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JESUS ON THE CROSS.
LESSON K, SECOND QUARTER, INTER-
NATIONAL SERIES, JUNE 8,

Hoffman.
condensed from Lesson Helper Quarterly. by
permission Of H. S. Hoffman, Philadelphia,
publisher
Notes V. SO. Golgotha, usual place of
execution. The Latin word calvary. its
equivalent, also means skull, from its conical
shape. V. 81. Vinegar, a bitter, Supplying
drink to deaden the feeling of pain. V. 80
Thieves, robbers V. 80. Wagging their
heads, in token of derision and Insult. Job
xvi, A. Is. elk, % V. A. Darkness not an
eclipse but a prcternatulal gloom that iudi-
Gated the awfully wicked deed done. v 46
Eli, or "Eloi." Ps xxi, Il lisa. lii, 10;
xiii 81 V. so. Cried again. at IS
finished" John xix 80. Loud voice. shout
of victory, Luke xiii 46.
V, 80 The VIA Doloro,a or Via Crucis. or
the Lords road from the Prctorium to COL
gotha, which required on thi, occasion half
an hour TO pass. was marked at every step by
the blood which oozcd from the freshly
scourged body Of jesus Tho natural pain
from the scourgiug was augmented 10y the
heavy cross which he like all the con
demncd, had TO bear. Exhausted 10y long
watching, by a troubled night such as no
man ever since or before passed. through and
now 10y the most intense bodily suffering. he
at last tainted and sunk under the burden of
his cross, SO that Simon, tue Cyrcuu, was
seized TO help him carry it,
Golgotha, or Calvary an elevated place
somewhat resembling in shape q human
skull, was then without the city limits for
capital punishment was not permitted within
the walls, This was also a Roman law He
was cast out of the city Of God, that we
might obtain entrance into the heavenly
Jerusalem. Golgotha, once the most dread
full and horrible place on the earth, had be-
como through Christ the mountain of bless
ings. Christ can transform the West sinner
into n shining saint
V. 81 There was offered our Lord the
usual potion given to such as were crucifed
to stupeiv the senses, but he was unwilling
70 dull them to pain or to dim his commun-
ion with God. lie camo TO taste our death.
and he wished no utoXiclnt t. blunt that
taste
V. 81. The criminal having arrived at the
place Of execution, was required toll stripped
OF all his clothes and then was LAID unon the
cross with his arms stretched out upon its
cross beams Then by several strong and
well directed blows % m1l'et or hammer
huge nails were driven through the hands
and foot, fastening the body t. -ho iu-tIu-
ment of torture. Then tine eros. was lifted
Loe, p,,,,.i,u.r, ,i,,., in tbo Garth II ,r,. ~,
cruel and shameful u mode of punishment as
never to have boon ,neJei ont 20 Roman citi-
Yens, but reserved only for slaves. rebels and
the,nost abandoned and ,vor.hj... ,p,,.,c.o,,.
1t was at the same time Nm. most r,inful
form of death. q The position of the arms
and bodv was most ,u'n.t,,,..l THO I,.,.+
motion caused thc most intense smart '2S
The nails were driver, tbrouoh cluster, ot the
most sensitive nerves and tcujo,s If rho
hands and feet. causing the most eyopis;te
onrnish en- 'rhe cvioe,,re ,f So ,n,n,.
wounds TO tho mir and fine be,t If midday,
brought on violent in0amma,.an A. Tbe
free circulation of the blood wa. ,,,oyopt.J
More blood was carried ON, l,-tte srt.,,.s
than could me rot.,rnod nv, t,o ,ntn. ,rifs
causoi g, dotorr,ir,tio, of inC.,.,, a.. I,.,,,,
nrodncinr ir,,,,rc.siIIo mann, ~. n,.,l,
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