In these unprecedented times the comfort which comes from
God’s Word gives us a peace this world simply cannot give. As we prepare for
Holy Week the following schedule of readings carry you through the Passion of
our Lord Jesus.
We trust such reading will be beneficial as we anticipate
the feast which has no end with our Risen Lord and Savior.
Passion reading scheduled for Thursday, April 2, 2020
John 18:39-19:16
39 But you have a custom that I should
release one man for you at the Passover. So do you want me to release to you
the King of the Jews?” 40 They cried out again, “Not this man, but Barabbas!”
Now Barabbas was a robber.[a]
Jesus Delivered to Be Crucified
19 Then Pilate took Jesus and
flogged him. 2 And the soldiers twisted together a crown of thorns and put it
on his head and arrayed him in a purple robe. 3 They came up to him, saying,
“Hail, King of the Jews!” and struck him with their hands. 4 Pilate went out
again and said to them, “See, I am bringing him out to you that you may know
that I find no guilt in him.” 5 So Jesus came out, wearing the crown of thorns
and the purple robe. Pilate said to them, “Behold the man!” 6 When the chief
priests and the officers saw him, they cried out, “Crucify him, crucify him!”
Pilate said to them, “Take him yourselves and crucify him, for I find no guilt
in him.” 7 The Jews[b] answered him, “We have a law, and according to that law
he ought to die because he has made himself the Son of God.” 8 When Pilate
heard this statement, he was even more afraid. 9 He entered his headquarters
again and said to Jesus, “Where are you from?” But Jesus gave him no answer. 10
So Pilate said to him, “You will not speak to me? Do you not know that I have
authority to release you and authority to crucify you?” 11 Jesus answered him,
“You would have no authority over me at all unless it had been given you from
above. Therefore he who delivered me over to you has the greater sin.”
12 From then on Pilate sought to
release him, but the Jews cried out, “If you release this man, you are not
Caesar's friend. Everyone who makes himself a king opposes Caesar.” 13 So when
Pilate heard these words, he brought Jesus out and sat down on the judgment
seat at a place called The Stone Pavement, and in Aramaic[c] Gabbatha. 14 Now
it was the day of Preparation of the Passover. It was about the sixth hour.[d]
He said to the Jews, “Behold your King!” 15 They cried out, “Away with him,
away with him, crucify him!” Pilate said to them, “Shall I crucify your King?”
The chief priests answered, “We have no king but Caesar.” 16 So he delivered
him over to them to be crucified.
Footnotes:
John 18:40 Or an insurrectionist
John 19:7 Greek Ioudaioi probably refers here to Jewish religious leaders,
and others under their influence, in that time; also verses 12, 14, 31, 38
John 19:13 Or Hebrew; also verses 17, 20
John 19:14 That is, about noon
The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text
Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of
Good News Publishers.
Schnorr Von Carolsfeld woodcuts, ‘The Crucifixion’ copyright © WELS
permission granted for personal and congregational use
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