Read Luke 23:35-43Jesus is sneered at, mocked, insulted and taunted. However, in the midst of all of this, Jesus does not retaliate, threaten or rage back at others. This leads to a criminal being convicted that Jesus was innocent, and…

Read Luke 23:26-34Although he had been abandoned by his friends, as Jesus was being led out of the city to be crucified, many people gathered along the road and there Jesus met several people, including Simon from Cyrene, two criminals…

Read Luke 23:13-25 After trying to palm Jesus off to Herod so he didn’t have to deal with this problem, Pilate finds that Jesus is back with him. He assembles the Jewish leaders and all the people and states clearly…

Read Luke 23:6-12None of the leaders want to take responsibility for Jesus. No one wants to touch him. Maybe they realise there is too much ‘bad press’ associated with him. Already the darkness has reigned (Luke 22:53). Betrayed in the…