The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1891-11-25
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL,
Christ Before Pllate-John 1851 .16- Mem
Ory Verses ST..

LESSON FOR NOVEMBER 60 1891.
GOLDEN TExT.-Who was delivered for our
ofenses and was raised again for our justifca.
tion.-Rom. 4:25
CENTRAL TRuTH.-Each person must decide
what he will do with Jesus.
TIME.-Early Friday morning, from three to
eight o'clock, April Z, A. d. 30. The day of the
crucihxion.
PLACE.-Jerusalem. The palace OF Caiaphas
ard the judgment hall OF PLATE.
ORDER OF EvENTs.-After the preliminary
trials before the high priests and an informal
meeting OF the Sannedrlm lin our last lesson)
very early Friday morning. % Mockery by
the servants. In the court of Caiaphas' pal
ace, three TO five o'clock Friday morning
Matt. 26;57, So; Mark l4:65; Luke e2:6S65.)
(D The Sanhedrim reassembled at daybreak
to condemn Jesus. Council chamber, Ave
O'Clock Matt 27D; because their former
meeting was irregular, and they could not pro-
nounce sentence till daybreak. 60 Jesus sent
to PLATE. Pilates palace, five to half past in
the morning John 1928; Luke 23:l, ~ az Pr
late sends Jesus to Herod duke 23:5-l2) %
Jesus returned to PLATE John 49, ,40) (6) Pr
late orders Jesus to be scourged(v. /; Matt. 81:
90; Mark 15:l5) Court of Pilates palace, six
to seven O'Clock in the morning. CD Mockery
by the soldiers Tvs. ., 8; Matt. 27:27.30; Mark
l5l6-19) .. "A purple robe:' one Of the sol,
diers red cloalls. Matthew says they put q
reed in his hands, and Mark, that they spat up
on him. () PLATE makes another effort
TO release Jesus Tvs. 40 Outside the
the palace. His object was to appeal to the
pity OF the multitude. z. I'VE have law."
Lev 24:l6; blasphemy was to be punished by
death by stoning. 90 PLATE confers with Je-
sus Tvs. Sl9). Within the palace. II. From
ahOva ~ wants al
of God. THE greater SIM" Caiaphas and the
Jewish leaders sinned against greater light,
filed an office more especially ordained OF God,
and were trying to persuade PLATE to disre.
gard the duties Of his office. Q0) The Jews ac-
complish their purpose Tvs. 1910. 49, Cab
batha:" l. O., a HILL 1t, was q tassellated pave.
ment on rising ground outside the palace. IA.
preparations" for the Sabbath, the great day
of the feast. Sixth hour" six o'clock. Ro-
man notation, like ours, as always in John.
This was when Pilates proceeding began. an
End OF the murderers. Judas hung himself;
Caiaphas was deposed the next year; plate
was soon deposed and committed suicide;
forty years after the cruclfixion Jerusalem was
destroyed, and many of these very Jews or
their children were crucfied by the Romans.
SUBJECTS FOR FURTHER STUDy.-The order
Of events.-The mockery.-Why the Jews
hated Jesus so.-Why PLATE hesitated to do
tice.-Barabbas or Christ.-Why the perse
cutors Of Jesus were more guilty than Plate
The greatness Of Pilates sin.-The fate of ri.
late.-Of the Jews for rejecting Christ.
LESSON COMMENT.
In this lesson story, there are several
points to be fixed in memory. These
are ~ The scourging (2) The crown
of thorns. (3) The robe. (D The
hooking. (5) The shifting. (6) Plate
bringing Him out to the people, and
saying: find no fault in Him. (7 The
cry: Cruelty Him. (s) The dialogue be-
tween PLATE and the Jews (9) The
dialogue between PLATE and Jesus. QO)
The cry of the Jews Verse 12). QD
The pronouncing OF Judgment by
Plate. (12) The taking away of Jesus.
PLATE knew what it was right for
him to do. He was in no way misled
by the accusations of the Jews. Nor
was he in the dark at all about the
character of the man who was before
him. No, he had as much light as any
man needs to make him do what was
just. We see this by his repeated
affirmations that the man whom they
had brought to him was innocent. In
verse he says: Il find no fault III
Him." Again in verse 6 he says: For
find no fault in Him." Yet in spite
OF this repeated declaration that Jesus
was innocent, PLATE at last yielded to
the clamor of the Jews, and gave sem
tence that it should be done as they de-
sired. So his declarations and his
deeds contradicted each other. What a
most miserable state for man to be in!
To say one thing, and to do the
opposite!
This condition, in which we have seen
PLATE was, is exactly that in which
many are to-day. When some temptation
comes to them, their conscicnces speak
with no uncertain sound. They clearly
mark out the path that it is right for
them to take. There is no doubt in the
matter at all. Why, then, do they not
do as they know they ought to? Be-
cause, rs in the case of PLATE, there is
scitiIltiiii5 litStt tiiiSSs ti.rtit w 1911 w w
in the face of conscience. With him, it
was the desire to curry favor with the
Jews, of whom he was afraid. That it
was that made him do what he knew
was wrong. So in our cases, there is
always something that makes us not
wish to do what our consciences point
out as the right thing. With one man
it is the desire to make more money.
He wants to be honest, but yet he wants
to make the money that some sinful
deed will bring him. So while his con-
science says one thing, we find him going
in the face of his conscience and doing
another. With that boy. it is the desire
to have good time, so, though he knows
that it is wrong to disobcy his mother,
he goes ahead, and transgresses her com
mand The fact is, it is not often that
we do not really know the right from
the wrong. Our consciences speak out
very plainly. Where then is the trouble?
1t lies in the fact that temptation pulls
so strongly, and we voluntarily yield to
it. We know the right, and then alas!
we go straight ahead and do the wrong.
This shows how deep "a hold sin has on
our hearts. Rev. a. +. Schautller, d. D..
PRACTICAL SUGGESTIONS.
1. The kingliest men and causes are
sometimes treated with contempt, as re-
forms, truths, rights.
2. They are ridiculed through misrep-
resentation, and misunderstanding of
their nature and aims.
8. Suffering innocence is better than
successful guilt.
4. Many are willing to do right if it
does not cost too much.
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