2 Kings 15:32-16:20; Jeremiah 50:21-46; Titus 2:9-3:15
Now the chief priests, and elders, and all the council, sought false witness against Jesus, to put him to death. Matthew 26:59
The Pharisees took a fatal risk in bringing false witnesses against the Lord. The law regarding this (Deut. 19:16-19) would have seen all of them put to death, if Pilate had been aware of it. The Jews may have considered this, but jealousy always makes people act irrationally. They were on a quest to have the Lord Jesus executed. Yet in those moments, we know He would have forgiven any one of them, if they would have repented and believed. —Rick Morse
There is forgiveness, God doth say,
Through the blood, through the blood;
Both sin and guilt are put away,
Through the blood, through the blood. —John H. Burridge