The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1890-11-12
JESUS CONDEMNED.


November 16s 1890.
Especially arranged from s. q. Qusrterly.1
LESSON TExT-Luke sS;ls-n.
GOLDEN TExr-For the trsnsgression Of my |
people was He stricken.-Isa. bS:8
CENTRAL TRUTH-There is no escape from . |
decision between Christ and the world; nor
from the consequences Of our choice.
TME-Between six and eight O'Clock Friday |
morning April I, A. D. So
PLACE-The Pretorium, probably In the
tower Of Antonio, north Of the temple area in
Jerusalem.
RuIERs-Tiberius Cesar, Emperor Of Rome
(seventeenth year,; Pontius Plate, Governor
Of Judea oath year,; Herod Antipas Of Galilee
(thirty-fourth year,.
PARALLEL ACCOMPLISHMENT. N:l5S0; Mark
15:619; John 1S:S9-40; 10:1.l6.
HELPS OVER HARD PLAcEs-M called
together" outside the hall John 1898. IL
"Said:" he made three appeals; ~ he do
clared His innocence. Is. 'Done unto Him:
against Herod. CD ". 10y. "Chastise Him and No
lease Him" he would substitute scourging for
crucidxion. The scourge was made Of several
thongs with handle; the thongs were made
rough with bits Of iron or bone for tearing tho
flesh, and, thus fitted, 1t was called . scorpion.
(S w. ID He would release Jesus according to
custom. For Of necessity" q custom he could
not break. 10 "Barabbas:" celebrated
prisoner, who was q ringleader in one Of the
instructions against Rome and favorite Of
the Jews. 10. ''Whofor certainsedition," ETC.:
OF his crime We are told that there had been
an instruction in the city; that the insurgents
had committed murder; and that the insur-
gents, who were also murderers, among whom
was Barabbas, were now lying in prison. One
of the latest instructions had been occasioned
by the act OF PLATE in taking the money from
the sacred treasury, dedicated to God for the
construction OF aQueducts. This, Of course.
aroused the indignation Of the Jews and In the
tumult that ensued many lost their lives. II
Barabbas and his companions were engaged In
this insurrection, there was reason why the
people should BE- interested in them. 10
''Willing:" wishing. desiring. %. Instant"
insistent, urgent G 'Pilate gave sentence"
II included scourging with the terrible scourges
OF leather thongs armed with pieces Of bono or
iron, and crucifxion.
LESSON COMMENTS.
After His examination and condemna-
ton by the jewish council, Jesus was
taken before PLATE, the Roman Gov
ernor. The Jews had no right to pass
the death-sentence on any man, since
they were under the Romans, who re-
served the power Of life and death in
their own hands. So they went to
PLATE to get him to pass the sentence
Of death on the Master. The charge
against Jesus, before the Sanhedrim,
was religious one, and they con-
demned Him for blasphemy. But the
Roman court took no cognizsnce Of
religious questions. So before PLATE
the Jews brought civil charges. They
claimed that He was ''malefactor,"
and guilty Of treason in claiming to be
king. When the Governor, in con-
sequence Of this charge, asked Jesus
whether He really claimed to be king,
Jesus said: "My kingdom is not Of
this world" By this He meant to say;
"Yes; / am King, though not in the
sense in which you understand that
word" The answer Of the Saviour per
picked PLATE, who had deep-seated
feeling that He was guiltless man.
So he went out to the Jews, and said
81 find no fault in Him." Then, will.
ing to save Jesus, he offered to release
Him to the people, in accordance witt
q custom which he had followed. They
however, did not want Jesus released,
but condemned So they cried out
''Not this man, but Barabbas." Barab
has was robber, who had been i'm
prisoned. In thus choosing his release
rather than that Of Jesus, they showed
their bitter hatred Of the Master, and
their light estimate Of real crime.
Plate was weak, cowardly, selfish
and cruel man, who had not scrupled tc
shed human blood when it suited hi
purpose. He was ambitious, and, though
he often knew the right, he often did
the wrong. On the other hand, there
stood before him the puriest, hottest
man in all the world. In all Hi
life He had done nothing amiss, but had
healed, fed, blessed, taught men, &C
that thousands could testify Of His good
deeds to them and theirs. Yet the in
nocent man stands, bound, before the
guilty man, and by him Is judged and
condemned.
Will these two men ever meet again
; most assuredly. When and where? A
the day Of Judgment. What will b.
their relative positions then? Will Il
again be, Plate on the judgment-seat
and Jesus, bound, before him? LIE
Jesus Himself answer. He says: "Wher
the Son Of Man shall come in his glory
and all the holy angels with Him, ther
shall He sit upon the throne Of His glory
and before Him shall be gathered al
nations" Matt. 1851, SY. Among them
: PLATE also shall be. Then no was tn,
: Judge; now Jesus is the Judge. Thel
, PLATE gave sentence; now Jesus give
tho sentence Pilates sentence ws
cruelty unjust; but the sentence o
Jesus will be strictly just. The,
oil kings and rulers who her
have wickedly lorded 1t ovel
their fellow-men will see that theJ
themselves are but men. For W
read: "And the kings OF the earth, ant
the great men, and the rich men, an,
: the chief captains, and the might
men" shall fee from the wrath Of tn
, Lamb, "for the great day Of bis wrat1
is come, and who shall be able to stand?
, Grew. 6:l5-17). The scales will then b
3 turned, and Judas, Caiaphas, Herod, an
|. PLATE, all together, shall no longer b
e able to make headway against Hir
, whom, together, they succeeded in cru
\ cifying.
3 II you had been PLATE, what woul
4 you have done with Jesus? You say
t "Oh! l would have acquitted Him." Bu
supposing that, when acquitted, Jesu
1 had turned to you and had asked 70
]. whether you ought not to become HI
Q disciple. what answer would you hav
!. given? Surprising He had said: Zone