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THE SABBATH SCHOOL.
INTERNATl oNAl'LEssoM COMMENTS
FOE JULY 2o.
Subject: The Transhguration, Luke tx.
1886 - Golden Text: Luke in, 50 -
Memory Verses, 1885 - Colnmentar!
on the Days Lesson.

I
\ SLY null days and the fractional days at
/ the beginning and the end making
! about" G mt These sayings" The
/ sayings Of. the last lesson. Edersheim
| suppcses ne great confession occurred on
| the sabbath and the TRANSPORTATION on
| the night after the Sabbath one week
later. There is no intimation as to how
| the intervening week was spent. Peter
and John and James," These same apos
Ties itnessed His agony IN the garden
lie Is these three (D because He need
ed witnesses TO prove the fact when the
time lme to reveal His glory to the
Npsll. and ~ for the purpose of encour-
azag and establishing them in the truths
OF Il kingdom. Into a mountain" The
place OF the Transportation scene is UNI
/ known but it was probably Mount Her
mon. not far from Caesarea Pmhppi. This
= The opinion of nearly all modern au-
th rites. "To prav." It was the habit
= lore He chose the Twelve, and after
feeding the five thousand, we see Him
Trayng in the night. This time 1t was
prayer r1eeting."
90 "As He prayed" He was doubtless
praying for strength to carry on His work
1 and for the enlightenment Of His disci-
| pics; the TRANSPORTATION was the answer.
! His countenance was altered" Matthew
| says, His face did shine as the sun" 1t
| would appear that the light shone not
| upon Him from without, but that it shoHe
out of Him from within; it was one blaze
Of dazzling, celestial glory; it was Himself
glorifed., Raiment Pec2Ge white iaqadd
white as snow" His face shone with di-
vine majesty, and all His body was 50 IL
J radiated by it that His clothes could not
conceal His glory, and became white and
| glistening as the very light with which
| He covered Himself as with garment.
l.
was a representative OF the law; he was
the founder of the Jewish di3pensation,
which for centuries had been preparing
! the way for Christ; he was a type of
Christ, and had foretold His coming
| (Deut. lS:l5l8); and through Him had
been instituted the sacrifices WHICH
| Christ fulfilled and which explained His
coming death which so troubled the disci-
! pies. Elijah was the representative Of the
| prophets. They had foretold the coming
and the suffering Of Christ, and Elijah
| was the one who was to prepare the way
of the Lord by his character and spirit
reIppearing in John the Baptist, the fore
runner of Jesus.
| 81. "Who appeared in glory In like
glory, with Jesus; with gloritied bodies.
! And spale of His decease." Or depar
| ture, or exodus from the world; including,
no doubt, His death. resurrection and as
| cension. (Which He was about to ac-
complish Or. W This conversation
would enable the disciples to see the i'm
to them the greatest mystery-the suffer
ing and death of their blessed Master.
80. "We-e heavy with sleep 1t was
| i'll the night, and the time when they usu.
! ally slept. Our English version implies
that they fell asleep and were awakened
that, though heavy with sleep, they kept
! fully awake. "Were fully awake" Or. W
Even though they may have been asleep
at first when He was TRANSPORTED be-
| fore them" they were fully awake. Saw
| His glory, and the two men" The bril-
! iancy OF their countenances ard the daz-
| zling brightness OF the garments. 1t was
a reality. 1t was not dream, they were
! fully awake.
SO. ''As they Departed Peter must
! have seen that they were about ready to
leave. Peter said" Peter is always
ready to speak. ''It is good for us to be
! here Peter spoke the truth. The apos-
| because of the divine manifestations. 1t
| is always good for us when the Lord es-
| pecially manifests Himself to us; when we
| see His glory. Let us make three taber-
! nacles" Or booths, from the bushes of
| the mountains; such as were made at the
feast of the tabernacles. He greatly de-
sired to have the heavenly visitants re-
sac. .-'i,i'' Peters Mans were frementIv in
onrlosit;an 10 chose of the Lord He was
s SP ia,,a1od and beyv;ldered bv the glory of
tbe heaVenI i,,' manifestations that he know
not What he said How many times do we
sol ~nIy;s9iv because we do not ston
20 cons;dar, - o1iI ,sords
"a "While he Tins snake" Here was
the ,esno n to Peters SUGGESTION, wise
answer TO n foolish nraveT. DENYING the
rat;t;on in order 70 Grant so- IetIing bet
ier 'Hrhare co1oe W cio,d and over.
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ssbI.iahtS o,ond clond had frenye,4lv
rnan +bo symbol of he divine nreeence.
9Tbav ''i feared d." This gloTions Manifesto.
+;nn Of Cars nraea9ce caused them 70
trenbie It is very likely that the trans,
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nee "i,cn tbe ds2gl;ng brgbtneqs of rs car.
r r-,,nr' and fhe gI9rv of The cloud would
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