The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1878-08-22
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Immediately After tie miracle d oul
Ias, lesson tAe disciples 81 john report
ed to bin The wonderful works anc
great lame Of Jesus whcreepon B,
sent 8 commission Of inquiry 70 know
Il cur Lord wcre Indeed be that was t.
come a. their Messiah Ii their pres
ence Chnst performed many miracles
Aad sent them 70 report d John what
they had seen, with benedietiou On
those whc cordially received him. lie
pronounced oulogy on John, whom
the people aud the publicaus believed,
bat toe Pharisees aud lawyers rejected
aad were pleased with the manners Of
neither The Baptist nor Of Christ. Then
be took occasion frsm The action Of .
woman. IN the house Of a Pharisee
where be was invited to cat, who wept
upon bis feet aud wiped them with her
hair. and Amounted them, 10 show that
be was the friend and Savior Of repent.
log sinners and 10 doing SO spoke this
parable Of the Two Debtors.
II is not improbable that this woman
heard the invitation Of the Savior in
Matt Ii 2s 30, and was encouraged
by Il TO show in this manner her graft
tude and love &c him. She had been a
woman Of abandoned character, but
was now penitent and forgiven The
alabaster box was probably a flask,
with a long neck, and sealed at the
top for such were used to preserve
precious oils and oiltments. She sat
at bis feet behind him. as he reclined
on bis left elbow upon the dining
bis head toward the table, aud
his feet in the opposite direction where
she could easily approach them. She
kissed his feet as an expression Of her
reverence and humility.
Simon. proud and wealthy Phari-
see, seeing this, concluded that Jesus
could not be prophet, meaning per.
son endowed with supernatural knowl-
edge. as, ia that case, he would have
known the woman's character and
driven her from his presence. How
little Simon knew of the mission OF Je-
sus, or OF his feeling toward those who
desired deliverance from their sins
BY the best commentators this story
is not thought to be the same as that
narrated 10 Matt. XVI s. Mark xiv
4; John xii 3. Seeing 80 many strik-
ing points OF difference between them,
they find no good reason for thinking
the woman in the above narrative to be
Mary Magdalene.
LESSON PLAN
The parable Of the two debtors. 40
10.
The Pharisee reproved and condemn
I'd. l4-47
The woman forgiven and the results
IS so.
Jesus answered to the thought ip
Simon's heart, which was probably
without any outward manifestation Of
unless il was in frigid
lemeanor or contemptuons counte'
nance and be showed his prophetic
character by pointing out the proud
and erroneous nature Of those thoughts.
Simon himself was sinner, and farther
rom the kingdom Of God than the
seeper at the Masters feet; and i
Christ could not associate with sinners
what would he his own fate The
Lord had Their, fore somewhat to say TO
simon ia ans wcr % his inward CON
lia,nt gaiurt him iur all wing that
woman e. touch bis leet. Master, Ray
"a; deitrrulial aud cumplaisant ad
iress to Ills distinguished guest. with
ceiling that hr might be a prophet alter
n.
I parable Of the two debtors: A
,redit0r ls person 10 whom money u
iur, aud here represents God aud
III ruis against him are AS debts be.
.a1se they bring US under obligation
o punishment tor them Matt Vi: ~. |
rhe two contrasted debtors, represent
pg tue w0mau and Simon, were an.
equal IN their obligations. the one
wing ten times AZ much as the other.
five hundred pence would be equal to
evenly Eve dollars ia our money, and
fly 10 seven dollars aud half
The application Of the parable IT,
i seems to show that q sense OF sin is
Indicated by the word pence, rather
han the actual relative sintulness Of
be two persons. The woman plead
,alty " many sius, while Simon
hou, hi he had only few minor ones;
nd a. size felt her sins much more
ban be did, she showed the greater
gratitude.
1hose debtors had nothing TO pay,
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