Then Pilate took Jesus and flogged him. 2 And the soldiers twisted together a crown of thorns and put it on his head and arrayed him in a purple robe. 3 They came up to him, saying, “Hail, King of the Jews!” and struck him with their hands. 4 Pilate went out again and said to them, “See, I am bringing him out to you that you may know that I find no guilt in him.” 5 So Jesus came out, wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe. Pilate said to them, “Behold the man!” 6 When the chief priests and the officers saw him, they cried out, “Crucify him, crucify him!” Pilate said to them, “Take him yourselves and crucify him, for I find no guilt in him.” 7 The Jews answered him, “We have a law, and according to that law he ought to die because he has made himself the Son of God.” 8 When Pilate heard this statement, he was even more afraid. 9 He entered his headquarters again and said to Jesus, “Where are you from?” But Jesus gave him no answer. 10 So Pilate said to him, “You will not speak to me? Do you not know that I have authority to release you and authority to crucify you?” 11 Jesus answered him, “You would have no authority over me at all unless it had been given you from above. Therefore he who delivered me over to you has the greater sin.” 12 From then on Pilate sought to release him, but the Jews cried out, “If you release this man, you are not Caesar’s friend. Everyone who makes himself a king opposes Caesar.” 13 So when Pilate heard these words, he brought Jesus out and sat down on the judgment seat at a place called The Stone Pavement, and in Aramaic Gabbatha. 14 Now it was the day of Preparation of the Passover. It was about the sixth hour. He said to the Jews, “Behold your King!” 15 They cried out, “Away with him, away with him, crucify him!” Pilate said to them, “Shall I crucify your King?” The chief priests answered, “We have no king but Caesar.” 16 So he delivered him over to them to be crucified. So they took Jesus, 17 and he went out, bearing his own cross, to the place called The Place of a Skull, which in Aramaic is called Golgotha. 18 There they crucified him, and with him two others, one on either side, and Jesus between them. 19 Pilate also wrote an inscription and put it on the cross. It read, “Jesus of Nazareth, the King of the Jews.”  John 19:1-19

1. Behold the Man: The Suffering Servant: John 19:5

a. His sufferings for us

• • Physical: John 19:1-2
  • Emotional: Matthew 27:27-30
  • Spiritual: Is. 53:4-5, 10-11; Matthew 27:46

TODAY

b. His sufferings with us

• • In our weaknesses: Hebrews 4:14-15

1. The weakness of our flesh: Galatians 5:9, 2 Thess. 3:13, Matt. 26:41, Psalm 103:14, John 4:3-6, Psalm 119:140, Nehemiah 8:10

2. The temptations of Satan: Matthew 4:1-11

Area of attack #1 – Doubting God’s provision in life: verses 3-4

Area of attack #2 – Presuming upon God’s grace in life: verses 5-7

Area of attack #3 – Replacing God’s rightful position in life: verses 8-10

In our grief and sorrow

By His identifying love: John 11:35-36, Isaiah 53:3, Isaiah 63:9