And though they found no cause of death in him, yet desired they Pilate that he should be slain.
This statement belongs to Paul's Sabbath sermon in the synagogue at Antioch in Pisidia, spoken by invitation after the reading of the law and the prophets. In that sermon he traced the Lord's dealings with the Jews from deliverance from Egyptian bondage to the promised Saviour of the seed of David, preaching Jesus as the Saviour of men, the Messiah of prophecy.
It means that the Jewish leaders found no cause in Jesus deserving death, yet asked Pilate to have Him killed, rejecting the innocent Saviour. Their rejection was part of the events Paul connected with what had been written about the Messiah. The account continues to Jesus being taken down from the tree, buried, and raised from the dead.
This statement belongs to Paul's Sabbath sermon in the synagogue at Antioch in Pisidia, spoken by invitation after the reading of the law and the prophets. In that sermon he traced the Lord's dealings with the Jews from deliverance from Egyptian bondage to the promised Saviour of the seed of David, preaching Jesus as the Saviour of men, the Messiah of prophecy.
It means that the Jewish leaders found no cause in Jesus deserving death, yet asked Pilate to have Him killed, rejecting the innocent Saviour. Their rejection was part of the events Paul connected with what had been written about the Messiah. The account continues to Jesus being taken down from the tree, buried, and raised from the dead.