The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-06-10
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
Lesson in the international Series for
June 12, 1eo4-Christ
Crucifed.
THE LESSON TEXT.
MARX l5-22-aol

GOLDEN TEXT.-Christ died for our |
sins according to the Scriptures.-l Cor. |
I5:3
OUTLINE OF SCRIPTURE SECTION.
Jesus Crucifxion.......... Matt T:32-5s /
yesus Srucifxion. Mark l5:2l-4l /
Jesus Crucihxion............. % :2s-4s
TIME-Friday. April T. A. D. 30
fLACE-A hill just outside the city OF |
Jerusalem. called Golgotha Calvary.
NOTES AND COMMENTS.
They bring Him unto the place Col |
gotha:" II was the common place of
execution. The exact spot is not known,
nor is the location of Gethsemane.
though both are pointed out to-day. 1t
Is possible. however, that the location
just outside the city wall on the north
is correct. THE place of a SKULL" So
called because OF fits resemblance to a
skull. Our word calvary is from the
Latin calvaria, skull. wine mingled
with myrrh:" Sometimes supposed to
have been drink prepared to deaden
the pain OF the sufferer, but neither the
priests nor the executioners seem to
have been anxious to spare Him pain.
Compare Matt. 27:34. where He tastes 1t
and then rejects II. 1t had simply been
intense thirst by offering Him some
thing which looked like refreshing drink
but was not. They cruelty Him" BY
mailing Him to the cross while II lay
upon the ground and then raising II and
dropping it into the socket prepared for
IL. Crucifxion was then what hanging is
to-day, the most disgraceful death a
man could die, and at the same time the
most painful. The suffering of the vic
tim grew steadily worse till death came
not from a mortal wound but from the
maddening pain and from hunger and
| thirst. The last hours of execution were
the worst. and these, owing to His early
| death. Jesus was mercifully spared. 1T
was the third hour" Nine o'clock in
| the morning. The superscription of
His accusation" 1t was common to put
| a placard above the head of a crucified
| man stating his crime. PLATE could not
| resist the temptation to make the
placard read SO as to hurt the pride of
the Jews all he could. On this point
read John 1892.
In studying this section compare the
attitude of the crowd. even of the idle
| passers-by, with their ridicule and
sneers. with that of the dying man upon
the cross. Jesus spoke seven times dur
ing the ordeal. Study His spirit from
those utterances. The first word from
the cross was: Father. forgive them:
for they know not what they do" 0uke
23:3D; the second: Verify say unto
thee. To-day shalt thou be with me in
Paradise" Guke 23:43); the third:
Woman. behold. thy son! Be
hold. thy mother," John 19:2O.
when the sixth hour was Gomez"
Twelve o'clock, high noon. There was
darkness over the whole land till the
ninth hour" Luke's expression, the
suns light failing" cannot mean an
eclipse. since an eclipse at Passover
time. that is. at full moon. is an impos-
sibility. The conjecture that dense
clouds hid the sun Is common and is as
suitable as any other. Whatever the
cause. the evangelists saw in II a toker
of natures awe at the death Of the Son
of God. d."-Prof. Rush Rhees. "At the
ninth hour" Three o'clock in the after.
noon. The fourth word from the eros:
was: MY God. my God. why hast Thor
forsaken Me?" The words of Ps. 22:1
II was altogether natural that Jesus Who
had lived in the atmosphere of the He
brew scriptures all His life should ex
press the feeling of desolation and lone.
illness which swept over His soul in the
words of the precious Psalm. 1t wal
only a feeling. however, truly human
cry, and Jesus did not for a moment be
lieve that God had forsaken Him. Tht
fifth word was: 81 thirst" John 1929
"The sole expression of bodily suffer
ing" The sixth: "It Is finished" (JohI
10: 800. and the last: Father into Th,
hands | commend My spirit" Uuk'
23:46). He knows that the Father ha
not forsaken Him. And SO, with Hi
thought still for others in the very hou
of His death, Jesus finished His mission
and attained rest. The spectacle Of Hi
death impresses us almost more thai
His life with His divinity, and We In
stinctively worship. The veil Of th'
temple was rent in two:" The great cur
tain, 20 feet long and 80 broad. be
tween the Holy place and the Holy o
| Holes. "The old mystery surrounding
Israel's God had vanished; the age o
types had passed; the Holy Of Holes wa
opened to every believer" On tn
words Of the centurion, read the r. v
margin which is undoubtedly correct