 Welcome back. So we started off John chapter 18. We looked up to verse 11. The arrest is now completed and Jesus is being now taken to Annas, to the home of Annas and all this is still happening at night. So when you have a court trial being made when accusations are being brought against the accused, it is all done in public with enough witnesses watching so that everything is done in a just and fair and correct manner according to the legal procedures which have been laid down by the law of Moses and by all the leaders over the various centuries. So that everything is done in an orderly way in a correct way. So that's basically how any trial should take place. But over here everything is being done so crookedly. It's being done in the nighttime when the public will not be aware of what's going on and so they are going to fabricate charges and then they're going to present those fabricated charges to the public and you know stir them up into a kind of riot and turn them all against Jesus. So the actual facts, what is really taking place behind the scenes, the public is not being allowed to view that. In fact not when the entire Sanhedrin, you know the governing body which looked after Jewish matters, the entire Sanhedrin is also not being allowed to watch all of this. It's only some of the officials, some of the chief priests and Pharisees who are party to this which basically means, you know it's basically the conspirators and those who are willing to support them who are being allowed to watch all these secret proceedings and so then later when they go in front of the entire Sanhedrin and when they go in front of the public they're just going to give a summary of whatever they have fabricated and cooked up where reality is not going to come out. So we see here that right now Jesus is first taken to the home of Annas. Annas is not even the High Priest. He is the father-in-law of the High Priest. So what we get to know is that Annas used to be the High Priest between AD 6 and 15 which we know learn through historical records. So you know just as a reminder none of this is fiction. These are all historical events which actually took place. The names given here in these accounts we find these names in historical records. So this is not a fabricated story that we are looking at. These are all things which rarely took place in history. So Annas was the High Priest over the nation of Israel between AD 6 and AD 15 and then for some reason the Romans depose him. They remove him from his position and they place his son-in-law instead in the position of High Priest. So we don't really know what happened. Maybe the Romans had political reasons for removing him or maybe the Annas the High Priest did something crooked that he's not supposed to. We don't really know why he was deposed but the son-in-law was made the new High Priest. However Annas continued to hold power. So even though Caiaphas was the one now sitting in the chair of power it's actually his father-in-law who was still running the show and so Jesus is first taken to Annas home. When I say home it's not just one little home you know in case you're picturing a little house. This is going to be like a big mansion with a compound around it and all of that. So this is basically where Jesus is now taken and you know as we see in the other Gospel Sando over here not everyone can enter into the compound. So only those with influence, only those who are able to have some known person on the inside will be allowed to go inside and watch the secret proceedings that are taking place. So we are all very familiar with Peter denying Jesus so we will kind of skip that at the moment. We will look at some of the other details which we generally don't you know tend to reflect upon. So here you basically have Caiaphas and Annas and all the others questioning Jesus. If we could have someone read out for us John chapter 18 verses 19 to 23 24 yeah 19 to 24 if someone could read out please. I spoke openly to the word. Why do you ask me? Ask those people that I said to them. Do they know what I said? And then he had said these things. So if you look at the setting over here, this is the home of Annas. So probably the top conspirators, the high leaders are you know are the audience which is watching these proceedings. The rest of the people are not around and so they would have carefully prepared a list of questions which they're going to ask Jesus to trip him up to somehow get him to say the wrong things so that they can use that as charges. And so here in verse 19 we see that now they start asking him questions about his doctrine about his teachings and so Jesus humiliates them. You know he says why are you asking all of these things like as if you know you're getting to hear my teachings for the first time all along out in the open in the synagogue every day I've been you know teaching these things. There's nothing new over here. So he says in verse 21 why question me. Ask those who heard me. Surely they know what I said. So it's not like as if I've been you know teaching any anything false in secret openly out in the synagogue in front of the entire public. I have spoken out what I believe in. So all my teachings are open for everyone and everyone is acquainted with them. So now why are you questioning me like as if you know I have some hidden teachings which are wrong which are in some way against