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Memory Verses, 36-37 - Golden
Text, John i, 43-Commentary Pre-
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the Lord Jesus. In this respect 1t Is
somewhat like Rev. 1. He is called the
Word of God, the Word made flesh, the
Son Of God. the Son Of Man. the Lamb
Of God. the Messiah. the King Of Isra-
ell, Jesus Of Nazareth and other names.
and each one bears a different revela-
ton Of Him to our souls. Let our
heart cry ever be. That / may know
Himr until we can say from the heart.
'Yea, He Is altogether lovely; this Is
my Beloved and this is my friend"
phil Ill, 10; Song v, 1G. When we
are fully occupied with Him all else
will seem different As John cried the
next day, Behold the Lamb Of Godr
two of Johns disciples followed Jesus,
and when He turned and said. What
seek We? they replied, Where dwellest
thou? To which He answered, Come
and see This led to probably many
hours with Him, for It was about the
tenth hour oversees $500. which was
not, as In the margin. two hours be-
fore night. but as we count time. 10
q. m.
1t Is easily proved by John xix, IA,
where, at the sixth hour, which must
have been our @ a. m, Jesus was still
before PLATE, that John uses Roman
time as we still do. Matthew, Mark
and Luke use Jewish time, counting
from O a. m. (Roman time) as the be-.
ginning Of the day. so with them the
third hour would be our 0 q. m, the
sixth hour our II noon, and so on.
Jesus was cruclied at the third hour
Jewish time, or 0 a. m. Roman time
and our time. The darkness began at
the sixth hour and continued till the
ninth Jewish time) or noon till 3
p. m. our time, when He died Mark
Nv, %, 33, "a; Matt. XVII, 40, 46:
Luke xiii, 44). He met the woman
at the well at a. m. or @ p. m. John
", O., not at noon. Just remember
that John counts the hours of the day
as we do. What our Lord talked about
In this interview we may imagine from
the previous chapter duke XIV.
where we read Of His conversation on
the way to Emmaus, and In the upper
room that same evening. We know
that one OF the two men on this occa-
sion was Andrew. and we may safely
conclude that the other was John him
self oversees 40-42). for the evangelists
have a way of not mentioning their
own names when they are specially In
the event.
We may also easily imagine that
John found his brother James as quick
~ as Andrew found Simon. Are we
as eager to bring others to Him. and
does our talk about Him lead others
away from ourselves to Him. as Johns
Behold the Lamb Of Godr did? Is
our motto "He must increase, but
must decrease?" John iii. 30) The
next day Jesus went Himself TO find
Philip Of Bethsaida, the city OF An
drew and Peter and said to him, Fol
low me-" / cannot tell you why He
, sought Philip and went Himself to dc
It, but / am glad that He ever sought
me, though / fear that He has occasion
to say to me. as He did to Philip aft
er those three years, "Have / been SC
long time with you, and yet hast thou
not known Me?" John xiv, o. We
{ all seem to become acquainted with
Him so slowly. Oh, how patient He
l is with us. His "Follow Me- to Phil
Ip oversees 43, Az makes us think OF
His resurrection word to Peter In chap
ter XXI, 10, %, and the application &c
us Is so helpful.
Philip soon found n friend. saying &c
him. 1--WE have found Him Of whom
Moses In the law and the prophets die
write" With q disdainful word con
corning Nazareth Nathaniel was per
suaded to come and see for himself
and soon he was heard exclaiming
rabbi. Thou art the Son of God; Thor
art the King of Israel" verses 1910
Perhaps the word OF Jesus, Before
that Philip called thee, when thor
vast under the fig tree, l saw thee
had something to do with his confes
sion. Only He who knoweth our down
sitting and uprising and all our ways
could say such things to any one ops
cxxxix, 1-4). IL will help us greatly II
we remember that we have to do will
. Him who knows us so thoroughly and
. to whom all things are naked and open
D Our Lords next word to Nathaniel
''Thou shalt see greater things thar
. these" | have often taken to myseli
) as I have seen many Of the wonderful
, things He has wrought for us ant
5 through us, and then have l pleaded
3 again His words In Jer. xxxiil. 3.
The last verse in our lesson. which
3 is an evident reference to Jacobs
Z dream and vision at Bethel Gen
xviii. 12I. makes me think that per
haps under that fig tree Nathaniel hat
2 been meditating upon this very thing
4 else why should our Lord refer to It.
D II my superstition Is right. II Is a con
D firmation OF Eek. XII. 8. II know the
things that come into your mind. every
one of them" Only In this gospel Is
0 this man mentioned by this name. but
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