</c>

00:27:34.950 --> 00:27:39.390
And<00:27:35.369><c> by</c><00:27:35.630><c> doing</c><00:27:36.009><c> that</c><00:27:36.509><c> and</c><00:27:36.750><c> by</c><00:27:37.069><c> condemning</c><00:27:37.609><c> him</c><00:27:37.890><c> just</c><00:27:38.250><c> after</c><00:27:38.670><c> daybreak,</c>

00:27:39.390 --> 00:27:44.390
they<00:27:39.930><c> gave</c><00:27:40.289><c> a</c><00:27:40.589><c> veneer</c><00:27:41.150><c> of</c><00:27:41.430><c> legality</c><00:27:42.450><c> to</c><00:27:42.890><c> their</c><00:27:43.150><c> proceedings.</c>

00:27:44.569 --> 00:27:47.670
Because<00:27:44.849><c> now</c><00:27:45.130><c> it</c><00:27:45.190><c> wasn't</c><00:27:45.470><c> night</c><00:27:45.910><c> time,</c><00:27:46.289><c> it</c><00:27:46.470><c> was</c><00:27:46.670><c> daytime.</c>

00:27:47.910 --> 00:27:50.190
So<00:27:48.069><c> just</c><00:27:48.329><c> after</c><00:27:48.650><c> daybreak</c><00:27:49.109><c> they</c><00:27:49.289><c> bring</c><00:27:49.430><c> him</c><00:27:49.609><c> together,</c><00:27:50.069><c> they</c>

00:27:50.190 --> 00:27:50.829
condemn<00:27:50.549><c> him,</c>

00:27:51.089 --> 00:27:54.549
they<00:27:51.289><c> give</c><00:27:51.450><c> this</c><00:27:51.730><c> veneer</c><00:27:52.269><c> of</c><00:27:52.529><c> legality</c><00:27:53.029><c> to</c><00:27:53.210><c> what</c><00:27:53.369><c> they're</c><00:27:53.630><c> doing,</c>

00:27:54.990 --> 00:27:57.269
and<00:27:55.130><c> then</c><00:27:55.490><c> presumably</c><00:27:56.049><c> the</c><00:27:56.309><c> Lord</c><00:27:56.509><c> would</c><00:27:56.710><c> have</c><00:27:56.829><c> been</c><00:27:57.029><c> taken</c>

00:27:57.269 --> 00:28:01.849
before<00:27:57.690><c> Pontius</c><00:27:58.150><c> Pilate</c><00:27:58.650><c> somewhere</c><00:27:59.450><c> between</c><00:28:00.049><c> 6</c><00:28:00.569><c> and</c><00:28:00.750><c> 7</c><00:28:01.289><c> a</c><00:28:01.609><c>.m.</c>

00:28:02.009 --> 00:28:03.170
in<00:28:02.150><c> the</c><00:28:02.269><c> morning.</c>

00:28:03.369 --> 00:28:07.390
Apparently<00:28:03.910><c> Roman</c><00:28:04.309><c> courts</c><00:28:04.890><c> were</c><00:28:05.289><c> known</c><00:28:05.630><c> to</c><00:28:05.910><c> begin</c><00:28:06.269><c> very</c><00:28:06.890><c> early</c><00:28:07.190><c> in</c>

00:28:07.390 --> 00:28:08.549
the<00:28:07.529><c> day.</c>

00:28:09.509 --> 00:28:12.329
Do<00:28:10.089><c> you</c><00:28:10.210><c> notice</c><00:28:10.589><c> though</c><00:28:11.069><c> that</c><00:28:11.349><c> the</c><00:28:11.609><c> Jewish</c><00:28:11.890><c> leaders</c>

00:28:12.329 --> 00:28:15.789
wouldn't<00:28:12.569><c> go</c><00:28:12.829><c> into</c><00:28:13.170><c> the</c><00:28:13.349><c> Praetorium</c><00:28:13.990><c> in</c><00:28:14.309><c> case</c><00:28:14.529><c> they</c><00:28:14.809><c> defiled</c><00:28:15.130><c> themselves</c>

00:28:15.789 --> 00:28:18.670
and<00:28:16.549><c> were</c><00:28:16.750><c> not</c><00:28:16.950><c> able</c><00:28:17.170><c> to</c><00:28:17.329><c> eat</c><00:28:17.470><c> the</c><00:28:17.710><c> Passover?</c>

00:28:19.630 --> 00:28:21.009
It's<00:28:19.849><c> an</c><00:28:19.990><c> amazing</c><00:28:20.309><c> thing,</c><00:28:20.710><c> isn't</c><00:28:20.809><c> it,</c>

00:28:21.029 --> 00:28:25.289
that<00:28:21.269><c> these</c><00:28:21.670><c> men</c><00:28:22.190><c> were</c><00:28:22.609><c> quite</c><00:28:22.950><c> prepared</c><00:28:23.430><c> to</c><00:28:23.769><c> murder</c><00:28:24.210><c> someone,</c>

00:28:25.470 --> 00:28:28.690
but<00:28:25.690><c> they</c><00:28:25.869><c> did</c><00:28:26.109><c> not</c><00:28:26.349><c> want</c><00:28:26.569><c> to</c><00:28:26.750><c> be</c><00:28:27.009><c> ritually</c><00:28:27.349><c> defiled.</c>

00:28:29.690 --> 00:28:33.170
When<00:28:29.849><c> you</c><00:28:29.990><c> think</c><00:28:30.190><c> about</c><00:28:30.490><c> it,</c><00:28:30.630><c> it's</c><00:28:30.869><c> a</c><00:28:30.930><c> very,</c><00:28:31.269><c> very</c><00:28:31.670><c> sad</c><00:28:31.990><c> comment</c><00:28:32.490><c> on</c>

00:28:33.170 --> 00:28:34.509
human<00:28:33.490><c> nature.</c>

00:28:34.809 --> 00:28:38.529
And<00:28:35.569><c> so</c><00:28:35.829><c> now</c><00:28:36.049><c> the</c><00:28:36.230><c> Lord</c><00:28:36.410><c> finds</c><00:28:36.750><c> himself</c><00:28:37.210><c> standing</c><00:28:37.690><c> before</c>

00:28:38.529 --> 00:28:40.490
Pontius<00:28:39.069><c> Pilate.</c>

00:28:40.910 --> 00:28:44.309
He<00:28:41.029><c> was</c><00:28:41.250><c> the</c><00:28:41.509><c> fifth</c><00:28:41.930><c> Roman</c><00:28:42.470><c> procurator</c><00:28:43.250><c> of</c><00:28:43.509><c> Judea</c>

00:28:44.309 --> 00:28:48.349
following<00:28:44.829><c> the</c><00:28:45.130><c> deposition</c><00:28:45.609><c> of</c><00:28:45.930><c> Archelaus</c><00:28:46.710><c> in</c><00:28:47.029><c> AD</c><00:28:47.309><c> 6.</c>

00:28:48.750 --> 00:28:53.690
Pilate<00:28:49.170><c> was</c><00:28:49.390><c> appointed</c><00:28:49.829><c> by</c><00:28:50.130><c> the</c><00:28:50.309><c> emperor</c><00:28:50.529><c> Tiberius</c><00:28:51.509><c> in</c><00:28:51.809><c> AD</c><00:28:52.190><c> 26,</c>

00:28:54.049 --> 00:28:57.529
and<00:28:54.130><c> he</c><00:28:54.369><c> arrived</c><00:28:54.670><c> in</c><00:28:54.910><c> Judea</c><00:28:55.329><c> the</c><00:28:55.549><c> same</c><00:28:55.869><c> year</c><00:28:56.490><c> accompanied</c><00:28:57.210><c> by</c>

00:28:57.529 --> 00:28:58.829
his<00:28:57.789><c> wife,</c>

00:28:58.990 --> 00:29:01.930
who<00:28:59.089><c> is</c><00:28:59.289><c> mentioned</c><00:28:59.690><c> in</c><00:28:59.869><c> Matthew's</c><00:29:00.410><c> account,</c><00:29:00.910><c> Matthew</c><00:29:01.230><c> 27.</c>

00:29:01.930 --> 00:29:05.990
As<00:29:02.970><c> a</c><00:29:03.150><c> matter</c><00:29:03.289><c> of</c><00:29:03.450><c> fact,</c><00:29:03.869><c> you</c><00:29:03.869><c> know,</c><00:29:04.529><c> it</c><00:29:04.670><c> had</c><00:29:04.930><c> been</c><00:29:05.329><c> illegal</c>

00:29:05.990 --> 00:29:10.109
for<00:29:06.630><c> a</c><00:29:06.789><c> Roman</c><00:29:07.210><c> governor</c><00:29:07.789><c> appointed</c><00:29:08.650><c> to</c><00:29:08.869><c> a</c><00:29:09.009><c> dangerous</c><00:29:09.470><c> province</c>

00:29:10.109 --> 00:29:12.890
to<00:29:10.569><c> take</c><00:29:10.849><c> his</c><00:29:11.130><c> wife</c><00:29:11.470><c> with</c><00:29:11.750><c> him.</c>

00:29:13.069 --> 00:29:19.789
And<00:29:13.289><c> it</c><00:29:13.369><c> was</c><00:29:13.549><c> only</c><00:29:13.890><c> in</c><00:29:14.190><c> AD</c><00:29:14.650><c> 21</c><00:29:15.569><c> that</c><00:29:16.089><c> the</c><00:29:16.329><c> Roman</c><00:29:16.809><c> Senate</c><00:29:17.430><c> permitted</c><00:29:18.230><c> it.</c>

00:29:20.309 --> 00:29:23.410
And<00:29:20.589><c> five</c><00:29:20.849><c> years</c><00:29:21.130><c> later</c><00:29:21.690><c> Pilate</c><00:29:22.150><c> turns</c><00:29:22.450><c> up</c><00:29:22.750><c> in</c><00:29:22.890><c> Judea.</c>

00:29:23.549 --> 00:29:26.630
So<00:29:23.750><c> he</c><00:29:23.910><c> was</c><00:29:24.109><c> able</c><00:29:24.289><c> to</c><00:29:24.529><c> take</c><00:29:24.690><c> advantage</c><00:29:25.430><c> of</c><00:29:25.789><c> a</c><00:29:25.950><c> recent</c><00:29:26.329><c> change</c>

00:29:26.630 --> 00:29:27.390
of<00:29:26.930><c> policy</c>

00:29:27.390 --> 00:29:30.190
to<00:29:28.029><c> bring</c><00:29:28.190><c> his</c><00:29:28.470><c> wife</c><00:29:28.890><c> with</c><00:29:29.289><c> him.</c>

00:29:30.670 --> 00:29:33.349
He<00:29:31.349><c> had</c><00:29:31.630><c> full</c><00:29:31.970><c> control</c><00:29:32.529><c> in</c><00:29:32.690><c> the</c><00:29:32.890><c> province.</c>

00:29:33.789 --> 00:29:36.730
He<00:29:33.890><c> was</c><00:29:34.089><c> in</c><00:29:34.369><c> charge</c><00:29:34.690><c> of</c><00:29:34.890><c> the</c><00:29:35.089><c> army</c><00:29:35.289><c> of</c><00:29:35.569><c> occupation.</c>

00:29:37.130 --> 00:29:40.750
Capital<00:29:37.430><c> sentences</c><00:29:38.089><c> passed</c><00:29:38.509><c> by</c><00:29:38.769><c> the</c><00:29:38.970><c> Sanhedrin</c><00:29:39.789><c> had</c><00:29:40.269><c> to</c><00:29:40.470><c> be</c>

00:29:40.750 --> 00:29:42.190
presented<00:29:40.990><c> to</c><00:29:41.309><c> Pilate,</c>

00:29:42.470 --> 00:29:45.829
and<00:29:42.529><c> he</c><00:29:42.670><c> could</c><00:29:42.910><c> reverse</c><00:29:43.589><c> or</c><00:29:44.309><c> ratify</c><00:29:44.910><c> them.</c>

00:29:46.230 --> 00:29:50.049
He<00:29:46.490><c> appointed</c><00:29:46.869><c> the</c><00:29:47.109><c> high</c><00:29:47.369><c> priests</c><00:29:47.890><c> and</c><00:29:48.450><c> controlled</c><00:29:48.869><c> the</c><00:29:49.150><c> temple.</c>

00:29:50.369 --> 00:29:53.369
Even<00:29:50.769><c> the</c><00:29:51.029><c> high</c><00:29:51.309><c> priest's</c><00:29:51.829><c> vestments</c><00:29:52.269><c> were</c><00:29:52.509><c> in</c><00:29:52.609><c> his</c><00:29:52.970><c> care,</c>

00:29:53.369 --> 00:29:57.049
and<00:29:53.730><c> they</c><00:29:53.869><c> were</c><00:29:54.069><c> only</c><00:29:54.490><c> made</c><00:29:54.789><c> available</c><00:29:55.509><c> for</c><00:29:55.849><c> festivals.</c>

00:29:57.450 --> 00:30:01.009
On<00:29:58.049><c> those</c><00:29:58.430><c> occasions</c><00:29:59.109><c> the</c><00:29:59.410><c> procurator</c><00:30:00.069><c> left</c><00:30:00.349><c> his</c><00:30:00.630><c> residence</c>

00:30:01.009 --> 00:30:01.849
in<00:30:01.329><c> Caesarea,</c>

00:30:02.309 --> 00:30:05.589
which<00:30:02.569><c> in</c><00:30:02.809><c> fact</c><00:30:02.950><c> was</c><00:30:03.130><c> the</c><00:30:03.250><c> Roman</c><00:30:03.529><c> capital</c><00:30:03.930><c> of</c><00:30:04.190><c> Judea</c><00:30:04.710><c> and</c><00:30:04.849><c> not</c><00:30:05.029><c> Jerusalem.</c>

00:30:06.009 --> 00:30:07.250
It<00:30:06.069><c> was</c><00:30:06.309><c> Caesarea.</c>

00:30:07.650 --> 00:30:10.509
At<00:30:07.750><c> festival</c><00:30:08.210><c> time</c><00:30:08.609><c> he'd</c><00:30:08.950><c> leave</c><00:30:09.109><c> his</c><00:30:09.309><c> capital</c><00:30:09.650><c> of</c><00:30:09.910><c> Caesarea</c>

