Luke 22:63-23:12
Dear RTB’ers,
Today Carol and I and Rachel and Christian and family have traveled 2.5 hours west to Ferdinand, Indiana to enjoy 2 minutes, 20 seconds of total eclipse and 3+ hours of partial eclipse. So a bit delayed…
So now in our readings we have clearly hit Friday morning and the Jewish leaders have used the darkness of the middle of the night and a mob of rabble-rousers to arrest Jesus. Now they go throughout the city to gather enough elders to put together a quorum for their Council so that they can carry out their devious business. Sad.
Then Pilate said to the chief priests and the crowds, “I find no guilt in this man.” (Luke 23:4) This is the first of three times in Luke where Pilate tries to free Jesus. It’s pretty much a half-hearted effort, just his trying to stay neutral in the middle of a messy situation. It was all in his power to do whatever, so let’s not free him from any guilt in Jesus’ Crucifixion! Also, sad.
Blessings!