J. W. McGarvey's Class Notes on Sacred History III [Matthew].

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J. W. McGarvey
Class Notes on Sacred History, Volume III (1893)

Part First. The Early Life of Jesus. Matt. 1:1-4:11.
Part Second. The Ministry of Jesus in Galilee. Matt. 4:12-18:35.
Part Third. The Ministry of Jesus in Peræa and Judæa. Matt. 19:1-28:20.
Review: Part First.
Review: Part Second.
Review: Part Third.

MATTHEW.

PART FIRST.

THE EARLY LIFE OF JESUS.

i. 1-iv. 11.

§ I. THE GENEALOGY AND BIRTH OF JESUS. i. 1-25.

1. The Title. i. 1.

Of what is this the title?
Why is it called a book? Cf. Genesis v. 1; xi. 10, 27.
What is the purpose of the book as indicated by its title?
Why was this important? See Second Samuel vii. 12-17, cf. Matthew xxii. 41-46.

2. First Division of the Genealogy. 2-6, cf. i. 17.

Where did the compiler of this list find these names? Gen. xxi. 1-3; xxv. 21-26; xxix. 35; xxxviii. 29; Ruth iv. 18-21 First Chronicles i. 34-ii. 15.
What class of men where these? Cf. Acts of Apostles ii. 29. [1]

3. Second Division. 7-11.

Where were these names found? I. Chron. iii. 10-19; Second Chronicles passim.
Of what class of men were these?
What names are omitted? 8, cf. I. Chron. iii. 11, 12; II. Chron. xxii. 1-xxv. 28; also 11, cf. I. Chron. iii. 15, 16; II. Chron. xxxvi. 1-10.
Was the omission accidental?
Was it intended to secure an advantage in the argument?
What good purpose could it have served?
Show that it does not frustrate the purpose of the list.
How is it true that Joram "begat" Uzziah (8), and that Josiah "begat" Jechoniah (11)?
See Hebrew usage of genealogical terms, Gen. xlvi. 8-15; 26; Ezra vii. 1-3, cf. I. Chron. vi. 6-14.

4. Third Division. 12-16.

Where were the first three of these names found? I. Chron. iii. 17-19.
How many of them were known to Matthew?
Where were the others found? Cf. Josephus, Life, I. 1; against Appion, Book I. 7.
What the effect of the Mosaic law of inheritance on the keeping of genealogies? Leviticus xxv. 28; Ez. ii. 61-63.
Of what class of men were these?
How are the fourteen made out? 12, 11.

5. The Divisions Stated. 17.

How is it true that there are fourteen in each?
Why were the divisions noted?

6. The Birth of Jesus. 18-25.

What was the law in case of a betrothed woman found with child? Deuteronomy xxii. 23, 24; xxiv. 1.
What explanation did [2] Mary give? 18, cf. Luke i. 26-40.
Why did not Joseph believe this?
Why was he convinced by what occurred in a dream? 20.
Meaning of the name Jesus? 21.
Show that the prediction (23) was not fulfilled in a child of the prophet. Isaiah vii. 1-viii. 4.
Bearing of 25 on the perpetual virginity of Mary?
What was now thought of both Joseph and Mary?
As Jesus was not a real son of Joseph, what is proved for him by the genealogy?
What connection, then, has this paragraph with the genealogy?
If all stated in this section is true, what does it prove for Jesus?

§ II. JESUS IS BORN IN BETHLEHEM, BUT REARED IN NAZARETH. ii. 1-23.

1. He is Born and Visited by Wise Men from the East. ii. 1-12.

How is his birth dated?
How long before the death of Herod? Cf. ii. 19, 20.
Who the, "wise men"? See margin.
Why to worship him? 2.
How did they know the meaning of the star? 2, cf. 12.
What kind of star? 9.
Why were Herod and Jerusalem "troubled"? 3.
Why ask about, "the Christ"? 4, cf. 2.
Show that the prediction is properly applied. 6, cf. Micah v. 2.
Purpose of the star's guidance? 9.
Why the gifts? and what use made of them? Cf. 13.

2. The Child Sent into Egypt. 13-15.

Why by night? and what night? 14, cf. 12.
In what sense was the scripture fulfilled? 15, cf. Hosea xi. 1. [3]

3. Herod Slays the Infants of Bethlehem. 16-18.

Why make two years the limit? 16.
What was Herod's character?
Show the original connection of the passage quoted and its application here. 18, cf. Jeremiah xl. 1-6; xxxi. 15-17.