00:30:10.509 --> 00:30:14.190
and<00:30:11.049><c> he'd</c><00:30:11.369><c> take</c><00:30:11.509><c> up</c><00:30:11.730><c> residence</c><00:30:12.069><c> in</c><00:30:12.269><c> Jerusalem</c><00:30:12.890><c> with</c><00:30:13.230><c> extra</c><00:30:13.710><c> troops,</c>

00:30:14.490 --> 00:30:16.509
just<00:30:14.789><c> in</c><00:30:15.009><c> case</c><00:30:15.190><c> there</c><00:30:15.329><c> was</c><00:30:15.490><c> trouble.</c>

00:30:16.869 --> 00:30:19.309
Roman<00:30:17.230><c> troops</c><00:30:17.549><c> could</c><00:30:17.789><c> very</c><00:30:18.109><c> quickly</c><00:30:18.410><c> deal</c><00:30:18.650><c> with</c><00:30:18.869><c> any</c><00:30:19.089><c> breach</c>

00:30:19.309 --> 00:30:20.190
of<00:30:19.470><c> the</c><00:30:19.670><c> peace</c>

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in<00:30:20.569><c> the</c><00:30:20.789><c> temple</c><00:30:21.069><c> area.</c>

00:30:21.569 --> 00:30:25.390
They<00:30:22.130><c> were</c><00:30:22.509><c> stationed</c><00:30:22.930><c> right</c><00:30:23.329><c> next</c><00:30:23.690><c> door</c><00:30:24.170><c> in</c><00:30:24.609><c> the</c><00:30:24.849><c> adjoining</c>

00:30:25.390 --> 00:30:27.450
Antonia<00:30:26.089><c> Fortress,</c>

00:30:27.490 --> 00:30:31.049
and<00:30:27.910><c> it</c><00:30:28.029><c> was</c><00:30:28.369><c> connected</c><00:30:29.049><c> by</c><00:30:29.529><c> two</c><00:30:29.890><c> flights</c><00:30:30.269><c> of</c><00:30:30.670><c> steps</c>

00:30:31.049 --> 00:30:33.490
to<00:30:31.509><c> the</c><00:30:31.789><c> outer</c><00:30:32.029><c> court</c><00:30:32.250><c> of</c><00:30:32.430><c> the</c><00:30:32.609><c> temple.</c>

00:30:33.849 --> 00:30:36.869
There<00:30:33.990><c> is</c><00:30:34.170><c> a</c><00:30:34.309><c> reference</c><00:30:34.630><c> to</c><00:30:34.809><c> that</c><00:30:34.950><c> in</c><00:30:35.289><c> Scripture</c><00:30:35.789><c> in</c><00:30:35.970><c> Acts</c><00:30:36.150><c> 21.</c>

00:30:37.170 --> 00:30:39.910
Do<00:30:37.309><c> you</c><00:30:37.309><c> remember</c><00:30:37.509><c> when</c><00:30:37.769><c> Paul</c><00:30:38.130><c> made</c><00:30:38.369><c> his</c><00:30:38.650><c> last</c><00:30:38.869><c> visit</c><00:30:39.089><c> to</c><00:30:39.329><c> Jerusalem</c>

00:30:39.910 --> 00:30:42.849
and<00:30:40.369><c> there</c><00:30:40.509><c> was</c><00:30:40.670><c> a</c><00:30:40.890><c> riot</c><00:30:41.150><c> in</c><00:30:41.349><c> the</c><00:30:41.549><c> temple</c><00:30:41.849><c> area,</c>

00:30:42.890 --> 00:30:46.069
and<00:30:43.069><c> the</c><00:30:43.210><c> Roman</c><00:30:43.529><c> soldiers</c><00:30:44.150><c> came</c><00:30:44.430><c> running</c><00:30:44.789><c> down</c><00:30:45.089><c> the</c><00:30:45.450><c> steps</c><00:30:45.769><c> to</c>

00:30:46.069 --> 00:30:47.069
rescue<00:30:46.509><c> Paul,</c>

00:30:47.069 --> 00:30:50.309
and<00:30:47.690><c> then</c><00:30:47.849><c> he's</c><00:30:48.170><c> allowed</c><00:30:48.390><c> to</c><00:30:48.690><c> stand</c><00:30:48.970><c> on</c><00:30:49.190><c> those</c><00:30:49.430><c> steps</c><00:30:49.730><c> and</c><00:30:49.970><c> speak</c><00:30:50.150><c> to</c>

00:30:50.309 --> 00:30:51.450
the<00:30:50.490><c> people?</c>

00:30:51.930 --> 00:30:54.650
Well,<00:30:52.170><c> that</c><00:30:52.289><c> was</c><00:30:52.490><c> the</c><00:30:52.569><c> way</c><00:30:52.750><c> in</c><00:30:52.849><c> which</c><00:30:53.009><c> the</c><00:30:53.230><c> Romans</c><00:30:53.690><c> made</c><00:30:54.329><c> sure</c>

00:30:54.650 --> 00:30:58.049
that<00:30:54.930><c> order</c><00:30:55.150><c> was</c><00:30:55.450><c> kept</c><00:30:55.829><c> in</c><00:30:56.309><c> the</c><00:30:56.509><c> temple</c><00:30:56.829><c> area.</c>

00:30:59.710 --> 00:31:04.589
Josephus,<00:31:00.509><c> the</c><00:31:00.670><c> Jewish</c><00:31:00.990><c> historian,</c><00:31:01.589><c> tells</c><00:31:01.970><c> us</c><00:31:02.529><c> that</c><00:31:02.990><c> Pilate's</c><00:31:03.670><c> first</c><00:31:04.109><c> act</c>

00:31:04.589 --> 00:31:09.730
was<00:31:05.009><c> to</c><00:31:05.230><c> upset</c><00:31:05.630><c> the</c><00:31:05.950><c> Jews</c><00:31:06.349><c> by</c><00:31:07.089><c> sending</c><00:31:07.450><c> a</c><00:31:07.710><c> detachment</c><00:31:08.170><c> of</c><00:31:08.589><c> troops</c><00:31:08.849><c> into</c><00:31:09.150><c> Jerusalem</c>

00:31:09.730 --> 00:31:15.309
by<00:31:10.170><c> night</c><00:31:10.589><c> carrying</c><00:31:11.529><c> their</c><00:31:11.970><c> Roman</c><00:31:12.690><c> ensigns,</c><00:31:13.990><c> their</c><00:31:14.289><c> standards.</c>

00:31:15.710 --> 00:31:18.849
Previously<00:31:16.329><c> these</c><00:31:16.589><c> had</c><00:31:16.750><c> always</c><00:31:16.930><c> been</c><00:31:17.089><c> left</c><00:31:17.329><c> outside</c><00:31:17.769><c> the</c><00:31:18.009><c> city.</c>

00:31:18.970 --> 00:31:20.509
Why<00:31:19.230><c> was</c><00:31:19.410><c> it</c><00:31:19.549><c> a</c><00:31:19.730><c> problem?</c>

00:31:20.970 --> 00:31:24.130
Well,<00:31:21.230><c> on</c><00:31:21.390><c> these</c><00:31:21.630><c> ensigns</c><00:31:22.210><c> were</c><00:31:22.549><c> silver</c><00:31:23.329><c> eagles</c>

00:31:24.130 --> 00:31:27.849
and<00:31:24.789><c> images</c><00:31:25.089><c> of</c><00:31:25.309><c> the</c><00:31:25.450><c> emperor</c><00:31:26.130><c> whom</c><00:31:26.710><c> the</c><00:31:26.930><c> Romans</c><00:31:27.170><c> regarded</c><00:31:27.609><c> as</c>

00:31:27.849 --> 00:31:28.869
a<00:31:28.029><c> god.</c>

00:31:29.549 --> 00:31:32.730
So<00:31:29.769><c> the</c><00:31:29.950><c> Jewish</c><00:31:30.210><c> leaders</c><00:31:30.730><c> sent</c><00:31:31.029><c> a</c><00:31:31.210><c> deputation</c><00:31:31.829><c> to</c><00:31:32.170><c> Caesarea</c>

00:31:32.730 --> 00:31:37.470
and<00:31:33.549><c> they</c><00:31:33.990><c> strongly</c><00:31:34.430><c> objected</c><00:31:35.230><c> and</c><00:31:35.549><c> urged</c><00:31:36.049><c> Pilate</c><00:31:36.509><c> to</c><00:31:36.789><c> remove</c>

00:31:37.470 --> 00:31:39.509
these<00:31:38.029><c> ensigns.</c>

00:31:39.710 --> 00:31:42.099
Pilate<00:31:40.269><c> responded</c><00:31:40.769><c> by</c><00:31:41.009><c> telling</c><00:31:41.250><c> them</c><00:31:41.369><c> to</c><00:31:41.589><c> go</c><00:31:41.789><c> away</c>

00:31:42.099 --> 00:31:45.440
or<00:31:43.039><c> he</c><00:31:43.200><c> said</c><00:31:43.480><c> he'd</c><00:31:43.759><c> kill</c><00:31:43.940><c> a</c><00:31:44.059><c> lot</c><00:31:44.220><c> of</c><00:31:44.420><c> them.</c>

00:31:45.880 --> 00:31:47.460
But<00:31:46.180><c> they</c><00:31:46.319><c> didn't</c><00:31:46.579><c> go</c><00:31:46.859><c> away</c>

00:31:47.460 --> 00:31:50.900
and<00:31:48.180><c> it</c><00:31:48.299><c> was</c><00:31:48.619><c> Pilate</c><00:31:49.319><c> who</c><00:31:49.759><c> backed</c><00:31:50.160><c> down</c>

00:31:50.900 --> 00:31:54.099
and<00:31:51.339><c> had</c><00:31:51.579><c> the</c><00:31:51.880><c> images</c><00:31:52.180><c> removed</c><00:31:52.660><c> to</c><00:31:53.000><c> Caesarea.</c>

00:31:55.180 --> 00:31:58.680
So<00:31:55.380><c> you</c><00:31:55.599><c> see,</c><00:31:56.160><c> when</c><00:31:56.339><c> it</c><00:31:56.519><c> comes</c><00:31:56.759><c> to</c><00:31:56.980><c> the</c><00:31:57.180><c> trial</c><00:31:57.339><c> of</c><00:31:57.519><c> the</c><00:31:57.700><c> Lord,</c>

00:31:58.700 --> 00:32:01.380
those<00:31:59.059><c> Jewish</c><00:31:59.460><c> leaders</c><00:31:59.960><c> knew</c><00:32:00.339><c> full</c><00:32:00.819><c> well</c>

00:32:01.380 --> 00:32:04.779
that<00:32:01.859><c> Pilate</c><00:32:02.279><c> had</c><00:32:02.519><c> given</c><00:32:02.740><c> way</c><00:32:03.240><c> under</c><00:32:03.720><c> pressure</c><00:32:04.099><c> before</c>

00:32:04.779 --> 00:32:08.220
and<00:32:05.420><c> he</c><00:32:05.619><c> might</c><00:32:06.000><c> do</c><00:32:06.380><c> so</c><00:32:07.039><c> again.</c>

00:32:09.460 --> 00:32:11.720
Sometime<00:32:09.859><c> after</c><00:32:10.220><c> the</c><00:32:10.460><c> incident</c><00:32:10.700><c> I've</c><00:32:10.900><c> just</c><00:32:11.160><c> related,</c>

00:32:11.720 --> 00:32:14.759
Pilate<00:32:12.380><c> gave</c><00:32:12.640><c> the</c><00:32:12.859><c> Jews</c><00:32:13.039><c> another</c><00:32:13.359><c> cause</c><00:32:13.700><c> of</c><00:32:13.960><c> grievance.</c>

00:32:15.200 --> 00:32:17.740
He<00:32:15.259><c> used</c><00:32:15.619><c> money</c><00:32:16.180><c> from</c><00:32:16.579><c> the</c><00:32:16.799><c> temple</c><00:32:17.180><c> treasury</c>

00:32:17.740 --> 00:32:21.930
to<00:32:18.299><c> build</c><00:32:18.500><c> an</c><00:32:18.819><c> aqueduct</c><00:32:19.359><c> to</c><00:32:19.799><c> bring</c><00:32:20.019><c> water</c><00:32:20.599><c> into</c><00:32:21.640><c> Jerusalem</c>

00:32:22.240 --> 00:32:26.079
from<00:32:22.480><c> a</c><00:32:22.859><c> spring</c><00:32:23.400><c> some</c><00:32:23.940><c> miles</c><00:32:24.259><c> to</c><00:32:24.500><c> the</c><00:32:24.640><c> south</c><00:32:24.819><c> of</c><00:32:25.039><c> the</c><00:32:25.160><c> city.</c>

00:32:26.500 --> 00:32:28.819
Thousands<00:32:26.720><c> of</c><00:32:27.019><c> Jews</c><00:32:27.259><c> protested</c><00:32:27.920><c> at</c><00:32:28.059><c> this</c><00:32:28.279><c> project</c>

00:32:28.819 --> 00:32:30.819
when<00:32:29.240><c> Pilate</c><00:32:29.619><c> came</c><00:32:29.839><c> up</c><00:32:30.039><c> to</c><00:32:30.200><c> Jerusalem</c>

00:32:30.819 --> 00:32:33.299
presumably<00:32:31.599><c> for</c><00:32:31.819><c> one</c><00:32:31.960><c> of</c><00:32:32.079><c> the</c><00:32:32.240><c> festivals.</c>

00:32:33.539 --> 00:32:35.799
You<00:32:33.700><c> see,</c><00:32:33.799><c> they</c><00:32:34.039><c> thought</c><00:32:34.319><c> that</c><00:32:34.619><c> money</c><00:32:34.859><c> that</c><00:32:35.059><c> had</c><00:32:35.140><c> been</c><00:32:35.339><c> given</c>

