John 19:1 Then Pilate therefore took Jesus, and scourged him. I. THOSE WHO SIN AGAINST CONVICTION. To this class Pilate belonged. To do this is — 1. Hard work. How difficult did Pilate find it! 2. Fiendish work. Satan and his legions do it. II. THOSE WHO SIN FROM CONVICTION. Such were the chief priests and officers, &c. Innumerable heathen, heretics, persecutors believe they are doing right whilst they are perpetrating the greatest enormities. There are no crimes blacker than those enacted from religious convictions. III. THOSE WHO SIN WITHOUT CONVICTION — the soldiers and the thoughtless rabble. (D. Thomas, D. D.) Parallel Verses KJV: Then Pilate therefore took Jesus, and scourged him. |
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