The FaithOfJesus2 Daily Devotional

Focus:

kjv@Revelation:14:12 @ Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.

( FaithOfJesus thread begun by rRandyP )

Today's Verse:

kjv@Matthew:27:27-31

kjv@Matthew:27:27 @ Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the common hall, and gathered unto him the whole band of soldiers.

kjv@Matthew:27:28 @ And they stripped him, and put on him a scarlet robe.

kjv@Matthew:27:29 @ And when they had platted a crown of thorns, they put it upon his head, and a reed in his right hand: and they bowed the knee before him, and mocked him, saying, Hail, King of the Jews!

kjv@Matthew:27:30 @ And they spit upon him, and took the reed, and smote him on the head.

kjv@Matthew:27:31 @ And after that they had mocked him, they took the robe off from him, and put his own raiment on him, and led him away to crucify him.

Today's notes: A Scarlet Robe

Context:

Before - For envy delivered Him
After - Let HIM deliver Him now

What is man believing/doing?:

mocking Jesus, spiting, smiting

What is making man to believe/do as he is doing?:

These are the Roman soldiers doing this who have little at stake in the matter. For them this is largely coming without cause. When men have the power to do as they will over another often they do exactly that and more.
a sense of superiority over, a show of dominance over

Notes:

dict:all Praetorium - hall spoken of here

kjv@Isaiah:1:18 - of interest scarlet kjv@Genesis:38:28 kjv@2Samuel:1:24 kjv@Daniel:5:29 kjv@Revelation:17:3

King of the Jews is a title only used by others to describe Jesus, not used Himself. Except for the inquiry of the Magi early it is a statement of accusation or in this case insult. Even the chief priest took offense to this title, preferring that the plague to read "he called himself the..." which He of course never did.

For many living still at that time the "King of the Jews" title would invoke memories of the statement that the earlier Herod made about what any such rumors regarding a possible Messiah would bring; some would be parents of those murdered children that this message was written upon; others still living would have been in the court counsel that directed that Herod towards such.

Jesus' own raiment depicts the only His known earthly possessions; loin cloth, sandals, robe and single weave un-paneled coat. A few of these "all" will soon be gambling for the coat.

Key Messages:

What does this say about our present condition?

We certainly hope the best from our fellow man even in regards to the incarcerated and convicted. We depend upon the notion for our sanity, yet splinters and shards continuously resurface indicating rather. The hallowed halls of justice ring with the accounts of injustice and mistreatment, of men taking unbridled liberty on those without liberty. This Jesus knows the pain of those many faces.

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