Lesson 4576

 (Lesson 4576)(08-14-24) John 19-17-22 

   “And he bearing his cross went forth into a place called the place of a skull, which is called in the Hebrew Golgotha: Where they crucified him, and two other with him, on either side one, and Jesus in the midst. And Pilate wrote a title, and put it on the cross. And the writing was Jesus Of Nazareth The King Of The Jews. This title then read many of the Jews: for the place where Jesus was crucified was nigh to the city: and it was written in Hebrew, and Greek, and Latin. Then said the chief priests of the Jews to Pilate, Write not, The King of the Jews; but that he said, I am King of the Jews. Pilate answered, What I have written I have written.” 

 

   In today’s quote, Jesus ws led away to be crucified, carrying His own cross to a place called Golgotha, the "Place of a Skull." There, He was crucified between two common thieves. Pilate had a sign placed above Jesus' head on the cross that read, "Jesus of Nazareth, the King of the Jews." That sign was written in Hebrew, Greek, and Latin, and it caused objections from the chief priests of the Jews, who asked Pilate to change it. However, Pilate refused, insisting that what he had written would remain as it was. ~