Pilate assumed Jesus would want to speak. He remained silent. He also wanted to please the crowd - this seemed of more concern to him than anything else. We must watch that our desire to please the masses isn't the utmost thought in our minds.
Jesus humbly submitted Himself to death, even death on a cross. He fulfilled prophecy by being "like a sheep before its shearers is silent, so He opened not His mouth". It was the Lord's will for Him to be punished this way.
The mocking from the crowds and religious leaders showed their lack of understanding of who He was and what He had come to do. The answer to Jesus' question regarding why He had been forsaken was because He had taken the sin of the world & sin separates us in our relationship with God. The veil has been torn and the way to God been made available to all.
Joseph deliberately and boldly asks Pilate for Jesus' body. He deliberately cares for it and wraps it and buries it in a tomb cut out of rock. He showed faith and care in our Lord that continued even amidst tragedy and the potential for misunderstanding. He went against the crowd.
The women were given the privilege of telling others, yet chose not to take it and rather, were trembling and bewildered.
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