The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1895-02-21


VERSES II TO 81. CHRIST AND MAETHA.
Outline on rerSes 1927.
Data. st. John,aII t7-27.
= Time. JAM, A. ID. 49,
Place. Cemetery near Bethany.
Names. Jesus. Lord, Resurrection,
Christ, Son Of God.
| Cs;,. Went to Cemetery. IL.
| Prayed. 20.
Acts. Raiser of dead "a, 25.
Life of dead. %, 20.
| Il. Dead four days II.
Lazarus. 2. Buried. II.
| 3. Brother of Martha. 81, %.
II. Mourned 10.
| 2. Heard OF Christ coming 90
5. Went to meet him. 90.
| u., 4. Said her brother had not lied had
Christ been there. 81.
5. Believed in Christs prayer %
| 6. Believed in resurrection. "a.
z. Believed Christ tho Messiah. 81.
II. sympathize Comfort. 10.
2. Pray for sick. 81.
3. Believe in resurrection. "a
N'''oN'' 4. Believe in Christ. %, &c.
8. Sin is death; Christ, life. 25, &c.
6. whatsoever. 26. No partiality.
VERSES % TO SO. CHRIST, MARTHA AND
MARY.
Martha leaves Jesus and goes to her home
| to get her sister Mary. She knew how inter-
ested Mary would be. 1t Is curious Mary did not
| 60 along with Martha at first. v. 90 We see
| difference of temperament. 1t is said Martha
went secretly. v. 90. Some Jews were opposed
! to Christ. V. DO. We would think from verse
% that Jesus missed Mary and requested
! Martha 10 20 for her. Mary could not resist
| direct invitation to meet Christ. V. 90. We
may suppose she had during the four days
| az gone repeatedly to the grave Of Lazarus
V. 81. So the Jews who CHANGED to be at the
| house, perhaps on a call OF coincidence, thought
| Mary was repeating a visit to the grave. 1t
seems curious that both Martha (2l) and Mary
| (32) met Jesus with gentle reproof. Neither
seemed pleased with the delay of Christ to
come as soon as informed of the sickness of
their brother. Verse 80 lets US into an idea of
! the humanity of Christ. He seems all stirred
up in sympathy. On "groaned" ". 33) COM
| pare grooming in himself" 80.
VERSES 33-4G, INCLUSIVE
Here we have Christ at the grave The
miracle proper now occurs. All before has been
only preliminary.
| Verse IS gives us hints as 10 method of burial
| in the case of Lazarus Sepulchers open
| ings Of a cave-shape i'm the sides of hills or
mountains, cut generally out of solid rock.
Upon IL" 1881. seems to Imply orer it.
| against il would be better translation. The
! entrance to sepulcher was at the side, and
stone was rolled up against the opening and so
at times people called the stone roller. For
take" (39), and took" (4D, render roll
Mt. q: CO. No collins were used. The body
was bound around with cloth iightencd with
bands. V. A. The napkin (I4) did not prob
| ably cover the face but passed under the chin.
| (20:T) Actual burial took place in most cases,
but persons who cou d. afford sopulchers con-
siructed them. Bodies placed in such caves
were protected against too rapid decay and
ofionsiveness by being anouted with various
sweet unguents. and wrapped in folds of cloth
inciosing aloes, myrtle. hyssop rose-oil and
| rose water
Travellers to Bethany are to-day shown what
tradition says was the sepulcher in which Lag
arus rested. Rev. D. A. Randall, in Tho Holy
| Land" D. l39 says: THE tomb is a deep dark
| low door at the entrance, and diIapidated
| winding stairway, led us down into chamber,
from which another door opened, and descent
| of few steps brought US into inner cham
| Der or small vault in which the body of Laza-
rus is said TO have lain"
Notice the following facts in regard to this
miracle: 1. 1t was done publicly, many persons
knowing all the particulars. 2. Lazarus was
really dead. The corpse was mortified aud I'M
| pleasant of odor. The case was not one of
merely suspended animation. B. All believed
Lazarus was dead, and in this matter there was
no call for deception. f. Christ was all the
time at q distance There was nor collnsion-
no private understanding. 5. Many of the
| witnesses were acquainted with all tho parties.
6. The miracle performed in open day
light. 7. Christ told the Disciples beforehand
of the death, while all wore yet at Bethabara.
s. The case was SO evidently superhuman that
complete conviction possessed all behoders of
the Messiahship of our Savior. o. Christ was
open and frank in the deed. There was no
mutterng nor peeping as in tho case of lamil.
lar evil spirits. Iss., &: 10. Jesus spoke out
right, and with loud, plain voice. V. SO.
Compare Matt. "a 81 l Th., 4: is. 10. The
writer of the account was one of the witnesses.
ii IL was splendid Endorsement of Chris
tianity; so much so. SpnCza declared, that il he