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…
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…
Read Luke 23:1-5Before this chapter, Jesus was brought before the Jewish leaders and they found him ‘guilty’ of blasphemy (claiming to be the Son of God). However, the Jewish elders had no power to sentence Jesus to death. So in…
Read Luke 22:66-71Day breaks and Jesus stands trial before the elders, priests and teachers and they ask Jesus to tell them if he is the Messiah. It sounds innocent but what they mean is ‘We say you are NOT the…
Read Luke 22:63-65Jesus is completely abandoned. The disciples being scattered (best described in Matt 26:56), apart from Peter, who followed Jesus after his arrest, has now also denied Him as predicted (vs 54-60). He has been accused by the priests…
