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WHAT IS TRUTH
John 18:38
King James Version
38 Pilate saith unto him, What is truth? And when he had said this, he went out again unto the Jews, and saith unto them, I find in him no fault at all.
My name is Pontius Pilate and I am a decorated soldier who has risen to the giddy heights of Governor of Israel, when I heard, Caesar was going to give me a governorship, I thought it would be a good province, not this terrible place, only Britain is worse!.
Since I have arrived here, it's been rebellion after rebellion, these Jews are restless, constantly seeking some kind of Messiah to free them from oppression, its written in their barely comprehensible law and prophets.
Already I've had to put down several rebellions, I don't care how much Jewish blood I spill, my loyalty is to ROME and to the Roman empire. Word has got back to the emperor, that I have done this and he wasn't happy, I've been warned, there are no more second chances.
It's that time of year again, not only must I deal with millions of Jews coming to give sacrifices to their God, but deal with the Sanhedrin, let by that obnoxious man Caiphas, he really is a pain in the butt, he insists that I must let one prisoner be released as some type of good will gesture.
It's Passover time again, I fear trouble, I hear that there is a new teacher in town, he's already upset the priests by overturning their tables in the temple courts, wish I had thought of that, what an absolute racket!
Its the night before Passover, we have to let a prisoner go tomorrow, in our custody is Barabbas, a real trouble maker, him and his two mates will be crucified at Passover, life goes on.
It's early morning now, sleep is difficult, thoughts swirl through my mind, my wife is having dreams, about what I do not know and to be honest, I don't care.
Oh no, banging on the door, its my senior officer, he says that there is trouble brewing, the Sanhedrin have arrested a teacher from galilee, what's he doing down here?
They are bringing his here, they want you to authorize his crucifixion, are they crazy?
Well, they have arrested him at midnight and he has admitted that he is the son of God.
Oh no, not another nutter, what is it about these Jews?
Ok, I'll come, but this better not take long.
Sir you have to go to them, they wont enter your palace because they would be unclean.
Right, you lot, you have disturbed my sleep, what's all this about, ok Caiphas, you speak, shut this rabble up.
He says what, let me examine him, bring him to me.
So, who are you., your chief priests say you are a king, well are you?
To be honest, his answers amazed me, I stood there open mouthed. Sometime ago, my guards sought to arrest him, they came back amazed at what he said.
A question I have always wanted to ask is what is truth?
After he has said I am the truth, he didn't answer me, let me go back out and tell these jews, I have examined him and find no fault in him, but that is not enough to shut them up.
Sir, Herod is in Jerusalem, oh great, he is from Galilee, send him to Herod, let him deal with him, although I hate Herod, Jesus is his problem.
Maybe now I get some sleep, no, after half an hour, I am woken from my drowsiness by the words:
Herod has sent him back!
The rabble is demanding a result, this isn't going to end well.
Ok, I am going to scourge Jesus, maybe that will satisfy them, make sure it's painful, but don't kil him.
My wife sends me a message, have nothing to do with this just man, doesn't she understand anything?
What a state he's in when he comes back from his scourging, what do I do now? I know I'm allowed to release a prisoner at Passover aren't I. So, I gave them a choice: Barabbas or Jesus, what an easy choice.
What, they are screaming to release Barabbas, my plan has backfired, the soldiers look at me with amazement, as I give the order to release Barabbas.
What do I do with Jesus, they scream crucify him, oh no, this gets worse.
What to do, oh I know how to get out of this.
Get me some water, I am washing my hands of all this, it's your problem, now you crucify him.
I give the order to my centurion, crucify him with the two mates of Barabbas, and make sure he's dead, tell me, when it is finished.
I need sleep, it's 3pm in the afternoon, my centurion comes with a man called Joseph, he wants the body of Jesus, is he dead?
Yes, he's dead, it was like nothing like I've ever seen before, so yes you can take his body, bury him decently.
Are you a follower of his？ Aren't you a pharisee and a member of the council? Yes, I am, but not all of us agree with what has been done.
It's now none of my business, what a day, I need some rest.
It's now late at night, and here comes Caiphas and his cronies, what is it now. Isn't it enough that they have crucified their so-called king, apparently not.