the law of Moses and so when Jesus says this mockingly you know one of the officials slaps him in the face and Jesus replies this he says you know you're slapping me have I said anything wrong. If I have said anything wrong then finally you know you testify about it and he says if I spoke the truth why did you strike me. So here they are you know trying to trip Jesus up and they are humiliated you know in front of all the all those people who are watching. So because Jesus is completely in the right they can't find anything wrong in the things that he is saying always if you know I mean notice Jesus always used the Old Testament scriptures to back up what he was saying. He never just said you know anything that they can charge us being false anything that you know can be portrayed as going against what they had been taught in the Old Testament because Jesus showed again and again that he is the fulfillment of the Old Testament. So they actually could not find any defect in him so Anas finally gives up and he sends him off to his son-in-law's place. He sends him off to Caiaphas the High Priest. So that's one point that we can draw from this entire you know trial procedure. Moving on maybe to another passage if we could look at verses 31 to 36 maybe. Yeah someone could read out verses 31 to 36. This will be the you know questioning that is being done by Pilate okay. So verses 31 to 36 if someone could read out please. I'm saying you know you can change the answers of a particular problem. And for the Jews said it is not lawful for us to do it. And the same of these points which are filled which is you can try to die or you can try to enter the dogma again. Oh Jesus and so you can. Are you thinking of Jews? Jesus answered me. I'm just speaking for you to talk about this or you can do this concerning me. And I said am I a Jew? Your own nation and Jesus please have been for you. What have you done? Jesus answered. It's not a disability. It's not a disability. I should not be able to do this. Yes. Yeah I mean so sorry your voice kind of faded out. Did you read out verse 36? Okay yeah. Thank you. Yeah so we see that now after failing to find any false charges they bring him to pilot hoping that maybe pilot will just simply you know issue an order saying that he should be crucified. So pilot is not interested in this entire process simply because it's a religious matter and he never really had any interest in the Jewish religious traditions. He learned from history that on various occasions pilot was rather indifferent to the concerns of the Jews. I know whenever they try to bring up religious matters he in fact spoke in a rather derogatory manner sometimes regarding the Jewish people and their religion and their beliefs. So he really does not care about such things at all. So for him this is just an additional unnecessary headache. So he says you know why don't you just take him and take this prisoner of yours and you know judge him in your in your own you know religious court. Why are you bringing him over here? So that is when they say you know we want him executed we want him killed and we don't have the authority to do that because we are under Roman subjugation. So we would need Roman authorization to execute him and so when pilot gets to know that they have brought him here brought Jesus over here to be executed that is when he starts taking a little interest he goes inside and he asks Jesus you know because Jesus is being held inside the palace courts. He goes and asks Jesus are you the king of the Jews and then Jesus does not answer him straight away. He just says are you inquiring whether I am the king of the Jews because you are interested or is it just something that you are repeating see here right now Jesus is giving this man an invitation to believe if he wishes to this is Pilate's golden chance this is his chance to you know have eternal life if he chooses so Jesus starts introduces this thought he says you know are you making this inquiry because you are personally interested or are you just simply saying what others have said and Pilate you know he just kind of casually replies am I at you your own people have brought you over here so what have you done so his basic concern is are you claiming to be a king are you now going to try to you know get onto the throne will this create political issues for me so that's all you know his interest is along those lines because Pilate right now is living under the rule of of Tiberius Tiberius is the Roman emperor at this time and Tiberius was a very fearful Tiberius was kind of you know scared he was very paranoid always wondering whether someone is trying to you know take over his power whether some king in one of his you know wassel countries is trying to rebel against him so Tiberius was very strict with the officials and governors whom he had appointed in his different territories and he expected them to keep all kinds of rebellions and any kind of treason under control so that his you know Roman emperor ship should not be harmed in any way so if Pilate is kind of lax regarding the serious situation if Pilate allows a king to start creating trouble in one of the territories then Pilate can actually get beheaded so now you know that is the that is why the minute he hears that this person may be a king he is worried and so he comes and asks are you the king and so Jesus assures him in