How, while He was still teaching and healing, many
began to turn against Him, and He, seeing
that He must suffer to save the
people, took up the
journey to the
cross.
PERSONS OF THE STORY.
The LORD JESUS.
The Disciples.
A man born blind.
A woman who was a sinner.
A Syro-Phoenician woman and her daughter.
Lazarus.
Mary.
Martha.
Zaccheus.
Bartimeus.
Scribes, Pharisees, lawyers.
Afflicted people, little children, priests, officers.
PLACES OF THE STORY.
The Sea of Galilee.
A rich man's feast.
The country to the north of Galilee.
Caesarea Philippi.
The "Mount of Transfiguration." Bethany.
I
THE BEGINNING OF THE END
How the Lord Jesus Tried to Turn the Minds of the People to Things Higher Than Crowns and Kingdoms, and How They Could Not Understand.
When the Lord Jesus disappeared from the multitude, after he had fed them by the sea, they sought for him, and not finding him, they themselves got into the boats, and came to Capernaum, seeking Jesus. And when they found him on the other side of the sea, they said unto him, "Rabbi, when earnest thou hither?"
Jesus answered them and said, "Verily, verily, I say unto you, Ye seek me, not because ye saw signs, but because ye ate of the loaves, and were filled. Work not for the food which perisheth, but for the food which abideth unto eternal life, which the Son of man shall give unto you."
They said therefore unto him, "What must we do, that we may work the works of God?"
Jesus answered and said unto them, "This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent."
They said therefore unto him, "What then doest thou [{162}] for a sign, that we may see, and believe thee? what workest thou? Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness; as it is written, 'He gave them bread out of heaven to eat.'"