The Tupelo journal., 1904-04-01
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL,.
Lesson in the International Series fol-
April 8, 19O4-Jeaus Visits
Tyre and Sidon.
THE LESSON TEXT.
ns.,,x 7.ad- TN

(Mark 7:24-3E0
a. And from thence He arose, and went
into the borders of Tyre and Sidon, and
entered into an house, and would have no
| man know 1t; but He could not be hid.
25. For a certain woman, whose young
| daughter had an unclean spirit. heard of
| Him, ami came and fell at Hisfeet.
26. The woman was a Greek, a Syrophe-
nician by nation; and she besought Him
that He would cast forth the devil out Of
her daughter.
27. But Jesus said unto her: Let the chill
| dren first be filled: for it Is not meet to tax
| the children's bread, and to cast it unto the
dogs.
Is. And she answered and said unto Him:
Yes, Lord; yet the dogs under the table eat
of the children's crumbs.
%. And He said unto her: For this saying
go thy way; the devil Is gone out of thy
daughter.
80. And when she was come to her house
she found the 80. devil gone out, and
her daughter laid upon the bed.
81. And again. departing from the coasts
of Tyre and Sidon, He came unto the sea OF
Galilee, through the mids of the coasts of
Decapolis.
80. And they bring unto Him one that was
deaf and had an impediment in his speech;
and they beseech Him to put His hand upon
him.
80. And He took him aside from the multi
tude, and put His fingers into his ears, and
He spit. and touched his tongue;
"a. And looking up to Heaven, He sighed,
and saith unto him: Ephphatha, that is, be
opened.
80. And straightway his ears were opened,
and the string of his tongue was loosed,
and he spake plain.
So. And He charged them that they shond
should tell no man; but the more He
charged them, SO much the more a great
deal they published it;
81. And were beyond measure astonished,
saying: He hath done all things well; He
maketh both the deaf to hear, and the dumb
to speak.
GOLDEN TEXT.-Without faith it is i'm
possible to please Him.-Heb. Ills.
ANALYSIS OF SCRIPTURE SECTION.
Jesus Walking on the Water. Mark 6:45-52
Jesus Healing Many...........Mark 6:53-56
Discourse on Eating with Unwashed
Hand Mark Z: 1-23
Healing Woman's Daughter. Mark 7:24-3O
Healing Deaf and Dumb Man.. Mark 7:31-37
Read also parallel passage: Matt. 14:22-
Is 81.
TIME.-Late in the summer Of A. D. %.
PLACE.-The region of Tyre and Sidon;
q foreign country.
NOTES AND COMMENTS.
From thence" From Capernaum.
"The borders of Tyre" etc.: That is,
Phoenicia. Jesus and his disciples were
now in the land of foreigners. They were
there for several reasons. (1) They could
not stay where they were. His followers
had many of them left Him, and popular
feeling against Him was running high in
Galilee. 1t was a reaction. (2) He haG
had a controversy with the Pharisees
from Jerusalem, in which He had talked
to them with a plainness they had prob
ably never heard before, calling them
hypocrites; of course, making their OPP
position to Him more bitter. Further
work in Galilee at this time was out Of
the question. co A foreign country was
chosen because of it's distance from the
scene. of the trouble and because its peO-
pie were not likely to know or care about
the contention between Jesus and the
Pharisees. He entered. :.
would have no man know it," This was
not a preaching tour, but a much-needed
respite from a wearing ministry. Safety,
rest and the training of the disciples were
sought. "An unclean spirit" Probably
epilepsy. A very distressing disease and
Out WHICH JCSuS llC4oCAIiy mCt. AZ
those days it was supposed, like fevers
and insanity, to be caused by demons.
The symptoms were intense suffering,
falling (Matt. II: 1913, sudden
paroxysms, dumbness, foaming at the
mouth and other accomplishments of
what we call epilepsy mark 8: II, 1S).
"a Greek" That is, a Gentle. or as a
Jew would be apt to say a dog" The
Jews were an arrogant race and almost
always had uncOmplimentary names for
foreigners. "a Syrophoenician:" Or a
Syrian Phoenician. Let the children
first be filed" ETC.: A sentence which
we say at first does not sound like Jesus.
Compare Matthew's account. By the
children Jesus meant the Jews. The dogs
He used in the common way for Gentiles.
1t was not harsh as it would be to call
q person a dog to-day. He did not think
the Gentiles of less Importance than the
Jews, or care less for their sufferings,
but in planning the great work of saliva
ton He had to begin somewhere. The
plan must be the wisest n possible,
and then He must stick to it. The plan
was to begin the conquest Of the world
at home, with his own people.
"They bring unto Him." After He
reached Galilee again. TOOK Him aside
. . privately" 1t is not an easy
thing to communicate with one who is
practically deaf and dumb. Jesus might
have healed him ~offhanded in the crowd,
but He wanted to make a spiritualtm I'M
preston on him as we'll. See how the
Master uses the sign language in dealing
with this man-touches his ears and his
tongue; He spat; saliva was suppose to
have healing power; the man received an
idea. Then he looked up to Heaven and
signed; the mans idea was enlarged; God
came into the transaction, and Jesus
spoke the word, and he was healed, and
had learned the mos. impressive lesson
of his life as we'll.
Grapes from Canaan.
God has some blessing to heal every
bane.
The religion of the Son of Man win
surely be manly.
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