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LESSON XXI. QUESTIONS.

ON what occasion did Jesus Christ deliver the Parable you have just read?

What happened to the rich man in the Parable, to make him so confident of a long life?

How did he intend to take care of his fruits and goods?

What did he say to his soul?

In what respect was his conduct wrong? Did God permit him to live and be merry for many years?

What is the meaning of Rich towards God?

LESSON XXII.

WHEN Jesus Christ had passed between three and four years in working miracles and teaching, he was cruelly put to death. We will read the account of his death in some extracts from Saint Matthew and Saint Luke.

When the morning was come, all the chief priests and elders took counsel against Jesus to put him to death:

And when they had bound him, they led him away, and delivered him to Pontius Pilate the go

vernor.

He delivered him to be crucified.'

Then the soldiers of the governor stripped him, and put on him a scarlet robe.

And when they had platted a crown of thorns, they put it upon his head, and a reed in his right hand; and they bowed the knee before him, and mocked him.

And after that they had mocked him, they took the robe off from him, and put his own raiment on

NOTE.

1 To crucify is to put to death on the cross. A strong wooden cross was fixed in the ground: the person to be crucified was nailed to it by his hands, and left hanging there till he died. He would generally live in this torture for many hours.

him, and led him away to crucify him.

And there were two thieves crucified with him, one on the right hand and another on the left.

Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land unto the ninth hour.

And when Jesus had cried with a loud voice, he said, Father, into thy hands I commit my spirit: and having thus said, he gave up the ghost.

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LESSON XXII. QUESTIONS.

How long did Jesus Christ go about working miracles and teaching?

How old was he when he began to teach? What was the Governor's name who delivered Jesus Christ to be crucified?

How did they crucify any one?

How did the soldiers insult Jesus Christ?

Were any other persons crucified at the same time?

Who?

What wonderful event took place while Jesus Christ was hanging on the cross? What did Jesus Christ say, just before he

died?

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