The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1895-05-31
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.


GOLDEN TExr.-Ths Lord IL risen indeed
Luke 2s:3t.
THE SECTION includes the story of the res
direction through the nrst three appearances
OF Jesus Matthew 2s;i-iS; Mark ie:l-ii,
Luke 24:i-is; John 20;i-ia
TIME Sunday. April .. A d % The third
day after the crucihxion.
PLACE.-Jerusalem and vicinity. more esps-
otally near Calvary
MEASURES TAKEN To make sure that Jesus
was really dead. u) The soldiers spear
piercing His side (g The tomb was a new
one. so that there could be no doubt IS TO the
identity OF the body. (3) The Roman guard.
and the sealed sepulchre. so that there could
be no secret taking away OF the body. Tho
actual death OF Christ Il q necessary basis for
the reality OF the resurrection
LESSON NOTES
Jesus rises from the dead very early
Sunday morning, April o. Matt. 1894.
Jesus had lain in the grave a part
of each three days-Friday afternoon,
Saturday all day, and part Of Sunday,
beginning at sunset Saturday night.
He had repeatedly foretold that He
should rise on the third day, or after
three days II was the custom of the
Jews TO count the parts of each day as
a whole day.
/. And when the Sabbath was past:"
|. e., after sunset of Saturday, their
Sabbath. Mary Magdalene," Mary of
Magdala, out of whom Jesus had cast
seven demons, as recorded in Luke 80.
Mary the mother of James," "the
less" or 1.-The younger" son of Alpheus,
and one of the apostles. "Salome:"
wife of Zebedee and mother Of James
and oJohn. Luke (24:lO) adds Joanna
wife of Chuza, Herod's steward) and
others with them, the company of
women from Galilee who ministered to
Jesus Matt. 27:55).
Had bought" not pluperfect, but
merely bought, as in r. ", partly on
Friday afternoon, before sunset luke
1855, So, and partly ,'perhaps, by others
of the company on Saturday, after sun
set, when the Jewish Sabbath was past.
The Jewish bazars were open in the
evening following the Sabbath. The
spices were bought then, so that
they could start very early the next
morning. Sweet spices:" r. ", spices.
Luke says spices and ointments. (23:56).
The spices brought by Nicodemus were
aloes and myrrh John 1880. That they
might come and anoint Him."
2. And very early in the moruing:"
while it was yet dark John. This re-
fers to the time of their starting, while
lat the rising of the sun" refers to their
arrival when they looked into the tomb.
3. And they said were saying
among themselves" Unaware of the
deputation of the Jewish rulers, which
had gone TO Plate, and secured the
sealing of the stone and the setting of
the watch over the tomb Matt. 27:62-66),
their only anxiety was: who shall roll
US away the stone from the door of the
sepulchre?"
4. They saw that the stone was
rolled away" By an angel Matt. 2s:2).
Mary Magdalene Arrives.-John 20:
l.3. Mary Magdalene, whose eyes
were homes of silent prayer" seems TO
have reached the tomb first, and, find
ing it empty, hastens away to tell
Peter that Jesus is not in the sepulcher,
thinking that some one had stolen the
body.
The Other Women Enter the Sepul-
cher.-Verses 81. Matthew 2S:5-S;
Luke 24:4-S. 5. They saw a young
man An angel in this form Matt.
2S:2-5); the one who rolled the stone
away and sat upon 1t. Luke speaks of
two angels Sitting on the right side"
As they entered. Clothed in a long
white garment" Matthew says it was
white as snow, and his countenance
was like lightning. The white raiment
was symbol of purity and of fellow
ship with God Rev. ga, 5, IS; A; GIL;
1919. And they were affrighted,"
K. ", better, amazed; it was wonder
rather than fright.
8. BE not affrighted:" Amazed at
of Jesus. He is risen; He Is not here;
behold the place"
I. Tell His disciples and Peter"
Observe that, as Christ's first appear
ance is TO Mary Magdalene John 2O:1s),
out of whom he had cast seven devils,
so His special message is to Peter, who
had denied Him. Tell Peter, for it will
| be news more welcome to him than to
any Of them; for he is in sorrow for sin,
and he will be afraid lest the Joy of
this good news do not belong TO him.
/ MdIJneW ncnTy. nat he BOcJn oc-
! fore you into Galilee." The appear
ances in Galilee were not the first APP
/ pearances of Jesus; but they are men
! toned here because "Galilee was ap-
/ pointed to be the scene of His mani
festation of Himself TO the largest as
sembly of witnesses, and of His most
decisive instructions. (See Matt. %: 10,
with Cor Is: g.. w. n. Clarke. "As
He said unto you" Matthew 30: 80.
8. And they went out quickly:" The
news was too good to keep; and they
were anxious TO solve the mystery and
consult with the apostles. They
] trembled and were amazed" the word
carries the sense of bewilderment.
Matthew adds that they had great joy
as well as establishment and fear.
Fear at what they had seen, joy at
what they had heard; and both
mingled because the latter seemed too
good to be true" Neither said they
anything to any" they did not stop to
tell the news to anyone while on the
way To the apostles. Just after the
women had left, still early In the
morning, John, the younger, ran the