To think I’ve griev’d my dearest Lord.
LESSON XXXVII.
PONTIUS PILATE.
John, xviii. 22 to end. Matthew, xxvi. 67, 68. John, xix. 1-16.
All night long, Jesus stood in the great room; he heard all Peter said, and that must have grieved him. The wicked people were like lions and tigers, and Jesus like a lamb. They looked at him as if they hated him.
Once when he spoke, a servant slapped his face; but he bore this meekly.
The judge was not up yet, for it was night; so the wicked people were forced to wait till the morning.
That night the servants came round Jesus and beat him, and pushed him, and laughed at him, and even spat in his face.
When the morning came, the wicked people said, Now we will bring him to the judge.
So they went out of their fine house and took Jesus with them.