Jeremiah, the rejected prophet
Now it came to pass, when Jeremiah had made an end of speaking all that the LORD had commanded him to speak unto all the people, that the priests and the prophets and all the people took him, saying, Thou shalt surely die. Jeremiah 26:8–16
Jeremiah is seized for prophesying the temple's destruction, condemned by priests as deserving death, warns of innocent blood, and is found blameless by the rulers. Centuries later Jesus also foretold the temple's fall, was condemned by the priests as 'guilty of death,' declared faultless by Pilate, and the people took His innocent blood upon themselves.
A readingEchoA person who is a type of Him
- a type of what is in Matthew 26:65-66 — The council answers of Jesus, 'He is guilty of death.'
- a type of what is in Luke 23:4 — Pilate: 'I find no fault in this man.'
- a type of what is in Matthew 27:24-25 — Pilate is innocent of 'the blood of this just person'; the people say, 'His blood be on us.'
- alludes to Matthew 16:14 — Some thought Jesus was Jeremias.