Apparently, today is the 100th birthday of the toaster. Without it I couldn't enjoy one of my favourite foods, toasted peanut butter sandwich dunked in milk (don't knock it until you've tried it).
John 19
It seems like the turning point for Pilate comes in john 19:15. He is either teasing them up to this point, or else he is truly trying to avoid being pushed into killing Jesus. I can't imagine that he enjoyed being played by the jewish leaders. They had put all the pieces of the plan in motion, and Pilate was caught up in the swell. But the difference comes when the Jewish leaders proclaim, "we have no king but Caesar!". Pilate knew that wasn't true; these Jews despised the Romans and their rule. But Pilate knew that if they were willing to stoop to this level, they weren't going to stop until they got what they wanted.
You really get a sense at this point of how badly they wanted Jesus out of the picture. He couldn't have been just a good teacher, He never would have upset them so much. He was much more. I think you can get a better picture of Jesus by looling at how other people reacted to Him. I think I'll try to pay more attention to that from now on.
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