General Index.

Address to newly chosen Apostles, [253-261]

Advent of our Lord into Galilee, [188], [189]

Andrew, [157]

Animosity of people of Nazareth, when first shewn, [165]

Apologue, [125], [126]

Apostles (The), named in pairs by Matthew, reason suggested, [162];

must have been directed to return to Jerusalem for the Ascension, [194], [451];

not fit men to promulgate Theological doctrines, [230];

general characteristics of the, [247];

not men whom the Founder of a policy would have chosen, [249];

the chosen three, [325], [327];

the crowning lesson of, [465];

steps by which they learnt Faith in an unseen presence, [467];

taught Love, [468]; taught Hope, [470]

Ascension, [457];

expedient that Christ should go away, [457];

Holy Spirit swaying human action, [459]

Astonishment produced by our Lord's teaching, [202]

Authority manifested by Christ, [167], [203-206]

Baptist (The) and his disciples, [153-155];

competition with, shunned by our Lord, [173]

Baptist's (The) messengers, their arrival, [262];

their question and their answer, [268]

Bartholomew, [159], see [Nathanael]

Bethany in Peræa (Bethabara), [119], [161], [168], [189] note

Bethany in Judæa, when did our Lord first resort thither? [370]

Bethsaida Julias, [334]

Brethren of our Lord, [362], [453]

Christ leaves disciples independent, [5];

with them after the Resurrection, [9], [274];

influence of His Personality, [16], [17];

did He from the first see all that lay before Him? [140];

explores the tempers of different classes [pg 496] of men, [148];

His return from the wilderness, [151];

calls to him certain disciples, [151];

at Cana and Capernaum, [152];

leaves time for impressions to fix themselves, [185];

arrives at the Lake of Galilee and calls the brethren, [195-198];

His way of proceeding positive, [208];

enjoins no system of religious observance, [222];

why did He not found a church Himself? [236];

lays stress on what men are, as well as on what they do, [259];

ceases to have a stationary abode, [270];

educational effects of the change of place, [275-279];

journey to borders of Tyre and Sidon, [333];

at Cæsarea Philippi, [336-338] (see Transfiguration);

returns to Capernaum after the Transfiguration, [354];

sets out for the feast of Tabernacles, [359-362];

refusing to judge, [399];

upholds sanctity of marriage, [409];

disclaims for the Messiah the title of Son of David, [415];

does not look to visibly converting the world, [416];

the washing the disciples' feet, an acted parable, [419];

always endeavours to set men free, [460];

calls the conscience into play, [467];

His Kingdom not upon earth, [471]

Christian revelation centred in a Fact, [230]

Demoniac in country of Gadarenes, [285]

Didrachma, paying of, [406]

Disciples not in attendance at first visit to Nazareth, [180];

doubtful if present at feast, John v., [181];

early Judæan, [188]

Dives and Lazarus, parable of, [62]

Ecce Homo, quoted, p. [412].

Edersheim, Dr, life and times of Jesus the Messiah, quoted, [139], [140], [329], [334], [394];

on our Lord's conversing with the woman at Sychar, [409]

Eloquence, its small part in the Divine economy, [250]

Erskine of Linlathen, quotation, [40]

Evil, existence of, [29];

functions of, in the world, [43-51]

Family, description of a, restrained from knowing evil, [30-36]

Feast of the Jews, John v. 1, [181]

Five (The) first called, John, Andrew, Peter, Philip, Nathanael, [156]

Form of Christ's Teaching, [209]

Free Will, [29];

implies liberty to go wrong, [41]

Galilæans receive our Lord, [179]

Galilee, why suited for cradle of movement, [169]

Gospel of St John, surely written by a disciple, [151], [157]

Gospels, advantages of narrative form, [13], [461]

Herodians, [233]

Inheritance, The disputed, [403]

James, our Lord's brother, [452-454]

James and John, the sons of thunder, [365], [368]

Jerusalem, not a favourable spot for the schooling of the apostles, [190];

not desirable that the Christian community should originate there, [192]

Judas Iscariot, [246]

Laws of our Lord's conduct—sense in which term is used, [2], [18-20], [306]

Lazarus, raising of, [429]

Levi (see also Matthew), [214]

Levitical Law, [207]

Mammon of unrighteousness, [395-397]

