Reader:
“Behold the Man!”
Pilate spoke these words as he presented Jesus – scourged, crowned with thorns, clothed in a purple robe – to the priests and crowd.
Their response: “Crucify Him!” believing Him to be nothing.
An alternative response: “Crown Him!” believing Him to be everything.
When you look at Jesus, who is it that you behold? A man who is nothing? Or, the Man who is everything?
(Zec 6:12; 1 Sam 9:17; Isa 53; Ps 22; Matt 11, 16; Num 25; 1 Kgs 18-19; Zec 1:14, 8:2; John 20:28; Acts 9; 2 Cor 11-12; Gal 1; Phil 3; Rev 3:19)