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THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
The Risen Christ and His Dlscipies-John
2i;t-ft-Memory Verses ts-iA.
Especially Arranged from s. s. Quarterly.l

SONOAI oSHOOls
The Risen Christ and His DlscIpies-John
si;t-f<-Memory Verses ts-iA-
Especially Arranged from s. S. Quarteriy.l
LESSON roR DECEMBER 20. 1921.
GOLDEN TExr-n ye then be risen with
Christ. seek those things which arc above.
where Christ stitch on tho right hand OF God
Col 81.
CENTRAL TRUTH Tho Saviour 70 living on
high but ever abiding with US
| TtNE-The latter part OF April: after SUM-
day. April 10 A. d. 80. Tho ascension was
May IS
Pr-AcE.-The northern shore of the SEQ OF
Galiiee. near Capernaum or Bcthsaida.
GUN LORDS APPEARANCES DURING THE Fon-
tn DArs.-D To Mary hagdalcnc tJohn eo:ii-
~; Mark 1920. CD To the women returning
from the scpuchcr Matt 2s:o). C3) To Peter
Quke H:34; Cor 1850. (O To two disciples
nj Emmaus luke 24:i3-3D. C5) To tho eleven
1t Jerusalem MARK 1910. (o) To tho eleven
AZ Jerusalem John O:25). ca To seven dis
ctpics by the sea OF Gaiiec John 2i:l2D. (s)
To tho eleven on mountain In 0a,ilse Matt
2s:io-is). V To i've hundred brethren. Dos
sibiy identical with (s) q Cor. 1850. OW To
James probably NJ Jerusalem. uD To tho
| eleven. just before tho ascension (Acts 4:i.o; 4
| Cor. i5:7).
HrLrs OVER HARD PLAcEA-i After these
things;" the appearances described In the pre-
vious chapter Sea of Tibcrias:" another
name for the sea OF Galilee. Jesus had sent
tMatt 2S;7.io). 9. There werc together"
seven are named hero and were Ut this place.
BUT all the eleven went to Galiiee Matt 2s:io)
and met these seven afterwards 8. "Simon
Peter etc." this was IN the vicinity OF Peters
home. and that OF James and John the sons of
Zeocdee. They had often flshed In the lake
Ihat night they caught nothing" although
the night was the best timo for fishing Luke
6;o). e. Jesus stood:" Ho came 20 them while
about their daily toll. Knew not that IL was
Jesusi" U) the light was dim. IL being Mt day.
break. (Y they did not expect Him there 8
Meat food TO go with bread usual
nsh. Disciples whom Jesus
ioved: John. Naked" having on
| only his undergarrcnt Cast himself into
tho seas" to swim quickly TO the shore A
Two hundred cubits;" Three hundred to
three hundred and nifty feet. II. Simon Peter
went up:" into the boat "Grcat fishes n HIM
drcd and fifty aud threo:" Q type OF their future
success rs fishers OF men. An example 4,
given on tho Day Of Pentecost. ~ "Dlne:"
breakfast II. Third timc;" to the disciples In
| y body.
Tho questioning Of Peter a. to whether n.
truly loved his Saviour, whom so In .eiv he de-
nicd, follows Immediately after the dinner n,
To show Peter that Jesus knew his failures
and heartily forgavc him. (2) To guard him
aeains' MS natural sefconndenoc. lest he
should again fall (3) To publicly reinstato
him among the disciples, and show TO his
brethren that he was fully restored az To
restore peace and hope within Peters own souI
(o) To Impress upon him that only in deep and
earnest love to Jesus could he do his apponted
work. (6) To set clearly before him the great
work he was TO do.
The ascension from Mount Olivet. near Beth
any. Thursday May IS A. ID. 30. IL IL we'll nj.
ways TO remember that while the cross is the
central point Of Christ's mission, vet the last
view we have OF Christ is not on the cross hui
as risen and ascending Saviour leaving n
promise o! His abiding spiritual presence and
care, and promise TO return again. II was ut
Ina NA..A
came over His body. which is described In
Cor l5:5l.53
SUBJECTS ron FURTHER SruDY.-The ap-
pearance OF Jesus.-Thc proofs OF His resurreo-
tion.-The lessons Jesus taught by this aid in
their hshing.-Peter's haste to go to Jesus
Jesus last message to His disciplea fdarL
i0;ib-l6). The ascension.
LESSON COMMENT
Exactly how long this appearance
was after the one in our last lesson, we
do not know. The disciples had in the
meantime gone to their home by the
side of the lake, and those who are
mentioned in the lesson were engaged
In fishing. Then II was that they saw
him standing by the shore They did
not recognize Him, even as the two
walking to Emmaus failed to realize who
1t was that joined them and talked so
sweetly. They had been toiling all the
night, but had caught nothing. He spoke
to them and told them to cas-, the net out
OF the right side of the ship. They
obeyed, and as a result they caught n
large number of fish. I presume that Mt
this their memories were at once awalx-
ened, and they Tor at least .Johnl re-
membered similar occurrence wears he
fore this. So John said to Peter: at is
the i. ord " AZ that "a
into the sea, to get to the shore as soon
as possible. When they got to the shore
they found that He had made provision
Tor their wants, and that n meal was
all ready for them. This, the text saws.
was the third time that Jesus appeared
to his disciples. This does not mean
that no one had seen Him since the sec
ond meeting in the upper chamber in
Jerusalem, but that this was the third
time that He had appeared to His dis
ciples as body. ..
CHRIsr's APPEABASCEs.-t.T This we
have already studied about last week.
g This happened To the women who
had gone to the sepulchcr, and were on
their way home, thinking that some
one had taken His body away, but not
dreaming that He was alive. 3. This
was To Simon Peter, but where or under
what circumstances IL occurred, no one
can tell. 4. This was TO the two disci-
pies, as they were walking to Emmaus
on Sunday. 8. The ten disciples were
all together that same Sunday evening In
Jerusalem, when the blessed Master
came TO them (the doors being shut for
fear of the Jews). The two who had
seen Him on the way to Emmnus were
also present. Thomas was absent. O.
Then for n whole week, there seems 70
have been no one who saw Him. At
last on the next Sunday evening He
again came, and this time Thomas was
present, and he, too. became a believer
in the fact OF the resurrection of his
Lord. Z. This is the one that forms the
lesson story for to-day. 8. In Galilee
lie appeared 20 about Ave hundred
brethren ut once, but exactly where we
are not able TO say. This was %
James only. 10. To all Of the apostles.
and was on the Mount OF Olives. Frorh
that mountain Ie assembled TO Heaven.
III. This was years sfterward 70 Paul.
when the Master wanted 20 appolni
him as one Of Ills apostles.-Rev. A. III
Schaufiier, D. D.
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