THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF TIME AND PLACE ARE OF GREAT USE IN HELPING THE MEMORY. LUKE Xxiv. 7-9, 11. 7 remember how he-spake unto-you when-he-was yet in Galilee, saying, The Son of man must be-delivered into the-hands of-sinful men, and be-crucified, and the third day rise8 again. And they-remembered his words, 9, and returned from the sepulchre, andtold all these-things unto-the eleven, and to-all the rest. [Ver. 10, infra.] 11 And their words seemed to them as idle-tales Anpos, and they-believed-them-not. (G. 4.)-Mary of Magdala, one of the party of Salome, brings word to Peter and John 10 JOHN XX. 1, 2. (Ch. xix. 42, 7 92, p. 476.)* "The first day of-the week cometh Mary Magdalene 1 early, when-it-was yet dark, unto the sepulchre, and seeth the stone taken-away from the sepulchre. Then 2 she-runneth, and cometh to Simon Peter, and to the other disciple, whom Jesus loved, and saith unto-them, They-have-taken-away the Lord out-of the sepulchre, and we-know not where they-have-laid him." It-was Mary Magdalene, and Joanna, and Mary the mother of-James, and other women that were with them, which told these-things unto the apostles.+ [Ver. 11, supra.] SCRIPTURE ILLUSTRATIONS. Lu. xxiv. 6, 7. remember how, &c.-Jesus, when in Galilee, had predicted his death and resurrection, ch. ix. 22, 43-.5, §§ 50, .2, pp. 40, 71. 11. believed them not Ps. cxxvi. 1, When the LORD turned again the captivity of Zion, we were like them that dream.'-Peter, when delivered from prison by the angel,thought he saw a vision,' Ac. xii. 9 Nor could those by whom prayer was made without ceasing... unto God for him,' believe that he was delivered, ver. 5, 12-.5. Jno. xx. 2. whom Jesus loved-see ch. i. 47, § 10, p. 72; xiii. 23, § 87, p. 371. Lu. xxiv. 10. It was Mary Magdalene, &c.-She was with the first company, Mt. xxviii. 1, p. 484; and seems to have brought the first and very imperfect report, Jno. xx. 2, supra. Joanna was probably with the company mentioned, ver. 1-9, p. 488, supra. NOTES. Lu. xxiv. 6. When he was yet in Galilee. The 9. All the rest. All the other disciples of Jesus mention of Galilee is remarkable, as occurring in the who at this time companied with the eleven apostles. angelic speeches in Matthew and Mark (see p. 487)-Comp. ver. 33, § 95, p. 497; Ac. i. 15, 21. in quite another connexion. Here it is said to the Jno. xx. 1. The first day of the week. On what we women, as being from Galilee, see ch. xxiii. 55, [$ 92, call Sunday, the morning after the Jewish sabbath. p. 477,] and meaning, when he was yet with you.' Cometh Mary Magdalene. She was not alone 7. Sinful men. Or heathens, аvoршπшv ȧμарraλar, when mentioned by Mark, xvi. 1, p. 484. Does this i.e., the Romans, by whom only he could be put to appear in the oldauer below? One thing we may death; for the Jews themselves acknowledged that conclude for certain, that she, for some reason, did this power was now vested in the hands of the not see the vision, Mt. xxviii. 1-3, ib. Roman governor alone.-See Jno. xix. 15, § 90, p. 448. 8. They remembered his words. Those sayings of our Lord in which he had foretold that he should 'be crucified, and the third day rise again.' Mary Magdalene. She was with the first party, but did not go unto the sepulchre, so as to hear the words of the angel; but seeing as she approached it, that the stone was removed, she concluded that the PRACTICAL REFLECTIONS. Lu. xxiv. 6-9. See margin. The words of prophecy, even when not understood previous to the event, may yet have a powerful influence in establishing us in the faith after the fulfilment is made plain 9, 11 ver. Let us not be discouraged although our to us. first report may be discredited. Those who for a while slight our testimony may ultimately become its boldest advocates. Jno. xx. 1, 2. Had Mary waited to receive the angel's message, she would not have uttered so unfounded a complaint. St. John has related two visits to the tomb; the