Outlines of the life of Christ; a guide to the study of the chronology, harmony, and purpose of the Gospels - Softcover
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1881 Excerpt: ...warning from the lips of Christ (John vi. 67-71). See Josephus, Wars, iii. 10: 8; The Zand and the Book, pp. 347,848. We may regard this Sabbath at Capernaum as marking The Close Of The Second Year of our Lord's Ministry. It was a year of intense and marvellous activity. The open breach with the rulers at Jerusalem, which marked its commencement, rendered it useless for Jesus to revisit Jerusalem, but did not cripple His ministry in Galilee. Among the most memorable and characteristic events of these twelve months were the ordination of the Twelve Apostles, and their subsequent mission; the message from John, and his death; "the day of parables;" and some of our Lord's greatest miracles, including two instances of raising the dead, the stilling of the storm, the walk on the water, and the feeding of the five thousand. The double shadow which fell on the close of this year of ministry, in the misguided attempt of the Galileans to make Jesus king, and the defection of many of His disciples, indicated that the time was drawing near for the close of Christ's Galilean ministry. For a season, however, it might still be said to those so long and abundantly favoured with His presence (as He said afterwards to the people of Jerusalem), "Yet a little while is the light with you. Walk while ye have the light" (John xii. 35). Ill SECTION III. Spirit far. 3L3B. 29-30. (a.u.c. 782-3.) Aftek these things Jesus walked in Galilee: for He would not walk in Judaea because the Jews sought to kill Him" (John vii. 1). Probably for the first time since He was twelve years old, He abstained from attending the Passover in the Holy City. He appears to have continued His ministry in Galilee with unabated energy. The account in the first two Gospels of His min...
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