Difference between revisions of "Perverting"

<p> <b> [[Perverting]] </b> <b> ( </b> διαστρέφω, &nbsp;Luke 23:2; ἀποστρέφω, &nbsp;Luke 23:14).—The word occurs principally in the trial of Jesus before Pilate, where the first charge brought against Him was that of ‘perverting the nation.’ Such a charge, though somewhat vague, implied that He was a conspirator against the State, spreading a spirit of disaffection and rebellion among the people, and thus turning them against the Imperial Government. The charge was utterly false, but it revealed the bitter malice of the [[Jews]] and their determination to bring about the death of Jesus. The power of life and death was not possessed by the Sanhedrin: no merely religious offence could be visited with capital punishment (&nbsp;John 18:31), and therefore the object which they clamoured for could be accomplished only through the instrumentality of the civil power. Accordingly, the leaders of the [[Sanhedrin]] lay aside the charge of blasphemy, which really weighed with themselves, but of which they knew [[Pilate]] could take no cognizance, and they bring Jesus before the Roman governor as a political offender, guilty of setting Himself and others in opposition to the ruling power of Rome. A charge of this character Pilate was in duty bound to consider and examine. </p> <p> Dugald Clark. </p>

<p> PERVERT'ING, ppr. [[Turning]] from right to wrong distorting misinterpreting misapplying corrupting. </p> <p> Pervert, when used of persons, usually implies evil design. </p>