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Verses 1-15 Jesus Before Pilate
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1Very early in the morning,
the chief priests, with the elders, the teachers of the law and the whole
Sanhedrin, made their plans. So they bound Jesus, led him away and handed him
over to Pilate.
2“Are you the king of the
Jews?” asked Pilate. “You have said so,” Jesus replied.
3The chief priests accused
him of many things.
4So again Pilate asked him,
“Aren’t you going to answer? See how many things they are accusing you of.”
5But Jesus still made no
reply, and Pilate was amazed.
6Now it was the custom at the
festival to release a prisoner whom the people requested.
7A man called Barabbas was in prison with the insurrectionists who had
committed murder in the uprising.
8The crowd came up and asked
Pilate to do for them what he usually did.
9“Do you want me to release
to you the king of the Jews?” asked Pilate,
10knowing it was out of
self-interest that the chief priests had handed Jesus over to him.
11But the chief priests
stirred up the crowd to have Pilate release Barabbas
instead.
12“What shall I do, then,
with the one you call the king of the Jews?” Pilate asked them.
13“Crucify him!” they
shouted.
14“Why? What crime has he
committed?” asked Pilate. But they shouted all the louder, “Crucify him!”
15Wanting to satisfy the
crowd, Pilate released Barabbas to them. He had Jesus
flogged, and handed him over to be crucified.
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1)
What decision did
the chief priests, with the elders, the teachers of the law and the whole
Sanhedrin reach?
o
They bound Jesus,
led him away and handed him over to Pilate.
2)
Who was Pilate?
o
Pilate was the governor
of the Roman
3)
Why did the
Jewish religious leaders hand Jesus over to Pilate?
o
Only the Roman
governor had the right to execute Jesus.
o
The Jewish
religious leaders wanted Pilate to have Jesus executed.
4)
What did Pilate
say to Jesus?
o
“Are you the king
of the Jews?” asked Pilate.
5)
Why did Pilate
ask Jesus whether he is the king of the Jews?
o
The Jewish
religious leaders accused Jesus before Pilate of claiming to be the king of the
Jews.
6)
Why did the
Jewish religious leaders accuse Jesus of claiming to be the king of the Jews?
o
Anyone who claimed
to be a king opposed Caesar.
o
The Jewish
religious leaders put Jesus in direct conflict with the Roman Emperor with
their accusation, hoping that it would force Pilate to take action against
Jesus.
7)
What did Jesus say
in reply to Pilate?
o
“You have said so,”
Jesus replied.
8)
What did the
chief priests do?
o
The chief priests
accused Jesus of many things.
9)
What did Pilate
say to Jesus in light of the incessant accusations of the chief priests against
Jesus?
o
Pilate asked Jesus,
“Aren’t you going to answer? See how many things they are accusing you of.”
10)
What usually
happened when the plaintiff made accusations against the defendant before Pilate?
o
The defendant
would have immediately attempted to refute the accusations without Pilate’s
prompting.
11)
What did Jesus say
in reply to Pilate’s prompting?
o
Jesus still made
no reply.
12)
How did Pilate
feel about Jesus’ refusal to defend himself against the accusations of the
chief priests?
o
Pilate was amazed.
13)
What did the
Feast refer to?
o
The Feast refers
to the Feast of the Unleavened Bread.
14)
What was the custom of clemency for prisoners at the Feast
of the Unleavened Bread?
o
It was the custom
at the Feast of the Unleavened Bread for the governor to release a prisoner
whom the people requested.
15)
Who was Barabbas?
o
Barabbas was in prison with the insurrectionists who had
committed murder in the uprising.
16)
What was supposed to happen to Barabbas?
o
Barabbas was supposed to die for having committed murder.
17)
What did the
crowd do?
o
The crowd came up
and asked Pilate to do for them what he usually did.
18)
What did Pilate
say to crowd?
o
“Do you want me
to release to you the king of the Jews?” asked Pilate.
19)
Who between Barabbas and Jesus did Pilate prefer to release?
o
Pilate preferred
to release Jesus.
20)
Did Pilate consider
Jesus innocent and why?
o
Yes, because the
chief priests had not furnished any substantial evidence that could condemn
Jesus.
21)
What can be
concluded about how Pilate viewed the accusation of the chief priests against
Jesus that he claimed to be the king of the Jews?
o
Pilate did not
take the accusation seriously.
22)
What did Pilate
think was the motive of the chief priests in handing Jesus over to him?
o
Pilate knew that it
was out of self-interest that the chief priests had handed Jesus over to him.
23)
What else
motivated Pilate to ask the crowd whether they wanted him to release to them the
king of the Jews?
o
Pilate was
mocking the Jews by calling Jesus the king of the Jews.