first of which, xx. 1, 2, as made at the same time with the visit in St. Matthew and St. Mark, and by one among others who was equally concerned in that; the second as a visit which arose out of the report of the party who had made the first, and as a visit ascribed to Simon Peter in particular, this is the same with the second in Luke. The circumstances of the two visits are perfectly consistent with each other; the only difference between them is that St. John enters more into particulars. Early in the morning, on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary of Magdala, Jno. xx. 1, 2, Eperas, which may very well mean sets out to go, to the tomb, and seeth the stone removed from the tomb. There is no intimation in these words that she had yet entered the tomb. She runneth, therefore, and cometh to Simon Peter, and to the other disciple whom Jesus loved, to make a report of this discovery. The language of the original is descriptive of haste and surprise, and leads to the same conclusion, that she could not have stayed to enter the tomb, but as soon as she saw that the stone had been removed, must have run back directly, to tell Peter and John. .... What then do we observe to take place? Mary Magdalene, a single woman, the youngest, and therefore the most active of the party, runneth immediately, and cometh to Peter and John with a report to this effect-They have taken away the body of the Lord, and we know not where they have laid it. These words prove two things: first, that she has some particular persons in her eye when she says, they have taken away the body of the Lord, such as the guard might be; and secondly, that she was not alone, she had not made the observation by herself; there were others with her if she says we know not where they have laid it. Compare this language, now, with what follows at ver. 13, when she was unquestionably by herself, and is repeating the same declaration to the angels-" They have taken away my Lord, and I know not where they have laid him."-Ibid., pp. 288-91. +It is not impossible that the party of Salome, after arriving first, and visiting the tomb first, as related by St. Matthew and St. Mark, had fallen in upon their return with the party of Joanna and accompanied them to the sepulchre again.'-Ibid., p. 274. VOL. II.] A FAITHFUL AMBASSADOR IS HEALTH.-Prov. xiii. 17. [489 WHO EVER PERISHED, BEING INNOCENT? OR WHERE WERE THE RIGHTEOUS CUT OFF?-Job iv. 7. THE STEPS OF A GOOD MAN ARE ORDERED BY THE LORD: AND HE DELIGHTETH IN HIS WAY.-Psa. xxxvii. 23. (G. 5.)-Peter and John visit the sepulchre in haste: and return, without seeing Jesus. JOHN XX. 3-10. 3 a Peter therefore went-forth, and that other disciple, and came to the sepulchre. So they-ran both together: and the other 4 disciple did-out-run προέδραμε τάχιον Peter, and came first to the sepulchre. And he-stooping-down, and looking in, 5 saw the linen-clothes lying; yet went-henot-in. Then cometh Simon Peter fol- 6 lowing him, and went into the sepulchre, and seeth fewper the linen-clothes lie, and 7 the napkin, that was about his head, not lying with the linen-clothes, but wrappedtogether εντετυλιγμένον in a place byitself xwpis. Then went-in also that other 8 disciple, which came first to the sepulchre, and he-saw, and believed. For as-yet-they-9 knew-not the scripture, that he must riseagain from the-dead. Then the disciples 10 went-away again unto their-own-home." (G. 6.)-AFTER THE DEPARTURE OF PETER AND JOHN, JESUS APPEARS TO MARY OF MAGDALA IN THE GARDEN: WHICH IS HIS FIRST APPEARANCE AFTER HIS RESURRECTION.-Mark xvi. 9-11. John xx. 11-.8.* The vision of the angels to Mary Magdalene. In the garden. JOHN XX. 11-.3. But Mary stood without at the sepulchre weeping: and as she-wept, 11 SCRIPTURE ILLUSTRATIONS. Jno. xx. 5. linen clothes-ch. xix. 40, § 92, p. 476. 7. napkin see at the raising of Lazarus, ch. xi. 44, § 58, p. 132. 8. believed what had been reported by Mary, ver. 2. 