The Sentence of Death Pronounced upon the Redeemer.
The following from the New York Tablet of Sept. 25, claims to be a correct translation of the sentence of our Saviour, as left upon plates by Pontius Pilate:— Sentence pronounced by Pontius Pilate, Intendant of the Lower Province of Galilee, that Jesus of Nazareth shall suffer death by the cross. In the seventeenth year of the reign of the Emperor Tiberius, and on the 24th day of the month of March, in the most holy city of Jerusalem, during the pontificate of Annas and Caiphas, Pontius Pilate, Intendant of the Province of Lower Galilee, sitting to judgment in the presidential seat of the Praetor, sentences Jesus of Nazareth to death on a cross, between robbers, as the numerous and notorious testimonies of the people prove: - Jesus is a misleader.
- He has excited the people to sedition.
- He is an enemy to the laws.
- He calls himself the Son of God.
- He calls himself falsely the King of Israel.
- He went into the temple followed by a multitude carrying palms in their hands.
Orders from the first centurion, Quirrilius Cornelius, to bring him to the place of execution, forbids all persons, rich or poor, to prevent the execution of Jesus. The witnesses who have signed the execution of Jesus are,- Daniel Robani, Pharisee.
- John Zorababel.
- Raphael Robani.
- Capet.
Jesus to be taken out of Jerusalem through the gates of Tournes. This sentence is engraved on a plate of brass in the Hebrew language, and on its side are the following words:
“A similar plate has been sent to each tribe.” It was discovered in the year 1280 in the kingdom of Naples, in a search for Roman antiquities, and remained there until it was found by the Commission of Arts in the French Army in Italy. Up to the time of the campaign in Italy, it was preserved in the sacristy of the Carthusians, near Naples, where it was kept in a box of ebony. Since then the relic has been in the chapel of Caserta. The Carthusians obtained by their petitions permission to keep the plate, which was an acknowledgment of the sacrifices which they made for the French army. The French translation was made literally by the members of the Commission of Arts. Demon had a fac-simile of the plate engraved, which was bought by Lord Howard, on the sale of his cabinet, for 2,800f. There seems to be no historical doubts as to the authenticity of this. The reasons of the sentence correspond exactly with those in the Gospel.