Paper 185E Pilate Astonished at the Unfairness of His Accusers

Paper 185E Pilate Astonished at the Unfairness of His Accusers

“We find in the Sanhedrist tribunal that this man is an evildoer and a disturber of our nation in that he is guilty of:
1) Perverting our nation and stirring up our people to rebellion.
2) Forbidding the people to pay tribute to Caesar.
3) Calling himself the king of the Jews and teaching the founding of a new kingdom.”

Jesus had not been regularly tried nor legally convicted on any of these charges. He did not even hear these charges when first stated, but Pilate had him brought from the praetorium, where he was in the keeping of the guards, and he insisted that these charges be repeated in Jesus’ hearing

When Jesus heard these accusations, he well knew that he had not been heard on these matters before the Jewish court, and so did John Zebedee and his accusers, but he made no reply to their false charges. Even when Pilate bade him answer his accusers, he opened not his mouth. Pilate was so astonished at the unfairness of the whole proceeding and so impressed by Jesus’ silent and masterly bearing that he decided to take the prisoner inside the hall and examine him privately.

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