Matthew, [214-216];

his call a proof that Christ was no respecter of persons, [217]

Messiah, what the people expected him to be, [329]

Milton, “Paradise Regained,” [124]

Miracle of feeding of the 5000, [304];

of Christ walking on sea, [308];

of feeding of the 4000, [305]

Miracles, standing, not to be expected, [65];

use of, [75];

Laws of, [112];

as works of beneficence, [333]

Miraculous draught of fishes, [198], [202]

Mission (The) to the cities, [8], [288];

referred to by our Lord, [291-293];

effects of these mission journeys, [295];

directions given, [295-300]

Mission of Seventy, [289], [301-302]

Moses, [207]

Nathanael, [159], [161]

Natural Selection, [26], [314]

Nazareth, preaching in synagogues at, [79];

second visit of Christ to, [287]

Negative characteristics of Christ's teaching, [10]

Nicodemus, [148], [169], [172]

Parables, [312];

that of the talents, [317];

that of the pounds, [318];

intended not to hide truth but to show it, [323];

of the unjust steward, [388] and preface

Passover, 2nd, at time of feeding of the 5000, [303];

see [Teaching]

Peter, with our Lord at the Passover, a.d. 28, probably returned to Galilee, [166];

how far in attendance before call, [166];

his giving himself up on a sudden, to one impression, [244];

was he in constant attendance during the winter, a.d. 29, 30? [372] note;

his practical character, [248], [455];

denials of, [433]

Pharisees, their hostility and that of the Sadducees contrasted, [218]

Philip, [158], [306]

Preparatio Evangelica, [153-194]

Preparation, noted in our Lord's ways, [80], [94]

Prospective action of our Lord, [411]

Receiving a hundred fold “with persecutions,” [381]

Resurrection, grandeur in the conception of the Risen Christ, [450];

appearance of Christ to 500 brethren at once, [451];

appearance to James, [453];

literary aspect of the history of, [449];

duration of post Resurrection period, [464]

Revelation, [52-73];

“should be written in the skies,” this demand considered, [59]

Ruler, the young, [381]

Sabbath, its value, [219];

our Lord's practice in relation to, [220]

Samaria, 1st journey through, [175]

Sanday, Mr, authorship and historical character of the fourth Gospel, references, [105], [328]

Satan, [120], [125]

Seed thoughts, [212];

see [Sermon on the Mount]

Sermon on the Mount, not a Code of Laws, [210], [211];

contains seed thoughts, [212]

Sex ceases with life upon earth, [410]

Signs and Wonders: their laws, [21];

distinguished, [75];

functions of, to attract hearers, [77];

for selection, [79];

for preparation, [80];

for setting forth the kingdom, [82];

for general teaching, [84];

they shew that God does not respect persons, [87];

they do not wholly supersede the processes of nature, [88], [89];

practical lessons furnished by them to disciples, [91];

Laws of, recapitulated, [112]

Signs, sparingly displayed after the Feast of Tabernacles, [425];

absence of public and notable signs during the Passion week, [430]

Silas, [139]

Simon the Zealot, [245]

Spiritual order, how far analogous to natural selection, [314], [315]

Storm on sea of Galilee, [283]

Successors inheriting a cause, [414], [443]

Suffer me first to bury my father, [377]

Synoptists, term explained, [157] note

Tabernacles, Feast of, [181]

Teaching in parables, [12], [280-282], [321]

Teaching of Christ, its form, [209];

that for the multitudes and that for the disciples, [225]

Temptation, to turn stones into loaves, [127-135];

on the Mount, [pg 499] [134-139];

on the pinnacle of Temple, [139-141]

Temptations in the wilderness, form of the narrative, [113-117];

where communicated to disciples, [119];

whether literal history, [119]

Transfiguration, [93], [341-348]

Trench, Archbishop, on demoniacs, [284];

on the miracles, [396]

Tribute to Cæsar, [406]

Twelve, the, their call, [239];

their fitness for the work which fell to them, [239];

their character as witnesses, [241-243]

Universality of Christ's Kingdom, [10], [415]

Wisdom justified of all her children, [264-269]

Withering of fig-tree, [95], [432]

Witnessing to Christ the first function of the Apostles, [216], [241]

Woman taken in adultery, [405]