Monday, April 11, 2022
Monday, April 11, 2022
Mark 15:14-15
And Pilate said to them, “Why, what evil has he done?” But they shouted all the more, “Crucify him.” So, Pilate, wishing to satisfy the crowd, released for them Barabbas, and having scourged Jesus, he delivered him to be crucified.
Punishment by death on a cross wasn’t a fate that Jesus deserved. He lived a blameless life, healing the sick and preaching truth to anyone who would listen, but in the end, He was still nailed to a tree. Even Pilate couldn’t find fault in Jesus of Nazareth, but, bending to the will of the people, he traded Christ for a murderer and allowed the King of the Jews to be crucified. What makes the death of our Savior a sacrifice like no other is that He was the last person who deserved it. He was the perfect Lamb of God, and like a sheep He was led to the slaughter, to pay for the sins of mankind.