Copyright, 1879,
BY ROBERTS BROTHERS.

UNIVERSITY PRESS:
JOHN WILSON AND SON, CAMBRIDGE.

CONTENTS OF VOLUME III.

INTRODUCTION: Historical Sketch of Jesus and the Apostolic Age

CHAPTER

BOOK I.

I. The Descent of Jesus (Matthew i.; Luke iii. 23-38)

II. The Birth and Youth of John (Luke i. 5–25, 57–80)

III. The Birth of Jesus (Luke i. 26-56; ii. 1-20).

IV. The Presentation in the Temple (Luke ii. 21-39)

V. The Wise Men from the East (Matthew ii.)

VI. Jesus in the Temple at the age of Twelve (Luke ii. 40-52)

VII. John the Baptist (Luke iii. 1-18).

VIII. The Baptism of Jesus (Mark i. 9-11)

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IX. Jesus begins his Work (Matthew iv. 12-25; viii. 14-16).

X. Jesus as the Teacher of his People (Matthew vii. 24–27,

xiii. 1-23, 31-35, 44-48, 51, 52, xiv. 13-21; Mark iv.

26-29).

XI. The Beatitudes (Matthew v. 3-12)

XII. The Vocation of the Citizens of God's Kingdom (Matthew

v. 13-16, xxv. 14-46, vi. 19-21, 24–34)

XIII. The Gospel of the Kingdom (Matthew xviii. 12-14)

XIV. The Friends of Jesus (Matthew x. 1-14; Mark ix. 14-29;

Luke viii. 1-3, ix. 51-62, xiv. 25-35) .

XV. Jesus the Friend of Sinners (Matthew viii. 1-4, ix. 1-13;

XVI. Jesus and the Religion of his People (Mark ii. 18-iii. 6). 211

XVII. Jesus and the Religion of his People Continued (Mat-

XVIII.

thew vii: 12, vi. 1-6, 16-18, v. 20-22, 27, 28, 33-48, 17) 219

The Prophet in his Native Place (Luke iv. 16-30; Mat-

thew xiii. 54-58; Mark iii. 20, 21, 31-35)

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XIX. The Reception of Jesus by the Pharisees (Luke xiv.

1, 7–15, xv. 1, 2, 11-32, xviii. 9-14, vii. 31-35)

XX. How the Preaching of Jesus was received by the

Masses (Matthew xi. 1-15, 20-24)

XXI. The Source of Jesus' Strength (Matthew viii. 23-27,

xiv. 22-33; Luke xi. 1-13).

XXII. The Gathering Storm (Matthew xiv. 1-13a, xv. 1-20;

Luke xiii. 31-33).

XXIII. Jewish Thirst for the Marvellous (Luke xvii. 20, 21;

Matthew xvi. 1-3; Mark viii. 11-13).

XXIV. Jesus and the Samaritans and Heathen (Matthew xx.

1-16, xii. 38-42, xxii. 1-14; Luke x. 25–37, xiii.

28-30, vii. 1-10, xvii. 11-19)

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XXV. Jesus the Messiah (Mark viii. 27-30; Matthew iv. 1-11) 311

XXVI. Conflict and Triumph Foreseen (Matthew xvii. 10-13,

XXVII. On the Way to Jerusalem (Mark x. 1-31; Luke xiii.

22-25).

335

XXVIII. On the Way to Jerusalem - Continued (Luke xii. 49–53,

57-59, xiii. 1-9, xi. 24-26, xix. 1-10; Matthew xx.

17-34).

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XXIX.

Jesus appears at Jerusalem (Matthew xxi. 1-16)

XXX. Jesus on the Defensive (Matthew xxi. 17, 23-32, xxii.

15-40; John vii. 53-viii. 11).

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XXXI. Jesus takes the Aggressive (Matthew xxii. 41-46. xxiii.

1-7, 16-28; Luke xi. 52, 47, 48, xx. 47, xvi. 19-31;

Mark xii. 1-12, xiv. 1, 2)

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XXXII. Jesus among Friends (Luke xxi. 1-4, xvi. 1-9, 11, 12,

14; Matthew x. 41, 42, 16-23, xxiii. 8-12, 34-39,

xxi. 18-20, xxiv. 1-3, ff., 42–51, xxv. 1-13, xxvi. 1, 2,

6-13)

XXXIII. The Last Evening (Mark xiv. 10–25) .

407

XXXIV. Gethsemane (Matthew xxvi. 30-56)

419

XXXV. Before the Sanhedrim (Matthew xxvi. 57-75)

428

XXXVI. The Sentence of Death Confirmed (Mark xv. 1-20a). 437

XXXVII. The Crucifixion (Mark xv. 206-47)

447