Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1906-11-29
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
INTERNATIONAL LESSON COM
MENTS FOR DECEMBER 2.
Subject: Jesus Before plate. Luke
xiii. 13-2J-GOldcn Text, Luke
xiii. 4--McmOry Verses. 20. Fl

xiii. 4--MemOry Verses. 20. Fl
commentary.
I. PLATE endeavors to release Jesus
Tvs. 1910. 13. "Pilate." Pontius
PLATE belonged to an nocient and
knightly Roman family. Called to-
gether", PLATE summons the rulers
and the people. IA. 'As one that
perverteth. AS one that las taught
doctrines injurious to your religion.
Having examined" At the first
trial he had heard all that could be
brought against Him. mo fault"
They had failed to prove a single
charge.
Is. "Nor yet Herod.' Christ had
travelled extensively in Galilee and
yet Herod brings no charge. He
sent Him sack un us" (R. W This
/ volved a distinct acquittal. "Is
done unto Him" Nothing worthy
of death hath been done by Him. -
r. V.
16. "Chas.,2a Him" John says
that PLATE took Jesus and scourged
Him; but this was not cone until a
little later. And release Him.
PLATE hoI. ID that Wien they saw
Jesus scourged they would be salts
fed, but not SO: they were clamoring
for His blood, and nothing short of
{ tn on cross would satisfy them.
II. Must release one This
verse is omitted in the Revised Yer
sion. But see the parallel accounts.
II. The clamo's of the Jews Tvs.
1929. is. "They cried out" The
chief priests moved the people Mark
15:1D. "3arabbas." An insurrec-
ZIONIST a robber and murderer.
10. "Sedition." Insurrection.
I.atthew says he was celebrated
prisoner. In some MANUSCRIPTS he -
called Jesus Baraboas.
20. Willing to release asus," 1t
was probable at this time that the
me ~on;,er calle from Pilates wife
tNatt. 2.:19) urging the release OF
Jesus. PLATE repeated the proposal
of verse 16.
81. Cruelty Him" Let Him cie
the most ienominious death possible,
Had the Jews executed Him according
tt their law against faIsc prophets
and blasphemers they would We
stoned Him, as they repeatedly at
tempted to do, and as they did nth
Stephen. His prophecy of crucitiXion
was practically a prophecy that He
should be put to death as He actual.
ly was, on a charge of high treason
against the Roman government. 1t
can hardly be supposed that these
people who were crying, "Crucify
Him." were the same people who had
brought Jesus into the city the Sun
day before with shouts of hosanna.
This was Jewish mob urged on by
the authorities that was no doubt
largely Galilean crowd,
%. "What evil hath He done, ;"
How many and what various persons
bear testimony to the innocence Of
the Holy One - PLATE, IIerOd, Pi'
late's wife, the thief on the cross. and
the centurion at the crucfixion. And
let Him 60" plate is laboring hard
to release Him; he could have ended
was at this juncture that PLATE
asked What shall | do then with
Jesus, which is called Christ? This
Is question every person must an
swer. !. Every person must accept
or reject Him. 2. Rejecting Christ
is the great sin Of the world 3. II
we reject Him here we shall be re.
jected by Him hereafter.
90. Instant" lnsistent, urgent
prevailed. The reason why he fin
ally yielded seems to have been the
one given in John 1912, "If thou let
this man go, thou art not Caesars
friend" But PLATE gained nothing
even with Caesar, for he was soon
recalled, degraded and banished to
Gaul, where he committed suicide.
III. PLATE pronounces the death
sentence Tvs. "a, 25). "a. "Pilate
gave sentence" Before PLATE pro-
nounced the sentence he took water
and washed his hands publicly, thus
expressing in acts what he uttered in
words, 81 am innocent of the blood of
this just person; see We to it, Matt.
27:24. The people accept the re-
sponsibility and cry. "His blood be on
us, and on our children That blood
was upon them, not as vengeance,
but as a natural consequence of their
conduct. Within forty years the city
was destroyed amid scenes of cruelty
which defy description. No history
can furnish us with a parallel to the
calamities and miseries of the Jews
at that time. There was rapine, mur-
der, famine. pestilence and all the
horrors of war. The account given
by Josephus is heart-rending. plate
again ascends the judgment seat,
which was set up in a raised place in
the open square, and delivers his final
decree 25. "He delivered Jesus to
their will" Jesus is now mocked the
third time, about o'clock, Friday
morning, in the court of Pilates pal.
ace. See Matt 27:26-30; Mark Is:
1913; John 1918. When Jesus is
brought out before them, PLATE
makes one last effort to release Him
John 19:4-15). Now it is that he
permits Jesus to be scourged. hoping
that will satisfy them; but the cry Is
still. Cruelty Him." and He is taken
back into the court and His own
clothes are put uDon Him. 1t was
at this time that PLATE said, Behold
the mani" And we'll may we stop
and behold Him. He was "a man OF
sorrows. and acquainted with grief
lisa 533). In Him we see a per.
feet exhibition Of meekness and love
and perfect example for us to fol.
low. He was the Goldman and as
such made the great atonement foI
the redemption of mankind.