The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-12-11
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Matt. xviii, 1-15-GoIden Text.
Matt. xviii, 6--Memory verses,
5, documentary.
I. The women at the tome ". 1Y
/ End of the Sabbath = After IND
! Jewish Sabbath was past. ITO dawn j
The women probably left their homes
at different times. First dav of ma
week" Christ was in che tomb para
of Friday, all day Saturday and narf
Of Sunday. The first day Of ma
week-the resurrection day, which
was called by John the Lords davi
has always been observed by Chris
tians as the Christian Sabbath.
Mary Magdalene.' She was q IA.
tive of Magdala, a town on the Sea
of Galilse, and was foremost amona
the honorable women. THE othe7
Mary This was Mary the mother
of James the Less and Joses.
II. The. opened sepulchre (v. 2)t
z. hartnquake. The earthquake
viOusly to the arrival of the women.
There was also an earthquake At ina
time of Christ's death Matt. 27.51l}
Angel of the Lord = Luke SAYS sstwd
men, John says two angels while
Mark agreeing with Matthew as I'd
the number speaks of him as
young man. These evangelists evi.
IDENTIFY speak only of the one who did
the speaking. Rolled back" MOI
that Jesus could not have burst tho
barrier; but the ministry Of angels
was necessary to give form to the
transaction to human conception.
III. The angel and his message
Tvs. SD. 3. "Countenance' III
the original this word refers not oniy
to the face, but to the general aspect,
lightning" In vivid and intense
brightness. "Whitey This was heayl
emily apparel A. 1.-THE KEEPERS
The Roman guard. ibid shake. The
appearance was sudden and unexs
pected. AS dead men 1t is very
probable that the splendor of a gIoris
fed body Is always sufficient to over
whelm the senses and PROSTATE the
strength of living mortal See Dan,
S:27; Rev. 1:27. 5. Said unto tho
women. f" The angel who sat upon
the stone had entered the tomb as the
women drew near
6. Not here" Tombs and Ro-
man guards and seals could not hold
the Prince OF Life. rs risen" The
manner Of the reuniting of Christ's
soul and body in His resurrection id
a mystery, one of the secret things
said" See Matt. 1921; 1923; Luke
1922, A, As; 18:31-S3. see tho
place" Pointing doubtless to the
particular cell in the tomb. Z. &c
quickly" The resurrection did two
things: /. 1t revived the dead hopes
Of the disciples. 1t was a time OF
gladness and brought "a Joy, 90
victory, OBJ faith Only the fact os
the resurrection can account for the
marvellous change that came to them.
by which they were filled with cour-
age to suffer and die. 2. The resur-
rection brought hope to humanity:
Cd 1t brought the hope of immortal
life. (2) It gives assurance of our
own resurrection. CD Christ is alive
and is thus able to make His prom-
Uses good to us. (4) The risen Lord
Is the remedy for every trouble. 80
The fear of death and the grave is re-
moved. Tell His disciples" Instead
Of amounting Him as dead they may
rejoice in His being alive from the
dead.
Nv. Jesus appears to the women
Tvs. 8-10). s. with fear. Fear
at what they had seen, JOY at what
they had heard. g. Jesus met
them" This was the second appear
hnce. The first appearance was to
Mary Magdalene MARK 1920. II
seems that when she told Peter and
John of the empty tomb they at once
ran to the sepulcher to see for them
selves (John 20:2-10), and she also
returned at once to the tomb. DUR
ing her absence the other women had
resolved their commission from the
angel and had hurriedly left. Peter
and John soon left also, and Mary
remained alone at the tomb weep
Ing. It was then that Jesus appeared
unto her (John 20:11-1S) Later in
the morning Jesus met the other
women who had gone to tell the dis
and may have been some distance
away 'All hail. Literally, rejoice;l
the Greek salutation on meeting and
parting "Worshiped Him" BY fall
ing. on the knees and touching the
ground with the forehead.
10. Shall they see Me-" This
public appointment was made in orr
der that the whole body of disciples
might meet the risen Lord.
v. The Roman guard bribed (vsi
11-15). IL. The watch. = We sup5
pose the quaternion or guard of four
soldiers. IL. Taken counsel"
They probably had hurried, infor5
NAL meeting to consider the best
course to pursue. Large money.
1t took large bribe to induce them
to thus criminate themselves. 49,
while we slept. The absurdity Of
this position is apparent: l. The
disciples could not have stolen Jesus
away had they attempted it. 2. The
disciples were as much amazed at the
hews of the resurrection as were thd
priests g. The Roman soldiers seH
to watch Jesus tomb would not all
be asleep at the same time. 4 The
council could not have voted large
sums Of money merely to have re-
ported a truth. 5. Sleeping soldiers
could not know what took place.
IA. "Will persuade him" Per-
haps by brides or by threatening to
report his evil deeds to the Roman
emperor. Secure you" From the
penalty Of sleeping on guard, which
was death. is. Until this day.
The story started by the soldiers was
reported until the time Of the writing
Of this account by Matthew