| [PART I:] | THE SOURCES OF
THE GOSPELS |
| [§ 1:] | IN THE DEDICATION LUKE EXPLAINS HIS METHOD OF RESEARCH |
| Luke 1:1-4. |
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| [PART II:] | THE PRE-EXISTENT STATE
OF CHRIST AND HIS INCARNATION |
| [§ 2:] | IN HIS INTRODUCTION JOHN PICTURES CHRIST AS THE WORD
(LOGOS) |
| John 1:1-18. |
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| [PART III:] | THE TWO GENEALOGIES IN MATTHEW AND LUKE |
| [§ 3:] | APPARENTLY JOSEPH'S GENEALOGY IN MATTHEW AND MARY'S IN
LUKE |
| Matt. 1:1-17; Luke 3:23-38. |
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| [PART IV:] | THE BIRTH AND CHILDHOOD OF THE BAPTIST AND OF JESUS |
| SECTIONS 4-19 |
| [§ 4:] | THE ANNUNCIATION OF THE BIRTH OF THE BAPTIST TO
ZACHARIAS |
| Luke 1:5-25. |
| [§ 5:] | THE ANNUNCIATION TO THE VIRGIN MARY OF THE BIRTH OF
JESUS |
| Luke 1:26-38. |
| [§ 6:] | THE SONG OF ELIZABETH TO MARY UPON HER VISIT |
| Luke 1:39-45. |
| [§ 7:] | THE MAGNIFICAT OF MARY |
| Luke 1:46-56. |
| [§ 8:] | THE BIRTH AND CHILDHOOD OF THE BAPTIST AND HIS DESERT
LIFE |
| Luke 1:57-80. |
| [§ 9:] | THE ANNUNCIATION TO JOSEPH OF THE BIRTH OF JESUS |
| Matt. 1:18-25. |
| [§ 10:] | THE BIRTH OF JESUS |
| Luke 2:1-7. |
| [§ 11:] | THE PRAISE OF THE ANGELS AND THE HOMAGE OF THE SHEPHERDS |
| Luke 2:8-20. |
| [§ 12:] | THE CIRCUMCISION OF JESUS |
| Luke 2:21. |
| [§ 13:] | THE PRESENTATION IN THE TEMPLE WITH THE HOMAGE OF SIMEON
AND ANNA |
| Luke 2:22-38. |
| [§ 14:] | MAGI VISIT THE NEW-BORN KING OF THE JEWS |
| Matt. 2:1-12. |
| [§ 15:] | THE CHILD JESUS CARRIED TO EGYPT, AND THE CHILDREN AT
BETHLEHEM SLAIN |
| Matt. 2:13-18. |
| [§ 16:] | THE CHILD BROUGHT FROM EGYPT TO NAZARETH |
| Matt. 2:19-23; Luke 2:39. |
| [§ 17:] | THE CHILDHOOD OF JESUS AT NAZARETH |
| Luke 2:40. |
| [§ 18:] | THE VISIT OF THE BOY JESUS TO JERUSALEM WHEN TWELVE
YEARS OLD |
| Luke 2:41-50. |
| [§ 19:] | THE EIGHTEEN YEARS AT NAZARETH |
| Luke 2:51-52. |
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| [PART V:] | THE BEGINNING OF THE BAPTIST'S MINISTRY |
| SECTIONS 20-23 |
| [§ 20:] | THE TIME OF THE BEGINNING |
| Mark 1:1; Luke 3:1-2. |
| [§ 21:] | THE MESSAGE AND THE MESSENGER |
| Mark 1:2-6; Matt. 3:1-6; Luke 3:3-6. |
| [§ 22:] | A SPECIMEN OF JOHN'S PREACHING |
| Matt. 3:7-10; Luke 3:7-14. |
| [§ 23:] | THE FORERUNNER'S PICTURE OF THE MESSIAH BEFORE SEEING
HIM |
| Mark 1:7-8; Matt. 3:11-12; Luke 3:15-18. |
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| [PART VI:] | THE BEGINNING OF CHRIST'S PUBLIC MINISTRY |
| SECTIONS 24-36 |
| [§ 24:] | JESUS BAPTIZED BY JOHN IN THE JORDAN |
| Mark 1:9-11; Matt. 3:13-17; Luke 3:21-23. |
| [§ 25:] | THE THREE TEMPTATIONS OF JESUS |
| Mark 1:12-13; Matt. 4:1-11; Luke 4:1-13. |
| [§ 26:] | THE TESTIMONY OF THE BAPTIST TO THE COMMITTEE OF THE
SANHEDRIN |
| John 1:19-28. |
| [§ 27:] | JOHN'S IDENTIFICATION OF JESUS AS THE MESSIAH |
| John 1:29-34. |
| [§ 28:] | JESUS MAKES HIS FIRST DISCIPLES |
| John 1:35-51. |
| [§ 29:] | JESUS WORKS HIS FIRST MIRACLE |
| John 2:1-11. |
| [§ 30:] | JESUS MAKES A FIRST SOJOURN AT CAPERNAUM, ACCOMPANIED BY
HIS KINDRED AND HIS EARLY DISCIPLES |
| John 2:12. |
| [§ 31:] | THE FIRST CLEANSING OF THE TEMPLE AT THE PASSOVER |
| John 2:13-22. |
| [§ 32:] | THE INTERVIEW OF NICODEMUS WITH JESUS |
| John 2:23-3:21. |
| [§ 33:] | THE PARALLEL MINISTRY OF JESUS AND JOHN WITH JOHN'S
LOYALTY TO JESUS |
| John 3:22-36. |
| [§ 34:] | CHRIST'S REASONS FOR LEAVING JUDEA |
| Mark 1:14; Matt. 4:12; Luke 3:19-20; 4:14; John 4:1-4. |