24)
How did the chief
priests try to influence the crowd?
o
The chief priests
stirred up the crowd to have Pilate release Barabbas
instead.
25)
What did Pilate
say to crowd next?
o
What shall I do,
then, with the one you call the king of the Jews?” Pilate asked them.
26)
What did the
crowd say in reply?
o
“Crucify him!”
they shouted.
27)
What did Pilate
say to crowd yet next?
o
“Why? What crime
has he committed?” asked Pilate.
28)
Did Pilate voice
his opinion a second time that Jesus is innocent and why?
o
Yes, because Pilate
could not find any evidence of wrongdoing on Jesus’ part.
29)
What did the
crowd say in reply again?
o
They shouted all
the louder, “Crucify him!”
30)
Was the crowd
more inclined to do the bidding of the Jewish religious leaders or to view
Jesus without partiality?
o
The crowd was
more inclined to do the bidding of the Jewish religious leaders.
31)
What did Pilate
do in response?
o
Wanting to
satisfy the crowd, Pilate released Barabbas to them.
o
He had Jesus
flogged, and handed him over to be crucified.
32)
Was Pilate more
interested in defending the innocent or placating the crowd?
o
He was more
interested in placating the crowd.
33)
Why was Jesus
flogged?
o
Flogging was done
prior to every Roman execution.
34)
How was flogging
done?
o
Flogging was done
with a whip with a short handle and several long leather thongs, in which small
iron balls or sharp pieces of animal bones were tied at intervals.
35)
What did flogging
do to Jesus?
o
The lacerations
from the flogging would tear into the skeletal muscles and cause significant
loss of blood.
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Verses 1-15 Jesus Before Pilate
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Verses 16-20 The Soldiers Mock Jesus
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16The soldiers led Jesus away
into the palace (that is, the Praetorium) and called
together the whole company of soldiers.
17They put a purple robe on
him, then twisted together a crown of thorns and set it on him.
18And they began to call out
to him, “Hail, king of the Jews!”
19Again and again they struck
him on the head with a staff and spit on him. Falling on their knees, they paid
homage to him.
20And when they had mocked
him, they took off the purple robe and put his own clothes on him. Then they
led him out to crucify him.
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Concerning the soldiers
mocking Jesus,
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36)
Where did the
soldiers lead Jesus?
o
They led Jesus
away into the palace (that is, the Praetorium).
37)
What kind of
soldiers were these?
o
These were Roman soldiers.
38)
What is the Praetorium?
o
The Praetorium is the residence of the Roman governor.
39)
Why did they call
together the whole company of soldiers?
o
They called
together the whole company of soldiers to make sport of Jesus.
40)
Why did the
soldiers put on Jesus a purple robe?
o
They put a purple
robe on Jesus that was fit for a king.
41)
What did the
soldiers set on Jesus’ head?
o
They twisted
together a crown of thorns and set it on him.
42)
What did the
soldiers call out to Jesus?
o
They called out
to Jesus, “Hail, king of the Jews!”
43)
What did the
soldiers do to Jesus again and again?
o
Again and again
they struck him on the head with a staff and
spit on him.
44)
What did the
soldiers fall on their knees in front of Jesus for?
o
Falling on their
knees, they paid homage to Jesus.
45)
What did the
soldiers do when they finished mocking Jesus?
o
When they had
mocked Jesus, they
§
Took off the
purple robe and put his own clothes on him.
§
Led him out to
crucify him.
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Verses 16-20 The Soldiers Mock Jesus
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Verses 21-32 The Crucifixion
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21A certain man from
22They brought Jesus to the
place called
23Then they offered him wine
mixed with myrrh, but he did not take it.
24And they crucified him.
Dividing up his clothes, they cast lots to see what each would get.
25It was nine in the morning
when they crucified him.
26The written notice of the
charge against him read: the king of the jews.
27They crucified two rebels
with him, one on his right and one on his left.
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29Those who passed by hurled
insults at him, shaking their heads and saying, “So! You who are going to
destroy the temple and build it in three days,
30come down from the cross
and save yourself!”
31In the same way the chief
priests and the teachers of the law mocked him among themselves. “He saved
others,” they said, “but he can’t save himself!
32Let this Messiah, this king
of
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46)
Who was passing
by?
o
A certain man
from
47)
What did the
soldiers force Simon to do?
o
They forced him
to carry the cross.
48)
Why did the
soldiers force Simon to carry the cross?
o
The person who
was going to be crucified normally carried the cross.
o
Jesus might have
been so weakened by the flogging that he was not able to carry it.
