The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-06-08
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL
INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS
FOR JUNE IL.
Subject; Christ Cruci8ed, Mark xv., ee-3o
-Golden Text, 1 Cor. xv., 3-Menory
Verses, 25-2J - Commentary on the
Days Lesson.

'erses, @O-S1 - commentary on the
Days Lesson.
i. The journey to Calvary ". 22). %.
"They bring Him" Pilates sentence is
supposed to have been given about y
o'clock in the morning The Jews must
have taken Jesus and started for the cross
almost Immediately. 'Golgotha." Gol-
gotha is the Hebrew and Calvary the Latin
word with the same meaning.
Ill. Scenes around the cross Tvs. 23-28) :.
90. "Wine-myrrh." 1t was a merciful
custom OF the Jews to give those con-
demned to crucifixion, with a view to pro-
ducing stupefication, strong aromatic
wine. This they offered (R. W to
Christ; He tasted Matt. 27:3i, but re.
fused to drink, as it would obscure the
ciearness of His faculties. There were
seven sayings of Christ on the cross, all of
which express some charact ristic element
OF His nature or His worn. The first was
a prayer for His muiderers: Father, for.
give them; for they know not what they
do Luke 23:34). This was probably spo.
ken in the height of the agony, when the
cross with the victim upon it was dropped
with sudden wrench into its place in the
ground.
"a. Parted His garments" The four
soldiers divided among themselves His
outer robe, head-dress, girdle and sandals,
but for His coat" that Is, His tunic or
under garment, which was without seam
and which would have been ruined ii di'
vided, they cast lots (John 1925, "a.
Casting lots" What picture. Amid
the most solemn scene OF human history
the unconscious actors sit down to gam.
BILE. The legacy in worldly things left by
Nine o'clock in the morning They cruel.
fed Him His hands and feet were
nailed to the cross (Luke 2i:39, 40), and
then it was lifted and sunk into the
ground with sudden shock, producing
great pain. The feet of the sufferer were
only foot or two above the ground.
%. "Superscription." The white tablet
nailed upon the cross above the head OF
the victim, to declare the crime for which
He was crucihcd. 1t was a common Gus.
tom to affix a label to the cross, giving a
statement of the crime for which the per.
son suffered. Was written" Plate wrote
this superscription evidently in derslon
tJohn 1910. 1t was written in Hebrew
for the Jews, in Greek for the foreigners
and visitors. in Latin for the Romans
King of the Jews" The words are some'
what different in the different gospels,
probably because some of the writers cop.
led from one language and some from an
other. The truth was proclaimed in jest;
Jesus Is in fact a King with many
crowns" 81. 1.-TWO thieves" This was
probably done with the intention OF giving
the people to think that Jesus was to be
classed with them. %. Scripture was full
filled" Isaiah 53:l2 Omitted in h. V.
Ill. Christ Knocked Tvs. 29-32). 20.
"Raied on Him" They utter taunts
founded on caluminous misrepresentation
of His words; they ridicule His kngship
and even His piety; they trample on His
pretenccs and exult over His weakness.
"Wagging." An accompanying gesture
expressive of contempt: 'Ah.' An exola-
nation of dersion. "Destroyest the tenn
pie At the first cleansing of the temple
Jesus had said, Destroy this temple and
in three days | will raise it up" (John 2:
l9). They had never forgotten this. At
night, they charged Him with saying that
He was able to destroy the temple and
build it in three days Matt. 26:6D, but
this was IA perversion of His words. What
He said was that ii they DESTROYED it He
was able to raise it up or rebuild il in
three days 80. Save Thyself." They
thought that ii Jesus were the Messiah
surely He could deliver Himself from the
Roman cross. Come down. Let Him
show His power and save His own life. X
He does not then He is far from being
the Messiah that He is justly crucitied for
making such pretensions.
81. Chief prlests-scrbes. The dignl-
tares and members OF the Sanhedrin, as
well as the ordinary bystanders, mocked,
for they suppose they have gained com
plete victory. 80. "They-reviled. From
this it appears that at first both OF the
thieves reproached Christ.
". Christ cruciied Tvs 3339l. 33.
"Sixth hour" Noon. Darkness" The
darkness continued three hours, from noon
until three o'clock; The ninth hour.
The hour of the Offering of the evening
sacrifice. 81. Jesus cried This was
Chrst's fourth utterance on, the cross,
and is the only one recorded by Mark.
1t was spoken toward the close OF the
darkness. "Eloi, ETC." Mark preserves
the Aramiac words exactly as they We're
spoken by Jesus. The repetition, My
force. 1t is an expression OF utter lonelI-
ness and desolation.
35. "He calleth Elias" They either only
caught the first syllable, or misappre-
hended the words, or, as some think, spoke
in wiful mockery and declared He called
not on eli" God, but on ELIAS, whose
appearance was universally expected. 80.
painful aggravation OF death by crucihxion.
Christ now uttered His fifth saying on the
cross, 81 thirst" John 1929. This was
His only expression of bodily suffering. 1t
was then that a soldier ran and filed
sponge with vinegar, or "the sour wine and
water called posca, the ordinary drink OF
the Roman soldiers" and offered Him to
drink. "On a reed" The short stem of
hyssop plant. With this they were able
to reach His mouth with the sponge.
Gave Him" The first drink OF vinegar
and gall Jesus refused, but this, unmXed
with any drug, was accepted. Let alone
etc. This was probably uttered seriously.
81. "a loud voice" As it were the tri.
umphant cry of conqueror He now ut.
tered His sixth saying: 1T is finished"
(John 1880. This is one word in the
Greek, and has been called the greatest
single word ever uttered. What was
finished? His life's work, the cup OF sui
fering the atonement for the sins of the
world, the old era and dispensation. The
seventh saying was, Father, into Thy
hands | commend Ny spirit" (Luke %:
46). "Gave up the ghost" He dismissed
the spirit. He Himself willingly gave up
His own life.
20. "The vel-was rent" The great
veil of the temple that hung between the
holy place and the holy OF holies, forty GU
bits (sixty feet) long and twenty cubits
Thirty feet wide, OF the thickness of the
palm Of the hand, and wrought in seventy
two squares, which were joined together.
80. "The centurion" The Roman officer
who had charge of.the crucifXion. "Saw"
When he saw what was done he acknowl.
edged that God Himself was showing His
approval of Jesus (Luke 23:40. "Son OF
God" What testimony! and from Ro-
man officer.