CHRONOLOGICALLY ARRANGED. xiii Sect. 83 The People are taught-A warning given against covetousness; Who is a faithful and wise servant; The danger of forming rash judg ments . 84 A woman who had been bowed together for eighteen years, is restored Page 219 224 225 86 Jesus, dining with a Pharisee on the Sabbath, heals a man who had the dropsy; and delivers the Parable of the Marriage Supper 228 87 Jesus shews what is needful to become His disciple 231 88 The Pharisees are rebuked in the Parables of the Lost Sheep, the Lost 232 236 The Parable of the Unjust Steward is delivered as a lesson of Prudence; 90 Christians are required to be inoffensive and forgiving. The power of 92 Jesus rebukes the Sons of Zebedee for their intemperate zeal against the Samaritans 93 Jesus replies to the Pharisees concerning the coming of God's Kingdom; and warns His followers of the national consequences of rejecting Him 94 Perseverance in Prayer enjoined by the Parable of the Importunate Widow; and Humility in the worshipper by that of the self-justifying Pharisee and the self-condemning Publican Jesus proceeds on His journey; and by the way replies yet more plainly Jesus is hospitably entertained in the house of Martha at Bethany; but 250 252 98 Jesus displays His Almighty power as the Giver of Life, in raising 99 Jesus blesses little children who are brought to Him 101 Jesus, on His last journey to Jerusalem with the Twelve, again predicts 102 Jesus restores the sight of Bar-timeus and another blind mendicant, on 104 Jesus enters Jerusalem in triumph, riding, as had been predicted, on the foal of an ass. He weeps over the city, and takes possession of His Temple 105 Jesus condemns the unfruitful fig-tree; and again purifies the Temple. Certain Greeks desire an interview with Him 106 The Evangelist John comments on the obstinate unbelief of the Jews. 107 Jesus rebukes the Rulers by the Parables of the Two Sons, the Husband- Page 269 274 276 280 283 287 108 Jesus confutes the Pharisees with the Herodians, and afterwards the 291 109 Jesus answers a Scribe respecting the first and great commandment, and silences the Pharisees by the question, Why David called the Messiah his Lord? 295 110 Jesus, before quitting the Temple, severely rebukes the Scribes and Pharisees 297 111 Jesus applauds the charity of the poor Widow who cast her all into the Treasury 112 Jesus, on finally quitting the Temple, foretells its total destruction; and at the Mount of Olives, declares the signs which would precede His Coming to take vengeance on the Jews 113 Jesus describes the destruction of Jerusalem in stronger images, applicable also to the Day of Judgment; and solemnly inculcates the duty of Watchfulness 114 Jesus further warns His disciples to be ready against His Coming, in the Parables of the Ten Virgins and the Talents; and concludes with a more particular description of the Day of Judgment 300 307 309 115 The Rulers debate as to the apprehension of Jesus; and Judas agrees to deliver Him up for thirty pieces of silver 315 The Fourth Passover, and Crucifixion of Jesus. YEAR OF JESUS CHRIST 33.-COMMON ÆRA (OR A.D.) 30. 116 Jesus directs His disciples to prepare the Passover; and at Supper-time teaches them a striking lesson of Humility by washing their feet 316 117 He sits down to eat the Paschal Supper with the Twelve; when He foretells His betrayal by Judas, and the threefold denial of Him by Peter 320 CHRONOLOGICALLY ARRANGED. XV Sect. Page 118 Jesus institutes the Sacrament of His Body and Blood; and consoles His disciples with the promise of another Comforter 323 119 At the Mount of Olives, Jesus again urges some final instructions on His Apostles 330 120 The prayer of Jesus for His cause, for His Apostles, and for all Christians 339 The Saviour's Agony in the Garden of Gethsemane 121 122 The betrayal by Judas, and the flight of the eleven Apostles 123 Jesus is removed to the palace of Caiaphas, whither Peter follows to see the event; and, according to the Prediction of his Master, thrice denies that he knows Him . 