Pilate questions Jesus about whether he is the King of the Jews. Though Jesus does not deny this title, he emphasizes that his kingdom is not of this world. Despite finding no guilt in Jesus, Pilate gives in to the demands of the Jewish crowds and orders Jesus' crucifixion. The document discusses the events of Jesus' trials before both religious and civil authorities, highlighting Pilate's role in sentencing Jesus to death to appease the crowds and maintain his position.

1. The Essential Jesus as
Revealed in the Gospel of Mark

2. I have been
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4. The Final Steps of
Jesus’ Final Days
(Mark 14-16)
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5. The Essential Jesus as
Revealed in the Gospel of Mark

6. Mark 15:1-20
Pilate before Jesus!
In letter to the Roman Emperor
Caligua, King Herod Agrippa I
referred to Pilate as being
“inflexible, merciless and
obstinate.”

7. TheTwoTrials of Jesus
Stage #1
Stage #2
Stage #3
Religious Court
(Jewish)
Civil Court
(Roman)
Preliminary
hearing before
Annas
1st Appearance
before Pilate
1st appearance
before Sanhedrin
2nd appearance
before Sanhedrin;
Death sentence
confirmed
2nd appearance
before Pilate;
Handed over to
be crucified
Appearance
before Herod

8. Pilate before Jesus
Mark 15:1
And as soon as it was morning, the chief
priests held a consultation with the elders
and scribes and the whole council. And
they bound Jesus and led him away and
delivered him over to Pilate.

9. Mark 15:2
And Pilate asked him, “Are you the King
of the Jews?”
Pilate before Jesus

10. Mark 15:2
And Pilate asked him, “Are you the King
of the Jews?”And he answered him,
“You have said so.”
“Yes, it is as you say!”
Pilate before Jesus

11. John 18:33-35
So Pilate entered his headquarters again
and called Jesus and said to him, “Are you
the King of the Jews?” Jesus answered,
“Do you say this of your own accord, or
did others say it to you about me?”Pilate
answered, “Am I a Jew?Your own nation
and the chief priests have delivered you
over to me.What have you done?”
Pilate before Jesus

12. John 18:36-37a
Jesus answered, “My kingdom is not of
this world. If my kingdom were of this
world, my servants would have been
fighting, that I might not be delivered
over to the Jews. But my kingdom is not
from the world.” Then Pilate said to him,
“So you are a king?”
Pilate before Jesus

13. John 18:37b-38
Jesus answered, “You say that I am a
king. For this purpose I was born and for
this purpose I have come into the world—
to bear witness to the truth. Everyone
who is of the truth listens to my voice.”
Pilate said to him, “What is truth?”
Pilate before Jesus

14. Much of the communication
process is non-verbal!

15. What is
truth?
Pontius Pilate

16. Pilate before Jesus
John 14:6
Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and
the truth, and the life.

17. Pilate before Jesus
John 18:38b
After he had said this, he went back
outside to the Jews and told them,
“I find no guilt in him.”

18. Mark 15:3-5
And the chief priests accused him of
many things. And Pilate again asked
him, “Have you no answer to make? See
how many charges they bring against
you.” But Jesus made no further
answer, so that Pilate was amazed.
Pilate before Jesus

19. Pilate before Jesus
Isaiah 53:7
He was oppressed, and he was afflicted,
yet he opened not his mouth; like
a lamb that is led to the slaughter, and
like a sheep that before its shearers is
silent, so he opened not his mouth.

20. TheTwoTrials of Jesus
Stage #1
Stage #2
Stage #3
Religious Court
(Jewish)
Civil Court
(Roman)
Preliminary
hearing before
Annas
1st Appearance
before Pilate
1st appearance
before Sanhedrin
2nd appearance
before Sanhedrin;
Death sentence
confirmed
2nd appearance
before Pilate;
Handed over to
be crucified
Appearance
before Herod

21. Mark 15:6-8
Now at the feast he used to release for
them one prisoner for whom they
asked. And among the rebels in prison,
who had committed murder in the
insurrection, there was a man called
Barabbas. And the crowd came up and
began to ask Pilate to do as he usually
did for them.
Pilate before Jesus

22. Barabbas Jesus
“son of the father” “Son of the Father”
Willing to die to
provide his people
political freedom
Willing to die to
provide His people
spiritual freedom

23. Mark 15:9-10
And he answered them, saying, “Do you
want me to release for you the King of
the Jews?” For he perceived that it was
out of envy that the chief priests had
delivered him up.
Pilate before Jesus

24. Mark 15:11
But the chief priests stirred up the crowd to
have him release for them Barabbas instead.
Matthew 27:19
Besides, while he was sitting on the
judgment seat, his wife sent word to him,
“Have nothing to do with that righteous
man, for I have suffered much because of
him today in a dream.”
Pilate before Jesus

25. Mark 15:12-13
And Pilate again said to them, “Then
what shall I do with the man you call the
King of the Jews?” And they cried out
again, “Crucify him.”
Pilate before Jesus

26. Mark 15:14-15
And Pilate said to them, “Why, what evil
has he done?” But they shouted all the
more, “Crucify him.” So Pilate, wishing
to satisfy the crowd, released for them
Barabbas, and having scourged Jesus, he
delivered him to be crucified.
Pilate before Jesus

27. John 19:12
“If you release this man, you are not
Caesar's friend. Everyone who makes
himself a king opposes Caesar.”
Pilate before Jesus

28. Mark 15:14-15
And Pilate said to them, “Why, what evil
has he done?” But they shouted all the
more, “Crucify him.” So Pilate, wishing
to satisfy the crowd, released for them
Barabbas, and having scourged Jesus,
he delivered him to be crucified.
Pilate before Jesus

29. Mark 15:16-18
And the soldiers led him away inside the
palace (that is, the governor's
headquarters), and they called together
the whole battalion. And they clothed
him in a purple cloak, and twisting
together a crown of thorns, they put it on
him. And they began to salute him, “Hail,
King of the Jews!”
Pilate before Jesus

30. Mark 15:19-20
And they were striking his head with a
reed and spitting on him and kneeling
down in homage to him. And when they
had mocked him, they stripped him
of the purple cloak and put his own
clothes on him. And they led him out to
crucify him.
Pilate before Jesus

31. Even when evil appears to have the
“upper hand,” always remember that
GOD IS IN CONTROL!
In what is arguably Christ’s darkest
hour, God never lost control of the
situation. All that was unfolding was
part of God’s all-encompassing
sovereign plan!
Today’sTakeaway

32. Psalm 22:6-7a
But I am a worm and not a man, scorned
by mankind and despised by the people.
All who see me mock me.
Today’sTakeaway

33. Mark 10:33-34
See, we are going up to Jerusalem, and
the Son of Man will be delivered over to
the chief priests and the scribes, and they
will condemn him to death and deliver
him over to the Gentiles. And they
will mock him and spit on him, and flog
him and kill him. And after three days he
will rise.”
Today’sTakeaway

34. Acts 2:23
This Jesus, delivered up according to the
definite plan and foreknowledge of
God, you crucified and killed by the hands
of lawless men.
Today’sTakeaway

35. Even when evil appears to have the
“upper hand,” always remember that
GOD IS IN CONTROL!
God has a plan forYOU and is working
that plan!
Today’sTakeaway

36. Ephesians 1:11
In him we have obtained an inheritance,
having been predestined according to
the purpose of him who works all things
according to the counsel of his will.
Today’sTakeaway

37. Hallelujah!What a Savior!
He faced God’s wrath so that
we would never have to!