The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-05-20

Sayest t.ou 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
80. 'Pilate answered (perhaps a
little nettled), Am l 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-
date you. What hast thou done?'
Explfin the whole affair clearly to me,
what have You done to arouse such
enmity?
SO. Jesus therefore explains the ma
ture of his kingdom. MY kingdom
Jesus implies that he is really a king.
rs not Of this world" It's source and
character are unlike those of any
earthly kingdom" IF my kingdom
were of this world "a rival of Romeo,
then would my servants fight, for no
one in that age could be an earthly
king without defending his kingdom
with soldiers.
81. Art thou king then?" Do you
really claim to be king. Jesus an.
swered, Thou sayest that l am king"
quite So" Il accept your statement
because / am king" ITO this end"
for this very purpose, to be king, was
born. For this cause came into the
world" Claiming pre-existence. God
had sent him, his Son, into the world
for this purpose. II was the plan of
God. He was king Of far n0bler
lineage than PLATE or Caiaphas. THAT
| should bear witness unto the truth.
This was equivalent to his reigning as
king, for it was the way he established
and carried on his kingdom.
3S. "Pilate saith ulito him, What is
truth?" And turned cu 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?' "-Dods
The Verdict Rendered. The Prison
er Is Innocent Outside the judgment
hall ". 3S). Il find in him no fault
(R. w., "crime') at ALL" Thus PLATE
proclaimed his verdict, but the rulers
were unwilling to accept it as final
This was 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. Is
was res adjudicata, and binding for
all time
Efforts of PLATE to Release Jesus
without incurring the hatred Of the
Jews Tvs. 49, 40).
/. AS we have seen, his acquittaI Of
Jesus.
2. He sent him to Herod, when he
learned that he was from Galilee.
(Luke 23:5-12). Here Jesus was
mocked and ridiculed by Herod and
his soldiers. and then sent back tc
Plate in a gorgeous apparel, but with
no charge against him.
8. PLATE on the return Of Jesus
again pronounces Jesus innocent, with
Herod's endorsement.
4. PLATE suggests the use of the
customary passover pardon to save
himself from condemning an innocent
man without throwing any slight upon
the action of the Sanhedrim. This was
suggested by the people loudly calling
upon him to release the accustomed
prisoner mark 15:S).
80. "Ye have a custom, that ]
should release unto you one at the
passover" A custom BETTING 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, OF
mitigating circumstances. "W1l ye
therefore" The choice lay with them
40. Then cried they all again. Al
the instigation of the rulers mark is:
1I. Not this man. but Barabas
a robber," and a murderer
(Luke 2s: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
cerning Jesus Matt 27:19).
Then PLATE washed his hands be
fore the people to show, according ia
Oriental custom, that he disclaimed all
responsibility, and the people accepted
it, saying. His blood be upon us and
our children" Matt. 27:24, 25). But
all this made him none the less guilty.
and he has been pilloried in history
as the man who crucifiea the Son of
God, even while knowing and confess
ing his innocence, PLATE did not
escape the responsibility or the fruits
of his act. He was soon degraded from
his office and banished to Gaul, where
he committed suicide
Plate scourged Jesus in the hope
that this lesser though terrible punish
ment would suffice instead of cruel
fixion (John I9:1).
The soldiers Knocked Jesus by
crowning him with thorns, the green
leaves of which represented the laurel
crown of conquerors, and putting ON
him cast-off royal robe, or some pur-
pie garment representing one Then