Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-03-03
By {. r. WALKER. o. %.


As a consequence of the healing Of
the impotent man by the pool of
Bethesda, on the Sabbath, the Jews
began to prosecute Jesus, and sought
to kill Him, ostensibly because he had
violated the holy day. But in answer
to their i'll treatment He presented to
them the claim that He and the Father
were In league, and that He had 1t in
His prerogative to do according to His
pleasure for the salvation OF men;
that the time was coming, and indeed
was already present, when He would
raise even from the dead, both in the
physical and spiritual sense. He re-
ferred to the witness borne unto Him
by the Baptist; but declared that al
thought John was a great man of God,
and q true minister and witness, yet
himself was not dependent upon the
credentialing of any man; that His
own works and the Father would testi-
fy Of Him. He charged the Jews to
/ investigate the questions at issue in
the light Of the sacred Scriptures,
which He declared also bore witness
unto Him. He condemned those who
were criticising Him, and charged that
they were devoid Of divine love; that
himself would not make accusation to
the Father against them, for already
they were condemned by Moses, their
great lawgiver.
After faithfully rebuking and teach
ing His critics and prosecutors, He
| crossed the Sea Of Galilee. There fol-
lowed Him a great multitude of peo-
pie. because they were interested in
the many marvellous works which He
did for the healing of the sick. But he
went up into a mountain, where He
sat with His disciples, no doubt sat as
a Teacher, and continued to expound
to them the divine mind and heart and
will. There He remained until the
Passover was near.
We are now right in the midst of
Christ's ministry Of truth and deeds.
EXPLANATORY.
Time, A. D. 81.
Place: Upper Galilee and Decapolis.
After these thinss,-Later than what
John had related; but 1t was evidently
some time later, unless we are to I'M
derstand the evangelist In the proceed
ing chapter as giving an epitome of
Chrtst's ministry, which certainly must
have extended over a period of at least
eight months. Jesus went over the
Sea OF Enthusiastically starting from
Capernaum, which was His headquar-
ters, and landing somewhere on the
eastern shore over in Decapolls, which
was country of sparse population.
And q great multitude followed Him.
We are told by over evangelists that
they went afoot, and even outran the
Go ahoh fhof ha
was in view all the time. So there
was no opportunity to rest from the
throngs, or to enjoy that privacy for
which public man often yearns, and
,ch he really needs In order to re-
cuperate.
And Jesus went up Into q mountain,
The mountain country of that region
reached as far as two thousand feet
above the Sea of Galilee, which, how
ever, was about six hundred feet be-
low the level of the Mediterranean
and there he sat with his disciples.
TO rest, in a measure, but also for a
private school where His disciples
might learn of Him special lessons
which were for His followers alone
g. sort of meeting of the select So
ciety." What q blessed meeting that
must have beenl
Whom Jesus then-This word oOn-
meets with the preceding statement as
the reason for what follows-'ifted up
his eyes, and saw q uroat company
como unto him,-Remind,ng Him of
that greater company soon to gather
at Jerusalem, whittier many of them
were on the way-he saith unto Philip
The other evangelists tell as that He
addressed His remark to bli His d.
scirles. No doubt 1t was intended for
all, although probpGty 1t was directly
made to Philip. Why He addressed the
question to this disciple we know not
Whence shall we buy bread, that these
may eat7 Both Matthew and Mark
tell us that the disciples urged the Mas
ter to send away the multitude. be-
were In need Of refreshment; so Jesus
took occasion to put the question to
Philip. Certainly He was interested in |
the people themselves, who were as
sheep having no shepherd, and there
fore appealed to His sympathy as the |
One who careth, and who is glad to
supply need.
Philip answered him,-The answer
which Philip gave was one OF COM
mon sense; but we do not see in that
answer any suggestion of faith in the
divine Providence The man
was really perplexed, and could see no
way of provisioning such an army, not
even for one meaI-Two hundred PEN
nyworth-About thirty dollars worth
1t seems that there was that much in
the treasury of the company, and Phillip
may have had charge of the treasury at
this time-of breadth that country
and time thirty dollars worth of bread
meant more than 1t would mean in
these days; but 1t was very far short of
what would be necessary to supply