At that time some of those present told Jesus about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mixed with their sacrifices.Now there were some present at the same time who told him about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mixed with their sacrifices.There were present at that season some that told him of the Galileans, whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices.Now there were some present at that very season who told him of the Galilæans, whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices.
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… This is another time Jesus was specifically asked how to think about loss. Luke 13, they were present at that season, some who told him about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices. Now, we don't have time to get into all of this, but basically this is the reason that the Jews, if you've ever read the crucifixion account, and you're like, man, why does Pilate kowtow to the Jewish leaders so much? It's because he had early on in his career been so violent that reports had been sent back to Caesar. And so when they say, if you do this, if you don't do this, we'll tell Caesar, it harkens back to what he had done as an impetuous young leader when he trying to assert his dominance and make a name for himself had led with far too heavy of a hand. So some Pilate had mingled their blood with their sacrifices, right? Pilate had not liked the way that they had been responding, so he just put a bunch of people to death there pretty much at the altar. …
When he stepped forward at the arrest, the soldiers fell to the ground. He was proud. He was cruel. Luke chapter 13 and verse 1, he mixed the blood of some people in with sacrificial elements. He was shrewd, Matthew 27 verse 18. He was self-seeking, Mark 15 15. He was superstitious, Matthew 27, 19. And he was attempting the impossible, Matthew 27, 24, insofar as he thought that neutrality was an option. Now, if my purpose was to deal with Pilate as an individual, I would stay on those issues, but since it isn't, I simply give them to you in passing. He is a fascinating study in character and human personality. Some of you who are doing humanities at university or doing psychology or anything along those lines and are given somebody to research, you would do no better than to turn to the information that we have on Pontius Pilate. There's a good few pages on him. Now, the issue is the confession that Jesus is making before this individual. And so notice that in verse 33 he begins to examine the Lord Jesus Christ. He summons Jesus, and he says to him, You, you are the king of the Jews. You're the king of the Jews? Now, the reason I put it that way—and I'm surprised that English versions don't—is because in the Greek he leads with a verse no pronoun. He doesn't ask, Are you the king of the Jews? He says, You? And there's almost a sense in which it's incredulity or cynicism or whatever it is, where he finally gets this …
This is the word of God You may be seated Monsignor Oscar Romero stood as I stood today and many pastors and priests stood behind the altar of March of 1980. As he was preparing to offer his gift to his congregation a long gunman stood at the back of the chapel in San Salvador, fired a single shot, ripped through the body of Monsignor Romero. He fell to the ground, bled over the altar as he offered his gifts before his congregation. He died in the service of worship. He was an activist for the rights of those that were marginalized and oppressed. People depended upon him and now he lay dead and like his Lord had spilled his blood in the sacrifice of service. It was that kind of day when these Galileans reported what had taken place in Jerusalem. A similar situation where lives had been given in the service of God, offering their sacrifices to God. the only problem is is that when something like that happens it must be the result of something wrong that has been done jesus counted their statement by telling them of a story of a tower that had fallen over in a nearby town it was a recent event that was fresh on the memory of the people similar to the day that some of us awakened to the news when the champagne towers failed in South Florida and over a hundred residents died because of the negligence of management to give attention to the foundation that had weakened and the building had crumbled. The question then became …