17. What did Pilate propose to them? Whom did he wish to release, and why? xxiii. 13-16.) 18. What is here said? What is envy? and what is here meant? 19. What word did Pilate now get? What was meant by this? What is Christ here called? (So Lui Where else in Scripture is He so called? (See Ac and vii. 52.) 20. What did the chief priests and elders do What is here meant ? 21 What did the Governor say? What is here meant by whether of the twain? 22. What further did Pilate say to them? What did they all answer? 23. What did the Governor What did this show in Pilate ? What did he propose? (Luke xxiii. 22.) 24. What is here said? Repeat. What is it to prevail? Explain. What did he mean by washing his hands? Whom will ye that I release unto you? Barabbas, or Jesus, which is called Christ? 18 (For he knew that for envy they had delivered him.) 19 When he was set down on the judgment-seat, his wife sent unto him, saying, Have thou nothing to do with that just man: for I have suf fered many things this day in a dream, because of him. 20 But the chief priests and elders persuaded the multitude that they should ask Barabbas, and destroy Jesus. 21 The governor answered and said unto them, Whether of the twain will ye that I release unto you? They said, Barabbas. 22 Pilate saith unto them, What shall I do then with Jesus, which is called Christ? They all say unto him, Let him be crucified. 23 And the governor said, Why! what evil hath he done? But they cried out the more, saying, Let him be crucified. 24 When Pilate saw that he could prevail nothing, but that rather a tumult was made, he took water, and washed his hands before the mul titudo, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this just person: see ye to . Was Pilate innocent? or did the washing make him so?. 66 see ye to it?" What ought he rather to have done, as judge and governor? 25. What did the people answer? What did they mean? Did this come upon them, and how? What section here follows, (§ 149.) and by whom else is it re corded? 26. Whom did Pilate then release? What did he do with Jesus? What was it to scourge a prisoner? In what cases was this customary? What had been the charge against Christ before Pilate? (See Luke xxiii. 5.) 27. Where did the soldiers take Jesus? What was the common hall? (See Mark xv. 16.) Of how many did a whole band consist? 28. What did they then do to Jesus? What was this meant for? (Compare Esther iv. 11, and viii. 4.) What is the sinfulness of that estate whereinto man fell? 25 Then answered all the people, and said, His blood be on us, and on our children. 26 Then released he Barabbas unto them: and when he had scourged Jesus, he delivered him to be crucified. 27 Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the common hall, and gathered unto him the whole band of soldiers. 23 And they stripped him and put on him a scarlet robe. 29 And when they had platted a crown of thorns, they put it upon his head, and a reed in his right hand; and they bowed the knee before in, and mocked him, saying, Hail, King of the Jews! How did they carry out their mockery? What did they mean by Hail, &c.? 30. What did they further do to insult him? What led Him to bear all this contempt without resistance? What do we learn about the human heart? its enmity and spite against Christ? 31. What section here follows, (§ 152 and where else is it recorded? After this mockery what c.d they do? 32. What occurred as they came out of the city? Where was Cyrene? Who commonly bore the cross to the place of execution? 33. To what place did they come? Why was it so called? What does the word Calvary mean? 34. What did they give Him to drink? Why was this mixture given Him? 35. What section here follows, (§ 153.) and where else is it recorded? What did they then do to Him? Repeat. Describe the common manner of crucifying. How doth Christ execute the office of a Priest?; What was done with His garments? Explain the terms. How did they part them? (John xix. 23.) 30 And they spit upon him, and took the reed, and smote him on the head: 31 And after that they had mocked him, they took the robe off from him, and put his own raiment on him, and led him away to crucify him. 32 And as they came out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name: him they compelled to bear his cross. 33 And when they were come unto a place called Golgotha, that is to say, A place of a skull, 34 They gave him vinegar to drink, mingled with gall: and when he had taste thereof, he would not drink. 35 And they crucified him, and parted his garments, casting lots: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet; They parted my garments ainong them, and upon my vesture did they cast lots. What is casting lots? For what did they cast lots? (See Joha xix. 23, 24.) Why was this done? Where was the prophecy written? (Ps. xxii. 18.) 36. What did the soldiers do? Why did they watch Him? 37. What did they set up over His head? What is here meant by an accusation? How doth Christ execute the office of a King? Who wrote this? (John xix. 19.) Why was it written in these different languages? What was this writing? 38. Who were crucified with Him, and how? What prophecy did this fulfil? (Isa. liii. 12.) LESSON LIX. Christ mocked, c MATT. XXVII. 39-56. What section here follows, (§ 154.) and by whom else is it re corded? 39. What is here said of the passers by? Repeat. Explain the terms, reviled-wagging their heads. 40. What did they say? Why did they say this? (See ch. xxvi. 61.) Who is the Redeemer of God's elect? On what other occasion had He been dared in the same way (Ch. iv. 6.) How will His reply to Satan there, explain this? 36 And sitting down, they watched him there: 1 37 And set up over his head his accusation written, TIIIS IS JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS. 38 Then were there two thieves crucified with him: one on the right hand, and another on the left. 39 T And they that passed by, reviled him, wagging their heads. 40 And saying, Thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest if t three days, save thyself. If thou be the Son of God, come down from the Likewise also the chief priests mocking him, with the scribes and eiders, said, 41, 42. Who else mocked Him, and what did they What did they mean by this? Why was this demand unreasonable? 43. What did they say more? How was this like Satan's language in the wilderness? (Ch. iv. 6.) 44. What did the thieves do? What is meant by cast in His teeth? What further account does Luke give of them? (Luke xxiii 39-43.) What may we learn from this narrative? 45. What section here follows, (§ 155.) and by whom else is it recorded? What now occurred? Repeat. What time of day was the sixth hour, and the ninth hour? · 46. What did Jesus do about the ninth hour? In what tongue are these words? What was the meaning? How was He thus forsaken, and why? (Isa. liii. Gal. iii. 13.) How doth Christ execute the office of a Priest? y?. 47. What did some that stood by say Why did they say this? 48. What did one of them do? Why did they give Him drink, and what else had He said? (John xix. 28.) 42 He saved others; himself he cannot save. If he be the King of Is. rael, let him now come down from the cross, and we will believe him. 43 He trusted in God; let him deliver him now if he will have him: for he said, I am the Son of God. 44 The thieves also which were crucified with him, cast the same in his teeth. 45 Now, from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land unto the ninth hour. 46 Aud about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying. Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? 47 Some of them that stood there, when they heard that, said, This man calleth for Elias. 48 And straightway one of them ran, and took a sponge, and filled it with vinegar, and put it on a reed and gave him to drink. |