4. Return from Egypt and Settlement in Nazareth. 19-23.

Where did Joseph think of settling? 22.
Why his fear, when the Herods thought that the child was dead?
Who ruled now in Galilee? See Luke iii. 1.
Why not equally afraid of him? 1.
Describe the situation of Nazareth. Lands of the Bible, 313.
State all that secured the safety of Jesus.
Is it singular that he was called a Nazarene when he was not?
In what sense had this been predicted? 23.
What is proved for Jesus in this section?

§ III. THE BAPTISM AND TEMPTATION OF JESUS. iii. 1-iv. 11.

1. John and His Preaching. iii. 1-6.

How, "in those days"? 1, cf. ii. 23; Luke iii. 23.
Why called, "the Baptist"?
Why, "in the wilderness"? and what wilderness? 1, cf. 3.
What his chief theme? why? 2, 3.
Propriety of his habits? 4.
What confessing of sins? 6.
Size of the Jordan at this place? L. of B., 469.

2. Pharisees and Sadducees Rebuked. 7-12.

Who were these parties?
Why styled, "offspring of vipers"? 7.
Meaning of, "fruit worthy of repentance"? 8.
Why [4] the reference to Abraham? 9.
What is meant by the figure of the axe and the trees? 10.
How, "unto repentance"? 11.
How, "in the Holy Spirit and in fire"? 11, cf. 10, 12.
Explain the figure from winnowing wheat. 12.

3. Jesus is Baptized by John. 13-17.

Purpose of the journey? 13.
Meaning of John's remark? 14.
Meaning of the reply? 15.
Full meaning of the oracle? 17.

4. Jesus is Tempted by Satan. iv. 1-11.

Did he go of his own accord? 1.
What the divine purpose in this?
Why not hungry till after the fast? 2.
What wrong in the first proposal? 3, cf. Deut. viii. 3.
Show the force of this temptation. Cf. James i. 14.
How would compliance with the second proposal be tempting to God? 6, 7.
Would it be proper in sickness, to trust God for recovery and take no remedies?
How could Satan show all the kingdoms? 8.
How could he give them all? 9.
How great was this temptation?
What effect had it on Jesus? 10.
Why did Satan now leave him? and why did angels come? 11, cf. 4; Jas. iv. 7, 8.
Show the skill of the tempter, and how he was resisted.
What is proved for Jesus in this section? [5]

PART SECOND.

PART SECOND: THE MINISTRY OF JESUS IN GALILEE.

iv. 12-xviii. 35.

§ I. INTRODUCTORY STATEMENTS. iv. 12-25.

1. Time and Place. iv. 12-17.

What change of residence? 13.
Give the general divisions of Palestine at that time.
Site and present condition of Capernaum? 13. L. of B., 323.
Is the scripture cited a direct prediction? 15, 16, cf. Is. ix. 1-7.
How does the first preaching of Jesus compare with John's? 17, cf. iii. 2.

2. Jesus Calls Four Fishermen. 18-22.

Meaning of, "fishers of men"? 19.
Why were they so prompt to obey?

3. A General Statement of the Ministry in Galilee. 23-25.

Distinguish the three kinds of work mentioned. 23.
What were synagogues? 23.
What are devils?
Where are Syria and Decapolis? 24, 25.
Does this paragraph refer to a single tour of Galilee, or to all that Jesus made?
What proved for Jesus in this section? 15, 16, 24.

§ II. THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT. v. 1-vii. 29.

1. Blessedness and Worth of the Disciples. v. 1-16.

Define each of the beatitudes.
Are the first seven, traits [6] of a single character, or of different characters?
What would be the traits and condition of the opposite character?
In what sense are the blessed, "the salt of the earth," and, "the light of the world"? 13, 14.
How are they like, "a city set on a hill," and "a lamp" "on the stand"? 15, 16.

2. Some Modifications of the Moral Law. 17-48.

(1.) Purpose of Jesus concerning the law. 17-20.

What the distinction between destroy and fulfill? 17.
What the jot and tittle?
Till all what things be accomplished? 18.
Why this denial?
Why the rule of greatness in 19.
Why the allusion to scribes and Pharisees? 20.

(2.) The law against killing. 21-26.

What the judgment? 21, cf. Deut. xvi. 18.
Meaning of Raca? 22.
What the council? 22.
What is hell fire? 22.
What the difference taught?
How be reconciled with the brother? 24.
How does this apply to us?
Explain the illustration from the adversary. 25, 26.

(3.) The law against adultery. 27-30.

What the difference taught?
Application of the remarks about the hand and the foot? 29, 39.

