Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1888-03-03
GOING TO JERUSALEM.
LESSON x, INTERNATIONAL SUNDAY
SCHOOL SERIES, MARCH 4.

From Lesson Helper Quarterly, by permission
of II. S. Hoffman, Philadelphia, publisher.l
Notes.-Apart, by themselves; in the way,
as they walked, for the road would be
thronged with people going up to the
Passover. Betrayed, put as by friend into
the power of. Deliver, give up into the
hands of. Gentiles, in this case, Plate as
representing the Roman power. Scourge,
chastise with whips. Cruelty, put to death
on the cross. Worshiping, or kneeling,
showing outward marks of respect. Drink
of my cup, or share my lot, or sufferings
The ten, i. e., the other disciples. All of
them except James and John, the sons of
Zebedee. Moved with indignation, were
very angry. Princes, men high in Office
Minister, or servant Ministered unto, or to
be served Ransom, or price to set free from
captivity or death.
V. IL Jesus was now going up to Jerusalem
from Galilee to celebrate the Passover. He
was going. 1t was his own voluntary act
His enemies would not have reached him
had he chosen to hide himself from them
But he was going, and going with the full
knowledge of all that awaited him there.
But why were they amazeda Was there not
something especially striking in his manner
and appearance? Some almost transforming
influence about him. Was it not the per-
vading consciousness of what was before him,
and the shining forth of an inward resolu-
tion not to be turned aside from the path on
which he had entered? Was it not just the
81 have set my face like flint" Of which
Isaiah speal1sa
v. is. Having called his disciples round
him, be began to tell them Of the real pur-
pose and meaning of his going up to Jerusa-
lem. Twice before had he told them. ThA
first occasion was that of Peters glorious
confession, the second was that of his trans
fguration, and this was the third, as it was
also the fullest. And how exact it was. 1.-THE
Son of Man shall be betrayed" and here was
the work of Judas And shall condemn
him to DEATH" and here was the work at tho
house of Annas and Caiphas And here was
the limit of their work; they had no power to
put to death.
V. 10. This follows, os course. Their
bloody purpose must be carried out. In
themselves they had no power, for tho
Roman had deprived them of that in view Of
their well known turbulency Therefore
they must deliver him to the Gentiles, who,
in this case, are represented by Plate, the
Roman governor And what viii they do:
They shall "moclS, and scourge, and cruelty
him." And then comes in the glorious words,
"The third day he shall rise again" How
wonderful the contrast the two sides of this
statements Between mans estimate of Jesus
Of Nazareth ON the one side and the Lords on
the other. The mocking end the scourging,
the purple robe, the reed scepter, the crown
of thorns and the CT oss here and the rising
from the 1'dead there" On the one side, the
place, between two Shieves-as one with them
in guilt and punishment-and a seat on the
Fathers throne on the other. 1t is the ever
lasting contrast concerning him who is set
for ''a sign that shall be spoken against"
But as clearly as the light we see in these
words:
l. The voluntariness of bis sacrifice.
2. His perfect foreknowledge of all that
was before him.
V. 90, 81 How harsh is this discord? How
utterly without sympathy with him these two
disciples and Salome, their mother, seem to
have been? Right in the midst Of our Lords
discourse about his approaching sufferings
and death they thrust their ambitious crav-
ings for the high places in his earthly king
dom. Salome, their mother seems to have
been the speaker here But the two brethren
were beyond doubt in full accord with her.
It was to them the open way to earthly dis
tinction and power. All through his ministry
and after his resurrection they had no other
idea about it than of a kingdom that should
break the Roman yoke and restore the ancient
glories of David's throne. The last question
they asked Of their Lord just before his as
cension was: "Wilt thou at this time re-
store the kingdom to IsraelT' And it was
only under the 'enlightening influence of the
spirit that they saw the truth about it. His
kingdom was mot of this world" 1t was
not formed or carried on as earthly king
doms are. Greatness in it was not the result
Of wealth and power and statR They were
then utterly in the dark abouSft.
V. % How profound the pity that moved
the Saviour's breast as he looked on his mis-
guided disciples and said: ''Ye know not
what ye asks" The first places in his king
dom, oh! did they think of this as they re
ceived the distinction that afterward
awaited theml Did James think of it as
second in 1.-THE noble army OF martyrs be fell
beneath tho sword of Heroda Did John think
of it in the loneliness of bis Punishment to
to the ''isle that is called Patmos
for the testimony of Jesus!" Did it come as
a CLEAN of sadtlening remembrance over him
as he wrote: ''Love not the world, neither
the things that are in the worldY' "The cup
that / shall drink Of" is, of course, his suffer-
v. IS. Two points of interest are set before
us in this verse, L e.:
l. Their fellowship in his suferings and
2. The correction Of their mistake
As to tl. There future lives lay as an open
book before him. He saw the turbulent
times Of Herod's persecution and the stroke
of his descending sword as the head of James
fell before it. he saw John in his lonely
exile, and we may well imagine the deep ten
deraess Of tone with which he said: "Ye shall
indeed drink of my cup" Then follows
q. The italicized words, 'sit shall be 0ire1a
to those, were supplied by the translators,
and. of course, there are no corresponding
words in the original. Our Lord did not
speak them, and they entirely change the
meaning OF his utterance to the two disci-
pies. What he said was: ITO sit on my
right hand and on my left, is not mine to
giye, but for whom il is prepared of my
tAaa1er. H5 dispenzss the gift Of eternal hfe-