uke xxiii. 25; John xix. 5-16.

IX. JUDAS ISCARIOT

Matt. xxvii. 3-10; Acts i. 18, 19.

X. VIA DOLOROSA

Matt. xxvii. 31-3; Mark xv. 20, 21; Luke xxiii. 26; John xix. 16, 17.

XI. THE DAUGHTERS OF JERUSALEM

Luke xxiii. 27-31.

XIL. CALVARY

Matt. xxvii. 33-8; Mark xv. 27, 28; Luke xxiii. 32, 33; John xix. 18-22.

XIII. THE GROUPS ROUND THE CROSS

Matt. xxvii. 39-44, 55, 56; Mark xv. 29-32; Luke xxiii. 35-7, 49; John
xix. 23-5.

XIV. THE FIRST WORD FROM THE CROSS

Luke xxiii. 34.

XV. THE SECOND WORD FROM THE CROSS

Luke xxiii. 39-43.

XVI. THE THIRD WORD FROM THE CROSS

John xix. 25-27.

XVII. THE FOURTH WORD FROM THE CROSS

Matt. xxvii. 46-9; Mark xv. 34-6.

XVIII. THE FIFTH WORD FROM THE CROSS

John xix. 28.

XIX. THE SIXTH WORD FROM THE CROSS

John xix. 30.

XX. THE SEVENTH WORD FROM THE CROSS

Luke xxiii. 46.

XXI. THE SIGNS

Matt. xxvii. 50-4; Mark xv. 38, 39; Luke xxiii. 44, 45, 47.

XXII. THE DEAD CHRIST

John xix. 31-7.

XXIII. THE BURIAL

Matt. xxvii. 57-61; Mark xv. 42-7; Luke xxiii. 50-6; John xix. 38-42.

CHAPTER I.

THE ARREST

Our study of the closing scenes of the life of our Lord begins at the
point where He fell into the hands of the representatives of justice;
and this took place at the gate of Gethsemane and at the midnight hour.

On the eastern side of Jerusalem, the ground slopes downwards to the
bed of the Brook Kedron; and on the further side of the stream rises
the Mount of Olives. The side of the hill was laid out in gardens or
orchards belonging to the inhabitants of the city; and Gethsemane was
one of these. There is no probability that the enclosure now pointed
out to pilgrims at the foot of the hill is the actual spot, or that the
six aged olive trees which it contains are those to the silent shadows
of which the Saviour used to resort; but the scene cannot have been far
away, and the piety which lingers with awe in the traditional site
cannot be much mistaken.

The agony in Gethsemane was just over, when "lo," as St. Matthew says,
"Judas, one of the twelve, came, and with him a great multitude." They
had come down from the eastern gate of the city and were approaching
the entrance to the garden. It was full moon, and the black mass was
easily visible, moving along the dusty road.

The arrest of Christ was not made by two or three common officers of
justice. The "great multitude" has to be taken lit