First Baptist Bible Study - “The Messianic Priest-King”

“The Messianic Priest-King”

Jeremiah 23:5-6

Zechariah 6:9-14

John 19:1-3

N TODAY’S LESSON, WE see Jesus standing before Pilate. After being scourged by the Roman governor, the soldiers placed a crown of thorns on Jesus’ head, and put on him a purple robe. Then, with derision, they spoke the words of our Key Verse. Pilate had found no fault in him, certainly nothing worthy of death. To him, Jesus was entitled to continue living. Indeed, as spoken later by the apostles, “Christ … did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth.” “For such an high priest became us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners.”—I Pet. 2:21,22; Heb. 7:26

Jesus was Christ—the anointed one, “the son of David.” (Matt 1:1) Christ is the Greek equivalent of the Hebrew word Messiah. We read further in Mark 1:1 that Jesus was “the Son of God.” In Luke’s gospel is recorded the angel Gabriel’s proclamation that Jesus would be born. “He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest: and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David: And he shall reign over the house of Jacob for ever; and of his kingdom there shall be no end.”—Luke 1:32,33