Luke 23:13-25
Let’s continue to pray for Jim and Marty.
“Notice what you notice.” I imagine it was not difficult for the Jewish leaders to incite the crowd to have Barabbas released, a man charged with insurrection and murder. What might the insurrection have been about? I’m guessing against the occupation by the Roman authorities. No doubt the Romans were hated and anyone inciting against them could have been a hero to the Jewish people. I see more difficulty in the Jewish leaders inciting the people to have Jesus crucified. How could they have twisted a narrative about Jesus that would have led the people to have Him crucified? Or was the crowd just a bloodthirsty “rabble” – in a party mood during this Passover celebration? Whatever, it’s a really sad turn of events, an innocent man dying just to please the high priest and his comrades. So sad… And yet, so gloriously redemptive for those of us in this side of the cross.
Slava Bohu!