"He was oppressed, and He was afflicted, _yet He opened not His mouth_: He is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, _so He openeth not His mouth_." Isa. 53:7.
17. When accused by His enemies before Pilate, how did Christ treat these accusations?
"Then said Pilate unto Him, Hearest Thou not how many things they witness against Thee? And _He answered him to never a word_; insomuch that the governor marveled greatly." Matt. 27:13, 14.
18. What prophecy foretold of the disposal of Christ"s garments at the crucifixion?
"They _part My garments_ among them, and _cast lots_ upon My vesture." Ps.
22:18.
19. What record answers to this prophecy?
"And they crucified Him, and _parted His garments, casting lots_: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, They parted My garments among them, and upon My vesture did they cast lots." Matt. 27:35.
20. What was foretold of His treatment while on the cross?
"They gave Me also _gall_ for My meat; and in My thirst they gave Me _vinegar_ to drink." Ps. 69:21.
21. What was offered Christ at His crucifixion?
"They gave Him _vinegar_ to drink mingled with _gall_: and when He had tasted thereof, He would not drink." Matt. 27:34. See also John 19:28-30, and page 167 of this work.
22. With whom did the prophet Isaiah say Christ would make His grave?
"And He made His grave with the _wicked_, and with the _rich_ in His death." Isa. 53:9.
23. With whom was Christ crucified?
"Then were there _two thieves_ crucified with Him, one on the right hand, and another on the left." Matt. 27:38.
24. Who took charge of Christ"s body after it was taken down from the cross?
"_A rich man of Arimathaea, named Joseph_, ... went to Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus.... He wrapped it in a clean linen cloth, and laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn out in the rock." Verses 57-60.
25. What experience in the life of a noted prophet indicated the length of Christ"s stay in the grave?
"But He answered and said unto them, An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas: for _as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale"s belly_; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth." Matt. 12:39,40.
26. What prophecy foretold Christ"s triumph over death?
"For _Thou wilt not leave My soul in h.e.l.l_; neither wilt Thou suffer Thine Holy One to see corruption." Ps. 16:10. See Acts 2:24-27.
Christ The Way Of Life
[Ill.u.s.tration.]
At Jacob"s Well. "Whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst." John 4:14.
1. What does Jesus declare Himself to be?
"Jesus saith unto him, _I am the way, the truth, and the life_: no man cometh unto the Father, but by Me." John 14:6.
2. In what condition are all men?
"But the Scripture hath concluded all _under sin_." Gal. 3:22. "For _all have sinned_, and come short of the glory of G.o.d." Rom. 3:23.
3. What are the wages of sin?
"The wages of sin is _death_." Rom. 6:23.
4. How many are affected by Adam"s transgression?
"Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so _death pa.s.sed upon all men_." Rom. 5:12.
5. What is the gift of G.o.d?
"The gift of G.o.d is _eternal life_." Rom. 6:23.
6. How many may receive this gift?
"And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And _whosoever will_, let him take the water of life freely." Rev. 22:17.
7. In whom is the gift?
"This is the record, that G.o.d hath given to us eternal life, and _this life is in His Son_." 1 John 5:11.
8. In receiving the Son, what do we have in Him?
"He that hath the Son hath _life_." Verse 12.
9. What loss do those sustain who do not accept Him?
"And he that hath not the Son of G.o.d _hath not life_." Same verse.
10. In what other way is this same truth stated?
"_He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life_; but the wrath of G.o.d abideth on him." John 3:36.
11. After one truly receives Christ, whose life will be manifested in him?
"I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but _Christ liveth in me_: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of G.o.d, who loved me, and gave Himself for me." Gal.
2:20.