by Frank Retief | Sep 25, 2014 | Thought for the day
Luke 23 verses 20, 21. “Wanting to release Jesus, Pilate appealed to them again. But they kept shouting, “Crucify him! Crucify him!” Herod found the charges against Jesus so ludicrous that he made a mockery of it and sent him back to Pilate. Pilate then reconvened the...
by Frank Retief | Sep 24, 2014 | Thought for the day
Luke 23 v 9. “He plied him with many questions, but Jesus gave him no answer.” The Herod to whom Pilate sent Jesus was Herod Antipas, who was Tetrarch of Galilee. Herod was called “King” but in reality a Tetrarch was only a governor of some sort. Galilee was always a...
by Frank Retief | Sep 23, 2014 | Thought for the day
Luke 23 v 4. “Then Pilot announced to the chief priests and the crowd, “I find no basis for a charge against this man.” After Peter ran out into the night and wept in repentance and sorrow, Jesus was alone with his enemies for the remainder of the night. The...
by Frank Retief | Sep 22, 2014 | Thought for the day
Luke 22 v 70. “They all asked, “Are you then the Son of God?” The members of the Sanhedrin, the rulers of the Jewish people now show their malice and cruelty by allowing the soldiers, the underclass, to assault Jesus. Think of it. He who did no harm, spoke no...
by Frank Retief | Sep 21, 2014 | Thought for the day
Luke 22 verses 61,62. “The Lord turned and looked straight at Peter. Then Peter remembered the word the Lord had spoken to him: “Before the cock crows today, you will disown me three times.” And he went outside and wept bitterly.” They now took Jesus away to face his...
by Frank Retief | Sep 20, 2014 | Thought for the day
Luke 22 v 52. “Then Jesus said to the chief priests, the officers of the temple guard, and the elders, who had come for him, “Am I leading a rebellion, that you have come with swords and clubs?” This was a dramatic moment in the history of salvation. This was...
