The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1905-03-30
Jesus, the Good
Shepherd
Sunday School Lesson Tor April .. 1905
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Specially Prepared for This Paper.
LESSON TExT.-John 1O:7-1s; Memory
verses, II, is. Read also John 10:1-42 and
Psalm %; lisa. 1910, IL.
GOLDEN TEXT am the Good shep.
herd; the Good Shepherd giveth his life
for the sheep."-John 1911.
T1ME.-October, A. d. 20, at the Feast
Of Tabernacles the same as the last threH
lessons Of last quarter.
PLACE.-Jerusaem and vicinity.
SCRIPTURE REFERENCES.--The good
Shepherd: Gen. 1924; Psa. %; SOL; Eek.
a:11-16, 22-3i. Compare this list with the
descriptive characteristics found In John
TO- Especially place Ezek. "a side by side
with John 10:1-21.
Other References in the New Testament:
Luke 154-7; Matt. 1s:12-14; Heb. 1920: John
8:47; 1927; 1887; Pet. 2:25.
Under Shepherds. Good TRANSLATED also
"pastors): Eph. All; Jer. 3:l5. Bad:
Eek. A:1-10; Jer. 1910.
Jesus the Door. John N.6 Eph. 2:18.
Comment and Suggestive Thought.
Prof. e. H. 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
he was the rich young ruler MARK
10:17-2) whom Jesus loved, and to
whom he bade to sell all he had and
follow Him, but who at the time refused
| to do It. With this family was one of
the homes Of the homeless Jesus. They
loved Jesus. and Jesus loved them, and
He visited them oftener than any other
family. Not more than 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
entertainment Luke 10:3S-42). After
Jesus left, Lazarus was taken sick, at
may be by one of the sudden, sharp and
frequently fatal feveEs of Palestine"
such as that from which Jesus delivered
Peters wifes mother, and it is implied
that the assault had assumed an alarm
ing form.
v. 80. 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, II thou hadst been here,
my brother had not died"
V. 33. He groaned in the spirit"
Groaned, not in outward expression, but
in his inmost soul. The Greek word for
"groaned" expresses a strong feeling
of Indignation mingled with grief. "He
beheld death in all its fearfulness, as the
wages of sin; and all the worlds woes
of which this was but little sample,
rose up before his eye, all the mourners
and all the graves were present to him."
And was troubled" Greek, che
troubled himself" precisely as man
distressing himself or troubling him
SELF or making himself anxious -
Exp. Greek Test.
V. 35. Jesus wept" Shed tears, wept
silently an entirely different word from
the weep" and weeping" of the
mourners in VS.. 81. 33. 1t Is well that
this short sentence should be in verse
by itself, the shortest verse in the Bible,
but one of the most blessed.
v. SO. Behold how He loved him!"
The word for "love" is the more pas
sionate word used in by the sisters,
not the higher word used of Jesus in v.
8 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.
: v. 3S. "Cometh to the grave" RV.,
, tomb" at was cave" "The numer-
Gus sepulchers which skirt the valleys
D 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, y
and, therefore. Martha inferred natural
ly that decay had begun.
v. 40. said | not unto thee" He had
doubtless, repeated to Martha what He
I had said to His disciples ". ~. "u
thou didst believe" Trust in the good.
; ness, and power, and promises of Jesus
"See the glory of God" They would
see work of God which would NANTES,
His power and love to men, which would
exalt his Son as the Messiah, and brine
divine blessings to the family, to His
disciples. and to the world
VA. Jesus lifted up His eyes" Anat
ural, simple, but expressive act of wor.
ship.
v. AZ. Because of the people which
stand by l said it," So that they woult
i. know that His power was from God, ant
y recognize His relation to God.
: 43. HE cried with loud voice, Laza
= rus, come forth AS one would speal
= loud to awaken sleeper. 1t was loud II
! order that all the people who had com,
. to the tomb might realize whence tn,
:, power came.
:. :. v. A. And he that was dead cam,
> forth bound hand and foot with grave
/, clothes" 1t was the Jewish custom t.
. wrap the dead comparatively loosely il
:, . winding sheet or shroud, which woul,
y have impeded. though not prevented
arising and walking. Abbott.
y " As. MANY believed OF
: him." Lazarus henceforth was per
J, petual sermon on the loving power O
y Christ.