Summary of John 18:28-32
Then the Jewish leaders took Jesus from Caiaphas to the palace of the Roman governor. Pilate came out and asked what charges Jesus was facing. Pilate did not want to deal with this, but the Jewish leaders told them they could not execute Jesus.
BSF Study Questions John’s Gospel: The Truth Lesson 24, Day 2: John 18:28-32
3a) To avoid ceremonial uncleanness and maintain ritual purity since it’s Passover.
b) Not really. They were seeking to kill someone illegally and without justification, and that breaks the 10 Commandments. In Biblical times, there were many ways to be unclean, including by skin diseases, discharges of bodily fluids, touching something dead ( Num 5:2 ), or eating unclean foods (Lev 11 ; Deut 14). In this case, the Jewish leaders were unclean because of their evil hearts.
4a) He was not happy. It was early in the morning. He probably was asleep and did not want to be bothered with Jewish things. And, he had to come out, so he had to get dressed. He did not want to deal with this.
b) Jesus would have to die on the cross as Moses predicted to save the world.
5) The lengths that the religious leaders are going to to execute Jesus. They know Pilate will be angry, but they do it anyways.
6a) We do this all the time. Try to make up for our sins by doing good. We do this out of guilt and hopes of feeling better for our sins. We also do this to ignore our sins, and we feel better by doing good.
b) Jesus. Confession of our sins. Accepting Jesus as our Savior.
Conclusions BSF Study Questions John’s Gospel: The Truth Lesson 24, Day 2: John 18:28-32
We see the true twistedness and evil of the Jewish leaders here.
End Notes BSF Study Questions John’s Gospel: The Truth Lesson 24, Day 2: John 18:28-32
John leaves out the details of Jesus’ trials (Assembly of the council recorded in Matthew 26:57-68 and the daylight meeting of the Sanhedrin (Luke 22:66), instead focusing on Jesus and Pilate.
The Jewish leaders expected Pilate to condemn Jesus immediately and order his execution. Instead, Pilate demanded the charges against Jesus. Since they answered with no specifics, he told them to deal with Jesus.
By Roman law, the Jews did not have the authority to kill anyone.
The Jews would probably have stoned Jesus to death, which would not have fulfilled prophecy.
Fun Fact: Jesus faced 6 trials before he was crucified. Can you imagine this modern day?
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