Jesus Before Pilate

This is the chapter nobody wanted but everyone needed. Jesus gets handed over to Pilate, the crowd picks a criminal over Him, and the Son of God dies on a cross. The temple curtain rips, the earth shakes, and even a Roman soldier can't deny what just happened.

Jesus stands trial before Pilate, the crowd picks Barabbas over Him, and the most important death in history goes down on a hill called the Skull. The sky goes dark, the Temple curtain rips, and a Roman soldier says what everyone should've known all along.

Jesus gets passed between Pilate and Herod like nobody wants the responsibility, and a crowd picks a literal murderer over Him. But the real moment hits at the cross — a dying criminal with nothing to offer asks to be remembered, and Jesus says 'today you'll be with me in paradise.' Grace was never about what you bring. It's about who you ask.

Jesus walked into His own arrest on purpose, said two words that floored an armed squad, and stood trial without flinching. Meanwhile Peter — the ride-or-die guy — folded three times before sunrise. This chapter is about who stands when it costs everything and who crumbles when it costs nothing.