Bible Study With The Bishops: Two Verses

Reading Plan Text for June 17: John 18:28-29

Today Burridge gives us just two verses.

John tells us nothing about what happens at Caiaphas' house and then tells us that they took Jesus to the Roman governor, where the coming proceedings will take place in the courtyard. This is because, as John tells us, the priests cannot enter the gentile building because it would make them ritually impure and thus unable to participate in the Passover commemorations. In verse 29 Pilate comes out to speak with the Jewish officials and asks the first question of the civil trial.

That's it. Burridge manages to pull two pages of commentary out of these two verses by giving us some cultural, political and historical context. He also uses more than a third of the commentary to set up the coming scene.

Not much in these two verses to really discuss.

Peace,
Jeffri