The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1895-05-23
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.


GOLDEN TExT.-while we were yet sinners
Christ died for us-Rom. 8:
THE SECTION The whole story Of the cru
ciflxion.--Mark Is: 20 a and the
PARALLEL ACCOUNTS Matthew q: 8l-oo;
Luke %: $3.50; John 10: lo-4a
TIMR-Friday, April 2, A. D. 30 The cruci-
nxion lasted from o. m. to Sp m.
PLAOE.-Calvary lGolgotha). Just outside
the city Of Jerusalem, probably on the north
ct the Grotto Of Jeremiah.
LESSON NOTES.
90. "And they bring Him." under the
guard of Pilates soldiers, and followed
by great crowd. "Unto the place
Golgotha," Hebrew word, meaning
"the place of skull"
23. And they gave Him to drinks"
just before He was nailed to the cross.
'Wine mingled with myrrh:" l. e., COM
mon sour wine. such as the soldiers
used, was mingled with powerful
narcotic drug, bitter, but offered as an
an@sthetic, to stupefy and dull the sense
Of pain.-Lange. "But He received
very dregs the cup of suffering which
God gave Him.
"a. "And when they had crucified
Him:" Jesus was nailed to the cross
while it was lying on the ground, then
it was slowly raised with the sufferer
upon it. The feet Of the sufferer were
only foot or two above the ground.
The first of the seven words from the
cross, Father, forgive them, they
know not what they dor duke IS: 24),
was probably spoken in the height Of
the agony, when the cross with the
victim upon it was dropped with sud-
den wrench into its place In the ground.
''They parted His garments, casting
lots:" The garments were the soldiers
perquisites, and while the greatest
event that ever took place WAS going
on they were busy in making what
gain they could out Of his cas*-o6 oioth-
ing.
Nine o'clock In the morning.
%. "The superscription" IN black
letters on white board, containing
"His accusation the crime with which
He was charged was written over His
head upon the cross.
81. "And with Him Zone on each side)
they cruelty two thieves" robbers,
banditti, probably some Of those who
were imprisoned at the same time and
for the same offense as Barabbas,
2s "And the Scripture was fulfilled, !"
recorded in Isaiah 53:12 and reiterated
by Jesus duke 22:37).
30. "They that passed by" The
people going in and out of the city, on
the thoroughfare near the place of cru
cifxion.-Clarke. "Railed on Him,
wagging their heads" using both voice
and gesture to express their mockery.
80. "Come down from the cross:" How
could you do SO great a thing as to de-
stroy and rebuild the temple in three
days, II you cannot do the little thing
of saving yourself from the cross?
81. HE saved others; Himself He
cannot save:" implying.that His saving
others, His saving men from sickness,
His raising them from the dead, His
promises of forgiveness and eternal life
were cheat, false claim.
80. "Let Christ, the King Of Israel"
etc. If Jesus were the Messiah, the
great King who would overthrow the
Romans and all the enemies of the
Jews, surely He could deliver Himself
from the Roman cross. Their argument
seems invincible, till we see that He
could not be the Christ and Saviour un-
less He had been crucified. "That we
may see and believe" But they would
not have believed, but would have
found some other excuse for not be-
lieving; for He did something more
wonderful than they now asked; He
rose from the grave, and yet they did
not believe. "And they that were cru
cited with Him reviled HIM" either
both did at first, and then one changed;
or the expression is simply general
one. One of the robbers, while hang
ing on the cross, was converted and
forgiven. and began even then that
new life which could be developed and
nurtured in paradise. Seeing His
mother and the beloved disciple near
the cross, Jesus, ever thoughtful of
others even in His greatest agony, asks
the disciple to care for Mary as He
would for His own mother.
'Three hours of raging human pas
sion, endured. with Godlike patience,
were succeeded by three hours of dark
ness, hushing mortal hatred into 81.
lence, and perhaps contributing to the
PCuAUChCC VI CAlC IcVucT dt IllS bAuc.
"a. "At the ninth hour" Three
o'clock, the hour of the evening sacri-
fee, when daily in the temple the lamb
was slain, and the people offered prayers.
Jesus cried with loud voice: 'Eloi,
Eloi, lama sabachthani?"
"My God, my God, why hast thou for
saken me?" The emphasis is on Thou.
1t might be expected Of others-but
Thou!
IS. Behold, He calleth Elias"
Greek for Elijah. "Eloi'' closely re-
sembles Elijah" in the original. Per-
haps misunderstanding, but quite as
likely an intended mockery, as if He
were calling upon the expected fore
runner of the Messiah for help The
fifth word from the cross: II thirst"
was probably spoken at this time.
SO. and one ran and filed sponge
full Of vinegar, saying, Let alone" The
crowd say (Matt.), let Him alone; do
not give Him drink, for He expects
Elijah to help Him. The one who gave
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