1. Jesus is condemned to die.
Jesus is condemned not out of hatred, not out of greed, but out of expedience. Pilate believes that Jesus deserves better than his lot, but it is easier to let the “inevitable” happen. The “inevitable” continues to happen today as people are condemned to lives of homelessness and destitution not by malice or evil, but by a simple lack of compassion that might bear up our brothers and sisters. Response: Recall an experience when you condemned and judged others unfairly or when you were condemned and misjudged.
What lessons have you learned? What resolution have you made?
