[DISCOURSE XXVIII.]
St. John XX. 30, 31.—And many other signs truly did Jesus in the presence of His disciples, which are not written in this book: but these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life through His name.
Reasons why St. John should record the history of the Resurrection carefully—How far he or the other Evangelists cared to produce evidences—Peter and John at the sepulchre—How John could find in the Scripture that Jesus should rise again—Appearance of the angels—Differences of the Evangelists—Jesus speaking to Mary—'I am not yet ascended'—'Peace be unto you'—The commission to bind and loose—Thomas the Doubter—The conclusion of the narrative—The resumption of it—The Apostles returning to their nets—Jesus on the shore—The fish and the bread—'Simon, lovest thou me?'—The two Apostles—John tarrying till Christ came—The things which Jesus did, and is doing, and will do 443
NOTES.
| [Note I.]—On Barn's theory of the Gospels | 469 |
| [Note II.]—On the construing of the 3d, 4th, and 9th verses of the 1st chapter | 475 |
| [Note III.]—On Origen's notion of St. John's Gospel in connexion with the knowledge attributed to John the Baptist | 477 |
| [Note IV.]—On the relation of the words, 'The Lamb of God,' to the Passover, and to the passage in the 53d chapter of Isaiah | 479 |
| [Note V.]—On the objections to a revision of the Scriptures | 481 |
| [Note VI.]—Extract from Gregory of Nyssa | 484 |
| [Note VII.]—On the resurrection of the body and the judgment-day | 484 |
| [Note VIII.]—Comparison of the teaching in the Sermon on the Mount with that in the 8th chapter of St. John | 488 |
| [Note IX.]—On the doctrine of Atonement—Scotch and English divinity | 492 |
| [Note X.]—On corporate holiness | 498 |
| [Note XI.]—A translation of John viii. 2 | 501 |
DISCOURSE I.
THE JEWISH FISHERMAN, THE CHRISTIAN DIVINE.
[Lincoln's Inn, Septuagesima Sunday, January 20, 1856.]
St. John I. 1.