El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-05-27
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
LESSON TX, MAY 2S, JOHN 1S:
2S--4O,
Principal Text: II F:nd No Fault witt,
Him-'-Thrgs " ere the W..rd- or Gov.
PLATE When Christ Came for Trial
But CIamor Overcame Him.

2S- Then led they Jesus from Gaia
phas." Where the Sanhedrim, under his
: leadership, had condemned Jesus to death
on the charge of blasphemy- But they
were forbidden by Roman law to put any
one to death. they could not accomplish
their purpose without the az of the Ro-
man authorities. Therefore they brought
their prisoner to Pilates nall of judg-
ment, the Pretorium, it is in the
Greek. And it was early" The word for
early (proD is used technically of the
fourth watch, from to a. m. 1t must
have been after the dawn. Went not
into the judgment hall. lest they should
be defiled." CeremoniaIIy unclean, and
untitled for the divine rites of the
passover. But that they might eat the
passover" An expression which refers
not merely to the great central feast OF
the evening before but to the whole
passover season with it's voluntary peace
offerings and thank-offerings.
q. plate then went out unto them.
From the judgment hail, into the open
court, where was an elevated tessellated
pavement; and, as was the custom, the
chair of state was brought out for him
to sit upon judge. Tie accusation.
What accusation bring We against this
MANI DIR. Deems emphasizes this ques-
ton, What accusation do you bring
against Him." 1t was He that hao
reason for accusing them They were the
guilty party
30. If He were not a malefactor evil
doer). we would not have delivered Him
up to thee" They knew they had no good
charge that would stand under the Ro-
man law, and therefore they wanted MIN
to take their word for it that He was
worthy of death, and order the execution.
81 Take We Him and judge him ac-
cording to your law" And, of course.
limit the punishment to what you can
inflict. 1T is not lawful us to put
any man to death" Thus they showed
their true colors. They wanted not JUS
tfce, but the death of Jesus.
81. That the saying of Jesus" John
xii. 80: Matt xx.. 49,. The Jews. in their
very efforts to destroy Jesus, were ful-
filling their own prophecy.
80. Then PLATE" taking up the charge
which might be construed as treason,
goes back to his throne in the hall, and
called (summoned) Jesus" The Jews of
course We're not present, they refused
to enter the hall. Said unto Him, Art
thou the King of the Jews?' as these
Jews accuse you of claiming In all four
Gospels these are the first words OF Pi-
late to Jesus, and in all four there is an
emphasis on thou.-Cambridge Bible. As
II Plate would say, in antoniShment,
Dost thou, despised, forsaken, without a
single follower, without weapons or
wealth, claim to be King of these Jews?
"a. "Sayest thou this of thyself, or,
ETC.: /. e., do you ask this question from
the standpoint of a Roman, referring to
secular dominion and the setting up of
an opposition Kingdom which would be
treason, or from the standpoint of the
Jewish Messianic hopes and prophecies,
rightly understood.
80. plate answered (perhaps little
nettleD, Am Jew" What do 1 know
of your hopes and prophecies? Thine
OWL nation and the chief priests have
delivered thee" Those over whom you
Last thou done?'' Explain the whole af-
fair clearly to me-what have you done
to arouse such enmity?
SO. My kingdom" Jesus implies that
world" Its source and character
unlike those of any earthly kingdom"
IF My kingdom were of this world,
then would My servants fight" There
fore it cannot L have said, be of this
world The expression translated would
fight describes a continuous and
violent struggle for superiority, lag
onize.''
81 Art thou a king. then?' Do you. a
poor, hopeless Jew. without friends-do
you claim to be a king? Thou sayest."
Your statement is true I am a king.
ITO this end" for this very purpose. to
Ee king. was 1 born For this cause
came 1 unto the world" Claiming pre-
existence. THAT 1 should bear witness
unto the truth" This was equivalent to
His reigning a king, for it was the way
He established and carried His king
DOM Every one that is the truth hear
eth Ny voice." ITO be of the truth is to
draw ones inspiration from it, just as to
be of God is to be controlled by infiu-
ences coming from Him: and to hear the
voice of Jesus is, of course, to hearken to
His words and obey His will.
49, ''Pilate said unto Him, What is
truth?'' And turned his heel and
did not wait for answer.''-Stalker.
'Aletheia CTruth) was country beyond
his Jurisdiction. Utopia which could not
injure the empire. Why speak to me of
ideal worlds? ''-Dods. He went cut
again to the Jews" And rendered his YER
dict Il find in Him no fault" or crime.
PLATE therefore, should have released Je-
sus; but he had no principle, and was
overborne by the angry clamors of the
rulers He was afraid to do right. 1t
might cost him too much.