Mistaken Teachers
J. M. Allis. Matthew 27:48-49 And straightway one of them ran, and took a sponge, and filled it with vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him to drink.… The cavelling Jewish teachers aptly illustrate the attitude of many modern critics of Christ and Christianity. 1. They are alike mistaken in the nature and meaning of the supernatural in connection with revelation, as, in their views of prophecy, miracles and providence. 2. They are alike mistaken as to the methods of securing truth. "Let be, let us see," etc. 3. They are alike mistaken in waiting for other signs, when the most stupendous sign of the centuries is hanging before them. 4. They alike make their greatest mistake in substituting eye for heart, experiment for faith, the intellectual for the spiritual.Lessons: These mistakes, in all ages, lead to the same results, viz.: 1. To increased blindness of spiritual vision. 2. To an increased opposition to Christ in feeling and desire. 3. To an increased difficulty in coming to the truth as revealed in the gospel. 4. To an increased guilt. Inference: If men would avoid these unhappy outcomes, they must avoid the mistakes leading thereto. (J. M. Allis.) Parallel Verses KJV: And straightway one of them ran, and took a spunge, and filled it with vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him to drink. WEB: Immediately one of them ran, and took a sponge, and filled it with vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him a drink.