The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-06-03
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
Lesson in the international Series for
June 8, 19o4-Christ's Trial
Before PLATE.


THE LESSON TEXT.
,hs oh,ss ,,-,..,. "a 80 N. nsonis I and
no fault in this man.-Luke 2sa
OUTLINE OF SCRIPTURE SECTION.
Eoe.s,i,n a an az ~ 1s.y-m
ForeteIIins peter. Fan. Luke 22:si-ss |
Jesus Agony. Matt. es:ss-4s |
Jesus Agony. MArh :.
AsoH. .........'.''''''''' 49,, os..7-ss
pa,r.,..I - -, Mark n.xs-sa
astr,yaI ana A., Luke z2:s7-5s
Trial Before Jewish Authorities
........................ Matt 9s:57-alo
Trial Before Jewish Authorities.
| -......-..-.--...........-. MARX H'S'--
ff'ai BEFORE jewish Ao'h0r''ies -
-, 49,, 1-ii-u
Tr,ai - pna,a Mark ls.l-aO
Trial Refore pna,e. Luke 2s:l-25
| TIME.-Early morning.
| PLACE.-Tower of Antonia. adjoining
the temple
| NOTES AND COMMENTS.
in the morning the chief priests
held a consultations" An illegal trial
had been go,ng nm hsfors the Jewish au-
,hor,,,as d,,r,na ,ha later mar, n, the
-. ,-,., e. ,ha
h'eh'' 'hey were oa'e.ui no. ~ -
nounce tehtence tiii aiter SUNRISE 'ha'
It's legality might not De questioned
Even the sentence thus pronounced was
illegal, for the law forbade passing a
death sentence till the day after the
trial Furtbermore their law forbade
l,ha ,-,,, ., or,r,no, casss nm tho dav
ls.so .he o..ha,h rh,s NO. Er,day
he,ee 49, I.,sh S.hha,h .sDs'
IIIvsrad E,n, mn m plate" The ssnhe-
lar,n On the time ~ Christ had no mower
N ineIct the death nanaltv Their Ro-
roan conouarors r,on,a not narrni, q, so
l,ha,r ac,,or mas nract,coIlv onlv q roo
Iommsndat,on pontius plate had heen
nrocura,or ~ Judaea for your or Ave
wears M this time under commission
from, T,har,us caasor peaa AZ tb,s no,nt
Iohn 40 wh,ch shows that the
chic, nr,es,s tried 10 oct plate 70 ratifv
,haIr action u,,hou, locking int ;ba
matter pusta would have nothing N
40 With sucb nrocadura and tnsis,ad
I,non q charsa The Sanhadrin had con-
dsn,nad Iesns for hlasnbamv hut that
"a no, who, thav told the Roman gov
arnor Thav ,oia him That the charge
was % consn,ring agains, pome "Ar,
thou the King of the Jews." nlain
Iouestion "Guiltv or not euiltv,''
.srhou savest." eyes I am the King u
This was a summary of Jesus' answer
The fuII conversation. I'm which He ex-
i
King. is found in John 1s:33-ss
After this plate pronounced Jesus no,
euilty.
pua,a mas M, a man v,cr.a havord
anv ,h., have l,vea sinca ua haa nro.
lnonncea Iesus innocent. he vented to
lhavs Hin 40, at I,hertv Ru, he d,d no,
want 40 bring unon himself the enm,tx
NJ the angry nries,s for tbere vas nr
laanving tha, thew wara atm vary now.
erful IN Judaaa II occurred m hin, m q,
Inc could avoid the decision entirely n,
lsandtnv Jasue who was a caI,Iaaan tr
IBerod. the governor of Galilee whe
Ihannened IN he in the c,tv Herod wa,
lglad IN see Jesus for the Interview
would hiring him a new kind Of diver
sion Rut IN tba, encounter Jaaue wa,
king and HerOd clown HerOd realized
l,t and I'm chaer,n sent Jesu. h.ck :,
IPilate in mock state but uncondemned
Ipaad the accoun, ~ JuLs oa.a-Io
Luke 23.13-1s tells of Pilates forma
aeouittal of Jesus He sbouId have re
LEASED Him. but instead He takes an
lother step I'm the way of COMPROMISE. h,
will scourge Him to pacify them. an,
then release Him TO pacify his own con
science The priests would NOT hear :,
m "Tbe question had finally caros =,
this. whether he would save Jesus n
save himself" He would save Jesus !
he could: he must save himself I'm an,
case. II was a trial OF strength betwee,
lPflate I'm Jesus behalf and the chic
nrissts against him "Rarrahas.n ~
notable prisoner" (Matt a7.I6, avh,
for a certain fnsurrection made In m
city and for murder" luke 20. .1e, wa
Loving bound with them that had mad