(4.) The law of divorce. 31, 32.

Difference?
How cause her to commit adultery?
What, if put away for fornication?
Can civil statutes set this law aside? [7]

(5.) The law concerning oaths. 33-37.

What the difference taught? 33, 34.
Explain the reason for the prohibition. 37, cf. Jas. v. 12.
Are judicial oaths included in the prohibition? Cf. Numbers v. 19, 21; Exodus xxii. 11.

(6.) The law of retaliation. 38-42.

How was the old law executed? 38. See Deut. xix. 18, 21; Ex. xxi. 22-25; Lev. xxiv. 19, 20.
What the exact meaning of the new precepts? Cf. John xviii. 22, 23.

(7.) How to deal with enemies. 43-48.

Where had it been said, Love thy neighbor? Lev. xix. 18.
What kind of love enjoined? 44.
Where was it said, Hate thine enemy? Ps. cxxxix. 21, 22..
Show the force of the two reasons. 45, 47.
Who were the publicans? 47.
Why say, "Ye therefore shall be perfect" as God is? 48.
Name the sins rebuked and the virtues commended in this division of the sermon.
What bearing has this division on precepts of the law not mentioned in it?

3. Against Hypocrisy and Worldly Care. vi. 1-34.

(1.) Hypocrisy in almsgiving. vi. 1-4.

Why no reward? 1, cf. 2.
How did the hypocrites sound a trumpet before them? 2.
Explain the remark about the hands. 3.

(2.) Hypocrisy in prayer. 5-15.

Point out the wrong in the practice of the hypocrites. 5.
How, if they had prayed without assuming an attitude of [8] prayer?
Should a preacher kneel before an audience to offer his private prayers?
Should anybody?
Why seek privacy for these prayers. 6.
What are vain repetitions? 7.
If our Father knows what we need, why ask him? 8, cf. 7.
What the invocation in the prayer here taught? 9.
Was this new?
What the first three petitions, and the meaning of each? 10, 11.
What, and for whom the next three? 12, 13.
What comprehended in these?
How is "debts" here used? and why? 12, cf. 14.
Why ask, "bring us not into temptation"? 13, cf. Jas. i. 13.
How shall we pray, "after the manner"? 9.
What changes in this prayer for present use? 10; Jno. xvi. 24; Colossians iii. 17.
Why is it called The Lord's Prayer?

(3.) Hypocrisy in fasting. 16-18.

What is the professed design of fasting?
What the hypocrisy condemned?
How are the fasts of Lent and Ramadan conducted?

(4.) Against care about riches. 19-24.

What laying up is meant? 19.
What is it to lay up treasures in heaven?
What the reasons given? 19, 20.
Show how the illustration applies? 22, 23.
What is mammon? 24.
Why can we not serve two masters?

(5.) Against care about the necessaries of life. 25-34.

About what things are we not to be anxious? 25, 31, 32, 34.
Show the force of the reasons given.
What the true way? 33. [9]
Why was grass cast into the oven? 30.
What are the chief subjects of anxiety with us?
Why wish us to be free from anxiety?

4. Miscellaneous Precepts. vii. 1-12.

(1.) Against judging. vii. 1-5.

What limitation to the precept, "judge not"? 1, cf. 16-20.
What judging then is forbidden?
By whom shall we be judged as we judge?
Show the bearing of the illustration. 4, 5.
Why say, "Thou hypocrite"? 5.
Must we be free from all faults before correcting other persons?

(2.) A caution in regard to holy things. 6.

Explain these two precepts.
Give examples of their application. xvi. 4; Acts xiii. 46.

(3.) Prayer encouraged. 7-11.

What, if we ask for the wrong thing, or in the wrong way, or for a wrong motive? See vi. 14, 15; Jas. i. 6, 7; iv. 3; First John v. 14.
Nature and force of the argument? 11.

(4.) A summary of the moral law. 12.

How is this the law and the prophets?
By what name is this rule known? and why?
What is its connection with the other parts of this sermon?

5. The Way of Life. 13-29.

(1.) The way a narrow one. 13, 14.

Explain the imagery here employed.
Why is the one way [10] narrow and the other broad?
May the relative numbers on the roads be changed?

(2.) How to avoid misguidance. 15-20.

Who meant by, "false prophets"? 15.
Into which way would they lead us?
What are their fruits? 16.

(3.) The way not by prayer and miracles alone. 21-23.

What erroneous opinions here corrected?
What the value of prayer without obedience?
What do miracles prove?

(4.) The way pointed out. 24-27.

