T HE K I N G ’S B U S I N E S S the real place of COMMENTS FKOM the crucifixion. MANY SOURCES —Hunter. This Keith L. Brooks was a fit place for God to begin His plan of salvation. A grinning skull was all there was left of man’s schemes of salvation by evolution.—K. B. v. 34. He would not drink. He would die for the sin of the world with all His faculties of mind unimpaired. f> —Dummelow. v. 35. They crucified Him. These three identical words are recorded by each Gospel.-—Garry. The downpour of a cloudless, sun pelted its burning rays Upon His uncovered head. His head was browned with thorns, each one stabbing Him like a knife. A great nail went through His crossed ankles into the wood. A nail tore through the fibres and muscles of each hand. The blood, driven back to the heart, thun dered in His ears. Slow strangulation gripped at His throat. The eyes were dimmed with unshed tears and filled with pains that stabbed them. The nerves repeated ev'ry sensation of the overcrowded brair And multiplied their consciousness a millionfold. The heat of His body became as the flame of an inward raging fire. The lungs were without air. The lips were dry and cracked. He suffered all the agony of hanging, all the horror of the rack, all the torture of the stake, and who can convey the agony of His soul? Because He was infinite the agony was infinite, the equivalent for infinite punishment of sin.—Haldeman. On account of the uririatural and immovable position of the body and the violent extension of the arms, the least motion produced the most painful sensation all over the body but especially on the lacerated back and the pierced menjbers. The nails caused constantly increasing pain on the most sensitive parts of the hands and feet. Inflammation set in at the pierced members and wherever the cir culation of the blood was obstructed by the violent tension of the body, and increased the agony and intolerable thirst. The blood rushed to the head and produced the most violent head ache. . The blood in the lungs accumu lated, pressing the heart, swelling all ■the veins, and caused nameless anguish. Loss of blood through the open wounds would have shortened the pain but the blood clotted and’cea»'?d flowing. The muscles, veins and nerves gradually grew stiff, the vital powers shrinking from exhaustion.—F. G. Richter, M. D.
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Parted garments. His earthly life be gan with His laying aside the garments of divine glory and ended with the rude legionaries parting His raiment among them.—Maclaren. Cast lots. Do we not see even professed disciples today seeking their own petty interests at the foot of the cross?—Torrey. v. 36. They watched Him. I know not where you will find in history a more striking illustration of the inhu manity of man than in this scene.—t A'bbott. v. 37. This is Jesus. Compare Mark 15:26; Luke 23:38; John 19:19. These accounts supplement but do not contradict one another. No one of the reports quotes the entire inscription. The combined narrative gives us “This is Jesus of Nazareth, the King of the Jews.”—Scofield. Thus amid the con flicting passions of men was unwitting ly proclaimed in the chief tongues of mankind from the cross itself, the truth which drew the magi to the manger and will yet be owned by the whole world.—J. F. & B. v. 39. Wagging their heads. There were two felons hanging there but neither priest, people or soldiers have' any jibes for them, but only for the .holy One of God. The world’s bitterest' hatred is visited not upon outlaws but upon Christ and His disciples (Jn. 15:19; 2 Tim. 3:12);—Torrey. They misrepresented His words. They de rided His claims. They jested at His agonies.—-Twigs. v. 40. Come down from the cross. Beware of a religion which will bring Christ down from the cross.—Ryle. The only answer was silence. He was silent because it was a moral impos sibility that He should come down. It was the silence of one who was doing a great work and would not stop to answer trivial words about it.—Stan ford. v. 42. Himself He cannot save" It was substitutionary blood. Our sins cried out to heaven for vengeance. Someone must die. Shall it be we or Christ?. — Talmage. The vicarious death of Jesus is the vital center of the whole Christian system and any word which would bring Him down from the cross is in the nature of a Satanic suggestion.-—-Burrell. You may know a deal about the Bible but if you have not yet found out that Christ cru cified is the foundation of the whole volume, it will never deliver your soul from hell.—Ryle. v. 44. Thieves also. It is possible
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