The Glad Tidings of Nikódemos 4

New charges of the "Yehuwthím" against Yâhuwshúa`

1. And Pilátus left Yâhuwshúa` in the judgment hall and went forth to the "Yehuwthím" and said unto them: "I find no fault in Him." Yet the "Yehuwthím" replied to him: "This Man said: 'I am able to destroy this temple and in three days to build it up (4).'" Pilátus says: "Which temple?" The "Yehuwthím" say: "That which Shlómoh built in forty and six years but which this Man says He will destroy and build it in three days." But Pilátus affirmed again unto them: "I am guiltless of the blood of this just Man: ye shall answer to it." Yet the "Yehuwthím" shouted: "May His blood fall upon us and on our sons!" 2. Then Pilátus called the elders and the priests and Lwiyyím unto him and said to them privately: "Do not do this deed: for I do not find anything worthy of death in what ye have accused Him, for your accusation is concerning curing and profaning of the shabbâ´th." Yet they opposed: "If a man scorns against the Kæ´sar, is he worthy of death or not?" Pilátus says: "He would be worthy of death." The "Yehuwthím" say unto Pilátus: "If a man be worthy of death if he scorns against Kæ´sar, this Man has done more, since He has scorned against the Power!" 3. At this obstinacy in the accusation, Pilátus commanded all the "Yehuwthím" to go out from the judgment hall, and he called Yâhuwshúa to him and says unto Him: "What shall I do with You?" Yâhuwshúa says unto Pilátus: "Do as it has been granted to You." Pilátus asked: "How has it been granted?" Yâhuwshúa responded: "Moshéh and the preilluminators did foretell concerning this death and My rising again." Now the "Yehuwthím" inquired by stealth and heard, and they say unto Pilátus: "What more do you need to hear of His scorn? It is contained in our Law, that if a man err against his fellow man, he is worthy to receive forty stripes save one [Deut. 25:3]: but he that scorns against the Power, that he should be killed by stoning." 4. Pilátus expounded unto the "Yehuwthím": "If His speech is scornful, arrest ye Him for His scorn, and take Him into your assembly and judge Him according to your Law." Yet "Yehuwthím" said unto Pilátus: "We wish that He be hanged." Pilátus says: "That is unjust. He does not deserve to be hanged." 5. Now as the governor looked round about upon the multitude of the "Yehuwthím" which stood by, he beheld many of the Yâhuwthím weeping, and exclaimed: "Not all the multitude desires that He should be put to death!" The elders of the "Yehuwthím" said: "To this end have the entire multitude of us come hither, that He should be put to death." But Pilátus says to the "Yehuwthím": "What has He done to deserve death?" The "Yehuwthím" responded: "Because He called Himself the Son of the Power (’ël), and a King."

(4) Compare "Destroy this temple building, and in three days, I will raise it up." (Yâhuwchânâ´n's Glad Tidings 2:19)

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