Lent reflection: Monday 06th April 2020 Bible Reading: John 19: 16-22 Reflection Jesus is brought to Golgotha and crucified. A sign is placed above his head: ‘The King of the Jews’. The sign is written in three languages: Aramaic, Latin and Greek; these languages were the most commonly spoken in...
Lent Reflection: Saturday 04th April 2020 Bible Reading: John 19:12-16a Reflection Pilate is stuck between a rock and a hard place. He is backed into a corner. He wanted to release Jesus, to set Him free. Pilate found no guilt in Him. But now the Jews appeal to Caesar. They...
Lent Reflection: Thursday 02nd April 2020 Bible Reading: John 18: 33-40 Reflection Jesus is brought before Pontius Pilate by the Jewish religious leaders. As a roman leader and representative of the Roman Empire within Israel, Pilate has the power to punish Jesus. What’s apparent in this passage is that Pilate...
Lent Reflection: Wednesday 01st April 2020 Bible Reading: John 18:28-32 Then they led Jesus from the house of Caiaphas to the governor’s headquarters. It was early morning. They themselves did not enter the governor’s headquarters, so that they would not be defiled, but could eat the Passover. So Pilate went...
Lent Reflection: Tuesday 31st March 2020 Bible Reading: John 18:25-27 Reflection Peter’s denial of Jesus is one of the best attested facts in all of the gospel accounts. All four gospels, Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, include similar details of what happened. And given that Mark’s gospel is primarily based...
Lent Reflection: Monday 30th March 2020 Bible Reading: John 18: 19-24 Reflection Jesus is brought before the high priests who represent the religious authority within the Jewish faith. They are blinded by fear. If Jesus causes a rebellion the Romans could retaliate by destroying the temple and banning Jewish people...
Lent Reflection: Saturday 28th March 2020 Bible Reading: John 18:15-18 Reflection Peter’s world has just collapsed. His teacher and friend, the man who taught him everything that he had come to base his life on for the past three years has been arrested. From Peter’s perspective this was not how...