9. the scripture, &c.-Ps. xvi. 10-Referred to by Peter, Ac. ii. 25-31; and by Paul, xiii. 35-.7. NOTES. body of her Lord was removed also, and hastily returned to the disciples to bring them word; and in a city of such magnitude as Jerusalem, it is nothing surprising that she did not meet with Joanna and the other women. From this it is clear, that Mary Magdalene did not go on to the sepulchre with Mary the mother of James or Salome, nor with Joanna, or she could not have said "they have taken away," &c., for both parties heard the angel say, "He is risen." -Greswell. Jno. xx. 5. Went he not in. Why? Because he was fully satisfied that the body was not there. But why did he not seize upon the linen clothes, and keep them as a most precious relic? Because he had too much religion and too much sense; and the time of superstition and nonsense was not yet arrived, in which bits of rotten wood, rags of rotten cloth, decayed bones (to whom originally belonging no one knows), and bramble bushes should become objects of religious adoration.'-A. C. 6. The linen clothes. Not linen apparel, but the linen cloths in which the body of Jesus had been bound. See SCRIP. ILLUS., supra. 7. Wrapped together in a place by itself. The pro vidence of God ordered these very little matters so that they became the fullest proofs against the lie of the chief priests, that the body had been stolen away by the disciples. 8. That other disciple. John. Saw. That the body was not there. And believed. That it had been taken away, as Mary had said; but he did not believe that he was risen from the dead. On this circumstance it is well remarked by Racine (in his observations on particular passages of scripture), that the linen clothes thus placed and disposed apart from one another, plainly shewed that the body had not been carried away by thieves. Those who steal are not observed to do things in such a quiet, orderly manner.' [10. πpòs davroús. Render, to themselves,' i.e., their companions, who then, jointly with them, occupied the same house. Thus it comes to mean to their homes;' of which sense many examples are adduced by the commentators, as Josephus, Ant. viii. 4, 6, πρὸς αὐτοὺς ἕκαστος ἀπήεσαν. Nu. xxiv. 25, ἀπῆλθε προς autóv.] PRACTICAL REFLECTIONS. [Jno. xx. 9. When we think of the ignorance of the scripture testimony with regard to Christ manifested by those who so long enjoyed the instructions of the best of Teachers, who so frequently and earnestly discoursed to them respecting his approaching death and resurrection-let us be less disposed to reproach their dulness of apprehension, than to suspect our own selves. There may be many things both in Revelation and in Providence of which we are pro foundly ignorant, although we have been given ample means of information regarding them.] [It becomes us not only to make ourselves acquainted with fulfilled prophecy, but also with those portions of the scriptures which speak of the future: that so we may be prepared for their fulfilment, and be enabled to take a larger and more connected view of the great working of God in providence and in grace.] 'Mary's return perhaps was not earlier than the second or third hour of the day, if she had to go ack as far as Bethany to make her report, Lu. xxiv. 12; Jno. xx. 2-10.'-Ibid., p. 313. Upon the departure of Peter and John, which might not be until after the third hour of the day, Mary, THE LORD UPHOLDETH THE RIGHTEOUS.-Psa. xxxvii. 17. [VOL. II 490] THOUGH HE FALL, HE SHALL NOT BE UTTERLY CAST DOWN: FOR THE LORD UPHOLDETH... HIS HAND.-Psa. xxxvii. 24. IT WAS AS CALLING ONE OF HIS OWN SHEEP BY NAME THAT THE VOICE OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD WAS MADE KNOWN TO MARY. JOHN XX. 12, .3. she-stooped-down, and looked into the sepulchre, and seeth two angels 12 in white sitting, the-one at the head, and the-other at the feet, where the body of Jesus had-lain. And they say unto-her, Woman, why weepest- 13 thou? She-saith unto-them, Because they-have-taken-away my Lord, and I-know not where they-have-laid him. Jesus appears to Mary of Magdala. MARK XVI. 9-11. (Ver. 8, p. 487.) 