Third Sunday in Lent 2025

Our Lord Jesus had been addressing a crowd either in, or nearby, Jerusalem. They were likely mostly Judean Jews. And as He was speaking to them, some in the gathering told Jesus about a heinous act committed by Pontius Pilate, the Roman appointed Governor over Judea. The atrocity involved a slaughter of some Galilean Jews and the mingling of their blood with the blood of their religious sacrifices. This was related to Jesus no doubt because of what Jesus had just said a few verses earlier… (cf. 12:54-56)… And now they were testing Jesus’ ability to interpret the event…