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JESUS BETRAYED. |
LESSON vlll, SECOND QUARTER, IN
TERNATloNAL SERIES, MAY 26.
Text of the Lesson, Mark xiv, 43-54-Com.
nit Verses 48. 50-GoIden Text, Luke xii,
4s-Commentary by the Rev. d. NJ.
stearns.
Compiled from Lesson Helper Quarterly by per
mission of FL Hoffman. publisher, PhadeI
phia.
49, "And Immediately, while He yet
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 little
farther even from them, He kneeled down,
fell on His face and prayed; He prayed earn
estly, He sweat as it were, great drops of
xii, Az He offered up prayers and suppli-
cations with strong crying and tears. Heb.
v, ~ Three times He prayed, saying tho
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 10, he that betrayeth Me
is at hand,n and these are the words referred
to in the opening sentence of our lesson.
"Cometh Judas, one of the twelve" It
was not the ungodly, irreligious world that
hated Him and wanted to kill Him, for the
common people heard Him gladly Mark xii,
80 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, "One Of you," Zone
of the twelve" US l9, 20.) Was not such
treatment enough to break His hearts Is
there anything like it among His professed
followers today2 Is there any taint of 1t in
youa
a. ''And he that betrayed Him had given
them a token, =" Judas having re-
eeived band Of nsen and officers from the
chief priests and Pharisees cometh tEither
with lanterns end torches and weapons John
xviii 81, end he had instructed them that the
ono whom they would see Him kiss was he
| whom they were to take and lead away
safely.
49, "And as soon as he was come, he
goeth straightway to Him, and SAITH Master,
| Master and kissed Him. Read before this
verse in John xviii, 40, how Jesus went
! forth to meet them saying, "Whoin seek YER
and how when He said II am" they all went
backward and fell to the ground, and how
| He cared for the eleven disciples ere He
Welded Himself to the band who had come to
arrest Him. Then Judas kissed Him; some
one has seid Glow coolly deliberate, deeply
| hypocyitical, diaboically malicious. See
what Satan can do and God can suffer-"
4G. "And they laid their hands on him and
took Him" What unhoiy hands to lay upon
tho Holy One; criminals worthy to die eternal
death, laying hold upon their judge who was
ready to pardon them; sinners needing sal
vation, laying hold upon the only one who
could save them, that they might put Him
out of the way; man, the creature, laying
hold upon God the creator, because they
hated Him; was there ever such sights
They took Him, not because they were able,
but only because lie suffered them.
AZ. "And one of them that stood by drew
n sword, and slnote 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
saws that Jesus touched his ear and healed
him. and Matt XVI, 52-5i, says that Jesus
told the disciples that they that take the
sword perish with the sword. and that if il
was necessary lie could ask and receive from
Lis Father more than legE of angels fol-
esch Of them, but if thus protected aud de
livcred how would the Scriptures be fulfilled
4s "And Jesus answered and said untt
, them, Are ye come out as against q thief
with swords and with slaves to take Iaez'
. Both Matthew and Luke record tho san'
question Let some father or mother say
! how they would feel If the law should send it
officers to arrest their sou rs Q thief, lie being
innocent Let teachers tell their scholars d
they think best how they have felt and aetes
whoa accused of something Of which the,
knew they were not guilty. II ever wo ar
: shalnerully treated or spoken against, let u
s thinl; Of Jesus aud be patient for His sake.
40. II was daily with you in tho tempt
!, teaching, and ye took me not; but the scrip
: trres must be fuldlle.l" Luke xxi, 3d. adds
:, : "This is your hour sud the power Of dark
!. ness" Suca scriptures were being and abou
4 to b. fulGuel as Psalms xii and Xix, isaia
d Lii. &. bat Ills comfort as He looked up t
u his Father was. "1'hcu kest known rly II
:: proach. and my shame G:.d ny disacnor Min
n adversaries are all befoge Theo" tl's. lxis
g I9A e pas,lle goul1 ssr and DO openly th
= moan aud deylish thiegs s7aseh they say an
l. do liehlnd ones back aai Il tho dark,
a would seen as II we co@!a bstser refuto an
e resist them; bat thsn Te sgog.id not have Il
Z Fellowship Wit. jesus in lis s,iferings whic
e we have by being treated as lls was. Let |
n remember tha. II We would be- ssHis faithfl
4 followers sc nlest net expect better trea
: lnent than ITs received and that while
{. the world we have tgibaiaticn IN Him wo wi
= always have peacs sJoiIn xvi, 33l
le 50 "Aad they al forgook Him and fed
'f Thus lis pord5 came lrua and tbs sheep
p the Goc!i were scattered tIatt xvi 8
= Zee. xii, a. He looked for sono to tai
pit7, but thers was noac. aud for comforte
but fcuad mono. tPs. XIX, 2ul
81 81 And there followed Him certa
10 ycurg nan. having a linen cloth cast abol
n lis naked body. a." Because Mark
the onlv. ono who records this incident, son
:. think that Mark Eimssif was the young ma
s '' that be had been awakeued by the passil
y mob, and hastily throwing shoet aroul
y him, had followed theta and now vcntur,
y to irterposa on behalf Of Jesus, or at least
IL gitI Linn. but the mob laying hold of bin
re he left the linen cloth and fed from the
Id naked Peter had said that though be sbou
,lr dio with Him, he would not IN any wiso del
Is, Him ". 3il, but we know how that turn
us out, and now Peter with tho rest had fe
h. saken Him This young man seems to
ed more courageous than oil the disciples By 4
to lowing Jcsls in this dark time.
IL 53 And they led Jesus away to the hi
~ priests John xvsii, io, says that they bou
= Him and led hiIa eway. Iss. liii :, r.
- envs. As lamb t..nt is led 10 the slaughtel
de Thilk CT their binding the hands that wt
ng ever stretched forth 10 bless the hands Ii
81 brought lealth to tho leper, sight 10 |
l. blird. speech 10 the dumb. and that took {
~ AtsIe Children up ii His arms and blcss
ge theaa; what hsd these hands ever done d
ut they sLcali ba thus bound, and Why does
es | not exert tass e little of the power He ga
to Samson giad burst thosa wretchcd COZ
and slay lis eneniesl Do you ask WI
Then hear the answer and cause every ST
lay school scholar to hear ii. For yt
ri sake He suffered it, for your sake He let Tn
~, bind Him and lead Him as lamb 10
fe. slaughter for ycur saka He let them cruc
ed Him. that you by His suiTeriags might be
for Iivered froIa the wrath TO eo.ne and made
III child cf God, Joint heir with JeEas Chris
-. Do Won believe ia Do you receive Hinf
ny 90 low-much gratitude do you show III
lie how much insult and injury can you che
er- fully bear for Ills sake; how much patio
To have you with those who do you wrong
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