在我事奉的一间教会里，有一位年轻的女士，多年来一直饱受被人盯梢之苦，那盯梢她的人甚至出现在教会活动中骚扰她。每当发生这种事，往往受害者还要面对别人雪上加霜的风言风语。但感恩的是，这位姐妹没有受到这些“别人”恶意的对待。相反的，她得到家人、教会、警方，和法律的支持，为她结束了这场噩梦，把盯梢她的人绳之以法。
我常在想，当罗马巡抚彼拉多第一次看到有关耶稣的报告时，心情会是怎样的。这份报告很可能这样写着：“当事人外衣被撕开，部分头发和胡子被拔掉，一只眼睛瘀青，下唇红肿流血，脸上布满青肿和被抓的伤痕”。看到这样的报告，彼拉多很可能以为耶稣是受害人，但再听下去，才詑异地知道，耶稣竟是被告。
像任何执法者，彼拉多问了一个很合理的问题：“你们告这人是为什么呢？”基本上，除了一味怪罪受害人以外，那些以色列宗教领袖们根本是无言以对的。
父神，有人受尽骚扰和虐待所折磨，然后还要面对别人对他们雪上加霜的指责。我们为他们祷告，求祢教我们晓得怎样去帮助他们。奉耶稣的名祈求，阿们。
约翰福音 18:28-31
28众人将耶稣从该亚法那里往衙门内解去，那时天还早。他们自己却不进衙门，恐怕染了污秽，不能吃逾越节的筵席。"'If he were not a criminal,' they replied, 'we would not have handed him over to you.'" — John 18:30
In one of the congregations I served, a young woman faced the terrible ordeal of being stalked over a long period of time. The stalker would even show up at church events in his pattern of harassing her. Looking back, I feel grateful that she did not have to face what too many in her situation have encountered: a "blame the victim" attitude. Instead, she received support from family, church, police, and the court system in her quest to make the stalking stop and to have the offender face the consequences of his actions.
If we had the Roman governor Pilate's report of what he saw when he first met Jesus, it might have said this: "Subject's outer garment ripped. Portions of hair and beard pulled out. One black eye. Lower lip bloody and swollen. Bruises and scratch marks over entire facial area." Pilate might well have identified Jesus as the crime victim, until someone clarified that Jesus was the accused.
Indeed, Pilate asked the obvious question that any magistrate would ask: "What charges are you bringing against this man?"
Initially, the Israelite religious leaders had no answer to this question, except to blame the victim.
Father God, we pray for those who suffer from harassment and abuse, and then face the additional burden of being blamed for what has been done to them. Teach us how to help. In your name we pray. Amen.
诵读: 楚云
片头: 张妙阳
