Daily Devotions
My Song In The Night (Gospel of John)
我夜间的歌曲 (约翰福音）
A Second Declaration By Pilate
Text: John 19: 4
A SECOND DECLARATION BY PILATE
Pilate had caused Jesus to be scourged. His soldiers had been allowed to mock and mock Him. But none of the tortures yielded anything.
“Pilate then went out again, and said to them, ‘Behold, I am bringing Him out to you, that you may know that I find no fault in Him.’”
John 19:4
1. “Pilate then went out again”
a. He was in the Praetorium.
b. The Jews refused to enter it for fear of being defiled.
c. Pilate had to go out of his praetorium to see the Jews.
2. “And said to them”
a. He had to give the Jews his findings.
b. Torture was employed to extract incriminating evidence.
3. “Behold, I am bringing Him out to you”
a. Pilate called for attention from the Jews.
b. He had caused Jesus to be severely whipped.
c. Would not that have brought some satisfaction to the Jews?
4. Suffering under Pilate
a. Pilate had interrogated Jesus (John 18:33-38).
b. He had also caused Jesus to be scourged (John 19:1).
c. The soldiers had also caused added suffering (John 19:2-3).
d. These ordeals would have broken a lesser man.
e. Many would have caved-in when undergoing such torture.
f. The tortures had failed to cause Jesus to incriminate Himself.
5. “That you may know that I find no fault in Him”
a. This was an official statement from the Roman governor.
b. The course of the Roman law had been followed.
c. But nothing criminal was found in Jesus.
d. He had done nothing worthy of the death penalty.
e. This was now the second declaration about the innocence of Jesus (John 18:38; 19:4).
经文：约翰福音 19：4
彼拉多的第二次声明
彼拉多使耶稣受到鞭打。他允许他的士兵嘲笑祂。但是这些折磨对耶稣没有产生任何效果。
“彼拉多又出来对众人说：‘我带他出来见你们，叫你们知道我查不出他有什么罪来。’ ”
《约翰福音 19：4》