第十九章

1當下彼拉多將耶穌鞭打了。 2 兵丁用荊棘編做冠冕戴在他頭上，給他穿上紫袍， 3 又挨近他，說：「恭喜，猶太人的王啊！」他們就用手掌打他。 4 彼拉多又出來對眾人說：「我帶他出來見你們，叫你們知道我查不出他有甚麼罪來。」 5 耶穌出來，戴著荊棘冠冕，穿著紫袍。彼拉多對他們說：「你們看這個人！」 6 祭司長和差役看見他，就喊著說：「釘他十字架！釘他十字架！」彼拉多說：「你們自己把他釘十字架吧！我查不出他有甚麼罪來。」 7 猶太人回答說：「我們有律法，按那律法，他是該死的，因他以自己為　神的兒子。」 8 彼拉多聽見這話，越發害怕， 9 又進衙門，對耶穌說：「你是哪裏來的？」耶穌卻不回答。 10 彼拉多說：「你不對我說話嗎？你豈不知我有權柄釋放你，也有權柄把你釘十字架嗎？」 11 耶穌回答說：「若不是從上頭賜給你的，你就毫無權柄辦我。所以，把我交給你的那人罪更重了。」 12 從此，彼拉多想要釋放耶穌，無奈猶太人喊著說：「你若釋放這個人，就不是凱撒的忠臣（原文是朋友）。凡以自己為王的，就是背叛凱撒了。」 13 彼拉多聽見這話，就帶耶穌出來，到了一個地方，名叫「鋪華石處」，希伯來話叫厄巴大，就在那裏坐堂。 14 那日是預備逾越節的日子，約有午正。彼拉多對猶太人說：「看哪，這是你們的王！」 15 他們喊著說：「除掉他！除掉他！釘他在十字架上！」彼拉多說：「我可以把你們的王釘十字架嗎？」祭司長回答說：「除了凱撒，我們沒有王。」 16 於是彼拉多將耶穌交給他們去釘十字架。

默想：

1. 慢慢地讀這段經文，最好能夠將本章聖經通讀一次，用心中的眼觀看，用心中的耳聆聽。有什麼感受，心中有什麼思想？告訴神，聆聽神對我的回應。
2. 唱或讀這首詩歌：「你在那裡？」作為我對神的禱告。

（1）主捨命十架時你在那裡？
主捨命十架時你在那裡？
啊！有時我一想到就戰抖，戰抖，戰抖，
主捨命十架時你在那裡？

（2）我的主被釘時你在那裡？

禱告與筆錄：

繼續安靜在神面前，與神對話，並聆聽祂對我說的話。將心中的思想（心得），或是與神的禱告，記錄在「靈程筆記簿」上面。

 

 

Chapter 19

¹Then Pilate took Jesus and had him flogged. ²The soldiers twisted together a crown of thorns and put it on his head. They clothed him in a purple robe ³and went up to him again and again, saying, “Hail, king of the Jews!” And they struck him in the face.  ⁴Once more Pilate came out and said to the Jews, “Look, I am bringing him out to you to let you know that I find no basis for a charge against him.” ⁵When Jesus came out wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe, Pilate said to them, “Here is the man!”  ⁶As soon as the chief priests and their officials saw him, they shouted, “Crucify! Crucify!”       But Pilate answered, “You take him and crucify him. As for me, I find no basis for a charge against him.”  ⁷The Jews insisted, “We have a law, and according to that law he must die, because he claimed to be the Son of God.”  ⁸When Pilate heard this, he was even more afraid, ⁹and he went back inside the palace. “Where do you come from?” he asked Jesus, but Jesus gave him no answer. ¹⁰“Do you refuse to speak to me?” Pilate said. “Don’t you realize I have power either to free you or to crucify you?”  ¹¹Jesus answered, “You would have no power over me if it were not given to you from above. Therefore the one who handed me over to you is guilty of a greater sin.”  ¹²From then on, Pilate tried to set Jesus free, but the Jews kept shouting, “If you let this man go, you are no friend of Caesar. Anyone who claims to be a king opposes Caesar.”  ¹³When Pilate heard this, he brought Jesus out and sat down on the judge’s seat at a place known as the Stone Pavement (which in Aramaic is Gabbatha). ¹⁴It was the day of Preparation of Passover Week, about the sixth hour.       “Here is your king,” Pilate said to the Jews.

¹⁵But they shouted, “Take him away! Take him away! Crucify him!”       “Shall I crucify your king?” Pilate asked.       “We have no king but Caesar,” the chief priests answered.  ¹⁶Finally Pilate handed him over to them to be crucified.

Meditation:

1. Read this passage slowly.  If it’s possible, read the whole chapter.  Try to see and hear the story.  What do I think and how do I feel?  Talk to God about it.  Wait for His response.
2. Sing or read this hymn as a response prayer.

Were You There    Negro spiritual

(1)     Were you there when they crucified my Lord?(2X)
Oh, sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble.
Were you there when they crucified my Lord?

(2)     Were you there when they nailed him to the tree?(2X)

Prayer & Journaling:

Stay with God for a little longer.  Continue to converse with God and listen to what he wants to tell me.  Then write down any thought and/or prayer in the 2012 “Spiritual Journal” book.