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马太福音26:57-63：57拿耶稣的人把他带到大祭司该亚法那里去，文士和长老已经在那里聚会。58彼得远远地跟着耶稣，直到大祭司的院子，进到里面，就和差役同坐，要看这事到底怎样。59祭司长和全公会寻找假见证控告耶稣，要治死他。60虽有好些人来作假见证，总得不着实据。末后有两个人前来，说：61“这个人曾说：‘我能拆毁神的殿，三日内又建造起来。’”62大祭司就站起来，对耶稣说：“你什么都不回答吗？这些人作见证告你的是什么呢？”63耶稣却不言语。大祭司对他说：“我指着永生神叫你起誓告诉我们，你是神的儿子基督不是？”
以赛亚书53:7：“他被欺压，在受苦的时候却不开口。他像羊羔被牵到宰杀之地，又像羊在剪毛的手下无声，他也是这样不开口。”当耶稣站在大祭司面前接受审判的时候，我们可以看到以赛亚的预言应验了。那些人接二连三作假见证，但耶稣就是不开口。他没有因为自己的无罪就提出抗议，因为他知道那些控告他的人无法证明他有罪。
耶稣的无罪很重要。那些人一直在密切监视他，希望能哪怕因为一件错事把他抓住。他们向他提很难的问题，试图让他陷入网罗，但还是无法找到任何错误。你能想象别人这么密切地监视你吗？要不了多久就能找到你做的错事或不足。但他们找不到耶稣的错误，因为他从来不做任何错事。
这很重要，因为保罗在哥林多后书第5章中写到：“神使那无罪（不知罪）的，替我们成为罪，好叫我们在里面成为神的义。”耶稣带走我们的罪，却把他的义给了我们。这个“伟大的交换”是我们在上帝面前的盼望。我们之所以无罪，是因为耶稣把罪从我们身边带走了。我们充满了良善和圣洁，是因为耶稣的无罪成为了我们的无罪。
祷告：主耶稣，谢谢你度过了无罪的、美善的一生，以至于你在天上的父都稀奇并说道：“他是我所喜悦的。”当我看到自己不完美的生命，我的信心会抬头仰望你，我完美无缺的救主。藉着对你的信心，我知道天父也喜悦我，因为在我身上他看到的是你的义。知道我能活在这样的平安里，是多么大的喜乐呀！阿们！
Matthew 26
Matthew 26:57–63: 57 Those who had arrested Jesus took him to Caiaphas the high priest, where the teachers of the law and the elders had assembled. 58 But Peter followed him at a distance, right up to the courtyard of the high priest.He entered and sat down with the guards to see the outcome. 59 The chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were looking for false evidence against Jesus so that they could put him to death. 60 But they did not find any, though many false witnesses came forward. Finally two came forward 61 and declared, “This fellow said, ‘I am able to destroy the temple of God and rebuild it in three days.’” 62 Then the high priest stood up and said to Jesus, “Are you not going to answer? What is this testimony that these men are bringing against you?” 63 But Jesus remained silent.
Isaiah 53: 7: “He was oppressed and afflicted, yet he did not open his mouth; he was led like a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before its shearers is silent, so he did not open his mouth.” We see Isaiah’s prophecy fulfilled as Jesus stood at his trial before the high priest. They made one false accusation after another, but he did not open his mouth. He did not protest his innocence because his accusers were unable to prove him guilty.
Jesus’ innocence is important. They were watching Jesus all the time, hoping to catch him in doing even one thing wrong. They posed difficult questions, questions to trap him, yet they could not find fault with him. Can you imagine someone watching you so closely? It wouldn’t take long at all to find fault with something you did or failed to do. They couldn’t find fault with Jesus, because he never did anything wrong.
This is important because Paul wrote in 2 Corinthians 5: “God made him who knew no sin to become sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.” Jesus took our sin and he gave us his righteousness. That “great exchange” is our hope before God. We don’t have any sins, because Jesus took them from us. We are full of goodness and holiness, because Jesus’ innocence is my innocence.
Prayer: Lord Jesus, thank you for your whole innocent and beautiful life that even made your Father in heaven wonder and say, “In him I am well pleased.” When I see my imperfect life, my faith looks up to you, my perfect Savior. By faith in you, I know that my Father is pleased with me also, because he sees your righteousness. What a joy it is to live in the peace of knowing this! Amen.