Only in John 18:28-19:16 do we find details of Jesus’ trial before Pilate. We hear Jesus’ opponents making statements about him that are much truer than they understood. Putting these statements together, we have a clear although unintentional declaration of who Jesus is and why he came.
The model described in Colossians 4:2-6 of ministry to those outside the church is very simple: pray, walk, and talk.
In some of his last words, in Matthew 28:16-20, Jesus gave a clear mission to his disciples: to make more disciples of all people...
When it looked like God had forgotten his people, he remembered his covenant promises.