CONDITIONS OF
THE CROWD EXAMINED
Let us now look at these
crowds in another way. We will attempt an analysis of the multitude, not so much
with reference to the persons as to the conditions represented at the Cross,
illustrating the fact by an examination of the people.
SORROW
was absolutely represented by the presence of the women; WORLDLY GOVERNMENT by
the centurion, the soldiers, and the malefactors; RELIGIOUS FAILURE by the
chief priests and the Sanhedrim. The GREAT SHEPHERD LESS CROWD over which
Christ had so often mourned, and in the presence of which His heart had ever
been moved with compassion, was largely represented in the great multitude of
which Luke speaks. Familiarity with Jesus had its representation in the
presence before the Cross of HIS FAMILY AND ACQUAINTANCES. DISCIPLESHIP was
there, in the person of His own, and particularly of John.
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