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Jesus and Barabbas Before Pilate
Matthew 27.11-26
One of the most dramatic scenes in Charles Dickens’ novels comes at the end of A Tale of Two Cities. Set in the French Revolution, the novel’s central figure is one Sydney Carton, a man who has done nothing very good with his life, and much that is, to put it mildly, less than good. As the novel reaches its climax, the aristocracy are being sent in droves to the guillotine. Carton, observing, sees a chance to make something of his life, to do something worthwhile, to grow in moral stature in a way he has never done before, to give his family something to be proud of when they remember him. He takes the place of a French aristocrat who is about to be executed. He goes to the guillotine himself and sets another man free. It is, as he says, a far, far better thing to do than he has ever done...
Taken from Matthew for Everyone – by Tom Wright
Matthew 27.11-26
One of the most dramatic scenes in Charles Dickens’ novels comes at the end of A Tale of Two Cities. Set in the French Revolution, the novel’s central figure is one Sydney Carton, a man who has done nothing very good with his life, and much that is, to put it mildly, less than good. As the novel reaches its climax, the aristocracy are being sent in droves to the guillotine. Carton, observing, sees a chance to make something of his life, to do something worthwhile, to grow in moral stature in a way he has never done before, to give his family something to be proud of when they remember him. He takes the place of a French aristocrat who is about to be executed. He goes to the guillotine himself and sets another man free. It is, as he says, a far, far better thing to do than he has ever done...
Taken from Matthew for Everyone – by Tom Wright
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