• Why didn’t the Jews recognize Jesus as the Son of God?

1) Lack of knowledge of the scriptures

• Mark 15: 3-5
• Isaiah 53: 5-7

2) Envy

• Mark 15: 10

3) Fearing the crowd

• Mark 15: 15
• Luke 20: 46
• John 2: 24-25

4) His appearance

• Isaiah 53: 2
• 1 Samuel 16: 7

5) Lack of humility

• Mark 15: 31-32
• Ephesians 1: 18