CHAPTER XXIV. 561 affronts? A. Being reviled, he reviled' not again, but stood before his accusers and his judges as an innocent lamb stands bilent before the shearers ; and made-very few replies to all their accusations, charges, and enquiries; Mark xiv. 61. Acts viii. 32. 1 Pet. ii. 23. 28. Q. In what manner did theycrucify him ? ` A. 'Cal- put his own garments on him again, they carried him to Thy Wary, the place of execution, and there they nailed him on the cross ; where they also crucified two malefactors, one on his right-hand, and the other on his left ; Mark xv. 20. Luke xxiii. 33. 29. Q. Did Our Saviour then make no resistance, or give a rebuke to their wicked cruelty ? A. He only prayed for them, and said, " Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.;" Luke xxüi. 24. 30. Q. What was the inscription set over his head? A. This is Jesus of Nazareth, the king of the Jews ; and it was written in latin, greek, and hebrew ; John xix. 19. 31. Q. What affronts did lie suffer on the cross ? A. When the soldiers had cast lots for his garments, the rulers mocked him, many of the Jews reviled him, and so did one of the thieves that was crucified with him ; Luke xxiii. 344739. 32. Q. How did the other thief carry it towards him ? A. He rebuked his fellow, he acknowledged his own guilt, and the innocence of Christ ? he prayed that Jesus would remember him when he came into his kingdom : Luke xxiii. 40-42. 33. Q. What answer did Christ make to his faith and prayer? A. Jesus -said, " Verily, to-day shalt thou be with me in paradise ;" Verse 43. 34. Q. What respect did Jesuspay to his own mother Mary, when he saw her near the cross ? A. He commended her to the care of John, his beloved disciple ; and from that time John took her to his own house ; John xix. 26, 27. 35. Q. What were some of the last words of Jesus on the cross ? A. He cried out, " My God, my God, why hastthen forsaken 'Me P' And a little after he said, as It is finished ;?' then he cried with a loud voice, " Father, into thy hand I com- mend my spirit," and died immediately ; Mark xv. 34. Luke xxiii. 46. John six. 30. 36. Q. What remarkable occurrences attended the death of Christ ? A. 1. At the sixth hour there was darkness over the whole land till the ninth ; that is, from noon till three o'clock iìt the afternoon ; Mark xv. 33. 2. The vail of the temple; which divided the holy place from the holy of hohes, was rent from the top to the bottom. 3. There wasan earthquake, the rooks were rent, graves were then opened, and many of the pious dead prose after his resurrection, and appeared to several persons in
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