His Life
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I. His Birth and Boyhood
1. THE DIVINE ANNOUNCINGS The Word made Flesh.13 The Promised Birth of John the Baptist.14 The Angel's Visit to Mary.15 Mary's Visit to Her Cousin.16 Mary's Song.17 The Birth of John the Baptist.17 The Song of Zacharias.18
2. THE BIRTH AND INFANCY OF JESUS Joseph and Mary.20 The Birth of Jesus.20 The Angels and the Shepherds.21 The Circumcision.22 The Presentation in the Temple.22 The Visit of the Wise Men.23 The Flight into Egypt.24
3. THE LIFE IN NAZARETH The Return to Nazareth.26 The Boyhood Visit to Jerusalem.26 The Eighteen Silent Years.27
II. The Beginnings of His Ministry
1. JESUS AND JOHN THE BAPTIST The Voice in the Wilderness.28 The Baptism of Jesus.30 The Temptation in the Wilderness.30 John's Testimony to Jesus.31
2. THE BEGINNINGS OF FAITH The First Disciples by the Jordan.33 The First Miracle.34
3. JESUS IN JERUSALEM Cleansing His Father's House.36 The Visit of Nicodemus.36
4. PREPARATORY PREACHING Jesus Baptizing and Preaching.39 John's Tribute to Jesus.39 At Jacob's Well.40 Preaching to the Samaritans.41
III. His Year of Popularity
1. JESUS IN GALILEE John the Baptist Imprisoned.43 Reception of Jesus by the Galilæans.43 Healing the Nobleman's Son.43 The Recall of the Fishermen.44 A Day of Good Deeds in Capernaum.45 The First Leper Healed.47
2. BEGINNINGS OF CONTROVERSY The Healing of a Paralytic.48 The Publican Disciple.49 The Old and the New.49 A Sabbath Healing in Jerusalem.50 Plucking Grain on the Sabbath.53
3. MANY CALLED AND FEW CHOSEN A Multitude of Disciples.54 The Selection of the Twelve.55
4. THE TEACHING OF THE KINGDOM The Citizens of the Kingdom.56 The Righteousness of the Kingdom.57 The Danger of Hypocrisy.59 Simple Trust in God.61 Charitable Judgment.62 Prayer.63 Sincerity.64
5. A TOUR IN GALILEE The Worthy Centurion.66 Raising the Widow's Son.67 A Question from John the Baptist.67 Jesus' Estimate of John the Baptist.68 The Death of John the Baptist.69 Forgiveness of the Repentant Woman.70 The Ministering Women.71
6. GROWING POPULARITY AND RISING OPPOSITION The Concern of Jesus' Friends.72 Warning of Eternal Sin.72 The Demand for a Sign.74
7. THE PARABLES OF THE KINGDOM The Sower.75 The Tares.77 The Growing Grain.77 The Mustard Seed.77 The Leaven.78 The Understanding of Parables.78 The Hid Treasure.79 The Pearl of Great Price.79 The Drag Net.79
8. A DAY OF MIRACLES BY THE LAKE Jesus Stills the Storm.80 The Legion of Demons.80 The Dying Child and the Suffering Woman.82 Healings by the Way.84
9. WIDER EVANGELIZATION OF GALILEE A Visit to His Home.85 Preaching in the Villages.86 The Twelve Sent Forth.87
10. THE CRISIS IN CAPERNAUM The Five Thousand Fed.91 Jesus Walking on the Water.92 The Disappointment of the People.93 Rejection of the Tradition of the Elders.97 The Plot of the Pharisees.99
IV. His Withdrawal with the Twelve
1. THE MINISTRY BEYOND GALILEE The Phoenician Retirement and the Gentile Cure.100 Miracles and Multitudes Again.101 The Four Thousand Fed.101 The Pharisees and Sadducees Demand a Sign.102 The Blind Man Healed.103
2. JESUS THE MESSIAH Peter's Confession.105 The Passion and Resurrection Foretold.105 The Transfiguration.106 The Epileptic Boy.108
3. THE TRAINING OF THE TWELVE The Passion and Resurrection Again Foretold.110 The Greatest Disciple.110 Forgiveness.112 The Shekel for the Temple.113
V. His Face Toward Jerusalem
1. THE FINAL DEPARTURE FROM GALILEE The Beginning of the End.114 The Grateful Samaritan Leper.114 New Disciples.115
