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April 18 - John 19 · A Chapter a Day Bible Reading

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  Hello friends. It's Sean here and it is a
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  Friday. And normally on a Friday I would
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  be very cheery and chirpy and I would congratulate you on being
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  so clever to reach the end. But today, today is a different
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  sort of a Friday, isn't it? Today is Good Friday, and as I
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  speak to you, these words are jumping off the page at me.
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  Crucify him. Crucify him.
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  And that is what we come to today on this Good Friday, as we
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  remember these incredible events that Jesus endures on our behalf
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  so that he can reunite us with God.
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  And that is the lens through which we will read all these
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  words today, knowing that it is because of his love for us that
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  he goes through this. So buckle yourselves up friends,
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  as we endure, as we read together, as we share the story
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  captured in John chapter 19. Then Pilate had Jesus flogged
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  with a lead tipped whip. The soldiers wove a crown of
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  thorns and put it on his head and they put a purple robe on
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  him. Hail King of the Jews, they
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  mocked as they slapped him across the face.
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  Pilate went outside again and said to the people, I am going
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  to bring him out to you now, but understand clearly that I find
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  him not guilty. Then Jesus came out wearing the
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  crown of thorns and the purple robe, and Pilate said, look,
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  here is the man. When they saw him, the leading
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  priests and temple guards began shouting, Crucify him, crucify
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  him, take him yourselves and crucify him.
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  Pilate said. I find him not guilty.
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  The Jewish leaders replied, By our law he ought to die because
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  he called himself the Son of God.
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  When Pilate heard this, he was more frightened than ever.
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  He took Jesus back into the headquarters again and asked
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  him, Where are you from? But Jesus gave no answer.
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  Why don't you talk to me? Pilot demanded.
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  Don't you realise that I have the power to release you or
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  crucify you? Then Jesus said, You would have
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  no power over me at all unless it were given to you from above.
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  So the one who handed me over to you has the greatest sin.
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  Then Pilate tried to release him, but the Jewish leader
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  shouted, If you release this man, you are no friend of
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  Caesar. Anyone who declares himself a
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  king is a rebel against Caesar. When they said this, Pilate
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  brought Jesus out to them again. Then Pilate sat down on the
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  judgement seat on the platform that is called the Stone
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  Pavement in Hebrew Gabbatha. It was now about noon on the day
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  of preparation for the Passover, and Pilate said to the people.
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  Look, here is your king. Away with him, they yelled.
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  Away with him. Crucify him What?
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  Crucify your king? Pilate asked.
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  We have no king but Caesar. The leading priest shouted back.
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  Then Pilate turned Jesus over to them to be crucified.
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  So they took Jesus away, carrying the cross by himself.
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  He went to the place called Place of the Skull in Hebrew
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  Golgotha. There they nailed him to the
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  cross. Two others were crucified with
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  him, one on either side, with Jesus between them, and Pilate
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  posted a sign on the cross that read Jesus of Nazareth, the King
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  of the Jews. The place where Jesus was
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  crucified was near the city, and the sign was written in Hebrew,
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  Latin, and Greek so that many people could read it.
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  Then the leading priest objected and said to Pilate, Change it
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  from the king of the Jews to he said, I am the king of the Jews.
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  Pilate replied, No, what I have written, I have written.
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  When the soldiers had crucified Jesus, they divided his clothes
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  among the four of them. They also took his robe, but it
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  was seamless, woven in one piece from top to bottom.
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  So they said, rather than tearing it apart, let's throw
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  dice for it. This fulfilled the Scripture
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  that says they divided my garments among themselves and
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  threw dice for my clothing. So that is what they did.
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  Standing near the cross were Jesus mother and his mother's
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  sister, Mary, the wife of Clopas and Mary Magdalene.
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  When Jesus saw his mother standing there beside the
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  disciple he loved, he said to her, Dear woman, here is your
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  son. And he said to this disciple,
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  here is your mother. And from then on this disciple
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  took her into his home. Jesus knew that his mission was
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  now finished, and to fulfil the scripture he said, I'm thirsty.
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  A jar of sour wine was sitting there, so they soaked a sponge
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  in it and put it on a hyssop branch and held it up to his
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  lips. When Jesus had tasted it, he
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  said, it is finished. Then he bowed his head and gave
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  up his Spirit. It was the day of preparation,
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  and the Jewish leaders didn't want the bodies hanging there
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  the next day, which was the Sabbath and a very special
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  Sabbath because it was Passover week.
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  So they asked Pilate to hasten their deaths by ordering that
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  their legs be broken. Then their bodies could be taken
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  down. So the soldiers came and broke
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  the legs of the two men crucified with Jesus.
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  But when they came to Jesus, I saw that he was already dead, so
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  they didn't break his legs. One of the soldiers, however,
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  pierced his side with a spear and immediately blood and water
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  flowed out. This report is from an
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  eyewitness giving an accurate account.
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  He speaks the truth so that you also may continue to believe
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  these things happened in fulfilment of the scriptures
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  that say not one of his bones will be broken and they will
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  look on the one they pierced. Afterward, Joseph of Arimathea,
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  who had been a secret disciple of Jesus because he feared the
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  Jewish leaders, asked Pilate for permission to take down Jesus
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  body. When Pilate gave permission,
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  Joseph came and took the body away.
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  With him came Nicodemus, the man who had come to Jesus at night.
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  He bought about 75 lbs of perfumed ointment made from myrh
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  and aloes following Jewish burial customs.
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  They wrapped Jesus body with the spices in long sheets of linen
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  cloth. The place of crucifixion was
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  near a garden where there was a new tomb, never used before.
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  And so, because it was the day of preparation for the Jewish
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  Passover, and since the tomb was close at hand, they laid Jesus
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  there. Jesus, we have no words that
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  even come close to our bewilderment and wonder at what
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  you were willing to persevere through and submit yourself to
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  in love for us as we remember your awful death.
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  We are just so grateful for your love that kept you there on that
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  cross to do what you did and have love for us to restore us
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  to you and the Father. So today, as we reflect on what
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  you've done for us, Jesus, remain close to us, change our
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  hearts, and continue your work of restoration in us, your
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  grateful people. We pray this in your incredible
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  name, Jesus, I'm in.