verse 36 and says kingdom is not of this world if it were my servants would fight to prevent my arrest and you know very specifically we see that Jesus did not allow his servants to fight for him he did not allow prevent the arrest from taking place why because he has come over here to establish a spiritual kingdom right now yes in the end times the Lord will come to establish a physical kingdom as well but right now when he has come over here he has come with the purpose of establishing a spiritual kingdom and so he tells Pilate very openly my kingdom is not of this world okay so once he says that Pilate is no longer very concerned because this is not going to be a political issue okay so his only concern was that there should be no unrest in his immediate territory and so he has Jesus flogged even though he realizes now there is no political danger involved he hasn't flogged just to please these chief priests and Pharisees who have brought him so even though he understands that Jesus is innocent even though he knows that Jesus has not done a crime he is willing to have an innocent man flogged just to maintain peace with these Jewish leaders so all that matters to Pilate is staying in power holding on to his position he doesn't want anything to come in between that I know and his position so so he has Jesus flogged and then in maybe we could know in chapter 19 we can look at verses 7 to 12 yeah in chapter 19 if we can have someone read out for us verses 7 to 12 please I am so sorry you know your voice is not audible you know if we could have someone else read out but please I will try again wow it's so clear now thank you thank you the Jews answered him we have a law and according to our law he ought to die because he made himself the son of God therefore when Pilate heard that saying he was the more he was the more afraid and went to Gabriel and said to Jesus where are you from but Jesus gave him no answer then Pilate said to him are you not speaking to me do you not know that I have power to crucify you and power to release you Jesus answered you could have no power at all against me unless it had been given to you from above therefore the one who delivered me to you has the greater sin and 12 yes 12 from then on Pilate sought to release him but the Jews cried out saying if you let this man go you are not Caesar's friend whoever makes himself a king speaks against Caesar yes so we see that initially when Jesus says no my kingdom is not of this world now Pilate kind of is relieved he you know figures that there's no really political threat involved over here so he will in no way get himself into trouble with emperor Tiberius so he kind of backs off he has Jesus flogged he assumes that this will please the leaders and they will take Jesus away with them and his problem will be over and now the Jewish leaders continue to insist and they say no no no this person must be executed you need to give permission for that because he's claiming that he's the son of God and we have a law which says that anyone who claims to be the Messiah that person should be killed the simple truth is that you know in the in the laws which they drew up you know the Jewish people drew up over the centuries anyone claiming to be a Messiah was not to be given actually a death sentence no I mean this is not part of your law of Moses these are all the legal laws and procedures which people came up with over the centuries so according to that law anyone claiming Messiah ship would not really be given a death sentence but here they are outright lying to Pilate and they're saying in our law according to our law a person who claims Messiah ship should be put to death and this man is saying that he is the son of God now when Pilate hears this in verse 8 it says he was even more afraid because he first of all understands that there's some religious issue going on you know when Jesus says my kingdom is not of this world so he is aware that he has had an innocent man flogged but now this innocent man he realizes is someone who is saying that he is a son of God not a son of God the son of God and so he is afraid and he goes back inside and he says where do you come from because Jesus said my kingdom is not of this world so now Pilate is saying if your kingdom is not of this world where are you from he is kind of beginning to realize that there are greater spiritual implications here and so he is in fact afraid his heart is being stirred the Holy Spirit is convicting him of sin righteousness and judgment you know that's actually what is happening over here and Jesus does not answer him because Jesus answers when someone really wants the answer Pilate is he really open to receive the answer Jesus does not answer then he this Pilate says you refuse to speak to me I have the power to either set you free or have you killed so you better speak to me and then Jesus says you would have no power over me if it were not given to you from above and this really frightens Pilate because he began here I think he has actually in his spirit caught the truth that is not just a human that he is dealing with Jesus said very openly my kingdom is not of this world and now Jesus is saying you have no power over me unless it is given to you from above he understands that something greater bigger is going on over here and now it says in verse 12 from then on Pilate tried to set Jesus free he is