The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1906-04-06
SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON.
Jesus and the Sabbath - Interna.
iional Sunday School Lea
son for April 8.

istry-
PLACE Some field and synagogue In
Galilee. quite likely capeTnaum.
scRlPTURAL REFERENCES. om-
par accounts OF Mark 2.zs-E and Luke
tl-s on verse see Hosea &C and COM
care MIC. eos. / sam. l. 2. Pisa NS-ls:
Isa- lil-l7. Amos 5l-2i. also Matt SIX
Chrsrs miracle working on tie sab
bath day.-Mark .-l-sls Luke 10 .lQ-ii; lf.l-
John 5.--l9. s.iA
Trace the Sabbath through the Bible
in the following leading passages Gen.
"a g. Ex. ls2.-99: a.s-Ii. 1i.11-I7. @ 81,
Lev 1880. e3.5. - 80. %: Neh i5-l--.-. Psa
I.s e. lsa- 1871. 5s.is. ~. Jer. T.l-Zz:
FAX. 9i2. -. Amos SIS; Luke 10 . 81
Cu tie new. hrst-day Sabbath Mark -.
John 9is. Acts 1G.s. J Cor 49,. Rev 10
Comment and Suggestive Thought
vi AT that time. r. v season .
Probably some Sabbath in the month
Nlsan" Cambridge Bible Jesus
went on the Sabbath day through tbs
..rn The disciples and Jesus were
walking alOns a public path through :
heid, with standing grain on eithei
side. The grain CoOTn"J was wheat
81. less likely. barley. His disciple,
were IN huneered" They were doubt
less on their way to or from the morn
ing seVicc in the synagogue AN,
began 10 pluck the ears 81 corn Lux
adds rubbing them in their hands.
-s separate the kernels from the chan
The ever watchful Pharisees criticise
Is soon as the disciple began to d,
this.
V. 2. Behold Thy disciples Chris
vas not piucking and eating the grain
but the fault-dnding Pharlsees see
nance to make a point against Hin
through His disciples. implying that
tie permitted their act, and was. there
fore. responsible for IL.
Y 3. Have ye not read" This cues
ton. favorite formula Of the rabbits
Is used ironically Luke puts IL:
Have ye lot read even this2- Per
haps the very passage referred 20 had
letn read in the synagogue only 10 y
minutes before What David dl1:
one Of the greatest OF the Hebrews
See Sam 2l.l-7.
y 4. How he entered the house OF
God" The Tabernacle II was al this
time in Mob. a town OF Benjamin nea:
Jerusalem. "-Swete And did eat the
shewtread." David took the conse-
Grated bread. Is II were. from before
he very face OF God. "- Beecher II
was on the Sabbath. too. as IL was on
the day the bread was changed Com
pare Sam. 2I.s with Lev GAS.
VS.. "Or have We not read IN the laws.
In such passages as Nun. 2S-s. 10
ne priests in the temple prOfane the
sabbath" ny kindlins fires for The
burnt offerings and bearing the sac-
riices and utensils through the tenn
pie. The Sabbath was the priests
busiest day. Abbott
We. But say unto You a solemn
affirmation. with a certain tone in the
voice: ENpositor's Greek Tesfamen-
In this place Is one greater than the
temple" II. V. margin. "a greater
thing"-~a reading supported by au
the best manuscripts ana late editor
Cook
v. z IF We had known what this
meaaeih." II they had understood not
merely the letter OF Scripture but ia
pirit Il will have mercy. and not
sacrifice" Quoting Hos. 6:e. the
thought Of which Is repeated in man
other passages. rYe would not haze
Condemned" fthe Greek verb sight
nes formal and Official condemnation
Y. s. The important saying Of this
se-se is preceded. in Mark t2:20. by
The connecting link: The Sabbath was
made for man, and not man for tn
sabbath" This great saying is the cen
tra principle Of Sabbath-observance
v g lie weut into their syna-
Foeue According 10 His custom o! I
reguiar church-going Luke 4-l6l.
y 10 And behold" "A u0te OF ex-
r.ama,ion 20 draw attention 70 tha .
fart -SpUrgeon. "A man which had I.
hi7 hand withered" Luke. the phys
elan. notes that it was his right hand |
Ani they asked him. saying. Is !.
lawful p heal on the sabbath days"
Iae Mosaic law did not forbid works /
II healing. bvt the rabbinical ;rsdi- /
tom and interpretations did"
n. ~ They made no rePly--foT I
what reply could they makes There 1
fore lie drove the truth nome ~ az H. /
ration
r. How much then Is a man 4
letter than . shee1." ''Tha; is the 1
question which Christian civilization /
his not even yet adequately answered. |
Prof Bruce
II l5 Then. as they still held their 4
peace. Jesus swept about Him a look /
of 1rrow and indignation MARK. an /
'oumsnied the cripple. stretch forth \
Thine hand:" The arm was not with \
traIf Vincent And he stretched II
'n-th' The healing End lie ont
Fetching may be conceived as con-
e'hioraneousr Expositor's Greek \
Testament.
a. Thea the Pharisees went out,
and held council against Him." 10
miracle can persuade a hostile hears
--Geikie