9 Now when-Jesus-was-risen early the-first day of-the-week, he-appeared first to-Mary Mag- JOHN XX. 14-.8. "And when-she-had-'thus-said, she-turned-herself 14 back, and saw Jesus standing, and knew not that itwas Jesus. Jesus saith unto-her, Woman, why 15 weepest-thou?, whom seekest-thou? She, supposing him-to-be the gardener, saith unto-him, Sir, if thou have-borne-him-hence, tell me where thou-hast-laid him, and-I will-take-him-away. Jesus saith unto- 16 her, Mary. She turned-herself, and-saith unto-him, Rabboni; which is-to-say, Master. Jesus saith unto- 17 SCRIPTURE ILLUSTRATIONS. Jno. xx. 12. two angels, &c.-Angels had appeared upon the first visit to the sepulchre, Mt. xxviii. 1-6; Mk. xvi. 1-6, p. 484, supra-The two angels had appeared to the second company of women, as two men, Lu. xxiv. 4, p. 488-but they are not said to have been seen by the two disciples immediately before their appearing to Mary the second time, Jno. xx. 5-9. 13. why weepest thou?-She needed not have wept, had she in truth heard the words spoken by the angels upon the first visit to the sepulchre, Mt. xxviii. 5, 6; Mk. xvi. 6, 7, p. 486. they have taken away, &c.-The words spoken to Peter, ver. 2, p. 489, in place of the message the women had been sent to deliver, Mk. xvi. 7, p. 486. 14. saw Jesus, &c.-Mk. xvi. 9, supra, 'He appeared first to Mary Magdalene,' knew not that it was Jesus so the two disciples, Lu. xxiv. 15-31, § 94, p. 493-The consternation into which the women had been thrown by the appearance of the angels upon their first visit, shews the wisdom and condescension of Jesus, in thus veiling his glory, and gradually and more familiarly making himself known to them as risen from the dead. 15. whom seekest thou? That which Mary had fixed her thoughts upon, was the dead body of Jesus, ver. 13, supra-But Jesus, who had predicted his resurrection, is the faithful and true witness,' Rev. iii. 14-i. 17, .8, I am the first and the last: I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive. for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.' NOTES. Jno. xx. 12. Two angels in white sitting. The party of women, with whom Mary did not go forward when she saw that the stone was removed (see Mk. xvi. 4), saw, first outside of the tomb an angel sitting on the stone (see Mt. xxviii. 2); afterwards they entered into the tomb, and saw a young man sitting on the right side, clothed in a long white garment; (see Mk. xvi. 5-7). These, together, Mary saw when she stooped down and looked into the sepulchre. What wonder if the heavenly hosts were variously and often visible on this great day?' 13. Why weepest thou? &c. Here again the finest psychological truth underlies the narrative. The other women, Mk. xvi. 5, p. 486; Lu. xxiv. 5, p. 488, were afraid at the vision; but now Mary, having but one thought or desire, to recover the lost body of her Lord, feels no fear. [15. Supposing him to be the gardener. Knowpos, the inspector, or overseer of the garden, from лs, a garden, and ovpos, an inspector; the person who had the charge of the workmen, and the care of the produce of the garden, and who rendered account to the owner.] known person. [16. Mary. With one word, and that word her Jno. xx. 12. How wonderful that the Lord of life and glory should condescend to inhabit the tomb! These things the angels desire to look into; nor should they be less interesting to us, for whose sake it was that he died and rose again. running away, like Mary, with hasty impressions, and our own suppositions in place of waiting to receive the truth.] 14 ver. It often happens still, although in a different sense, that Jesus is near when the disciple knows not that it is Jesus. 