The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1901-01-24
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL,
Lesson In the international Series for
January 81, 1oO1-Christ Si-
lcnceA the Pharisces.
THE LESSON TENT.
Matthew 92:2t-i6)

THE LESSON TENT.
(Matthew 22:si-46)
"a. But when the Pharisees had heard
that He had put the Sadducees to silence,
they were gathered together.
IS. Then one OF them. which was law
yer. asked Him question, tempting Him,
saying.
&c. Master. whish is the great command
ment in the law?
81. Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love
the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and
with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.
IS. This Is the first and great command
ment.
80. And the second is like unto 1t, Thou
shalt love thy neishbor us thyself.
~ On these two commandments hang all
the law and the prophets.
Al. While the Pharisees were gathered to-
Gether, Jesus asked them,
4. Saying, What think ye of Christ ?
whose son is lie! They say unto Him, The
son OF David.
43. He saith unto them, How then doth
David in spirit call Him Lord, saying.
"A. The Lord saith unto my Lord, Sit thou
on my right hand. till make thine enemi, :
thy footstool?
10. II David then call Him Lord how is He
his son?
&c. And no man was able to answer Him
word, neither burst any man from that
day forth ask Him any more questions.
GOLDEN TEAT.-What thinl, ye o,
Christ!-Matt. - ar.
NOTES AND COMMENTS.
The events studied in this lesson oc.
Cured on Tuesday, April 4, \. d. 30.
This was the last day of Jesus pubic
teaching, and the lesson propreiy in
cludes thst teaching which was occa-
stoned by the opposition of the rulers.
Jesus relates three parables: O)
OF the two sons; (2) of the wicked
husbandman, and (3) of the marriag,
OF the kings son. The pharisees
question Jesus about tribute, the sad.
ducees bring up the question of the
resurrection and the lawyers chime in
with questions about the great COM
mandment The analysis of the les
son text takes up two points:
l. Question Concerning the Greatest
COMMUNICATIVE 34-4O.
2. The Pharisees Asked Question.-Ver.
I-46.
When Jesus came to the temple
n Tuesday morning He met the chief
priests and elders, who were very
angry at what had been done during
the last two days. They greatly de-
sired to put Him to death, but did
not dare do SO. They made friends
with different sets of people who were
generally enemies of each other, but
were agreed in determining that Je-
sus should not be king, and together
they planned to tangle Jesus in His
talk If possible. They appointed dif-
ferent persons to try Him with hard
questions, hoping that His answers
would give them some chance to say
that He had broken their laws.
A. But He saw Through all their cum
.4sing questions and mean plots to
Sake Him say or do something they
gould use against Him. The first set
of messengers asked Him by what
right He had dared to cleanse the tenn
! pie. and who gave Him authority to
teach there. He answered them by
\ asking a question they could not an
swer; then by speaking the parables
of the Two Sons. the Wicked Husband
men, and the Marriage of the Kings
Son, in each of which He condemned
: the Jews most severely for their
wicked rejection of Him. You will find
these in Matt. 21:2S-42; 22:1-14. The
next set tried to entrap Him in re-
gard to the tax paid to the Roman
emperor Matt. 22:16-22). Then came
the next set with silly question
about relationships after death Matt.
22:22-23).
Finally another group put the ques-
tion in verses 35, Sc of our lesson.
4 The books of Jesus time were all
written by hand. The men who did
the writing were called scribes; also
lawyers, because besides writing the
law they explained it. They thought
II Jesus singled out one command
ment as the chief, they could charge
Him with disrespect to all the others.
Jesus Himself had no need of any
other law than that of love. If in
stead of rule for each sin we accept
one rule to Love the Lord our God
with all our heart" that leaves no
room to love wrong things. So we
shall not need to be told not to do
them.
What the Jews were looking for was
a son of David, who should sit upon
the throne of his father and restore
the glory Of that earthly kingdom
which was now only n fast-fading
vmemory. In the prophecies respecting
the Messiah there were clear flashes
OF divinity, but they persistently shut
their eyes to them. What they want
ed was not God invested with all the
awful beauty of holiness, but sort
of Jewish Caesar surrounded with all
the pomp and circumstance of tenn
poral power. They had seen but one
side of. the Scriptures, and so when
Jesus turned up the other they were
utterly confounded.
Jesus Christ is not only the Son Of
David and the Son of Man, but the