23:36,37
The rulers mocked, the soldiers also mocked. When rulers and those with power mock and do evil things, there will be all sorts of underlings who join in with the mocking and evil. The most terrible example is the Nazis. Ordinary Germans did unspeakable things because the rulers instigated an utterly evil regime. And when the tables turned, the Russians did equally unspeakable things.
23:38
“This is the King of the Jews”. The person who was being crucified had a placard beside them proclaiming the crime for which they were being crucified. John 19:19-22 tells us that the inscription was written in three languages. The Jewish leaders objected, wanting it to be changed to “claimed to be king of the Jews”, but Pilate refused to change it. Why did Pilate refuse? Was he mocking Jesus too, or was their a gnawing fear that Jesus actually was someone special? The latter would seem the most likely.
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