Section 12
you do not know what truth is. Then you are a false person. You are not true." After this, Pilate was exposed and put to shame, and stopped judging the Lord. Here we see the darkness of politics.
SENTENCED IN MAN'S INJUSTICE
After the Lord Jesus was examined, He, the perfect One, was sentenced in man's injustice (18:38b-19:16). This unjust sentence exposed the blindness of religion and the darkness of politics (18:38b-39; 19:1, 4-5, 8-14, 16). The Jewish reli gionists rejected the most just One and chose a robber (18:39-40; 19:6-7, 12, 15). How blind they were! They were veiled by their religion and with their hatred. The Gentile politician, Pilate, knew and declared that the Lord Jesus had no fault, yet he still sentenced Him to death in order to please the Jewish people (18:38a-39; 19:1, 4-5, 8-14, 16). How political he was! Religion and politics worked together to pronounce the unjust sentence upon Christ. Politics did not take the initiative; it was religion which took the initiative, utilizing the power of dark politics.
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