The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-05-22

appearance about you.
34 Then "Jesus answered
Sayest thou this thing of thyself. or
etc; /. e., do you ask this question
from the standpoint Of Roman, refer
ring TO secular dominion, and the set
ting up Of an opposition kingdom
which would be treason, or from the
standpoint Of the Jewish Messianic
hopes and prophecies, rightly under
stood.
So. "Pilate answered (perhaps a
little nettledJ, Am Jew?" What do
| know of your hopes and prophecies?
Thine own nation and the chief
priests have delivered thee" Those
over whom you claim to be king repu-
diate you What hast thou done?D
Explain the whole affair clearly to me.
what have you done to arouse such
enmity?
36. Jesus therefore explains the ma
ture Of his kingdom. My kingdom" "
Jesus implies that he is really king.
rs not of this world" Its source and
character are unlike those Of any
earthly kingdom" "If my kingdom
were of this world "a rival of Rome),
then would my servants fight" for no
one in that age could be an earthly
king without defending his kingdom
with soldiers.
S7 Art thou king them" Do you
really claim to be king. Jesus an
swered, Thou sayest that I am king"
Quite So" Il accept your statement
because | am king" ITO this end,1
for this very purpose. to be king, was
l born. For this cause came | into the
world" Claiming pre-existence. God
had sent him, his Son, into the world
for this purpose. 1t was the plan OF
| God. He was king of far nobler
lineage than PLATE or Caiaphas. THAT
should bear witness unto the truth
This was equivalent to his reigning as
king, for 1t was the way he established
and carried on his kingdom.
3S. ''Pilate saith unto him, What is
truth?" And turned on his heel and
did not wait for answer. Stalker
"Aletheia (Truth) was a country be
yond his jurisdiction, a Utopia which
could not injure the empire Why
speak to me Of ideal worlds 2 "--Do6s
The Verdict Rendered. The Prison
er Is Innocent. Outside the judgment
hall ". 3S). II find in him no fault
(R. ", "crime) at all" Thus Pilate
proclaimed his verdict but the rulers
were unwilling to accept 1t as final
This was a final judgment OF the
Roman Judge, and, being an acquittal
could not, as we have seen in our read
ing Of the Roman law. be reversed. II
was res adjudicata, and binding foI
all time
Efforts of PLATE to Release Jesus
without incurring the hatred of the
Jews Tvs. 80. 4O).
/. AS we have seen, his acquittal Of
Jesus.
2. He sent him to Herod, when he
learned that he was from Galilee
Luke 25:5-12). Here Jesus was
Knocked and ridiculed by Herod ant
his soldiers. and then sent back tc
PLATE in a gorgeous apparel, but with
no charge against him.
3. Plate on the return OF Jesus
again pronounces Jesus innocent, with
Herods endorsement
4. Plate suggests the use Of the
customary passover pardon to save
himself from condemning an innocent
man without throwing any slight upor
the action of the Sanhedrim. This was
suggested by the people loudly calling
upon him TO release the accustomed
prisoner MARK 1879.
80. eye have a custom, that
should release unto you one at the
passover" custom behtting the ma
ture Of the feast SO for many years
it was the custom to release one OF
two prisoners, every Thanksgiving
day, from the Massachusetts, State
prison, for special good behavior. o.
circumstances. "Will ye
The choice lay with them
40. Then cried they all again" AZ
the instigation Of the rulers MARK Is:
III. Not this man, but Barabas
a robber," and a murderer
Quke 23:19).
About this time Pilates wife sent
word to him to have nothing to Dc
with this righteous man, because Of
vivid and terrible dream she had con
Jesus Matt. 27:191.
Then plate washed his hands be
fore the people to show, according tc
custom, that he disclaimed all
and the people accepted
L. saying, His blood be upon us ano
our children Matt. 27:24, 25). But
III this made him none the less guilty;
md he has been pilloried in history
Is the man who crucihea the Son Of
lod, even while knowing and confess.
ng his innocence. PLATE did not
sscape the responsibility or the fruits
# his act. He was soon degraded from
IFS Office and banished to Gaul, where
ie committed suicide.
PLATE scourged Jesus In the hone
hat this lesser though terrible punish
nent would suffice instead OF cruel
ixion John 10:D.
The soldiers mocked Jesus by
him with thorns. the green
caves of which represented the laurel
rown Of conquerors, and putting on
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