Holy Week: Good Friday
“Then the high priest stood up and said to Jesus, ‘Are you not going to answer? What is this testimony that these men are bringing against you?’ But Jesus remained silent.”
Matthew 26:62-63
Most of us can get a little worked up when we are falsely accused. Sure, we can handle “valid” criticism—or maybe we can’t! But when someone attacks us unfairly or misrepresents the facts… when a person twists the truth, smears our reputation, or spreads a false report, we simply must defend ourselves. We are compelled to speak up on our own behalf and set the record straight!
But that’s not the way Jesus responded as he stood before that ridiculously unfair kangaroo court on what we now call Good Friday. He could have set the record straight, but he didn’t defend himself at all. Even though the high priest inasmuch yelled in his face, “Are you not going to answer? What is this testimony these men are bringing against you?”
Jesus still didn’t answer. The Bible tells us Jesus remained silent. And that begs us to wonder why…
Joni Eareckson Tada’s 7-Part Holy Week Devotional
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