00:32:35.799 --> 00:32:39.279
and<00:32:36.279><c> dedicated</c><00:32:36.759><c> to</c><00:32:37.039><c> God</c><00:32:37.579><c> ought</c><00:32:37.980><c> not</c><00:32:38.200><c> to</c><00:32:38.400><c> be</c><00:32:38.579><c> used</c><00:32:38.839><c> for</c><00:32:39.119><c> a</c>

00:32:39.279 --> 00:32:40.759
secular<00:32:39.619><c> purpose.</c>

00:32:41.220 --> 00:32:43.559
So<00:32:41.559><c> how</c><00:32:41.779><c> did</c><00:32:42.059><c> Pilate</c><00:32:42.359><c> respond?</c>

00:32:43.859 --> 00:32:48.220
Well,<00:32:44.819><c> he</c><00:32:44.839><c> sent</c><00:32:45.180><c> troops</c><00:32:45.779><c> in</c><00:32:46.299><c> disguise</c><00:32:46.920><c> amongst</c><00:32:47.319><c> the</c><00:32:47.519><c> multitude</c>

00:32:48.220 --> 00:32:50.619
and<00:32:48.720><c> a</c><00:32:48.859><c> lot</c><00:32:49.019><c> of</c><00:32:49.240><c> people</c><00:32:49.420><c> were</c><00:32:49.700><c> killed.</c>

00:32:50.980 --> 00:32:52.480
And<00:32:51.180><c> it's</c><00:32:51.319><c> quite</c><00:32:51.579><c> possible,</c><00:32:52.019><c> you</c><00:32:52.220><c> know,</c>

00:32:52.579 --> 00:32:56.720
that<00:32:52.779><c> that</c><00:32:53.099><c> riot</c><00:32:53.619><c> that</c><00:32:54.380><c> was</c><00:32:54.660><c> caused</c><00:32:55.339><c> by</c><00:32:55.720><c> the</c><00:32:55.960><c> Galileans</c>

00:32:56.720 --> 00:33:00.980
is<00:32:57.240><c> the</c><00:32:57.400><c> one</c><00:32:57.619><c> mentioned</c><00:32:58.359><c> in</c><00:32:58.819><c> Luke</c><00:32:59.160><c> chapter</c><00:32:59.660><c> 13.</c>

00:33:01.039 --> 00:33:03.799
The<00:33:01.140><c> very</c><00:33:01.359><c> beginning</c><00:33:01.640><c> of</c><00:33:01.859><c> Luke</c><00:33:02.099><c> 13</c><00:33:02.740><c> says,</c>

00:33:03.940 --> 00:33:06.019
there<00:33:04.119><c> were</c><00:33:04.619><c> present</c><00:33:04.980><c> at</c><00:33:05.160><c> that</c><00:33:05.500><c> season</c>

00:33:06.019 --> 00:33:09.119
some<00:33:06.759><c> that</c><00:33:07.039><c> told</c><00:33:07.319><c> Jesus</c><00:33:07.779><c> of</c><00:33:08.000><c> the</c><00:33:08.279><c> Galileans</c>

00:33:09.119 --> 00:33:14.619
whose<00:33:09.720><c> blood</c><00:33:10.900><c> Pilate</c><00:33:11.380><c> had</c><00:33:11.660><c> mingled</c><00:33:12.539><c> with</c><00:33:12.859><c> their</c><00:33:13.240><c> sacrifices.</c>

00:33:15.819 --> 00:33:17.759
Josephus<00:33:16.380><c> actually</c><00:33:16.700><c> says</c><00:33:16.960><c> that</c><00:33:17.160><c> the</c><00:33:17.400><c> Galileans</c>

00:33:17.759 --> 00:33:19.619
were<00:33:18.079><c> prone</c><00:33:18.440><c> to</c><00:33:18.700><c> misbehaving</c>

00:33:19.720 --> 00:33:22.720
when<00:33:20.059><c> they</c><00:33:20.279><c> came</c><00:33:20.480><c> up</c><00:33:20.660><c> to</c><00:33:20.839><c> Jerusalem</c><00:33:21.259><c> for</c><00:33:21.460><c> the</c><00:33:21.660><c> festivals.</c>

00:33:23.240 --> 00:33:25.980
It's<00:33:23.559><c> also</c><00:33:23.900><c> possible</c><00:33:24.660><c> that</c><00:33:25.140><c> that</c><00:33:25.480><c> passage</c>

00:33:25.980 --> 00:33:28.460
about<00:33:26.400><c> Pilate</c><00:33:26.940><c> slaying</c><00:33:27.279><c> the</c><00:33:27.579><c> Galileans</c>

00:33:28.460 --> 00:33:31.960
explains<00:33:29.420><c> the</c><00:33:29.759><c> fact</c><00:33:29.940><c> that</c><00:33:30.220><c> relations</c><00:33:30.779><c> between</c><00:33:31.339><c> Pilate</c>

00:33:31.960 --> 00:33:34.619
and<00:33:32.440><c> Herod</c><00:33:32.720><c> Antipas</c><00:33:33.259><c> were</c><00:33:33.660><c> strained.</c>

00:33:35.180 --> 00:33:37.420
And<00:33:35.319><c> do</c><00:33:35.460><c> you</c><00:33:35.559><c> remember</c><00:33:35.859><c> that</c><00:33:36.099><c> in</c><00:33:36.380><c> trying</c><00:33:36.599><c> the</c><00:33:36.900><c> Lord,</c>

00:33:37.420 --> 00:33:40.599
Pilate<00:33:38.059><c> was</c><00:33:38.279><c> very</c><00:33:38.720><c> careful</c><00:33:39.220><c> to</c><00:33:39.559><c> send</c><00:33:39.740><c> him</c><00:33:39.940><c> to</c><00:33:40.220><c> Herod</c>

00:33:40.599 --> 00:33:43.680
and<00:33:41.359><c> his</c><00:33:41.700><c> acknowledgement</c><00:33:42.339><c> of</c><00:33:42.619><c> Herod's</c><00:33:43.079><c> jurisdiction</c>

00:33:43.680 --> 00:33:45.299
over<00:33:44.000><c> Galilean</c><00:33:44.579><c> affairs</c>

00:33:45.299 --> 00:33:50.039
improved<00:33:46.420><c> relations</c><00:33:47.319><c> between</c><00:33:48.140><c> the</c><00:33:48.380><c> two</c><00:33:48.579><c> men.</c>

00:33:52.079 --> 00:33:54.420
Philo,<00:33:52.880><c> who</c><00:33:53.160><c> was</c><00:33:53.380><c> a</c><00:33:53.460><c> Jewish</c><00:33:53.819><c> philosopher</c>

00:33:54.420 --> 00:33:58.180
living<00:33:54.839><c> in</c><00:33:55.079><c> the</c><00:33:55.279><c> first</c><00:33:55.579><c> part</c><00:33:55.980><c> of</c><00:33:56.579><c> the</c><00:33:56.700><c> first</c><00:33:56.980><c> century,</c>

00:33:58.200 --> 00:34:03.119
tells<00:33:58.460><c> us</c><00:33:59.279><c> that</c><00:33:59.960><c> Pilate</c><00:34:00.799><c> dedicated</c><00:34:01.480><c> a</c><00:34:01.680><c> set</c><00:34:01.859><c> of</c><00:34:02.259><c> golden</c><00:34:02.480><c> shields</c>

00:34:03.119 --> 00:34:05.079
in<00:34:03.579><c> his</c><00:34:03.839><c> residence</c><00:34:04.200><c> in</c><00:34:04.440><c> Jerusalem</c>

00:34:05.079 --> 00:34:08.119
in<00:34:05.819><c> honour</c><00:34:06.099><c> to</c><00:34:06.299><c> the</c><00:34:06.420><c> emperor</c><00:34:06.740><c> Tiberius.</c>

00:34:08.159 --> 00:34:10.380
They<00:34:08.400><c> were</c><00:34:08.719><c> inscribed</c><00:34:09.139><c> with</c><00:34:09.380><c> the</c><00:34:09.519><c> names</c><00:34:09.679><c> of</c><00:34:09.940><c> the</c><00:34:10.039><c> emperor</c>

00:34:10.380 --> 00:34:13.780
and<00:34:10.679><c> procurator</c><00:34:11.460><c> but</c><00:34:12.079><c> carried</c><00:34:12.420><c> no</c><00:34:12.760><c> image.</c>

00:34:14.000 --> 00:34:16.300
Nevertheless,<00:34:14.940><c> the</c><00:34:15.019><c> Jews</c><00:34:15.199><c> took</c><00:34:15.500><c> offence</c>

00:34:16.300 --> 00:34:18.900
but<00:34:17.039><c> Pilate</c><00:34:17.420><c> took</c><00:34:17.659><c> no</c><00:34:17.940><c> notice.</c>

00:34:19.099 --> 00:34:22.760
So<00:34:19.300><c> the</c><00:34:19.460><c> Jews</c><00:34:19.719><c> this</c><00:34:20.099><c> time</c><00:34:20.559><c> sent</c><00:34:20.980><c> a</c><00:34:21.139><c> petition</c><00:34:21.559><c> to</c><00:34:21.820><c> Tiberius,</c>

00:34:23.000 --> 00:34:26.139
the<00:34:23.260><c> emperor,</c><00:34:24.179><c> who</c><00:34:24.639><c> reprimanded</c><00:34:25.500><c> Pilate</c>

00:34:26.139 --> 00:34:29.820
and<00:34:26.659><c> ordered</c><00:34:26.980><c> that</c><00:34:27.239><c> these</c><00:34:27.519><c> things</c><00:34:27.840><c> be</c><00:34:28.059><c> removed</c><00:34:28.460><c> to</c><00:34:28.820><c> Caesarea.</c>

00:34:31.039 --> 00:34:33.360
So<00:34:31.420><c> Pilate</c><00:34:31.840><c> then</c><00:34:32.139><c> had</c><00:34:32.320><c> already</c><00:34:32.659><c> been</c><00:34:33.019><c> rebuked</c>

00:34:33.360 --> 00:34:37.480
by<00:34:34.000><c> the</c><00:34:34.260><c> emperor</c><00:34:34.760><c> before</c><00:34:35.739><c> it</c><00:34:35.980><c> came</c><00:34:36.239><c> to</c><00:34:36.440><c> the</c><00:34:36.599><c> trial</c><00:34:36.760><c> of</c><00:34:37.000><c> Christ.</c>

00:34:37.860 --> 00:34:39.599
And<00:34:38.000><c> all</c><00:34:38.139><c> these</c><00:34:38.340><c> little</c><00:34:38.519><c> historical</c><00:34:39.059><c> details</c>

00:34:39.599 --> 00:34:44.500
just<00:34:39.960><c> help</c><00:34:40.139><c> us</c><00:34:40.659><c> to</c><00:34:40.820><c> get</c><00:34:40.960><c> a</c><00:34:41.280><c> flavour</c><00:34:41.719><c> of</c><00:34:42.360><c> what</c><00:34:42.559><c> is</c><00:34:42.760><c> happening</c><00:34:43.139><c> here.</c>

00:34:45.340 --> 00:34:46.980
Philo<00:34:45.559><c> actually</c><00:34:45.880><c> describes</c><00:34:46.500><c> Pilate</c>

00:34:46.980 --> 00:34:49.960
as<00:34:47.199><c> a</c><00:34:47.300><c> man</c><00:34:47.500><c> of</c><00:34:47.739><c> inflexible</c><00:34:48.539><c> disposition,</c>

00:34:50.019 --> 00:34:52.380
merciless<00:34:50.659><c> as</c><00:34:51.019><c> well</c><00:34:51.239><c> as</c><00:34:51.380><c> obstinate.</c>

00:34:52.639 --> 00:34:56.500
He<00:34:52.840><c> also</c><00:34:53.280><c> says</c><00:34:53.619><c> that</c><00:34:54.119><c> he</c><00:34:54.440><c> feared</c><00:34:54.699><c> that</c><00:34:54.960><c> the</c><00:34:55.139><c> Jews</c><00:34:55.340><c> might</c><00:34:55.699><c> complain</c>

00:34:56.500 --> 00:34:59.780
about<00:34:57.179><c> his</c><00:34:57.480><c> corruption,</c><00:34:58.599><c> his</c><00:34:58.719><c> acts</c><00:34:58.960><c> of</c><00:34:59.360><c> violence,</c>

00:35:00.239 --> 00:35:02.079
his<00:35:00.460><c> habit</c><00:35:00.719><c> of</c><00:35:01.059><c> insulting</c><00:35:01.460><c> people,</c>

00:35:02.079 --> 00:35:06.159
his<00:35:02.639><c> cruelty,</c><00:35:04.119><c> his</c><00:35:04.320><c> continual</c><00:35:04.940><c> execution</c><00:35:05.579><c> of</c><00:35:05.820><c> people,</c>

00:35:06.539 --> 00:35:08.579
untried<00:35:07.000><c> and</c><00:35:07.400><c> uncondemned,</c>

00:35:08.920 --> 00:35:11.119
his<00:35:09.139><c> never</c><00:35:09.519><c>-ending</c><00:35:09.800><c> and</c><00:35:10.099><c> gratuitous</c>

00:35:11.119 --> 00:35:14.559
and<00:35:11.480><c> most</c><00:35:11.860><c> grievous</c><00:35:12.739><c> inhumanity.</c>

00:35:15.519 --> 00:35:17.380
Well,<00:35:15.800><c> finally</c><00:35:16.119><c> he</c><00:35:16.260><c> got</c><00:35:16.519><c> his</c><00:35:16.739><c> comeuppance.</c>

00:35:17.800 --> 00:35:19.099
After<00:35:18.139><c> another</c><00:35:18.440><c> disturbance,</c>

00:35:19.420 --> 00:35:20.960
sometime<00:35:19.619><c> after</c><00:35:20.079><c> the</c><00:35:20.280><c> Lord's</c><00:35:20.699><c> death,</c>

00:35:21.340 --> 00:35:23.159
there<00:35:21.440><c> was</c><00:35:21.639><c> another</c><00:35:21.940><c> protest</c><00:35:22.480><c> about</c><00:35:22.880><c> him.</c>

00:35:23.380 --> 00:35:25.440
He<00:35:23.519><c> was</c><00:35:23.840><c> recalled</c><00:35:24.179><c> to</c><00:35:24.460><c> Rome.</c>

