The Sound of Silence
Truth For Life Daily Program
Alistair Begg
4.8 • 4.7K Ratings
🗓️ 18 March 2024
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
On His journey to the cross, why did Christ remain silent before King Herod’s questions? Aren’t Christians supposed to be ready with an answer when someone asks about Jesus or the faith? Listen as Alistair Begg explores the answer on Truth For Life.
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| 0:00.0 | The Welcome. Welcome to Truth for Life. |
| 0:25.0 | Alistair Begg is teaching on Jesus journey to the cross today. |
| 0:30.0 | We'll consider why Jesus stood in silence before King Herod. |
| 0:35.0 | Why didn't he answer the questions Herod asked? |
| 0:38.0 | Alister begins in Luke chapter 23 verses 8 through 12. Now Luke tells us that the arrival of Jesus was an occasion |
| 0:50.8 | of great delight for Herod because for some considerable time he had |
| 0:56.5 | been hoping that the events of life would fall out in such a way so as to give him the opportunity of meeting Jesus of Nazareth. |
| 1:07.0 | Since he was the ruler over the districts where Jesus had mostly appeared in his public ministry, the news of his miracles, |
| 1:18.0 | the record of his teaching, the account of his personality and his influence would have routinely found |
| 1:27.6 | its way back to him in his position of authority. And now, in this instance here, recorded for us in the 23rd chapter of Luke, |
| 1:38.0 | Herod is curious in the prospect that Jesus may actually perform for him. |
| 1:49.0 | And that's what you read there in the 8th verse. |
| 1:51.0 | He had been for a long time wanting to see him because from what he'd heard |
| 1:54.2 | about him he thought that it might be possible for him to perform a miracle and he plied |
| 2:00.5 | him with many questions but Jesus gave him no answer. |
| 2:04.9 | The way in which Jesus responded to the question of the leaders was on account of the fact |
| 2:10.0 | that he knew exactly what their motives were. |
| 2:14.8 | And we have to assume that this is the exact same in relationship to Herod. |
| 2:20.9 | Look at verse 9. |
| 2:21.8 | It's one of the most amazing verses for me in the whole of the |
| 2:26.5 | gospel records. Herod plied him, plied him, even the word in English is a terrific word, isn't it? He plied him, he worked |
| 2:37.0 | him, he kept coming back to him, he was on him with many questions, but Jesus gave him no answer. |
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