185:8.1 Here stood the [[Creator Son|Son of God]] [[incarnate]] as the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_of_Man Son of Man]. He was [[arrested]] without [[indictment]]; [[accused]] without [[evidence]]; adjudged without [[witnesses]]; punished without a [[verdict]]; and now was soon to be [[condemned]] to die by an unjust [[judge]] who [[confessed]] that he could find no fault in him. If [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilate Pilate] had thought to [[appeal]] to their [[patriotism]] by referring to [[Jesus]] as the " [[king]] of the [[Jews]], " he utterly [[failed]]. The [[Jews]] were not [[expecting]] any such a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_Messianism king]. The [[declaration]] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kohen_Gadol chief priests] and the [[Sadducees]], " We have no [[king]] but [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caesar Caesar], " was a [[shock]] even to the unthinking populace, but it was too late now to save [[Jesus]] even had the [[mob]] [[dared]] to espouse [[the Master]]'s [[the Kingdom|cause]]. | 185:8.1 Here stood the [[Creator Son|Son of God]] [[incarnate]] as the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_of_Man Son of Man]. He was [[arrested]] without [[indictment]]; [[accused]] without [[evidence]]; adjudged without [[witnesses]]; punished without a [[verdict]]; and now was soon to be [[condemned]] to die by an unjust [[judge]] who [[confessed]] that he could find no fault in him. If [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilate Pilate] had thought to [[appeal]] to their [[patriotism]] by referring to [[Jesus]] as the " [[king]] of the [[Jews]], " he utterly [[failed]]. The [[Jews]] were not [[expecting]] any such a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_Messianism king]. The [[declaration]] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kohen_Gadol chief priests] and the [[Sadducees]], " We have no [[king]] but [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caesar Caesar], " was a [[shock]] even to the unthinking populace, but it was too late now to save [[Jesus]] even had the [[mob]] [[dared]] to espouse [[the Master]]'s [[the Kingdom|cause]]. |