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THE SUNDAY SCHOOL
INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS
FOR JUNE a.

!. Mary and the angels at the tomb
Tvs. 11-13). II. MARY" This wac
Mary Magdalene, out Of whom Gnristi
had cast seven demons, q physioaij
rather than a moral disorder. She was
a native Of Magdala,. a town on tnef
Sea Of Galilee., She must be distn-|
guished trom;"The woman who was g
sinner" luke 7:36-50), and from Mary
the sister Of Martha. "Stood without
The other women and the disciples had
left the tomb and Mary was alone ag|
she supposed. Weeping" Christ had
done much for her, and she had great
love for her Lord. STOPPED down.
She stopped in order to obtain q view
Of the interior Of the tomb. 'aThe1
s%epulchre." The sepulchre seems toi
have been a square room hewn out OF
rock, partly above ground. its roof
being as high as the top Of the door.
II. 1.-TWO angels" Peter and john
did not see the angels. They were min
istering spirits to comfort those Wh0I
were in such great sorrow and need,
and they gave explanation Of what hadI
been done, no one else being able.
Matthew says there was one angel
Mark says a young man." while LukeI
says "two men," I'm White.n ThisI
was an emblem Of purity 1(see Rey{|
1879.
10. why weepest thouw Are youj
quite sure that this empty tomb does
not show that you ought to be rejoiclI
ing? .,.
II. Jesus appears to Mary Tvs. A.
16). IA. She turned to go again with
the other women to Jerusalem, who
had already departed, but she had not
as yet gone so far as to be out Of theI
garden. Is. "Jesus saith" This was
His first appearance. He afterward
appeared on this same day to the other
women returning from the sepulchre
(Aatt. 2s:9, 10Y, to Peter Luke 24:343;
to two disciples going to Emmaus
luke "a: 1880, and to ten apostles
Tvs. 1929. why weepest thou??n She
had cause sufficient to rejoice instead
Of to weep. Gardener" And there1
fore a servant Of Joseph of Ari
mathea, who owned the tomb, and
who. of. course, would be friendly.5
Borne Him hence" Thinking that
perhaps Joseph had ordered His body
taken to some other place. II will takd
Him away" She would be responsible
for His removal to a proper place.
16. MARY" Jesus stirred the afecSi|
ton Of the weeping woman at.His siddl|
by uttering her own name in tones thatN
thrilled her to the heart and created \
the new sublime conviction that He /
had risen as He had said. "Rabboni.,
My Master. "a whole world Of emo
ton and devotion in a word AS Mary
uttered the word she must have fallen
down at the feet Of Jesus, embracing
them.'
III. Jesus commissions Mary Tvs. II.
49,. II. Touch Me not" Cling not
to Me. The translation ..ttouch Me mott
gives q false impression;' the verb does
not mean to touch" but to "hold on
to" and "cling to-" II am not yet as
cended." Mary appears to have held
Him by the feet and worshiped Him.
go to My brethren" First servants,
then disciples, then friends; now, after
the resurrection, brethren. II ascend.1
I am clothing Myself with Ny eternal
form; I have laid down My life that =
might take it again and use it for the
blessedness Of My brethren. my
Father" etc. Father Of Christ by ma
ture and Of men by grace.
10. "Mary-told the disciples" An
apostle to the apostles. Mary was the
first to see Jesus and the first to pro-
claim His resurrection.
". Jesus appears to the apostles
Tvs. 1929. 10. "At evening" The
events of the day had been many and
important, and the apostles, except
Thomas who was absent, were prob
ably talking over what they had seen
and heard. doors were shut-fOr
fear" There is nothing to show that
the Jews designed to modest the disci-
pies, but because Christ had been put
to death they had reason to fear for
their safety. "Jesus-in the midst"
In verse 90 John refers to the fact that
the doors were shut in a way to leave
but little doubt that he intends to con-
.vey the impression that Christ entered
by His own power while they were
shut. peace be unto you" His usual
salutation and benediction. 20. He
Showed" Luke makes mention Of sew
eral other things that took place be-
fore He showed them His hands and
side. See Luke 24:37, 3S. Jesus pro-
ceeded to convince them that He was
indeed a real person. "His hands and
His side" Luke says hands and feet.
This leaves no doubt that Jesus was
nailed to the cross and not tied on as
many were. Jesus told them to handle
Him duke 24:39,, which they T-obably|
did. Glad" They were terrified att
first, but when they knew Him they
were glad. when they saw" 1t was
at this time that He gave to them an
other proof that He was the same Jesrls|
whom they had known. He called for
food duke 24:41-43) and did eat before|
them. Afterward the apostles called
attention to what now occurred ss|
q proof of their Lords r"esurrectien|
(Acts 1O:41).
81. Hath sent Me-" AS I was sent
to proclaim the truth of the Most HIGH
so 1 send you for. the very same pur-
pose. clothed with authority and In
fuenced by the Spirit. %. "BreathedI
on them" I%ntimating by this that they
were to be made new men. "ReceiveI
We the Holy Ghost" Out Of His full
ness their minds and hearts were to~hal
filed, and thus they would be prepared
to carry on the work after He had left
them. %. I've remit" etc. The Re-
vised Version renders this, Whose sol
ever sins ye forgive, they are forgiven
unto them: whose soever sins ye re-
thin they are retained"