The Yale expositor., 1906-04-13


centurion was, "As thou hast believed,
so be it done unto thee" Matt. g.
49,. Found the servant whole" In
sound health For this meaning is the
regular word in medical writings
Prof. Vincent. Matthew says that the
servant was healed lin the selfsame
hour"
w. The Unworded Prayer of Sor-
rows. IL, -. Our Lord had
healed, probably, every kind of dis
ease known in Palestine. He had
raised the dying from the beds they
had not hoped to leave again. But he
had not yet raised the dead This
alone was wanting to complete the
evidences of divine power which his
miracles offered "4Ryle. These mira
Giles of our Lord are the nearest We
come TO news concerning the other
world. except of course our Lords
own resurrection. George Macdon-
aid.
Il. THE day after" r. ", "soon
afterwards He went into a city
called Main" A small town twenty
five miles to the southwest. A hamlet
of the same name still exists there.
With Christ were his disciples, and
a great multitude" OR. W
u. when he came nigh to the gate
of the city" Nearly all towns and VIII
lagos were surrounded by walls, as a
defence against marauders. Behold,
there was a dead man carried out"
The bier on which the body was
borne was, in the case of the poorer
classes, simple board supported on
two poles. There was no coffin; the
corpse was simply covered with a
large cloth. Abbott. The only son
of his mother" The Greek implies
that he was the only son she ever
had,-a fact intensifying her grief
And she was a widow" The second
grief had followed the first. She was
alone in the world And much people
of the city was with her"
V. The Prayer of Sorrow Granted
VS.. 1915. We are not told that Jesus
was addressed with any petition. The
great grief he saw was enough. He
knew what was in man.
Is. The Lord" title first used
by Luke in this place, perhaps because
i'm this miracle Christ showed himself
supremacy the Lord of life and death.
Saw her" He picked her out readily
because she led the sad procession.
1T was worth noting that nearly all
the recorded instances Of raising the
dead were performed for women. =
Int. Crit. Com. He had compassion
on her" Jesus. who was always
touched by the sight of human agony
mark :: "a; S: 12). seems TO have
felt a peculiar compassion for the
anguish of bereavement John Il: S.
30. "-Cambridge Bible. And said
unto her, Weep not" "A hint of what
was coming but of course not under
stood by the widow."-Expos. Greek
Test.
ii. and he came and touched the
bier" "Of wickerwork. The body
lay with its face turned up, uncov-
cred, and its hands folded on the
breast. "-Edershei They that bare
HIM" Friends and neighbors, all of
them unshod different parties of bear
ers. at frequent intervals relieving
each other. so that as many as posi-
BILE might share in the good work. =
Edersheim. stood still" Taking
the touch of Jesus as sign that he
wished this. Expos. Greek Test.
And he said, Young man, say unto
thee, Arise"
10. "And he that was dead" THE
spectators were sure that he was dead,
for they were carrying him out to
bury him. No deception was possible,
for his own mother believed him dead,
and you may be sure that IL there
had been spark of life in him she
would not have given him up to the
jaws of the grave. "-Spurgeon Sat
up, and began to speak" "Incoherent,
perhaps, were those words, like the
last words of a dream with which a
man awaken; but they were words,
and they made known that the dead
was alive. "-Nehemiah Adams. And
he delivered him to his mother" Can
any one doubt that mother and son
henceforth owned, loved, and trusted
him as the true Messiah Elder.
sheim.
VI. The Effect of the Miracle.-Vs.
16. II.
16. And there came a fear on all. "
r. ", And fear took hold on ALL" "A
great prophet is risen up among us. "
THE expectation of the return of Eli
jah, jeremiah, or one of the prophets
was at that time widely spread. -
Cambridge Bible. God hath visited
his people" Compare the words of
Zacharias duke 1: 6S) and of iJico-
demus (John 3 ~.
H. "And this rumor OR. ", ere
port') of him went forth" at would
spread like wildfire far and wide."-
Eek. Greek Test Throughout ali Jul
dea." Not implying that Main was in
/ Judea; but the story spread from Cali
| lee all over Judea. And throughout
all the region round about" That is,
Perea. where John the Baptist was in
/ prison. Luke goes on TO tell how John