Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1901-03-07
THE SABBATH SCHOOL
INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS
FOR MARCH 10.

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| of soldiers, led on by Judas. John Is: 5.
| "To the house of Caiaphas" (R. W In
| John Is: l3, we are told that He was
j taken to Annas first. 1t Is supposed that
| Annas and Caiaphas occupied dlnerens
| apartments in the same palace, winch was
probably situated on Mount Zion, near
! Dayid's tomb, in the southwestern part or
| the city. 1t was Annas and Calaphas VINO
| sent the band to arrest Jesus, and the
| leaders wanted the sanction OF Annas be-
! fore they proceeded against Jesus. Inc
scribes," etc. Scribes, that IS, rabbls
| learned in the literature OF the church;
and elders, who were chosen from among
priests ". 59), that is, the heads of the
/ twenty-four priestly classes. Were as
sembled" Annas sent Jesus bound to
Caiaphas John Is: 2I, and Caiaphas with
all haste summoned the Sanhedrln, some
time between and o'clock on Friday
morning, but this was irregular and lntor-
NAL, because it was contrary to their law
to carry on the trial by night. This trial
is probably the one recorded by Matthew
and Mark The usual place for the great
Sanhedrin was at the council room in the
temple precincts, but this being an lrregu-
lar meeting is held in the palace OF the
high priest.
So. "Peter followed Him" Peter loved
Jesus; he could not help but follow Him;
what they did with his Lord. But alas!
Peter followed from "afar off. - This was
the cause of his downfall. And went in"
John also went with Peter, and, in fact, 1t
was John who succeeded in getting Peter
admitted in to the court of the palace.
John Is: Is, Is. "Sat with the servants"
This was another great mistake. If he had
stayed by the size of John he would not
have denied his Master, for John seems
to have had no such temptation
50. "All the council" The great San
hedrin, the highest in the Jewish nation;
composed of seventy-two members, and
founded, it is supposed, by Moses Mum.
~, and was continued long time alter
the days of our Lord >on earth. Sought
false witness" They have a criminal
without a crime. They dared not SEN
tence Jesus to death without some salts
factory charge, and thus they were obliged
to search for witnesses.
co. "They found it not" Or. W They
had great difficulty in making up a case
against Jesus. According to their law
Deut 10: ~ there must be two wit
nesses, and, out of the many false wit
nesscs who came before the council it was
impossible to find two who agreed. Mark
14:56. cat the last came two" From
Mark ID: $3.50 we see that the testimony
of these witnesses did not agree in all
points, and this accusation if agreed upon
tence. Falsehoods seldom agree; only the
truth is harmonious. ''False witnesses"
Their testimony was false because the
facts were not correctly stated (see Mark
ID: 58), and because Christ's words had
been misapplied. This is still very COM
81. This fellow said" Here they were
obliged to go back to the beginning of
Christ's public ministry and pervert
statement that He had made after He first
cleansed the temple. John 2: 10. Il am
able" etc. Jesus had never said this
What He did say was that if they would
destroy this temple in three days He
would raise it up, but He had reference
to the temple of His body.
e.. "Said unto Him" Their case had
failed, and now the high priest arose and
tried to force Jesus to criminate Himself
"Answerest Thou nothing?" There was
nothing to say. The witnesses had contra
dicted themselves. Give the enemy time
and opportunity and he will destroy his
own cause.
63. Held His peace" Thus fulfilling
the prophecy in Isa. SO: T. Jesus knew
they were determined to put Him to death
and reply would have been useless. II
adjure Thee" The high priest puts SOL
emn oath to Him. The difficulty of this
question consisted in this: if He confessed
that He was the Son of God, they stood
ready to condemn Him for blasphemy; if
He denied it, they were prepared to con-
denim HIM tor being an lmposter, and for
deludlng the people under pretense of
being the Messiah
"a. Thou hast said A common form
of expression for Yes, it is so'' See
Mark Ia: 81. Christ felt no disposition to
remain silent when questioned concerning
a truth for which He came into the world
to shed His blood. "On the right hand of
power This is a reference to Dan. :: 10.
IA. The prophet is describing Christ's
coming into the presence of His Father to
be invested with all power. It's true full
tIlment took place at the resurrection
Matt. q: 49,, but the same Lord will
come at the judgment day in the same
glory. What a contrast will that be with
His present position! 'The clouds Of
heaven" This evidently has reference Q)
to the Judgment executed on the wicked
Jewish nation Matt. l6; q, %; "a; 3O):
~ to the final judgment; (3) to the final
triumph of His kingdom
TO: Kent his Clothes" An expression
OF violent grief (Gen. 81: &c. "a; Job l: 2O)
and horror at what was considered to be
blasphemous or impious The act was en-
joined by the rabbinical rules. When the
charge of blasphemy was proved, the
Judges rend their garments and do not
sew them up again. ''Blasphemy" They
considered it blasphemy for Jesus to say
he was the Christ. Mark IA: 81, g.
witnesses" Their witnesses had proved
failure to them, and they had no more
to bring. Jesus was condemned on His
own testimony
Sc. What think ye?" The high priest
had urged the case against Him, and now
ne puts it to vote. Guilty of death"
| Worthy of death" r. V. The nnnisb.