The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1892-07-06
Tt.- cuNDAy SCH1CL.
The Descent of the spirit-Acts a:i-i2-
July 10, 1899.


July 10, 1892.
GOLDEN TExr-Whcn He, the Spirit Of
TRUTH is eome He will guide you into all truth
John 1913
TIME.-Sunday, May cs A. D 50 Ten days
after the last lesson. -Whitsunday
PLAcE.-Jerusalem, in the upper room where
the disciples met for prayer, perhaps the
same one in which the Lords Supper was in
stituted
LESSON HELPS.
|. And when the day Of Pentecost:"
The second of the three great Jewish
feasts, the Passover being the first, and
the third the feast of Tabernacles, in
which all the males were required to go
up to Jerusalem. WAS fully Gomez" Soon
after dawn, some time before nine
o'clock, the third hour (2:l5). "They
were ALL" The whole one hundred and
twenty mentioned above. with one
accord in one place." The best MSS.
have they were all together in one
place, as Rev. Yer. Doubtless in the
upper room where the apostles abode.
O. "And suddenly" Without any
previous indication, and Unexpectedly
to the disciples. There came sound
from Heaven" AS sensible, outward
EXPIRE ssion of the great spiritualreality,
SO that there could be no mistake, no
uncertainty. "As of a rushing, mighty
wind" 1t is not said that there was
any wind, but only a sound as of
wind at filled all the house," AS if
int nl ~ ha 10 h tnl,
the new spiritual power was to extend
its working, even unto the whole
church.
8. And there appeared" /. e., to the
entire assembly. After the audible
sign Immediately follows the visible.
"Cloven tongues like as of fire." OBJ
serve, not tongues of fire, but tongues
of fiery, burning appearance, though
| without real heat. And it sat upon
each of them" There appears to have
| been no discrimination between the
apostles and the others. nor between
the men and the women.
4. And they were all filed with the
Holy Ghost" A study of all the pas
sages in which this expression is found
leads to the conclusion that being
filled with the Holy Spirit" or being
baptized in the Holy Spirit" implies a
reception from the Spirit of extraordi-
nary powers, in addition to ordinary
sanctifying grace. Began to speak
with other tongues" Other than their
mother tongue. This showed what
had been meant by the promise of
speaking with new tongues.
8. "And there were dwelling at Jeru-
SALEM" Both permanent residents and
pilgrims who had come up to the feast
are probably included. "Devout men,
Truly religious men, waiting for the
appearing of the promised Messiah.
"Out of every nation under Heaven
Only very small portion of the Jewish
people lived in Palestine during the
times of our Lord and his Apostles; by
far the largest number were natives Of
other lands, dwelling in large colonies
or in small communities.
6. "Now when this was noised
abroad" Rev. Ver., And when this
sound was heard" Literally, "This
sound having taken place" 'The null.
titude came together" The house
(ver. q may have been on one of the ave-
nues to the temple, thronged at this
time by a crowd of early worshipers.
"And were confounded:" Either the in
divlduals were perplexed, or, more prob
ably, the whole assembly were thrown
in confusion and excitement, discussing
the meaning of the singular phenom'
enon. Every man heard them twas
hearing, imperfect) speak in his own
language" Tor dialect):' The meaning
is, not that all the disciples spoke all
the dialects. but that each one spoke in
some one, so that all were heard.
Z. Are not all these Galileans:" AL
the eleven apostles were inhabitants OF
Galilee, and by far the greater part OF
the disciples belonged to the same dis.
trict of country.
8. I'm our own tongue wherein we
were born" This remark excludes the
possibility of Luke's meaning that the
tongues were merely an ecstatic or i'm.
passioned style of discourse.
0, 10. "Parthians, Modes, Elamites:'
In the Persian kingdom. twas among
these peoples that Shalmaneser, king OF
Assyria, settled the captive ten tribes.
"Mesopotamia:" The country lying be.
tween the river Tigris and the river
Euphrates. "Judea;" Judea appears in
the catalogue of nations as the repre-
sentative of "Aramaic," because St
Luke desired to enumerate all the Ian
guages spoken that day by the disciples
on whom the Spirit had fallen. Cap
padocia, Pontus. Asia, Phrygia. Pam
phylia:" These were all countries with
in Asia Minor Egypt" The vast
number of Jewish residents in Egypt
had neccssitated the translation of the
Hebrew Scriptures into a language they
could understand. 1.-THE parts of Libya
about Cyrene:" Libya laid to the west
of Egypt strangers from Rome:'
These were, no doubt, Latin-spealline
people. Jews and proselytes:" Thi!
has reference not merely to the Romans
last named, but to all the countries con
tanned in the catalogue.
II. "Cretes:" Inhabitants of Crete
, now called Gambia, a large and well
! known island in the Mediterranean sea
! "Arabians:" Large numbers of Jew
: were settled in Arabia. 1.-THE wonder
full works of Cod" The disciples praised
-, God in these different languages, thu
: offering to Him, on this birthday of tn
: new creation, the homage of all nations
, the hallelujah of the human race. ~
, IL. "Were all amazed, and were il
! doubt." Not strong enough for the orig