John 18:39-19:7 (NASB)
18:39 “But you have a custom, that I should release someone for you at the Passover; do you wish then that I release for you the King of the Jews?”
40 Therefore they cried out again, saying, “Not this man, but Barabbas.” Now Barabbas was a Robber.
19:1 Then Pilate therefore took Jesus, and scourged Him.
2 And the soldiers wove a crown of thorns and put it on His head, and arrayed Him in a purple robe;
3 and they began to come up to Him, and say, “Hail King of the Jews!” and to give Him blows in the face.
4 And Pilate came out again, and said to them, “Behold, I am bringing Him out to you, that you may know that I find no guild in Him.”
5 Jesus therefore came out, wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe. And Pilate said to them, “Behold the Man!”
6 When therefore the chief priests and the officers saw Him, they cried out, saying, “Crucify, crucify!” Pilate said to them, “Take Him yourselves, and crucify Him, for I find no guilt in Him.”
7 The Jews answered him, “We have a law, and by that law He ought to die because He made Himself out to be the Son of God.”
Theme: Identifying four ironies of Jesus’ third Roman trial so you will worship Him for Who He truly is.
I. The irony of political custom vv 39-49
II. The irony of mock corontion vv 1-3
III The irony of perverted justice vv 4-5
IV The irony of self-righteous judgment vv 6-7
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