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The Jewish leaders address Pilate as \u201cLord\u201d (Matthew 27:63), \u00a0using the word kurios <\/em> . \u00a0That\u2019s the term one would use to show respect to an official.\u00a0 It can mean something as colorless as \u201cSir.\u201d\u00a0 But throughout Matthew\u2019s gospel, people have generally addressed Jesus <\/em> as kurios <\/em> , as Lord.\u00a0 Now the Jews have made their commitment.\u00a0 They have a Lord, and it\u2019s not Jesus.\u00a0 They have chosen Caesar as their king. <\/p>\n They want Pilate the Lord to seal a tomb.\u00a0 They say that the tomb is going to be sealed against grave-robbers.\u00a0 But we know what Jesus\u2019 really intended to do, namely, to come out of the tomb, to burst it from the inside.\u00a0 Against that kind of power, Pilate is wholly impotent.\u00a0 He can seal the tomb all he wants.\u00a0 He can place all the guards He wants at the entrance of the tomb.\u00a0 But the entrance is still going to be a door, an exit. \u00a0The Jews rely on Roman power to keep Jesus in check, and they will attempt to do that for a century after Jesus rises.\u00a0 But it won\u2019t work. \u00a0Neither Pilate nor Caesar is the lord of the dead. <\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Jewish leaders address Pilate as \u201cLord\u201d (Matthew 27:63), \u00a0using the word kurios . \u00a0That\u2019s the term one would use to show respect to an official.\u00a0 It can mean something as colorless as \u201cSir.\u201d\u00a0 But throughout Matthew\u2019s gospel, people have generally addressed Jesus as kurios , as Lord.\u00a0 Now the Jews have made their commitment.\u00a0 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3021,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5499","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bible-nt-matthew"],"yoast_head":"\n