The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1905-03-31
Jesus, the Good
Shepherd
Sunday School Lesson Tor April 2. 1905
Specially Prepared for This Paper.

Tor the sheep John lOlI.
TlME-October. A. -. %, at the Feast
OF I~abernac.es. the same as the last three
lessons Of last quarter.
PIACE.-Jerusalem and vicinity.
SCRIPTURE REFERENCES The gsod
Shepherd; Gen. 1924. Pisa. % SOL. Eek.
Hll-l6, y 81. Compare this list with the
descriptive characteristics found in John
To- Especially place Eek. "a side by side
with John l0l-A.
other References in tho New Testament.
Luke l5.4-7, Matt. 1Sl2-l4. Heb. 10 ~. John
s47; lO.H 1871, l Pet. 2.25.
Under Shepherds. Good Orans ated also
"pastors'): Eph. an, Jer. 3.l5. Bad.
Eek. %;l-l0. Jer. 1910.
Jesus the Door. John l46 Eph PTS.
Comment and Suggestive Thought.
Prof. +. Ii. 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
lO:l1-22) whom Jesus loved, and TO
whom he bade to sell all be had ana
follow Him, bur who at the time refused
10 do II. 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, al 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 CLuke 10: 3S-42). After
Jesus left, Lazarus was taken sick. "lt
may be by one OF the sudden. sharp and
frequently fatal fevers Of Palestine. d"
such as that from which Jesus delivered
Peters wife's mother, and il 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. IL thou hadst been here,
my brother had not died
V. SO. He eroaned in the spirit"
Groaned not liz outward expression. but
in his Utmost soul. The Greek word for
%"groaned" expresses a strong feeling
of Indignation mingled with grief. He
beheld death in all its fe%arfulness as the
wrges OF sin, and all the worlds woes.
OF which this was but a little sample,
rose up before his eye, all the mourners
and all the graves were present TO him"
And was troubled" Greek. n.
troubled himself, precisely as a 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. 80. 1t is well that
this short sentence should be in a 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 V 3 by the sisters.
not the higher word used Of Jesus in v.
8 by the Evangelist, laying emphasis on
friendship.
V. 81. could 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. IS. "Cometh to the grave" r. v,
tomb 1T was a 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
ly that decay had begun.
V. 40. "Said | not unto thee" He had
doubtless. repeated TO Martha what He
had said to His disciples ". a.. "tf
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 God which would manifest
His power and love to men. which would
exalt his Son as the Messiah. and bring
divine blessings TO the family. to His
disciples. and TO the world
VA. "Jesusli lifted up His eyes" Anat-
ural. simple. but expressive act Of wor-
ship.
V. AZ. Because OF the people which
by | said it," So that they would
know that His power was from God. and
recognize His relation 10 God.
AZ. He cried with a loud voice. Lana
rus. come forth AS one would speak
loud TO awaken a sleeper. II was loud in
order that all the people who had come
to the tomb might realize whence the
power came.
V. A. And he that was dead came
forth bound hand and foot with grave
clothes" II was the Jewish custom to
wrap the dead comparatively loosely in
a winding sheet or shroud. which would
impeded. though not prevented.
arising and walking Abbott.
V. as. Many believed Oh
lazarus henceforth was a per-
petuai sermon on the loving owe OF
One OF the least s~elt-advertised OF
arthnrftias fs Prof ROntgen.