To show partiality is not good, though a person may do wrong for a crust of bread. Proverbs 28: 21
One who dips his bread in the dish with me will betray me. International Standard Version … Jesus answered, “It is the one to whom I give this morsel after I have dipped it. Matthew 26: 23
And they took 30 pieces of silver, the price of him on whom a price had been set by some of the SON OF ISRAEL.
IT is funny that the people who betrayed Jesus, where his own people. The people who bite the most morsel out of us are our own people. No wonder Jesus saith a mans enemy’s will be of his own household. It was not only the jealousy of the religious leaders against Jesus it was also a matter of bread and betrayal that hanged Jesus.
Barabbas or Jesus who is called Christ? the religious leaders were asked who they would save and they chose the notorious sinner Barabbas in place of Christ. And we know where Israel has been since this occurrence. Pilate smartly said ‘I wash my hands off this mans blood’. Jesus was delivered up to be crucified.
When we look in the mirror we have to ask who are we crucifying unjustly, when the weights of balance are unjust, we do not pay for it now we pay for it later. Yes, Jesus was stripped off his robe and a scarlet robe was placed on him. to indicate his taken on of our sins. Then his clothe was placed back on him, thorns was placed on his head, whose head have you placed thorns on, they mocked him, stripped him. Whom have you mocked and stripped naked unjustly, they compelled Simon the Cyrene to take up his cross. At Golgotha, they gave him wine to drink, mixed gall but he did not drink, they cast lot and divided his garment (Matthew 27: 35), they kept watched over Jesus. Over his head, they put “This is Yeshua, the king of Jews” with two robbers, people shook their heads, saying destroy the temple and rebuild it in 3 days, save yourself’ if you are son of God. Darkness fell on the face of the earth.
The chief priest mocked he cannot save himself, he is the king of Israel; let him come down from the cross and we will believe him. Whom have we hanged today?