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our transgressions IIo WAS bruised for
our iuiqutics."- t3;5.
TIME Friday morning, April Z. A. ID.
-, from six o'clock n. Nj. I'LL threo
o'clock y. NJ
PLACE-O Pilates Judgment hall eth.
rr ~ llCrods Palace In the western part
pf the city; or in Castle Antonia adjoin-
Ing the Temple area on the north.
The Roman trial. before PLATE,
was in the palace Of plate, opening
into large court. See place. In the |
Jewish court the charge brought |
against Jesus was blasphemy, that Is |
treason against God and the Jewish !
commonwealth. The penalty was !
death
When the leaders brought Jesus be-
fore plate they hoped that the gov
ernor would accept their verdict, and
simply countersign their sentence
without inquiring further, taking for
granted that they would not have con-
hemned n man to death unless he de-
served It. But plate asked: What
accusation bring ye against this
man."
The verdict of plate was, II find no
fault in this man."
From the mockeries in Pilates
court Jesus was led away to be cruel
6ed.
Jesus was so weak from his long
and intense suTferings that an African
! from Cyrene was compelled to help
him bear the cross.
The distance was from half mile
to mile. according to the place OF
starting (the tower of Antonia, or
Herod's palace) and the location OF
Calvary. In advance was soldier
carrying a white wooden board on
which was written the nature OF the
crime. Next came four soldiers, un-
der q centurion, with the hammer and
the nails, guarding Jesus, who bore,
as always In such cases, the cross on
which he was to suffer (John 1917.
r. W. Then came two robbers, each
bearing his cross and guarded by four
soldiers. AS they went forth into the
street they were followed by n great
multitude--many with eager curiosi-
ty; priests exulting over their en-
emy; Mary with other women, weep
ing Uuke 23:2O.
This scene is vividly described in
"Ben Hur:" "He was nearly dead.
Every few steps he staggered as II he
would fall. A stained gown, badly
torn, hung from his shoulders over a
seamless under-tunic. An inscription
on a board was tied to his neck. A
crown of thorns had been crushed
hard down upon his head. The moi
sometimes broke through the guard
and struck him with sticks, and SPIT
upon him. Yet no sound escaped him.
The seven words from the cross:
/. Father, forgive them; for they
know not what they do, was probably
, spoken in the height of tho agony
when the cross with the victim upor
, 1t was dropped with sudden wrench
into it's place in the ground.
2. Today shalt thou be with me II
paradise. To the penitent robber. to
ward noon.
|. 3. Woman, behold thy son. Behold
{ thy mother! Toward noon, when com
/. mitting his mother to the loving care
O of John.
i 4. Flo 1, Flo 1, la ma sabach thani
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v hast thou forsaken me? Spoken II
a the darkness and depression OF spiri
n near his death, about three o'clock II
the afternoon. The sole expression O
spiritual suffering.
s. thirst, In the intense thirst G
his dying hour. The sole expressio
p of bodily. suffering.
e 6. 1t is finished. "The Workers
d Cry of Achievement the Sufferer
% Cry of Relief"
z. Father into thy hands ] con
mend my spirit. His dying cry, 9Th
triumphant note of a conquerer.'
Redemption through his blood" s
q frequently referred to In the Ne
Testament, gives the highest possib
expression of love. Blood is life, Il
life he gave to save u.s. But this i
b cludes the whole life of Christ. h
coming, his life work, his death {
t. the cross, and his resurrection-it W;
this Christ who expressed his s
m preme love and his Fathers love
giving his life that we might live. III
It. sacrifice on the cross was the highe
proof and the strongest expression
h. the love OF God to man. christ prove
III the greatness of his love by what
was willing to suffer for those
an loved Ruskin says that "the founta
Dis in which sins are indeed washed awi
is that Cf love, not of agony" But q
us agony vas the measure and the pro
at OF love II declares Gods love
man "in letters that can be read fro
ck the stars" The fact is that there
10. no other way to express in langua
m. that all can understand the highe
no degrees of heroism, courage, self-sf
N. rifice, and love. 1t Is these qualiti
be we see rather than the agony. as '
do not see the particles Of mattes
cd the air by which the sunlight is
m. fused, but we see the light.
by Every power and every motive tn