{"id":729,"date":"2024-05-28T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-05-28T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reflectivebiblestudy.com\/gospeladventure\/?p=729&2024"},"modified":"2024-05-23T18:01:17","modified_gmt":"2024-05-24T00:01:17","slug":"caving-in-to-the-crowd-luke-23-13-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reflectivebiblestudy.com\/gospeladventure\/caving-in-to-the-crowd-luke-23-13-25\/","title":{"rendered":"Caving In to the Crowd: Luke 23:13-25"},"content":{"rendered":"
Focus Passage: Luke 23:13-25 (NIrV)<\/div>
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13\u00a0<\/sup>Pilate called together the chief priests, the rulers and the people. 14\u00a0<\/sup>He said to them, \u201cYou brought me this man. You said he was turning the people against the authorities. I have questioned him in front of you. I have found no basis for your charges against him. 15\u00a0<\/sup>Herod hasn\u2019t either. So he sent Jesus back to us. As you can see, Jesus has done nothing that is worthy of death. 16-17\u00a0<\/sup>So I will just have him whipped and let him go.\u201d<\/p>

18\u00a0<\/sup>But the whole crowd shouted, \u201cKill this man! But let Barabbas go!\u201d 19\u00a0<\/sup>Barabbas had been thrown into prison. He had taken part in a struggle in the city against the authorities. He had also committed murder.<\/p>

20\u00a0<\/sup>Pilate wanted to let Jesus go. So he made an appeal to the crowd again. 21\u00a0<\/sup>But they kept shouting, \u201cCrucify him! Crucify him!\u201d<\/p>

22\u00a0<\/sup>Pilate spoke to them for the third time. \u201cWhy?\u201d he asked. \u201cWhat wrong has this man done? I have found no reason to have him put to death. So I will just have him whipped and let him go.\u201d<\/p>

23\u00a0<\/sup>But with loud shouts they kept calling for Jesus to be crucified. The people\u2019s shouts won out. 24\u00a0<\/sup>So Pilate decided to give them what they wanted. 25\u00a0<\/sup>He set free the man they asked for. The man had been thrown in prison for murder and for fighting against the authorities. Pilate handed Jesus over to them so they could carry out their plans.<\/p>\r\n

Read Luke 23:13-25<\/a> in context and\/or in other translations on BibleGateway.com!<\/p><\/div><\/div>\r\n

In Jesus\u2019 trial before Pilate, each of the gospel writers focuses on the event in a slightly different way. In Luke\u2019s gospel, we see Pilate trying to give a judgment that tries to balance his belief in Jesus\u2019 innocence and the crowd\u2019s demands for death.<\/p>\r\n

Luke tells us that Pilate called everyone together and said to them, \u201cYou brought me this man. You said he was turning the people against the authorities. I have questioned him in front of you. I have found no basis for your charges against him. Herod hasn\u2019t either. So he sent Jesus back to us. As you can see, Jesus has done nothing that is worthy of death. So I will just have him whipped and let him go.<\/strong>\u201d (v. 14-17)<\/p>\r\n

Luke tells us that Pilate kept trying to convince the crowd, but he was ultimately unsuccessful. \u201cBut with loud shouts they kept calling for Jesus to be crucified. The people\u2019s shouts won out. So Pilate decided to give them what they wanted.<\/strong>\u201d (v. 23-24)<\/p>\r\n

Pilate really wanted to release Jesus, but keeping peace in the region, especially with this irrational and angry crowd, was more important than the life of an innocent Man. Pilate bends to the pressure of the people and gives them what they wanted.<\/p>\r\n

I wonder if Pilate ever looked back on this decision with regret. We may never know, but in our own lives, each of us faces the pressure to do what we know isn\u2019t right. Pilate clearly stated that Jesus was innocent of the charges, but even though Pilate tries to distance himself from the crowd\u2019s demands by washing his hands (which Matthew includes in his event), Pilate cannot avoid responsibility for Jesus\u2019 death.<\/p>\r\n

The crowd\u2019s demands won out because Pilate decided to give them what they wanted. In this action, Jesus\u2019 death was not only at the hands of the Jewish leaders and the Jewish people, but also at the hands of the Roman leaders. When Pilate caved in, he symbolically brought Rome (representing all non-Jews) into the group of those responsible for Jesus\u2019 death.<\/p>\r\n

In Pilate\u2019s decision during Jesus\u2019 trial, we can learn a valuable lesson: The only way to truly live a life free from regrets is to always do what we know to be right in the time \u2013 regardless of the consequences.<\/strong> Pilate failed to do so in this trial, and this event likely clouded the remainder of his rule in Judea. We don\u2019t have to make the same mistake he did. In our own lives, even when it is difficult, we should choose the option that we know in our hearts is right.<\/strong><\/p>\r\n

This thought was inspired by studying the Walking With Jesus<\/strong> \u201cReflective Bible Study\u201d package. To discover insights like this in your own study time, click here<\/a> and give Reflective Bible Study a try today!<\/em><\/p>

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