Tuesday, March 22, 2011

What I have written...

Pilate. Pilate was a significant figure in the leading up too and crucifixion of Jesus. Pilate did not agree that Jesus was guilty, it seems to me that Pilate even believed Jesus was of more significance then some blasphemer. Something struck me as I was skimming through the Gospels to find a verse with relevance to what I was writing. John 19:22, Pilate gives Jesus his title while he is on the cross:

JESUS OF NAZARETH
KING OF THE JEWS

In John 19:22 Pilate is answering the chief priests when they say "Do not write, 'The King of the Jews'. . ." Pilate answers in verse 22 "What I have written, I have written." Pilate does not give them explanation, and they question him no more because of his high authority. 

This scenario could be wrong but this is the way I see this being played out, Jesus had just been put up on the cross. Pilate seeing the innocent man suffer in agony, knew in his heart that Jesus was who he said he was. He takes out a writing tablet, in silence possibly somber, as he is finishing up ...King of the Jews, the chief priests come over. They say in disgusted voices "Do not write, 'The King of the Jews'. . ." and Pilate calmly answered them saying "What I have written, I have written."

Pilate was a part of the wrongdoings to Christ. The Jews saying that if he let him go he is no friend of Caesar's. Pilate put his own high position in front of the moral thing to do, that he knew was right in his heart. Pilate was right when he wrote this inscription above Jesus on the cross, not to mock him, but to tell the truth. It was the precious gift of guilt that made him proclaim Jesus was King, Pilate just didn't understand how powerful a King Jesus was (is) at the time. 

HAIL JESUS OF NAZARETH
KING OF THE WORLD

Jesus is King.

All to God

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