| [§ 35:] | JESUS IN SAMARIA AT JACOB'S WELL AND IN SYCHAR |
| John 4:5-42. |
| [§ 36:] | THE ARRIVAL OF JESUS IN GALILEE |
| John 4:43-45. |
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| [PART VII:] | THE GREAT GALILEAN MINISTRY |
| SECTIONS 37-71 |
| Eight Groups in the Period |
| (1) | The Rejection at Nazareth and the New Home in
Capernaum |
| Sections 37-43. |
| (2) | The First Tour of Galilee with the Four Fishermen
and the Call of Matthew (Levi) on the Return with the Growing Fame of Jesus |
| Sections 44-48. |
| (3) | The Sabbath Controversy in Jerusalem and in
Galilee |
| Sections 49-51. |
| (4) | The Choice of the Twelve and the Sermon on the
Mount |
| Sections 52-54. |
| (5) | The Spread of Christ's Influence and the Inquiry
from John in Prison |
| Sections 55-59. |
| (6) | The Second Tour of Galilee (now with the Twelve)
and the Intense Hostility of the Pharisees |
| Sections 60-63. |
| (7) | The First Great Group of Parables with the Visit
to Gerasa (Khersa) and to Nazareth (final one) |
| Sections 64-69. |
| (8) | The Third Tour of Galilee (following the Twelve)
and the Effect on Herod Antipas |
| Sections 70-71. |
| [§ 37:] | GENERAL ACCOUNT OF HIS TEACHING IN GALILEE |
| Mark 1:14-15; Matt. 4:17; Luke 4:14-15. |
| [§ 38:] | THE HEALING AT CANA OF THE SON OF A COURTIER OF
CAPERNAUM |
| John 4:46-54. |
| [§ 39:] | THE FIRST REJECTION AT NAZARETH |
| Luke 4:16-31. |
| [§ 40:] | THE NEW HOME IN CAPERNAUM |
| Matt. 4:13-16. |
| [§ 41:] | JESUS FINDS FOUR FISHERS OF MEN IN FOUR FISHERMEN |
| Mark 1:16-20; Matt. 4:18-22; Luke 5:1-11. |
| [§ 42:] | THE EXCITEMENT IN THE SYNAGOGUE BECAUSE OF THE TEACHING
OF JESUS AND THE HEALING OF A DEMONIAC ON THE SABBATH |
| Mark 1:21-28; Luke 4:31-37. |
| [§ 43:] | HE HEALS PETER'S MOTHER-IN-LAW AND MANY OTHERS |
| Mark 1:29-34; Matt. 8:14-17; Luke 4:38-41. |
| [§ 44:] | THE FIRST TOUR OF GALILEE WITH THE FOUR FISHERMEN |
| Mark 1:35-39; Matt. 4:23-25; Luke 4:42-44. |
| [§ 45:] | A LEPER HEALED AND MUCH POPULAR EXCITEMENT |
| Mark 1:40-45; Matt. 8:2-4; Luke 5:12-16. |
| [§ 46:] | THRONGED IN CAPERNAUM, HE HEALS A PARALYTIC LOWERED
THROUGH THE ROOF OF PETER'S HOUSE |
| Mark 2:1-12; Matt. 9:1-8; Luke 5:17-26. |
| [§ 47:] | THE CALL OF MATTHEW (LEVI) AND HIS RECEPTION IN HONOR OF
JESUS |
| Mark 2:13-17; Matt. 9:9-13; Luke 5:27-32. |
| [§ 48:] | JESUS IN THREE PARABLES DEFENDS HIS DISCIPLES FOR
FEASTING INSTEAD OF FASTING |
| Mark 2:18-22; Matt. 9:14-17; Luke 5:33-39. |
| [§ 49:] | AT A FEAST IN JERUSALEM (POSSIBLY THE PASSOVER) JESUS
HEALS A LAME MAN ON THE SABBATH AND DEFENDS THIS ACTION TO THE PHARISEES IN A GREAT DISCOURSE |
| John 5:1-47. |
| [§ 50:] | ANOTHER SABBATH CONTROVERSY WITH THE PHARISEES WHEN THE
DISCIPLES PLUCK EARS OF GRAIN IN THE FIELDS |
| Mark 2:23-28; Matt. 12:1-8; Luke 6:1-5. |
| [§ 51:] | A THIRD SABBATH CONTROVERSY WITH THE PHARISEES OVER THE
HEALING OF A MAN WITH A WITHERED HAND IN A SYNAGOGUE |
| Mark 3:1-6; Matt. 12:9-14; Luke 6:6-11. |
| [§ 52:] | JESUS TEACHES AND HEALS GREAT MULTITUDES BY THE SEA OF
GALILEE |
| Mark 3:7-12; Matt. 12:15-21. |
| [§ 53:] | AFTER A NIGHT OF PRAYER JESUS SELECTS TWELVE APOSTLES |
| Mark 3:13-19; Luke 6:12-16. |
| [§ 54:] | THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT. PRIVILEGES AND REQUIREMENTS OF
THE MESSIANIC REIGN, CHRIST'S STANDARD OF RIGHTEOUSNESS |
| Matt. 5-7; Luke 6:17-49. |
| The Place and the Audience |
| Matt. 5:1-2; Luke 6:17-19. |
| [(1)] The Introduction: The Beatitudes and the Woes.