They are now saying that this man Jesus
said he would rise from the dead on the third day, what absolute nonsense, have you ever heard anything so crazy, anyway they are worried, please let us set a guard.
Guard a dead man! Ok you have guards and also you can have some of my soldiers, changed every six hours and we will seal the tomb, he has no chance of getting out.
It's Sunday now, Passover is past and boy am I glad, now perhaps things can get back to normal, but my senior officer comes in, he seems to be different, he is very affected by Friday, maybe he needs some time off.
There's talk of the tomb being opened, that Jesus is no longer there. Are you joking, what were my guards doing?
It wasn't their fault sir, the Sanhedrin say don't blame them, it was their guards on that watch, the followers of Jesus came and overpowered their guards and took the body and so that's the party line, we will tell, anyway what can they do with a dead body.
But there are people who are saying, they have seen hm alive, what if this rumor spreads?, oh well it's all Jewish religious superstition, it will die out soon.
These Jewish religious festivals come thick and fast, forty days and there's another one, hopefully there's no more talk of this Jesus.
It's nine o'clock in the morning, too early, but not for the Jews, those followers of Jesus are preaching that he's alive and now they have five thousand more followers, and then soon after 3000 more, they are meeting all over Jerusalem, thankfully they are peaceful, they seem to keep it to the Jews, anyway Caiphas and his cronies can take care of it, he placed them in prison, but the doors were opened, they were let out by a miracle.
I shouldn't worry, I hear that one called Saul is doing my dirty work for me, the prisons are now full of these Jesus followers, he will go to Damascus to get rid of this rabble.
What, he's now one of them and it is now spreading through Samaria, will this ever stop?
The story of Pilate is tragic, years later he was relieved of his duties as governor of Judea and by tradition he committed suicide.
He like Nicodemus met Jesus' face to face, he had a one-to-one encounter with him.
He choose to wash his hands of Jesus, it's not my problem, in the UK, we call it passing the book.
Pilate made the wrong choices when it came to Jesus.
Don't make the wrong choice, please don't wash your hands of Jesus.
This Easter, the answer to the question
WHAT IS TRUTH
ITS JESUS
JESUS IS THE WAY THE TRUTH AND THE LIFE
John 18:38
King James Version
38 Pilate saith unto him, What is truth? And when he had said this, he went out again unto the Jews, and saith unto them, I find in him no fault at all.
My name is Pontius Pilate and I am a decorated soldier who has risen to the giddy heights of Governor of Israel, when I heard, Caesar was going to give me a governorship, I thought it would be a good province, not this terrible place, only Britain is worse!.
Since I have arrived here, it's been rebellion after rebellion, these Jews are restless, constantly seeking some kind of Messiah to free them from oppression, its written in their barely comprehensible law and prophets.
Already I've had to put down several rebellions, I don't care how much Jewish blood I spill, my loyalty is to ROME and to the Roman empire. Word has got back to the emperor, that I have done this and he wasn't happy, I've been warned, there are no more second chances.
It's that time of year again, not only must I deal with millions of Jews coming to give sacrifices to their God, but deal with the Sanhedrin, let by that obnoxious man Caiphas, he really is a pain in the butt, he insists that I must let one prisoner be released as some type of good will gesture.
It's Passover time again, I fear trouble, I hear that there is a new teacher in town, he's already upset the priests by overturning their tables in the temple courts, wish I had thought of that, what an absolute racket!
Its the night before Passover, we have to let a prisoner go tomorrow, in our custody is Barabbas, a real trouble maker, him and his two mates will be crucified at Passover, life goes on.
It's early morning now, sleep is difficult, thoughts swirl through my mind, my wife is having dreams, about what I do not know and to be honest, I don't care.
Oh no, banging on the door, its my senior officer, he says that there is trouble brewing, the Sanhedrin have arrested a teacher from galilee, what's he doing down here?
They are bringing his here, they want you to authorize his crucifixion, are they crazy?
Well, they have arrested him at midnight and he has admitted that he is the son of God.
Oh no, not another nutter, what is it about these Jews?
Ok, I'll come, but this better not take long.
Sir you have to go to them, they wont enter your palace because they would be unclean.
Right, you lot, you have disturbed my sleep, what's all this about, ok Caiphas, you speak, shut this rabble up.
He says what, let me examine him, bring him to me.
