Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1905-03-29
Jesus, the Good
Shepherd
Sunday Schsoi Lesson for April 2. 1905



verses. H. rs. Read also John i0.i-42 and
Psalm %; lisa. 1910. IL.
GOLDEN TENT am the Good Shep-
herd; the Good Shepherd givcth his life
for the sheep. John l0:ll
TlME.-October a ID. -. at the Feast
OF Tabernac.eS. .he same as the last three
lessons OF last quarter.
PLACE.-Jerusalem and vicinity.
SCRIPTCRE REFERENCES The good
Shepherd: Gen. 1924: Psa 90 SOL; Eek.
Gll-l6. -2-a. Compare this list with the
descriptive characteristics found in John
10 Especially place Eek "a side By side
with John lO:1-2l.
other References in the New Testament:
Luke lji-7; Matt 1S:12-1i. Heb 1920; Jonn
s:41; 1921; 1887; Pet. 1925.
Under Shepherds. Good TRANSLATED a So
pastors }: Eph. an Jer. 3:l5. Bad:
Lick. Sl:1-l0: Jer. 1910.
Jesus the Door: John H:6 Eph. 21S
Comment and Suggestive Thought
Prof. Il. III. Plumptre, in his Lazarus
and Other Poems" suggests that there
Is strong reason to believe that Laza-
rus was one of the Jewish rulers; that
ne was the rich young ruler MARK
lo:lI-22) whom Jesus loved, and to
~hom he bade to sell all he had and
follow Him, but who at the time refused
10 90 1T. With this family was one of
the homes of the homeless Jesus. They
loved Jesus. and Jesus loved them. and
lie visited them oftener than any other
family. Not more tina five or six weeks
before this. at the Feast of Dedication
Jesus was their guest. and Mary sat at
his feet to learn, while Martha was
busy with her household duties for His
enter ainment CLuke 10:3S-42). After
Jesus left, Lazarus was taken sick. cit
may be by one of the sudden. sharp and
frequently fatal fevers of Palestine"
such az that from which Jesus delivered
,Ssrers wife's mother, and it is implied
that the assault had assumed an alarm
ing form
'. -. Fell down at His feet" and
spoke the same words as those with
which her sister had greeted Jesus. The
thought must have been continually in
their minds. and often repeated to one
another, Lord, IF thou hadst been here,
my brother had not died"
V. 81. He groaned I'm the spirit"
Groaned, not in outward expression. but
in his Utmost soul. The Greek word for
"Sroaned" expresses d strong feeling
OF Indignation mingled with grief. He
beheid death in all its fearfulness. as the
wages of sin; and all the worlds woes.
OF which this was but a little sample.
rose up before his eye, all the mourners
ana all the graves were present to him. -
And was troubled" Greek. "h,
troubled himself" precisely as a man
distressing himself or troubling him
sell or making himself anxious. -
fXp. Greek Test.
V g.. Jesus wept" Shed tears went
silently, an entirely different word from
the weep" and weeping" of the
moHrners in VS.. 81. SO. 1t is well that
TINS short sentence should be in a verse
by itself, the shortest verse in the Bible
but one of the most blessed
Y. sc. Behold how He loved him."
The word for love" is the more pas
sionate word used in 3 by the sisters.
not the higher word used of Jesus in v.
by the Evangelist, laying emphasis on
friendship.
V 81 Gould not this man. which
opened the eyes of the blind" This was
the last most widely known. and most
marvellous miracle which had been
wrought in Jerusalem only two or three
months before The inference was
natural and just.
'. 49, 'Cometh to the grave" R.V.
tomb. 1t was cave" The numer-
Gus sepulchers which skirt the valleys
on the north. east. and south of Jeru-
salem. exhibit for the most part one
general mode of construction.
V. 80. "He hath been dead four DAYS -
and. therefore. Martha inferred natural
j. that decay had begun
V. 40 said not unto thee" He had
doubtless. repeated 10 Martha what He
had said to His disciples " A.. "If
thou didst believe" Trust in the good.
ness. and power. and promises Of Jesus.
See the glory of God" They would
see a work of Cos which would manifest
His power and 1--we to men. which would
cXalt his Son as the Messiah. and bring
divine blessings TO the family. to His
disciples. and 10 the world.
VA. 'Jesusl lifted up Hi. eyes" Anat-
1ral. simple. but expressive act Of wor-
ship
V. AZ "Becau.e Of the people which
stand by said it" SO that they would
know that His power w,s from God and
recognize His relation to God.
AZ. He cried with loud voice Laza
rus come forth As one would speak
loud TO awaken sleeper II was loud in
order that all the people who had come
70 the tomb might realize whence the
pow came
v "a And hc that was dead came
forth bound hand and foot with grave.
clothes II WIS the Jewish custom n
vr..p the dead comparatively loosely in