The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1901-1982, 1908-05-21
Sunday School Lesson for May "a. 1908
Specially Prepared for This Paper

ABOUT +. 81 a. III.
g. The irregular trial before the
sanhedrim, under Caiaphas, before sun
rise.
g. The formal verdict of the san
hedrim, after sunrise C a. M.
A. The trial before PLATE, $50 a. m.
g. The trial before Herod, about
1880 a. m.
G. The final surrender by PLATE,
about s.: 80 a. M
lleeaIities of the TRIAL.. The real
trial was held before sunrise, which
was illegal The trial after sunrise
was only a hasty form, for outward
compliance with the law
2. The use of false witnesses, whose
conflicting testimony would have freed
any prisoner in fair trial.
8. The attempt to force Jesus to In
criminate himself.
4. The repeated trials, following re-
peated acquittals, any one of which
should have brought the proceedings
against Jesus to an end.
5. The arbitrary transfer of the trial
from court to court.
6. The change of charge against
Jesus, from that of blasphemy, most
effective in Jewish court, to that of
sedition, most effective in a Roman
tribunal.
7. The use Of popular clamor to af-
feet the verdict, and compel the judge
to pronounce against the defendant.
Our Lord was crucified at the place
called THE Skull" Hebrew, Golgotha;
Latin. Calvary This was without
the gate (Heb. 1879, which discred-
it's the traditional site, the Church OF
the Holy Sepulcher, far within the
walls of the present city. 1t was evil
IDENTIFY near road thronged with trav-
elers Matt. 27:39). Modern scholars
have fixed upon "the skull-shaped knoll
above Jeremiah's grotto, outside the
present north wall, near the Damascus
gate. 1t answers all the requirements
of the Gospel narratives, being outside
the walls, nigh to the city.
Our Lord voluntarily laid down his
life, as he had prophesied John 10:
1S). The loud voice in which he
showing that his bodily energies were
still unexhausted. "Crucifixion was
lingering doom. The victims some
times hung for days ere they died OF
hunger, exhaustion, loss of blood, and
the fever of their wounds. blasting
Dictionary of Christ. Some modern
writer's regard the cry as the utterance
of one dying with ruptured
heart. Expos. Greek Test. In favor
of the latter view is the blood and
water that burst from Christ's side
when it was pierced by the soldiers
spear; the blood exuding from the
heart into the pericardium, had sep.
arated into red clots and a watery
serum. Jesus died literally of broken
heart. Thus none the less. but even
the more, he voluntarily laid down
his life for us. The request of the
Jews, that the legs of the crucified
should be broken, was for the purpose
of increasing the agony and thus
Fastening death, since it was against
the law (Deut. 21:22, 23) for burial to
take place after nightfall, and the
coming day was the Sabbath, which
was doubly holy as being the first day
of the Passover. The Scripture fulfilled
in the omission of breaking Christ's
bones is Elk. 1916; Zech. 1910.
Joseph of Arimathaea gave the
body of Jesus burial. Arimathaea
was probably the modern hill-vil
lage of Beit-Rima, 10 miles east
northeast of LYDIA. He was "a dis
ciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear Of
the Jews," "a rich man" (Matthew)
"a good man and righteous" Uuke),
who was looking for the kingdom of
God" (Luke) which Jesus had
preached, and "a councillor of honor
able estate" MARK, that is. member
of the sanhedrim, who had mot con-
scented" (Luke3 to the verdict of the
sanhedrim condemning Jesus. He
went boldly" Mark to Plate, and
asked for the body of Jesus. He is
no longer a secret disciple. The cross
transfgures towards into heroes
Cambridge Bible.
Practical Points.
Let us learn to die in seeing
Christ die! -Schleiermacher.
The true Christian will come to his
last moment on earth with Christs
love for all mankind, Christ's glad sub
mission to the Fathers will
"Golgotha! There is a legend that
1t was the very center of the earth's
surface-the middle point of the habit
able globe We think nothing of the
legend, but very much of the truth it
suggests. For the cross of Christ is
the true center of the church, where
all believers meet, of all tribes and
nations, of all parties and sects."