So, who are you., your chief priests say you are a king, well are you?
To be honest, his answers amazed me, I stood there open mouthed. Sometime ago, my guards sought to arrest him, they came back amazed at what he said.
A question I have always wanted to ask is what is truth?
After he has said I am the truth, he didn't answer me, let me go back out and tell these jews, I have examined him and find no fault in him, but that is not enough to shut them up.
Sir, Herod is in Jerusalem, oh great, he is from Galilee, send him to Herod, let him deal with him, although I hate Herod, Jesus is his problem.
Maybe now I get some sleep, no, after half an hour, I am woken from my drowsiness by the words:
Herod has sent him back!
The rabble is demanding a result, this isn't going to end well.
Ok, I am going to scourge Jesus, maybe that will satisfy them, make sure it's painful, but don't kil him.
My wife sends me a message, have nothing to do with this just man, doesn't she understand anything?
What a state he's in when he comes back from his scourging, what do I do now? I know I'm allowed to release a prisoner at Passover aren't I. So, I gave them a choice: Barabbas or Jesus, what an easy choice.
What, they are screaming to release Barabbas, my plan has backfired, the soldiers look at me with amazement, as I give the order to release Barabbas.
What do I do with Jesus, they scream crucify him, oh no, this gets worse.
What to do, oh I know how to get out of this.
Get me some water, I am washing my hands of all this, it's your problem, now you crucify him.
I give the order to my centurion, crucify him with the two mates of Barabbas, and make sure he's dead, tell me, when it is finished.
I need sleep, it's 3pm in the afternoon, my centurion comes with a man called Joseph, he wants the body of Jesus, is he dead?
Yes, he's dead, it was like nothing like I've ever seen before, so yes you can take his body, bury him decently.
Are you a follower of his？ Aren't you a pharisee and a member of the council? Yes, I am, but not all of us agree with what has been done.
It's now none of my business, what a day, I need some rest.
It's now late at night, and here comes Caiphas and his cronies, what is it now. Isn't it enough that they have crucified their so-called king, apparently not.
They are now saying that this man Jesus
said he would rise from the dead on the third day, what absolute nonsense, have you ever heard anything so crazy, anyway they are worried, please let us set a guard.
Guard a dead man! Ok you have guards and also you can have some of my soldiers, changed every six hours and we will seal the tomb, he has no chance of getting out.
It's Sunday now, Passover is past and boy am I glad, now perhaps things can get back to normal, but my senior officer comes in, he seems to be different, he is very affected by Friday, maybe he needs some time off.
There's talk of the tomb being opened, that Jesus is no longer there. Are you joking, what were my guards doing?
It wasn't their fault sir, the Sanhedrin say don't blame them, it was their guards on that watch, the followers of Jesus came and overpowered their guards and took the body and so that's the party line, we will tell, anyway what can they do with a dead body.
But there are people who are saying, they have seen hm alive, what if this rumor spreads?, oh well it's all Jewish religious superstition, it will die out soon.
These Jewish religious festivals come thick and fast, forty days and there's another one, hopefully there's no more talk of this Jesus.
It's nine o'clock in the morning, too early, but not for the Jews, those followers of Jesus are preaching that he's alive and now they have five thousand more followers, and then soon after 3000 more, they are meeting all over Jerusalem, thankfully they are peaceful, they seem to keep it to the Jews, anyway Caiphas and his cronies can take care of it, he placed them in prison, but the doors were opened, they were let out by a miracle.
I shouldn't worry, I hear that one called Saul is doing my dirty work for me, the prisons are now full of these Jesus followers, he will go to Damascus to get rid of this rabble.
What, he's now one of them and it is now spreading through Samaria, will this ever stop?
The story of Pilate is tragic, years later he was relieved of his duties as governor of Judea and by tradition he committed suicide.
He like Nicodemus met Jesus' face to face, he had a one-to-one encounter with him.
He choose to wash his hands of Jesus, it's not my problem, in the UK, we call it passing the book.
Pilate made the wrong choices when it came to Jesus.
Don't make the wrong choice, please don't wash your hands of Jesus.
This Easter, the answer to the question
WHAT IS TRUTH
ITS JESUS
JESUS IS THE WAY THE TRUTH AND THE LIFE
