OUR FATHER WHO LAID UPON JESUS THE SINS OF THE WORLD

Matthew chapter 27 verses 11 - 14 which records when Jesus was brought before Pontius Pilate the Roman governor. 

The strategy the religious leaders of Isreal planned to use against Jesus was to dump a large number of charges against Him before the Roman court and then use public pressure to get Pontius Pilate to acquiece to their demands to have Jesus killed.

Pontius Pilate, wanting to acertain what identity Jesus was claiming for Himself, asked Him directly if He was the king of Jews.  To this question, Jesus answered,  ˋIt is as you sayˋ but He reverted to silence when the religious leaders of Israel introduced a litany of accusations against Him.

11 Now Jesus stood before the governor. And the governor asked Him, saying, “Are You the King of the Jews?”rges

Jesus said to him, “It is as you say.” 12 And while He was being accused by the chief priests and elders, He answered nothing.

13 Then Pilate said to Him, “Do You not hear how many things they testify against You?” 14 But He answered him not one word, so that the governor marveled greatly.

Jesus remained quiet as the barrage of indictiments were leveled against Him in keeping with the prophecy in Isaiah chapter 53 verse 7 which says;

He was oppressed and afflicted, yet he did not open his mouth; he was led like a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before its shearers is silent, so he did not open his mouth.

Jesus did not refute the charges they were pressing against Him and accepted them in the same way that He was accepting the sins of mankind that were laid on Him as His own even though He had not inccured them.

Thus the Lord Jesus did not speak in His own defense but set Himself up to take the fall for us all as Isaiah chapter 53 verse 6 says,

We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has turned to our own way; and the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all.

Have mercy on us O god.

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