560 A SHORT VIEW OP SCRIPTURE HISTORY. The Jews being under the government of the Romans, had,net the full power of life and death in their own hands ;. but they slimed their spite against him by many indignities offered to him, and never left till they had procured a sentence of death against him from the Roman governor. 19. Q. What were these indignities? A. They suffered their officers to mock and insult him, to smite and spit upon him, toblind his eyes and buffet hirn; then they bound him and deli- vered him to Pontius Pilate the Roman governor ; Mark xiv. 65. and xv. 1. 20. Q. What became of Judas the traitor, when he saw the priests had condemned Christ ? A. He repented of his treachery, and brought the thirty piecés of 'silver to the priests he went away and hanged himself, and falling down, his body burst, and his bowels fell. out ; Mat. xxvii. 1 -5: Acts i. 18. 21. Q. What did Pilate determine concerning Jesus ? A. Pilate found him to be an innocent man, and that the priests and elders had accused him out of envy, and there- fore he would fain have released him ; Mark xv. 9, 10. and Luke xxiii. 4. 22. Q. How did Pilate propose to release him' when he was charged as so great a criminal by their accusations ? A. It was the custom at the Passover to release some prisoner; and he offered to release Jesus to them at that season ; Mark xv. 6 -9. 23. Q. Did the Jews accept of Pilate's proposal? A .-No, they chose rather to have Barabbas released, who was a robber and a murderer, and demanded Jesus to be crucified ; Verses 7, 11, 13. 24. Q. Did Pilate yield to their demands ? A. Yes, at last he released Barabbas ; and when he had scourged Jesus, hé delivered him to be crucified, even against his own conscience; Verse 15. 25. Q. How came Pilate to be persuaded to crucify an in- nocent man ? A. He did it partly to please the Jews, and partly lest he should be counted an enemy to Cassar if he spared Christ, who did not deny himself to be a king ; Mark xv. 15. John rix. 12, 13. 26. Q. What further indignities were cast on our Saviour ? A. They stripped him of his own clothes, they put on him a scarlet robe in mockery, because he did not deny himself to be the king of the Jews ; they platted a crown of thorns and put it on his head, with a reed in his right-hand ; they bowed the knee before him, they mocked him, saying, " Hail, king of the Jews !r they smote him with ä reed, and spit upon him ; Mark xv. 17-19. 27. Q. 1low did the blessed Jesus carry it under all these
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