0883. 864. “This.”—Exclamations

864. “This.”—Exclamations

Have you noticed the exclamations as recorded in the Gospels about Christ? Let me give but a few in connection with the word “this.”

1. When the people saw the palsied man healed by Christ, as he was walking away with his bed, they said: “We never saw it on this fashion” (Mar_2:12).

2. When Christ stilled the tempest, the disciples exclaimed, “What manner of Man is this?” (Mar_4:41).

3. When the soldiers were sent to arrest Christ, all they could say to their instructors was, “Never man spake like this Man” (Joh_7:46).

4. After Pilate had examined Christ, he confessed, “I find no fault in this Man” (Luk_23:4).

5. The dying thief confessed that he and his fellow were suffering justly, but as to Christ, he said to his fellow malefactor, “This Man hath done nothing amiss” (Luk_23:41).

6. When the centurion saw all the wonders at the Cross, he could not help exclaiming, “Certainly this was a righteous Man” (Luk_23:47).

7. When Christ forgave the sins of the woman in the house of Simon the Pharisee, the people present exclaimed, “Who is this, that forgiveth sins also?” (Luk_7:49). Who, indeed, if He is not the Son of God.

By: DR. F. E. MARSH