Seven Trials of Jesus

Today’s devotion is an excerpt from Jesus, Day by Day - Enjoy!

Today’s Through the Bible Reading: Matthew 26:57-27:26; Luke 22:66-23:12; Mark 14:53-15:5; John 18:13-38

…they had bound Him…and delivered Him to Pontius Pilate the governor. Matthew 27:2

In the Bible, the number seven represents completion. God created the world and rested on the seventh day. Naaman the leper was told to bathe in the Jordan river seven times in order to be completely healed (2 Kings 5:10). Joshua marched around Jericho for seven days before that city was completely destroyed (Joshua 6:3–4). In the book of Revelation, we find Jesus’s seven letters to the seven churches. All of these are glorious depictions of God’s completed work of divine perfection. So when we see Jesus put on trial seven times before His crucifixion, we can be sure it’s significant! With each trial we find man’s utter failure, the breaking of the law, and complete injustice. In contrast, Christ’s perfection was highlighted, prophecy was fulfilled, and God’s divine plan perfectly played out.