El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-05-20
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
LESSON WILL; MAY Fl. JOHN ID:
1927.
,hi~f Text; "He Came Unto His Own
and His Own Received Him Mott
John 1:11-Jesus Before the High
Priest.

Is. peter followed Jesus" He fol-
owed afar off Matt. XVI, So, and was,
therefore, in far more danger of denying
lis Lord than he would have been if he
lad been more courageous and kept clos
sr to Him. Another disciple" John, who
went with the crowd through the gate,
for ne was known unto the high priest"
and therefore probably was acquainted
with the palace and knew the servants"
The palace" The court of the palace.
10. But Peter stood twas standing)
at the door" The wicket gate having in
some way been shut. That other diSci-
Die 4" " brought in Peter" He helped
his intimate friend. leading him indeed
.nto temptation-unconsciously, for he
himself seems to have suffered no temp
tation from the s~ervants-but also lead
ing him near to Christ, who could save
him in temptation.
disciples?" The R.. ". leaves out the
not Peter may nave been seen before
by this maid; he was unfamiliar with the
place, and had the shyness of a plain
man inside a great house." H saith, 1
am not" This was both falsehood and
treason to his Master and the new king
DOM. For it was cold," and here he
was standing among them, land warmed
himself 1T is more than probable that
the air was ringing with jest and laugh
GER about Jesus, but Peter did not inter-
rupt: he kept silence and tried to look
III iiC SSot iSi oo AS SOofN-
49, The high priest" Annas. Jesus
was led first to Annas, because, though
deposed by Rome, he was still the legit-
innate / priest, according to the law
OF Moses. the office being for life CNum.
Xxx. %; XIV, ~, and may have been so
regarded by the Jews.
~ Jesus answered him. 1 spake open
~" etc. Greek. 1 have spoken. There
was nothing in His teaching to be con-
cealed- The high priest could find out
all about Him If he wished. They seek
to wiring from Christ evidence upon
winch to convict Him. 1t was contrary
TO the law and the spirit of justice"
q. why askest thou Me?' Jesus re-
fused to be a party to this injustice. Let
them find the witnesses, for there were
plenty of them. This would have put an
end to this unjust and illegal condemna-
rulers did not want. The cunning of the
high priest was foiled."
o. "One of the officers
struck Jesus with the palm of his hand"
r. ", with his hand, lit, gave Jesus a
stroke or blow Crapisma. anglice. rap;
but whether a slap on the face (PaleyO
a box on the ear (Lampe, Meyer. Luz
GodeD. cannot be determined."-White-
law. In either case it was an insult and
outrage.
%. IF I have spoken evil" In man
1er or matter. in the remark just made.
Jesus here gives an Interpretation Of His
own precept in Matt. V, SO. Jesus had
simply claimed the common rights of
I'll men. But If well, why smitest thou
Tie?" THE primary sense of the word
translated smite is. to skin, to fay; in
he New Testament says DR.. Robinson.
to beat, to smite, to scourge, properly,
% as to take off the skim 1t is perhaps
=afe to infer from the S%aviour's use of
his word that the officers blow was a
5evere one."-Dr. Hovey.
a. Now Annas had sent Him." etc.
The R. W is here probably correct: An
IT. 5000 -A~ C-.-
has. Thus far the investigation had
3een unofficial, or private and the result
II it was scarcely favorable to the de-
=igp of the accusers. Meantime, the
prisoner had been relieved of His fet-
.crs. But now Annas sends Him probably
cross the inner court, where the char
oaI fire was burning. to another room
n the same edifice, where Caiaphas, with
re Sanhedrim, would subject Him to a
;ormal trial"
%. Simon Peter Stood" or was stand
'ng and warming himself. as we saw
bove. To understand this scene we must
9:t all the narratives together, remem-
ering that probably Peter was beset
nd worried by a crowd of menials. some
aging one thing and some another and
nat the accounts of Peters answers are
he condensed substance of what he said.
He denied" Here again was a simple
1enial with more positiveness.
&c. lone of the servants About an
lour later duke xxi. 5O- Being his
- llSlIlan III d SlCi u ofI- LIE
gives one reason why Peter
now denied with SO much greater vehe-
This man had seen him attempt
What might be regarded by the Romans
IS a crime, and Peter might lose his life.
as a martyr, but as a criminal.
%. Peter then denied again." So
his friend, simply records; but
Mark. whose gospel is supposed to have
been derived from Peter. says hat he
began to curse and swear.
And Immediately the cock crew." Or
as the Greek has no article, "a
cock crew." This was the sign which
Jesus had given to Peter John xiii, 3).
the second cock Growing called usually
cock Growing. Then it was that the
Lord turned and looked on Peter duke
SD. 1T was enough Like an arrow
through his inmost soul shot the mute
anguish of that reproachful glance
,rarrar. volumes of compassion lay in
folded in that ~look."-Hanna. THE
like lightning revealing an abyss,
Fought back to it's nobler self the hon !
81 heart that for u time had been
into superfc al unfaithfulness.
threw an awful brightness into the
Iepths of sin, on whose edge he stood"