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. had attended to that. f‘For Tea You Can’t Beat Lipton’s” The, Tea of Kings ; The King of Teas, Sold Only in Airtight Packages. THE S. . LESSGN INTERNATIONAL LESSON, DEC. 11. w Lesson XIEâ€"The Crucifixion, Matt. 27. 15-20. Golden Text, Isa.‘ 53. 5. Verses 15-26â€"The remarkable conduct of Pilate in trying to avoid the infliction of the death penalty. upon Jesus. With shrewd deference to a custom of the Jews, according to which pardon was extended to some prisoner during the feast of the passover, Pilate, who seems to have been completely convinced of the innocence of Jesus, yielded to the clamor of the crowd about the palace and offered to release unto them a certain Barabbas, who was a notorious and dangerous brigand, such as frequented the hill country between Jerusalem and Jericho, and who singularly enough bore the name of Jesus, or the other Jesus who was popularly called the Christ. He probably understood . the rabble to call for the release of their hero. His reasons for, wishing to get rid of Jesus were: (1) His belief in the innocence of his strange prisoner; (2) his con- viction that the chief priests and elders had delivered Jesus to him simply because of envy, a fact that would arouse his Itoman sense of justice; (3) the peculiar dream ofl his wife. It was while her mes-l sengers were delivering her warn-ito have become Christians, | ing to the governor, that he should have nothing to do with this righte- ous man, that something occurred to swerve the sentiment of the crowd. The Jewish rulers, seeing the pur- pose of Pilate to release Jesus, in- cited the crowd to call for the re- lease of Barabbas. This they did. in order to preserve quiet- during the feast. These new amused them- selves maltreating Jesus while preâ€" parations were being made for the crucifixion. Matthew divides their conduct in the palace into two parts: (1) The mock homage of the soldiers. The Romans had a cere- mony which they called “Hail Cae- sar,” and this, with evident glee, they modified to suit their con- temptuous salutations to the King of the Jews. With a robe of imper- ial scarlet, a kingly crown cruelly woven of thorns that pressed into his bleeding head, and a reed which served as a mock Sceptre, they com- pelled him to assume the role of king, while they prostrated them- selves before him with insulting ri- baldry. (2) The brazen outrages of the soldiers. These consisted in spitting upon him, snatching the reed from this hands and smiting him on the head, and then strip- ping him of the princely robe and putting upon him his own attire. 32-50â€"The crucifixion and death of Jesus, 32. Simonâ€"As the procession of soldiers, priests, and frenzied rab- ble, which had formed to follow Jesus to the crucifixion, came 'out of the gates of the city, it was no-- the 1001311132r temper) and expecmd‘ticed that Jesus staggered beneath the weight of the heavy cross. No doubt he was exhausted by the ex- citement and suffering through which he had already passed. The soldiers therefore compelled a man- named Simon to take the Saviour’s burden. This man was evidently a Jew from the city in North Africa called Cyrene, and had come up to Jerusalem to celebrate the pass- over. He had two sons who seem “Sure- ly Simon also believed. It were indeed a strange irony had the man who carried the cross missed the salvation whereof it is the instruâ€" ment and symbol.” 33. ' Golgothaâ€"There is much doubt as to the site and origin of the name, The place of a skull. But it did not convince Pilate that Scholarly opinion favors an emin- they wished necessarily for death of the other, although the rulers saw that to give up Barabbas meant to destroy Jesus (20). So he asks, What then shall I do unto " Jesus? 'With unanimous voice they Still :those about to suffer violent death, reply, Let him be crucified. the i ence just outside the Damascus Gate, known now as Jeremiah’s Grotto, and shaped as a skull. 34. Wine . . . mingled with gallâ€" This was a bitter, drugged drink, which was mercifully provided for Pilate is unwilling to yield to theiriin order to deaden their sensibility lawless prejudicesâ€"What evil hath (compare Proverbs 31. G). We do he done? To this he receives no re- ply, for the mob has become pos- not know why Jesus, after he had tested it, refused to drink it. Per- sessed of an idea and they” cannot |haps it was because he had already get rid of Itâ€"Let him be crucified. idetermined his course, and that in- It’ was useless for Pilate to attempt‘cluded his drinking to the full the to beat back this storm. while giving way, he felt the guilt of his act and dramatically washed his hands, as if symbolically to clear I himself of the stain of another’s blood. The peOple, however, once more with one vo1ce, relieved him Still, ’cup which his Father had appoint- ed. ' - 35. Parted his garmentsâ€"There 'were four soldiers. To one wait ‘the sandals, to another nis turban, to a third his cloak, and to the fourth his girdle. Coming lo the of all responsibility for the crime‘plain tunic, they were unwilling to and voluntarily assumed the bur- den of guilt for themselves and their children. So Pilate “releas- ed him that for murder and infir- rection had been thrown into pri- son, whom they claimed, and Jesus mention is made of a formal sen- - i he handed over to their will.” No 1 King of the, Jews. rend it, since it was woven In one piece, and therefore, unwic’ru‘rglv fulfilling Psa. 22. 18, they (ast ‘Lb‘i for its possession. 37. His accusationâ€"~All four Gosâ€" pels agree that it was written, The John alone adds the interesting account of how Pi- tence of death. The Jewish rulers late gave vent to his hatred of the All they wanted was Pilatc’s consent. Jesus declared theirs was the greater guilt (John 19. 11). The horrible process by which Jesus was scourged before being deliver- ed to the soldiers was a customary preliminary to capital punishment. 27â€"31â€"Mockery by the Roman soldiers. A band of soldiers had some to the city with the governor rulers by insisting upon the superâ€" Andascription’s remaining written as at first. 38. Matthew mentions the two robbers and their words of reproach (44), but omits what is given by Luke alone, the incident of the re-- pentancc of one of them. This triple execution was in disregard of the law which forbade more than one ion the same day. They corrcc! stomach disorders, not stocked thorn yet, send us 509. and National Drug and Chemical Comp-m] "Lei good digesfzbn wait on appetite, and [waif/i on both! ” They will if you take living again for the victim of dyspepsia. 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Compare the diScussion in Word ' Studies for November 20. 50. Yielded up his spiritâ€"He might have retained it in the mor- tal body. (Compare his words in John: “I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down”) With a loud voice he cried: “Father, in- to thy hands I commend my spirit.” The details omitted in Matthew should be studied carefully in the other Gospels. , -â€"--â€"---.-‘ IMPOVERISHED BLOOD A Common and a. Dangerous Troubleâ€"You must Enrich the Blood to Escape Danger. Anaemia is simply' a lack of blood. It is one of the most comâ€" mon and at the same time most dangerous diseases with which growing girls suffer. It is common because the blood so often becomes impoverished during development, when girls are too frequently allow- ed to overâ€"study, over-work and suffer from a lack of exercise. 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