The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-05-24

international Lesson for MAY 80 is"o
I..us ON the Cross-Mzrk lS;ss-3I.

a,t DES IIN1--N Mic We Wtlo ytt -
christ died for us--lton . a
auE sEcrios The whole story OF the cru
~,axion-Mark Is: .o-E aud the
x,.u.tIrL ACCOUNTS Matthew Y; 3l-co,
rote q. 2f-56 John ~. lo-42
TIVE Friday. April 7. A DN The cruci-
axion lasted from y q IN 70 Up m
~prAcE-Calvary lGolgotna). Just outside
80 city OF Jerusalem, probably on the north,
~ the Grot;o OF Jeremiah
LESSON NOTES.
%. And they bring Him." under the
.,ard of Pilates soldiers, and followed
~ n great crowd. Unto the place
colrotha.s q Hebrew word, meaning
..thc place Of a skull" .I
%. And they gave Him TO drink
inst before He was nailed TO the cross.
Swine mingled with myrrh:" l. G., com
mon sour wine. such as the soldiers
used. was mingled with a powerful
narcotic drug, bitter. but offered as an
annsthetic. to stupefy and dull the sense
of. pain.-Lange. But lie received
very drcgs the cup of suffering which
God gave Him.
"a. And when they had crucihed
Him" Jesus was nailed to the cross
while it was lying on the ground, then
IL WAS SLOWLY IdiSto "Nh
rnon IL. The feet Of the sufferer were
only a foot or two above the ground.
The first Of the seven words from the
cross. Father, forgive them they
know not what they do" Luke 1924,
was probably spoken in the height OF
the agony. when the cross with the
victim upon it was dropped with a sud
den wrench into its place in the ground.
They parted His garments, casting
lots.' The garments We're the soldiers
nerouisites. and while the greatest
event that ever took place was gong
ON they we're busy in making h
gain they could out of his cast-off cloth
ing. 80. -r
Nine o'clock in the morning.
%. The superscription in biack
letters on a white board, containing
..His accusation" the crime with when
lie was charged was written over lis
head upon the cross
u. And with Him lone on each side
they cruelty two thieves" robbers
banditti, probably some OF those wh.
were imprisoned at the same m ano
for the same offense as Barabbas,
as. And the Scripture was fulfilled,
recorded in Isaiah 53:la and reiterated
by Jesus luke 22:31).
20. They that passed by I'm
peoplc going in and out of the city, ol
the thoroughfare near the place OF cru
ci6xion.-Clarke. Rallied on LINZ
wagging their heads, using both voic
and gesture to express their mockery
80. Come down from the cross: Hoy
could you do 50 great a thing as to az
stroy and rebuild the temple in thre
DAYS II Won cannot do the little thin
of saving yourself from the cross?
n. ..Ue saved others; Himself II
cannot save implying'that Ills savin
others. His saving men from sicknes
His raising them from the dead II
promises Of forgiveness and eternai ~
were a cheat. a false claim
-. ..Let Christ. the King of lsraei
cite II Jesus were the Messiah, u
creat King who would overthrow u
Romans and all the enemies OF y
Jews, surely lie could deliver himse
from the Roman cross. Theirargum
seems invinciblc. till we see that
could not be the Christ and Saviour Y
less He had been crucificd. That
may see and believe" But they wou
not have believed, but would ha
found some other excuse for not
lievinr; for lie did something INC
wonderful thar they now asked;
rose from the rave, and yet they
not believe. And they that were Ct
cited with Him reyiled Him: eitf
both did at first, and then one chang
or the expression is simply a gene
one One of the robbers, while hal
ing on the cross, was converted 2
forUiven. and began even then Il
new life which could be developed q
uurturcd in paradise. Seeing
mother and the beloved disciple n
the cross. Jesus, ever thoughtiui
others even in His greatest agony, q
the disciple to care for Mary as
would for Ills own mother.
..Thrcc hours Of raging human |
sion. endured with Godlikc paticr
were succeeded by three hours OF ga
ness. hushing mortal hatred INTO
lencc. and perhaps contributing 10
penitcncc Of the reviler at Ills side.
"a .At the ninth hour: III
o'clock. the hour Of the evening sa
Ace, when daily in the temple the II
was slain and the people offered pray
Jesus cried with a loud voice; u
Eloi. lama abachthani?"
my God, my God. why hast thou
saken me?" The emphasis Is on III
1t might be expected {. others
Thou. -,
rs. "Behold. lie calleth FL
Greek for Elijah. 'Eloi' closely
scmblcs Elijah" in the original.
hans misunderstanding. but quit
likely an intended mockery. as !
were calling upon the expected
runner of the Messiah for help.
ffth word from the cross: II TN
was probably spoken at this time
30. And one ran and filed a 50
full Of vinegar. saying. Let alone.
crowd say Matt. let Him alone
not give Him drink. for lie ex
Elijah 10 help Him. The one who
Him drink says Mark, let Cmcl ale
will give Him drink. and see II !
will come. Immediately after
Jesus cried. 1t is finished John !
81. And Jesus cried with a
voice, as IL It were a shout OF triu
saying. Father. into Thy hands
mend my spirit" luke aS:46).
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