The Tupelo journal., 1906-04-06
SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON.
Jesus and the SABBATH Interna-
tional Sunday School Les
son for April 8.

LESSON TExT.-Matt. l2:1-l4. Memory
rerses Z, s.
GOLDEN TExT.-"Remember the Sab
| bath day to keep it holy."-Ex. 20:S.
TIME.-Early summer of A. D. Is. In
| the middle of the second year of Jesus min
istry.
PLAcE.-some field and in
Galilee: quite likely Capernaum.
SCRIPTURAL REFERENCES.-Com-
pare accounts of Mark 2:23-2S and Luke
S:l-5. On verse Z see Hosea &c and COM
pare Mic. 6:6-S; / Sam. 1922; Psa. O:S-l5;
lisa. Hill; Amos 5:21-24: also Matt. 9:13.
Christ's miracle working on the Sab
bath day.-Mark 1:21-34; Luke 1~a:10-14; 14:1-
s; John 5:2-10; 9:l4.
Trace the Sabbath through the Bible
in the following leading passages: Gen.
90, 8; Eek. 16:22-30; A:S-l1: ~31:13-17; 1858;
Lev. 1890; 23:3: 1884, 35; Neh. ~13:15-22; Pisa.
| 1924; lisa. 1927; 58:13, IA; Jer. T:21-z7;
! Eek. 20:12, 10; Amos SIS; Luke 4:16; 1856.
| On the new, frst-day Sabbath: Mark 1919
John 2O:1s; Acts 2O:7; 1 Cor. 1872: Rev. lilo.
Comment and Suggestive Thought.
". l. AT that time" R. v. season"
probably some Sabbath in the month
Nisan." - Cambridge Bible. Jesus
went on the Sabbath day through the
corn" The disciples and Jesus were
walking along a public path through a
field, with standing grain OF either
side. The grain C'corn") was wheat.
or, less likely, barley. His disciples
were an hungered." They were doubt
less on their way to or from the morn
ing sevice in the synagogue. And
began to pluck the ears of corn" Luke
adds, rubbing them in their hands,"
to separate the kernels from the chaff.
The ever-watchful Pharisees criticised
as soon as the disciples began to do
this.
V. 2. Behold Thy disciples" Christ
vas not plucking and eating the grain,
but the fault-finding Pharisees see a
chance to make a point against Him
through His disciples, implying that
He permitted their act, and was, there
fore, responsible for it.
va. Have We not read" This ques-
ton, a favorite formula of the rabbis
is used ironically. Luke puts 1t:
Have We not read even this?" Per
haps the very passage referred to had
| UCCA lCdo LII tAC Oy ud6OSuO 'oAAy ~"
minutes before. What David did,
one of the greatest of the Hebrews.
See / Sam. 21:1-7.
". 4. How he entered the house OF
| God" THE Tabernacle. 1t was at this
time in Mob, a town of Benjamin neal
Jerusalem."-Swete. And did eat the
shewbread:" David took the onse-
Grated bread, as it were, from before
the very face of God."-Beecher. 1t
was on the Sabbath, too, as it RAJ on
the day the bread was changed. COM
pare / Sam. 21:6 with Lev. 24:S.
VS.. "Orhave We not read in the laws"
In such passages as Mum. 1919, 10.
THE priests in the temple p~rofane the
Sabbath" by kindling fires for the
burnt offerings and bearing the sac
rifices and utensils through the tenn
pie. The Sabbath was the priests
busiest day."-Abbott.
V. 6. But l say unto you" "A solemn
affirmation, with a certain tone in the
Neutrality-suspicious. Greek Testament.
SIN this place is one greater than the
temple" r. V. margin. "a greater
thing'-"a reading supported by all
the best manuscripts and late editors"
Cook.
V. Z. 'If we had known what this
meaneth:" If they had understood not
merely the letter of Scripture but its
spirit. Il will have mercy, and not
sacrifice" Quoting Hos. &c, the
thought of which is repeated in many
| other passages. "Ye would not have
| condemned" (the Greek verb sigri-
fies formal and official condemnation)
v. 8. The important saying of this
verse is preceded, in Mark (2:27), by
the connecting link: 1.-THE Sabbath was
made for man, and not man for the
Sabbath" This great saying is the cen
trail principle of Sabbath-observance.
v. 9. He went into their syna-
gogue:" According to His custom OF
regular church-going. CLuke 4:16).
V. 10. And behold" "a note of ex-
clamation to draw attention to thu
fact."-Spurgeon. "A man which had
his hand withered:" Luke, the physi-
clan, notes that it was his right hand.
"And they asked him, saying, Is i.
lawful to heal on the Sabbath days."
THE Mosaic law did not forbid works
of healing, but the r%abbinical tradi-
| ton and interpretations did"
v. II. They made no reply-for
what reply could they make? There
| fore He drove the truth nome by an L.
lustrat!on.
v. II. How much then is a man
| better than a Sheep" That is the
question which Christian civilization
has not even yet adequately answered"
Prof. Bruce.
v. IS. Then, as they still held their
peace, Jesus swept about Him a look
of sorrow and indignation Mark, and
commanded the cripple, Stretch forth
thine hand:' 1.-The arm was not with
| ered."-Vincent. And he stretched it
| forth" THE healing and the out
| stretching may be conceived as con-
| temporaneous.'" - Expositor's Greek
Testament.
V. IA. Then the Pharisees went out,
| and held a council against Him." No
miracle can persuade a hostile heart.
-Geikie.
The Sabbath Question.
The Sabbath made for man. When
Christ said that, He did not abolish
| the Sabbath. but confirmed it. The
| Sabbath is Gods gift TO man.
But did He not abrogate the Satur-