HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1936-11-05, Page 2LESSON ''11. — Novembe•r 15.
THE HEROISM OF CHRISTIAN
FAITH. — Acts 21: 12-23: 30; Flo -
mans 9: 1-5,
PRINTED TEXT—Acts 21: 12, 13;
27-34; Romans 9: 1-5.
GOLDEN TEXT. — Greater love
hath no maze than this, that a
man lay down his life for his
friends. John 15: 13.
THE LESSON IN iTS SETTING
Time. — A.D. 57.
Place. — The city of Jerusalem.
12. And when we heard these
things, both we and they of that
place besought him not to go up to
Jerusalem. 13. Then Paul answered,
What do ye, weeping and breaking
my heart The verb translated
"break' is found only here in the
New Testament, and signifies the
weakening of purpose in any one.
So the apostle intimates not that
they intended as we should say to
break his heart by adding to his sor-
row, but to weaken his determinat-
ion and deter him from his journey."
—For I am ready not to be bound•
only, but also to die at Jerusalem
for the name of the Lrrd Jesus. Lu-
ther cried out when his friends would
keep him from going to the city of
Worms; "Were there as many devils
in Worms as tiles on the roofs, I
would go in."
28. Crying out, M. of Israel,
help: This is the man that teacheth
all men everywhere against the peo-
ple, and the law, and this place; and
moreover he brought Greeks also in-
to the temple, and hath defile( this
holy place. 29. For they had before
seen with him in the city of Tropshi-
mus the Ephesian, whom they sup-
posed that Paul had brought into the
temple. The charge that Paul had
brought Greeks into the inner court
of the temple was a lie. From the
fact that they had seen him walking
in Jerusalem with a Gentile citizen
of Ephesus by the name of Trophi-
mus, and now saw Paul himself.
walking in the inner court of the
temple, they "supposed" that, if
Paul was there, Trophimus was there
also. He wasn't. Paul would never
violate Jewish conscience in this way.
30. And all the city was moved,
and the people ran . together; aid
they laid hold on. Paul,, and dragged
him out of the temple: and straight-
way the doors were shut. They want-
ed to get Paul out of the temple so
that the temple would not be pollut-
ed with human blood, for they cer-
tainly were set on killing him.
31. And as they were seeking to
kill him, tidings came up to the chief
captain of the band, that all Jerusal-
em was in confusion, Outside the
temple, and overlooking it, stood the
Castle of Antonia, connected with the
. temple by a flight of stairs leading
from the outer court of the Gentiles.
The castle was the headquarters of
the Roman garrison of Jerusalem at
this time, commanded by Claudius
Lysias, the chief captain. "The Jews
themselves were responsible f o r
keeping order in the temple itself.
32. And forthwith he took soldiers
and centurions, and ran down upon
them: and they, when they saw the
chief captain and the soldiers, left
off beating Paul. 33. Then the chief
captain came near; and inquired who
he was, and what he had done. 'What
the Jews would riot do, though they
were supposed to be servants of and
believers in a holy and merciful God,
pagan Roman soldiers must now do,
i.e., give Paul at least a fair trial.
34. And some shouted one thing,
some another, among the crowd: and
when he could not know the certain-
ty for the uproar, he commanded him
to be brought into the castle. With
this scene should be compared the
one at Ephesus (19; 32). The verb
here translated "shouted" is the
same as that used in Luke 23: 21 in
describing the din of the multitude
which shouted against the Lord Jes-
us. Few of the Jews knew even who
Paul was or what •the charge was
against hila. •
"I say the truth in Christ, I lie not,
my conscience bearing witness with
me in the Holy Spirit, that I have
great sorrow and unceasing pain in
my heart." Paul piles up pl.rases to
indisputably prove to the Jewish
people, who would not accept Christ.
that he had never lost his great af-
fection for then: in spite of their re-
jection of his Saviour.
Ex -Queen SaUs, $ 32 SO3 AS Spasm's Klug
Foiiner Queen Victoria of Spain with her daughter, Infanta .Beatriz,
who bade her farewell as site sailed from -Nese York on Queen Mary.
She predicted restoration of monarchy with her younger son, Don Juan,
on throne.
Duke of lent Bestows Badge
The Duke of Kent invested the second Master of the Guild, Captain
F. E. Guest, with his badge of office, when he attended the reception
given by the Guild of Air Pilots and Air Navigators of the British
i+lmpire in a ceremony in London recently.
"For I could wish that 'T myself
were anathema fr'alu • Christ," The
word here translated "anathema,"
means anything devoted to ruiu'by a
solemn curse. "For my brethren's
sake, my kinsmen according . to the
flesh, who are Israelites; whose is the
adoption, and"the glory, :and the cov-
enants, and the giving -of the law, and
the service of God, and tlie.promises;
whose are the fathers." Paul does
not actually say that he wishes to be
separated from Christ, but he says he
could wish it, were it not wrong, or
would it not involve his being unholy,
as well as miserable. But, as such is
the case, the desire cannot be enter-
tained.
"And of whom is Christ as concern-
ing the flesh, who is over all, God
blessed for ever. Amen:" The Lord
Jesus Christ was the sone of Abraham
(Matt. 1: 1; Luke 3:34); • thy. son of
David (Matt. 1:1; John 7:42; Rom. 1:
3; 2 Tim. 2:8). Paul, after listing the
wonderful privileges of the Jewish
people, caries finally to the greatest
of all.
School Under Guard
Japanese schoolchildren in Japanese section of International Settlement in Shanghai, China, pictured be ng
closely- guarded by Japanese motor -cycle machine gun crews against possible disturbances.
Teams in Workout
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Joe Stanrook former West Point star and coach of the Governor's Island, New York, football team, going
through line of New York football Giants as teams staged co-operative workout on Governor's Island.
Columbia Students Stage ,"Sts ike" in Protest Over Expulsion
Scene in'front of Columbia 'University in New York City as 400 students sta;gt.d dealt ila:.:::t: n lu;'cai:n,;
the expulsion of Robert Burke, class officer and campus leader, for his part in June demon:ir:t; o.i pros'st-
ing the acceptance by the University officials of invitation to send delegation to Heidelberg, Germany, this
year.
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She sounds like a real person, and
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Demand for bigger diamonds is in.
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Hundreds of British 'babies have
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Dutch law does net allow the adop-
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Help Guard Ballots
Charles Francis Coe (left) anther and noted criminologist, and Jo;:eph
W, Martin, Eastern Division director of Republican Committee, tail(
ov r plaits for nationwide orgaixizatibn of non -partizan vigilantes to
ptveht Pectipn prauds ih November.
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