約翰福音18:28-32

18:28 眾人將耶穌從該亞法那裡往衙門內解去，那時天還早。他們自己卻不進衙門，恐怕染了污穢，不能吃踰越節的筵席。
18:29 彼拉多就出來，到他們那裡，說：「你們告這人是為甚麼事呢？」
18:30 他們回答說：「這人若不是作惡的，我們就不把他交給你。」
18:31 彼拉多說：「你們自己帶他去，按著你們的律法審問他吧。」猶太人說：「我們沒有殺人的權柄。」
18:32 這要應驗耶穌所說自己將要怎樣死的話了。

²⁸ Then the Jewish leaders took Jesus from Caiaphas to the palace of the Roman governor. By now it was early morning, and to avoid ceremonial uncleanness they did not enter the palace, because they wanted to be able to eat the Passover. ²⁹ So Pilate came out to them and asked, “What charges are you bringing against this man?”
³⁰ “If he were not a criminal,” they replied, “we would not have handed him over to you.”
³¹ Pilate said, “Take him yourselves and judge him by your own law.”
“But we have no right to execute anyone,” they objected. ³² This took place to fulfill what Jesus had said about the kind of death he was going to die.

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    我們在此看見耶穌基督是為了完成上帝的旨意來到這個世界，祂也清楚自己將怎樣死，來離開這個世界。雖然祂是上帝，是不能死的、不會死的。但是，祂情願取一個必死的身體，來經歷死亡，走身為人該走的路。

    這些將耶穌送上外邦政權的猶太當權者，只知表面的聖潔，以為逾越節時接觸外邦人會不潔，卻不知敬畏耶和華，反而用詭計利用外邦人殘害耶穌，只為了保全自己的利益。

    這一事件原是主耶穌所預知的，祂更是清楚自己將如何的死；但是，主耶穌並沒有退縮，為完成上帝旨意，勇敢向前不畏懼！因為祂知道自己到世界來的目的，就是完成上帝的旨意。