. Hurlbut's Life of Christ for young and old . harging Jesus with wicked-ness of all sorts, disobedience to the laws of the land, andtrying to make himself a king in Herods own Jesus answered nothing to all their charges againsthim. Herod thought to make sport of Jesus. As they said 443 3rp$(us( ^Before ^tvoti falsely that Jesus claimed to be King of the Jews,Herod sent for a splendid mantle, such as kings wore,and had it placed on Jesus. Then they bowed lowbefore him, and called him king, mocking him as onewho pretended to royal power. But in the midst of thecrowd of mockers stood
. Hurlbut's Life of Christ for young and old . harging Jesus with wicked-ness of all sorts, disobedience to the laws of the land, andtrying to make himself a king in Herods own Jesus answered nothing to all their charges againsthim. Herod thought to make sport of Jesus. As they said 443 3rp$(us( ^Before ^tvoti falsely that Jesus claimed to be King of the Jews,Herod sent for a splendid mantle, such as kings wore,and had it placed on Jesus. Then they bowed lowbefore him, and called him king, mocking him as onewho pretended to royal power. But in the midst of thecrowd of mockers stood Jesus, calm and still, paying noattention and looking as though his thoughts wereelsewhere. Herod knew verj^ well that Jesus had done nothingworthy of death; that he was a good man, and would not do what the priests and rulers urged him,over and over again, to do, to command that Jesusshould be put to death. So, after holding Jesus up tocontempt for some time, he sent him back to Pilate, alldressed as Jesus was in the royal 444 Jestist ^entenceb to 5Beatf) CHAPTER 94 WHEN PILATE sent Jesus to King Herod, he feltrelieved, for he was unwilling on one hand toorder Jesus, an innocent man, to be put todeath; and on the other hand, he did not wish to offendthe Jewish rulers by setting Jesus free. He thoughtthat he had gotten rid of his difficulties, when sud-denly he found Jesus brought back to him, and thepriests clamoring as before, that he should be put todeath. Pilate very unwillingly sat down again upon histhrone, compelled to hold the trial of Jesus once more,and unable to avoid making a decision upon his as he was about to begin the new trial of Jesus, amessage from his wife came to him, which added to hisanxiety and his alarm. Pilates wife sent this wordto him: My husband, I ask you not to allow any harm tocome to that good man; for this day I have been veryunhappy on account of a dream about him. This message made Pilate all the more desirous no
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