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b. The One despised will ultimately be vindicated by God, Isa. 49.7 – Thus says the Lord, the Redeemer of Israel and his Holy One, to one deeply despised, abhorred by the nation, the servant of rulers: “Kings shall see and arise; princes, and they shall prostrate themselves; because of the Lord, who is faithful, the Holy One of Israel, who has chosen you.” c. Despised, rejected, and unesteemed, Isa. 53.3 – He was despised and rejected by men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief; and as one from whom men hide their faces he was despised, and we esteemed him not.

2. Pilate’s assertion of Jesus’ innocence, 19.4

3. The presentation of the ridiculed Jesus to the crowds: “Behold the man!”, 19.5

4. The crowd calls for Jesus’ crucifixion: Crucify him, crucify him! , 19.6.

5. Pilate’s hesitation in ordering Jesus’ death, 19.6b

6. The Jews recite Jesus’ so-called blasphemy, 19.7 “ We have a law . . . ”

a. Lev. 24.16 – Whoever blasphemes the name of the Lord shall surely be put to death. All the congregation shall stone him. The sojourner as well as the native, when he blasphemes the Name, shall be put to death.

b. Deut. 18.20 – But the prophet who presumes to speak a word in my name that I have not commanded him