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THE UNKNOWN LIFF OF JESUS CHRIST. to re-establish the laws of lioses. The Buddhist chronicle only confirms the sympathy which undoubtedly existed between Jesus, the young preacher, and the elders of Israel. Hence their reply, "we will not judgc a just man."
Pilatc was not satisfied, however, inkl sought another opportunity to bring Jesus before it now and regular tribunal; with this objcct a number of spics were sent to watch him and finally apprehended him.
According to the Evangclists, it was the Pharisecs and the Hebrews who sought to put Jesus to cleath, while the Buddhist chronicle declares positively that Pilate alone was responsible. This latter version is evidently much more probable than the former; the conquerors of Judea could not long tolerate the presence of a man who announced to the people their near deliverance from the forcign yolc. Undoubtedly, the popularity of Jesus was alarming to Pilatc, who, to insure his own safety, naturally surrounded tlic young preacher with his crasty agents instructed to watch his cvery word and action. Tlicy tricd by putting cmbarrassing questions to Jesus to draw from him imprudent words which would serve as an excuse for Pilaic's anger. 1f the teaching of Jesus had displeased the learned mon and Jlebrew priests, they would simply have forbidden the people to listen to him or follow him and would have prevented him from entering the temple. The Evangclists, however, relate that Jesus enjoyed great liberty among the Israelites, and in the temples whicrc l'hiarisccs and wisc mcn convcrscd with him.
In order to insure the condemnation of Jesus, Pilale submitted him to preliminary tortures to force from line illl mal od righe reason. These tortures did not produce the desired result. But, contrary to
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