actually afraid he is actually feeling the conviction inside his spirit that there is something going on over here this is Jesus personal invitation to this man I mean imagine how many leaders get to have a personal interaction with Jesus ways offering him a chance to repent and turn around and Pilate who is kind of on the fence at the moment wondering what he should do he finally makes his decision based on what the Jewish leaders are saying this is what they say in verse 12 they say if you let this man go you are no friend of Caesar anyone who claims to be a king opposes Caesar so this Jesus is claiming to be a king he is opposed to Tiberius now if you are befriending this Jesus then what's going to happen you are also going to be against Tiberius when Pilate heard this is what it says in the next verse verse 13 when Pilate heard this he brought Jesus out sat down on the judge's seat and gave his judgment it's such a sad thing so he wanted to hold on to his power even though he had sensed in his spirit that something is going on in fact he goes back and says where are you from because he understands begins to realize that this Jesus is not just from this world there's something divine about him and he just you know snuffs out those truths for the sake of this power which he wants to hold on to he goes and sits down on the judge's seat and he gives his judgment you know he agrees to the crucifixion so what did he get out of that maybe he held on to his power for another 10 years for another 20 years after that he ended up in hell for eternity so it's very sad the way people you know prioritized their values was this really worth it I mean holding on to his power maybe for another 20 years 30 years and then for the rest of eternity he has lost out on the invitation given to him so it's really not a good deal at all you know it was such a foolish, foolish deal that he chose and so even though pilot over here in verse 14 he says here is your king he says to the Jews for the Jews shout and they say take him away, take him away crucify him and so finally it says in verse 16 he handed Jesus over to them to be crucified but at least one thing he was sure he wants to do so when he puts up that you know inscription regarding this criminal who is going to be hung on the cross this is the wording which he puts up so maybe we can read out verses 19 to 22 if we could have someone read out for us 19 to 22 if we can have any one of the students yeah we had John Paul reading for a while if anyone else could volunteer please it's just a few verses all you need to do is open your Bible and read it so verses 19 to 22 please yeah go ahead please chapter 19 verse 19 to 22 then the high priest then asked Jesus about his disciples and his doctrine Jesus answered him I spoke openly to the world brother this is chapter 19 you're probably reading from chapter 18 so I read 9 from chapter 19 yes and verse 19 to 22 now the pirate wrote a title and put it on the cross and it was the writing was then many of the Jews read the writing was Jesus of Nazareth the king of the Jews then many of the Jews read this title for the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city and it was written in Hebrew, Greek and Latin therefore the chief priests of the Jews said to Pilate do not write the king of the Jews but he said I'm the king of the Jews Pilate answered what have I what I have written I have written here actually is proof that Pilate has sensed in his heart the truth which Jesus presented before him so when he is putting the inscription over there it does not they generally put over there an inscription telling the crime which the person has committed so in case someone has committed a certain number of murders that's basically what would be there on the inscription so that everyone would know why that man is being crucified because he's a very terrible serial killer or a murderer or whatever so over here what is the crime that Jesus has committed he is the king so he does not say that this man is claiming to be the king he very openly just simply writes over there Jesus of Nazareth king of the Jews and he writes it in three different languages that nobody misses out on that so this man who rejected the offer of eternal salvation which was being given to him at least he does this because he has caught a glimpse of the truth and he has understood it at some level and now he puts that in writing and so chief priests are very upset and they say you should have written that this man is claiming to be a king why are you writing over there that he is the king and Pilate says I have written what I have written yes so it is a small concession that Pilate gave but it was actually not enough he could have gone all the way and said yes this is the king and I choose to submit to him I choose to accept him that would have just changed his entire eternity but he chose not to do that and so yeah he loses out on salvation but you know God allows circumstances to be orchestrated in this way so that what is finally put over there on that inscription is not just a proclamation of the crime which this person has committed but rather a declaration of who this person is that he is the king of the Jews so in that capacity as their king Jesus chooses to die for this nation of Israel and then not only for the nation of Israel but also for the entire world maybe we can move into some