Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1901-03-13
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
-ess"" In the international series
FOR Mach IL. tooI-JeSus
and Pilatc
prepared 10y Ii. &. Leningtoul
THE LESSON TENT.

THE LESSON TENT.
duke 23:l3-9S)
| -. AND Plate. when he had called to-
the people
L. Said unto them; We have brought this
| man unto me. os one that perNerteth the
Rt J,.p onc' behold. !. having examined
| nm before you. have found no fault IN this
cuse Him:
10 No. nor yet Herod: for I sent YOU 10
! I I'm ana. 10 nothing worthy Of death is
l6, will therefore ohastise Him. and re-
lease Him
y. tsor OF necessity ne must release one
unto them at the feast)
| IN And they cried ont an AT once saving.
| Away with this man and release unto us
| Barabbas;
ls. (Who Cor a certain ssaition made in
1ne city. and TOR murder was cast into
prison)
Jesus. spake again TO them.
Il But they cried. saying: Cruelty Him,
cruelty Him
W., = And he said unto them the third time:
why; what evil hath Ii. done? have
| .ouhu no cause OF death IN Him: / will!
therefore. chastise Him. and let Him go
-. Ana they were instant with loud
voices requiring that He might be cruel
NED And the voices Of them and OF tn
| ehlef priests prevailed.
GOLDEN TENT and no fauI, 4,
| this man.-Luke 23.f
NOTES AND COMMENTS.
The Scripture TO be studied includes
the story of Judas inglorious end. in
Matthew 21:1-l0. 1t Is said that when
Judas saw that Jesus was condemned
TO death as the result OF his treachery
ne "repented himself" There is re-
pentance and repentance. There Is a
repentance that is only the inevitable
remorse that follows every unholy
deed. In this sense there never was a
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 IL very different
affair. This was sorrow for sin.
coupled with a determination TO hence
| 1orth do right. To be sorry one has
been wrong, and then continue in the
wrong, this is travesty on the noblest
impulse ever felt in human heart. Jul
das repentance was remorse. and il led
him TO towards death-suicide. He
went and hanged himself. and his body
was given pauper's burial. cast into
the potter's field. And the place was
/
place of blood, fitting memorial of the
NE OF dlshonor he had lived. and the
deed OF monumental trcachery ne had
committed. Even this Judas had a
| glmmering of Divine truth. and he
added his testimony: II have sinned
IN that ! have betrayed the innocsn,
blood"
The parallel accounts OF the lesson
proper are found in the four Gospels.
| as follows:
| Matthew 27:II-M
| Mark l5:l-2O.
| Luke 23:l-25
! John 1S:2S-l9:l6
Jesus Before Pilate-Thc Jewish
council had declared Jesus guilty of
blasphemy and had voted the sentence
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
b!asphemy was no crime against the
Roman law. Another charge had to be
trumped up. 1t was the charge of sedi-
ton. Jesus had declared Himself TO be
a king. John tells us that Plate oues-
toned Jesus on this point, and Jesus
admitted He was king, but he added.
HIS kingdom was not OF this world.
IL was the kingdom OF truth He came to
establish. PLATE found no fault in Him.
This was public 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 a Galilean. PLATE
| thought he saw his way out He would
send Jesus before Herod. i'm who's.
| jurisdiction was the district of Gali1ee.
Herod also had his palace in Jerusalem.
| To this palace Jesus was taken. Herod
was glad 10 see Jesus because h. had
| long heard OF Him as Il wonderful mir
Hcle 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 10 be king. in
| a kingly purple robe and Knocked him.
and sent Him again 10 PLATE
| The Jews Demand Barabbas.- plate
made one more attempt to release
! Jesus. On the feast days he had made
! IL a custom TO release one prisoner. So
! plate appealed TO the populacc. but tho
! people. prompted by Jesus accusprs.
/ demanded not The innocent jesus. bot
| demanded Barabbas one who had
| been really guilty Of Sedition. the crime
| fhcy now charged against Jesus. Pilato
| allowed himself against better iu-
| stinct. 90 be- prevailed upon bv the cries.
of the crowds and The demands of the
! rulers. Pirate passed the sentence OF
| death. and then delivered Jesus over to
| The soldiers for the scourging usually
/ given before crucifViou. The soldiers
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