00:35:25.639 --> 00:35:27.239
Tiberius,<00:35:26.280><c> who'd</c><00:35:26.599><c> appointed</c><00:35:26.920><c> him,</c>

00:35:27.239 --> 00:35:29.280
died<00:35:27.739><c> while</c><00:35:27.960><c> he</c><00:35:28.099><c> was</c><00:35:28.239><c> on</c><00:35:28.400><c> his</c><00:35:28.579><c> way</c><00:35:28.820><c> back</c>

00:35:29.280 --> 00:35:32.719
and<00:35:29.760><c> by</c><00:35:30.099><c> tradition</c><00:35:30.699><c> he</c><00:35:31.119><c> was</c><00:35:31.400><c> more</c><00:35:32.079><c> or</c><00:35:32.199><c> less</c><00:35:32.380><c> forced</c>

00:35:32.719 --> 00:35:36.219
to<00:35:32.940><c> commit</c><00:35:33.199><c> suicide</c><00:35:33.960><c> by</c><00:35:34.519><c> the</c><00:35:34.840><c> emperor</c><00:35:35.039><c> Caligula.</c>

00:35:37.340 --> 00:35:39.340
But<00:35:37.480><c> what</c><00:35:37.639><c> is</c><00:35:37.800><c> the</c><00:35:38.000><c> point</c><00:35:38.260><c> of</c><00:35:38.760><c> recounting</c>

00:35:39.340 --> 00:35:41.579
all<00:35:39.519><c> that</c><00:35:39.739><c> history</c><00:35:40.119><c> about</c><00:35:40.519><c> Pilate?</c>

00:35:42.199 --> 00:35:45.139
Well,<00:35:42.619><c> the</c><00:35:42.739><c> point,</c><00:35:43.219><c> brethren</c><00:35:43.380><c> and</c><00:35:43.579><c> sisters,</c><00:35:43.840><c> is</c><00:35:44.099><c> this.</c>

00:35:45.360 --> 00:35:49.159
When<00:35:45.639><c> you</c><00:35:45.900><c> look</c><00:35:46.199><c> at</c><00:35:46.400><c> what</c><00:35:46.719><c> secular</c><00:35:47.139><c> history</c><00:35:47.579><c> says</c><00:35:47.820><c> about</c><00:35:48.139><c> Pilate</c>

00:35:49.159 --> 00:35:51.760
and<00:35:49.739><c> you</c><00:35:49.940><c> link</c><00:35:50.119><c> it</c><00:35:50.300><c> up</c><00:35:50.440><c> with</c><00:35:50.619><c> Luke</c><00:35:50.900><c> 13</c>

00:35:51.760 --> 00:35:54.239
about<00:35:52.179><c> him</c><00:35:52.480><c> mingling</c><00:35:53.059><c> the</c><00:35:53.320><c> blood</c><00:35:53.519><c> of</c><00:35:53.780><c> Galileans</c>

00:35:54.239 --> 00:35:56.019
with<00:35:54.440><c> their</c><00:35:54.699><c> sacrifices,</c>

00:35:56.239 --> 00:35:58.119
Pontius<00:35:56.500><c> Pilate</c><00:35:57.119><c> clearly</c><00:35:57.739><c> was</c>

00:35:58.119 --> 00:36:00.420
an<00:35:58.719><c> insensitive</c><00:35:59.280><c> brute.</c>

00:36:00.800 --> 00:36:02.219
There's<00:36:00.820><c> no</c><00:36:01.039><c> other</c><00:36:01.219><c> way</c><00:36:01.400><c> of</c><00:36:01.519><c> describing</c><00:36:01.940><c> him.</c>

00:36:02.539 --> 00:36:04.639
He<00:36:02.579><c> had</c><00:36:02.820><c> no</c><00:36:03.139><c> sympathy</c><00:36:03.500><c> for</c><00:36:03.699><c> the</c><00:36:03.880><c> Jews</c><00:36:04.059><c> at</c><00:36:04.380><c> all.</c>

00:36:04.900 --> 00:36:06.260
He<00:36:05.039><c> was</c><00:36:05.239><c> a</c><00:36:05.539><c> cruel</c><00:36:05.840><c> man.</c>

00:36:06.699 --> 00:36:09.539
He<00:36:06.880><c> thought</c><00:36:07.219><c> nothing</c><00:36:07.639><c> about</c><00:36:08.119><c> sentencing</c><00:36:08.639><c> people</c><00:36:09.019><c> to</c><00:36:09.260><c> death</c>

00:36:09.539 --> 00:36:12.920
untried<00:36:10.280><c> and</c><00:36:10.559><c> uncondemned.</c>

00:36:13.239 --> 00:36:15.659
Well,<00:36:13.599><c> then</c><00:36:13.880><c> you</c><00:36:14.000><c> come</c><00:36:14.199><c> to</c><00:36:14.380><c> the</c><00:36:14.519><c> Gospel</c><00:36:14.860><c> records</c>

00:36:15.659 --> 00:36:18.780
and<00:36:16.500><c> you</c><00:36:16.739><c> appear</c><00:36:17.019><c> to</c><00:36:17.300><c> see</c><00:36:17.420><c> a</c><00:36:17.599><c> different</c><00:36:17.900><c> man</c><00:36:18.139><c> altogether,</c>

00:36:19.099 --> 00:36:19.679
don't<00:36:19.300><c> you?</c>

00:36:20.179 --> 00:36:22.420
Because<00:36:20.500><c> that's</c><00:36:20.780><c> not</c><00:36:20.960><c> what</c><00:36:21.059><c> we're</c><00:36:21.280><c> presented</c><00:36:21.659><c> with</c><00:36:21.940><c> here</c>

00:36:22.420 --> 00:36:24.500
at<00:36:22.920><c> the</c><00:36:23.119><c> time</c><00:36:23.260><c> of</c><00:36:23.460><c> the</c><00:36:23.599><c> trial</c><00:36:23.760><c> of</c><00:36:24.019><c> Christ.</c>

00:36:24.500 --> 00:36:27.760
It<00:36:25.300><c> seems</c><00:36:25.900><c> as</c><00:36:26.119><c> though</c><00:36:26.280><c> this</c><00:36:26.659><c> man</c><00:36:27.039><c> acted</c>

00:36:27.760 --> 00:36:29.800
totally<00:36:28.699><c> out</c><00:36:28.980><c> of</c><00:36:29.340><c> character</c>

00:36:29.800 --> 00:36:33.079
when<00:36:30.739><c> the</c><00:36:30.980><c> Lord</c><00:36:31.199><c> was</c><00:36:31.440><c> brought</c><00:36:31.719><c> to</c><00:36:32.039><c> him.</c>

00:36:33.440 --> 00:36:35.539
And<00:36:33.760><c> that</c><00:36:33.940><c> needs</c><00:36:34.139><c> explaining,</c><00:36:34.940><c> doesn't</c><00:36:35.039><c> it?</c>

00:36:35.960 --> 00:36:38.719
Why<00:36:36.460><c> did</c><00:36:36.639><c> he</c><00:36:36.840><c> act</c><00:36:37.199><c> out</c><00:36:37.519><c> of</c><00:36:37.840><c> character?</c>

00:36:39.300 --> 00:36:40.579
Well,<00:36:39.559><c> I'd</c><00:36:39.739><c> like</c><00:36:39.840><c> to</c><00:36:40.079><c> suggest</c><00:36:40.360><c> to</c><00:36:40.480><c> you</c>

00:36:40.579 --> 00:36:42.260
that<00:36:40.699><c> there</c><00:36:40.820><c> are</c><00:36:40.920><c> three</c><00:36:41.179><c> reasons.</c>

00:36:42.800 --> 00:36:46.280
The<00:36:42.980><c> first</c><00:36:43.360><c> is,</c><00:36:44.639><c> Pilate</c><00:36:44.719><c> would</c><00:36:45.039><c> never</c><00:36:45.300><c> have</c><00:36:45.559><c> seen</c><00:36:45.780><c> a</c><00:36:46.019><c> man</c>

00:36:46.280 --> 00:36:49.539
like<00:36:46.559><c> the</c><00:36:46.800><c> Lord</c><00:36:47.179><c> standing</c><00:36:47.699><c> in</c><00:36:47.960><c> front</c><00:36:48.139><c> of</c><00:36:48.320><c> him</c><00:36:48.480><c> before.</c>

00:36:49.619 --> 00:36:51.760
As<00:36:49.940><c> Paul</c><00:36:50.219><c> says,</c><00:36:50.960><c> the</c><00:36:51.059><c> Lord</c><00:36:51.480><c> witnessed</c>

00:36:51.760 --> 00:36:54.659
a<00:36:52.099><c> good</c><00:36:52.480><c> confession</c><00:36:53.159><c> before</c><00:36:53.659><c> Pilate.</c>

00:36:54.880 --> 00:36:57.260
The<00:36:55.059><c> Lord's</c><00:36:55.579><c> words</c><00:36:56.000><c> both</c><00:36:56.519><c> bewildered</c>

00:36:57.260 --> 00:36:59.179
and<00:36:57.679><c> intrigued</c><00:36:58.219><c> him.</c>

00:37:00.519 --> 00:37:04.099
Secondly,<00:37:01.880><c> Matthew</c><00:37:02.360><c> chapter</c><00:37:02.760><c> 27</c><00:37:03.460><c> says</c>

00:37:04.099 --> 00:37:06.119
that<00:37:04.699><c> Pilate</c><00:37:05.099><c> was</c><00:37:05.440><c> fully</c><00:37:05.739><c> aware</c>

00:37:06.380 --> 00:37:08.059
that<00:37:06.840><c> the</c><00:37:07.079><c> Jewish</c><00:37:07.400><c> leaders</c>

00:37:08.059 --> 00:37:10.980
had<00:37:08.500><c> delivered</c><00:37:08.900><c> Jesus</c><00:37:09.380><c> up</c><00:37:09.619><c> for</c><00:37:09.960><c> envy.</c>

00:37:11.780 --> 00:37:14.360
And<00:37:12.000><c> because</c><00:37:12.199><c> he</c><00:37:12.300><c> had</c><00:37:12.500><c> no</c><00:37:12.760><c> sympathy</c><00:37:13.139><c> for</c><00:37:13.400><c> them,</c>

00:37:14.519 --> 00:37:17.360
no<00:37:14.780><c> doubt</c><00:37:14.960><c> he</c><00:37:15.059><c> didn't</c><00:37:15.260><c> want</c><00:37:15.460><c> to</c><00:37:15.699><c> fall</c><00:37:15.860><c> in</c><00:37:15.980><c> with</c><00:37:16.139><c> their</c><00:37:16.380><c> plans.</c>

00:37:18.139 --> 00:37:20.280
But<00:37:18.320><c> there's</c><00:37:18.519><c> a</c><00:37:18.699><c> third</c><00:37:18.940><c> factor</c><00:37:19.320><c> as</c><00:37:19.539><c> well,</c><00:37:19.800><c> isn't</c><00:37:19.920><c> there?</c>

00:37:20.280 --> 00:37:23.159
Again,<00:37:21.219><c> it's</c><00:37:21.280><c> Matthew</c><00:37:21.559><c> 27.</c>

00:37:23.260 --> 00:37:25.699
He<00:37:23.280><c> had</c><00:37:23.539><c> a</c><00:37:23.780><c> warning</c><00:37:24.059><c> from</c><00:37:24.320><c> his</c><00:37:24.619><c> wife,</c>

00:37:26.119 --> 00:37:28.599
and<00:37:26.219><c> that</c><00:37:26.559><c> surely</c><00:37:26.800><c> would</c><00:37:26.980><c> have</c><00:37:27.099><c> been</c><00:37:27.260><c> most</c><00:37:27.519><c> unusual.</c>

00:37:28.940 --> 00:37:31.920
Have<00:37:28.980><c> thou</c><00:37:29.420><c> nothing</c><00:37:29.800><c> to</c><00:37:30.119><c> do</c><00:37:30.380><c> with</c><00:37:30.559><c> that</c><00:37:30.900><c> just</c><00:37:31.400><c> man,</c>

00:37:32.139 --> 00:37:34.619
for<00:37:32.300><c> I</c><00:37:32.579><c> have</c><00:37:32.679><c> suffered</c><00:37:32.900><c> many</c><00:37:33.360><c> things</c><00:37:33.800><c> this</c><00:37:34.340><c> day</c>

00:37:34.619 --> 00:37:36.659
in<00:37:34.800><c> a</c><00:37:35.039><c> dream</c><00:37:35.320><c> because</c><00:37:35.659><c> of</c><00:37:35.860><c> him.</c>

00:37:37.460 --> 00:37:39.460
So<00:37:37.739><c> there</c><00:37:37.940><c> are</c><00:37:38.139><c> three</c><00:37:38.460><c> good</c><00:37:38.719><c> reasons</c>

00:37:39.460 --> 00:37:41.639
why<00:37:40.039><c> Pontius</c><00:37:40.539><c> Pilate</c><00:37:41.079><c> acted</c>

00:37:41.639 --> 00:37:43.360
completely<00:37:42.300><c> out</c><00:37:42.579><c> of</c><00:37:42.860><c> character</c>

00:37:43.360 --> 00:37:45.820
when<00:37:44.099><c> he</c><00:37:44.260><c> had</c><00:37:44.440><c> the</c><00:37:44.639><c> Lord</c><00:37:45.000><c> before</c><00:37:45.519><c> him.</c>

00:37:46.119 --> 00:37:48.480
And<00:37:46.300><c> if</c><00:37:46.420><c> you</c><00:37:46.599><c> just</c><00:37:46.920><c> stay</c><00:37:47.159><c> with</c><00:37:47.380><c> me</c><00:37:47.579><c> and</c><00:37:47.739><c> John</c><00:37:47.980><c> now,</c>

00:37:48.480 --> 00:37:51.119
notice<00:37:49.420><c> the</c><00:37:49.719><c> trouble</c><00:37:50.079><c> he</c><00:37:50.380><c> went</c><00:37:50.739><c> to</c>

