Jesus - the Prophet - the Messiah - The King!!

From very early Jesus was seen as king. Jesus claimed a kingdom, not of this world.  He is king of his kingdom. He has and welcomes servants (followers) but his retinue is unique.  "The Kingdom of God/Heaven" was a major topic for Jesus. At the time many wrong (human) ideas about God's kingdom were prevalent. Jesus rejected use of force or compulsion.

Jesus Shown Caesar's Coin (edited 4)

Give Caesar's to Caesar, and God's to God. 

Jesus wanted a Roman denarius. Why? But, knowing their hypocrisy, he said to them, “Why put me to the test? Bring me a denarius and let me look at it” (Mark 12:15 ESV).

Jesus drew the crowds

Not far from the end of the Jesus account we read:

David himself calls him ‘Lord.’ How then can he be his son?” The large crowd listened to him with delight (Mark 12:37 NIV). But - why were the crowd delighted? Apart from the members of the elite whom Jesus questioned, was it true of everyone else there?

Not so long before that, there was a (different) crowd that was far from delighted, in fact it was dangerously disturbed:

Jesus: the Reprieve that Wasn't

The sentence became final. What happens if you look at the four accounts of the moment, and compare them?

Do they tell the same story, even without being identical?

In this post I am examining the four accounts of the critical moment when Jesus became a “dead man walking”.

Jesus and those Crowds (edn2)

PS! "Crowds" is a bigger topic and I intend a follow up on the wider occurrences in the Gospels. AH 11/09/24

Jesus was welcomed to Jerusalem at the start of the last week by a deliriously happy crowd. At the end of the week he was rejected and scorned. How could that be? 

Jesus must G O !

But.. h o w?

The hierarchy long knew they wanted Jesus gone. They also knew they did not want to be tainted by the killing. They could find another way... quite unknowing what it all meant....!

Early on the powerful religious in Jerusalem, and round about, knew that Jesus had to go. He was continuing his campaign, and not in any way that they could accept. Jesus had failed to respond to their probes, and resisted their intervention. Could they conspire to do away with him, safely?

Jesus: Crucified

Pilate was surprised to hear that he was already dead. Summoning the centurion, he asked him if Jesus had already died (Mark 15:44, NIV).

Vote? (Oz) Yours. (Edited and Revised)

Topnote 23/04/26:

I am posting separately under my blog, "Voter Notes".

We have a vote to use; to vote for, or not to vote for, is that the question?

Jesus Executed (the 4 crucifixion accounts)

“Christ crucified”