final passages I mean simply because we have so much to cover if we could have someone read out for us verses 28 to 30 so this is chapter 19 and if you could have someone read out for us 28 29 30 after this Jesus knowing that all things were not accomplished the descriptor might be fulfilled said I thirst now a vessel full of sour wine was sitting there and they filled a sponge with sour wine put it on to his mouth now when Jesus had received the sour wine he said it is finished and when he said he gave up his spirit so if you look at the other gospel accounts we see that earlier on during the crucifixion process he was given another liquid to drink and he refuses to drink that because that is something that will dull the pain the crucifixion is a highly painful process literally hammering nails into your wrists and into your feet so they tend to give you something that will dull the pain a little bit and at that point Jesus says no he refuses to drink that because he is over here to bear the pain to become the sacrifice on behalf of the entire humanity and so he wants his mind to stay alert he wants to go through that entire process fully experience the entire thing because this is the punishment that he is taking upon himself on behalf of the world so that the world will not have to face the wrath of God so he does not drink that earlier liquid that was offered but now it says knowing that everything had now been finished now he is willing to drink what they are offering so now Jesus says I am thirsty and then in verse 29 it says the version which sister read out it talks about the wine now this is something that was cheaper kind of wine which the ordinary people would drink you know not that kind of expensive wine which is drunk by those who are more wealthy this is just something which maybe the laborers and the poorer people would drink so that is basically given to Jesus now and he is very thirsty he drinks that when you look at verse 22 that is basically where we are told what he is feeling in his body when this whole thing is going on because over there it talks about how his mouth is so parched you know that his tongue is sticking to the roof of the mouth that is because on the cross he would literally be gasping for breath because you know you would have heard sermons about this because of the positioning on that cross you cannot breathe until you lift yourself up on your feet each time you lift yourself up on your feet you can feel the you know the nails which are there on your feet poking in and so he would be gasping for breath his mouth is completely dry but he does not drink until he has finished the entire you know process of atonement and so in verse 28 it says later knowing that everything had now been finished and so that the scripture would be fulfilled Jesus said I am thirsty and now he you know they handed up to him with a sponge and he sucks on the sponge he drinks that and then it says he says in verse 30 when he had received the drink Jesus said it is finished and with that he bowed his head and gave up his spirit he did not just die he gave up his spirit he chose the timing when he would give up his spirit so this was all throughout this entire you know description that we have of the arrest and of the entire trial proceedings and the crucifixion we see that Jesus is very much in charge nowhere at no point is he helpless he is completely in charge of all that is taking place he is volunteering to subject himself to the different things which are being done at any point if he had wished to walk away he could have walked away so now he even chooses the moment at which point he is going to give up his spirit because generally when people were crucified they would be hanging over there for days you know for 2-3 days because it is a very slow death but in Jesus case he has not just come over there to hang on a cross he has come over there to atone for the sense of the word so once he is done he gives up his spirit because his work is completed so even death is under his control he gets to decide when he wants to give up his spirit and so we have the famous words which Jesus speaks where he says it is finished and as most of us know the Greek word that is used over there is tetelestai which basically is talking about complete total completion I mean as in if it is a project that you are working on you can say when you would say tetelestai when it is totally fully finished there is nothing no component of it is left it has now been closed finalized in every way so you know that is the kind of term that is used so having understood in verse 28 that everything had now been finished he now declares it out verbally and he says it is finished and having done the task for which he has been sent he gives up his spirit so Isaiah 53.5 you know explains to us what exactly was finished so we learn in Isaiah 53 you know verses 3 to 5 in the last portion where it says he was bruised for our inequities it says he was wounded for our transgressions and then it says the chastisement for our peace was upon him and in the last portion it says by his stripes we are healed so these are the things which were finished we see that the transgressions the inequities which we have committed the price for that has been paid for by him the chastisement the correction the judgment which should have come upon us was put upon him by for our peace