It almost seemed like Jesus had a death wish. With those words, He gave Himself over in to the hands of His killers. They couldn’t find anything worthy of death to charge Him on, not even lies they concocted themselves. And just when all their efforts to condemn Him seemed to fail, Christ gave them what they wanted. Why?
Here's what I think is the point of this passage. These men weren’t going to take Jesus’ life from Him; He was going to give it. Therefore when all men’s efforts to find fault with Him met with laughable results (for who can find fault with a perfect God), Jesus spoke up and proclaimed the truth, truth He knew would give these men all the excuse they thought they needed to kill Him.
Jesus wasn’t being foolish here. He could have remained silent; after all, He is God and doesn’t have to respond when any human commands Him to speak. However, Jesus knew He had come as the sacrifice and He also knew sons of the father of lies hate truth (John 8:44-45). So He spoke truth and let men act according to their evil nature.
This was Christ showing that He was in control of the situation and He was allowing Himself to be the Passover Lamb. Men weren't forcing Him to the cross (much as they wanted to hang Him there); He was taking the road to Calvary Himself.
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