What is the way?
Why a narrow one?
By, "these words" does Jesus mean the words of the sermon alone?
Give the plan of the whole sermon.

(5.) Effect of the sermon. 28, 29.

What the chief effect?
What kind of authority was it?
What to be inferred from his assuming such authority?
What is most striking in the sermon to us?

§ III. A SERIES OF MIRACLES. viii. 1-ix. 34.

1. A Leper Cleansed. viii. 1-4.

Why did the multitude follow him? 1, cf. vii. 28, 29.
Meaning of, "worshipped him"? 2.
Why think Jesus could make him clean? 2.
Why did Jesus touch him? 3.
Why the term cleansed? 3.
Why show himself to the priest? and what the gift? 4; Lev. xiv. 1-10.
How was the gift, "for a testimony unto them"?
Did Jesus believe that Moses wrote Leviticus? 4. [11]

2. Healing a Servant of a Centurion. 5-13.

What was a centurion? 5.
Why was one in Capernaum?
How did he show so great faith? 8-10.
Whence had he obtained it?
How could Jesus marvel? 10.
Who from the east and the west? and what kingdom? 11.
Who the sons of the kingdom? and what the outer darkness? 12.

3. Cares at Peter's Houses. 14-17.

Why say, "the spirits"? 16.
How did he take, "our infirmities, and bear our diseases"? 17.

4. A Conversation about Following Jesus. 18-22.

The other side of what? 18, cf.viii. 5, 23, 24.
Why the answer to the scribe? 20.
Why that to the disciple? 22.
Use of the word dead? 22.
Who could this disciple have been? iv. 21, cf. xx. 20; xxvii. 56.

5. Jesus Stills a Great Tempest. 23-27.

If the boat was covered with waves, how could he be asleep? 24, cf. Mark iv. 38.
What caused him to sleep? Cf. 16.
How did their fear prove their faith little? 26.
Why did they marvel? 27.

6. Two Fierce Demoniacs Healed. 28-34.

Meaning of Gadarenes? L. of B., 357.
Why in the tombs? 28.
How did they know Jesus? 29.
Meaning of, "torment us before the time"? 29.
Why wish to go into the swine? 31.
Why did the swine rush into the sea? and what the effect on the [12] demons? 32.
Why the flight of the swine-herds? 33.
Why the request of the people? 34.
Why allow the destruction of the swine?

7. Healing a Paralytic. ix. 1-8.

Which was, "his own city"? 1, cf. iv. 13.
How was their faith seen? 2.
On what ground the sins forgiven? 2.
Why the charge of blasphemy? 3.
Show the force of his reply. 5-7.
Why did not miracles wrought by others prove that they also could forgive sins?
Why this man forgiven, and not others who were healed?

8. The Call of Matthew and a Feast in His House. 9-13.

What was, "the place of toll"? 9.
Why say, "in the house," rather than in his house? 10.
Ground of the objection? 11.
Why were the guests publicans and sinners? 10.
State and explain the points of defense. 12, 13.

9. A Question about Fasting. 14-17.

Were the disciples of John now disciples of Jesus? 14.
How often did they fast? See Luke xviii. 12.
Explain the three reasons given. 15-17.
How were wine-skins prepared? and how used?

10. Raising a Ruler's Daughter and Healing an Issue
of Blood. 18-26.

Ruler of what? 18.
What faith in Jesus had he and the woman? 18, 21.
What had brought them to this faith?
How [13] did the woman's faith make her whole? 22.
Why the flute-players and the tumult? 23, cf. Jer. ix. 17, 18; Amos v. 16.
Why say, "the damsel is not dead"? 24.

11. Giving Sight to Two Blind Men. 27-31.

Why say, "thou son of David"? 27.
Why ask if they believed he was able? 28.
Why forbid them to tell of the cure? and why their disobedience? 30, 31.

12. A Dumb Demoniac Healed. 32-34.

What had made the man dumb?
Why the charge of the Pharisees?
Why not credit other miracles to the same power?
What opposition from them has been mentioned thus far? See 3, 11, 14.
What diseases cured, and what other powers exhibited in this section?
What does the exercise of such power prove for Jesus?
Which of the paragraphs are consecutive?

§ IV. THE FIRST MISSION OF THE APOSTLES. ix. 35-x. 42.