Privileges of the Messiah's Subjects |
| Matt. 5:3-12; Luke 6:20-26. |
| [(2)] The Theme of the Sermon: Christ's Standard of
Righteousness in Contrast with that of the Scribes and Pharisees |
| Matt. 5:13-20. |
| [(3)] Christ's Ethical Teaching Superior to that of the
Scribes (both the Old Testament and the Oral Law) in Six Items or Illustrations (Murder,
Adultery, Divorce, Oaths, Retaliations, Love of Enemies) |
| Matt. 5:21-48; Luke 6:27-30, 32-36. |
| [(4)] The Practice of Real Righteousness unlike the Ostentatious Hypocrisy of the Pharisees as in
Almsgiving, Prayer, Fasting |
| Matt. 6:1-18. |
| [(5)] Single-hearted Devotion to God as Opposed to
Worldly Aims and Anxieties |
| Matt. 6:19-34. |
| [(6)] Captious Criticism, or Judging Others |
| Matt. 7:1-6; Luke 6:37-42. |
| [(7)] Prayer and the Golden Rule |
| Matt. 7:7-12; Luke 6:31. |
| [(8)] The Conclusion of the Sermon. The Lesson of
Personal Righteousness Driven Home by Powerful Parables |
| Matt. 7:13-8:1; Luke 6:43-49. |
| [§ 55:] | JESUS HEALS A CENTURION'S SERVANT AT CAPERNAUM |
| Matt. 8:5-13; Luke 7:1-10. |
| [§ 56:] | HE RAISES A WIDOW'S SON AT NAIN |
| Luke 7:11-17. |
| [§ 57:] | THE MESSAGE FROM THE BAPTIST AND THE EULOGY OF JESUS |
| Matt. 11:2-19; Luke 7:18-35. |
| [§ 58:] | WOES UPON THE CITIES OF OPPORTUNITY. THE CLAIMS OF
CHRIST AS THE TEACHER ABOUT THE FATHER |
| Matt. 11:20-30. |
| [§ 59:] | THE ANOINTING OF CHRIST'S FEET BY A SINFUL WOMAN IN THE
HOUSE OF SIMON A PHARISEE. THE PARABLE OF THE TWO DEBTORS |
| Luke 7:36-50. |
| [§ 60:] | THE SECOND TOUR OF GALILEE |
| Luke 8:1-3. |
| [§ 61:] | BLASPHEMOUS ACCUSATION OF LEAGUE WITH BEELZEBUB |
| Mark 3:19-30; Matt. 12:22-37. |
| [§ 62:] | SCRIBES AND PHARISEES DEMAND A SIGN |
| Matt. 12:38-45. |
| [§ 63:] | CHRIST'S MOTHER AND BRETHREN SEEK TO TAKE HIM HOME |
| Mark 3:31-35; Matt. 12:46-50; Luke 8:19-21. |
| [§ 64:] | THE FIRST GREAT GROUP OF PARABLES |
| Mark 4:1-34; Matt. 13:1-53; Luke 8:4-18. |
| Introduction to the Group |
| Mark 4:1-2; Matt. 13:1-3; Luke 8:4. |
| [1:] To the Crowds by the Sea |
| [(a)] Parable of the Sower |
| Mark 4:3-25; Matt. 13:3-23; Luke 8:5-18. |
| [(b)] Parable of the Seed Growing of Itself |
| Mark 4:26-29. |
| [(c)] Parable of the Tares |
| Matt. 13:24-30. |
| [(d)] Parable of the Mustard Seed |
| Mark 4:30-32; Matt. 13:31-32. |
| [(e)] Parable of the Leaven and Many Such Parables |
| Mark 4:33-34; Matt. 13:33-35. |
| [2.] To the Disciples in the House |
| [(a)] Explanation of the Parable of the Tares |
| Matt. 13:36-43. |
| [(b)] The Parable of the Hid Treasure |
| Matt. 13:44. |
| [(c)] The Parable of the Pearl of Great Price |
| Matt. 13:45-46. |
| [(d)] The Parable of the Net |
| Matt. 13:47-50. |
| [(e)] The Parable of the Householder |
| Matt. 13:51-53. |
| [§ 65:] | IN CROSSING THE LAKE, JESUS STILLS THE TEMPEST |
| Mark 4:35-41; Matt. 8:18, 23-27; Luke 8:22-25. |
| [§ 66:] | BEYOND THE LAKE JESUS HEALS THE GERASENE DEMONIAC |
| Mark 5:1-20; Matt. 8:28-34; Luke 8:26-39. |
| [§ 67:] | THE RETURN AND THE HEALING OF JAIRUS' DAUGHTER AND OF
THE WOMAN WHO ONLY TOUCHED CHRIST'S GARMENT |
| Mark 5:21-43; Matt. 9:18-26; Luke 8:40-56. |
| [§ 68:] | HE HEALS TWO BLIND MEN AND A DUMB DEMONIAC, A
BLASPHEMOUS ACCUSATION |
| Matt. 9:27-34. |
| [§ 69:] | THE LAST VISIT TO NAZARETH |
| Mark 6:1-6; Matt. 13:54-58. |
| [§ 70:] | THE THIRD TOUR OF GALILEE AFTER INSTRUCTING THE TWELVE
AND SENDING THEM FORTH BY TWOS |
