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LESSON FOR NOVEMBER 22.
JESUS AND A

JESUS AND PLATE.
LESSON ~TExT-Luke 2s:is-s5. Bee also
Matt. z7:il-3l.
GOLDEN TEXT - PLATE saith unto
them, What then shall do unto Jesus,
who IL called Christ?-Matt. 1872 r. v.
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did not help to formulate charges
against Jesus. These rulers did, how.
ever, make three accusations. Luke
1922 (a) "Perverting the nation
turning 1t to error; (b) "forbidding to
give tribute to Caesar"-treason, (see
Matt 17:24-27): and (c) "that he
maketh himself Christ, q king
O.. e., his Messianic claims. PLATE
". ~ seems to have dwelt upon the
first as only worthy Of consideration.
.. Jssus and PLATE, w. 1918: This
incident demands that we study care
fully all that the other gospel writer's
have recorded. We have seen the &C.
cusation recorded by Luke. Matthew
and Luke tell US Of Pilates question,
Art thou the king Of the Jews?" and
OF the answer of Christ claiming that
he was. Matthew records the silence
Of Jesus to the accusations OF the
chief priests and to PLATE at that
time. Luke gives US the account Of
Pilates p%erplexity, how Jesus was
sent to Herod and Of Pilates second
report to the Jews. Matthew tells OF
the offer PLATE made to release Barab.
bas or Jesus and Of the message from
Pilates wife.
Trial . Mocksry.
The trial before Annas and Caiaphas
was q hollow mockery. The Sanhedrin
was fierce in Its denunciation and to
add disgrace and to impress PLATE
that Jesus was dangerous. they led
him into. his presence. PLATE soon
saw the emptiness Of their charges,
and as we have suggested, dismissed
all save that Of %"perverting the ma.
tion." The Roman government keenly
watched for incipient rebellions, After
examination he declares, II find no
fault In this man." He did not. how.
ever. dare incur the hatred and vio-
lence Of q Jerusalem mob, and 30 he
temporizes. The fiercest light of crit.
icism declares Jesus to be impeccable,
yet men temporize. After the dis
graceful and degrading treatment
Jesus received before Herod, he again
stands before PLATE. and this time he
is again declared to be innocent of the
charges preferred against him. This
Is the turning point of this worlds
greatest tragedy. PLATE should have
let him 60, and would have had he
not been q venal Judge. He who hest.
tates is lost" is amply exempliied in
this case. PLATE was In q worse case
and one where 1t became less easy
to do right, whatever his i~nclinations
Acts 3:1S) may have been, by not
acting resolutely at this point. 1t was
easy for this weak-willed man then to
yield to the determined Wills Of the
enemies Of Jesus, v. "a R. v. PLATE
found NO fault In Jesus, neither did
Herod ". 16), yet PLATE compromis.
ingly says, nothing worthy Of DEATH"
hence the suggestion that he be chas.
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