00:37:51.119 --> 00:37:53.559
to<00:37:51.460><c> try</c><00:37:51.699><c> this</c><00:37:52.039><c> case</c><00:37:52.420><c> properly.</c>

00:37:55.860 --> 00:37:58.079
First<00:37:55.980><c> of</c><00:37:56.179><c> all,</c><00:37:56.519><c> verse</c><00:37:56.619><c> 29.</c>

00:37:58.619 --> 00:38:01.159
The<00:37:58.719><c> Jewish</c><00:37:59.059><c> leaders</c><00:37:59.500><c> wouldn't</c><00:37:59.780><c> go</c><00:38:00.000><c> into</c><00:38:00.199><c> the</c><00:38:00.380><c> judgment</c><00:38:00.719><c> hall,</c>

00:38:01.400 --> 00:38:03.019
so<00:38:01.639><c> Pilate</c><00:38:02.000><c> goes</c><00:38:02.280><c> out</c><00:38:02.599><c> to</c><00:38:02.760><c> them.</c>

00:38:03.400 --> 00:38:07.239
It<00:38:03.559><c> says,</c><00:38:04.280><c> Pilate</c><00:38:04.480><c> then</c><00:38:04.820><c> went</c><00:38:05.119><c> out</c><00:38:05.900><c> unto</c><00:38:06.239><c> them.</c>

00:38:07.599 --> 00:38:10.059
So<00:38:07.860><c> now</c><00:38:08.099><c> he's</c><00:38:08.360><c> outside</c><00:38:08.960><c> the</c><00:38:09.239><c> judgment</c><00:38:09.559><c> hall</c>

00:38:10.059 --> 00:38:13.199
from<00:38:10.420><c> verse</c><00:38:10.739><c> 29</c><00:38:11.420><c> to</c><00:38:11.679><c> verse</c><00:38:12.019><c> 32.</c>

00:38:13.500 --> 00:38:14.820
And<00:38:13.659><c> the</c><00:38:13.840><c> Jews</c><00:38:14.000><c> say</c><00:38:14.300><c> they</c><00:38:14.460><c> want</c><00:38:14.659><c> him</c>

00:38:14.820 --> 00:38:16.139
to<00:38:15.019><c> carry</c><00:38:15.159><c> out</c><00:38:15.400><c> their</c><00:38:15.579><c> sentence.</c>

00:38:16.139 --> 00:38:20.039
Then<00:38:17.139><c> in</c><00:38:17.340><c> verse</c><00:38:17.639><c> 33,</c><00:38:19.260><c> Pilate</c><00:38:19.519><c> entered</c>

00:38:20.039 --> 00:38:22.019
into<00:38:20.719><c> the</c><00:38:20.920><c> judgment</c><00:38:21.280><c> hall</c><00:38:21.539><c> again.</c>

00:38:22.460 --> 00:38:23.909
He<00:38:22.659><c> comes</c><00:38:22.880><c> back</c><00:38:23.119><c> inside.</c>

00:38:24.159 --> 00:38:25.260
You<00:38:24.280><c> see,</c><00:38:24.380><c> as</c><00:38:24.480><c> you</c><00:38:24.639><c> follow</c><00:38:24.840><c> it</c><00:38:25.099><c> through,</c>

00:38:25.360 --> 00:38:28.039
what<00:38:25.500><c> you're</c><00:38:25.699><c> going</c><00:38:25.800><c> to</c><00:38:26.000><c> see</c><00:38:26.139><c> is</c><00:38:26.539><c> he's</c><00:38:27.019><c> in,</c><00:38:27.420><c> out,</c>

00:38:28.300 --> 00:38:31.579
in,<00:38:29.039><c> out,</c><00:38:29.820><c> in,</c><00:38:30.500><c> out,</c><00:38:30.940><c> all</c><00:38:31.219><c> the</c><00:38:31.440><c> while.</c>

00:38:31.619 --> 00:38:33.440
What<00:38:31.820><c> a</c><00:38:31.960><c> way</c><00:38:32.059><c> to</c><00:38:32.320><c> try</c><00:38:32.500><c> a</c><00:38:32.780><c> case.</c>

00:38:33.739 --> 00:38:37.059
He<00:38:33.920><c> went</c><00:38:34.119><c> to</c><00:38:34.360><c> enormous</c><00:38:34.820><c> trouble</c><00:38:35.420><c> over</c><00:38:35.820><c> this</c><00:38:36.139><c> case.</c>

00:38:37.320 --> 00:38:40.909
So<00:38:37.659><c> he's</c><00:38:38.079><c> outside</c><00:38:38.739><c> from</c><00:38:39.039><c> verse</c><00:38:39.320><c> 29</c><00:38:39.880><c> to</c><00:38:40.119><c> 32.</c>

00:38:41.320 --> 00:38:45.159
He's<00:38:41.780><c> back</c><00:38:42.119><c> inside</c><00:38:42.820><c> from</c><00:38:43.059><c> verse</c><00:38:43.440><c> 33</c><00:38:44.079><c> to</c><00:38:44.380><c> 37,</c>

00:38:45.159 --> 00:38:48.320
when<00:38:45.760><c> the</c><00:38:45.960><c> Lord</c><00:38:46.239><c> witnesses</c><00:38:46.679><c> his</c><00:38:46.960><c> good</c><00:38:47.239><c> confession.</c>

00:38:49.000 --> 00:38:53.019
Then<00:38:49.199><c> in</c><00:38:49.380><c> verse</c><00:38:49.619><c> 38,</c><00:38:51.059><c> he</c><00:38:51.079><c> goes</c><00:38:51.380><c> outside</c><00:38:51.980><c> again.</c>

00:38:53.800 --> 00:38:55.400
And<00:38:53.860><c> he</c><00:38:53.980><c> makes</c><00:38:54.179><c> his</c><00:38:54.480><c> first</c><00:38:54.760><c> declaration</c>

00:38:55.400 --> 00:38:57.219
that<00:38:55.699><c> Christ</c><00:38:56.019><c> is</c><00:38:56.280><c> innocent.</c>

00:38:57.599 --> 00:39:00.199
I<00:38:57.760><c> find</c><00:38:58.059><c> in</c><00:38:58.159><c> him</c><00:38:58.380><c> no</c><00:38:58.719><c> fault</c><00:38:58.980><c> at</c><00:38:59.300><c> all.</c>

00:39:00.719 --> 00:39:03.420
That<00:39:01.099><c> incidentally</c><00:39:01.699><c> is</c><00:39:01.840><c> a</c><00:39:01.940><c> legal</c><00:39:02.260><c> expression.</c>

00:39:03.639 --> 00:39:06.699
There<00:39:03.860><c> is</c><00:39:04.139><c> no</c><00:39:04.639><c> case</c><00:39:05.300><c> to</c><00:39:05.760><c> answer.</c>

00:39:07.280 --> 00:39:08.900
So<00:39:07.500><c> he</c><00:39:07.539><c> goes</c><00:39:07.820><c> outside</c><00:39:08.400><c> and</c><00:39:08.599><c> he</c><00:39:08.760><c> says,</c>

00:39:09.079 --> 00:39:12.559
there<00:39:09.099><c> is</c><00:39:09.400><c> no</c><00:39:09.860><c> case</c><00:39:10.599><c> to</c><00:39:10.920><c> answer</c><00:39:11.440><c> here.</c>

00:39:13.820 --> 00:39:15.900
Then<00:39:14.340><c> he</c><00:39:14.539><c> comes</c><00:39:14.860><c> back</c><00:39:15.119><c> inside</c><00:39:15.599><c> again</c>

00:39:15.900 --> 00:39:18.719
in<00:39:16.079><c> chapter</c><00:39:16.380><c> 19,</c><00:39:17.179><c> verse</c><00:39:17.320><c> 1.</c>

00:39:18.940 --> 00:39:20.420
Now<00:39:19.139><c> if</c><00:39:19.219><c> you're</c><00:39:19.400><c> still</c><00:39:19.619><c> with</c><00:39:19.820><c> me</c><00:39:20.039><c> here,</c>

00:39:20.719 --> 00:39:23.559
you'll<00:39:20.880><c> notice</c><00:39:21.119><c> it</c><00:39:21.300><c> doesn't</c><00:39:21.619><c> say</c><00:39:22.019><c> he</c><00:39:22.260><c> comes</c><00:39:22.800><c> inside</c>

00:39:23.739 --> 00:39:25.639
in<00:39:23.940><c> verse</c><00:39:24.219><c> 1</c><00:39:24.440><c> of</c><00:39:24.619><c> chapter</c><00:39:24.880><c> 19,</c>

00:39:25.800 --> 00:39:28.019
but<00:39:25.920><c> he</c><00:39:26.099><c> must</c><00:39:26.440><c> do,</c><00:39:27.360><c> because</c><00:39:27.559><c> when</c><00:39:27.739><c> you</c><00:39:27.820><c> get</c>

00:39:28.019 --> 00:39:29.599
to<00:39:28.159><c> verse</c><00:39:28.360><c> 4</c><00:39:28.679><c> of</c><00:39:28.860><c> chapter</c><00:39:29.119><c> 19,</c>

00:39:29.639 --> 00:39:31.179
he<00:39:29.760><c> goes</c><00:39:30.019><c> out</c><00:39:30.280><c> again.</c>

00:39:31.800 --> 00:39:34.559
So<00:39:32.019><c> by</c><00:39:32.239><c> implication,</c><00:39:33.340><c> in</c><00:39:33.480><c> the</c><00:39:33.659><c> first</c><00:39:33.920><c> three</c><00:39:34.239><c> verses</c>

00:39:34.559 --> 00:39:37.300
of<00:39:34.780><c> chapter</c><00:39:35.039><c> 19,</c><00:39:35.559><c> he's</c><00:39:35.800><c> back</c><00:39:36.079><c> inside.</c>

00:39:37.960 --> 00:39:39.860
Then<00:39:38.300><c> verse</c><00:39:38.579><c> 4</c><00:39:38.880><c> of</c><00:39:39.079><c> chapter</c><00:39:39.320><c> 19,</c>

00:39:39.860 --> 00:39:41.239
he<00:39:40.039><c> goes</c><00:39:40.360><c> out</c><00:39:40.719><c> again.</c>

00:39:41.559 --> 00:39:44.300
And<00:39:41.719><c> he</c><00:39:41.860><c> makes</c><00:39:42.119><c> his</c><00:39:42.400><c> second</c><00:39:42.800><c> and</c><00:39:43.039><c> third</c><00:39:43.420><c> declaration</c>

00:39:44.300 --> 00:39:47.760
that<00:39:44.760><c> there</c><00:39:45.019><c> is</c><00:39:45.300><c> no</c><00:39:45.760><c> case</c><00:39:46.260><c> to</c><00:39:46.679><c> answer.</c>

00:39:48.920 --> 00:39:51.019
Then<00:39:49.119><c> in</c><00:39:49.340><c> verse</c><00:39:49.559><c> 9</c><00:39:49.940><c> of</c><00:39:50.159><c> chapter</c><00:39:50.460><c> 19,</c>

00:39:51.079 --> 00:39:52.860
he<00:39:51.199><c> comes</c><00:39:51.539><c> in</c><00:39:51.840><c> again.</c>

00:39:53.280 --> 00:39:55.840
And<00:39:53.460><c> in</c><00:39:53.579><c> verse</c><00:39:53.860><c> 13,</c><00:39:54.360><c> he</c><00:39:54.460><c> goes</c><00:39:54.679><c> back</c><00:39:54.940><c> outside</c><00:39:55.360><c> again</c>

00:39:55.840 --> 00:39:58.519
and<00:39:56.579><c> pronounces</c><00:39:57.000><c> his</c><00:39:57.199><c> last</c><00:39:57.480><c> sentence.</c>

00:39:59.000 --> 00:40:01.219
What<00:39:59.239><c> a</c><00:39:59.460><c> way</c><00:39:59.579><c> to</c><00:39:59.920><c> try</c><00:40:00.119><c> a</c><00:40:00.380><c> case.</c>

00:40:01.800 --> 00:40:03.539
Just<00:40:02.019><c> because</c><00:40:02.320><c> the</c><00:40:02.500><c> Jews</c><00:40:02.619><c> wouldn't</c><00:40:02.900><c> come</c><00:40:03.199><c> in,</c>

00:40:03.739 --> 00:40:05.699
he<00:40:03.900><c> was</c><00:40:04.159><c> so</c><00:40:04.579><c> concerned</c><00:40:05.239><c> to</c><00:40:05.460><c> see</c><00:40:05.579><c> that</c>

00:40:05.699 --> 00:40:07.019
this<00:40:05.900><c> was</c><00:40:06.059><c> done</c><00:40:06.320><c> properly,</c>

00:40:07.019 --> 00:40:11.659
that<00:40:07.639><c> he</c><00:40:07.780><c> was</c><00:40:08.039><c> in</c><00:40:08.340><c> and</c><00:40:08.619><c> out,</c><00:40:08.880><c> in</c><00:40:09.119><c> and</c><00:40:09.380><c> out,</c><00:40:10.139><c> all</c><00:40:10.500><c> the</c><00:40:10.719><c> while.</c>

00:40:12.900 --> 00:40:15.280
Now<00:40:13.079><c> it</c><00:40:13.159><c> has</c><00:40:13.400><c> been</c><00:40:13.639><c> suggested</c><00:40:14.099><c> that</c><00:40:14.340><c> the</c><00:40:14.460><c> Jewish</c><00:40:14.760><c> leaders</c>

00:40:15.280 --> 00:40:17.699
had<00:40:15.519><c> tried</c><00:40:15.719><c> to</c><00:40:15.980><c> prepare</c><00:40:16.219><c> the</c><00:40:16.519><c> ground</c><00:40:17.099><c> for</c><00:40:17.440><c> this</c>

00:40:17.699 --> 00:40:20.980
by<00:40:18.039><c> meeting</c><00:40:18.739><c> Pilate</c><00:40:19.260><c> the</c><00:40:19.519><c> night</c><00:40:19.739><c> before.</c>

00:40:21.400 --> 00:40:24.320
And<00:40:21.579><c> there</c><00:40:21.739><c> is</c><00:40:22.579><c> a</c><00:40:22.639><c> suggestion</c><00:40:23.099><c> that</c><00:40:23.260><c> may</c><00:40:23.480><c> be</c><00:40:23.780><c> true,</c>

