Good Morning, Pastor John,
John 18:28 says, “Then they led Jesus from Caiaphas to the praetorium, and it was early morning. But they did not enter the praetorium so that they would not be defiled but might eat the Passover.”
Why would entering the praetorium have defiled the Jews?
Those foolish, evil men! How God must have felt seeing them worried about defiling themselves for Passover when they were leading the Lamb of God to slaughter!
Beth D.
P.S. I have heard you pray when we are all together and ask God to let us honor His Son. I feel that prayer this morning. It left me asking God to please let me have a heart to honor His Son.
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Hi Beth.
Entering the praetorium would not have defile those men any more than they were already defiled in God’s sight, but their tradition held that entering a Gentile’s residence would defile them, and the praetorium was the official residence of the Roman governor.
Yes, to be given heart to honor God’s Son is a great blessing, earnestly to be desired. May God always do that for us!
Pastor John