124 Jesus is twice examined; and the second time, on being adjured by the High-Priest, avows Himself to be the Messiah, the Son of God 125 The Council determine to deliver up Jesus to Pilate, the Roman Governor; who, believing Him to be innocent, declines to condemn Him, and, having discovered that He is a Galilean, sends Him to Herod Antipas 343 345 349 352 355 126 Herod, having mocked Jesus, sends Him back to Pilate; who, after repeated efforts to save His life, passes the sentence of Condemnation 358 127 Judas avows the innocence of his Master; and, having restored to the Priests the wages of his iniquity, hangs himself in despair 128 Jesus is led away to Golgotha, in company with two robbers, to be crucified; and addresses some women of Jerusalem by the way 131 The Events which followed the Death of Jesus, during the The Burial; and the making secure of the Sepulchre by the Chief-Priests 132 The Resurrection. The first party of three women visit the Sepulchre, 133 The Roman Guard report the fact of the Resurrection of Jesus, and are bribed by the Chief-Priests into silence 134 The women in a larger party visit the Sepulchre ; and upon Peter runs there a second time, alone their report 381 135 382 385 The appearance to the two Disciples on their way to Emmaus 136 The appearance to all the Apostles except Thomas, and to others 137 The second appearance to the assembled Apostles, and the incredulity and subsequent conviction of Thomas on that occasion 138 Jesus shews Himself to a multitude of believers in Galilee; and again, to 139 Final instructions are given to the Eleven at Jerusalem THE GOSPEL-NARRATIVE. FORA SECTION I. ST. LUKE'S PREFACE OR INTRODUCTION. Luke i. 1-4. ORASMUCH as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a declaration (have undertaken to compose a narrative) of those things which are now most surely believed as certain truths among us Christians: even as they, -which from the beginning were eye-witnessesa of what the Lord Jesus did, and became Ministers of the Word, -delivered them unto us; it seemed good to me also, (1) having, by personal intercourse with them and by tracing up everything to its source, had perfect understanding of all things which were done from the very first, to write of them unto thee in order (distinctly and particularly), most excellent Theophilus; (2) to the end that, by means of the written and uncorrupted Word, thou mightest know the certainty of those important things wherein thou hast already been catechetically instructed. (1) It seemed good to me also.] St. Luke, who here explains why he wrote a Gospel, was a native of Antioch. According to the most ancient writers he became the companion of the Apostles, and certainly of St. Paul (see Acts xvi. 10, 11; 2 Tim. iv. 11; Philem. 24; Col. iv. 14); but, most probably, this Evangelist was not an eye-witness of what he relates. Although he is more particular in his account of the Commission of the Seventy (to which body he has been supposed to belong), and although the frequent Hebraisms of his style have led to the idea of his being a Jew by birth, yet the comparison of Col. iv. 11 with Col. iv. 14 would alone seem to decide that he was not "of the Circumcision."-The style of this Evangelist confirms what is related of his general history. It is copious, and often elegant, as might be expected from his Gentile descent: the knowledge of Jewish usages which it exhibits, shews him to have been a Jew in religion; and the scientific and more appropriate terms employed when diseases are mentioned, leave no doubt that he was by profession a physician.-The most received and probable opinion is that he wrote his Gospel for the use of Gentile converts, in or near the year 64, and in Achaia, where he died at an advanced age. (*) Most excellent Theophilus.] The person here addressed appears to have been some official or otherwise-distinguished individual, known to St. Luke, and probably one of his Gentile converts. The Evangelist's other Book, that of the Acts, commences with an address to the same. Josephus refers to a person of this name, of rank among the Jews, and contemporary with St. Luke. (Antiq. xx. 8.)-The title, "Most Excellent," given to Theophilus, and the adoption of a similar phrase of courtesy by St. Paul, when before Festus (Acts xxvi. 25), show us that those Christians are over scrupulous, who refuse to employ such modes of address as have become established by custom. B |