Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-03-02
GOING TO JERUSALEM.
LESSON X, INTERNATIONAL SUNDAY
SCHOOL SERIES, MARCH a.

Newton, u. ID.
[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 a friend into
the power of. Deliver, give up into the
hands of. Gentiles, in this case PLATE as
representing the Roman power. Scourge,
chastse 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, /. 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
something especially striking in his manner
and appearancea Some almost Transforming
influence about him. Was it not the Der
vading consciousness of what was before him.
and the shining forth of an inward resolu-
ton not to be turned aside from the path on
which he had enteredl Was it not lust the
u have set my face like a flint of which
Isaiah speaksi
V. IL. Having called his disciples round
him, be began to tell them of the real DUR
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
hguration, and this was the third, as it was
also the fullest. And how exact it was. uTbe
Son of Man shall be betrayed" and here WINS
the work of Judas. And shall condemn
him to death" and here was the work at the
house of Annas and Caiphas. And here was
the limit of their work. they had no power to
put to death.
V. 49, This follows, Of course. Their
bloody purpose must be carried out In
themselves they had no power, for the
Roman had deprived them of that in view of
their well known turbuency. Therefore
they must 'deliver him to the Gentiles who
in this case, are represented by PLATE. the
Roman governor. And what will they do,
They shall mock, and scourge and cruelty
him." And then comes in the glorious words
1.-The third day he shall rise again. How
wonderful the contrast the two sides of tbi.
statements Between mans estimate of Jesus
of Nazareth on the one side and the Lords on
the other. The mocking and the scourging.
the purple robe, the reed scepter, 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 ole with them
il guilt and punishment-and a seat on the
rather 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 his 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 beenl Right in the midst of our Lords
discourse about his approaching sufferngs
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.
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 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 Israeli And it was |
only under the enllghtening influence of TIL
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
loms are. Greatness in it was not the result
Of wealth and power and state. They were
then utterly in the dark about it.
V. p. How profound the pity that moved
he Saviour's breast as he looked ON his mis-
guided disciples and said: I'VE know not
what ye ask" The first places i'll his king
lom, OH did they think of this as they re-
,eived the distinction that afterward
awaited them. Did James think of it as
second in 1.-THE noble army of martyrs he fell
the sword of Herodl Did John think
Of it in the loneliness of his Punishment to
20 the ''isle that is called Patmos
,or the testimony of Jesusf' Did it come as
4 CLEAN of saddening remembrance over him
Is he wrote: Love not the world, neither
.he things that are in the worldl" 1.-THE cup
hat shall drink of is, of course, his suffer
ngs and death.
V. 81 Two points of interest are set before
is in this verse, l. e.:
l. Their fellowship in his sufferings and
2 The correction of their mistake.
As to o.. There future lives lay as an open
book before him. He saw the turbulent
lines 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 I
exile, and we may well imagine the deep ten
ierness of tone with which he said: "Ye shall |
indeed drink of my cup" Then follows
C2l. The italicized words, at shall be gire,t
10 those" We're 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
give, but for whom it is prepared of my |
father. He dispenses the gift of eternal life
AID every one that receives it receives it at
his hand.
V. 2+28. The indignation of the ten against
their two fellow disciples seems to have been
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