Mark 15:1–5
The true King stands silent before earthly power, advancing redemption through submission.
1 Immediately in the morning the chief priests, with the elders and scribes, and the whole council, held a consultation, bound Jesus, carried him away, and delivered him up to Pilate.
2 Pilate asked him, “Are you the King of the Jews?” He answered, “So you say.”
3 The chief priests accused him of many things.
4 Pilate again asked him, “Have you no answer? See how many things they testify against you!”
5 But Jesus made no further answer, so that Pilate marveled.
The true King stands silent before earthly power, advancing redemption through submission.
To present Jesus before Roman authority as the true King who willingly endures accusation and fulfills servant prophecy.
The Crucified King: Condemnation, Mockery, Death, Confession, and Burial
Jesus is condemned though innocent, mocked as king yet truly enthroned through suffering, crucified in the place of sinners, forsaken under judgment, and revealed in death as the Son of God whose sacrifice tears open temple access and fulfills the saving purpose of God.