Our Saviour is brought before Pilate and Herod

Day 27: Our Saviour is brought before Pilate and Herod "Consider, first, how early in the morning, notwithstanding their late sitting up, the high-priest, and his fellows in iniquity, convene a more numerous assembly of the Sanhedrim, and there again put the same question to our Saviour, "Whether he was the Son of God?" and receiving the same answer, confirm their former sentence. Yet, as they did not think it safe for themselves, being subjects of the Roman empire, to put this sentence in execution, without the consent of Pontius Pilate the governor, they determined to carry him to Pilate, and by his authority to have him crucified; a kind of execution which their malice made choice of, because it was at the same time, most ignominious, as being only for vile slaves and notorious criminals; and most cruel, as being a long and lingering death, under the sharpest and most sensible torments. Come now, O Christian soul! and contemplate thy Saviour, whilst he is hurried along the streets with his hands bound, from the house of the high-priest to the court of Pilate, attended by the whole council and their wicked ministers, publishing aloud as they go on, that now all his impostures were laid open, his hypocrisy discovered, and himself convicted of blasphemy. Behold the giddy mob, who a little before reverenced him as a prophet, now all on a sudden join with his enemies, following him with opprobrious shouts and insults as he passes along the highway, and discharging a thousand kind of injuries and affronts upon him." Source: "Think well on't, or, Reflections on the great truths of the Christian religion for every day of the month" by Rev. Richard Challoner Read by: ancientchristian, Librivox https://bit.ly/2SqcBSj ✅ Visit the website: https://mannaofthesoul.wordpress.com/ for catholic sermons and meditations. ✅ SOCIAL MEDIA: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mannaofthesoul Twitter: https://twitter.com/mannaofthesoul Thank you for listening and God bless you and keep you!