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bringing the knowledge of the truth of the Coming of Christ, before Chris tians, 'than Edward Irving. He had a beautiful little boy who died, and he went in beside the dead boy and prayed God to avenge him of death. God showed him resurrection, and that it is the triumph of Christ. The great suc cess of the enemy has been to get Chris tians to look for death and not for resurrection. v. 1. Note. There are several par ticulars in this Gospel, as well as in the others, which it is difficult to fit into a connected account embracing all the facts, but as COMMENTS FROMevery person of even MANY SOURCES m o d e r a te intelli- Keith L. Brooks gence knows that the same difficulty is met in comparing various truthful accounts of any great event in which details are many and complex, it is only the most unreasoning prejudice that can find in this an excuse for doubting the credibility of the writers.—Gibson. In' the end of the Sabbath. Literally Sabbaths, as if they had all come to a point of termination.—Sel. As it began to dawn. That was the first significance of the resurrection. It was a new day for the world. Everything was to be seen in a new light.—-Jowett. When Christ comes, the light comes. The darkness flees away from the light.— People’s Bible. First day of the week. Who changed the day of worship from the original Sabbath to the first day of the week or Lord’s Day? Who dared to change it? Ponder the tenacity with which the Jews held on to their Sab bath given in Eden and buttressed amid the thunders of Sinai. Yet in New Testament times we find Jews changing their time-honored Sabbath day to the first day of the week, and calling that day after a man—the Lord’s day. We cannot have any effect without a cause.
The resurrection of the Lord was the cause.—Evans. Came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary. Forgetting all His predictions, or otherwise viewing it as a hope rather than as a fact which lay within the possibility of accomplish ment, they came bringing spices which they had prepared. How can you account for the stubbornness of this view of death?—Parker. v. 2. Angel of the Lord descended. There by the empty tomh the strong heavenly and the weak earthly lovers of the risen King met together and clasped hands of help.—Maclaren. Rolled back the stone. He did not roll away the stone for Jesus to get out, but for the women to enter,—Torrey. Sat upon it. A picture of the easy and complete triumph of God over Satan and all his hosts.—K. B. 1915. Sat upon it that it plight be known by what power it was rolled back.—Bullinger. v. 4. Keepers became as dead. Note the opposite effects of the resurrection. Dead saints lived, living sinners became as dead.—Sel. God laughs at men’s vain efforts to thwart His purposes and prevent the fulfillment of His predic tions.—Torrey. v. 5. The angel answered. This angel was an “ev-angel-ist” in the true sense of the word.—Sel. Fear not ye. The true deliverer from superstitious terrors is the risen Christ.—Maclaren. v. 6. He is not here: for He is risen. The resurrection was the Father’s Amen to the Son’s “It is finished.” Christ had claimed to be the Prince of life (John 5:6, 11). It was not, possible that He should be holden of death (Acts 2:24). —Evans. That empty tomb means the conquest of death and sin, and so becomes the symbol of a thoroughfare between life in time and life in the unshadowed presence of God.—Jowett. It is far easier to believe He arose from the dead than to believe the story the Jews invented about His resurrection. Here was a company of armed men,
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