The prisoner had been “hunted from pillar to post,” as they say, in one of the unfairest of trials. From Caiaphas to Pilate, then to Herod, and then back to Pilate again. Washing his hands, Pilate tried to hand Him over to the crowd again. What would they do with Jesus?
But it was not only Jesus who was on trial, but the religious world (represented by the high priest), the political world (represented by Pilate), the military world (represented by Herod), and the popular world (represented by the howling mob).
They all failed. They still do. But always there are some who crown Him Lord of all!
Jesus is standing in Pilate’s hall,
Friendless, forsaken, betrayed by all;
Listen! What meaneth this sudden call:
What will you do with Jesus?
Jesus is standing on trial still;
You can be faithful through good or ill,
Or you can be false to Him if you will-
What will you do with Jesus?