The trial of Jesus - Suffering under Pontius Pilate - Audio

The book of John enters a dark time, where Jesus is hauled before the Jews and ultimately sentenced to death by the Romans. In this text, Jesus is tried before Pilate, in a trial full of hypocrisy. Here are the Jews, willing to kill the true Passover lamb but unwilling to defile themselves so they can participate in the Passover feast. The real reason they wanted Jesus to appear before the Romans was so Pilate could sentence him to death – their laws wouldn’t permit it. All these things were prophesied thousands of years before. When Jesus told Pilate he came to preach the truth, Pilate was cynical when he asked what truth was. In the end, Pilate, at the urging of the Jews, released Barabbas, a common criminal. The Jews chose the world over Jesus. The Son of God was exchanged for the sin of the world – the Great Exchange.