The religious trial was ended, and the civil trial is about to begin. The scene is the hall of judgment or the palace of the governor. The Jews did not want to go into the palace of a Gentile. They felt that they would have been defiled and would thus be prevented from eating the Passover. It did not seem to bother them that they were plotting the death of the Son of God. It would have been a tragedy for them to enter a Gentile house, but murder was a mere trifle.Augustine remarks:
O impious blindness! They would be defiled, forsooth, by a dwelling which was another's, and not be defiled by a crime which was their own. They feared to be defiled by the praetorium of an alien judge, and feared not to be defiled by the blood of an innocent brother.
What then shall we do with Jesus who is called Christ? First, we better get the right Jesus. Jesus is the Son of God - in a class all by Himself. As the Son of God, He is equal to God. Lord Jesus is one of the Members of the holy Trinity, one of the Persons of the Godhead. The Jesus of the New Testament is the Jehovah of the Old. "Make straight the way of the Lord."Remove everything in your life that would hinder you from receiving Him. Repent of your sins, so that He can come and reign in you. Jesus tells us that the gate of Christian discipleship is narrow and the way is difficult. But those who faithfully follow His teachings find the abundant life. Following Jesus requires faith, discipline, and endurance. If you choose the easy way, you will have plenty of company, for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat:
