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Exaltation (Elevation) of the Precious Cross

Council and judgment of the infidel Jews against Jesus of Nazareth, Redeemer of the world

Собор и суда изречение от неверных иудеев на Иисуса Назарея, Искупителя мира
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People to Pilate: If you let Him go, you are an enemy of Caesar. Crucify Him, crucify Him! His blood be on us and on our children! Wife to Pilate: Do not do anything to this righteous man, for now in a dream I have suffered much for Him. Simon the Leper: To what law is the Rebel subject? Ahaya: Without knowing the guilt, it is not appropriate to put to death. Ravam: Why are laws made if not to preserve them? Caiaphas: You don’t know or understand anything, for it is better for us if one person dies for the people than for the whole nation to perish. Jotham: He blasphemes, since he calls himself the Son of God. It is fitting to consider His law. Samech: Let us make sure that He does not resist us; if he does not obey, let him be executed. Mesa: If He is righteous, let us turn to Him; if he is unrighteous, we will remove Him from us. Subat: No law puts an innocent person to death. In what way did this Man sin? Rozmophil: Why do laws exist if you don’t keep them? Putifar: This flatterer is confusing the fatherland and the people; it is proper to expel Him. Rifal: The law was established for none other than the guilty, and therefore let him confess his guilt. Joseph of Arimathea: Truly there will be vile malice if no one in the whole city protects the Innocent One. Jerich: Even though He is righteous, He still must die, since with His preaching He arouses the people to indignation. Teres: It is better to punish with exile or send to Caesar. Ptolemy: Whether He is righteous or unrighteous, why do we hesitate? Why have we not condemned Him to death or exile for so long? Jehoshaphat: Let him be chained and kept in constant bonds. Rafinthos: Whether He is righteous or unrighteous, but if He did not obey the laws of the highest, it is not fitting for Him to allow this. Sarei: We will destroy, we will destroy the Rebel, born for the destruction of the fatherland. Diarabius: Since he deceives people, let him die. Jehoram: Why will we put this righteous Man to death? Nicodemus: Does our law condemn anyone without knowing the guilt? According to the ruling of the court, This Man, as a villain subject to the law of death, after many torments, must be crucified. We, Pontic Pilate, the Jerusalem hegemon, under the most powerful sovereign Caesar, whose most blessed command may the Most High preserve, sitting at the judgment seat, were presented with Jesus of Nazareth, Who in crazy words calls Himself the Son of God and leads the Jewish people away from our most praiseworthy law. Therefore we condemned Him to crucifixion. Go, take Him and crucify Him!
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