15 ver. We should have a sympathy with others in distress even when their sorrow is groundlesswe should patiently and perseveringly set ourselves to correct the serious mistakes especially of those who love the truth, but may for the time be in error. 16 ver. See margin. [13 ver. Mary had led even Peter and John to believe in opposition to scripture and the uniform teaching of our Lord himself, see ver. 8, 9. She here repeats her error in the presence of the angels, who had witnessed his resurrection; nay, afterwards to our Lord himself, she speaks of his having been borne away out of the sepulchre. Let us beware of being left by herself (which might be for some time longer), has the vision of the angels, Jno. xx. 11-3; and immediately after, ver. 14-.8, Mk. xvi. 9-11, a personal manifestation to herself of Jesus Christ alive: which is the first of its kind. Her report of this manifestation could not be much earlier than the fifth or even the sixth hour of the day.'-Ibid. 'A personal manifestation of Christ alive again to those who had known him before his death was demonstrative proof of his resurrection. This irresistible evidence was not all at once vouchsafed; nor would it perhaps have been proper that it should be. The minor or subordinate evidence was first to produce its effect. The personal inspection of the tomb, and the testimony of the angels, were the only media of conviction for a time. These were submitted to the women; and through them to the rest of the disciples: and some interval was necessary to ascertain their proper effect, before the sensible evidence of the appearVOL. II.] MY SOUL THIRSTETH FOR GOD, ETC.-Psa. xlii. 2. [491 HE THAT WOULD BE RECOGNISED AS A TEACHER SHOULD EVIDENCE A KNOWLEDGE OF THE INDIVIDUAL INSTRUCTED BY HIM. HOW CONDESCENDING THE SON OF GOD, THAT IN THE PRESENCE OF THE ANGELS, HE SHOULD CALL US, WORMS OF THE EARTH, HIS BRETHREN! Jno. xx. 17. Touch me not-Mary was not to think of laying hold upon Jesus, as if he were now returned to abide upon earth with his disciples; she was not thus to understand the words he had spoken, ch. xvi. 22, § 87, p. 396. go to my brethren, &c.-Mt. xxviii. 10, Go tell my brethren Ps. xxii. 22, I will declare thy name unto my brethren:'-Rom. viii. 29, he is the firstborn among many brethren.'-He. ii. 11, Both he that sanctifleth and they who are sanctified are all of one: for which cause he is not ashamed to call them,' &c. your Father-God as a Father provides for his children, Mt. vi. 31.4, § 19, p. 135-Rom. viii. 15, Ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we ery, Abba, Father.'-Ga. iv. 6, 7-2 Co. vi. 18, I will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons,' &c. my God-2 Co. i. 3, Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort ;'-Eph. i. 3, Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,-17, 'the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory,' your God God said to Abraham, Ge. xvii. 7, 'I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee.'-Ps. xliii. 4, I will praise thee, O God my God.'-xlviii. 14, This God is our God 18 for ever and ever:'-Is. xli. 10, Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righte ousness.'-Je. xxxi. 33, This shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people.'-See also Eze. xxxvi. 28, And ye shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers; and ye shall be my people, and I will be your God.'-Rom. iii. 29, Is he the God of the Jews only? is he not also of the Gentiles? Yes, of the Gentiles also: '-Rev. xxi. 3, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God.'-Comp. with Zec. ii. 10, .1. 18. told the disciples, &c.-Mt. xxviii. 10, § 95, p. 501, there shall they see me.'