Barabbas or Jesus?
Rev. John Marcus expounds on Matthew 27:17, the pivotal moment when Pilate offers the crowd a choice between releasing Jesus or Barabbas. The sermon emphasizes Christ's perfect innocence, sinlessness, and absolute obedience to God's will as demonstrated through multiple witnesses in the Gospel accounts. This pastoral meditation explores the gravity of the crowd's choice and Christ's willing submission to His redemptive mission.
Rev. John Marcus, pastor of Peace PRC in Lansing, Illinois Therefore when they were gathered together, Pilate said unto them, Whom will ye that I release unto you? Barabbas, or Jesus which is called Christ? Matthew 27:17 Early Friday morning, after the Jewish Sanhedrin condemned Jesus, they brought Him to Pilate asking for Jesus to be executed by crucifixion. Pilate had little difficulty recognizing that Jesus was innocent and that the Jews had brought Him there because they envied Him....
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