The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1894-03-23

the dead -! Cor i5-1
TINE-Sunday April ., A. d 81 Tho day
after the Jewish sabbath. early dawn
lLACE.-Jerus-ls.a and vicinity, most csrc-
cially near Calvary
PARALLEL ACCOUNTS @s.l-l5. Luke
cii-ia, John .J.l-le
LESSON :oTEs
The Burial Friday afternoon. April
:. between four and six o'clock. near
Calvary Matt as:57-Gl: Mark l5:ia-i.:
Luke a3:50-56: John ia:3l-lal. Jesus
died about three o'clock Friday after
noon. and AT that time the great veil
OF the temple was rent. an earthquake
shook that region. the rocks were rent.
and the graves Of the saints were
opened Matt. 27:5l-53l.
Measures Taken to Make sure That
Jesus Was Really Dead. Friday even
ing and Saturday morning. April $. II
was Of the utmost Importance. though
they knew il not at the time. that the
fact of Christ's death should BE- proved
beyond the possibility Of cavil or
doubt. for otherwise distrust would be
thrown upon the fact Of Ills rcsurrcc-
ton. Every precaution was taken. no-
by Ills disciples. but by the enemies OF
Jesus.
% The Roman centurion assured
PLATE Of the death of Jesus Mark
1874. AZ. ta) The soldiers pierced
Ills body with spear. and from
the wound flowed blood and water
"a proof of death John 10: -. 35l.
t3) AT the request of the chief priests
the stone against the door Of the sep
ulchcr was sealed and Roman guard
placed around the tomb. 50 that no
one could take away the body and
then pretend that lie had risen Matt
21:62-GGD ca Ills friends had no cxpec-
tation of His rising in the way He did.
They expected not His coming back to
them in the body. but. il at all. His
second coming In glory into Ills king
dom" % The tomb was new one.
in which no one had ever been buried.
and 50 there could be no doubt as to
the identity OF the body OF Christ
The Resurrection Of Jesus. Very
cary sunday morning. April . Matt
2s:2-s). on the third day Jesus rose
from the dead. Nothing is known Of
the manner Of it. but we are told that
it was accompanied by great earth
quake: and an angel. whose counte
nance was like lightning. and whose
raimcnt was white as snow. came and
rolled away the stone from the scpul-
cher. not to allow Jesus to come forth.
OF course. but for the sake of those who
were coming To view the sepulcher.
and 10 show that the resurrection
was an act CT Divine power. Jesus
had lain in the grave part Of each of
three days: Friday afternoon. Satur-
day, all day. and part of sunday. be-
ginning at sunset saturday night.
The Story Of Easter morning.-vs
Is. Sunday morning, April ., from
five TO six o'clock.
First. Jesus rises from the lead
early in the morning.
Second. At dawn there is an earth
quake, and an angel rolls the stone
from the door Of the sepulchcr Matt.
2s:2-s.).
Third. The soldiers on guard are sf-
frightcd. and become as dead men.
Fourth The s~,men approach the
tomb from thci1 various homes in the
city.
Our Lord'r Appearances After His
Rcsurrcction.-Jes appeared eleven
times during the forty days before His
asccnsion: five of them on the Sunday
He rose from the dead. Jesus eats in
the presence Of Ills disciples. walks
wit. them. talks with them. and ascends
f.1m among them before their eyes