-Lu. xxiv. 10, p. 489, It Go tell my brethren that they go into Galilee, and was Mary Magdalene,.... which told these things unto the apostles." Mk. xvi. 11. believed not-so Lu. xxiv. 11, ib.Thus were the apostles taught to deal patiently with others' slowness of heart, and dulness of understanding, Ac. iii. 17-21. NOTES. Jno. xx. 17. Touch me not. μh μov äптоν. The verb signifies "to embrace," "clasp the knees," "fall at the feet." "Forbear to touch me;" in other words, "Let me go; waste not the time in expressing your joy, but tell the brethren this comforting messagein a little time I shall ascend," &c. The knees were embraced in the East as a mark of profound respect.' I am not yet ascended. He warned her not to think of now holding him, as if he were returned to remain. For he must first ascend to his Father, to appear before God for us. After which it is, that he will come to set up his kingdom, and we shall ever be with the Lord.' -Bloomf. [But go to my brethren. Thus does he intimate in the strongest manner the forgiveness of their fault, even without ever mentioning it. These exquisite touches, which everywhere abound in the evangelical writings, shew how perfectly Christ knew our frame. I ascend. He anticipates it in his thoughts, and so speaks of it as a thing already present.-Unto my Father, and your Father; and to my God, and your misled.] God. This uncommon expression shews, that the PRACTICAL REFLECTIONS. [The interest of Jesus in our welfare, and his power to befriend us, are not the less because of his removal to his Father and his God. His Father is our Father, who so loved us as to give his only begotten Son for us. His God is our God, whose power will be manifest, as it was in his case by our resurrection.] [Mk. xvi. 10, .1. When we meet with unbelief in others respecting the great truths of Christianity, let us remember what instruction the first disciples had received their dulness of apprehension and slowness to receive this one of the most important facts connected with man's redemption. And let us learn patiently to persevere in testifying of Jesus Christ crucified, nay, rather that is risen again—' who also maketh intercession for us."] [Jno. xx. 17. We should endeavour to moderate both our hopes and our fears according to the requirements of truth. Mary had been distressed about the supposed removal of the dead body of her Lord, when he was actually risen from the dead: and now she seems to have been ready to clasp him to her heart, as if he had returned no more to be taken from her; but Jesus, as he had already proved the folly of her fears, would also prevent the opposite delusion by which she was now in danger of being Mary is sent in person to correct her own misstatement. If we have even unwittingly been instrumental in propagating error, we ought to be the more zealous in spreading a knowledge of the truth. ances of Christ in person was next to be resorted to. Accordingly, even the first such manifestation, the manifestation to Mary, took place comparatively late in the morning; and the appearances, which came after it, still later in the course of the same day. Even this personal manifestation, though the first of its kind, was made but to one witness; the next, only to two witnesses; and the last or latest of all, to the whole body of the apostles in conjunction.'-Ibid., p. 293. 492] I WILL EXTOL THEE, O LORD;-Psa. xxx. 1. [VOL. II. ONE IMPORTANT WAY OF GETTING TRUTH IMPRESSED UPON OUR MINDS IS THE BEING EMPLOYED IN COMMUNICATING IT TO OTHERS. THE DISCIPLES SHOULD EVER SPEAK AND ACT AS IF JESUS HIMSELF FORMED ONE OF THE COMPANY. SECTION 94.-(G. 7.)-[Lesson 98.*]-No. 94.-JESUS APPEARS TO CLEOPAS AND ANOTHER OF THE DISCIPLES IN THE WAY TO EMMAUS; WHICH IS HIS SECOND APPEARANCE.-Mark xvi. 12. Luke xxiv. 13-32.+ INTRODUCTION AND ANALYSIS. Mk. xvi. 12. Lu. xxiv. 13. After the visit of the women to the sepulchre, on the same day, but previous to its being known to the disciples generally that Jesus had been seen by Mary, he appears to two of them as they are journeying to Emmaus, a village about seven and a half miles N. W. of Jerusalem. Lu. xxiv. 14. The two disciples converse together about what has occurred in connexion with the death and reported resurrection of Jesus. 