The Trial and Death of Jesus Christ

by James Stalker

Publisher:

George H. Doran Company

, 1894

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Overview

Beginning in Gethsemane, this resource analyzes Jesus' trial and crucifixion. Stalker's work is applicable and enjoyable because it reads more like a novel than a commentary. The author's eloquent style provides a great companion to any Bible study of the events leading to Jesus' death.

This resource is also available as part of the Selected Works on the Life of Christ (6 Volumes) collection.

Top Highlights

“The prayer which followed this invocation was still more remarkable: it was a prayer for the pardon of His enemies.” (Page 190)

“So the fright of their Master’s arrest, coming so suddenly on the prayerless and unprepared disciples, undid, for the time, what their years of intercourse with Him had effected; and they sank back into Galilean fishermen again. This was really what they were from the arrest to the resurrection.” (Page 12)

“The Seven Words from the Cross may be divided into two groups. In the first three—namely, the prayer for His crucifiers, the word to the penitent thief, and the directions about His mother—our Lord was dealing with the interests of others; in the last four, to which we now pass, He was absorbed in His own concerns. This division is natural. Many a dying man, after arranging his affairs and saying his farewells, turns his face to the wall, to encounter death and be alone with God. It was highly characteristic of Jesus, however, before turning to His own things, first to mind the things of others.” (Page 226)

“They were Sadducees, and were perfect types of that party—cold, haughty, worldly. They were intensely unpopular in the country; but they were feared as much as they were disliked. Greedy of gain, they ground the people with heavy ritual imposts. It is said that the traffic within the courts of the temple, which Jesus condemned so sternly a few days before, was carried on not only with their connivance but for their enrichment.” (Page 18)

“He made them feel what manner of spirit they were of, and how utterly they had mistaken His views and spirit. ‘Whom seek ye?’ He asked them again, to compel them to see that they were not taking Him, but that He was giving Himself up. He was completely master of the situation.” (Page 8)