49)
Where did the
soldiers bring Jesus to?
o
They brought
Jesus to the place called
50)
Where is
o
Golgotha is a
site immediately outside
51)
What did the
soldiers offer Jesus before they crucified him?
o
They offered him
wine mixed with myrrh.
52)
What was the
purpose of the wine mixed with myrrh?
o
The wine mixed
with myrrh was a narcotic drink for dulling sensitivity to the pain of
crucifixion.
53)
Why did Jesus not
take the drink?
o
It was because Jesus
chose to endure the full force of the physical aspect of the punishment for our
sins.
54)
What did the
soldiers do while Jesus was hanging on the cross?
o
Dividing up his
clothes, the soldiers cast lots to see what each would get.
55)
Why did the
soldiers divide up Jesus’ clothes?
o
In Jesus’ time
people did not have many changes of clothing.
56)
At what time did
the soldiers crucify Jesus?
o
It was nine in
the morning when they crucified Jesus.
57)
What did the
written notice of the charge against Jesus read?
o
The written notice
of the charge against Jesus read: THE KING OF THE JEWS.
58)
Who were
crucified along with Jesus?
o
Two rebels were crucified
with Jesus, one on his right and one on his left.
59)
What did people
who passed by do?
o
Those who passed
by hurled insults at Jesus, shaking their heads and saying, “So! You who are
going to destroy the temple and build it in three days, come down from the
cross and save yourself!”
60)
What did people who
passed by mock Jesus for?
o
They mocked Jesus
for the discrepancy between his claim of miraculous power concerning the temple
and seeming inability to save himself from the punishment of the cross.
61)
What did the chief priests and the teachers of the law do?
o
The chief priests
and the teachers of the law mocked Jesus among themselves. “He saved others,”
they said, “but he can’t save himself! Let this Christ, this King of Israel,
come down now from the cross, that we may see and believe.”
62)
Could Jesus come
down from the cross and turn things around for himself if he so chose?
o
Yes.
63)
What did Jesus
choose to do instead?
o
Jesus by his
sovereignty as God chose to stay on the cross and endure the scorn and shame
and pain, in order to pay the penalty of sin for the world.
64)
What did the two rebels
who were crucified with Jesus do?
o
They also heaped
insults on Jesus.
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Verses 21-32 The Crucifixion
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Verses 33-41 The Death of Jesus
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33At noon, darkness came over
the whole land until three in the afternoon.
34And at three in the
afternoon Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?”
(which means “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”).
35When some of those standing
near heard this, they said, “Listen, he’s calling Elijah.”
36Someone ran, filled a
sponge with wine vinegar, put it on a staff, and offered it to Jesus to drink.
“Now leave him alone. Let’s see if Elijah comes to take him down,” he said.
37With a loud cry, Jesus
breathed his last.
38The curtain of the temple
was torn in two from top to bottom.
39And when the centurion, who
stood there in front of Jesus, saw how he died, he said, “Surely this man was
the Son of God!”
40Some women were watching
from a distance. Among them were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James the
younger and of Joseph, and Salome.
41In
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65)
What happened
between noon and three in the afternoon?
o
Darkness came
over the whole land between noon and three in the afternoon.
66)
What happened at three
in the afternoon?
o
Jesus cried out
in a loud voice, “Eloi, Eloi,
lema sabachthani?”—which
means, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”
67)
In what language
did Jesus make his utterance?
o
Aramaic.
68)
What did God the
Father do to Jesus while Jesus was bearing the sins of the world on the cross?
o
While Jesus was
bearing the sins of the world on the cross, God the Father
§
Forsook Jesus.
§
Poured the cup of
his wrath on Jesus as punishment for sin.
69)
What did some who
stood near say when they heard Jesus cry out?
o
They said,
“Listen, he’s calling Elijah.”
70)
Why did those who
stood near think that Jesus was calling Elijah?
o
Jesus was near
death and therefore very weak when he cried out. Jesus’ utterance of the word ‘God’ could
easily be mistaken for the word ‘Elijah’ in Aramaic.
o
Furthermore the
Jews expected Elijah to come before the coming of the Christ. Jesus’ claim of being the Christ prompted the
onlookers to say that Jesus was calling Elijah.
71)
What did one man
do?
o
One man ran,
filled a sponge with wine vinegar, put it on a stick, and offered it to Jesus
to drink.
72)
What did the man
say?
o
“Now leave him
alone. Let’s see if Elijah comes to take him down,” he said.
73)
What was the wine
vinegar for?
o
The wine vinegar
is a refreshing sour wine that quenches thirst.
74)
What was the
purpose of offering Jesus wine vinegar?
o
It was for the purpose
of prolonging Jesus’ consciousness in case Elijah was coming to take him down.
75)
What happened to
Jesus next?
o
With a loud cry,
Jesus breathed his last.
