Pontius Pilate's wife

And we need to f- we need to think about that.

How about before Pilate? Anything standing out in that?

Well, you know, he had a, a religious trial, what they call an ecclesiastical trial, the Sanhedrin, and he had a civil trial before Pilate.

Uh, Pilate's wife in Matthew's gospel, uh, you know, shed a lot of light on it, but Pilate is a politician.

[laughs]

And [laughs] he's gonna tell the crowd what the crowd wants to hear.

Sure

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But their common hate of Jesus rises for the time above their hatred for each other.

The charge must appeal to Pilate, for only he has the power of capital punishment, and nothing but Jesus' blood will quench their thirst.

Their consultation results in another attempt to question Jesus in the hope of getting some word that can be used.

The president goes back to his former question.

The death sentence is fixed upon.

The thing has been formally fixed up.

The ground is now cleared for taking him to Pilate for his death sentence.

It is still early morning when Jesus is taken to Pilate.

Back of Pilate's palace rose still higher terraces with gardens and summer houses.

By these gardens the palace was connected with the dwelling of Pilate's wife, whose name was Claudia Procla.

A moat separated these buildings from the mountain on which the temple was built.

Adjoining the eastern side of Pilate's palace was that council house or judgment hall of Herod the Elder, in whose inner court many innocent children were once upon a time murdered.

With renewed fury they surrounded him, bound him anew, and along with the clamoring soldiers drove him in furious haste with cuffs and blows across the crowded forum and through the street that led to the palace of Herod not far off.

Some Roman soldiers accompanied them.

Claudia Procla, the lawful wife of Pilate, had, while Paulette was treating with the Jews, sent a servant to tell her husband that she was very anxious to speak with him.

As Jesus was now being led to Herod, she stood concealed upon an elevated balcony, and with deep anxiety and trouble of mind, watched him being led across the forum.

Let's be honest.

Even before He made it to the scourging of Pilate, I mean, you're sweating so much or, or so fervent in your prayer life that you sweat drops of blood.

Yeah.

You have to have an angel come and restore Him in Gethse-

He attempts and completes suicide.

Yeah, he does.

And then Jesus comes before Pilate.

I will tell you, in 27, the verse for me that just rattles me as I meditate on it is verse 19 of chapter 27.

Beyond that, you didn't have much of anything.

How important is it that you choose for yourself what you think and what you believe? Second, when it comes to what you believe, think about that question that Pilate asked Jesus the night before Jesus was crucified.

Pilate said to Him, "What is truth?" Today, you'll hear that people have their truth.

I have my truth.

You have your truth.

I'm John Bradshaw for It Is Written.

Let's live today by every word.

100 years after the death of Hus, a young German priest by the name of Martin Luther found himself in the city of Rome seeking to earn God's favor by climbing on his knees up Pilate's staircase.