The Marshall republican., 1906-09-14
JESUS SILENCES
PHARISEES
AND SADDUCEES
Sunday sehoolLe, Tor Sept. Is. 1906
Specially Prepared for This Paper.
~TEXT-Mark igls.n.
Specially Prepared for This Paper.

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GOLDEN TEXT Render unto
unto God tile things that are God's."-
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Comment and Suggestion Thought.
V. ~. They" The chief priests
and scrlbes and elders mentioned in
1877. "Hcrodians." The two sets OF
men would come as the advocates OF
opposing Views upon the question they
presented. To catch him" AZ one
In hunting would catch a wild animal.
The word used by Matthew In this con.
nection bears the thought Of entrap.
ping one as by a snare. In his words"
Better. in talk" referring. not to the
words Of Jesus. but TO those OF his
questloncrs. which were. they calcu.
lated. so artfully arranged that Jesus
must by his answer offend one party
or the other.
V. IL. Master" They acknowledge
themselves ready 70 accept Jesus as
their teacher. we know that thou art
true" etc. Note the flat,ery. rs Il
lawful 10 give tribute TO CaeSar?" by
tribute was meant the annual poll tax
levied for the treasury Of the Roman
emperor. upon each OF his subjects.
Jews, who claimed that they lived un.
der a thcocracy. God alone being their
King. looked upon payment Of tribute
20 the Roman as dlsloyalty TO the
divine government. II Jesus answered
Yes" he would offend not only the
Phar!sees, but the mass Of Jews. who
hated the Roman government: II
he said NO" he would offend the
Herodlans and arouse the whole
Roman power.
V. Is. shall we give or not give?"
Not a repetition OF the first question,
but n asking direction In personal
practice. Hypocrisy" "Wickedness"
(Matthew): "Craftiness" CLukel. The
word used by Mark comes from one
whose literal meaning IL acting.
Bring me n penny" A denarius. the
chief silver coin Of the Romans, worth
about II cents.
V. II. Render 10 Caesar the things
that are Caesars" Pay the Roman
government for the advantages II af.
fords you by paying the tax Il levies.
Both Caesar and God have claims upon
each. and he who would be honest will
pay both. ITO God the things that are
Gods" Man was made In the image
OF God. He should therefore render
him the sincere worship Of heart,
soul, strength and mind"
V. rs. "Sadducees, Say no
resurrection" They denied the ex.
istence OF a spiritual world, hence the
doctrines Of future life for man. re-
wards and punishmen,s, or the resur.
reciion OF the body.
V. 10. Moses wrote unto u.s." etc.
A reference 10 what is styled the
Levirate law. II is given In Deut.
1858, 9.
VS.. 20,23. There were seven broth.
ers," etc. A s~upposable case, with
which doubtless they had often puz'
zled the Pharisees, who held very
materialistic ideas about the future
life.
V. "a, Jesus answering said" We
note that Jesus speaks In a different
tone from that he used when address.
Ing Pharisees Mark ~11:27.33). The
S%adducees as yet knew little of him;
their mistakes were those OF ignorance
rather than Of malicious intent. Jesus
points out that their confusion OF
thought In the case Just cited arises |
from two causes: Ignorance OF Scrip.
ture, and lack OF appreciation OF the
power OF God. He goes on to speak
OF the last named first.
v. 20. when they shall RISE" When
God shall raise the dead. "They
neither marry" etc. The future life
will not be a mere continuation OF the
present. nor under the same condi.
lions. Gods power will be shown In
Transforming the material body into
the glorious spiritual body. OF which
Paul so well tells In l Cor. 10: 1914.
Are as the angels" Note that human
beings do not become angels, but In
the heavenly world they live under
similar conditions. Note also that
Jesus In his reply touches the various
points upon which sadducees held
erroneous ideas.
VS.. 20, ~. The book Of Moses"
The Pentateuch. How In the BUSH"
etc. Better In Rev. Yer. I'm the place