| Mark 6:6-13; Matt. 9:35-11:1; Luke 9:1-6. |
| [§ 71:] | THE GUILTY FEARS OF HEROD ANTIPAS IN TIBERIAS ABOUT
JESUS BECAUSE HE HAD BEHEADED THE BAPTIST IN MACHÆRUS |
| Mark 6:14-29; Matt. 14:1-12; Luke 9:7-9. |
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| [PART VIII:] | THE SPECIAL TRAINING OF THE TWELVE IN DISTRICTS AROUND GALILEE |
| SECTIONS 72-95 |
| [§ 72:] | THE FIRST RETIREMENT. THE TWELVE RETURN, AND JESUS
RETIRES WITH THEM BEYOND THE LAKE TO REST. FEEDING OF THE FIVE THOUSAND |
| Mark 6:30-44; Matt. 14:13-21; Luke 9:10-17; John 6:1-13. |
| [§ 73:] | THE PREVENTION OF THE REVOLUTIONARY PURPOSE TO PROCLAIM
JESUS KING (A POLITICAL MESSIAH) |
| Mark 6:45-46; Matt. 14:22-23; John 6:14-15. |
| [§ 74:] | THE PERIL TO THE TWELVE IN THE STORM AT SEA AND CHRIST'S
COMING TO THEM ON THE WATER IN THE DARKNESS |
| Mark 6:47-52; Matt. 14:24-33; John 6:16-21. |
| [§ 75:] | THE RECEPTION AT GENNESARET |
| Mark 6:53-56; Matt. 14:34-36. |
| [§ 76:] | THE COLLAPSE OF THE GALILEAN CAMPAIGN BECAUSE JESUS WILL
NOT CONFORM TO POPULAR MESSIANIC EXPECTATIONS |
| John 6:22-71. |
| [§ 77:] | PHARISEES FROM JERUSALEM REPROACH JESUS FOR ALLOWING HIS
DISCIPLES TO DISREGARD THEIR TRADITIONS ABOUT CEREMONIAL DEFILEMENT OF THE HANDS. A PUZZLING PARABLE
IN REPLY |
| Mark 7:1-23; Matt. 15:1-20; John 7:1. |
| [§ 78:] | THE SECOND WITHDRAWAL TO THE REGION OF TYRE AND SIDON
AND THE HEALING OF THE DAUGHTER OF A SYRO-PHOENICIAN WOMAN |
| Mark 7:24-30; Matt. 15:21-28. |
| [§ 79:] | THE THIRD WITHDRAWAL NORTH THROUGH PHOENICIA AND EAST
TOWARDS HERMON AND SOUTH INTO DECAPOLIS (KEEPING OUT OF THE TERRITORY OF HEROD ANTIPAS) WITH THE HEALING OF
THE DEAF AND DUMB MAN AND THE FEEDING OF THE FOUR THOUSAND |
| Mark 7:31-8:9; Matt. 15:29-38. |
| [§ 80:] | THE BRIEF VISIT TO MAGADAN (DALMANUTHA) IN GALILEE AND
THE SHARP ATTACK BY THE PHARISEES AND SADDUCEES. (NOTE THEIR APPEARANCE NOW AGAINST JESUS) |
| Mark 8:10-12; Matt. 15:39-16:4. |
| [§ 81:] | THE FOURTH RETIREMENT TO BETHSAIDA JULIAS IN THE
TETRARCHY OF HEROD PHILIP WITH SHARP REBUKE OF THE DULNESS OF THE DISCIPLES ON THE WAY ACROSS AND THE
HEALING OF A BLIND MAN IN BETHSAIDA |
| Mark 8:13-26; Matt. 16:5-12. |
| [§ 82:] | NEAR CÆSAREA PHILIPPI JESUS TESTS THE FAITH OF THE
TWELVE IN HIS MESSIAHSHIP |
| Mark 8:27-30; Matt. 16:13-20; Luke 9:18-21. |
| [§ 83:] | JESUS DISTINCTLY FORETELLS THAT HE, THE MESSIAH, WILL BE
REJECTED AND KILLED AND WILL RISE THE THIRD DAY |
| Mark 8:31-37; Matt. 16:21-26; Luke 9:22-25. |
| [§ 84:] | THE COMING OF THE SON OF MAN IN THAT GENERATION |
| Mark 8:38-9:1; Matt. 16:27-28; Luke 9:26-27. |
| [§ 85:] | THE TRANSFIGURATION OF JESUS ON A MOUNTAIN (PROBABLY
HERMON) NEAR CÆSAREA PHILIPPI |
| Mark 9:2-8; Matt. 17:1-8; Luke 9:28-36. |
| [§ 86:] | THE PUZZLE OF THE THREE DISCIPLES ABOUT THE RESURRECTION
AND ABOUT ELIJAH ON THEIR WAY DOWN THE MOUNTAIN |
| Mark 9:9-13; Matt. 17:9-13; Luke 9:36. |
| [§ 87:] | THE DEMONIAC BOY, WHOM THE DISCIPLES COULD NOT HEAL |
| Mark 9:14-29; Matt. 17:14-20; Luke 9:37-43. |
| [§ 88:] | RETURNING PRIVATELY THROUGH GALILEE, HE AGAIN FORETELLS
HIS DEATH AND RESURRECTION |
| Mark 9:30-32; Matt. 17:22-23; Luke 9:43-45. |
| [§ 89:] | JESUS, THE MESSIAH, PAYS THE HALF-SHEKEL FOR THE TEMPLE |
| Matt. 17:24-27. |
| [§ 90:] | THE TWELVE CONTEND AS TO WHO SHALL BE THE GREATEST UNDER
THE MESSIAH'S REIGN. HIS SUBJECTS MUST BE CHILDLIKE |
| Mark 9:33-37; Matt. 18:1-5; Luke 9:46-48. |
