Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1890-11-07
JESUS IN COURT.
LESSON VI, FOURTH QUARTER, IN
TERNATlONAL SERIES, NOV. g.

Commit Verses II, 1e-Golden Text,
Luke xiii, documentary by Rev. ID.
NJ. Stearns.
Compiled from Lesson Helper Quarterly by per-
mission of H. S. Hoffman, publisher, Philadel-
phia.l
1..hAnd the whole multitude Of them
arose, and led Him unto PLATE" 1t is
written in Ps. ii, /, 2, that the Gentiles
rage and the kings Of the earth set them
selves and the rulers takeAeoansel together
against the Lord and against His anointed,
so that to fulflll The Scriptures Jesus had
to pass through the hands of Gentiles as
we'll as Jews. And there we find Him in
this lesson.
g. "And they began to accuse Him, say
ing, We found this fellow perverting
the nation, and forbidding to give trib-
ute to Cesar, saying that He Him.
self is Christ King" Thus the rulers of
the Jews accused Jesus before Pilete
What an accusation! Two lies and one
truth in that which is here written.
3. "And PLATE asked Him, saying, Art
Thou the King of the Jews? And He an
swered him, and said Thou sayest it."
/ The accounts in Matthew and Mark agree
| with this, but John gives the additional
| information that Jesus said to PLATE,
"Sayest thou this thing of thyself, or did
others tell it thee of Me?" John xviii, 34).
4. "Then said plate to the chief priests
and to the people, | find no fault in this
man." According to the account in John,
PLATE said these words three different
times (John xviii, IS; xix, 1, 81, thus giving
a threefod direct testimony to the inno-
cence of Jesus And this from the Roman
governor, who was certainly supposed to be
capable of forming a somewhat correct
! Judgment concerning persons guilt or in
| nocence.
8. And they were the more fierce, say
ing, He stirreth up the people, teaching
throughout all Jewry, beginning from Gal
lice to this place" Afraid of losing their
prey, they lie more vehemently concerning
| Him.
6. when PLATE heard of Galilee, he
asked whether the man were a Galilean."
He saw himself in a difficult position and
was glad of the possibility of escape from
it. He had before him an innocent man,
and also a cruel and bloodthirsty people
crying for the death of that innocent man.
How could it be that from Galilee to Jeru-
salem all the people were stirred up against
Caesar by this mans teaching and the RO-
man governor never have heard of 1t.
PLATE sees how foolish and ungrounded
this accusation is and he paws no heed to it.
He is only anxious for some wav out of his
difficulty.
z "And as soon as he knew that He be-
longed unto Herod's jurisdiction, he sent
Him to Herod, who himself also was at
Jerusalem at that time" In chap. iii, /,
we read that Pontius plate was governor
Herod's being in Jerusalem at thi, time
,vnsno douht If cod tL,t he too n.,notLer
Gentle ruler. might see and testify to the
innocence of Iesus Tins nro,idino t,vo
witnesses from among the Gentle rulers
: "And when Herod saw .Tesus no wac
excaedin,, clad for he was dn.iro,,. - seq
Him of n long season. becausa he had hoard
many thinps of Him. and he hone,l to have
seen some miracle done bv Him" In
chaps. tx. o. we learn that after beheadinp
John. Uerod heard of .Tesrs and desired tn
see Him. In Mark vi, Il. we read that
Herod Thought that .Teslls was John the
Baptist risen from the dead. and thar that
accounted for His mighty works. Jesus the
Nazarene was evidentlv talked nbout avan
at Herod's court but II must have been as
some wonder worker smono the nnor of
whom the rich and the grent knew very
little If HprOl wanted much seq Him
why did he not see Him Jp.ns did moi
keen Himself hid A. mis- verse indicatns
his desire was only tosee the wonder vorl,
er and some of His wonders hut If was MOI
worth his while to nut hi.,,..If out for II
He really wanted nothing from tbe 400,
lew of Nazareth for vvhat cnlld a moo,
desnised Nazorene do for 50 ,,,aat - Roman
citizen as Uerody Rut now at last tbar arc
face tn face LET ms observe and listnn
o "Then he questioned With Him in
many words but He answered. Him moth
inc" .Iesus is ouietlv goino forward r.
His deotb He is in tho hands of HE on
emies and neither in the heart of Uarod
nor in the beart of any one of His accnsers
is there the least desire to hear the trnth tr
which He came To beor witness So He /.
Silent Uarod would lilo to ha antar+.ined
the LEWIS want only His deatb. entertain
ment Jesns will not give. He come NOT fo,
that nurnose. He came to Give eternal life
hut that Herod does NOT want
10 "And the chief nriasts and scrihe.