by Maggie Bruehl | Mar 28, 2024 | Inspirational
Pilate still can’t choose which way to go. And the silence isn’t helping. So he breaks the silence with intimidation: “So Pilate *said to Him, ‘You do not speak to me? Do You not know that I have authority to release You, and I have authority to crucify You?’”...
by Maggie Bruehl | Mar 27, 2024 | Inspirational
Pilate’s hope of getting the people to release Jesus, who was innocent, for the criminal Barabas failed. Pilate has tortured and humiliated Jesus. Now he’s was back with Jesus, still trying to find a way out of his predicament. Maybe Jesus’s location or...
by Maggie Bruehl | Mar 26, 2024 | Inspirational
“Pilate *said to Him, “What is truth?” “And when he had said this, he went out again to the Jews and *said to them, “I find no guilt in Him.’” And when he had said this, he went out again to the Jews and *said to them, “I find no guilt in Him.’” (John 17:38)...
by Maggie Bruehl | Mar 25, 2024 | Inspirational
John 17:38 tells us, “Therefore Pilate said to Him, “So You are a king?” Dodging the issue of the “spiritual realm” altogether, Pilate doesn’t want to get too close to his own heart. Like many of us, he’s just not going there. Instead, he wants to clarify what...
by Maggie Bruehl | Mar 23, 2024 | Inspirational
Somewhere along the line, Pilate was aware of the root issue at hand. Either he knew about Jesus by reputation, or the leaders had said something to him that is not recorded. So he cut to the chase, asking Jesus, “Are You the King of the Jews?” And isn’t this the key...
