2. Jewish & Roman power dynamics:
The Jewish leaders’ concerns: power over truth or justice

3. Jewish & Roman power dynamics:
John 19:7:
“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.’”

4. Jewish & Roman power dynamics:
John 18:31:
“Pilate said to them, ‘Take him yourselves and judge him by your own law.’ The Jews said to him, ‘It is not lawful for us to put anyone to death.’”

5. Jewish & Roman power dynamics:
The Jewish leaders’ concerns: power over truth or justice
Pilate’s concerns: power over truth or justice

6. Jewish & Roman power dynamics:
John 18:38-40:
“‘I find no guilt in him. But you have a custom that I should release one man for you at the Passover. So do you want me to release to you the King of the Jews?’ They cried out again, ‘Not this man, but Barabbas!’”

7. Jewish & Roman power dynamics:
John 19:1:
“Then Pilate took Jesus and flogged him.”

8. Jewish & Roman power dynamics:
John 19:5-6:
“So Jesus came out, wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe. Pilate said to them, ‘Behold the man!’ When the chief priests and the officers saw him, they cried out, ‘Crucify him, crucify him!’”

9. Jewish & Roman power dynamics:
John 19:6:
“Take him yourselves and crucify him….”

10. Jewish & Roman power dynamics:
John 19:12-13:
“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.’ 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.”

11. Jewish & Roman power dynamics:
John 19:16:
“So he delivered him over to them to be crucified.”

12. The glory of Christ’s justice:

13. The glory of Christ’s justice:
“…there is far too much dishonesty in the single-minded search for truth, too much injustice in the uncompromising struggle for justice.”
(Miroslav Volf, Exclusion and Embrace)

14. The glory of Christ’s forgiveness:

15. The glory of Christ’s forgiveness:
Zechariah 7:9-10:
“Thus says the Lord of hosts, render true judgments, show kindness and mercy to one another, do not oppress the widow, the fatherless, the sojourner, or the poor, and let none of you devise evil against another in your heart.”

16. The glory of Christ’s forgiveness:
Isaiah 1:17:
“…seek justice, correct oppression; bring justice to the fatherless, plead the widow's cause.”

17. The glory of Christ’s forgiveness:
John 19:10-11:
“So Pilate said to him [Jesus], ‘You will not speak to me? Do you not know that I have authority to release you and authority to crucify you?’ Jesus answered him, ‘You would have no authority over me at all unless it had been given you from above.’”

18. Seek to glorify Christ in the world:
Strive to display his justice

19. Seek to glorify Christ in the world:
Strive to display his justice
Strive to display his forgiveness

20. Seek to glorify Christ in the world:
Strive to display his justice
Strive to display his forgiveness
But always do so as an overflow of beholding your king!