2. IN JERUSALEM—THE ATTEMPT TO STONE HIM Jesus at the Feast of Tabernacles.116 Jesus and the Accused Woman.118 The Light of the World.119 The Freedom of the Soul.121
3. THE MINISTRY IN PEREA The Mission of the Seventy.123 The Return of the Seventy.124 The Meek and Lowly.124 The Unrepentant Cities.125 The Good Samaritan.125
4. IN JERUSALEM—THE ATTEMPT TO ARREST HIM. The Friends at Bethany.127 A Miracle in Jerusalem.127 The Good Shepherd.130 Jesus at the Feast of Dedication.131
5. RENEWED MINISTRY IN PEREA Jesus and the Pharisees.133 Warning Against Covetousness.134 The Fall of the Tower.134 The Uses of the Sabbath.135 A Question of Salvation.136 A Message to Herod.136 The Ox in the Pit.137 The Chief Places at the Feast.137 The Slighted Invitation.138 Counting the Cost.139 The Ninety and Nine.139 The Lost Coin.140 The Prodigal Son.140 The Unjust Steward.142 A Parable to the Lovers of Money.143 "Increase Our Faith."144
6. NEAR JERUSALEM—THE PLOT TO KILL HIM. The Raising of Lazarus.145 The Decision of the Council.148
7. HIS WITHDRAWAL TO EPHRAIM The Coming of the Kingdom.149 The Unjust Judge.149 The Pharisee and the Publican.150 Concerning Divorce.150 Jesus and the Children.151 The Rich Young Ruler.151 The Parable of the Vineyard.153
8. THE LAST JOURNEY TO JERUSALEM The Shadow of the Cross.155 The Sons of Thunder.155 The Blind Man of Jericho.156 The Visit to Zacchæus.157 The Parable of the Pounds.157 Going up to Jerusalem.159 The Feast at Bethany.159
VI. His Last Week
1. PALM SUNDAY—THE DAY OF TRIUMPH The Triumphal Entry.161
2. MONDAY—THE DAY OF AUTHORITY The Cursing of the Fig Tree.163 The Cleansing of the Temple.163
3. TUESDAY—THE DAY OF CONTROVERSY The Lesson from the Withered Fig Tree.164 The Challenge of Christ's Authority.164 Three Warning Parables.165 (a) the two sons.165 (b) the wicked husbandmen.165 (c) the marriage of the king's son.167 Three Hostile Questions asked of Jesus.167 (a) tribute to Cæsar.167 (b) the question of the resurrection.168 (c) the greatest commandment.169 The Unanswerable Question of Jesus.170 Discourse of Jesus Against the Scribes and Pharisees.170 The Widow's Two Mites.173 The Gentiles Seek Jesus.173 The Jews Reject Jesus.174 Discourse Concerning the Future.175 Three Lessons to the Disciples.179 (a) the parable of the ten virgins.179 (b) the parable of the talents.180 (c) the judgment scene.181 The Conspiracy Against Jesus.183
4. WEDNESDAY—THE DAY OF RETIREMENT184
5. THURSDAY—THE DAY OF FELLOWSHIP Preparation for the Passover.185 Strife among the Disciples.185 Jesus Washing the Disciples' Feet.186 The Betrayer Pointed Out.187 The Lord's Supper.188 The Farewell Conversation.189 The Intercessory Prayer.196
6. FRIDAY—THE DAY OF SUFFERING The Agony in Gethsemane.199 The Betrayal and Arrest.200 The Trial before the Jewish Authorities.201 The Denial of Peter.203 The Remorse of Judas.204 The Trial before Pilate.205 Jesus before Herod.206 The Trial before Pilate Resumed.207 The Sorrowful Way.210 The Crucifixion.210 The Burial.214
7. SATURDAY—THE DAY OF SILENCE AND SORROW The Watch at the Tomb.215
VII. His Resurrection
1. SUNDAY—THE DAY OF RESURRECTION The Earthquake.216 The Empty Tomb.216 The Appearance to Mary.217 The Appearance to the Women.217 Report of the Watch.218 The Appearance at Emmaus.218 The Appearance to the Disciples.220
2. AFTER THE RESURRECTION DAY The Appearance to the Disciples and to Thomas.222 The Appearance to the Seven by the Sea.222 The Appearance to the Eleven on the Mountain.225 The Last Appearance and Ascension.225