The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-01-16

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Thessalsss<s 49, Uesseo-
THE LESSON TEXT.
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THE LESSON TEXT.
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Now. when they had S1ssse through
Arph-p polls and Apc.lcn42. stey came -
ihessalon.ca. where Ma . syEasos1s 81
tie Jews.
= And Paul. as his manner Vas vent IL
unto them. and three sath2sh GAYS Tt2-
sontc with them out 81 the Scriptures.
Opening ana alleging. that cs.rsss must
neecs have suffered. and RISEN ag4.n sr1u
The dead; and thai this Jesgs. whom
preach unto you. - Christ
4 And some Of them believed. and con-
sorted with Pau. and sllas. and q the &C.
won't Greeks great .1ce. and Of TIE
cnief women no; few.
{. But the Jeus which believed not.
movec with envy. took unto them certain
sewc fellows OF the bxser sort anc gatkerec
company. and SET al the city On an ~
roar. ana a<s auiied the house of Jason. and
sought 10 bring them out 10 the people
6 Ana when they found them not. they
drew Jason and certain brethren unto the
rulers Of the city. crying: These that have
turned The world UPSIDE Gown are eoGe
h.thsr. also.
:. Whom Jason hath received: and these
al DO contrary 10 the dtcrees OF Caesar.
saying that there IS another king. one
Jesus
s And they troubled the people and the
rulers OF the city. when they hea-c these
things
:. And when they had taken security q:
Jason. an Of the other. they ,ef Them 60.
10 And the brethren Immediately sent
away Paul and sllas by night. unto BereA.
wfo coming thitker went into TIE syEA-
gogre OF the Jews.
Il These were more noble than those In
Thessalonica. az that they receive: tie
word with A.. readiness II m.rs and
scar he'd the Scriptures daily. whether
those things were SO.
u. Therefore. many o. iterr believed z-sc
OF honorable women which we're Greeks
ana OF men not few
GOLDEN TExT.-Thy word is n Lam
unf0 my feef--Ps. II3:I0S.
ANALYSIS OF SCRIPTURE SECTION
Reasoning In TIE synagogue Acts 1--i-s
DRAGGED before the rsiers.---Ac.s l--5-s
Examining the Scr.pturss.--Ar-s 1--.a-l.
Dr.ftn rom the c-ty-------.-.-Acts ---l--x
TINE Winter and spring A d :.
PLACE-Ttessaionica and Beroez
NOTES AND COMMENTS
Examining the Scriptures-The
Jews at Beroea were exceptional in
their reception of Paul's message
They were open-minded. ready 10 re-
ceive the truth. whether ii confornei
to their previous opinions or not But
though they accepted il with all readi-
ness of mind. they did rot do so until
they had searched the Scriptures for
themselves In searching the Scrip
lures they have set Us an example.
II was 100 miles over the Roman road
from. DA.err~.w,-
the journey on the may. They passed
through Amphipolis and ApoIlonia.
perhaps because there Were no syna-
gogues there. Paul had found that II
was best 10 begin work with the Jewx
wherever il was possible. in spite OF
the fact that some Of them usually
made trouble Observation-Disclosures
salonica.- was then. as il is now. an
important city. and had attracted
large number of Jewish traders
Three Sabbath days This was Just
the beginning of the work. Paul prob
ably remained about six months. and
the majority of his converts were not
Jews or persons whom he could have
reached in the synagogue. but ous-and-
out Gentiles- Reasoned from
the Scriptures: That is. from the
Old Testament. This would be effect
i've with synagogue audience. but
not with the Gentiles. who knew moth
ing Of the Old Testament -O7eninv
and alleging" Ramsay translates.
Opening their meaning. and quoting
TO prove that Il was proper that the
Amounted One (fhe Christi should snf
fer etc. This idea Of suffering Mes
siah was opposed 20 al Jewish ideas.
and contrary 70 the letter Of much os
their most precious prophecy. which
had told them Of Messiah who should
be glorious earthly king. and give
the Jews the supreme place among the
nations. Paul showed them that they
had missed the meaning Of some Of the
prophecies. which spoke Of jus. s1ch
Messiah as Jesus. suffering and diving
for his people. -Derouf Creeks
These were heather bv birth. who had
accepted in part the Jewish faith
The trouble arose probably after
months of successful work. the LAST
part of II mostly among the Greeks
"Jews jealousy Paul We.
winning men away from their ancient
faith: he was preaching the hateful
doctrine of cruciticd Messiah. he was
declaring salvation 10 be as free 10 un-
circumcised Gentiles rs TO them: in
spite of all they could do ne was having
great success. therefore they we're
Jealous. The rabble:- Instead 81
coming out and fighting in the open.
these cowardiy Jews stirred up mob
of the riffraff OF the streets TO do what
they dared not do alone.
When night had fallen. and IL was
safe. the two missionaries. with the
help Of their faithful friends. escape
from the city. and. leaving the Roman
road. struck ont in a soufhwesterly d.
recfion for Beroea. 50 miles away
This city was probably chosen because
OF its seclusion. Paul may have been