76)
What happened
right at the moment when Jesus died?
o
The curtain of
the temple was torn in two from top to bottom.
77)
What was the
curtain of the temple that was referred to?
o
The curtain of
the temple separated the Holy of Holies of the temple where God’s presence was
from the rest of the temple.
78)
What does the
curtain of the temple being torn in two from top to bottom upon Jesus’ death
symbolize?
o
It symbolizes that
the death of Jesus has opened the way for man to come to God.
79)
How did the death
of Jesus open the way for man to come to God?
o
It is man’s sin
that has separated man from God.
o
When he died on the
cross, Jesus paid the penalty for the sins of the world and thus opened the way
for man to come to God.
80)
What role did the
centurion play in Jesus’ crucifixion?
o
The centurion
oversaw Jesus’ crucifixion.
81)
What did the
centurion say when he saw how Jesus died?
o
When the
centurion saw how Jesus died, he said, “Surely this man was the Son of God!”
82)
How did the
centurion draw the conclusion that Jesus was the Son of God?
o
He did so from
his observation of how Jesus had conducted himself at his death.
83)
Who of all
humanity had confessed that Jesus was the Son of God up to that point?
o
This centurion
was the only human being up to that point who had confessed that Jesus was the
Son of God.
84)
Was there some
flaw in this centurion’s confession of Jesus and why?
o
Yes, there was because
he said, “Surely this man was the Son of God!” while he should have said, “Surely
this man is the Son of God!”
85)
But didn’t the
high priest declare in the previous chapter that Jesus was the Son of God and
why?
o
No, because the
high priest only questioned Jesus if he was the Son of God.
86)
Who were watching
from a distance?
o
Some women were
watching from a distance. Among them were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of
James the younger and of Joseph, and Salome.
87)
Who was Mary the
mother of James the younger and of Joseph?
o
That was Jesus’
mother.
88)
Where did these
women come from?
o
In
o
Many other women
who had come up with him to
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Verses 33-41 The Death of Jesus
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Verses 42-47 The Burial of Jesus
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42It was Preparation Day
(that is, the day before the Sabbath). So as evening approached,
43Joseph of Arimathea, a prominent member of the Council, who was
himself waiting for the
44Pilate was surprised to
hear that he was already dead. Summoning the centurion, he asked him if Jesus
had already died.
45When he learned from the
centurion that it was so, he gave the body to Joseph.
46So Joseph bought some linen
cloth, took down the body, wrapped it in the linen, and placed it in a tomb cut
out of rock. Then he rolled a stone against the entrance of the tomb.
47Mary Magdalene and Mary the
mother of Joseph saw where he was laid.
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89)
On which day of
the week did Jesus die?
o
A day in the
Jewish calendar begins at 6 p.m. and ends 24 hours later.
o
Jesus was tried and
crucified on the day of Passover, and died at 3 p.m. that day.
o
The day of
Passover was the Preparation Day, i.e., the day before the Sabbath that was
Saturday.
o
In other words
Jesus was tried and crucified on Friday, and died at 3 p.m. that day, which in
3 hours would transition into Saturday according to the Jewish way of
accounting.
90)
Who was Joseph of Arimathea?
o
Joseph of Arimathea was a
prominent member of the Council.
91)
What was the
Council Joseph of Arimathea served on?
o
The Council
Joseph of Arimathea served on was the Sanhedrin.
92)
What was Joseph
of Arimathea waiting for?
o
He was waiting
for the
93)
What did Joseph
of Arimathea do as evening approached on the eve of
the Sabbath?
o
He went boldly to
Pilate and asked for Jesus’ body.
94)
What was Pilate
surprised at?
o
He was surprised
to hear that Jesus was already dead.
95)
How did Pilate
ascertain the death of Jesus?
o
Summoning the
centurion who oversaw the crucifixion of Jesus, Pilate asked him if Jesus had
already died.
96)
What did Pilate do
when he learned from the centurion that Jesus had indeed died?
o
He gave Jesus’ body
to Joseph.
97)
What did Joseph
do with Jesus’ body?
o
He
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Bought some linen
cloth.
§
Took down the
body.
§
Wrapped it in the
linen.
§
Placed it in a
tomb cut out of rock.
98)
Whose tomb was it
that Jesus was buried in?
o
Jesus was buried
in the tomb Joseph had prepared for himself.
99)
What did Joseph
do after he placed Jesus’ body in the tomb?
o
He rolled a stone
against the entrance of the tomb.
100)
Who were watching
when Jesus was buried?
o
Mary Magdalene
and Mary the mother of Joseph saw where he was laid.
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Verses 42-47 The Burial of Jesus
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