The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-11-07
JESUS eEFcRE PLATE.
a,teraasIonai SUNDAY school Lesson for
November q. 1890.


Especially arranged from =. s. Caartcr,y.l
LrssoS TExr-.Luke az s.
GOLDEN TEXT Then sa.l PLATE 70 the chic
priests and % the people. Ind no fault IN mi
man. Luke e3a.
Central TIKI I'll Each one must decide VIA
be will do with Jesus.
TINE From Eve 90 seven O'Clock Frfda
morning April :. A. d. 10
AcE-The judgment hall OF PLATE. prob
ably IN castle Antonio. Just outside Of the tenn
Bic area Of Jerusalem.
KulEns-Tiberius Cmsar. Emperor Of Rom.
tsesentccnth year., Pontius plate. Governor
- Judea snfth year, lerod Antipas t;overnn,
q t.alilee thirty fourth yeurp
PARALLEL ACCOUNTS WIN vs. i-5--Natt
O:ia n ~. Mark l5;l-s: John is.2saS The
other verses Of the lesson found only In Luke
HELP OVEN Hand pi.AcEs.-l Led Him
unto Pilase;" because he only had power "a
condemn Jesus TO death -Pilatc:- the Gov.
ernor y Judea. undsr Ttberius Caesar al Rome.
He was crafty. cruel. cold arbitrary |. .Ac-
cuse Him" They made three charges: d, scdl.
tious disturbance. pcrvcrting the Nation.
False tel Rebellion. forbidding 70 give TIN
ute Contrary 70 fact go Is: Matt i7:et.,,.
~ TREASON Saying that Himself Is Christ a
King; not true IN the sense they intended. q
.Art Thou the king Of the JcwsY' The en-.
phasis ~ the question Il remarkable The
word Thou" stands In the original al the head
OF the sentence. Ms II PLATE would say, Thou
Thou 20 hrmblcd. dcspiscd handed over Ia
me o. maicfacior. art Tuou the King OF the
Jewsr' plate may well have been pcrplexcd.
THOU saycst ~" This Is not 10 be taken as q
doubtful answer, but as strong affirmation
Afford Jesus answer 81 defense Il recorded
more fully In John is:3J:7. 5. "Jcwry:" Jusiea.
Z "Herod:" Herod Antipas. who was living IN
adultery; who had bcheuded John the BAPTIST
He vas Governor Of Calico and Pcrea and
vas Visiting Jerusalem 10 keep the Passover
"Desirous 20 sec Him." Luke o:7-9 Q. IAN
swered nothing:" 70 speak would make mat.
tiers worse. Silence would be more likely 70
Affect Hcrod- ~. Gorgeous robc:" Shining.
probably white the royal color OF the Jews as
purple Of tho Romans. sent Him again -
implying that he considered Him innocent ~
made friends" by the compliment Of plate
IN recognizing Hcrod and his jurisdiction
LESSON COMMENTS.
To-day we have sad lesson. In the
nrst place we see mad throng hurrying
Jesus from the high priests house 70
the Judgment hall OF Plate. and there
accusing Him Of things that were not
true. They tried TO make out that lie
was traitor TO the Government and that
lie had forbidden the Jews TO give trib-
ute to Cesar. As result OF his exami-
nation OF Him plate affirmed that he
found no fault in the prisoner. II was
therefore his duty to let Him 60 at once.
But he was anxious to please the Jews.
and SO he did not do his duty in this
matter. A way seemed to open itself
70 him when he heard that Jesus was
from Galilee, and so ne tried TO get away
from the responsibility BY sending Him
to Hcrod. who was in Jerusalem Ut that
time. When IIcrod saw Jesus he was
glad. because he had heard much Of Him.
and he was very anxious to see Him work
miracle. There was nothing serious in
Hcrod's desire to sec Jesus. but only the
desire to sec display OF His power.
But he got no satisfaction from tho
Master. who never worked any miracle
fcf any such unworthy purpose. SO
Herol. though he could find no fault in
Him. was angry. and. TO wrcak his spite
On Him. Knocked Him. and dressed Him
in gorgeous robe and sent Him back
r. Plate. Lately the two rulers had
ioer az swords points with each other.
Tut that day they became friends
through their mutual attitude toward |
the Master. They had played at battle |
dcrc and shuttlecock with the only sin
less man whom they had ever seen. and |
the game seems to have put them in a
good humor with each other.
The practical applications OF tho les
son seem 20 lie along the line OF cyad- I
sng responsibility. Sec how Plate did \
tAi~' We have seen In the lesson review
that he was convinced that Jesus was an /
'nnoccnt man. His one duty then was
q discharge Him and refuse 10 listen to \
any more accusations against Him. But I
ue was unwilling TO take that response I
ui1i'y and thus incur the cnmity Of the \
Jews AZ the same time he did not
want % take tho responsibility OF con-
demn:ng man against whom no crime
could Be proved. lie would not do the
r'ghf' and he dared not FOR the present
~ thc wrong. and so he found himself \
o't"een two fires. Then Ii was that be
tr4ed y get out 81 the dil.iculty by send
ing inc accused man to llcrod 40 doubt
he quite congratulated himself on his
shre"ancss. In thus throwing RESPONSE
biiity on another
i'ut when Il came ITcrod's turn to act.
rs found himself in the same dilemma
WITH iilate. lie knew that Jesus was
innocent, yet he wanted To please the
rulers 81 the Jews. and ID hc IN turn
shifted The burden from his own shout
gers. Each Of these men ought to have
aeciucd the case At once on its own evil
uehcc. but neither Of them was bold
enough 70 do this.
Inc result Is that both became guilty
before God for not doing bis duty. They
'riea % gct on scot free. and they both
.ane out fully guilty. Their effort at
~. promise was dismal failure.
i'ut these two men did not ret away
.'om their responsibility at all. No;
10y rather increased IL. And in the
.ane way all effort TO get away from
'"oSe responsibilities that God has laid
upon " will be vain. We can not do any
."'"T rightly. except meet and discharge
s"e'n bravcly. u PLATE had said: This
~" Innocent. and ! will not hold
.''' prisoner for another moment" 10
"ol'u have won the praise OF All tho
ao8'a 'or all time. As IL was hc drew
I'M upon himself the condemnation Of
!" ',sht-mindcd men Of all nations.
""1 ne drew also the condemnation OF
~ The only way for you and mo Il
" 70 the right. though rho heavens