The Globe-republican., 1899-01-05
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
LESSON 2. JANUARY s-JOHN
I: $40.
oslden Text-"Behold the Lamb q
God"-John L: S0-The Section In
cludes ~ the Mission OF John the
Baptist.

IS. THE next day" After the hrst tes-
dmony and recognition of Jesus on his
return from the scene of his temptation.
Two OF his disciples" One was Andrew
". 40). The other was probably the
APOSTLE John himself. lie recollects the
event very distinctly. He never names
himself
81. Looking upon Uhe word expresses
Fixed. earnest gaze) Jesus as he walked.
Or was taking a walk. Behold the Lamb
of God:" The words he had used the day
before. Note the aspect Of the Messiah
which John presents-not the great King:
the ConQueror. the Royal Prince. but that
which was essential before the others
could be realized. the Deliverer from sin.
the Lamb. the Great Sacrifice.
81. And they followed Jesus" The
Greek means originally. they walked In
the same road" hence to attend on. to
:oliow as a disciple. in the same spiritual
path.
IS. Saw them" The original means
looked steadfastly on them as X study
ing them" Then Jesus turned" He
What seek ye?" This is the first word
Of Jesus ministry. so far recorded; and
with his second sentence. Come and
see," expresses the attitude Of Christ to-
ward men. his welcome. and the way they
are to find the blessings he has to give.
ItsiDuI. My OHes NY AAOAVA"OsS
Sir" the title applied to the recognized.
Jewish teachers. Where dwellest thou?
Where are you staying? where do you
make your home. so that We can see ana
talk with you?
80. Como and see" Such "a Jesus
welcome to all. He desires that every
one should come and examine. use all
reason. all tests. He asks not for blind
following. but following with eyes wide
open. abode with him that day." The
rest of the day. possibly into the even
ing For" Omit, as r. v. The fol-
lowing statement Is not given as a rea-
son. but to mark the red-ietter day In
the life Of John. 1T was about the tenth
hour" l. e.. about 4 O'Clock p. m. ac-
cording to Jewish reckoning from sunrise
to sunset: or 10 o'clock a. m, according
to the Roman reckoning. which Is the
one We now use, counting from midnight
and midday.
40. "One of the two was An
drew. A name of Greek origin, signify
ing man. He belonged to Bethsaida ".
~. and was a disciple OF John the bap-
fist. He resided afterward at Capernaum
mark 1:2G. OF his subsequent history
and labors nothing is certainly known.
Al. He first findeth." Either O the
first thing he did after he left Jesus was
to find his brother: or. 81 Gas GodeO.
1.-The two disciples set themselves to seek
each Ibis own brother" that Is. the one
Peter. the other James. OF the two. An
drew was the first who succeeded In and
ing his. I'VE have found the 4essias."
The Greek spelling Of the Hebrew word
Messiah, which is the same as the Greek
Christ. both meaning anointed, the
anointed one.
AZ. 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 ns're. Son Of iona" The true
shalt be called Cephas." Cephas IL Ara
maic (Syriac Aram Is one name for Sy-
rial, the modernized form OF the Hebrew
language, commonly used In Palestine al
that time. and called Hebrew In the Nev
Testament (Acts Is: 1H. This language
would not be familiar at Ephesus. where
John wrote. therefore he translates 1t
probation, A stone" The sense would
perhaps be given better by keeping the
equivalent proper namely iDteEDReta-
ton Peter, that Is a stone. or rather a
mass of rock detached from the Wing
rock.-Westcott.
~. Jesus would CO." was minded, had
q purpose. to go forth into Galilee."
Why? There had been his home and
there were the friends and acquaintances
Of years. His heart went out toward
them first Of all. "Findeth Philip. Je-
sus seeks him out
A. "Bethsaida" C"house Of fishing" or
''nsh town'') was situated at the mouth
Of the upper river Jordan where 1t en-
tiers iAto the Sea Of Galilec. on both sides
Of the river.
Is. Philip 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. the five books Of Mo-
SEES, thus distinguished from the other
books of the Old Testament (see Gen.
40: 10: Mum. 81: 1919: Deut. u: 80. And
the prophets, did write lisa. Z: n: .; 9. z:
81: 1915; So: l-l2: Ez. "a: z3-31: Dan. 8: ~
N. Jesus Of Nazareth. the son Of 10
seph" This is the language. not Of the
evangelist, but Of Philip. Joseph was the
reputed father Of Jesus. and Philip SUP
posed this was true.
49, Can there any good thing" Any
eminent. great parsonage and grand and
worldwide movement. Come out Of
Nazareth" Because Nazareth was a
small town. near to Cana. Nathanaers
home, with probably not the best Pspu.
tation In the neighboring town. but not
necessarily a rude. degraded, vicious, Or
disreputable place. Among all my pleas
ant recoIlections OF a tour through Pal
estine," says Rev. w. b. Hill. "none 10
more pleasant than Of . Sabbath spent IN
Nazareth. Come and See" That wAs
the true answer to such an objection.