The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1901-03-14
TIE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
fer March II, l8O1-Jesus
and Pilste.
prepared by II. c. Lenington.l
THE LESSON TENT.


:he people,
H. Said unto them. Ye have brought thi.
man unto me. as one that perverteth tn.
people: and. behold, l. having examined
him before YOU. have found no fault In this
non touching those things whereof ye &C.
cuse Him:
Is No. nor yet .Herod: for sent you ts
aim: and. 10, nothing worthy Of death IL
dore unto Him.
l6. i. will therefore chastise Him, and re.
ease Him. .t
II. CNor Of necessity he must release on.
} unto them at the feast,)
IL. And they cried out all at once. saying
Away with this man, and release unto u.
Barabbas:
10. Who for a certain sedition made ir
the city. and for murder. was cast into
prison)
20. PLATE. therefore willing to releas.
Jesus, spake again to them.
II, But they cried, saying: Cruelty Him
cruelty Him.
Y. And he said unto them the third time
Why. what evil hath He done? ! hav,
found no cause of death in Him: | will.
therefore, chastise Him, and let Him GO
-. And they were instant with louC
voices, requiring that lie might be cruel
fled. And the voices Of them and of tn.
chief priests prevailed.
GOLDEN TEXT.-I find no fnuIt in
this man.-Lukc 23;l.
NOTES AND COMMENTS.
The Scripture to be studied include.
The story of Judas inglorous end, il
Matthew 27:l-l0. 1t is said that wher
Judas saw that Jesus was condemned
to death as the result of his treachery
he "repented himself" There is re
Pentance and repentance. There is
repentance that is only the inevitable
rtmorse that follows every unholN
deed. In this sense there never was .
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 a determination to hence.
forth do right. To be sorry one has
been wrong, and then continue in the
wrong. this is travesty on the nob,est
impulse ever felt in human heart. Ju.
daS repentance was remorse, and ii leo
him to a towards death-suicide. II,
went and hanged himself. and his body
was given pauper's burial, cast into
the potter's field. And the place was
known from that time forward as the
place of blood, a fitting memorial of tn,
life of dishonor he had lived, and the
deed OF monumental treachcry he had
committed. Even this Judas had
glimmering OF Divine truth, and he
added his testimony: II have sinncG
in that / have betrayed the innocent
blood"
The parallel accounts OF the lesson
proper are found in the four Gospels
as follows:
Matthew 27:ll-3l.
Mark l5:l-20
r.~Le 90 "s II Il
John 1S:2S.IsI6
Jesus Before Pilate.-The Jewish
council had declared Jesus guilty O,
b!asphemy and had voted the sentenct
of death. But the Jews were not al
lowed to put any man to 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.
h'asphemy was no crime against the
Roman law. Another charge had to be
trumped up. 1t was the charge of sedi.
tion. Jesus had declared Himself to be
a King. John tells us that Plate oues.
toned Jesus on this point. and Jesus
admitted lie was king. but he added
His kingdom was not of this word.
1t was the kingdom of truth He came to
establish. Plate found no fault in Him
This was pubic acquittal of Jesus.
Jesus Sent to 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 Galilean, PLATE
thought he saw his way out He would
send Jesus before Herod. in who's,
jurisdiction was the district of Galiee
Hcrod also had his palace in Jerusalem
To this palace Jesus was taken. HeroG
was glad to see Jesus, because he haG
long heard of Him as wonderful, mir.
acle worker. He hoped to see somt
great miracle performed. But Jesus
was silent. IlcrGd was bafiied. and the
wicked king made sport of the event by
arraying the peasant of Nazareth. who
had declared Himself to be king. in
a kingiy purple robe ard Knocked him
and sent Him again to PLATE.
The Jews Demand Bara abbas.-Pilate
made one more attempt to release
Jesus. On the feast days he had made
ii custom to release one prisoner. So
Piiate appe:Ied to the populace, but the
people, prompted by Jesus accusers.
demanded not the innocent Jesus. but
demanded Barabbas-one who had
been really guilty of sediton. the crime
they now charged against Jesus. PLATE
himself, against better in.
stinct, TO be prevailed upon by the cries
of the crowds and the demands of the |
rulers. Plate passed the sentence OF
death, and then delivered Jesus over to
the soldiers for the scourging usually
given before crucifXion. The soldiers
added their mockeries to the scene.
They put on Him gay robe, crown OF