Thinking about Good Friday A year has passed since we found ourselves “staying home and staying safe!”   Last April, I sat here at home reflecting on Good Friday; from death to life (Read previous blog of April 6 2020).   I wrote then about my watching the Passion of the Christ and expressed my thoughts on the behaviors of the Jewish religious leaders, Judas Iscariot and Peter; with whom most of us might identify.   The Jewish religious leaders, out of fear and jealousy moved to have Jesus eradicated; they called for his death but could not do this themselves.   The Roman government would need to execute Jesus.   According to what we read in Scripture, Pilate saw no legitimate reason to execute Jesus but saw the envy, jealousy and hatred in the religious leaders.   In addition, because of religious “practices” the religious leaders would not enter the praetorium (palace) so as not to “defile” themselves before Passover (John 18:28-40).   What ...