| [§ 91:] | THE MISTAKEN ZEAL OF THE APOSTLE JOHN REBUKED BY JESUS
IN PERTINENT PARABLES |
| Mark 9:38-50; Matt. 18:6-14; Luke 9:49-50. |
| [§ 92:] | RIGHT TREATMENT OF A BROTHER WHO HAS SINNED AGAINST ONE,
AND DUTY OF PATIENTLY FORGIVING A BROTHER (PARABLE OF THE UNMERCIFUL SERVANT) |
| Matt. 18:15-35. |
| [§ 93:] | THE MESSIAH'S FOLLOWERS MUST GIVE UP EVERYTHING FOR HIS
SERVICE |
| Matt. 8:19-22; Luke 9:57-62. |
| [§ 94:] | THE UNBELIEVING BROTHERS OF JESUS COUNSEL HIM TO EXHIBIT
HIMSELF IN JUDEA, AND HE REJECTS THE ADVICE |
| John 7:2-9. |
| [§ 95:] | HE GOES PRIVATELY TO JERUSALEM THROUGH SAMARIA |
| Luke 9:51-56; John 7:10. |
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| [PART IX:] | THE LATER JUDEAN MINISTRY |
| SECTIONS 96-111 |
| [§ 96:] | THE COMING OF JESUS TO THE FEAST OF TABERNACLES CREATES
INTENSE EXCITEMENT CONCERNING THE MESSIAHSHIP |
| John 7:11-52. |
| [§ 97:] | STORY OF AN ADULTEROUS WOMAN BROUGHT TO JESUS FOR
JUDGMENT |
| John 7:53-8:11. |
| [§ 98:] | AFTER THE FEAST OF TABERNACLES IN THE TEMPLE JESUS
ANGERS THE PHARISEES BY CLAIMING TO BE THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD |
| John 8:12-20. |
| [§ 99:] | THE PHARISEES ATTEMPT TO STONE JESUS WHEN HE EXPOSES
THEIR SINFULNESS |
| John 8:21-59. |
| [§ 100:] | JESUS HEALS A MAN BORN BLIND WHO OUTWITS THE PHARISEES.
THE RULERS FORBID THE RECOGNITION OF JESUS AS THE MESSIAH. THE CONVERSION OF THE HEALED MAN |
| John 9:1-41. |
| [§ 101:] | IN THE PARABLE (ALLEGORY) OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD JESUS
DRAWS THE PICTURE OF THE HOSTILE PHARISEES AND INTIMATES THAT HE IS GOING TO DIE FOR HIS FLOCK AND
COME TO LIFE AGAIN |
| John 10:1-21. |
| [§ 102:] | THE MISSION OF THE SEVENTY. CHRIST'S JOY IN THEIR WORK
ON THEIR RETURN |
| Luke 10:1-24. |
| [§ 103:] | JESUS ANSWERS A LAWYER'S QUESTION AS TO ETERNAL LIFE,
GIVING THE PARABLE OF THE GOOD SAMARITAN |
| Luke 10:25-37. |
| [§ 104:] | JESUS THE GUEST OF MARTHA AND MARY |
| Luke 10:38-42. |
| [§ 105:] | JESUS AGAIN GIVES A MODEL OF PRAYER (COMP. [§ 54]) AND
ENCOURAGES HIS DISCIPLES TO PRAY. PARABLE OF THE IMPORTUNATE FRIEND |
| Luke 11:1-13. |
| [§ 106:] | BLASPHEMOUS ACCUSATION OF LEAGUE WITH BEELZEBUB |
| Luke 11:14-36. |
| [§ 107:] | WHILE BREAKFASTING WITH A PHARISEE, JESUS SEVERELY
DENOUNCES THE PHARISEES AND LAWYERS AND EXCITES THEIR ENMITY |
| Luke 11:37-54. |
| [§ 108:] | HE SPEAKS TO HIS DISCIPLES AND A VAST THRONG ABOUT
HYPOCRISY, COVETOUSNESS (PARABLE OF THE RICH FOOL), WORLDLY ANXIETIES, WATCHFULNESS (PARABLE OF THE
WAITING SERVANTS AND OF THE WISE STEWARD), AND HIS OWN APPROACHING PASSION |
| Luke 12. |
| [§ 109:] | ALL MUST REPENT OR PERISH. (TWO CURRENT TRAGEDIES);
PARABLE OF THE BARREN FIG TREE |
| Luke 13:1-9. |
| [§ 110:] | JESUS HEALS A CRIPPLED WOMAN ON THE SABBATH AND DEFENDS
HIMSELF AGAINST THE RULER OF THE SYNAGOGUE. (CF. [§§ 49-51] AND [114].) REPETITION OF THE PARABLES OF THE
MUSTARD SEED AND OF THE LEAVEN |
| Luke 13:10-21. |
| [§ 111:] | AT THE FEAST OF DEDICATION JESUS WILL NOT YET OPENLY SAY
THAT HE IS THE MESSIAH. THE JEWS TRY TO STONE HIM |
| John 10:22-39. |
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| [PART X:] | THE LATER PEREAN MINISTRY |
| SECTIONS 112-127 |
| [§ 112:] | THE WITHDRAWAL FROM JERUSALEM TO BETHANY BEYOND JORDAN |
| John 10:40-42. |
| [§ 113:] | TEACHING IN PEREA, ON A JOURNEY TOWARD JERUSALEM,
WARNED AGAINST HEROD ANTIPAS |
| Luke 13:22-35. |
| [§ 114:] | WHILE DINING (BREAKFASTING) WITH A CHIEF PHARISEE, HE
