Exodus 10:1-29; Psalms 42:1-43:5; Acts 4:32-5:11
Behold the Man! John 19:5; Zechariah 6:12 NKJV
This phrase in John gives us history. In Zechariah it is prophecy. In John, Pilate, the representative of human government, presented the Lord Jesus to the crowd. In Zechariah, it is God the Father presenting the coming King to the world. In the first instance, soldiers scourged the Lord, spit upon Him, and clothed Him with a purple robe and
a crown of thorns. They mocked Him by saying, “Hail, King of the Jews!” (John 19:3). In the second scene, the Lord appears clothed in glory and majesty, a crown is given, and He sits and rules on a throne. What a contrast! —Gary McBride
Look ye saints the sight is glorious:
See the Man of sorrows now;
From the fight returned victorious,
Every knee to Him shall bow. —T. Kelly