Homes Jesus Visited

Lesson 16

 

                                 HOUSES INTO WHICH THE LORD WAS TAKEN

 

 

1.                  What comes to your mind when we use the word taken?

 

2.                  There are four of these (one not mentioned, but implied).  They are all referred to in connection with the arrest and trials of Jesus.

 

3.                  What issues may be identified from Matthew 26:3-4 as background for these events?  Note also Luke 3:2 and Acts 4:6.

 

4.                  At the house of Annas – John 18:12-14, 19-24.

a.                   What role did Annas have and why was Jesus taken to him?

b.                  What interesting details are implied in verses 15-16 about the house and about one of the Lord’s disciples?

c.                   What was the nature of the questions Annas put to Jesus?

d.                  Describe the Lord’s answer to him?

e.                   What does the officer’s treatment of Jesus tell us about the attitudes of the high priestly family?

 

5.                  At the house of Caiaphas – Matthew 26:57-27:1.

a.                   Where does Lk. 22:54 say Jesus was taken?

b.                  What do we learn about the character of this man from John 18:14 and 11:47-50?

c.                   What does Matt. 26:57 tell us about why they took Jesus to his house?

d.                  Where was Peter during this time? Consider Mk. 14:54, 66.  What does this tell us about Peter?

e.                   What was the Council doing inside the house?

f.                   Describe the actions of Caiaphas.

g.                  What was the only thing Jesus said to him?

h.                  What did Caiaphas “convict” Jesus of?  Compare v.64 and Mk. 14:62.

i.                    How was Jesus treated from that time until the morning?  Note v.67-68 and Lk. 22:63-65.

 

6.                  At the house of Pilate – John 18:28-38; Mark 15:1-5; Luke 23:1-5; Matt. 27:1-2, 11-14.

a.                   What role did Pilate have and why did they hand Jesus over to him?

b.                  Why did part of the conversation take place outside?

c.                   What was the nature of their accusations against Jesus before him?  Why?

d.                  Which of these matters seem to have gotten Pilate’s attention the most?

e.                   How did Jesus conduct himself before Pilate?

f.                   What does John’s account indicate about the way the setting impacted the interaction between Pilate, the Jewish leaders, and Jesus?

 

7.                  At the house of Herod Antipas – Luke 23:6-12.

a.                   Why did Pilate send Jesus to Herod?

b.                  What was the nature of Herod’s interest in Jesus?

c.                   How did Jesus respond to him?  Why?

d.                  What did the chief priests and scribes do during this time?  What does this tell us about the location?

e.                   How did Herod’s soldiers treat him?

 

8.                  Back at the house of Pilate – John 18:38-19:16; Luke 23:13-25; Mark 15:6-15; Matthew 27:15-31.

a.                   What is the one point made most frequently during this part of the drama?

b.                  What efforts did Pilate make to release Jesus?

c.                   What did the chief priests, elders, and scribes do during this part of the story?

d.                  What made Pilate grow afraid as events unfolded?

e.                   What is the only thing we know Jesus said during this part of the day?

f.                   Why did Pilate finally hand Jesus over to their will?

g.                  What title did Pilate assign to Jesus as he handed him over?  What “justice” is there in this?

h.                  What did the governor do to Jesus before delivering him to be crucified?

i.                    How did the soldiers treat Jesus in the governor’s headquarters?

 

9.                  Having been brought to these houses bound as a dangerous prisoner, Jesus was sent from them as a spectacle to be mocked, and as a condemned criminal bearing his cross.  The next stop was Golgotha.