Deur. 18. 20, # By the Son of God here, they God, in all things equal with his Father ; otherwiſz it Was aterm
unto Jeſus, whence art thou? anſwer m.
therefore he greater ſin p.
Chap,
They mocked him c when they ſaid, Hat! king of thy yet ſpake a great truth, (tho not in their ſenſe) The or liſts ſpeak of more indignities offered him. 15. 19.)
Jews ;
4 Pilate therefore went forth again, and faith ung them, Behold, I bring him forth to you, that ye ay know that 1 find no fault in him g, !
d Pilate appeareth convinced in his own conſcience, that Chrip
had done nothing worthy either of death or bonds reſiſted that
5 Then came Jeſus forth, wearing the crow
n And Filate
e He therefore, afrer Jeſus had been fcourged, and dre
f Our Lord findeth more compaſſion from Pilate, (tho an han he found from thoſe of his own N ation ; yea, thoſe that
pplicable to themſelves, whom God calls his Son, his firſt-born, &
now for any in this ſenſe to arrogate to himſelf this title, who indeed was not fo, was Blaſphemy, and that in the hjoh
gae depree, and
brought him under the notion of a alſe prophet of the deepeſt 11. bur this was injuriouſly applied to Gale! ; ans to be equal with the the Father, and was ſo declared by God him: ſelf at his Baptiſm and Transfiguration; and who had made his Divine Power appear by fuch works as no meer man ever djq.
who thought it no robber
8 q When Pilate therefore heard that ſaying, he
was the more afraid /;
{ Ir ſhould ſeem, that the Rowans permitted Judgments tothe»,
according to their own Laws, which the Roman Governour was to fee executed ; or elſe ſeeing the rabble in ſuch an heat and diſorder, he
aring ſome breaking out.
9. And went again into the judgment hall, andſaith But Jeſus gave hin
»: Our Lord, who knew the ſecrets of all mens hearts, very well
knew, that tho Pilate had for ſometime withſtood his temptations CH A ÞP. XIF. = he would at laſt yield ; he alſo was ready to lay down his life, xs _
knew was determined for him; having therefore made a rexſpnable
defence, he thinks fir to add no more of that nature.
10 Then faith Pilate unto him, Speake# thou not
unto me ? knoweſt thou not, that I have poiver tocru- cihe thee, and have power to releaſe thee 7. » Pilate ſeemeth ſomething diſpleaſed, that Chriſt would he 10
more free ; whom they derive it.
men in Worldly power, are too prone to forget from
11 Jeſus anſwered, Thou couldeſt have no power againlt me, except it were given thee from aboves: that delivered me unto thee, hath the
p her Evanpe. ( See the notes on Ma;t
» and a preat whil . - E ſtrong temptation which' be was under, to pleafe the
left any complaint made tg
faith untg
Crucifie him, crucifie hin Take ye him, and crucihe him:
eathy )
ed higheft to Religion amongſt them: Pilare would have neg ru
they cry out for his blood. g Pilate leaves another teſtimony "%e hind him, that what he did at laſt overborg with a great Temprition he did contrary to the conviQtion of his own conlcience, 2nd i; yer declineth the guilt of innocent blood.
7 The Jews anſwered him *, We have a law h, and Lai becauſe * he made himſelf "
mean the eterna] Son of
a It was the cultom of the Romans, when any one was to be Cry- Cified, firſt ro ſcourge him ; but (as it appears) Pilate ordered it, ho- Ping, that tho he could not prevail by any other art with them, yet by this be might, and they might pofſibl+ be ſatisfied with this lighter for it appeareth by wer. qth and 12th, that Pilar had a mind to releaſe him, if he could have ſatisfied the Fews, tho he had to oppoſe the ſtream, and to do what himſelf
puniſhment ;
Not courage enough rhought was juſt, jn deſpight of their oppoſition.
2 And the ſouldiers platted a crown of thorns, and
ar it on his head, and they put on him a purple robe b,
6 The other Evangeliſtsalſo mention a reed put into his right hand: th: Crown, and the Purple Robe, and a Scepter, are all regal Enſigns ; they give them to Chriſt in derifion of his pretence to a Kingdom, and inthe mean time themſelves proclaim what he had ſaid, Thar his Eingdom was notofthis World ; for tho earthly Kings wear Crowns,
yet rhey uſe to be of Gold, not of Thorns ; and their Scepters uſe to be Gold not Reeds.
. 3 And ſaid, Hail, King of the Jews: and they ſmote him with their hands c.
o Our Lord checketh P;1are modeſtly for boaſting of his Anthority as a Judge to abſolve or condemn him ; declaring, that all the power he had was derived from God, who in his eternal Counſels had deter- mined this thing, which muſt therefore come to paſs : p But vithil lets him know, that this neither excuſed him,nor much leſs the 7-27, who were to execute the Divine purpoſes. Pilatc was to look to Gods revealed Will, not his ſecret Counſels, of which he could have no knowledge ; but he faith, they who.had delivered him to him had the greater fin ; he did a& bur as a Judge upon their accuſations, they procured the falſe witneſs, they would not be ſatisfied without his blood, and they ſinned againſt much more light.
12 And from thenceforth Pilate ſought to releaſe
him q : but the Jews cried out, ſaying, It thou let thi man go, thou art not Cefars friend » *: Whoſoerer , maketh himſelf a king, ſpeaketh againſt Ceſar.
9 He ſought all fair and plauſible means to releaſe him, being con vinced in his own conſcience, that he was an innocentman: 7 - f . Jews double their clamors, and (according to the uſual adts of F* phants) quit their charge as to Religion, cho that was the t! ” " rea} cauſe of all their malice ; and purſue only the charge whic : "I proper for the Cogniſance of the Rowan Governor, of piece his bellion, and tacitly accuſe P7/are as a Traytor, and being falle 19
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ft, if he ſhould ler our Saviour go 3 for no man could ſer up him fel 25 a King, bur he muſt proclaim himſelf a Traytor to the Roman
Emperor. |
F 3 {| WhenPilate therefore heard that ſaying rt, he brought Jeſus forth, and ſat down in the judgment-ſeat, ina place that 1s called the Pavement, but in the Hebrew,
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