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Pilate's Feeble Attempts To Release Jesus

Text: John 19: 12

PILATE’S FEEBLE ATTEMPTS TO RELEASE JESUS

After this word from Jesus, Pilate sought to find ways and means to release Him. His efforts however, were quite feeble.

“From then on Pilate sought to release Him, but the Jews cried out, saying, ‘If you let this Man go, you are not Caesar’s friend. Whoever makes himself a king speaks against Caesar.’” 

John 19:12

1. “From then on Pilate sought to release Him”

a. He had declared to the Jews that he had found no fault in Jesus.

b. He had tried appeal after appeal.

c. He was trying to placate the furious mob of Jews’ intent on seeing Jesus crucified.

d. These attempts were feeble.

e. They did not achieve anything at all.

f. His attempts only made the Jews angrier.

g. They became even more determined to put Jesus to death.

h. Pilate spoke of having power:

i. To crucify.

ii. To release.

iii. He showed that he had no power over the Jews at all.

2. “But the Jews cried out”

a. They pressed every angle to force Pilate to do their will.

b. They used the religious angle, insisting that Jesus had to be put to death because He had broken the law.

c. They tried a new angle as time wore on.

3. “If you let this Man go, you are not Caesar’s friend”

a. The Jews had no real love for Caesar.

b. But they used the name of Caesar in the hope that they might frighten Pilate.

c. If they reported that Pilate was not “Caesar’s friend” then he was Caesar’s enemy.

4. “Whoever makes himself a king speaks against Caesar”

a. The Jews used every means possible to make Pilate give the death sentence to Jesus.

b. They insisted that Jesus had spoken against Caesar because He made Himself a King.

经文：约翰福音 19：12

彼拉多想要释放耶稣的微弱尝试

耶稣说了这番话后，彼拉多尝试设法释放耶稣。然而，他的努力显得非常微弱。

“从此彼拉多想要释放耶稣，无奈犹太人喊着说：‘你若释放这个人，就不是恺撒的忠臣。凡以自己为王的，就是背叛恺撒了。’”

《约翰福音 19：12》

1. “从此彼拉多想要释放耶稣”

a. 他已向犹太人宣告他查不出耶稣有什么罪

b. 他为耶稣申诉了一次又一次

c. 他试着安抚这群犹太人愤怒的暴民，他们一心想要看到耶稣被钉在十字架上

d. 这些尝试都是微弱的

e. 这些尝试成就不了什么

f. 他的各种尝试只让犹太人变得更加愤怒

g. 他们更坚毅想要把耶稣处死

h. 彼拉多说他有权柄：

i. 把人钉在十字架上

ii. 释放囚犯

iii. 但他显示了他对犹太人毫无权柄

2. “无奈犹太人喊着说”

a. 他们从各个角度逼迫彼拉多遵从他们的意愿

b. 他们利用了宗教的角度，坚持耶稣因为违背律法而必被处死

c. 随着时间慢慢流逝，他们便尝试利用另外一个角度

3. “你若释放这个人，就不是恺撒的忠臣”

a. 犹太人对于恺撒并没有真情

b. 但是他们希望利用恺撒的名义使彼拉多感到恐惧

c. 若他们禀报彼拉多不是“恺撒的忠臣”，那他就是恺撒的仇敌

4. “凡以自己为王的，就是背叛恺撒了”

a. 犹太人用尽法子让彼拉多判耶稣死刑

b. 他们坚持耶稣背叛了恺撒因为祂以自己为王