Jesus Condemned to Die

Jesus Condemned to Die

Dave Riddle - 3/19/2023

Key Passage: John 18:28-19:16

Jesus Brought Before Pilate

• John 18:28-30

• Pilate asks for a specific charge and they give him a general response.

A Private Conversation

• John 18:33 - Pilate: Are you the King of the Jews?

• 18:36 - Jesus: My kingdom is not of this world.

• 18:37 - Pilate: So you are a king then?

• Jesus: I have come into the world to testify to the truth.

• Pilate: “What is truth?”

• Pilate’s Question: Dismissive? Inquiring? We don’t know.

• The answer will be seen in Jesus’ actions from this point to the end of the book.

Barabbas 

• Literally “Son of a father”

• Compared to Jesus The Son of The Father.

Jesus Flogged and Mocked

• John 19:1-3

• Not an appeal to our emotions.

• Simply a straight-forward account of what Jesus endured for the sins of humanity.

Pilate find no grounds for charging Jesus

• John 18:38, 19:4, 6

A Second Private Conversation 

• Pilate is afraid. John 19:8

• “Where are you from”

• John 19:10 - Pilate appeals to his own authority

• John 19:11 - Jesus has the ultimate authority.

• 19:12 - Pilate makes every effort to release Jesus.

We Have No King But Caesar

• John 19:15 - they were so consumed with their mission that they said something that would typically be abhorrent for them to say!

• John 19:16 - so then, because of them, Pilate handed Jesus over to be crucified.

Denying Jesus

Denying Jesus

Dave Riddle - 3/12/2023

Key Passage: John 18:15-27

Peter

• Peter, much like us, had many triumphs and many failures.

• John 13:37-38 - Peter’s denial foretold.

• Matthew 26:31 and on - Peter says “It will never happen!”

The Other Disciple

• Most likely John 

• Known to be a follower of Jesus

• John 18:17

Peter’s First Denial

• John 18:17

• “I am not!”

Annas

• John 18:19

• Annas was the high priest before he was deposed by Rome

• His sons and son-in-law went on to serve as high priest.

• Annas was the real power behind all of them

• This symbolic high priest interrogates our true high priest, Jesus.

Peter Denies Jesus Twice More

• John 18:25-27

• Confronted by several people, one who obviously knows him as the man who attacked his relative.

What does Peter do?

• he tries to go back to fishing (his old life)

• John 21

Betrayal in the Garden

Betrayal in the Garden

Dave Riddle - 3/5/2023 • Key Passage: John 18:1-11

Jesus Knew What Was About To Happen

• John 18:4 - knowing everything…

• “Who are you looking for?

• John 18:5 - I am he

• “I Am”

They Fall to the Ground

• John 18:6 - at the power of Jesus’ words

• John 18:6 - I am he

• Exodus 3:14

Who is Jesus’ Friend?

• Luke 22:35

• John 18:10

• Judas is “comrade” (Matt 26:50) because he is moving Jesus towards the cross.

• Peter is rebuked because he is standing in the way of the cross

The Cup Jesus Must Drink

• John 18:11

• Jesus knows that he must be pressed out, glorified, crucified.