Where was Mary, the mother of Christ? 41. What women were these? and what others were there? 157. The taking down from the Cross.-The Burial. 42. What took place at evening? What day of the week was this? Repeat to the end. What was "the preparation" here spoken of? Which day of the seven hath God appointed to be the weekly When did the preparation begin, if the day before the Sabbath was a feast day, as here? 43. Who came to Pilate? What is said of him? Where was Arimathea? What is meant here by "honorable counsellor ?" What is meant here by "waited for the kingdom of God?" What did he request? What probably led him to do this? 44. At what did Pilate marvel? What did he do to satisfy himself? 45. What did he find out from the Centurion? What did he then do? 46. What did Joseph do with the body? What use was made of the linen? How did the ancients preserve dead bodies? 2 Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the less and of Joses, and Salome; 41. (Who also, when he was in Galilee, followed him, and ministered unto him;) and many other women which came up with him unto Jerusalem. 42. And now when the even was come, because it was the preparation, that is, the day before the sabbath, 43. Joseph of Arimathæa, an honourable counsellor, which also waited for the kingdom of God, came, and went in boldly unto Pilate, and craved the body of Jesus. 44. And Pilate marvelled if he were already dead; and calling unto him the centurion, he asked him whether he had been any while dead. 45. And when he knew it of the centurion, he gave the body to Joseph. 46. And he bought fine linen, and took him down, and wrapped him in the linen, and laid him in a sepulchre which was hewn out of a rock, and rolled a stone unto the door of the sepulchre. How were sepulchres in that region made? How did this burial in Joseph's tomb fulfil a prediction of Isaiah? 47. Who were present at the burial? Where was Magdala, the town of Mary? Where were the twelve, and the rest of the disciples, at this time? LESSON XXXVIII. 159. The Resurrection of Christ.—Jerusalem. MARK XVI. 1-11. 1. What day of the week had now come? What had they bought? When had this probably been done? ? 160. Visit of the women to the Sepulchre. 2. What did they do? this? What day and hour was Explain the different narratives of this? 3. What did they say among themselves? What stone was this? 4. What did they now behold? Repeat. Which Evangelist tells how it was rolled away? 47. And Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses beheld where he was laid. CHAPTER XVI. 1. And when the sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, had bought sweet spices, that they might come and anoint him. 2. And very early in the morning the first day of the week, they came unto the sepulchre at the rising of the sun. 3. And they said among themselves, Who shall roll us away the stone from the door of the sepulchre? 4. And when they looked, they saw that the stone was rolled away: for it was very great. 2 161. Vision of Angels in the Sepulchre. 5. What did they do and see? and how did they feel? Repeat. How was the sepulchre arranged? Was this really "a young man?" What had already occurred when the angels first appeared? (See Matt. xxviii. 4.) Do we read of more angels than one, being seen? 6. What did this one say? What did he mean by pointing them to the place? 7. What direction did he give them? Why is Peter so expressly named? Where had Christ given this promise? (Matt. xxvi. 32.) 162. The women return to the city.-Jesus meets them. 8. What did the women now do? and why? What was it that so excited them? What had their views probably been in regard to Christ's death? 164. Christ appears to Mary Magdalene at the Sepulchre.. 9. At what time did Jesus rise from the dead? Repeat. To whom did He first appear? Give some account of his different appearings. How is she here distinguished? Where was Magdala, the city of Mary? 10. To whom did she make known the facts? 5. And entering into the sepulchre, they saw a young man sitting on the right side. clothed in a long white garment; and they were affrighted. 6. And he said unto them, Be not affrighted: Ye seek Jesus of Nazareth, which was crucified: he is risen: he is not here: behold the place where they laid him. 7. But go your way, tell his disciples and Peter that he goeth before you into Galilee: there shall ye see him, as he said unto you. 8. And they went out quickly, and fled from the sepulchre; for they trembled, and were amazed: neither said they any thing to any man; for they were afraid. 9. Now, when Jesus was risen early the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom he had cast seven devils. 10. And she went and told them that had been with him, as they mourned and wept. 11. How did they receive her testimony? Why were they so unbelieving? What does this show us as to the evidence which they must have had at length to believe? Wherein consists Christ's exaltation? What offices doth Christ execute as our Redeemer? LESSON XXXIX. 22 166-172. Other appearings of our Lord.-The Ascension. MARK XVI. 12-20. 12, 13. To whom did Christ after that, appear? What is meant by His appearing "in another form?" How does this explain Luke xxiv. 18? Whither were they going? and what does Luke say? 2167. Jesus appears to the Apostles in Thomas' absence. 14. To whom did He afterward appear? Why are they called "the eleven?" How were they engaged? How did He treat them? To what acts of unbelief does He refer? Why were they so guilty in the circumstances? What doth God require of us that we may escape his wrath and curse due to us for sin? 15. What command did He give them? To whom, after them, was this gospel commission to extend? What are the outward and ordinary means whereby Christ communicateth to us the benefits of redemption? 16. What rule is here laid down? 11. And they, when they heard that he was alive, and had been seen of her, believed not. 12. After that, he appeared in another form unto two of them, as they walked, and went into the country. 13. And they went and told it unto the residue: neither believed they them.. 14. Afterward he appeared unto the eleven as they sat at meat, and upbraided them with their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they believed not them which had seen him after he was risen. 15. And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature. 16. He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned. In what sense is Baptism here said to be necessary to salvation? What doth God require of us that we may escape His wrath and curse due to us for sin? What is faith in Jesus Christ? What is Baptism? To whom is Baptism to be administered? 17, 18. How were the early believers to have a Divine witness to their work? Why was this miraculous witness given at that time? Mention some instances in the early spread of the gospel where such signs did follow. Are we to look for such signs in our day? 8172. The Ascension.-Bethany. 19. What took place after these words? Wherein consists Christ's exaltation? How many persons are there in the Godhead? Who is the Redeemer of God's elect? 20. What did the apostles do? How far did they preach? How did the Lord bear witness to them? What proof is there of this, in the amazing progress of Christianity in apostolic times? Where do the apostles appeal to these signs in proof of their commission? What do we pray for in the second petition?. What doth the conclusion of the Lord's Prayer teach us? 17. And these signs shall follow them that believe: In my name shall they east out devils; they shall speak with new tongues; 18. They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover. 19. So then, after the Lord had spoken unto them, he was received up into heaven, and sat on the right hand of God. 20. And they went forth, and preached every where, the Lord working with them, and confirming the word with signs following. Amen. DINIB. |