Matthew 27:17
"So when the crowd came together, Pilate asked them, 'Which prisoner do you want me to set free? Do you want Jesus Barabbas or Jesus who is called the Messiah?'"
The crowds were given a choice to set free either
Jesus Barabbas (Jesus Son of the Father) or
Jesus Christ (Jesus the Savior)
("Christ" is a Greek translation for "Messiah")
The crowds here are setting free Jesus the Son of the Father, but also accomplishing the work that Jesus came to do as the "savior". So in a sense it is like the Jews themselves, by crucifying Jesus are willingly doing and accepting the will of God.
This note would have not stepped out to me if I had not first noticed a suggested interpretation of Matthew 27:25 "And all the people answered, 'His blood be on us and on our children!'"
According to Mark Allan Powell, a funny interpretation could suggest that the crowd here is actually accepting the blood of the sacrifice as ransom for their sins.
Verse 17 and verse 25 have the crowd ironically accusing Jesus but accepting his mission at the same time. Almost as if God used the Jews to accomplish His work. Jesus would have not been sacrificed for all of humanity if the Jews knew what they were actually doing.
In John 11:50-51 Caiaphas's response also has the same double impression as these.
"So when the crowd came together, Pilate asked them, 'Which prisoner do you want me to set free? Do you want Jesus Barabbas or Jesus who is called the Messiah?'"
The crowds were given a choice to set free either
Jesus Barabbas (Jesus Son of the Father) or
Jesus Christ (Jesus the Savior)
("Christ" is a Greek translation for "Messiah")
The crowds here are setting free Jesus the Son of the Father, but also accomplishing the work that Jesus came to do as the "savior". So in a sense it is like the Jews themselves, by crucifying Jesus are willingly doing and accepting the will of God.
This note would have not stepped out to me if I had not first noticed a suggested interpretation of Matthew 27:25 "And all the people answered, 'His blood be on us and on our children!'"
According to Mark Allan Powell, a funny interpretation could suggest that the crowd here is actually accepting the blood of the sacrifice as ransom for their sins.
Verse 17 and verse 25 have the crowd ironically accusing Jesus but accepting his mission at the same time. Almost as if God used the Jews to accomplish His work. Jesus would have not been sacrificed for all of humanity if the Jews knew what they were actually doing.
In John 11:50-51 Caiaphas's response also has the same double impression as these.
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