The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1898-05-27

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Lords death till He come.-1 Cor. lips.
THE SECTION includes the whole story
Of the Lords Supper as recorded in the
four Gospels.
EXPOSITION.
Preparations.-Vs 1919. II. THE
frst day of the feast" of the Passover,
for which preparations were begun on
the 14th Of Nissan, the first month of
their religious year. Feast of un-
leavened bread" So called because at
this feast no leavened bread was al
lowed. 1.-THE disciples came to Jesus:"
At Bethany, probably the house OF
Lazarus and his sisters. Where wilt
Thou that we prepare?" A room was
needed, and unleavened bread, bitter
herbs, wine and paschal lamb, which
must be slain in the temple.
10. 'And the disciples did," etc. Two
of them, Peter and John (Luke), went
to the city as representatives of the
twelve. They found the master of the
house, as Jesus had foretold. They
made ready the passover" in a large
upper room (Mark), perhaps the same
one where two months later the Holy
Spirit was sent upon the disciples. 1
Assembling in the Upper Room.-V.
20. Toward evening. Jerusalem. 20.
"When the even was Gomez Jesus
must have started late in the afternoon,
and reached the upper room about sun
set, which would be at that season at
a little after six. He sat down." T.
w., was sitting. They reelined on
couches arranged on three sides of a
low table, resting on the left arm, so
that the right was free.
The Warning to Judas.-Vs. 21-25.
Evening. In the upper room. During
the Passover. 81. "And as they did
eats" The Passover, the Lords Supper,
was instituted later in the evening.
HE (Jesus) said -. +. one of you shall
betray me:" John says he was "trou-
bled in spirit" Judas had already
agreed to betray him for 80 pieces of
silver; but this announcement gave
Judas opportunity to repent.
%. "They were exceedingly sorrow
full" because their loved Master was to
be betrayed; because one of their num-
Der should fall so low as to be traitor,
and because they were afraid they
might be swept onward into doing
what now their souls hated. "To say
unto Him." To Jesus, as well as to one
another duke 22:23). els it 70" This
was true self-examination, and showed
the right spirit, and was hopeful sign.
%. He that dippeth his hand with
me in the dish" It shows that he must
have reclined near to Jesus, or he could
not have reached the same dish from
which Jesus was eating. In response
to the whispered question of John, who
sat next to Him, Jesus points out the
traitor to him by an act which would at
tract no notice from the others, because
it was an ordinary incident of their
daily meal.
rs. Judas /. said Is it I?"
He did not dare to keep silence, for that
would have been suspicious. At this
point Satan took possession of Judas,
and he went out from the company of
disciples to betray Jesus to the chief
priests.
The Institution of the Lords Supper.
VS.. 1920. 26. "And as they were
eating" toward the close of the Pass
over feast, Jesus took bread" the thin
cake of unleavened bread, land blessed
it, invoked blessings" ''consecrated
with solemn prayers. "-Thayer.
Take, eat" make it part of your
selves. This is my body" represents
my body, symbolizes my body, does for
your body just what my spiritual life
does for your spirits.
81. "And He took the cups" No
where in the accounts of the Lords
Supper is the word wine used, but "cup"
fruit of the vine" SO that fresh, infer
mented grape juice fulflls all the con-
ditions of this observance, and is even
a more perfect symbol than fermented
wine. "Gave thanks:" From the Greek
word thus translated comes The Eu-
charist; i. e., The Thanksgiving, as the
name of the Lords Supper. Here is one
of the wonders of Christ's love, that He
could give thanks over the shedding of
His own blood.
%. This is my blood:" A type or
emblem of His blood, His life (Lev. II:
40, which He laid down as the atone
ment for sin. 'Of the new testament:
r.v., covenant, which God was now con-
firming to man. The new covenant was
that God would renew and save all who
believed in Jesus. (which is shed for
many" Multitudes, not merely few,
are to be saved by Christ.
90. IT will not drink henceforth of
this fruit Of the vine" This was to be
His last meal with His disciples before
He died Drink it news" The Greek
word expresses not fresh, newly-made
wine, but new kind of wine, with a
new meaning, no longer memorial of
death, but as part of the glorified festi-
val of the Marriage of the Lamb, and of
His final triumph over evil an my
Fathers kingdom" which was to pre-
vail on earth and in heaven.
The Closing Hymn.-V. 80. "And