The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1890-11-06
SUNDAY SCHOOL.
THE LESSON FOR NOVEMBER o.
Jesus Before Pilate and Herod." Luke
23:1-12-Golden Text, Luke esd
Notes and Comments.

l. "And tho whole multitude OF them
arose, and led Him unto Plate" It il
written in Ps. ii., ]. ., that the Gontics
rage and the kings Of the earth sec them.
telves and the rulers take counsel together
against the Lord and against His nnointed;l
No that 90 fulfill the Scriptures Jesus hadl
20 pass through the hands Of Gcnties as
we'll as Jews And there We find Him in
this lesson. There was no uoubt n full,
nllment OF this in the past expressions of
Gods anointed Israel by Egypt, Assyria
and other nations; there will be fulfill
ment in the great trbula'on OF the latter
days when, just before tho appearing OF
Christ In glory with His saints all nations
shall be gathered against the Holy CITY and
people tIech. xiv, 10; joel, ill.,, !. .; Jer.l
xxN., 40; but the great central fuliilmontl
IL now before us for through Whatever sullor-l
lngs either Israel or the church have passed,l
0r may yet pass, all are as nothing when
compared with the suHcrngs of Him who isl
King Of Israel ard the great Head OF tho,
church, who 10y His sulTcrings made rocnn-'
cilation for the sins Of the whole world Il
John H.. y, on whom was laid tho iniquitY
of Ms all.
.. "And thcy began to oaccusc Him, saying,
We found this fellow porverting the nation,
and iOrbidding Co give tribute Co Caesar, say-
ing that lie Himself is Christ a King Thus
the rulers of thu jews accused Jesus before
PLATE. Whnt an accusation Two lies and
think of accusing Him OF forbidding 10 give
tribute 20 Caesar, who commanded them %
give tribute To- whom tribute was due; and Of
saying that lie who over taught righteous
ness and always Spuko openly was guilty OF
pervcrting the people See Iii, own words.
"Render therefore unto Caesar th' things
which are twsar's" tNintt. xii, 2N. So that
what He really said * left ont and lie is as-
cusel of Just the opposite
3. And Plate nskcd Him, sayin- Art
Thou the King of the jows? And He aEsw"r-
ed him. and said Thou snycst it, Tho aa-
counts in Matthew aul Mark agree with this,
but John gives the additional information
that Jcsu, said 10 Plate. "Saycst thou tti-
thing of thvsclf on did others tell IL tha' ut
Mey' John xviii, 3N. See also the other
words of Jesus 10 pilatc concerning His King
dom in John xviii. 30 81 Tho words MY
Kingdom isuut Of this world' are sometimes
quoted against us when wa speak of Jc-u5
coming back again 20 establish His Kingdom
ON this earth but observe the context. "NuN is
My Kingdom not from hcucc.' His Kingdom
Is not from earth, but from heaven; 1t Will
not be set M IN this world. but in tho world
60 Cumc--that is ON this earth mnde now "a
the regeneration tNlHtt XIX, l.; II Pet. lii.,
10, Il; Heb. vi, %. In reference to thu
other accusations Of the chief priests, winch
were lies, Jesus answered neither thcm nor
Plate anything Matt. xvii, l2-lI; Mark
. XIV, 30. Let us treat lie about ourselves
in the same way. Let Us not br troubled hy
them; neither let Us think them worth reply
ing TO. But let us bear witness unto tho
truth.
4. "Then said Plate TO the CHIEF pri is
and 10 the people, l find no fault i'm this
man." According to the account IN John
Plate said these words three different time.
tJohn xviii. IS; xix, g. ~, thus giving u
threefold direct testimony 20 tho innocence
of Jesus. And this from the Roman COVER.
nor, who was certainly supposed 10 be capable
of forming n somewhat correct Judgment
concerning Il persons guilt or innocence.
D. And they We're the more fierce say.
iIg, He stirreth up the people, teaching
throughout all Jewry. beginning from Gal.
lice 60 this place Afraid of losing their
prey, they lie more vchemently concerning
Hu.
"t'h yANhen PLATE hcarlo OF Calico he asLet
whether the man were GalIlean.' He saw
himself in difficult position and was glad
pf the possibility OF escape from it. He had
before him an innocent mon, and also "A
cruel and blocdthir5ty peopio crying for tn,
death OF that innocent man. How could 10
be that from Galee to Jerusalem all tho
people were stirred up against Caesar ~
this mans teaching and tho Roman COVER
nor never have heard Of 1t. plato sees how
foolish and ungrouudcd this accusation is
and he pays no heed to II. He is only uuy-
ious for somo way out of his difficulty.
= "And rs soon as he knew that lie be.
longcd unto HCrols jurisdiction, he s'ut Him
10 Herol, who himself also was at Jerusalem
nt that time In chap. ill.,, !, wereai that
Fontus Plate was governor Of Julon and
H1rod tctrarch Of Galilcr. Hcrod's beugm
Jerusalem at this time was no doubt of God,
that he, too, rs another Gpntila ruler migha
see and testify 10 tho innocence of Jesus,
thus providing two witnesses from among
the Gentle rulers Neut. xvii, Il; xix, 10.
The most of the three years public ministry
Of Jesus had been lu G'lilro, and th"re huL
the majority OF His many mI 5u,y work,
been wrought.
s. "And when Hcrol saw jesus hc was cy.
ccedingly glad, for hc was de rous 10 scs
Him of a long ,c9.on, because he had heagl
'many things oi lin; and he hoped % have
seen some miracle S0uc hr Him. In cnaus.
TX, 9, we learn that after hcncldInS John,
Herod heard Of Jesus and desired 10 seq
Him. In Mark vi, H. we read that Ilerld
thought that jesus was John H." Bgptiss
risen from the dead, and that that accounted
for His mighty works, Jc,u, the NpZHrcue
was evidently talked about even AT HprOi',
court, but IL must hayo boon us some won.
der worker among the poor, OF whom the
rich and the great knew very little.
.. 'Thcn he questioned with Him in many
words but lie answered him nothing
Jesus is quietly going forward 10 His death.
He is in the hands of His enemies, aud
neither in the heart OF Herod nor in tho hears
desire 10 hear the truth 10 which II e. ccame 10
bear witness. So lie Is silent. Hprol would
like 10 bo entertained; the Jews want only
His death; entertainment Jesus win not
give; He came not FOR that purposes; Ilo
came 10 giyo eternal litc but that Horod does
not want.
10. "And the chief priests and srrihes stood
and yehemently accused Him" Representa-.
tives of the great uccu,er from whom all the
followers of Jesus suffer, the father of lies,
the accuser of tho brethren, let rs not fear
either Him or His, nor be IN the least moved,
they can only go rs far as God permits, but a
hair Of our heads they cannot hurt beyond
this present time. our real life is beyond
their power, for Christ Is our life; and though
Him they crucihed, yet He rose from tho
dead perfect in soul and body; and so shall 10
be with us
II. "And Herod with his men Of war set
Him at naught and Knocked Him, aud ar-
rayed Him in n gorgeous robe. and sent Him
again % Plate Thus is His meeiness re,
warded by these cruel ones. He will not
crafty their curiosity nor entertain them
with His wonders, and this is their revenge.
and He suffers II meekly, like all the rest of
their Ill treatment.
12. "And the same day Pilato and Herod
were made friends together; for before