Section 9
the Passover lamb was killed, it had to be exam ined to determine whether or not it had any blemish. The examination of Christ by mankind was the fulfillment of this type. After Pilate ex amined Him, he declared, "I find no fault what ever in him" (John 18:38; 19:4, 6). There was no blemish in this Passover lamb; He was fully qual ified to be the Lamb for God's people.
EXAMINED BY THE JEWS ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF GOD
IN THEIR RELIGION
The Lord was examined by the Jews accord ing to the law of God in their religion (18:12-27). This examination was a very unpleasant thing. The Lord even suffered it in front of the denial of one of the closest disciples (18:17-18; 25-27). While He was being examined, Peter denied Him three times. Would you have been able to suffer this? If this had happened to us, we would cer tainly have rebuked Peter. But the Lord did not say a word.
While the high priest was examining and judg ing the Lord, the high priest was being judged by the Lord in His dignity (18:19-21). The Lord was fearless and spoke to the high priest in a very dig nified way. While the Passover lamb was being