Behold the Man!
[John 19:1-16]
John 19:1-3 1
Then Pilate took Jesus and flogged him. 2 And the soldiers twisted together a crown of thorns and put it on his head and arrayed 3 him in a purple robe. They came up to him, saying, "Hail, King of the Jews!" and struck him with their hands.
John 19:4-5 4
Pilate went out again and said to them, "See, I am bringing him out to you that you 5 may know that I find no guilt in him." So Jesus came out, wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe. Pilate said to them, "Behold the man!"
John 19:6-7 6
When the chief priests and the officers saw him, they cried out, "Crucify him, crucify him!" Pilate said to them, "Take him yourselves and crucify him, for I find no guilt in him." 7 The Jews answered him, "We have a law, and according to that law he ought to die because he has made himself the Son of God."
John 19:8-10 8
When Pilate heard this statement, he was 9 even more afraid. He entered his headquarters again and said to Jesus, "Where are you from?" But Jesus gave him no 10 answer. So Pilate said to him, "You will not speak to me? Do you not know that I have authority to release you and authority to crucify you?"
John 19:11-12 11
Jesus answered him, "You would have no authority over me at all unless it had been given you from above. Therefore he who delivered me over to you has the greater sin." 12 From then on Pilate sought to release him, but the Jews cried out, "If you release this man, you are not Caesar's friend. Everyone who makes himself a king opposes Caesar."
John 19:13-14 13
So when Pilate heard these words, he brought Jesus out and sat down on the judgment seat at a place called The Stone 14 Pavement, and in Aramaic Gabbatha. Now it was the day of Preparation of the Passover. It was about the sixth hour. He said to the Jews, "Behold your King!"
John 19:15-16 15
They cried out, "Away with him, away with him, crucify him!" Pilate said to them, "Shall I crucify your King?" The chief priests 16 answered, "We have no king but Caesar." So he delivered him over to them to be crucified.
“Irony� An expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite. (Oxford Dictionary)
“Irony� A literary technique, by which the full significance of a character's words or actions are clear to the audience or reader although unknown to the character. (Oxford Dictionary)
Behold the Man! Jesus’ Trial Reveals the Irony of Abusing the King
John 19:1-3 1
Then Pilate took Jesus and flogged him. 2 And the soldiers twisted together a crown of thorns and put it on his head and arrayed 3 him in a purple robe. They came up to him, saying, "Hail, King of the Jews!" and struck him with their hands.
Matthew 27:29-30 29Â
they put a staff in his right hand . . . 30 and they spit on him and took the reed and struck him on the head.
John 1:49 Nathanael answered him, "Rabbi, you are the Son of God! You are the King of Israel!"
Luke 18:31-33 31Â
"See, we are going up to Jerusalem, and everything that is written about the Son of 32 Man by the prophets will be accomplished. For he will be delivered over to the Gentiles and will be mocked and shamefully treated 33 and spit upon. And after flogging him, they will kill him, and on the third day he will rise."
Isaiah 53:5 Upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace, and with his stripes we are healed.
Behold the Man! Jesus’ Trial Reveals the Irony of Abusing the King Crucifying the Perfect Man
John 19:4-5 4
Pilate went out again and said to them, "See, I am bringing him out to you that you 5 may know that I find no guilt in him." So Jesus came out, wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe. Pilate said to them, "Behold the man!"
John 19:6-7 6
When the chief priests and the officers saw him, they cried out, "Crucify him, crucify him!" Pilate said to them, "Take him yourselves and crucify him, for I find no guilt in him." 7 The Jews answered him, "We have a law, and according to that law he ought to die because he has made himself the Son of God."
John 10:33 The Jews answered him, "It is not for a good work that we are going to stone you but for blasphemy, because you, being a man, make yourself God."
Behold the Man! Jesus’ Trial Reveals the Irony of Abusing the King Crucifying the Perfect Man Claiming Authority over the Son of God
John 19:8-10 8
When Pilate heard this statement, he was 9 even more afraid. He entered his headquarters again and said to Jesus, "Where are you from?" But Jesus gave him no 10 answer. So Pilate said to him, "You will not speak to me? Do you not know that I have authority to release you and authority to crucify you?"
Isaiah 53:7 He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he did not open his mouth; like a lamb that is led to the slaughter, and like a sheep that before its shearers is silent, so he did not open his mouth.
John 19:8-10 8
When Pilate heard this statement, he was 9 even more afraid. He entered his headquarters again and said to Jesus, "Where are you from?" But Jesus gave him no 10 answer. So Pilate said to him, "You will not speak to me? Do you not know that I have authority to release you and authority to crucify you?"
John 19:11 11
Jesus answered him, "You would have no authority over me at all unless it had been given you from above. Therefore he who delivered me over to you has the greater sin."
Acts 4:27-28 27
for truly in this city there were gathered together against your holy servant Jesus, whom you anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, along with the Gentiles and the 28 peoples of Israel, to do whatever your hand and your plan had predestined to take place.
John 19:11 11
Jesus answered him, "You would have no authority over me at all unless it had been given you from above. Therefore he who delivered me over to you has the greater sin."
John 17:2 You have given [the Son] authority over all flesh
John 10:18 “No one takes [my life] from me, but I lay it down of my own accord. I have authority to lay it down, and I have authority to take it up again.�
John 19:12 12
From then on Pilate sought to release him, but the Jews cried out, "If you release this man, you are not Caesar's friend. Everyone who makes himself a king opposes Caesar."
Behold the Man! Jesus’ Trial Reveals the Irony of Abusing the King Crucifying the Perfect Man Claiming Authority over the Son of God Choosing Caesar over Jesus
John 19:13 13
So when Pilate heard these words, he brought Jesus out and sat down on the judgment seat at a place called The Stone Pavement, and in Aramaic Gabbatha.
John 5:22,27 The Father judges no one, but has given all judgment to the Son, And he has given him authority to execute judgment, because he is the Son of Man.
John 19:14 14
He said to the Jews, "Behold your King!"
John 19:15-16 15
They cried out, "Away with him, away with him, crucify him!" Pilate said to them, "Shall I crucify your King?" The chief priests 16 answered, "We have no king but Caesar." So he delivered him over to them to be crucified.
Matthew 27:24 Pilate took water and washed his hands before the crowd, saying, "I am innocent of this man's blood; see to it yourselves."
Matthew 27:25 And all the people answered, "His blood be on us and on our children!"