15, 6. While they talk over and inquire into the truth and meaning of these things, Jesus himself comes up with them; but at first they do not recognise him to be their risen Lord. 17. He inquires into the subject of the conversation, in which they appear to be so deeply and so painfully interested. 18. One of them, named Cleopas, asks if he be only a stranger in Jerusalem, and knew not the things that have lately taken place there. 19. Jesus asks, 'What things?' 19, 20. They reply, Concerning Jesus of Nazareth,' a prophet acknowledged by God before all the people, and yet by the chief priests and rulers condemned and crucified. Lu. xxiv. 22, .3. They speak of what is reported concerning the appearance and words of the angels to the women at the sepulchre. 24. Some of themselves having visited the sepulchre, found it as described by the women; but the grand evidence of Jesus' resurrection was still wanting him they saw not.' 25. Jesus reproaches them for their dulness of perception and slowness to believe the prophetic scriptures. 26. He reminds them of the keys necessary to unlock the treasures hid in Christ-the knowledge of his sufferings and of his glory. 27. He gives them an example of that which he requires of those upon whom he bestows the power of the keys: beginning at Moses, and passing down through all the prophets, he opens up in all the scriptures the truth concerning himself. 28, .9. They approach Emmaus, where Jesus, at their earnest request, goes in to tarry with them. 30, .1. While sitting at meat, he takes bread, blesses, breaks, and gives to them, upon which their eyes are opened, and they know him. 31, .2. Jesus removes himself from the view of the two disciples; who, being now given leisure to look back upon the way in which the Lord hath led them, say, Did not our heart burn within us, while he talked with us by the way, and while he opened to us the scriptures?' d to a-village called Emmaus, which-was from Jerusalem about threescore furlongs. And they talked uilovv together of all 14 these-things which-had-happened. And it- 15 came-to-pass, that, while they communed ev τῳ ὁμιλεῖν together and reasoned συζητεῖν, SCRIPTURE ILLUSTRATIONS. Mk. xvi. 12. another form-Jesus' previous appearance, noticed ver. 9, p. 491, is more fully described, Jno. xx. 15-.7, ib. Lu. xxiv. 15. while they communed - Mal. iii. 16, Then they that feared the LORD spake often one to another: and the LORD hearkened, and heard,' &c. NOTES. Mk. xvi. 12. Another form. See on Lu. xxiv. 17, from Jerusalem.'-Wells.-This opinion is adopted by infra, p. 491. Two of them. One of them, Lu. xxiv. 18, was called Cleopas. Many have supposed that the other was Luke, and that he omitted his own name from modesty. Lu. xxiv. 13. Emmaus,.... threescore furlongs. 'Seven or eight miles west of Jerusalem; afterwards. made a city and Roman colony, called Nicopolis. There was another Emmaus about twenty-two miles many-but see GEOG. NOTICE, p. 496. [15. And reasoned. Evlnreir. Concerning the probability or improbability of Christ being the Messiah, or of his resurrection from the dead. It was a laudable custom of the Jews, and very common also, to converse about the law in all their journeyings; and now they had especial reason to discourse together, both of the law and the prophets, from the transactions which had recently taken place.] PRACTICAL REFLECTION. Lu. xxiv. 14. It is good for the disciples to talk | nestly endeavouring to ascertain the truth and meantogether of what the Lord hath done and said-ear- ing of both.-See margin. * Lesson 98, in the Graduated Simultaneous System,' includes Sections 94 and 95; and embraces Matt. xxviii. 9, 10; Mark xvi. 12-.4; Luke xxiv. 13-43; 1 Cor. xv. 5; John xx. 19-29; Nos. 94, .5. The earliest manifestations of our Saviour were doubtless the most interesting, and perhaps the most VOL. 11.] LET US GO ON UNTO PERFECTION;-Heb. vi. 1. [493 WHEN WE LEAST EXPECT IT, THE LORD MAY BE VERY NEAR TO REMOVE ALL OUR DOUBTS. |