Hutchinson gazette., 1899-01-05


49, THE next day." After the hrst tes.
umony ana recognition OF Jesus on hIs
'eturn from the scene OF his temptation.
Two OF his dgcIples," One was Andrew
" AW, Tho other was probably tho
Apostle John himself. lie reoollects tho
event very distinctly. He never names
himself.
&c. Looking upon (the word Expresses
liked, earnest ga2e) Jesus as he walked
Or was taking walk, "Behold the Lamb
OF Godl" The words he had used the day
before. Note the aspect OF the Messiah
which John presents-'not the great King.
the Conquoror the Royal Prince. but that
which was essential before tho others
could be realized, the Deliyerer from sin,
the Lamb, tho Great Sacrifice.
81 "And they followed Jesus" The
Greek means originally, they walked IA
tho same road" hence TO attend on, to
follow as disciple, In tho same spiritual
path,
49, Saw them" Tho original means
looked stoadfastly on them as II study
Ing them" "Then Jesus turned" He
met them half way In search,
"What seek ye?" This is tho first word
Of jesus ministry, 80 far recorded; and
with his second sentence, Come and
gee," expresses the attitude OF Christ to-
ward mon, his welcome, and the way they
are to find the blessings ho has TO give.
Rabbi" MY Great One. My Honorable
sir," the title applied to the recognised
jewish teachers. where dwollest thou?'
Where are you staying? whero do you
make your home, 80 that we can see and
talk with your
80. Come and soe." Such IL Jesus
welcome to all, He desires that every
one should come and examine uso oil
reason, nll tests, fIe asks not for blind
following, but following with eyes wide
open. abode with him that day." The
rest OF the day possibly into tho even
Ing. For" Omit, as II. V. The fol-
lowing statement is not given as rea-
son, but to mark the red-letter day In
tho life Of John. ut was about the tenth
hour" 1. o., about 4 o'clock p. m ac-
cordlng 70 Jewish reckoning from sunrise
10 sunset or 10 o'clock n. m, according
to the Roman reckoning, which Is the
one VIC now use, counting from midnight
and midday.
40. "One of the two was An
drew A name Of Greek origin signify
Ing man. lie belonged to Bethsaida "
40, and was n disciple OF John the Dap-
list. He resided afterward at Capernaum
mark 4: 29). OF his subsequent history
and labors nothing Is certainly known
Al. "He first Hndeth." Either ~ the
first thing he did after ho left Jesus was
10 find his brother; or, ~ Gas GodeD,
"the two disciples set themselves 10 seek
each "his own brother;" that is. the one
Peter, the other James or tho two, AM
drew was the first who succeeded In And
ing his, I'VE have found the NeHsias."
The Greek spelling Of the Hebrew word
Messiah, which is the same as the Greek
Christ both meaning anointed, the
anolnted one.
A. "And he brought him to Jesus"
With him, as with all who find Jesus,
the first desire was to make known to
those they loved their new-found treas
ure "Thou art Simon" That Is your
present ne"1e. "Son OF Jona-" The true
reading Is John, as In tho II. v. Thou
shalt be called Cephas." Cephas is Ara
maic (syriao Aram Is one name for Sy-
rla), the modernzed form Of the Hebrew
language, commonly used In Palestine NJ
that time, and called Hebrew In the New
Testament (Acts 20: ~. This language
would not be familiar at Ephesus, where
John wrote, therefore he translates II
for them into Greek. (which 10 by inter-
probation, A stone" The sense would
perhaps be given better by keeping the
equivalent proper name-by interpreta-
tlon Peter, that Is stone, or rather q
mass of rock detached from the living
rock.-Westcott.
43. "Jesus would CO." was minded had
a purpose, to go forth into Galllee"
Why7 There had been his home and
there were the friends and acquaintanceB
OF years. His heart went out toward
them first Of al "Flndeth Philip" Je-
sus seeks him out.
A. "Bethsaida" C'house Of fishing" or
"hsh town. was situated OF tho mouth
of the upper river Jordan where II en-
ters iAto the Sea Of Galllee, on both sides
OF the river.
l5. "Phlllp findeth Nathaniel" Doubt
less an old acquaintance. 1t is not stated
where he found him, but they met him
somewhere on the Journey We have
found him, of whom Moses in the law"
The Pentateuch, tho five books sH mo-
ses, thus distinguished from the other
books of the Old Testament (see Gen.
I0 10; Mum. 81: 1T-19; Deut is: 16. And &
the prophets, did write Elsa. ?: IA; .; Q, u Y
81: 1915; So: 1-12; Ez. "a: 2S-S1; Dan. 0: A-
2D. "Jesus Of Nazareth, the son OF 10.
geph." This is the language, NOT OF the
evangelist, but OF Philip. Joseph was tho
reputed father Of Jesus and Philip sup,
posed this was true.
49, Can there any good thing" Any
eminent, great parsonage and grand ana
worldwide movement. Come out OF
Nazareth" Because Nazareth was
small town, near to Cana, Nnthanaela
home with probably not the best repu-
tation in the neighborlng town, but not
necessarily a rude, degraded, vicious, OF
dlsreputable place. Among oil my pleas.
ant recollectons OF a tour through Pail
cstine" says Rev. w. B. Hill, none ID
more pleasant than Of Sabbath spena in
Nazareth. Come and see." That was
the true answer to such an objection.