The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1886-10-09
INTERNATIONAL LESSONS.
BY REV. p. Il. nAR6nEAvEs.

Lesson2 october 10Th
JESUS BEFORE PLATE.
John Is, 2S-l0. Golden Text, Johr
Is, 80. Time, April 9TH, A. u. 80
Pilates palace at jerusalem
The hasty meeting of the. Sauhedrin
in the palace of Caiaphas was illegal
both us to time and place. Although
they had there decided that lie wa,
worthy of death they had no power Il
pronounce sentence. They adjourned
till daybreak. Meanwhile those who
had Jesus in charge Knocked Him. He
appeared there alone and apparently in
pitiable plight. They expected n Mes.
siah who would come in kingly majesty
and with grand army, and the contrast
between their expectations and the Being
before them was ludicrous TO them. At
| dayhreak the Sanhedrim met in their
own hall, and consulted how lie should
be put to death. They had no power to
execute such II sentence. They took Him
over to Plate who was governor of Judas
a selfish, cruel. scheming politician
The Jews would not defile themselves by
going into the house of this Gentle on
Passover day, and so stayed without.
Jesus was in Pilates judgment hall.
PLATE went out and asked the Jews what
charge they had 10 bring against Him.
They tried TO evade that responsibility
by saying they would not have delivered
Him up file had not been malefartor,
This does not satisfy Plate, and he tells
them to take Jesus and try Him accord
ing to their law. Then they made
ACCUSATIONS against Him which were
wholly without foundation, and they
complain that they have no power to
put Il man to death This power had been
taken from them by the Romans.
lilate went back into the Judgment
hall and had AN interview with Jesus.
Looking at Him in all loneliness and
poverty Plate asks, wonderingly, cart
THOU the kingof the Jews?" 1t seems
incredible to him that such could even
have been charged against man so
utterly friendless and forsaken. Jesus
asks him what he means. Does he
mean this in the sense that Roman
would ask it, as of a temporal king? Or
is it in the sense that Jew would speak
film, as the Messiah? Gam a JewYo
asks PLATE in return. He assures Christ
that he asks the question from a Jewish
standpoint. In that sense Jesus is COM
PEELED to admit that He is the King OF
the Jews. He says that His kingdom is
not Of this world, or His servants would
tight iorit. 1t is spiritual kingdom.
art thou II KING, thenY" asks PLATE,
amazed. 1t seems more surprising than
ever. For this purpose, that lie should
be a king and a Savior, He says He came
into this world. He came to bear wit
ness tothe truth. Plate asks, What is
truth?" and without waiting for an answer
he goes out to the people and declares
that he can find no fault in Jesus. He
then sends Him to Ilerod who is STAYING
in the city, and Herod returns Him to
PLATE mockingly clothed in royal robes,
but he finds no fault in Him. The people
however, will not listen 10 reason and
demand that Christ shall be crucihed.
AS it is the custom to release prisoner
on festive occasions, they demand the re-
lease of Jarabbas the rol Der in prefer.
ence TO Christ.
LESSON THOUGHTS.
!. Christ is the essence of all truth.
2. We should be willing to bear ridi-
cule for the sake of Christ, who Himself
bore it so meekly.
of Christ. What choice haye you made?
/. What is truth? Seek it and you
shall find eternal life