The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1901-03-15
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
for March ~. lOOI-Jesas
aa1 plate.
prepared BY III. &. Lexington. ]
THE LESSON TENT.

man uNtH nv. a. one tnat ItfFtIttth tnr
people and. behold. l. having examined
Him before you. have found no fault In this
man touching those things whereof ye ac-
cuse Him
Is No. nor yet Hercd for sent you to
him. and. 10. nothing worthy Of death 10
done unto HIM
10. ! will therefore chastise Him. and re-
lease Him
T. (For u necessity he must release one
unto them at the feast)
10 And they cried out all at once. saying.
Away with this man. and release unto us
Barabbas:
- who for . certain sedItion made In
the city. and for murder. was cast into
PRISON.
~. Plate. therefore. willing to release
Jesus. spake again 10 them
Il But they cried, saying Cruelty Him.
cruelty Him.
- And he said unto them the third time:
Why. what evil hath He done, have
found no cause Of death In Him. | will.
therefore. chastise Him. and let Him go.
3 And they were instant with loud
voices, requiring that lie might be cruel
fled And the voices OF them and OF the
chief priests prevailed
GOLDEN TENT Ind no fault IN
this man.-Luke 23:s-
NOTES AND COMMENTS
The Scripture TO be studied includes
tie story OF Judas inglorious end. in
Matthew .7:i-i0. 1t il said that when
Judas saw that Jesus was condemned
10 death as the result Of his treachery
he 'repenfed himself" There is re-
pentance and repentance. There is
repentance that is only the inevitable
remorse that follows every unholy
deed In this sense there never was q
sinner who did not repent. that is. felt
remorse for the wrong he had done.
True repentance. the repentance which
John the Baptist and Jesus Himself
came preaching. was very different
affair. This was sorrow for sin.
coupled with determination 10 hence
forth do right To be sorry one has
been wrong. and then continue in the
wrong. this i travesty on the noblest
impulse ever felt in human heart. Jul
das' repentance was remorss. and il led
him 70 a towards death uicids. He
went and hanged himself and his body
was given q pauper's burial. caSf into
the potter's field. And the place was
known from that time forward as the
life OF di~honor he had lived and the
deed Of monumental treachers he had
committed. Even this Judas had a
glimmering o; Divine truth. and he
added his testimony: Il have sinned
in that have betrayed the innocent
bloct''
The parallel accounts OF the lesson
proper are found in the four Gospels.
as follows:
Matthew -.ii-3l
Mark l5.f-.O
Luke BIS
John y .eS-ls.ls
Jesus Before Pilate.-The Jewish
council had declared Jesus guilty Of
blasphemy and had voted the sentence
Of death. But the Jews were not al
lowed 10 put any man 10 death. The
prerogative Of passing the sentence of
death had been reserved by the Romans
TO their own authorities. For this rea-
son Jesus was taken before PLATE. But
blasphemy was no crime against the
Roman law. Another charge had to be
trumpet up Ii was the charge of sedi-
tion Jesus had declared Himself 10 be
king John tells Us that Plate qnes-
toned Jesus on this point. and Jesus
admitted lie was a king. but he added.
His kingdom was not Of this world.
II was the kingdom OF truth He came to
establish. Plate found no fault in Him.
This was public acquittal Of Jesus.
Jesus Sent 10 Herod.-At this the
Jews became even more furious than
they had been. and reiterated their
charges against Jesus. Naturally PLATE
hesitated about releasing Him. Learn
ing that Jesus was a Galilean. PLATE
thought he saw his way out He would
send Jesus before Herod. in who's
! jurisdiction was the district Of Galilee.
Iierod also had his palace in Jerusalem.
To this palace Jesus was taken. IIerod
was glad to see Jesus. because he had
long heard Of Him as a wonderful mir.
acle worker. He hoped TO see some
great miracle performed But Jesus
was silent. Herod was baffied. and the
wicked king made sport OF the event by
arraying the peasant of Nazareth. who
had declared Himself to be a king. in
II y
and sent Him again 10 PLATE.
The Jews Demand Barabbas-Pilats
made one more attempt TO release
Jesus. On the feast days he had mad,
i custom to release one prisoner. SC
PLATE appealed to the populace. but the
people. prompted by Jesus accusers
demanded not the innocent Jesus. blu,
demanded Barabbas-one who haG
been really guilty Of sedition. the crime
they now charged against Jesus. PLAT.
allowed himself. against better in
stinct. TO be prevailed upon by the erie,
Of the crowds and the demands of tn,
rulers. PLATE passed the sentence o.
death. and then delivered Jesus over te
the soldiers for the scourging usually
given before a crucifixion. The soldier,
added .heir mockeries TO the scene
They put on Him gay robe. a crown o.
thorns on His head and rod flor /;
sccpter) in His hand. In every way they
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