The Yale expositor., 1908-05-29
JESUS RISEN
FROM THE DEAD
Sunday School Lesson Tor May 81. 1905
Specially Prepared for This Paper

| for evermore Rev l-18
| EVENTS OF THE RESURRECTION.
The earthquakes: Matt. 2S2. The flight
of the guard: Matt. 2s:s. 4. Ills. The
women reach the tomb: Matt. ISL; Mark
1871, 2: Luke 24:1; John 20l. The stone
found rolled away: Mark 1873. a. Luke
A:2: John 20:1. Mary Magdalene runs
| and finds Peter and John; John 20:2. The
other women meet the angels: Matt. Is:
81; Mark 1858: Luke 24:3-9. The women
tell the apostles: Matt. 2s:s; Luke A:iO
II. Peter and John visit the tomb: Luke
A:12; John 203-1O Jesus is seen by Mary
Magdalene: Mark 1871; John 2O:11-lS
TIME.-Sunday morning, April 9. A. ID.
| 30.
PLACE.-The tomb In a garden near
Calvary. The houses In Jerusalem where
the disciples were staying, especially that
where John and Mary, and perhaps
Peter, abode.
The Stay in the Tomb.-We have only
the obscure reference in 1 Pet. 1919. 20:
spirits in prison" ''He descended into
hell" the famous sentence In the
Apostles Creed, means only that
| Christ went to the abode of the
dead. During that time our Saviour
had some gracious and helpful
message to proclaim to the souls OF
the departed, but what 1t was we are
| not told.
The probable order of events on
Easter morning Is indicated above.
That there should be some confusion
In the accounts is natural, when we re-
member that 1t was dark, in the early
morning, that the disciples were in
different parts of the city and came
at different times to the tomb, that
they had no clocks or watches, and
that their minds were amazed and be-
wildered. The very fact that slight
discrepancies exist in the narratives
proves that they are the honest rec.
ords OF independent witnesses.
The women's report seemed idle
talk" Uuke). The Gospel writer's
show their honesty in relating things
discreditable to themselves. What bet
ter proof can there be of candor?"-
Prof. George p. Fisher. A notable evil
dence OF the resurrection is the fact
that the disciples did not expect it,
and were convinced Of 1t with diff.
Guilty.
Peter and John, as soon as Mary
Magdalene told them the aston.
fishing news, fastened to investi.
gate. They were perhaps staying to-
gether, and Mary, the mother of
Jesus, was probably in the same house.
In their great eagerness, they ran
both together: and the other disciple
John, who always refers to himself in
some modestly obscure way) outran
Peter" for he was young man and
Peter was well along in years.
"As yet they knew not the Scrip
ture, with its many prophecies of
Christ's death and resurrection duke
24:25-27, Az. See especially Psa. 16:
10. Christ had attempted to in
struct them in these matters Matt
2O:17-19), but they needed the actual
fact to impress his teachings upon
their minds.
Mary did not recognize Jesus at
once, because her vision was blurred
with tears; she was not at all expect
ing to see him; probably she did not
look up at his face but only at his gar
ments, which, as the soldiers had his
own clothes, were probably the
simple dress Of a gardener; and In
addition, Jesus himself was altered in
appearance Mark 1919, as he must
have been by his long agony.
Mary recognized Jesus by the voice.
always the last to change. She heard
her name uttered with a well-remem.
bered accent which recalls Galilee,
Jesus. ended madness, passionate love.
a thousand hopes and fears, the beau.
tiful and tragic history Of a lifetime!
One word leaps to her lips, one word
alone is possible, uttered In over
whelmed and rapturous surprise: Rab--
boni, Master!' w. F. Dawson, d. d.
I'm this exquisite story, Peter
promptly entering the sepulcher, is
faith; John outrunning Peter, hesitat-
ing and peering in, is hope; Mary
standing without and weeping, Is love:
these three; and love wins."-Noah X.
David, Ph.D.
Touch me not" Because probably
| by this time she had bowed down at
his feet to worship him, and would
have taken hold of them, as the wom-
en- in Matt. 1888. THE verb primar.
lily means to fasten to, hence II implies
here, not a mere momentary touch, but
clinging to."-Prof. M. r. Vincent.
For l am not yet assembled to my
Father" /. To imply that, since he
had not yet withdrawn himself from
earth, there would be time enough for
expressions of affection, and she would
not lose the opportunity by going
quickly now to his brethren, the dis
ciples, with the glad news. 2. She
need not touch him to be assured that
1t was the same Christ. 3. She felt
that he had now returned according to
his promise to be forever with
them; but Jesus checks her with
the assurance that much had yet to
happen before that."-Expos. Greek
Test.
Matthew dwells chiefly on the ma
jesty and glory of the resurrec.
ton. Mark insists upon Il as q
fact Luke treats n "a n anirit,,af