00:40:24.739 --> 00:40:28.840
because<00:40:25.159><c> when</c><00:40:25.420><c> you</c><00:40:25.599><c> come</c><00:40:25.880><c> back</c><00:40:26.400><c> to</c><00:40:26.780><c> verse</c><00:40:27.320><c> 29,</c>

00:40:29.280 --> 00:40:30.820
they<00:40:29.519><c> bring</c><00:40:29.780><c> Jesus</c><00:40:30.199><c> before</c><00:40:30.679><c> him,</c>

00:40:30.900 --> 00:40:32.559
and<00:40:31.059><c> Pilate</c><00:40:31.440><c> asks</c><00:40:31.800><c> the</c><00:40:32.039><c> Jewish</c><00:40:32.280><c> leaders</c>

00:40:32.559 --> 00:40:35.940
the<00:40:32.820><c> obvious</c><00:40:33.280><c> question,</c><00:40:34.400><c> what's</c><00:40:34.739><c> the</c><00:40:35.000><c> charge?</c>

00:40:36.619 --> 00:40:38.179
What's<00:40:37.099><c> this</c><00:40:37.260><c> man</c><00:40:37.440><c> charged</c><00:40:37.880><c> with?</c>

00:40:38.659 --> 00:40:40.639
What<00:40:38.820><c> accusations</c><00:40:39.460><c> do</c><00:40:39.579><c> you</c><00:40:39.639><c> bring</c><00:40:39.860><c> against</c><00:40:40.199><c> this</c><00:40:40.420><c> man?</c>

00:40:41.099 --> 00:40:42.840
And<00:40:41.300><c> they</c><00:40:41.460><c> don't</c><00:40:41.860><c> know.</c>

00:40:43.519 --> 00:40:45.480
They<00:40:43.820><c> haven't</c><00:40:44.079><c> got</c><00:40:44.300><c> an</c><00:40:44.539><c> answer.</c>

00:40:46.199 --> 00:40:48.280
All<00:40:46.460><c> they</c><00:40:46.679><c> can</c><00:40:47.000><c> say</c><00:40:47.219><c> in</c><00:40:47.380><c> verse</c><00:40:47.659><c> 30</c><00:40:48.059><c> is,</c>

00:40:48.639 --> 00:40:50.199
well,<00:40:48.760><c> if</c><00:40:48.900><c> this</c><00:40:49.159><c> man</c><00:40:49.320><c> were</c><00:40:49.500><c> not</c><00:40:49.679><c> a</c><00:40:49.920><c> criminal,</c>

00:40:50.239 --> 00:40:51.780
we<00:40:50.340><c> wouldn't</c><00:40:50.559><c> have</c><00:40:50.739><c> brought</c><00:40:50.920><c> him.</c>

00:40:52.500 --> 00:40:54.059
That's<00:40:52.780><c> not</c><00:40:52.980><c> a</c><00:40:53.219><c> charge.</c>

00:40:54.820 --> 00:40:56.860
You<00:40:54.900><c> know,</c><00:40:55.599><c> it</c><00:40:55.639><c> didn't</c><00:40:55.820><c> mean</c><00:40:55.920><c> anything,</c><00:40:56.360><c> did</c><00:40:56.460><c> it?</c>

00:40:57.199 --> 00:40:58.500
If<00:40:57.360><c> this</c><00:40:57.619><c> man</c><00:40:57.739><c> were</c><00:40:57.900><c> not</c><00:40:58.059><c> a</c><00:40:58.260><c> criminal,</c>

00:40:58.519 --> 00:40:59.440
we<00:40:58.599><c> wouldn't</c><00:40:58.840><c> have</c><00:40:59.059><c> brought</c><00:40:59.239><c> him.</c>

00:40:59.460 --> 00:41:01.619
They<00:40:59.639><c> didn't</c><00:40:59.900><c> know</c><00:41:00.139><c> what</c><00:41:00.420><c> to</c><00:41:00.760><c> say.</c>

00:41:01.940 --> 00:41:04.900
Now<00:41:02.260><c> surely</c><00:41:02.619><c> that's</c><00:41:03.559><c> implying</c><00:41:04.199><c> that</c><00:41:04.380><c> they</c><00:41:04.679><c> thought</c>

00:41:04.900 --> 00:41:06.739
this<00:41:05.039><c> was</c><00:41:05.260><c> all</c><00:41:05.599><c> sewn</c><00:41:05.760><c> up.</c>

00:41:07.099 --> 00:41:09.420
They<00:41:07.260><c> were</c><00:41:07.519><c> taken</c><00:41:07.760><c> aback</c><00:41:08.519><c> by</c><00:41:08.960><c> Pilate</c>

00:41:09.420 --> 00:41:11.179
asking<00:41:09.880><c> the</c><00:41:10.179><c> obvious</c><00:41:10.659><c> question,</c>

00:41:11.260 --> 00:41:12.739
what's<00:41:11.539><c> the</c><00:41:11.820><c> charge?</c>

00:41:12.900 --> 00:41:14.559
They<00:41:13.119><c> didn't</c><00:41:13.380><c> know</c><00:41:13.619><c> what</c><00:41:13.920><c> to</c><00:41:14.219><c> say.</c>

00:41:15.059 --> 00:41:17.340
Well,<00:41:15.239><c> in</c><00:41:15.400><c> the</c><00:41:15.539><c> end,</c><00:41:15.780><c> they</c><00:41:15.860><c> did</c><00:41:16.079><c> get</c><00:41:16.280><c> themselves</c><00:41:16.639><c> together,</c>

00:41:17.780 --> 00:41:20.780
and<00:41:17.920><c> the</c><00:41:18.079><c> beginning</c><00:41:18.340><c> of</c><00:41:18.579><c> Luke</c><00:41:18.840><c> 23</c><00:41:19.699><c> tells</c><00:41:20.219><c> us,</c>

00:41:21.219 --> 00:41:22.659
they<00:41:21.460><c> said</c><00:41:21.699><c> this,</c>

00:41:22.960 --> 00:41:25.719
We<00:41:23.219><c> found</c><00:41:23.539><c> this</c><00:41:23.940><c> fellow</c><00:41:24.260><c> perverting</c><00:41:25.000><c> the</c><00:41:25.239><c> nation</c>

00:41:25.719 --> 00:41:28.559
and<00:41:26.199><c> forbidding</c><00:41:26.659><c> to</c><00:41:26.840><c> give</c><00:41:27.019><c> tribute</c><00:41:27.300><c> to</c><00:41:27.619><c> Caesar,</c>

00:41:28.699 --> 00:41:32.920
saying<00:41:29.000><c> that</c><00:41:29.179><c> he</c><00:41:29.420><c> himself</c><00:41:30.099><c> is</c><00:41:31.079><c> Christ,</c><00:41:32.059><c> a</c><00:41:32.079><c> King.</c>

00:41:32.980 --> 00:41:35.920
So<00:41:33.500><c> in</c><00:41:33.780><c> the</c><00:41:33.960><c> end</c><00:41:34.179><c> they</c><00:41:34.480><c> accused</c><00:41:34.719><c> him</c><00:41:34.880><c> of</c><00:41:35.159><c> treason,</c>

00:41:36.199 --> 00:41:38.880
and<00:41:36.559><c> the</c><00:41:36.760><c> words</c><00:41:37.000><c> they</c><00:41:37.400><c> used</c><00:41:37.739><c> were</c><00:41:38.000><c> a</c><00:41:38.179><c> clever</c><00:41:38.420><c> mixture</c>

00:41:38.880 --> 00:41:41.440
of<00:41:39.199><c> truth</c><00:41:39.679><c> and</c><00:41:40.300><c> falsehood.</c>

00:41:42.519 --> 00:41:45.079
Now<00:41:42.619><c> just</c><00:41:42.840><c> see</c><00:41:43.019><c> how</c><00:41:43.320><c> Pilate</c><00:41:43.619><c> responded</c><00:41:44.139><c> to</c><00:41:44.340><c> the</c><00:41:44.579><c> charge,</c>

00:41:45.559 --> 00:41:47.059
verse<00:41:45.760><c> 33.</c>

00:41:48.239 --> 00:41:49.960
He<00:41:48.300><c> entered</c><00:41:48.539><c> into</c><00:41:48.800><c> the</c><00:41:49.000><c> judgment</c><00:41:49.260><c> hall</c><00:41:49.539><c> again</c>

00:41:49.960 --> 00:41:52.079
and<00:41:50.219><c> called</c><00:41:50.380><c> Jesus</c><00:41:50.800><c> and</c><00:41:51.000><c> said</c><00:41:51.159><c> unto</c><00:41:51.320><c> him,</c>

00:41:53.079 --> 00:41:56.699
Art<00:41:53.599><c> thou</c><00:41:54.119><c> the</c><00:41:55.280><c> King</c><00:41:55.440><c> of</c><00:41:55.579><c> the</c><00:41:55.739><c> Jews?</c>

00:41:57.619 --> 00:42:00.059
And<00:41:57.980><c> when</c><00:41:58.159><c> we</c><00:41:58.380><c> read</c><00:41:58.579><c> it,</c><00:41:59.320><c> brethren</c><00:41:59.519><c> and</c><00:41:59.699><c> sisters,</c>

00:42:00.380 --> 00:42:02.159
that's<00:42:00.760><c> where</c><00:42:00.920><c> we</c><00:42:01.079><c> should</c><00:42:01.219><c> put</c><00:42:01.400><c> the</c><00:42:01.579><c> emphasis.</c>

00:42:02.159 --> 00:42:04.599
This<00:42:02.840><c> question</c><00:42:03.360><c> of</c><00:42:03.719><c> Pilate</c><00:42:04.019><c> is</c><00:42:04.260><c> recorded</c>

00:42:04.599 --> 00:42:07.320
in<00:42:04.880><c> all</c><00:42:05.360><c> four</c><00:42:05.619><c> Gospel</c><00:42:06.079><c> records,</c>

00:42:07.360 --> 00:42:12.420
and<00:42:07.440><c> in</c><00:42:07.619><c> all</c><00:42:08.199><c> four</c><00:42:08.780><c> the</c><00:42:09.179><c> pronoun</c><00:42:09.840><c> thou</c><00:42:10.500><c> is</c><00:42:11.159><c> emphatic.</c>

00:42:12.960 --> 00:42:14.800
Literally<00:42:13.300><c> Pilate</c><00:42:13.800><c> said,</c>

00:42:15.099 --> 00:42:18.340
Thou,<00:42:15.980><c> art</c><00:42:16.300><c> thou</c><00:42:16.699><c> the</c><00:42:16.900><c> King</c><00:42:17.079><c> of</c><00:42:17.239><c> the</c><00:42:17.420><c> Jews?</c>

00:42:18.900 --> 00:42:21.659
Everything<00:42:19.320><c> about</c><00:42:19.659><c> the</c><00:42:19.840><c> Lord</c><00:42:20.059><c> standing</c><00:42:20.440><c> in</c><00:42:20.719><c> front</c><00:42:20.900><c> of</c><00:42:21.099><c> him</c>

00:42:21.659 --> 00:42:24.079
seemed<00:42:22.079><c> to</c><00:42:22.420><c> belie</c><00:42:22.639><c> the</c><00:42:23.039><c> charge.</c>

00:42:25.159 --> 00:42:28.400
But<00:42:25.519><c> Jesus</c><00:42:25.860><c> does</c><00:42:26.179><c> go</c><00:42:26.420><c> on</c><00:42:26.639><c> to</c><00:42:26.800><c> give</c><00:42:27.019><c> Pilate</c><00:42:27.380><c> an</c><00:42:27.679><c> explanation</c>

00:42:28.400 --> 00:42:29.980
of<00:42:28.840><c> the</c><00:42:29.000><c> Kingdom</c><00:42:29.280><c> of</c><00:42:29.480><c> God,</c>

00:42:29.980 --> 00:42:34.699
at<00:42:30.360><c> least</c><00:42:30.840><c> in</c><00:42:31.139><c> so</c><00:42:31.420><c> far</c><00:42:31.679><c> as</c><00:42:31.860><c> it</c><00:42:32.059><c> affected</c><00:42:32.800><c> Roman</c><00:42:33.480><c> law.</c>

00:42:35.139 --> 00:42:36.699
Verse<00:42:35.179><c> 36.</c>

00:42:36.960 --> 00:42:38.599
My<00:42:37.059><c> kingdom</c><00:42:37.460><c> is</c><00:42:37.579><c> not</c><00:42:37.780><c> of</c><00:42:37.880><c> this</c><00:42:38.119><c> world,</c>

00:42:39.039 --> 00:42:41.920
this<00:42:39.360><c> cosmos,</c><00:42:40.239><c> this</c><00:42:40.480><c> order</c><00:42:40.800><c> of</c><00:42:41.059><c> things.</c>

00:42:41.940 --> 00:42:43.599
If<00:42:42.199><c> my</c><00:42:42.480><c> kingdom</c><00:42:42.780><c> were</c><00:42:42.980><c> of</c><00:42:43.079><c> this</c><00:42:43.340><c> world,</c>

00:42:43.659 --> 00:42:45.300
then<00:42:43.860><c> would</c><00:42:44.059><c> my</c><00:42:44.360><c> servants</c><00:42:44.699><c> fight</c>

00:42:45.300 --> 00:42:48.139
that<00:42:45.719><c> I</c><00:42:45.940><c> should</c><00:42:46.139><c> not</c><00:42:46.380><c> be</c><00:42:46.599><c> delivered</c><00:42:46.800><c> to</c><00:42:47.000><c> the</c><00:42:47.219><c> Jews.</c>

00:42:48.239 --> 00:42:52.219
But<00:42:48.440><c> now</c><00:42:48.719><c> is</c><00:42:48.960><c> my</c><00:42:49.199><c> kingdom</c><00:42:49.920><c> not</c><00:42:50.679><c> from</c><00:42:51.300><c> hence.</c>