so that God can be at peace with us so that God would no longer be angry and brothful against us so that he can have peace with this almighty God he chooses to have the judgment poured out upon him rather than upon us so now peace has been established between God and us and not just peace but also healing has been imparted so there are two things over here that have been completely totally finished first peace has been established between the almighty one and us anyone who comes to this almighty God in the name of Jesus Christ they will be granted peace with God God is not at against them is not angry with them and the second thing is healing physical healing emotional healing has been imparted to everyone who comes to the father in the name of Jesus now first Thessalonians 213 if we practice what's given in first Thessalonians 213 then what Jesus did on the cross you know becomes effective in our lives if we don't really practice first Thessalonians 213 we don't enjoy even though Jesus declared and said it is finished we will not enjoy that finished work unless we practice first Thessalonians 213 let's turn in our Bibles you know if we can have one person read out for us first Thessalonians 213 very important scripture for this reason we also thank God without seizing because when you receive you received the word of God which you had from us you welcomed it not as the word of man but as it is in truth the word of God which also effectively work in you who believe amen exactly these Thessalonians when they heard the words which Paul and his team were preaching they didn't accept them as human teachings being presented by a team no they accepted them as the word of God and because they accepted those words as the word of God that word began to work in them actively and that is what can happen for us if we can take the scripture where Jesus declared and said it is finished are we willing to believe it as the word of God to us that it is not just a statement made by John the writer but it was the divine word of God being released when he said it is finished when he said that what he had prophesied in Isaiah 53 verse 25 is now being fulfilled it is being completed because first in Peter understood that because when Peter wrote down first Peter 224 he says uses the past tense he says by his wounds you have been healed it is a finished work it has been completed it is not something that is going to be done in the future it is already done in Isaiah 53 which was written before the crucifixion you just have the open present being used over there but when first Peter 224 refers to the same verse he says by his wounds you have been healed because Peter understands that the process was finished completed just as Jesus declared you know when he said it is finished so those of us who choose to accept this as the divine word of God we will discover that this word starts working in our lives it will accomplish what the word has been released to accomplish so nothing can stop that so it all comes down to how we respond to the truths which are presented over here whether we choose to believe them as the divine fulfilled word if we do that that word begins to work inside us in all of its power and it will accomplish the purpose which it was released from Jesus mouth on the cross so it is a very mighty thing that is being offered to us as a gift we need to accept these scriptures as the truth and walk in it and when we do that the power which is there in that word begins to work in our lives to accomplish all that it is meant to alright we really don't have much time left maybe we can look at some very important points that are left maybe verses 32 to 37 if someone could read out John 19 verses 32 to 37 then the soldiers came and brought back of the first and of the other who was crucified with him but when they came to Jesus and saw that he was already dead they did not break his legs but one of the soldiers pierced his side with a spear and immediately blood and water came out and he who has seen has testified and his testimony is true and he knows that he is telling the truth so that you may I am so sorry your voice faded out I am assuming that we could hear up to verse 35 and then I just kind of faded out so it's yeah that's fine so the Jewish leaders they have finished crucifying the Messiah they knew that he is the Messiah he gave them clear signs of who he is so in spite of knowing the truth they chose to crucify him and now they are very deeply concerned about the Sabbath day that the Sabbath will somehow be corrupted if they allow dead bodies to be hanging over there and so they request and say you know if you could kindly tell these people who have been you know who are hanging over there before you know the entire Sabbath takes place so that you know the Sabbath day is not corrupted it's so hypocritical I mean they have participated in a hypocrisy they have brought false charges they have killed an innocent man they have done all that and now they are so deeply concerned that you know the Sabbath day should not be contaminated I mean they have done everything possible to contaminate the Sabbath day and now they are so concerned that the body should not be left hanging and that's the reason why in this particular case they don't leave the you know the criminals hanging over there for 2-3 days which was generally you know what used to happen