AGAIN HEALS ON THE SABBATH AND DEFENDS HIMSELF (COMP. [§§ 49 TO 51] AND [110]) THREE PARABLES SUGGESTED BY THE
OCCASION |
| Luke 14:1-24. |
| [§ 115:] | GREAT CROWDS FOLLOW HIM, AND HE WARNS THEM TO COUNT THE
COST OF DISCIPLESHIP TO HIM (COMP. [§§ 70] AND [83]) |
| Luke 14:25-35. |
| [§ 116:] | THE PHARISEES AND THE SCRIBES MURMUR AGAINST JESUS FOR
RECEIVING SINNERS. HE DEFENDS HIMSELF BY THREE GREAT
PARABLES (THE LOST SHEEP, THE LOST COIN, THE LOST SON) |
| Luke 15:1-32. |
| [§ 117:] | THREE PARABLES ON STEWARDSHIP (TO THE DISCIPLES, THE
PARABLE OF THE UNJUST STEWARD; TO THE PHARISEES, THE PARABLE OF THE RICH MAN AND LAZARUS; TO THE DISCIPLES,
THE PARABLE OF THE UNPROFITABLE SERVANTS) |
| Luke 16:1-17:10. |
| [§ 118:] | JESUS RAISES LAZARUS FROM THE DEAD |
| John 11:1-44. |
| [§ 119:] | THE EFFECT OF THE RAISING OF LAZARUS (ON THE PEOPLE, ON
THE SANHEDRIN, ON THE MOVEMENTS OF JESUS) |
| John 11:45-54. |
| [§ 120:] | JESUS STARTS ON THE LAST JOURNEY TO JERUSALEM BY WAY OF
SAMARIA AND GALILEE |
| Luke 17:11-37. |
| [§ 121:] | TWO PARABLES ON PRAYER (THE IMPORTUNATE WIDOW, THE
PHARISEE AND THE PUBLICAN) |
| Luke 18:1-14. |
| [§ 122:] | GOING FROM GALILEE THROUGH PEREA, HE TEACHES CONCERNING
DIVORCE |
| Mark 10:1-12; Matt. 19:1-12. |
| [§ 123:] | CHRIST AND CHILDREN AND THE FAILURE OF THE DISCIPLES TO
UNDERSTAND THE ATTITUDE OF JESUS |
| Mark 10:13-16; Matt. 19:13-15; Luke 18:15-17. |
| [§ 124:] | THE RICH YOUNG RULER, THE PERILS OF RICHES, AND
AMAZEMENT OF THE DISCIPLES. THE REWARDS OF FORSAKING ALL TO FOLLOW THE MESSIAH WILL BE GREAT, BUT WILL BE
SOVEREIGN (PARABLE OF THE LABORERS IN THE VINEYARD) |
| Mark 10:17-31; Matt. 19:16-20:16; Luke 18:18-30. |
| [§ 125:] | JESUS AGAIN FORETELLS TO THE DISCIPLES HIS DEATH AND
RESURRECTION (COMP. [§§ 83], [85], [86], [88]), AND REBUKES THE SELFISH AMBITION OF JAMES AND JOHN |
| Mark 10:32-45; Matt. 20:17-28; Luke 18:31-34. |
| [§ 126:] | BLIND BARTIMÆUS AND HIS COMPANION HEALED |
| Mark 10:46-52; Matt. 20:29-34; Luke 18:35-43. |
| [§ 127:] | JESUS VISITS ZACCHÆUS, AND SPEAKS THE PARABLE OF THE
POUNDS, AND SETS OUT FOR JERUSALEM |
| Luke 19:1-28. |
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| [PART XI:] | THE LAST PUBLIC MINISTRY IN JERUSALEM |
| SECTIONS 128-138 |
| [§ 128a:] | JESUS ARRIVES AT BETHANY NEAR JERUSALEM |
| John 11:55-12:1, 9-11. |
| [§ 128b:] | HIS TRIUMPHAL ENTRY INTO JERUSALEM AS THE MESSIAH |
| Mark 11:1-11; Matt. 21:1-11, 14-17; Luke 19:29-44; John 12:12-19. |
| [§ 129:] | THE BARREN FIG TREE CURSED, AND THE SECOND CLEANSING OF
THE TEMPLE (COMP. [§ 31]) |
| Mark 11:12-18; Matt. 21:18-19, 12-13; Luke 19:45-48. |
| [§ 130:] | THE DESIRE OF SOME GREEKS TO SEE JESUS PUZZLES THE
DISCIPLES AND LEADS JESUS IN AGITATION OF SOUL TO INTERPRET LIFE AND DEATH AS SACRIFICE AND TO SHOW HOW
BY BEING "LIFTED UP" HE WILL DRAW ALL MEN TO HIM |
| John 12:20-50. |
| [§ 131:] | THE BARREN FIG TREE FOUND TO HAVE WITHERED |
| Mark 11:19-25; Matt. 21:19-22; Luke 21:37-38. |
| [§ 132:] | THE RULERS (SANHEDRIN) FORMALLY CHALLENGE THE AUTHORITY
OF JESUS AS AN ACCREDITED TEACHER (RABBI) |
| Mark 11:27-12:12; Matt. 21:23-22:14; Luke 20:1-19. |
| [§ 133:] | THE PHARISEES AND THE HERODIANS TRY TO ENSNARE JESUS
ABOUT PAYING TRIBUTE TO CÆSAR |
| Mark 12:13-17; Matt. 22:15-22; Luke 20:20-26. |
| [§ 134:] | THE SADDUCEES ASK HIM A PUZZLING QUESTION ABOUT THE
RESURRECTION |
| Mark 12:18-27; Matt. 22:23-33; Luke 20:27-40. |
