The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1889-05-25
JESUS BETRAYED.
LESSON VII, SECOND QUARTER. IN.
TE7NATiONAL SERIES, MAY 2e.

[Cor' from Lesson Helper Quartz rly by DER
mis- 2 of ii, Hoffman, publisher Philadel
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A. "And Immediately, while He vet
spake." They were in Gethsemane whittier
Jesus had gone after the supper. Entering
the garden He left eight of the disciples and
took Peter, James and John little farther
with Him; then withdrawing Himself a little
farther even from tAem, He kneelcd down,
fell on His face and prayed; He prayed earn
estly, lie sweat as 1t were, great drops of
blood falling down to the ground. duke
xii A., He offered up prayers and suppl
cations with strong crying and tears. Heb
V, ~ Three times He prayed, saving the
same words, returning to the disciples after
each prayer, and each time finding them
asleep When He returned from PRAYING the
third time He added the words of verse AZ:
Rise up, let us go; To- he that betrayeth Me
is at hand" and these are the words referred
to in the opening sentence of our lesson.
''Cometh Judas, one of the twelve.n II
was not the ungodly irreligious world that
hated Him and wanted to kill Him, for the
COMMON people heard Him gladly Mark xii
81; but it was the leading religious people
who were planning His death; it was not
even one of them who betrayed Him, but, in
but in Jesus own words, Zone of YOU" zone
of the twelve" tVs. Is, 20.l Was not such
treatment enough to break His heart! Is
there anything like it among His professed
followers today2 Is there any faint of it in
you.
A "And he that betrayed Him had given
them a token, 80 Judas, having re-
ceived band of men and officers from the
chief priests and Pharisees, comclh thither
with lanterns and torches and weapons John
xviii, >, and lie had instructed them that the
one whom they would see Him kiss was he
whom they were to take and lead away
safely.
45 "And as soon as he was come, he
goeth straightway to Him, and saith, Master
Master, and kissed Him" Read before this
verse i'll John xviii, 40, how Jesus went
forth to meet them saying, Whom seek yer
and how when he said Il am" they all went
backward and fell to che ground, and how
He cared for the eleven disciples ere lie
yielded Himself to the band who had come to
arrest Him. Then Judas kissed Ein; some
one has said, "How coolly deliberate, deeply
hypocritical, diabolically malicious See
what Satan can do and God can suffer"
46. And they laid their hands on him and
took Him" What unholy hands to lay upon
the Holy One; criminals worthy to die eternal
death, laying hold upon their judge who was
ready to pardon them; sinners needing sal
v1lion, laying hold upon the only one who
'vo them, that they might put Him
,.4e way; man, the creature, laying
id upon God the creator, because they
b; ed Him; was there ever such a sight!
They took Him, not because they were able,
bat only because He suffered them.
A. And one Of them that stood by drew
a sword, ard smote n servant Of the HIGH
priest, and cut off his ear" John xviii, TO-
says that Simon Peter did it, and that the
servants name was Malchus; Luke xxi, 81,
says that Jesus touched his ear and healed
him; and Matt. XVI, 52-54, says that Jesus
told the disciples that they that take the
sword perish with the sword. and that if it
was necessary He could ask and receive from
His Father more than legion of angels for
each of them, but if thus protected and de-
ivered how would the Scriptures be fulflleds
AZ And Jesus answered and said unto
them, are ye come out as aSgaIusu IL L.
with swords and with slaves to take neH
Both Matthew and Luke record the same
question. Let some father or mother say
how they would feel if the law should send its
officers to arrest their son as q thief he be NJ
innocent. Let teachers tell their scholars If
they think BEST how they have felt and acted
when accused of something of which they
knew they were not guilty. If ever we are
shamefully treated or spoken against, let us
think of Jesus and be patient for His sake
40. Il was daily with you III the temple
teaching, and We took me not; but tho scrip
lures must be fulfilled" Luke xxi, 53, adds:
This is your hour and the power of dark
ness" Such scriptures were being and about
to he fulfilled as Psalms xii and XIX, Isaiah
lii, etc, but His comfort as He looked up to
hoe
proach, and my shame, and my dishonor Mine
adversaries are all before Thee" FPS Xix,
49, IF people would say and do openly the
mean and devilish things which they say and
90 behind ones back and in the dark, it
would seem as if we could better refute and
resist them; but then we would not have the
fellowship with Jesus in His sufferings which
we have by being treated as He was. Let us
remember that if we would be His faithful
followers" we must not expect better treat
ment than He received; and that while in
the world we have tribulation, in Him we viii
always have peace. John xvi, 35)
3D. And they all forsook Him and fled"
| Thus His words came true, and the sheep of
tho flock were scattered CIatt XVI, 81;
Zee. xiii, y; Ee looked for some to take
pity, but there was none and for cOmforters
but found none. Dps. Xix, 20)
81, 81. "And there followed Him a certain
young man, having linen cloth cast about
his naked body; =" Because Mark is
the only one who records this incident, some
think that Mark himself was the young man
that he had been awakened by the passing
mob, and hastily throwing n sheet around
him, had followed them, and now ventured
to interpose on behalf OF Jesus, or at least go
with Him, but the mob laying hold of him,
] 1, 1oft n, C,,1 nAl f-1,, io,,,
naked Peter had said that though he should
die with Him, he would not in any wise deny
Him IT, 3D, but we know how that turned
out, and now Peter with the rest had for
saken Him. This young man seems to be
more courageous than all the disciples by fol-
lowing Jesus in this dcrk time.
Sd. And they led ! '5us away to the high
! priest" John xviii, IL, says that they bound
Him and led him away; Isa. Iii, Z, r. v,
/ says: 'As lamb that is led to the slaughter
/ Think of their binding the hands that were
ever stretched forth to bless, the hands that
/ brought health to the leper, sight to the
! blind, speech to the d. NIB, end that took the
/ little children up il II, arms and blessed
/ them; what had these hands ever done that
they should be thus bound, and why does lie
not exert just little Of the power He gave
/ to Samson Gad burst those wrctcled cords
1 and slay His enemies? DO you ask whyf
/ Then hear the answer and cause every Sum
/ day school scholar to hear it: For your
sake He suffered it, for your sake He let them
/ bind Him and lead Him Us a lamb to the
( slaughter, for your sake lie let them cruelty
1 Him, that you by His suiferings might be de
livercd from the wrath to come and made a
child - Col, a joint heir with Jesus Christ. y
% eve it. Do you receive Him? If
50, l-ach gratitude do you show Him
low much insult and injury can you cheer
fully bear for His sake; how much patience
have you with those wEo do you wrong by
word or deeds
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