00:42:53.019 --> 00:42:55.699
As<00:42:53.280><c> one</c><00:42:53.519><c> writer</c><00:42:53.900><c> has</c><00:42:54.099><c> very</c><00:42:54.400><c> aptly</c><00:42:54.860><c> put</c><00:42:55.099><c> it,</c>

00:42:56.039 --> 00:42:58.539
he<00:42:56.239><c> doesn't</c><00:42:56.739><c> say</c><00:42:57.559><c> that</c><00:42:57.920><c> this</c><00:42:58.239><c> world</c>

00:42:58.539 --> 00:43:00.960
is<00:42:58.619><c> not</c><00:42:58.860><c> the</c><00:42:59.159><c> sphere</c><00:42:59.360><c> of</c><00:42:59.500><c> his</c><00:42:59.719><c> authority.</c>

00:43:01.280 --> 00:43:02.880
What<00:43:01.400><c> he</c><00:43:01.719><c> says</c><00:43:01.960><c> is,</c>

00:43:03.300 --> 00:43:06.840
his<00:43:03.400><c> authority</c><00:43:04.119><c> is</c><00:43:04.500><c> not</c><00:43:04.840><c> of</c><00:43:05.219><c> human</c><00:43:05.699><c> origin.</c>

00:43:07.159 --> 00:43:08.599
My<00:43:07.460><c> kingdom</c><00:43:07.820><c> is</c><00:43:08.039><c> not</c><00:43:08.360><c> of,</c>

00:43:08.659 --> 00:43:12.460
it<00:43:08.820><c> is</c><00:43:09.000><c> not</c><00:43:09.400><c> out</c><00:43:09.860><c> of,</c><00:43:10.239><c> literally,</c><00:43:11.179><c> this</c><00:43:11.460><c> world.</c>

00:43:12.699 --> 00:43:14.659
It<00:43:12.940><c> was</c><00:43:13.139><c> a</c><00:43:13.260><c> divine</c><00:43:13.619><c> kingdom.</c>

00:43:14.860 --> 00:43:16.860
So<00:43:15.039><c> he</c><00:43:15.159><c> was</c><00:43:15.300><c> no</c><00:43:15.539><c> threat</c><00:43:15.760><c> to</c><00:43:16.139><c> Caesar.</c>

00:43:17.039 --> 00:43:19.000
His<00:43:17.440><c> servants,</c><00:43:18.099><c> his</c><00:43:18.440><c> officers,</c>

00:43:19.460 --> 00:43:20.719
were<00:43:19.619><c> not</c><00:43:19.840><c> going</c><00:43:20.079><c> to</c><00:43:20.420><c> fight.</c>

00:43:21.179 --> 00:43:24.059
He<00:43:21.420><c> couldn't</c><00:43:21.719><c> possibly</c><00:43:22.260><c> be</c><00:43:22.539><c> guilty</c><00:43:22.820><c> of</c><00:43:23.139><c> treason.</c>

00:43:25.519 --> 00:43:27.699
Well,<00:43:26.320><c> Pilate</c><00:43:26.500><c> presses</c><00:43:26.820><c> the</c><00:43:27.079><c> point,</c><00:43:27.320><c> doesn't</c><00:43:27.519><c> he,</c>

00:43:27.699 --> 00:43:28.659
in<00:43:27.760><c> verse</c><00:43:28.059><c> 37.</c>

00:43:28.760 --> 00:43:30.579
Art<00:43:29.039><c> thou</c><00:43:29.260><c> a</c><00:43:29.480><c> king</c><00:43:29.639><c> then?</c>

00:43:30.900 --> 00:43:32.199
And<00:43:31.099><c> Jesus</c><00:43:31.360><c> said</c><00:43:31.639><c> yes.</c>

00:43:32.639 --> 00:43:34.119
Thou<00:43:32.900><c> sayest</c><00:43:33.340><c> that</c><00:43:33.519><c> I</c><00:43:33.619><c> am</c><00:43:33.679><c> a</c><00:43:33.880><c> king.</c>

00:43:34.420 --> 00:43:35.699
To<00:43:34.539><c> this</c><00:43:34.719><c> end</c><00:43:34.960><c> was</c><00:43:35.159><c> I</c><00:43:35.360><c> born,</c>

00:43:35.800 --> 00:43:38.039
and<00:43:35.860><c> for</c><00:43:36.039><c> this</c><00:43:36.380><c> cause</c><00:43:36.739><c> came</c><00:43:37.059><c> I</c><00:43:37.239><c> into</c><00:43:37.400><c> the</c><00:43:37.659><c> world,</c>

00:43:38.239 --> 00:43:40.539
that<00:43:38.340><c> I</c><00:43:38.519><c> should</c><00:43:38.719><c> bear</c><00:43:38.940><c> witness</c><00:43:39.260><c> unto</c><00:43:39.480><c> the</c><00:43:39.739><c> truth.</c>

00:43:40.639 --> 00:43:42.260
Every<00:43:41.000><c> one</c><00:43:41.159><c> that</c><00:43:41.260><c> is</c><00:43:41.360><c> of</c><00:43:41.500><c> the</c><00:43:41.760><c> truth</c>

00:43:42.260 --> 00:43:44.099
heareth<00:43:42.780><c> my</c><00:43:43.139><c> voice.</c>

00:43:44.460 --> 00:43:46.239
And<00:43:44.820><c> here</c><00:43:45.000><c> before</c><00:43:45.360><c> Pontius</c><00:43:45.860><c> Pilate,</c>

00:43:46.280 --> 00:43:48.199
as<00:43:46.440><c> the</c><00:43:46.619><c> Apostle</c><00:43:47.039><c> Paul</c><00:43:47.340><c> later</c><00:43:47.800><c> said,</c>

00:43:48.699 --> 00:43:51.619
the<00:43:48.860><c> Lord</c><00:43:49.400><c> witnessed</c><00:43:50.039><c> a</c><00:43:50.300><c> good</c><00:43:50.539><c> confession.</c>

00:43:51.900 --> 00:43:54.400
He<00:43:52.219><c> spoke</c><00:43:52.519><c> words</c><00:43:52.800><c> of</c><00:43:53.219><c> truth</c><00:43:53.559><c> to</c><00:43:53.840><c> him,</c>

00:43:54.400 --> 00:43:57.460
as<00:43:55.019><c> he</c><00:43:55.199><c> had</c><00:43:55.440><c> done</c><00:43:55.679><c> throughout</c><00:43:56.119><c> his</c><00:43:56.440><c> ministry.</c>

00:43:57.900 --> 00:44:01.119
And<00:43:58.019><c> do</c><00:43:58.159><c> you</c><00:43:58.179><c> notice</c><00:43:58.480><c> at</c><00:43:58.679><c> the</c><00:43:58.739><c> end</c><00:43:58.920><c> of</c><00:43:59.079><c> verse</c><00:43:59.260><c> 37</c><00:43:59.880><c> he</c><00:44:00.139><c> says,</c>

00:44:01.559 --> 00:44:03.320
every<00:44:01.559><c> one</c><00:44:01.900><c> that</c><00:44:02.039><c> is</c><00:44:02.159><c> of</c><00:44:02.300><c> the</c><00:44:02.559><c> truth</c>

00:44:03.320 --> 00:44:05.119
heareth<00:44:03.800><c> my</c><00:44:04.139><c> voice.</c>

00:44:05.659 --> 00:44:08.119
And<00:44:05.920><c> there</c><00:44:06.219><c> the</c><00:44:06.420><c> Lord</c><00:44:06.800><c> was</c><00:44:07.019><c> making</c><00:44:07.320><c> it</c><00:44:07.679><c> plain</c>

00:44:08.119 --> 00:44:10.360
that<00:44:08.539><c> he</c><00:44:08.679><c> was</c><00:44:08.880><c> the</c><00:44:09.159><c> leader</c><00:44:09.539><c> of</c><00:44:09.940><c> many</c>

00:44:10.360 --> 00:44:11.800
who<00:44:10.739><c> were</c><00:44:10.960><c> yet</c><00:44:11.159><c> to</c><00:44:11.480><c> come,</c>

00:44:12.199 --> 00:44:15.079
who<00:44:12.340><c> would</c><00:44:12.559><c> also</c><00:44:12.960><c> witness</c><00:44:13.320><c> to</c><00:44:13.539><c> the</c><00:44:13.699><c> truth</c><00:44:13.820><c> of</c><00:44:14.000><c> the</c><00:44:14.159><c> Gospel,</c>

00:44:15.119 --> 00:44:16.539
as<00:44:15.280><c> he</c><00:44:15.460><c> had</c><00:44:15.679><c> done.</c>

00:44:17.440 --> 00:44:19.019
And<00:44:17.719><c> Pilate</c><00:44:17.960><c> says,</c>

00:44:19.480 --> 00:44:21.000
what<00:44:19.659><c> is</c><00:44:20.099><c> truth?</c>

00:44:21.820 --> 00:44:25.099
Very<00:44:22.380><c> interesting</c><00:44:22.940><c> to</c><00:44:23.679><c> think</c><00:44:24.079><c> about</c><00:44:24.360><c> that</c><00:44:24.619><c> question.</c>

00:44:25.559 --> 00:44:26.739
Was<00:44:25.639><c> he</c><00:44:25.840><c> mocking?</c>

00:44:27.480 --> 00:44:29.880
Certainly<00:44:27.980><c> he</c><00:44:28.179><c> doesn't</c><00:44:28.420><c> seem</c><00:44:28.659><c> to</c><00:44:28.820><c> have</c><00:44:28.920><c> waited</c><00:44:29.179><c> for</c><00:44:29.400><c> an</c><00:44:29.599><c> answer,</c>

00:44:30.019 --> 00:44:31.519
or<00:44:30.179><c> even</c><00:44:30.579><c> to</c><00:44:30.760><c> have</c><00:44:30.920><c> wanted</c><00:44:31.199><c> one.</c>

00:44:31.820 --> 00:44:34.219
I<00:44:32.159><c> rather</c><00:44:32.480><c> think</c><00:44:32.860><c> that</c><00:44:33.079><c> that</c><00:44:33.219><c> was</c><00:44:33.519><c> Pilate's</c><00:44:34.059><c> way</c>

00:44:34.219 --> 00:44:36.099
of<00:44:34.500><c> dismissing</c><00:44:34.940><c> the</c><00:44:35.139><c> subject.</c>

00:44:36.639 --> 00:44:40.199
After<00:44:36.980><c> all,</c><00:44:37.639><c> the</c><00:44:37.739><c> idea</c><00:44:38.099><c> of</c><00:44:38.840><c> a</c><00:44:39.019><c> divine</c><00:44:39.420><c> rule</c><00:44:39.679><c> on</c><00:44:39.920><c> earth</c>

00:44:40.199 --> 00:44:41.860
through<00:44:40.440><c> the</c><00:44:40.599><c> man</c><00:44:40.820><c> standing</c><00:44:41.179><c> in</c><00:44:41.400><c> front</c><00:44:41.579><c> of</c><00:44:41.760><c> him</c>

00:44:41.860 --> 00:44:44.480
was<00:44:42.059><c> just</c><00:44:42.400><c> too</c><00:44:42.699><c> much</c><00:44:43.119><c> for</c><00:44:43.360><c> Pilate</c><00:44:43.659><c> to</c><00:44:43.940><c> understand.</c>

00:44:44.820 --> 00:44:47.739
But<00:44:45.000><c> he</c><00:44:45.280><c> certainly</c><00:44:45.719><c> recognized</c><00:44:46.360><c> that</c><00:44:46.619><c> Christ's</c><00:44:47.340><c> kingship,</c>

00:44:47.739 --> 00:44:51.320
whatever<00:44:48.300><c> it</c><00:44:48.579><c> was,</c><00:44:49.920><c> was</c><00:44:50.119><c> no</c><00:44:50.820><c> threat,</c>

00:44:51.519 --> 00:44:53.000
no<00:44:51.840><c> challenge,</c>

00:44:53.300 --> 00:44:55.679
and<00:44:53.500><c> he</c><00:44:53.719><c> sought</c><00:44:53.980><c> to</c><00:44:54.280><c> release</c><00:44:54.559><c> Jesus.</c>

00:44:55.739 --> 00:44:57.380
He<00:44:55.760><c> went</c><00:44:56.059><c> out</c><00:44:56.340><c> and</c><00:44:56.480><c> he</c><00:44:56.599><c> said</c><00:44:56.739><c> to</c><00:44:56.880><c> the</c><00:44:57.059><c> crowd,</c>

00:44:57.599 --> 00:45:00.079
there<00:44:57.599><c> is</c><00:44:57.940><c> no</c><00:44:58.300><c> case</c><00:44:58.679><c> for</c><00:44:58.940><c> this</c><00:44:59.179><c> man</c><00:44:59.400><c> to</c><00:44:59.699><c> answer.</c>

00:45:00.500 --> 00:45:03.000
Three<00:45:00.900><c> times</c><00:45:01.400><c> he</c><00:45:01.639><c> says</c><00:45:01.860><c> it,</c>

00:45:03.760 --> 00:45:05.420
but<00:45:03.900><c> it</c><00:45:04.039><c> made</c><00:45:04.199><c> no</c><00:45:04.440><c> difference.</c>

00:45:05.719 --> 00:45:09.820
They<00:45:06.039><c> said</c><00:45:06.440><c> they</c><00:45:06.719><c> wanted</c><00:45:07.340><c> Barabbas</c><00:45:08.340><c> released</c><00:45:08.940><c> to</c><00:45:09.179><c> them,</c>

00:45:10.159 --> 00:45:12.119
and<00:45:10.420><c> not</c><00:45:10.900><c> Christ.</c>

00:45:12.519 --> 00:45:13.960
And<00:45:12.719><c> in</c><00:45:12.880><c> the</c><00:45:13.039><c> end,</c><00:45:13.239><c> of</c><00:45:13.400><c> course,</c>

00:45:14.380 --> 00:45:16.599
Pilate<00:45:14.639><c> had</c><00:45:14.880><c> to</c><00:45:15.039><c> give</c><00:45:15.239><c> in</c><00:45:15.840><c> through</c><00:45:16.239><c> fear.</c>