| [§ 135:] | THE PHARISEES REJOICE OVER THE ROUT OF THE SADDUCEES AND
A PHARISAIC LAWYER ASKS JESUS A LEGAL QUESTION |
| Mark 12:28-34; Matt. 22:34-40. |
| [§ 136:] | JESUS, TO THE JOY OF THE MULTITUDE, SILENCES HIS ENEMIES
BY THE PERTINENT QUESTION OF THE MESSIAH'S DESCENT FROM DAVID AND LORDSHIP OVER DAVID |
| Mark 12:35-37; Matt. 22:41-46; Luke 20:41-44. |
| [§ 137:] | IN HIS LAST PUBLIC DISCOURSE, JESUS SOLEMNLY DENOUNCES
THE SCRIBES AND PHARISEES (COMP. [§ 107]) |
| Mark 12:38-40; Matt. 23:1-39; Luke 20:45-47. |
| [§ 138:] | JESUS CLOSELY OBSERVES THE CONTRIBUTIONS IN THE TEMPLE,
AND COMMENDS THE POOR WIDOW'S GIFT |
| Mark 12:41-44; Luke 21:1-4. |
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| [PART XII:] | IN THE SHADOW WITH JESUS |
| SECTIONS 139-152 |
| [§ 139:] | SITTING ON THE MOUNT OF OLIVES, JESUS SPEAKS TO HIS
DISCIPLES ABOUT THE DESTRUCTION OF JERUSALEM, AND HIS OWN SECOND COMING IN APOCALYPTIC LANGUAGE. THE GREAT
ESCHATOLOGICAL DISCOURSE |
| Mark 13:1-37; Matt. 24, 25; Luke 21:5-36. |
| [§ 140:] | JESUS PREDICTS HIS CRUCIFIXION TWO DAYS HENCE (JEWISH
FRIDAY) |
| Mark 14:1-2; Matt. 26:1-5; Luke 22:1-2. |
| [§ 141:] | AT THE FEAST IN THE HOUSE OF SIMON THE LEPER MARY OF
BETHANY ANOINTS JESUS FOR HIS BURIAL |
| Mark 14:3-9; Matt. 26:6-13; John 12:2-8. |
| [§ 142:] | JUDAS, STUNG BY THE REBUKE OF JESUS AT THE FEAST,
BARGAINS WITH THE RULERS TO BETRAY JESUS |
| Mark 14:10-11; Matt. 26:14-16; Luke 22:3-6. |
| [§ 143:] | THE PREPARATION FOR THE PASCHAL MEAL AT THE HOME OF A
FRIEND (POSSIBLY THAT OF JOHN MARK'S FATHER AND MOTHER) |
| Mark 14:12-16; Matt. 26:17-19; Luke 22:7-13. |
| [§ 144:] | JESUS PARTAKES OF THE PASCHAL MEAL WITH THE TWELVE
APOSTLES AND REBUKES THEIR JEALOUSY |
| Mark 14:17; Matt. 26:20; Luke 22:14-16, 24-30. |
| [§ 145:] | DURING THE PASCHAL MEAL, JESUS WASHES THE FEET OF HIS
DISCIPLES |
| John 13:1-20. |
| [§ 146:] | AT THE PASCHAL MEAL JESUS POINTS OUT JUDAS AS THE
BETRAYER |
| Mark 14:18-21; Matt. 26:21-25; Luke 22:21-23; John 13:21-30. |
| [§ 147:] | AFTER THE DEPARTURE OF JUDAS JESUS WARNS THE DISCIPLES
(PETER IN PARTICULAR) AGAINST DESERTION, WHILE ALL PROTEST THEIR LOYALTY |
| Mark 14:27-31; Matt. 26:31-35; Luke 22:31-38; John 13:31-38. |
| [§ 148:] | JESUS INSTITUTES THE MEMORIAL OF EATING BREAD AND
DRINKING WINE |
| Mark 14:22-25; Matt. 26:26-29; Luke 22:17-20; 1 Cor. 11:23-26. |
| [§ 149:] | THE FAREWELL DISCOURSE TO HIS DISCIPLES IN THE UPPER
ROOM |
| John 14. |
| [§ 150:] | THE DISCOURSE ON THE WAY TO GETHSEMANE |
| John 15, 16. |
| [§ 151:] | CHRIST'S INTERCESSORY PRAYER |
| John 17. |
| [§ 152:] | GOING FORTH TO GETHSEMANE, JESUS SUFFERS LONG IN AGONY |
| Mark 14:26, 32-42; Matt. 26:30, 36-46; Luke 22:39-46; John 18:1. |
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| [PART XIII:] | THE ARREST, TRIAL, CRUCIFIXION, AND BURIAL OF JESUS |
| SECTIONS 153-168 |
| [§ 153:] | JESUS IS BETRAYED, ARRESTED, AND FORSAKEN |
| Mark 14:43-52; Matt. 26:47-56; Luke 22:47-53; John 18:2-12. |
| [§ 154:] | JESUS FIRST EXAMINED BY ANNAS, THE EX-HIGH PRIEST |
| John 18:12-14, 19-23. |
| [§ 155:] | JESUS HURRIEDLY TRIED AND CONDEMNED BY CAIAPHAS AND THE
SANHEDRIN, WHO MOCK AND BUFFET HIM |
| Mark 14:53, 55-65; Matt. 26:57, 59-68; Luke 22:54, 63-65; John 18:24. |
| [§ 156:] | PETER THRICE DENIES HIS LORD |
| Mark 14:54, 66-72; Matt. 26:58, 69-75; Luke 22:54-62; John 18:15-18, 25-27. |