so they want the people dead so that you know they can remove their bodies so their soldiers come they break the legs of the two criminals because those men are still alive and but when they come to Jesus again it's very clearly mentioned that he was already dead and so it's kind of being you know emphasized that Jesus chose when to give up his spirit he voluntarily decided to give up his spirit and again John's you know stresses and he says in fact one of the soldiers wanted to make sure so he pierces the side of Jesus and you have blood and water flowing out so this is John telling us that you know I actually stood there I saw it happening I saw the blood and water coming out it was proof that Jesus was indeed dead okay because afterwards rumors started saying that he didn't really die and you know all those false rumors which these religious leaders wanted to you know spread so here John is writing for his readers and saying see I was standing over any other cross during the entire process so I know I saw it happening I saw Jesus side being pierced I saw the blood and water coming out this was indeed a definitely dead person and then he says in verse 36 not one of his bones will be broken that scripture was fulfilled and the scripture which says they will look on the one that they have pierced these scriptures were literally fulfilled and John says I was the one who watched all this happening and my testimony is true is what he says and then you know in the few minutes that we have left if we can just look at one more fact which is mentioned that would be verse 41 where it says at the place where Jesus was crucified there was a garden and in the garden a new tomb in which no one had ever been laid so that is the place where Jesus is buried so it is very important for John to write over here for his readers that this was a new tomb no other bodies had ever been placed inside this tomb now in those days the well to do families who could afford their own burial chamber these would basically be caves so they would take a large cave they would buy a large cave and so inside that cave they would have generations of their family being buried so inside the cave they would have many maybe you could use the word shelf like small small shelves being created so when the person is first buried they would place them in one particular portion of the cave allow a few years to go by so that the dead body kind of dries out and all the internal organs the fluids that are there everything comes out so finally the body kind of shrivels up and now you just have skin and you have bones so at that point of time they would very reverentially pick up those bones and put them inside one of those you know the shelf compartments which they have dug into the sides of the cave so in that way they are able to have entire generations of the family being kept inside that particular tomb so they would have a special kind of a box and in that box they would keep the remains of the different family members so over here in this tomb there are no other bones there are no other bodies stored so when the resurrection takes place and the one single person who is supposed to be inside disappears there is no other body over there in case they had been in case it had been an older tomb then someone could have said oh you know Jesus just deteriorated decomposed extra fast and so the body lying over there that actually is Jesus they could have said that but you see this is a brand new tomb which you know Joseph of Arimatia has never ever used so there is no other body in there there was only one person placed in there and that person disappeared he was resurrected and so no false claims could be made about Jesus so this was another important fact which John includes over here so that his readers can be fully assured that Jesus indeed died and Jesus indeed rose up from the dead so this is him affirming that he has witnessed these things and is recording these details for his readers to know alright maybe we can quickly close with the word of prayer Lord we just thank you so much for all the things that we could cover today from your scriptures Lord we thank you for the intercessory prayer that you prayed for all of your disciples including us so Lord who are there today we thank you Lord that because of your prayer even today we are being kept we are being protected by the power of the name of Jesus we thank you Lord that because of your intercessory prayer even today we are going through this process of sanctification where we are getting more and more set apart for you and our relationship with you is growing deeper our relationship with the world is getting weaker thank you so much you are doing this for us and we thank you that because of this one day you are going to proudly present us before the father without blemish without fault I mean what a privilege your Lord that we who were sinners have now are now going to be glorified to the extent where we will be confirmed to the image of Jesus Christ himself what a privilege we have been given a Lord so we pray that we would serve you in a way Lord that honors and glorifies you thank you Lord in Jesus name amen amen thank you hello pastor hello yeah I can hear you you have a question is it sorry I joined the class late maybe you could have already addressed this issue the 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