Passaic City record., 1901-03-02
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
Lesson in the international Series
for March 10, 19GI-JeSuS
and CaiaphaS.
Prepared by II. C. Lenin@ton.l
THE LESSON TENT.

led Him away to Caiaphas, the hlSh pFltSI
where the scribes and the elders were -
sembled
IS. But Peter followed Him afar off unto
the high priests palace, ard went in, ano
Sat with the servants to see the erd.
%. Now the chief priests, ard eIGdetS
md all the council sought false witness
against Jesus, to put Linn to death;
60. But found none: yea, though man.
false Witnesses came, yet fouEo they Eoht
At the last came two false witnesses,
81. And said: This fellow said: ! am G IA,
to destroy the temple of God, and to bUt.'
It in three days.
60. And the high priest arose, and s"''
unto Him. Answerest thou nothing? VII.
is it which these witness against thee"
CO. But Jesus held His peace. And tf.e
high priest answered and said unto Him:
I adiure thee by the living God. that thou
tell Us whether thou be the Christ, the
Son of God.
@. Jesus satin unto him; Thou has
said; nevertheless I say unto you: Here
after shall ye see the Son of Man sitting
the right hand of power, and coming il
the clouds of Heaven.
Co. Then the high priest rent his clothes
saying: He hath spoken blasphemy; Wh3t
further need have we of witnesses? Be
hold, now We have heard His blasphemy,
Sc. What think ye? They answered aLG
said He is guilty of death.
81. Then did they spit in His face, are
bulfeted Him; and others smote Him with
the palms OF their hands,
6S Saying: Prophesy unto us, thou
Christ who is he that smote thee?
GOLDEN TEXT.-Thou art the Christ.
the SON of the living God.-3iatt. 1916
NOTES AND COMMENTS.
There was a preliminary examine
tion of Jesus before Annas. lie was
the high priest, according to the jew
ish law and usage. Then there was
the form of a trial before CaiaPhas
and the Sanhedrim. Caiaphas was
the son-inlaw of Annas, and had been
appointed to the position of high
priest by the Roman authorities. 1t
was during the progress of this trial
that Peter denied his Lord three times.
The scripture section to be studied is
contained in the following passages:
Matt 2657-75.
Mark il :53-72
Luke 22:54-62.
John 1S:12-27.
JESUS Before the Sanhedrim.-While
Jesus was before Annas the Sanhe
drim, the highest Jewish council, was
hastily summoned in extraordinary
StSSiou. It ODI6Cl VI lIlt NASTY IItCl-
ing was to condemn Jesus and have
Him crucfied before His friends could
rally to His support. The means taken
to secure the verdict wished for were
extraordinary. False witnesses We're
secured, but it is hard for liars to be
consistent, and no two of them pre-
sented the same testimony. There
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any charge. Finally two came, and
their testimony seemed to agree. But
this testimony was false. Jesus did
not say: 81 am able to destroy the
temple of God, and to build it in three
days" Jesus said (John 2:19): De
stroy this temple, and in three days I
will raise it up
The Sanhedrim could have sum
moned many and many true witness,
who knew Jesus and His works and
teaching. Lame men who had been
made to walk bind who had been
given sight, lepers and other sick who
had been restored to health and
strength. These would have formed an
imposing array-all in favor of the
claims of Jesus, But the Sanhedrim
was not after truth, but after a con-
viction Prof Greenleaf, in his
Trial of Jesus" says: "Throughout
the whole course of the trial the rules
of the Jewish law of procedure We're
grossly violated, and the accused was
deprived of rights belonging even to
the meanest citizen. He was arrested
~ oh o1of e.,
beaten before His arraionment and
struck in open court during the trial.
He was tried on feast day and be-
fore sunrise. He was compelled to
crininate Himself, and this under an
oath of solemn judicial adiuration
and He was sentenced on the same
day of the conviction"
Mark G4:5S) gives a different YER
sion of the testimony finally admitted
against Jesus. From this it seems
that finally the Sanhedrim had to ad-
NIT testimony of two witnesses which
did not fully accord. To remove any
doubt Caiaphas finally turned to
Jesus. and on His declaration that He
was the Christ. the Son of God. based
the chafSe OF DIaSphemN, ana accord
ingly the sentence of death was voted
Then occurred a scene more remark
able than any that went before, if
that be possible. The digniied coun-
cilors who had just gone through the
form of trial blindfolded Jesus, and
in mockery of the claim He had just
made struck Him and after each blow
asked Him to tell who gave it.
"PrOphecy unto us" they said. ''thou