| [§ 157:] | AFTER DAWN, JESUS IS FORMALLY CONDEMNED BY THE SANHEDRIN |
| Mark 15:1; Matt. 27:1; Luke 22:66-71. |
| [§ 158:] | REMORSE AND SUICIDE OF JUDAS THE BETRAYER |
| Matt. 27:3-10; Acts 1:18-19. |
| [§ 159:] | JESUS BEFORE PILATE THE FIRST TIME |
| Mark 15:1-5; Matt. 27:2, 11-14; Luke 23:1-5; John 18:28-38. |
| [§ 160:] | JESUS BEFORE HEROD ANTIPAS THE TETRARCH |
| Luke 23:6-12. |
| [§ 161:] | JESUS THE SECOND TIME BEFORE PILATE |
| Mark 15:6-15; Matt. 27:15-26; Luke 23:13-25; John 18:39-19:16. |
| [§ 162:] | THE ROMAN SOLDIERS MOCK JESUS |
| Mark 15:16-19; Matt. 27:27-30. |
| [§ 163:] | JESUS ON THE WAY TO THE CROSS (VIA DOLOROSA) ON GOLGOTHA |
| Mark 15:20-23; Matt. 27:31-34; Luke 23:26-33; John 19:16-17. |
| [§ 164:] | THE FIRST THREE HOURS ON THE CROSS |
| Mark 15:24-32; Matt. 27:35-44; Luke 23:33-43; John 19:18-27. |
| [§ 165:] | THE THREE HOURS OF DARKNESS FROM NOON TO THREE P.M. |
| Mark 15:33-37; Matt. 27:45-50; Luke 23:44-46; John 19:28-30. |
| [§ 166:] | THE PHENOMENA ACCOMPANYING THE DEATH OF CHRIST |
| Mark 15:38-41; Matt. 27:51-56; Luke 23:45, 47-49. |
| [§ 167:] | THE BURIAL OF THE BODY OF JESUS IN THE TOMB OF JOSEPH OF
ARIMATHEA AFTER PROOF OF HIS DEATH |
| Mark 15:42-46; Matt. 27:57-60; Luke 23:50-54; John 19:31-42. |
| [§ 168:] | THE WATCH OF THE WOMEN BY THE TOMB OF JESUS |
| Mark 15:47; Matt. 27:61-66; Luke 23:55-56. |
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| [PART XIV:] | THE RESURRECTION, APPEARANCES, AND ASCENSION OF CHRIST |
| SECTIONS 169-184 |
| [§ 169:] | THE VISIT OF THE WOMEN TO THE TOMB OF JESUS |
| Mark 16:1; Matt. 28:1. |
| [§ 170:] | THE EARTHQUAKE, THE ROLLING AWAY OF THE STONE BY AN
ANGEL, AND THE FRIGHT OF THE ROMAN WATCHERS |
| Matt. 28:2-4. |
| [§ 171:] | THE VISIT OF THE WOMEN TO THE TOMB OF JESUS ABOUT
SUNRISE SUNDAY MORNING AND THE MESSAGE OF THE ANGELS ABOUT THE EMPTY TOMB |
| Mark 16:2-8; Matt. 28:5-8; Luke 24:1-8; John 20:1. |
| [§ 172:] | MARY MAGDALENE AND THE OTHER WOMEN REPORT TO THE
APOSTLES, AND PETER AND JOHN VISIT THE EMPTY TOMB |
| Luke 24:9-12; John 20:2-10. |
| [§ 173:] | THE APPEARANCE OF JESUS TO MARY MAGDALENE AND THE
MESSAGE TO THE DISCIPLES |
| Mark 16:9-11; John 20:11-18. |
| [§ 174:] | THE APPEARANCE OF JESUS TO THE OTHER WOMEN |
| Matt. 28:9-10. |
| [§ 175:] | SOME OF THE GUARD REPORT TO THE JEWISH RULERS |
| Matt. 28:11-15. |
| [§ 176:] | THE APPEARANCE TO TWO DISCIPLES (CLEOPAS AND ANOTHER)
ON THE WAY TO EMMAUS |
| Mark 16:12-13; Luke 24:13-32. |
| [§ 177:] | THE REPORT OF THE TWO DISCIPLES AND THE NEWS OF THE
APPEARANCE TO SIMON PETER |
| Luke 24:33-35; 1 Cor. 15:5. |
| [§ 178:] | THE APPEARANCE TO THE ASTONISHED DISCIPLES (THOMAS
ABSENT) WITH A COMMISSION AND THEIR FAILURE TO CONVINCE THOMAS |
| Mark 16:14; Luke 24:36-43; John 20:19-25. |
| [§ 179:] | THE APPEARANCE TO THE DISCIPLES THE NEXT SUNDAY NIGHT
AND THE CONVINCING OF THOMAS |
| John 20:26-31; 1 Cor. 15:5. |
| [§ 180:] | THE APPEARANCE TO SEVEN DISCIPLES BESIDE THE SEA OF
GALILEE. THE MIRACULOUS DRAUGHT OF FISHES |
| John 21. |
| [§ 181:] | THE APPEARANCE TO ABOUT FIVE HUNDRED ON AN APPOINTED
MOUNTAIN IN GALILEE, AND A COMMISSION GIVEN |
| Mark 16:15-18; Matt. 28:16-20; 1 Cor. 15:6. |
| [§ 182:] | THE APPEARANCE TO JAMES THE BROTHER OF JESUS |
| 1 Cor. 15:7. |
| [§ 183:] | THE APPEARANCE TO THE DISCIPLES WITH ANOTHER COMMISSION |
| Luke 24:44-49; Acts 1:3-8. |
| [§ 184:] | THE LAST APPEARANCE AND THE ASCENSION |
| Mark 16:19-20; Luke 24:50-53; Acts 1:9-12. |