The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1900-03-01
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL
March Z. I3OO-Jesus Heal.
Ing In Capernaum.
tPrepared by Hector c. Lexington ]
TILE EGSON TEYT


mark i:2l. %. 29-34)
q. And they went into Capernaum; and
Straightway on the Sabbath day Ho en-
tered into the synagogue. and taught.
%. And they were astonished AT His doc
trine: for He ,augh, them as one tha, had
authority. and not as the scribes.
90. And forthwith. when they were come
out of the synagogue. they entered into
the house of Simon and Andrew, with
James and John,
80 But Simon's wife's mother lay sick
of fever and anon they tell Him OF her
81. And He came and took her by the
hand. and lifted her up; and Immediately
the fever left her. and she ministered unto
them.
80 And at even. when the son did SET
they brought unto Him all that were dis.
eased, and them that were possessed with
devils.
SO. And all the city was gathered together
at the door.
OF divers diseases. and cast out many dew
lis; and suffered Tot The devils to speak.
because they knew Him.
GOLDEN TENT. And He healed many
that were sick.-Mark l:3i
NOTES AND COMMENTS.
The people of Nazareth not only re-
jected the teaching of Jesus. but His
person. They rose up, and thrust
Him out of the city. and led Him unto
the brow of the hill whence their city
was built, that they might cast Him
dcwn headlong." But Jesus escaped.
How. we do not know: we are simply
told that passing through their midst
He went His way. From this time for
ward Matt. 4:13-l7; Luke 4:3) Jesus
made His home in Capernaum. Jesus
did not lose by this enforced change
of situation. as Capernaum was an ex-
ccllcnt center for His ministry.
ThroGgh this town ran several leading
highways of travel and commence;
and. too, the Lake of Galilee gave Him
access to large territory.
Calling of Four Disciples Matt.
4:1s-22; Mark 1:16-2O; Luke 5:1-lD.-|
The four disciples called at this time
(April and May. A. ID. 2s) were Peter,
Andrew, James and John. Jesus was
walking by the lake and saw the boats
OF these men who We're fishermen.
Stepping into Peters boat He request
ed him TO push out little from the
shore, and there he preached to the
people who gathered. After this He
told Peter to go out to the deeper wa
ter and there cast his net. These men
had been fishing all night without sue
cess, but did as bfdden. The miracu-
lous draught Of fishes SO impressed
Peter that he fell down at Jesus feet.
Jesus said: Fear not, from hence
forth thou shalt catch men. Peter,
Andrew, James and John had been
called before to be disciples, but from
this time on they were almost contin-
ually with Jesus.
Teaching and Healing Mark 1:21-
34).-This passage is the record Of
busy Sabbath. He began the day in |
the synagogue teaching, and we are
told one thing about this teaching.
HE taught as one that had authority,
and not as the scribes." How else
could one teach upon whom was the
Spirit of the Lord? The addresses Of
the rabbis were full of quotations from
the traditions and writings Of the
elders. Jesus spoke the simple truth in |
a simple way, and the authority was
furnished by the consciences of the
hearers and the works of mercy He per-
formed.
One OF these works of mercy which
buttressed the truth of Jesus teach
ing was the healing of man with an
unclear spirit. This occurred before
the synagogue service was over, or at
least before the people had departed
to their homes. This being possessed
by demon, according to Peloubet,
"was usually connected with disease
especially with indulgence in sensual
lusts." An attack came on while in
the synagogue, but at the word OF
Jesus the demon left the man, though
not without struggle.
After the synagogue service Jesus
goes to the house of Peter where
Peters mother-in-law lies i'll with a
fever. Luke says it was great
fever" Of malignant type. We may
notice in passing that Peter had wife
and household. Jesus raised this
from her bed, the sec
ond miracle He performed that day.
At evening there were brought to
Him others to be cured. 1t is inter
esting to note that while there were
none SO strict as to object that Jesus
healed on the Sabbath, yet the people
waited till after sunset. The Jewish
was from sunset to sunset.
So it was not upon the sacred day that
Jesus performed these further mira
cles.
The character Of these miracles fol-
lowed that of the two performed dur
ing the day, healing diseases and cast