The Montgomery tribune., 1908-05-29
JESUS RISEN
FROM THEDEAD
Sunday seaooI q ,on IOr Nay 3 {, I9o!
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for everfuofe REV. l-1s
~ EVENTS ~OF THE RESURRECTION.
The earthquake: Matt. 2S:2. The flight
OF the guard Matt 2s:3, 4. ILLS. The
| women reach the tomb: Matt 2s:l; Mark
1871. 2; Luke 2i:1; John 2o1. The stone
| found rolled away: Mark 1873, 4; Like
2;2; John 2o:l. Mary Masdalene runs
and GDds Peter and John John 2D:2 The
other women meet the angels: Matt rs:
b-7; Mark 1858: Luke 4:3-9. The women
tell the APOSTLES: Matt 2s:S; Luke 2fs10.
H., Peter and John y!sit the tomb; I5ske
l'A:12' John, 5b:s-10. Jesus Is seen by Mary
Magdalene: Mark 1921; John afli-M
TIME.-Sunday morning, April 8. AID.
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PLAcE.-The tomb in a garden ntar
Calvary. The houses In Jerusalem whnre
the Disciples were staying. Especially tHat
where John and Mary. and iperhps
Peter. abode.''< 4
The Stayin the, ,Tomb.-We have of1y
The obscure reference in Pet. 3:19, 70:
AS, to Christ's preaching unto Ae
! spirits In prison. ~ ~ffe'descended into
hell? ;thewf 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: iand.; helpful
message to proclaim; to the, ,geuls.. of
the departed. but what It 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 it 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 writers
SHOW their honesty In relating things
discreditable to themselves! What bet
ter proof can! there be of canderS's--
Prof. George. P. Fisher "A. notable eyi.
dence of the resurrection is. the fact
that the disciples did not expect it,
and were convinced or it with diff.
Guilty. sft>
Peter and John, as soon as, Mary
Magdalene told them , the aston.
ishing news, fastened to investi.
gate. They we're 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 a. young man and
| -PPtar w Wall In, ..-s
AS yet they knew not the Scrip,
ture,' with its many prophecies OF
Christs death and resurrection Guke
24:25-27, 44). See especially Psa. 16!
10. Christ had attempted to I'M
struct them in these matters Matt,
20: 0:17-19) but they needed the actual
fact to impress his teachings upon
their minds. 'i;' lf7;-''
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.
meDts, 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 16:12), 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 well-remem
bered accent which recalls Galilee
t Jesus, ended madness, passionate love
thousand hopes and fears, the beau
tiful and tragic history of lifetime!
One word leaps to her lips, one word
I alone is possible, uttered in over
: whelmed and rapturous surprise: 'Rab
r boni, Master!' w. F. Dawson, d. D
'In this exquisite story, Peter
: promptly entering the sepulcher, IL
, 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 probabl,
by this time she had bowed down a
, his feet to worship him, and woulc
!, have taken hold of them, as the WON
en- in Matt 2S:9. "The verb primar
lily means to fasten to, hence it implie:
here, not mere momentary touch, bu
clinging to."-Prof. NJ. r. Vincent.
For / am not yet assembled to my
Father" l. To imply that, since h,
had not yet withdrawn himself from
earth, there would be time enough fol
0 expressions OF affection, and she woult
! not lose the opportunity by goini
q quickly now to his brethren, the dis
ciples, with the glad news. 2. Sh,
need not touch him to be assured tina
1t was the same Christ. 8. She fel
that he had now returned according t,
his promise to be forever witt
! them; but Jesus checks her witt
! the assurance that much had yet L
a happen before that,"-Expos. Greel
d Test.