00:45:16.599 --> 00:45:20.059
Let's<00:45:17.280><c> just</c><00:45:17.559><c> finish</c><00:45:17.820><c> off,</c><00:45:18.280><c> shall</c><00:45:18.280><c> we,</c><00:45:18.440><c> in</c><00:45:18.599><c> chapter</c><00:45:18.880><c> 19.</c>

00:45:20.280 --> 00:45:22.219
We<00:45:20.420><c> have</c><00:45:20.639><c> to</c><00:45:20.780><c> pass</c><00:45:21.039><c> over</c><00:45:21.280><c> the</c><00:45:21.579><c> scourging</c>

00:45:22.219 --> 00:45:24.579
and<00:45:22.840><c> the</c><00:45:23.079><c> crown</c><00:45:23.260><c> of</c><00:45:23.579><c> thorns,</c>

00:45:24.679 --> 00:45:28.320
and<00:45:24.780><c> we</c><00:45:24.960><c> come</c><00:45:25.079><c> to</c><00:45:25.219><c> chapter</c><00:45:25.519><c> 19</c><00:45:26.039><c> and</c><00:45:26.179><c> verse</c><00:45:26.460><c> 12.</c>

00:45:28.440 --> 00:45:31.639
From<00:45:28.579><c> thenceforth</c><00:45:29.360><c> Pilate</c><00:45:29.960><c> sought</c><00:45:30.340><c> to</c><00:45:30.619><c> release</c><00:45:30.940><c> Jesus,</c>

00:45:32.019 --> 00:45:33.719
but<00:45:32.219><c> the</c><00:45:32.460><c> Jews</c><00:45:32.679><c> cried</c><00:45:33.059><c> out</c><00:45:33.440><c> saying,</c>

00:45:33.780 --> 00:45:35.460
if<00:45:33.920><c> thou</c><00:45:34.179><c> let</c><00:45:34.360><c> this</c><00:45:34.639><c> man</c><00:45:34.900><c> go,</c>

00:45:35.880 --> 00:45:38.059
thou<00:45:35.920><c> art</c><00:45:36.159><c> not</c><00:45:36.559><c> Caesar's</c><00:45:37.179><c> friend.</c>

00:45:38.219 --> 00:45:41.880
Whosoever<00:45:38.679><c> maketh</c><00:45:38.940><c> himself</c><00:45:39.320><c> a</c><00:45:39.579><c> king</c><00:45:39.860><c> speaketh</c><00:45:40.380><c> against</c><00:45:40.800><c> Caesar.</c>

00:45:42.539 --> 00:45:44.159
Verse<00:45:42.920><c> 15.</c>

00:45:44.219 --> 00:45:47.719
They<00:45:44.760><c> cried</c><00:45:45.159><c> out,</c><00:45:45.840><c> away</c><00:45:45.940><c> with</c><00:45:46.219><c> him,</c><00:45:46.639><c> away</c><00:45:46.940><c> with</c><00:45:47.199><c> him,</c>

00:45:48.039 --> 00:45:48.980
crucify<00:45:48.639><c> him.</c>

00:45:49.340 --> 00:45:52.599
Pilate<00:45:49.579><c> saith</c><00:45:49.760><c> unto</c><00:45:49.940><c> them,</c><00:45:50.280><c> shall</c><00:45:50.519><c> I</c><00:45:50.760><c> crucify</c><00:45:51.300><c> your</c><00:45:51.659><c> king?</c>

00:45:52.820 --> 00:45:54.739
The<00:45:53.079><c> chief</c><00:45:53.400><c> priests</c><00:45:53.719><c> answered,</c>

00:45:55.059 --> 00:45:58.360
we<00:45:55.260><c> have</c><00:45:55.519><c> no</c><00:45:55.780><c> king</c><00:45:56.340><c> but</c><00:45:57.380><c> Caesar.</c>

00:45:59.519 --> 00:46:01.340
Now<00:45:59.860><c> you</c><00:46:00.079><c> see,</c><00:46:00.460><c> this,</c><00:46:00.760><c> brethren</c><00:46:00.880><c> and</c><00:46:01.079><c> sisters,</c>

00:46:01.460 --> 00:46:04.860
is<00:46:01.539><c> where</c><00:46:01.840><c> Pilate's</c><00:46:02.579><c> past</c><00:46:03.139><c> caught</c><00:46:03.659><c> up</c><00:46:03.880><c> with</c><00:46:04.039><c> him.</c>

00:46:05.019 --> 00:46:08.980
Can<00:46:05.280><c> you</c><00:46:05.539><c> imagine</c><00:46:06.119><c> saying</c><00:46:06.719><c> to</c><00:46:07.099><c> a</c><00:46:07.199><c> magistrate</c><00:46:07.760><c> or</c><00:46:07.940><c> a</c><00:46:08.179><c> judge,</c>

00:46:09.239 --> 00:46:11.119
if<00:46:09.340><c> you</c><00:46:09.579><c> don't</c><00:46:09.840><c> do</c><00:46:10.119><c> what</c><00:46:10.380><c> I</c><00:46:10.719><c> say,</c>

00:46:11.300 --> 00:46:12.699
I'm<00:46:11.519><c> going</c><00:46:11.679><c> to</c><00:46:11.920><c> report</c><00:46:12.300><c> you.</c>

00:46:12.699 --> 00:46:15.739
It<00:46:13.699><c> was</c><00:46:13.880><c> just</c><00:46:14.079><c> a</c><00:46:14.360><c> crude</c><00:46:14.599><c> form</c><00:46:14.900><c> of</c><00:46:15.199><c> blackmail.</c>

00:46:16.119 --> 00:46:18.320
And<00:46:16.300><c> any</c><00:46:16.659><c> judge</c><00:46:17.039><c> secure</c><00:46:17.579><c> in</c><00:46:17.739><c> his</c><00:46:17.920><c> position</c>

00:46:18.320 --> 00:46:20.440
would<00:46:18.639><c> ignore</c><00:46:19.059><c> it</c><00:46:19.400><c> completely.</c>

00:46:21.079 --> 00:46:23.579
But<00:46:21.420><c> Pilate</c><00:46:21.920><c> was</c><00:46:22.199><c> in</c><00:46:22.460><c> difficulty.</c>

00:46:23.880 --> 00:46:26.739
As<00:46:24.099><c> we've</c><00:46:24.460><c> said,</c><00:46:24.739><c> he'd</c><00:46:24.960><c> already</c><00:46:25.260><c> upset</c><00:46:25.659><c> the</c><00:46:25.880><c> Jews</c><00:46:26.039><c> in</c><00:46:26.260><c> the</c><00:46:26.460><c> past.</c>

00:46:26.940 --> 00:46:30.099
He'd<00:46:27.300><c> already</c><00:46:27.639><c> been</c><00:46:27.960><c> rebuked</c><00:46:28.480><c> by</c><00:46:28.719><c> the</c><00:46:28.940><c> emperor</c><00:46:29.179><c> Tiberius</c>

00:46:30.099 --> 00:46:33.099
for<00:46:30.480><c> his</c><00:46:30.900><c> mishandling</c><00:46:31.599><c> of</c><00:46:31.780><c> the</c><00:46:31.940><c> previous</c><00:46:32.280><c> situation.</c>

00:46:33.460 --> 00:46:36.320
He<00:46:33.820><c> couldn't</c><00:46:34.380><c> afford</c><00:46:35.059><c> any</c><00:46:35.539><c> more</c><00:46:35.820><c> trouble.</c>

00:46:36.699 --> 00:46:39.659
And<00:46:37.000><c> he</c><00:46:37.219><c> certainly</c><00:46:37.579><c> couldn't</c><00:46:37.920><c> afford</c><00:46:38.300><c> to</c><00:46:38.500><c> be</c><00:46:38.739><c> rebuked</c><00:46:39.159><c> again.</c>

00:46:39.659 --> 00:46:42.500
So<00:46:40.480><c> he</c><00:46:40.679><c> gave</c><00:46:40.960><c> in</c><00:46:41.219><c> through</c><00:46:41.559><c> fear.</c>

00:46:43.420 --> 00:46:45.380
You<00:46:43.460><c> know,</c><00:46:43.739><c> a</c><00:46:43.860><c> person's</c><00:46:44.500><c> past</c><00:46:44.820><c> life</c>

00:46:45.380 --> 00:46:47.920
will<00:46:45.840><c> often</c><00:46:46.139><c> affect</c><00:46:46.500><c> his</c><00:46:46.760><c> actions,</c>

00:46:48.360 --> 00:46:50.079
sometimes<00:46:48.840><c> for</c><00:46:49.159><c> good,</c>

00:46:50.239 --> 00:46:52.760
but<00:46:50.360><c> he</c><00:46:50.599><c> can</c><00:46:50.920><c> go</c><00:46:51.380><c> from</c><00:46:51.679><c> bad</c><00:46:52.000><c> to</c><00:46:52.300><c> worse.</c>

00:46:53.260 --> 00:46:55.239
And<00:46:53.480><c> that's</c><00:46:53.699><c> what</c><00:46:53.940><c> happened</c><00:46:54.139><c> here</c><00:46:54.480><c> with</c><00:46:54.739><c> Pilate.</c>

00:46:55.519 --> 00:46:58.300
If<00:46:55.780><c> Pilate</c><00:46:56.179><c> had</c><00:46:56.400><c> always</c><00:46:56.639><c> behaved</c><00:46:57.000><c> properly</c><00:46:57.460><c> in</c><00:46:57.659><c> the</c><00:46:57.860><c> past,</c>

00:46:58.500 --> 00:47:01.739
he<00:46:58.659><c> would</c><00:46:58.840><c> have</c><00:46:58.980><c> had</c><00:46:59.219><c> nothing</c><00:46:59.539><c> to</c><00:46:59.880><c> fear</c><00:47:00.219><c> from</c><00:47:00.820><c> Caesar.</c>

00:47:02.639 --> 00:47:04.579
And<00:47:02.860><c> the</c><00:47:03.019><c> chief</c><00:47:03.260><c> priests</c><00:47:03.619><c> say,</c>

00:47:04.699 --> 00:47:07.019
we<00:47:04.780><c> have</c><00:47:05.019><c> no</c><00:47:05.340><c> king</c><00:47:05.760><c> but</c><00:47:06.039><c> Caesar.</c>

00:47:07.460 --> 00:47:09.360
In<00:47:07.840><c> both</c><00:47:08.159><c> word</c><00:47:08.539><c> and</c><00:47:08.880><c> deed,</c>

00:47:09.760 --> 00:47:11.340
they<00:47:09.760><c> rejected</c><00:47:10.360><c> the</c><00:47:10.599><c> Lord</c><00:47:10.820><c> Jesus.</c>

00:47:11.619 --> 00:47:13.119
And<00:47:11.780><c> in</c><00:47:11.960><c> doing</c><00:47:12.219><c> so,</c><00:47:12.500><c> of</c><00:47:12.679><c> course,</c>

00:47:13.599 --> 00:47:17.239
they<00:47:13.780><c> also</c><00:47:14.280><c> rejected</c><00:47:14.820><c> the</c><00:47:15.099><c> kingship</c><00:47:15.760><c> of</c><00:47:16.079><c> their</c><00:47:16.340><c> god.</c>

00:47:17.639 --> 00:47:19.219
Pilate,<00:47:17.920><c> at</c><00:47:18.099><c> least</c><00:47:18.460><c> in</c><00:47:18.679><c> the</c><00:47:18.900><c> end,</c>

00:47:19.539 --> 00:47:23.719
extracted<00:47:19.940><c> from</c><00:47:20.280><c> them</c><00:47:20.739><c> a</c><00:47:21.260><c> profession</c><00:47:21.739><c> of</c><00:47:22.079><c> loyalty</c><00:47:22.420><c> to</c><00:47:22.760><c> Caesar.</c>

00:47:25.019 --> 00:47:28.320
Wasn't<00:47:25.280><c> it</c><00:47:25.579><c> remarkable</c><00:47:26.139><c> that</c><00:47:26.820><c> their</c><00:47:27.159><c> hatred</c><00:47:27.579><c> of</c><00:47:27.880><c> Christ</c>

00:47:28.320 --> 00:47:34.099
was<00:47:28.699><c> so</c><00:47:29.300><c> great</c><00:47:29.860><c> that</c><00:47:30.400><c> they</c><00:47:30.659><c> even</c><00:47:31.059><c> denied</c><00:47:31.480><c> their</c><00:47:31.860><c> god</c><00:47:32.320><c> in</c><00:47:33.079><c> the</c><00:47:33.260><c> end?</c>

00:47:34.099 --> 00:47:38.079
Such<00:47:35.320><c> were</c><00:47:35.519><c> the</c><00:47:35.679><c> depths</c><00:47:36.239><c> to</c><00:47:36.699><c> which</c><00:47:36.880><c> they</c><00:47:37.199><c> sank.</c>

00:47:38.340 --> 00:47:41.960
By<00:47:38.619><c> contrast,</c><00:47:39.860><c> the</c><00:47:40.000><c> Lord</c><00:47:40.400><c> witnessed</c><00:47:40.920><c> a</c><00:47:41.199><c> good</c><00:47:41.420><c> confession</c>

00:47:41.960 --> 00:47:43.019
before<00:47:42.440><c> Pilate</c>

00:47:43.019 --> 00:47:47.019
and<00:47:43.500><c> endured</c><00:47:43.980><c> such</c><00:47:44.420><c> contradiction</c><00:47:45.019><c> of</c><00:47:45.300><c> sinners</c><00:47:45.500><c> against</c><00:47:45.920><c> himself.</c>

00:47:47.380 --> 00:47:49.639
And<00:47:47.559><c> from</c><00:47:47.699><c> this,</c><00:47:48.000><c> surely,</c><00:47:48.539><c> we</c><00:47:48.639><c> can</c><00:47:48.840><c> be</c><00:47:49.079><c> encouraged</c>

00:47:49.639 --> 00:47:53.219
as<00:47:50.139><c> we</c><00:47:50.420><c> face</c><00:47:50.679><c> the</c><00:47:51.019><c> trials</c><00:47:51.460><c> of</c><00:47:52.019><c> our</c><00:47:52.159><c> own</c><00:47:52.420><c> lives.</c>