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Chapter study
…delivered him up, is the same verb used of Judas betraying Jesus and of Pilate handing Him over. Paul applies it to the Father. This is not a claim that the Father was cruel. Acts 2:23 holds both truths together:…
Verse study
…delivered him up, is the same verb used of Judas betraying Jesus and of Pilate handing Him over. Paul applies it to the Father. This is not a claim that the Father was cruel. Acts 2:23 holds both truths together:…
Devotional
…Amen. Acts 4:27-28 says the same thing about the same event: Herod, Pilate, the Gentiles and the people of Israel gathered together against Jesus to do whatever God's hand and God's plan had predetermined to happen.…
Biblical concept
…is only spiritual, so kingship language is a metaphor. Jesus tells Pilate that His kingdom is not from this world, meaning its source and its methods, and in the same conversation He accepts the title of king.…
Biblical concept
…or national programme to be built by human effort. Jesus tells Pilate that his kingdom is not of this world, meaning its source and power are not drawn from worldly force. It advances through the word, the Spirit and…
Bible question
…people, places and customs, and the Tel Dan inscription and the Pilate inscription are real examples. It has also left many questions open and raised some hard ones. Claiming proof invites a fall when the next dispute…
Bible question
…a person acceptable on their own footing. What differs Jesus told Pilate that the one who handed him over had the greater sin, John 19:11, and Old Testament law assigned different penalties. Consequences in this life…
Bible question
…the third day and named witnesses. The Gospels place it under Pontius Pilate, Luke 3:1 and Matthew 27:26, and Acts 2:32 has Peter saying to which we all are witnesses. He is now confessed as Lord Philippians 2:9-11…
Bible question
…nations and a sword through a mother's heart are in the same speech. Pilate in the judgement hall John 18:33-38 A Roman governor trying to work out whether the prisoner was a political threat. For this reason I have…
Bible question
…as diminishing the other. Acts 4:27-28 The believers pray that Herod, Pilate, the Gentiles and Israel gathered together to do 'whatsoever thy hand and thy counsel determined before to be done.' Human evil and divine…
The Sunday Study
Verse-by-verse teaching with historical context, and a prayer to close. Nothing else in the email.