Section 11
all its blood was shed. Thus, the killing of the Passover lamb was a portrait of the crucifixion of Christ. Not long before the crucifixion of Christ, the Roman government adopted crucifixion as the method of executing criminals. This was decided under God's sovereignty that the prophecies re garding Christ's crucifixion might be fulfilled (18:31-32; 12:32-33).
While Pilate was judging the Lord Jesus, he himself was judged by the Lord in His dignity (18:33-38a). Pilate, as a governor of the Roman Empire, was very timid. Although he knew what was right and what was wrong, he, like all poli ticians, was afraid of the people. Pilate found no fault in the Lord Jesus; he knew that the Lord had done nothing wrong. But the voices of the people subdued him, and he was not honest, gen uine, nor faithful.
Because of his fear of the Jews, he condemned the Lord and sentenced Him to death. This was unfair and unrighteous. When the Lord told Pilate that He had come into the world to "tes tify to the truth" and that "Everyone who is of the truth hears My voice" (18:37), Pilate said to Him, "What is truth?" (18:38). This indicates that the Lord judged Pilate. In effect, the Lord said, "You are such a high administrator and yet