The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1895-06-13


TIME.-After April 10, A. d 80; but proba-
bly, not many days after for this appearance
Of Jesus followed next after the one on that
Sunday evening
THE APPEARANCES OF JESUS. Jesus dur
ing two weeks beginning April appeared
seven times to His disciples To Mary to the
women, to Peter, and to Cleopas and his
friend, and to the apostles on Sunday, the
9th Of April. To the twelve again the fol-
lowing Sunday evening, and now for the sew
enth time to seven OF the apostles by the Sea
Of Galilee.
EXPLANATORY.
/. The very morning of the resur-
rection the angels in the tomb sent a
message by the women to whom they
appeared that the disciples were to go
into Galilee, and Jesus would appear
to them there Matt. ESQ. According
ly the eleven Matt. 2S:16) went away
into Galilee. and waited for the special
appearing of Jesus there. The place
was to be a mountain. But while wait
ing for the appointed time. seven of
them go to the Sea of Galilee near their
homes and the scene of their former la
bors. These seven were Peter,
Thomas. Nathaniel, James and John
and two others ". 2l. Peter naturally
suggests that they try their hand at
their old business Of. fishing, now for
two years neglected. The seven disci-
piles toiled all night, but not fish came
into their nets.
4. when the morning was now
Gomez" literally, as r. ", was now
breaking, was becoming. before the
light was perfect. "Jesus stood on the
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tinguished from rocky shore. But
the disciples knew not that it was
Jesus"
5. "Jesus saith unto them" "Chil-
dren, have We any Iheat?" Any fish.
The expression expects a negative an
swer.
6. "Cast the net on the right side of
the ship (boat) and We shall fnd:" AS
they evidently saw nothing strange in
the direction to least the net on the
right side,' it is probable that they at
tributed it to the stranger seeing a
shoal there. Shoals can often be dis
cerned, from the higher level of bank
or cliff, by the color of the water, while
the fisherman may be close to the fish
without noticing them. "They were
not a ble to draw it,
Z. THAT disciple whom Jesus loved
saith unto Peter, 1t is the Lord:" His
loving heart first recognized his be-
loved Lord. Peter first reaches him,
casting himself impetuously into the sea.
8. I'm little ship" a boat belong
ing to the larger one, which could not
come close to the beach.
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to land, they saw fire of Goals there:"
Probably of charcoal, which is much
used in Bible lands at the present day.
"And fish laid thereon, and bread:" A
simple meal, provided by Jesus for His
morning repast, to which the apostles
were invited as guests.
10. Bring of the fish which We have
now caught" The fruit of their own
labors was to be joined to that which
the Lord had provided on the shore.
IL. "Come and dine:" Rather, Come,
breakfast. And none of the disciples
burst ask him, Who art thou? know
ing that it was the Lord" They de-
sire the assurance from His own word;
and yet they were so certain that it
was the Lord that they did not dare to
show any doubt by asking Him who He
was.
13. Jesus taketh bread and
giveth them" It is not said here that
Jesus ate with them; but it seems prob
able that He did.
IA. ''This is now the third time that
Jesus showed HIMSELF" To the disci-
Piles as body.
account His appearance to individuals.
VS.. Is, 16, II: $50 when they had
dined:" Finished their breakfast.
"Jesus saith to Simon Peter:" 1t is
necessary, if we fully understand this
passage, to call attention to some of
the delicate shades of meaning in the
Greek, which do not appear in our
English translation, and which it is
difficult to make clear in any transla-
ton. Jesus uses the word love three
times in his questions, and Peter uses
it three times in his answers. But in
the original the word for love
which Jesus uses in His first two ques-
tions is different word from that
which Peter uses for love in all his
answers. In the third asking Jesus
uses Peters word. "The word which
Christ uses in His question, Lowest thou
me? signifies if not the higher, at
least the more thoughtful and rever-
entail affection, founded on an intelli-
gent estimate of character, and accom-
panied by deliberate and well-con-
sidered choice. Peters 4 love thee
represents rather the personal, in
stinctive love, the activity of feeling,
rather than of will, the affection which,
being spontaneous and instructive,
gives no account of itself, and no rea-
son for its existence. We are bid in
the New Testament to exercise the first
form of love towards God, but never
the second; while the Father is said to
exercise both forms towards His own
Son. Two different Greek words are
also rendered Unfortunately feed.
To indicate the difference I have rem
dered one by the rare but indispensable
verb shepherd. Finally, three words
are used to represent the flock which
Christ cornmends to Peters care
lambs, sheep and little sheep the
latter perhaps term Of special affec-
tion). Abbott.