(BASED ON THE INTERNATIONAL SCRIPTURE LESSONS.)
QUESTIONS.
49. From what parable of our Lord do we gather that the sheepfolds in ancient times were large and surrounded by a high fence?
50. By what illustration does our Lord teach us that it is through Him alone we can be saved? Quote passage.
51. In what way does our Lord contrast His care of His people with the neglect shown by the Jewish teachers?
52. Quote passage which shows that Jesus had never attended any of the public Jewish schools?
53. In what words does our Lord speak of the Scriptures as God's revelation of Himself to man?
54. What were the two miracles performed by our Lord at Cana of Galilee?
55. What was especially remarkable in the miracle of raising Lazarus from the dead?
56. What reason did our Lord give for His delay in going to Lazarus when he was ill?
57. What was the effect of the miracle of raising Lazarus?
58. What reason have we for supposing that Simon the Leper was the husband of Martha, the sister of Lazarus?
59. What information does St. John give as to the character of Judas Iscariot?
60. What prophecy concerning our Lord was delivered by Caiaphas, the High Priest?
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON PAGE 383.
37. In a desert (or uninhabited) place near Bethsaida on the north-west side of the Sea of Galilee (St. Luke ix. 10).
38. It was known as the Sea of Chinnereth (Numb. xxxiv. 11; Josh. xii. 3).
39. Because St. Philip was a native of the district of Bethsaida (St. John i. 44, and vi. 5).
10. The Jews thought that Jesus was the son of Joseph the carpenter, and born in Galilee; whereas they had been taught that no one would know of the birthplace or parentage of the Messiah (St. John vii. 27, 41; St. Luke iv. 22).
41. They sent officers to arrest Jesus (St. John vii. 2, 32).
42. Because on the last day of the Feast special sacrifices were offered for all Israel, and the priest, having taken water from the Pool of Siloam, poured it upon the altar (St. John vii. 37).
43. Because they understood that, as the "Light of the World," Jesus claimed to be the Messiah (St. John viii. 12; Isaiah ix. 2, and lx. 1).
44. "When ye have lifted up the Son of Man" (St. John viii. 28).
45. Jesus appears to have made the Jews unable to see Him, and so passed out of the Temple, going through the midst of them (St. John viii. 59; 2 Kings vi. 18).
46. That the disciples believed in the doctrine of "transmigration of souls," which was taught by the Jewish Rabbis at that time (St. John ix. 2; Josephus, "Ant." xviii. ch. 1, sec. 3).
47. By telling him to go and wash in the Pool of Siloam (St. John ix. 7).
48. The Jews excommunicated the man whose sight Jesus had restored—that is, they shut him out of the synagogue—thus depriving him of all religious privileges (St. John ix. 22, 34).