Mark 15:1-15 - Jesus Before Pilate

With the turning of the page to Mark chapter 15 we start into this, the 65th sermon I preached from the Gospel of Mark. Here’s a quotation from early in the sermon.

“The Roman workday began at daybreak. It lasted until noon. Romans of the upper class spent their afternoons in leisurely pursuits. So it is vital, if they want to get this done, that they have Jesus before Pilate first thing in the morning. After having worked all night, the Sanhedrin meets one final time to make sure their ducks are in a row before they send him over to Pilate to be condemned.

Pilate served as the governor of Judea for about ten years, between 27 and 36 AD. His official title was “Prefect” and he was of a class of Romans just below senator. His job was to maintain peace and order in this province. Pilate did not live in Jerusalem, nor did any other Roman prefect who governed Judea in the first century. Pilate’s house was in Caesaria Maritima on the Mediterranean coast. But during the feasts, when so many pilgrims were crowding into the city, the governor would come stay in Jerusalem to help ensure order was maintained. The usual place of his temporary abode would have been Herod’s palace. 

So Jesus is bound and marched under guard through the streets to Herod’s palace where he arrives just in time for the beginning of Pilate’s day. Mark gets straight to the point and begins immediately describing Jesus’s trial before Pilate.”

And so the sermon covers the first fifteen verses of this chapter and takes us all the way to the flogging of Jesus. I hope you will take the time to listen to it. The sermon contains both information that you’ve probably never heard and application and meaning which you may have never thought of. So I hope you’ll listen. Just click the link below. God bless.


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