The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-06-03
CONTEXT. After the supper Jesus de

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Y, CONTBXT.-After the supper Jesus de-
y livered his farewell discourse to His
apostles and united with them in prayer.
%The whole company then passed to the
trayed his Master. Arrested By a com
5pany or soldiers, Jesus was led into Je-
1esusalem and arraigned before the Jew
jsh authorities. In the early morning lie
was brought before the Sanhedrin (verse
u, of whom only u portion had been
present at the night session. This was to
be His third actual but His first formal
and legal trial. No attempt was made
before that august body to present any
new complaint. 1t was deemed best TO
frame a charge of constructive blasphe-
my based upon His own eXtorted words.
tNarlt, xiv: 62-649 AS this was fia-
16), they believed that F'ilate would ratify
their decision and pronounce sentence.
PLATE. --Upon the deposition Of Archie
laus Matt, Ii: 22, a. d. ., ,Indea Was
attached to Syria. and 4 prpcurator. vest
ed with judicial and military authority,
was appointed to govern it. PLATE was
office A. ID, 25 he soon awakened the dis.
pleasure of the jews by removing the
headquarters Of the army from Caesarea,
( the capital (Acts, XIV: y, to Jerusalem.
riot and bloodshed. Our Saviour refers
TO one OF these duke. xiii: y. PLATE
became disguised with the fanaticism of
his unruy subjects but at times he
peace. 1t is said that in the year SO,
upon a complaint of the Samaritans. he
went TO Rome 10 answer their accusa-
tons before the emperor; that on reaching
the Imperial City, the emperor having
died. he was overcome with dsappoint-
ment, and that he killed himself.
ANALYSlS.--The arraignment of Jesus
before PLATE is recorded by all the evan
gelists. (Matt., xvii: 2-14; Luke, xiii:
10; John, xviii: 2S-3s) No one Of them
gives a complete account. BY combining
the narratives We may obtain tolerably
correct account of what TRANSFERRED. The
scene changed. several times Through
out the groundtkss accusation and the BIT
ter hatred and 1fejeotion of the Jews are
set over against the repeated acquittal
BY PLATE and his effort TO set the pris-
oner free. ending at last in his Disgrace
full surrender. In these notes the effort
will be made to weave,the scattered facts
into a. continuous and orderly narrative.
The. object is to display the spirit and
and state-Judaism and heathenisn, the
former the prncipal-united to put to
death the Son of. God.
EXPOSITION
ACCUSEp-Eary in the morning, per-
haps Z O'Clock Jesus was brought by
the chief priests and officers Of the SAN
hsdrln to 18th, the gates Of Pilates gorgeous
would be defled. John, xviii; $50 Pr
md ~ y. Inquired, What accusation bring
answered. III He We're not ia a malefac-
tor we would not have brought IIim,"5l
Deemine the matter UNWORTHY Of his at,
5adae m mate sRs xv * c aad
Tossing their impotence and their muir !
H,eronS purpose, they answered IT is not |
ping, the charge OF biasphemy, the mob
cI1ed out, accusing Jesus OF sediton \
ttLnSe xxiii.;9, surprising that this
would most certainly arrest Pilates at
N. - ma Inn > sff,,-
bidding TO give tribute" Himself a |
King these were the items. The last |
N Maf IL and the The secdn Sst mai NAL
xvii: ~ We're wholly without founda-
tion the opposite Of His teaching, con.
forth by the apostles. CRom, xiii, -.
EXAMINED--The charge produced the
desired effect, PLATE could not ignore !,
or ths stability of the government. re.
firing with Jesus into the Judgment hall |
be asked art Thou the King of the
Jews" LMatL AXyii: I'D "Sayest thou
this q thyself2" was christ's reply, ri
Jswy" Why should / know anything
have delIyersd thee. What hast thoa
done2" In the plainest terms Jesus re- |
piled that He was a King, that His king |
d s s was not Of wd 1hs Word at 4 i were
into the world 70 win subjects by the
truth tJohn ayiiii 1853 Thus He. ex-
PiaNhs,l ,ilc nature OF llls Kingdom, when L
even HIS disciples had misunderstood
lMatt. xviii; u refu,ng the charge Of,
Ills enemies. His explanation was ealoll-
lated to allay any fears which may have
arisen in the mind OF Plate, who ended
The interview by asking What is truh?"
ACQUITTED Returning To the Jews.
Plate said, ~ find no fault In this mani
duke xsiii. d. But they broke forth
again into the most Nioltut ciamor against
Him Turning 10 Jesus PLATE asked the
meaning OF these fccueations, hut He
made no answer [Matt, xvii: ~. An
swereth thou nothing" PLATE qiered
wondering at the silence Tgring 10 the
fault IN Him. But this aequlttaI ne.
peated. only made tie Jews more bitter
and boisterons, He stirreth up the peo- f
ple teaching throughout Jewfy begin
ming at Galilee" duke XIII: 50. SO they
vent on, perceiylns that Jesus was a
Salilean. Plate sent MINI Herod who
was In the city That act OF apparent
courtesy made friends OF the two gov
ernors. WHO had before been enemies.
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