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Why was Jesus willing to endure trials, suffering, and death for you? Professor John “Jack” Welch examines the final hours of Jesus Christ’s mortal ministry.

• 00:00 Part 1–Professor John “Jack” Welch
• 01:06 Introduction of Professor John “Jack” Welch
• 02:55 Premortal Existence of Jesus
• 03:14 Trial of Jesus with four accounts
• 04:28 Mark may have been the youth mentioned
• 05:17 Basic differences in the four accounts
• 07:44 Parables tell Jesus knows what is to come
• 10:07 Why did the gospel author include this?
• 15:17 Jesus is taken to Pontius Pilate 
• 18:39 Where was the Jewish trial?
• 20:13 What type of execution and who will execute Jesus?
• 21:13 Barabbas or Jesus?
• 23:11 What is happening in Matthew 27?
• 26:13 Jesus doesn’t answer Pilate
• 30:04 Pilate asks, “What evil has he done?”
• 31:49 Barabbas
• 34:49 Pilate washing his hands and Roman purification
• 37:38 Jesus gives his life willingly
• 38:30 Pilate sends Jesus to Herod
• 41:35 Pilate and Herod become political allies
• 44:05 Jesus willingly submits
• 46:22 Jesus, his mother, and Psalm 22
• 49:06 Why doesn’t Jesus speak to Herod?
• 50:12 Charting the New Testament
• 51:00 Fear as motivating factor
• 54:03 Unresolved issues in Jesus’s trial and crucifixion
• 56:03 Pilate questions Jesus
• 1:00:20 Scourging and Crucifixion
• 1:06:06  End of Part 1–Professor John “Jack” Welch

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