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JESUS ON THE CROSS.
LESSON X, SECOND QUARTER, INTER¬
NATIONAL SERIES, JUNE 3<
Text of the Lesson, Matt. *xvn, 33-50.
Golden Text, Phil. li, 8—Memorize
Verses 35-37 Comment by Rev. F, 8 .
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[Condensed . . from . Lesson , Helper IT . Quarterly, ,, by .
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Notes. — V. 33. Golgotha, usual place of
execution. The Latin., word calvary, its
equivalent, also means'skull, from its conical
shape. V. 34 . Vinegar, a bitter, stupefying
drink to deaden the feeling of pain. V'. 38.
Thieves, robbers. V. 39. Wagging their
heads, in token of derision and insult, Job
xvi, 4 ; Ps. cix, 25. V. 4 ?. Darkness, not an
eclipse, but a preternatural gloom that indi
cated the awfully wicked deed done. V. 46.
Eli, or “Eloi.” P 5 . xxii, 1; Isa. liii, 10;
lxiii, 3-5. V. 50. Cried again, “it is
finished,” John xix, 30. Loud voice, a shout
of victory, Luke xxiji, 46.
V. 33 . The Via Dolorosa or Via Crucis, or
the Lord’s road from the Prsetorium to Gol
gotha, which required on this occasion a half
au hour to pass, was marked at every step by
the blood which oozed from the freshly
scourged body of Jesus. The natural pain
from tho scourging was augmented by the
heavy cross which he, like all the cou
demned, had to bear. Exhausted by long nS
watching, by a troubled night such as
man ever since or before passed through and
now by the most intense bodily suffering. ho
* ** “ f* ^e burden of
his cross, so that Simon, the Cyrean, was
seized to help him carry it.
Golgotha, or Ca vary, an elevated place
hat resembling m shape a human
sku , was then without the city limits for
capital punishment wasjiot permitted within
the walls. This was also a Roman law He
was cast out of the city of God that we
might obtain entrance into the heavenly
Jerusalem. Golgotha, once the most dread
Eul and horrible place on the earth, had be
come through Christ the mountain of bless
Christ can transform the vilest sinner
into a, shmiiig saint,
potiong^veiTki suc^as Zre L crucifi^ d th
usual
stupefy the senses, but he was unwilling
dull them'to pain or to dim.iiis commuii
ion with God. He came to taste our death,
be wished no intoxicant to blunt that
taste -
V. 35. The criminal ... having arri ved at the
place of execution, was required to be sti ipped
Df all his clothes, and then was laid upon the
sross with his arms stretched out upon its
2 ross beams. Then by several strong and
well directed blows of a mallet or hammer
huge nails were driven through , the « hands , .
and feet, fastening the body to the instru
mentof torture. Then the cross was lifted
and let fall violently into the hole that had
been previously dug in the earth. It was so
cruel and shameful a mode of punishment as
never to have been meted out to Roman citi
themostfabandoned and worthless clmrcLcten^
It was at the same time the most painful
form of death. ( 1 .) The position of the arms
and body was most unnatural. The least
motion caused the most intense smart. ( 2 .)
The nails were driven through clusters of the
most sensitive nerves and tendons of the
hands and feet, causing the most exquisite
anguish. (3.) The exposure of so many
wounds to the air and the heat of midday
brought on violent inflammation. (4.) The
free circulation of the blood was prevented.
More blood was carried out by the arteries
than could be returned by the veins. This
caused a determination of blood to the brain,
producing inexpressible agony. (5.) Death
some had been known to languish thus till
the seventh day. Our Saviour’s sufferings
soon terminated, because of the intense suf¬
fering of mind and body which preceded his
eruciuxion. Only tho inquisition, with its
fiendish inventions, has teen able to equal
this torturing death. Such was tho death
Jesus died, to make atonement for our sins.
All that he suffered was for us. What a
price was paid for us. If ho died for us,
what ought we not be willing to do for himl
V. 36. The soldiers uow watched him that
none should remove the hotly. Sometimes
‘ luSto<1 se ' reral (la J s -
V. 37. It was customary to attaen to Die
cross the crime and name of the crucified
person. Pilate wrote or caused to have wrft
ten the crime for which Jesus was executed
b( '^ aa -
V. bX To add an additional shhnio to
Christs crucifixion ho was associated raid ex¬
ecuted with malefuctois.
V. o9, 40. ilis ciucihed condo .on was in
such contrast with the title over him and
wita Ins own v. oi •.is, as to excite the mirth of
crowd.” Peloubet. They perverted
words which Jesus used. l*it it is remarkable
that what was then taking place resulted in
the destruction of the temple. 1 bey derided
his claims and jested at his agonies. Ho
could not come down from the cross because
he was the Messiah. Had he come down he
would not have been the anointed Christ,
Ho who seeks first to save himself is never
able to save others.
^ ^ ie offenso for which Jesus was
crucified was that lie claimed to bo divine,
^at he was the Messia , that ,c was the Son
° f °°f AU tU f ‘ 6 "f> and b >’ “««
miracles proved that l.o was more than a
mer0 ma f ot tlie P°°P * 6 ", ere
eager to bail him as tho , long expected Mes
* lab - But because his kingdom was not
* m P 0 / a1 ’ but fp.ntua , they rejected him
Vu»>tt..jgly theehief priests scribe, and
ciders who reviled and mocked, bore esu ;
':„ ’ tfc 8
V 44 Up to this time both of the thieves
j braided Christ, but a wondrous and
^ M now wrought in one.
can bla8phemy into prayer
into
The darkn(?s8 was preternatural,
not t . aused by an eclipse of the sun,
was fu| , maki an ^ jm .
T) 1 0 SS ibl 46.' e
V . We seem to have in this exclamation
iutoBsiflel ^ renewal of the agony of Geth
' Tha climax of his sabstitutionary
K>mal
sufferings is now reached. In his terrible
Sf th “ ^dSe^’lTSd^he
really not forsaken. Ho could still sav
„ M * God ’ „ *i Even if G 0 d hides his face
f 'Te i ot desoair* tho sun of his
fasWl
Schaff.
y 47 ^ 43 . His enemies indulge in a godless
n U p 0n fp e word “Eli” to deride him and
^- g claims. At this time Jesus ut
^ re( j His fifth word from the cross, “I thirst”
(j 0 h n x ix, 28), and in answer to it the sour
wine in a sponge was lifted to his lips. This
was a wea ij w ine, without the ingredients
0 fl ere( j hj m (v. 34 ) and could not intoxi
^ Therefore he drank it
V. 50 . The ransom is fully paid. The atone
meufc rx?rfected . T he old dispensation is
ended His suffering Ufa is over. The curse
i s renloV ed. And hence with a loud voice
tetelesta ’ “ Ifc 13 nuished ’” John
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