Thoughts From the Bible

Read Matthew 27: 34-  37-   The  chief priests and elders got what they wanted. Jesus is now crucified and is slowly dying. The beating was not enough. The crucifixion was not enough. As Jesus hung above them, the people began to mock  Jesus. If He was God, why didn’t He save Himself?  Verse 37 was an insult,  “And they put up over His head the accusation written against Him: This is Jesus the King of the Jews.”  People continue to behave like this. When someone is down, there are still those people who want to  kick them when they are down. They want to say things that make them feel greater than the person they are kicking.  We need to find a way to think about others who may be in trouble or are having  a difficult time  and pray for those individuals rather than ridicule them. They may need  some level of peace in their lives. They may need wisdom on how to react or behave going forward. There may be  any  number ...

Read Matthew 27: 15- 25-   The chief priests and elders knew they had an opportunity to  be rid of Jesus. They knew in their hearts that Jesus was a threat to their positions .  So,  they brought Jesus to  Pilate,  but  Pilate was a politician and was working for a way to skirt the issue .   Even  Pilate’s wife told him he need to stay away from the situation because there was no fault in Jesus and she had even had dreams about the situation.  Verse s  24  and 25  says,  ‘When Pilate saw that he could not prevail at all, but rather that a tumult was rising, he took water and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, “I am innocent of the blood of this just Person. You see to it. ”  (25) And all the people  answered  and said, “His blood be on us and on our children.”’   The multitude had no idea what they were saying .   To  accept the killing of Jesus and then include thei...