I am standing there in the crowd watching as the events fold out. Watching the chief priests with the scribes and the elders and the Sanhedrin accuse Jesus of things that he did not do. I am standing on the outside watching the events unfold.
That's what if feels like every time I open my bible to the book of mark. I feel like I am right in the middle of the action. Reading about what happened to Jesus before his crucifixion is so challenging, I do not want him to die. Today I entered into Pilate's domain and watched how the traditions went down, and a few things caught my attention.
First Jesus is standing their bound with rope, tired since he has been up all night and beaten from his trial in the night. He stands before them, hearing these constant accusations that are not true at all yet he remains silent. He didn't defend himself in any way against these false accusations. He remained silent for me and the countless others who were and are saved by him. He had every right, every reason, to say that everything that they were saying was false; but he didn't. He stood in silence, and because of that Pilate was amazed. Jesus did not defend himself but rather he simply stood there knowing that he was in the right and what he was doing was not for himself but for others.
I think we need to learn from that.
Ultimately though Jesus stood silent for me and countless other like me. He stood there not defending himself so that I could be saved. It would have been a lot easier from him to say something but he did not. He was silent for me.
It is not always necessary to let others know that you are indeed right. Its not necessary to defend yourself about something that you know is right. Sometimes you just let them know and let them come around in there own terms in there own way. I wonder if Pilate ever did that?
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