Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1888-03-02
GOING TO JERUSALEM.
LESSON X, INTERNATIONAL SUNDAY
SCHOOL SERIES, MARCH q.

Newton. ~. ID.
from Lesson Helper Quarterly, by permission
of H. S. Hoffman, Philadelphia, publisherl
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 7
the power of. Deliver, give up into the .
hands of. Gentilcs, in this case Plate MS
representing the Roman power. Scourgc,
chastiso 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 sutiorings
The ten, i. G., the other disciples. All Of
them except James and John, the sons Of
Zebcdee. Moved with Indignation, were
very angry. Princes, men high in Office
Minister, or servant Mnistorcd unto, or to
be served Ransom, or price to So free from
captivity or death.
V. Il. Jesus was now going up to Jerusalem
from Gailce to celebrate the Passover lie
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 ali that awaited him there.
But why were they amazed! Was there not
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 rcsolu-
ton not TO be turned aside from the path on
which he had entered? Was it not Just the
81 have set my face like a flint" of which
Isaiah spcal;sl
V. IS. Having called his disciples round
him, he began to tell them of the real pur-
pose and meaning of his going up to Jerusa-
lem Twice before had he told them. Thu
first occasion was that of Peters glorious
confession, the second was that of his trans
tiguration, 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, of course. Their
bloody purpose must be carried ont. In
themselves they had 10 power for tho
Roman had deprived them OF that in view Of
their well known turhulcncy. Therefore
they must "dc.iver him to the Gcntilcs, who,
in this case, arc represented by Plate the
Roman CoTcrnor And what will they do!
They shall mock, and scourge, and cruelty
him." And then comes in the glorious words,
"Thc third day he shall rise again. How
wonderful the contrast the two sides of this
statement! Between mans estimate of Jesus
of Nazareth on the one side and the Lords on
the other. Tho mocking and the scourging,
the purple robe, the reed sceptcr, the crown
of thorns and the cross here and the rising
from the "dead there" On the one side, the
place, between two thieves-as one with them
in guilt and punishment-and 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 rs the light we see in these
words
/. The vountarincss of his sacrifice.
2. His perfect iCrehnowledgo of all that
was before him.
v 20, u, How harsh is this discord! How
utterly withou sympathy with him these two
disciples and H.!one, their mother seem to
have been: r. At in ,E9 midst OF Our Lords
discourse about his approaching suilerngs
and death they thrust their ambitious cray-
ings for the high places in his earthly king
DOM Salomc, their mother, seems TO have
been the speaker here. But the two brethren
were beyond doubt in full accord with her.
1t 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 JtOmgn yoke cnd restore the ancient
glorics Of Davids 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 Israeli And it wa:
only under the enligbtening influence of tn
spirit that they saw the truth about it. Hi
kingdom was mot Of this world" 1t wa!
not formed or carried on as earthly king
doms are. Greatness in it was not the resul
of wealth and power and state. They wer,
then utterly il the dark about it.
" %. How profound the pity that moveC
tho Saviour's breast as he looked on his mis-
guided disciples and said: "Ho know no
what yo asiI Tho first places in his king
dom, OH did they thinl. of this as they re
ceived the distinction that aftcrwar,
awaited them: Did James think of it q
second in 1.-THE noble army of martyrs be fcl
beneath the sword of IIcrud! Did John thiII
Of it in the loneliness Of lis Punishment t
to the elsie that is called Patmos
for the testimony Of Jesusf' Did it come a
CLEAN of saddcning remembrance over lii
as he wrote: Love not the world, neithe
tho things that are in the world@ Tho Gu
that | shall drink of is, of course, his suffer
ings and death.
V. %. Two points of interest are set bcfor
US in this verse, i. c..
l. Their fellowship in his suiTerings and
2. The correction of their mistake.
As to a. There future lives lay as an ope
book before hlm. lie saw the turbulcl
times of IIerods persecution and the stroll
of his descending sword as the head Of JamC
fell before it, lie saw John in his lionel
exile, and we may well imagine the deep tel
derness Of tonc with which he said; 'Ne sha
indeed drink Of my cup" Then follows
(2). The italicized words, at shdR be girc
to those,n woro supplied by the translator
and, of course, there are 10 correspondent
words i'll the original. Our Lord did M
speak them, and they entirely change Il
meaning Of his utterance to the two disc
pies What lac said was: "To sit ON II
right hand and ON my left, is not mine
give, but for whom it is prepared of II
father. He dispeIscs the gift OF eternal lif