Listen to Pastor Nick read the Firestarter and John 19:13-16.
I am indebted to my theology professor, Edward Mally, for showing us a point in the Passion Narrative of John that I have never seen explained elsewhere. It has to do with a point of grammar, but it will illumine for you the entire approach that John has to the death of Jesus.
We are in the court called the Praetorium with Jesus and Pilate. Jesus is clothed with the purple cloak, bearing the crown of thorns. In chapter 19, verse 13, translations have Pilate coming out with Jesus and sitting down in the judgment seat. Do you remember transitive and intransitive verbs? The transitive ones take an object; the intransitive ones do not. The verb used by John about “sitting down” is transitive. It means that Pilate came out “and sat Jesus down in the judgment seat.” When Pilate is apparently judging Jesus, Jesus is passing judgment on him and on the Jewish leaders! Jesus is completely in charge of the movement of his death, because it moves to LIFE!
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Example: Breathing his last: the Spirit v. 27
Fridays are dedicated to the Gospels.
In the Seasons of Lent and Easter this year we read the Gospel of John.
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