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into his palace for a private interview. It is here that Pilate for the first of FIVE times declared Jesus
innocent of any capital crime. Hearing that Jesus was from Galilee and that the governor of Galilee was
in town, Pilate sent Jesus across town to Herod’s palace.

Meanwhile, Judas, who loved money more than Jesus, found himself enslaved to the sin of lust and
betrayal. He could not deny that Jesus was the Messiah and God in flesh, for he had witnessed all the
healings, the raising of the dead, the calming of the storms, and all the amazing teachings of the Son of
God. And now, because of his betrayal, Jesus was being condemned to crucifixion. Guilt welled up
within his soul to the point where he hanged himself and immediately entered a Christless eternity.

Herod Antipas had heard that Jesus could do
amazing miracles. He tried to get Him to do one
and asked him multiple questions. Jesus would
not answer him. In disgust, Herod had Jesus
abused by the soldiers and sent Him back to
Pilate with a kingly robe.

Pilate did not want to execute Jesus. In fact,
Pilate’s wife warned him to have nothing to do
with this innocent man. He made several
attempts to placate the hatred of the Jewish
leadership and release Jesus, including having
Jesus scourged. When the Jews threatened to
tell Caesar that Pilate was willing to tolerate a
seditionist in his province, Pilate capitulated and
turned Jesus over to be crucified. At about
6:00 AM, before most people had even gotten
up from their night’s sleep, Jesus was
condemned to die by Roman crucifixion.

The Roman crucifixion was designed to make an
example of the criminal, especially those who
rebelled against the power of Rome. They Model of Herod Antipas’s Palace in Jerusalem next to Jaffa Gate
mercilessly beat the accused, and then made
him carry his cross up the hill from the fort area to a hill outside the city walls. They waited until all the
city would be out and could witness the event to suppress any who would consider a revolt against
Rome.

The Temple in Jerusalem
If you go to the Israel Museum you will see a model of Jerusalem during the time of Christ. The temple
Mount looks like this:

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