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Download or read book The Theological and Miscellaneous Works. Ed. with Notes by John Towill Rutt Volume 16 written by Joseph Priestley and published by Rarebooksclub.com. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1831 edition. Excerpt: ...1 See Luke xxiii. 7-II 5 Vol. XIII. p. 349. 24, ) "I am innocent of the blood of this just person;" to which the Jews replied, ver..95, " His blood be on us, and on our children." He then delivered him to the custody of the soldiers for crucifixion, 'ver. 26, without his making any defence, or pleading for any remission of the unjust and cruel sentence. Previous to his crucifixion, Jesus, according to the custom of the Romans, was scourged by the soldiers with great severity, ' and exposed to much insult by their clothing him in a purple robe, and putting a crown of the herb acanthusf (not perhaps of thorns) on his head. Being probably much disfigured by this treatment, Pilate hoped that the sight of him would have moved the Jews, as no doubt it did himself, to compassion. He therefore produced him before them in that state; declaring once more, that, he found no fault in him, and desiring them to take him, and crucify him of their own authority. This, however, they declined, not having any such power. But, in order to induce him to consent to their request with more freedom, they farther said, (John xix. 7, ) that " by their law he ought to die, because he made himself the Son of God.";l: This, which Pilate had not heard before, alarmed him; and going again into the judgment hali, he asked Jesus, Whence he was. He making no answer, Pilate said, " Speakest thou not unto me? Kiiowest thou not that I have power to crucify thee, and power to release thee P" Jesus, without being at all intimidated at this, replied, " Thou couldst have had no power at all against me, except it were given thee from above," meaning from God, in consequence of whose counsels it was that he should die...