The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1878-09-05

6e8iestlo5. % the 2sth Of CbisIea
their uisth monlb
Place Near Jerusalem, probably,
&c ne roa8 irou there - Jericho
Refers 1ibe1us CgsAr, emperor 81
Rene Posuas plate. governor Ell
Jadea Bis ioarth year ssd Herod
Aaupas. tcirarcb Of Gallee, 10 bis
tkifystbifj year
INTRODUCTION.
Never man taught a. did Jesus
Chrst yet macy opposed him. and
eudcAvofsd % convict him 81 heresy
agAinst lhe faith Of bis nation. Or u.
treason agaiustlbe Roman government
NJ man wac so wise as be 10 ABswef
captions questions. such as the lawyer
T. whom lie Was nos speaking bad put
to hua. tempting bin. trying him. test.
ing lis ability 70 say anything new, Or
10 teach a man 80 wise as himself. But
Jesus saw bic motive, aud turned Ia.
quify npon him AZ = lawyer, lie
taught The law 10 The people aud
what Ia that was the great rule Of
duty lis answer was right and be
saw that according TO bis own teach.
ings be had asked a very simple ques-
lion aud therefore to Justify himself
10 limiting the sense Of the word neigh.
Dor. and for putting so plain aud SUI
%perauous an inquiry, be presented the
question contained in v. 20 Jesus
knew how narrow aud selfish an an.
swer a Jewish lawyer would give, and
therefore presented his own, and led
the lawyer TO make the application Of
il to himself. This teacher Of the law
said bis neighbor was his fellow jew
bet Jesus taught him that every man,
especially the one ia need, was his
neighbor.
The connected narrative VS.. 1920
is given only by Luke; and this &C.
count is not the same AL that contained
10 Matt xii 1910 aud in Mark xii
% 81, nor must il be COMPOUNDED with
that of the young ruler mentioned in
Matt xix: 10 - and in Mark K 1922
and also by Luke further ON in bis
Gospe! lch. xviii 1929.
This lawyer asked a practical ques-
lion, and received in answer this par
able Of the good Samaritan, in which
our Lord showed bow broad is the
second table Of duties TO our neighbor,
or our iellow.men. The perfect ideal
in both tables OF the law is held before
US, that we may feel how far We come
short Of it and see our need of the great
gospel promise in Acts xvi: 81.
No hint is given of the result of this
interview, or of the history of this
master OF Israel.
LESSON PLAN.
The traveller among thieves. 30.
The priest and Leyite. 81, 32.
The good Samaritan. 1895.
The application OF the parable. So,
81.
The traveller was probably a Jew,
from the introduction OF the other
characters. the priest and Levite, who
would naturally have an interest in
their suffering countryman, and, by
contrast, the Samaritan, who was re-
garded as the enemy Of every jew.
he went down from Jerusalem, be.
cause that city is upon a hill, and the
road to Jericho was almost a constant
descent and it was customary to
speak of going down from Jerusalem,
whatever direction was taken.
Jericho was a city Of palm trees,
from seventeen TO twenty miles north
east Of Jerusalem, ia the valley OF tue
Jordan. upon the west side OF the river
aud near the northern end oil the Dead
sea. 1t was one Of the most ancient
cities OF Palestine. built by the old
Canaauites. and lay over against where
the lsraelites crossed The Jordan under
Joshua
THIS traveller fell among thieves. or
highway robbers, who always had their
hAunts IN that region, aud infested il
Tor centuries afterwards. The county
is very E0ngh and Wild and lonely !;
aud a place about ten miles from the
city has been the special haunt Of Arab
aud other robbers from that time 10
this
The traveller was stripped Of his raj
ment. u al that he had on or about his
person aud wounded. by blows inaict-
ed upon him (Acts xvi: 23). out Of
wAnton cruelty. OF because he made
some resistance as they robbed him, or
10 avoid any further trouble with him
aud Isit hall lead nearly 80. and uu.
able 30 help himself. and therefore in
peculiar nesd ~ assistance.
lac apphea tion Of the parable 36
81 lks lawyers charity was now
put 10 The test Who was neighbor 10
the wounded man! There was but one
answer. lie that showed mercy on him
He was too %prcjadiced 70 eay the sa-
maLltan Aas The tIne neighbor. and not