The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-05-20

CON N " CrlUN--Artcr the prayer.
studied last week, Jesus wentewith i ms
disciples late ut night from Jerusalem
Cured the agony and the private prayer
recorded by Matthew, Mark and Luxe.
After that sorroWful event Jesus was pc
trayed BY Judas and taken prisoner sas2 ,a NY ny
rest him. Peter followed the Master INTO
the court OF the high priest, as dld .he
beloved John. After private interVle"
there Jesus was led away to appear pc
fore members of the Sanhedrln. There
being no formal charges against MIN VII
nesses were suborned. With unbecoming
temper the High Priest left his seat. stoSa
before Jesus and demanded whether ne
was the Christ. This new attempt to force
o confession was met by the response u
am" This was enough. Rending ms gar.
ents caiaphas pron6une ce ,h su'y
Is DE,FIL EN- ZENITH whole company I'm.
mediatey arose duke xxiii:P and Iea
Jesus into the Praetorium. and dell'ctea
Him to PLATE. tho Governor. Up to this
point Judas had been immoVable. IL mas
been suggested, the result Of preconjec-
5ture. that this disciple had expected m, ms
Master would In some way extricate MN.
sclf--that either BY wisdom OF power lie
would overcome his adversariss and prove
his claim. it has been thousht Una.
Judas hoped to preclpitatc controversy
that should result in n triumph. But, GER
dcnlned and conducted to the Roman tr-
bunal, he rcpented and offered TO restore
the money he had had 5eeesved whosc
hearts wero bitterness and hate, mated q.
the door of the Roman ruler. and would
not enter, because IT, they did, they Wouiu
be unfit to eat the Passover. What an
abominable exhibition OF hypocricy
AcCUsATIoN-Th appearance of a
man bound in the civil court, with no &C
cusers present and no statement Of his Of
Tense, was novelty. Ordinarily under
such circumstances the prisoner might be
dismissed (John vlii:1D. But PLATE de-
sired to conciliate his troublesome suo, NO,
jcalousies he was not ignorant (Mark
xv:1o). Henc che went forth to Inquire
what accusation was brought against
Jesus Verse ~ This sh9Ws tha MN not tns,s
so unbecomlng the highest ecclesiastlcai
court, was proof of the depth OF enmity
by which the prosecutors were moved. Io
Pilate's question they returned an eyaslHc
reply. unwilling to announce the charges
Of blasphemy upon which they had
agreed, and depending upon the respect
which the civil court ought to pay to the
church, they said the fact that they pre-
scented him was sufficient to show that he
was a malefactor (verse 30(. In this It
was implied that they had judged tho case
and asked him to pronounce sentence on
Observation-Disclosures had taken u very
unfortunate tlIn; little expected by the
leaders of the church party. Had there
been time for reflection they would GER
tainly have given a different answer, for
this put them In an awkward predicament.
| plate took advantage OF this embarrass-
| ment. saying. In substance, mat as .ney
had begun the case, and had pronounced
the prisoner guilty, it was not matter
for him. and that they ought 10 lnfjict
| the punishment duo to the offense Worse
80. He directed them to take Jesus and
deal with him according to their law, pro-
posing to find relief from these religious
complications, with which he had been
TO this the priests replied that while they
had adjudged the prisoner to be a MALE
| factor. they had no right to nfllct the
! ing their full purpose concerning Jesus.
according to His prediction (Matt xx;1o),