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| But they responded by saying they wanted Barabbas freed and Jesus crucifed. Pilate tried one more time—one more compromise, one more offer to have Jesus flogged and then released. But the crowd “urgently demanded with loud shouts that he should be crucified, and their voices prevailed.” Pilate gave in. He didn’t want to. It went against his better judgment. And while we may wonder if he really had a choice in the matter (how do you balance Pilate’s free will with the fact that Jesus had to die?), we do know this: We all give in to pressures when we don’t want to and when it goes against our better judgment. We do it because others are, because our “bad judgment” is momentarily stronger than our better judgment, because it just seems easier to give in. We do have a choice. Use this lesson to help your students think about those choices. |
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