Bible Readings for Honour Season
Mark 15: 15-21 Jesus is beaten and mocked
Hebrews 12: 1-13 We look to Jesus as our example of honour
Luke 14: 25-33 Jesus demands total exclusive loyalty
John 15: 18-25 The world hates those who honour Jesus
Philippians 1: 20-30 Facing opposition fearlessly
Matthew 5: 1-12 Jesus blesses those who suffer for him
James 1: 2-12 The beneficial effects of suffering
Luke 9: 20-26 Saving our lives by losing them
1 Peter 4: 12-19 Suffering according to God’s will
So to pacify the crowd, Pilate released Barabbas to them. He ordered Jesus flogged with a lead-tipped whip, then turned him over to the Roman soldiers to be crucified.
The soldiers took Jesus into the courtyard of the governor’s headquarters (called the Praetorium) and called out the entire regiment. They dressed him in a purple robe, and they wove thorn branches into a crown and put it on his head.
Then they saluted him and taunted, ‘Hail! King of the Jews!’ And they struck him on the head with a reed stick, spit on him, and dropped to their knees in mock worship. When they were finally tired of mocking him, they took off the purple robe and put his own clothes on him again. Then they led him away to be crucified.
A passerby named Simon, who was from Cyrene, was coming in from the countryside just then, and the soldiers forced him to carry Jesus’ cross.