1. The Occasion of This Commission. ix. 35-x. 1.

What the connection of ix. 35? Cf. iv. 23.
Why the comparison to sheep? ix. 36.
What had specially brought them into this condition? See iv. 12; xiv. 3-5.
Explain the figure of the harvest? ix. 37.
How long should the prayer for laborers be continued? ix. 38.
What motive prompted this commission? ix. 36.
Where had he obtained twelve disciples? x. 1, cf. iv. 18-22; ix. 9.

2. The Names of the Twelve. x. 2-4.

Why give their names?
Why say, "The first"? 2.
Why [14] say, "the publican," when he had ceased to be one? 3.
Meaning of, "Cananæan"? 4.
Meaning of Iscariot? 4.
Why name them in pairs?

3. Their Commission. 5-15.

Why only to Israel? 5, cf. x. 23.
Why say, "lost sheep"? 6.
What were they to preach? and why? 7.
Why the miracles?
"Freely give", what? 8.
Why get no money, food, or clothing? 10.
What kind of staff?
How would the peace return? 13.
Why shake off the dust? 14.
Why more tolerable? 15.

4. Persecutions Predicted. 16-23.

What the points of comparison to sheep? 16.
In what respect are serpents wise? 16.
How, "for a testimony to them"? 18.
How could they avoid anxiety? 19.
Meaning of, "not ye that speak, but the Spirit"? 20.
"To the end" of what? 22.
Why, "flee into the next"? 23.
What coming of the Son of man? 23.

5. Motives for Endurance Presented. 24-33.

Force of that from disciple and teacher? 24, 25.
Of that from revealing what is hidden? 26, 27.
Of that from power to destroy? 28.
Force of contrast with sparrows? 29-31.
Bearing of remark about confessing and denying? 32, 33.

6. The Design of Persecutions. 34-39.

Meaning of, "not to send peace, but a sword"? 34.
In what sense did he send a sword?
What was his design, as here indicated?
Explain the remark about finding and losing. 39. [15]

7. Kindness to Disciples to be Rewarded. 40-42.

In what sense, "receiveth me"? 40.
Meaning of, "in the name"? 41, 42.
What the reward?
State the plan of the speech here brought to a close.
Did the persecutions predicted occur under their first mission?
What evidence for the claims of Jesus in this section?

§ V. DISCOURSE ON THE REJECTION OF JOHN AND OF JESUS. xi. 1-30.

1. Occasion of the Discourse. xi. 1-6.

Where were the twelve at the time? 1, cf. x. 1, 5.
What the exact point in John's question? and why propounded? 2, 3.
What the bearing of the answer? 4-6.

2. Comments on the Career of John. 7-15.

What traits of character pointed out? 7, 8.
In what was he greater than other prophets? 11, cf. 10.
In what is one, "little in the kingdom" greater than he? 11.
What the meaning and reference of verse 12?
In what sense was John, the Elijah who was to come? 14, cf. Malachi iv. 5, 6.

3. Childishness of the Unbelievers. 16-19.

What plays of children are referred to? and what the point of comparison?
How is wisdom justified by her works? 19.
What the bearing of this remark? [16]

4. The Cities Which Rejected Jesus Upbraided. 20-24.

In what sense were most of his mighty works done in these cities?
Had none of the people there repented? 20.
Why more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon and for Sodom?
Meaning of, "go down unto Hades"? 23.
Locate all these cities.

5. A Thanksgiving and an Invitation. 25-30.

Who the wise? and who the babes? 25.
How these things hid from the former? Cf. xiii. 15; First Corinthians i. 21, 26, 28.
Why thankful for this?
When were all things given to Jesus? 27, cf. xxviii. 18.
What knowledge is meant in 27?
What connection between ix. 27 and the invitation?
What labor and what rest? 28, 29.
If Jesus was only a man, what should we think of this paragraph?
Give the plan of the whole discourse.

§ VI. SOME DISPUTATIONS WITH PHARISEES. xii. 1-8.

1. About Sabbath-breaking. xii. 1-8.

Why go through the fields of grain? 1.
Why appeal to David's unlawful act? 3, 4, cf. First Samuel xxi. 1-6.
How did the priests "profane" the sabbath? 5.
What, "greater than the temple"? 6, cf. 8.
Bearing of the quotation? 7.
What was the error of the Pharisees?

2. About Sabbath-breaking Again. 9-21.

What the force of his argument? 11.
Why wish to destroy him? and what destruction?
Why charge the people not to make him known? 15, 16.
Show the meaning and fulfilment [17] of the prediction quoted. 17-20, cf. Is. xlii. 1-4.
What sabbath work justified in these two paragraphs?
What work, then, was prohibited in the fourth commandment?

3. About Casting Out Demons. 22-30.

Why say, "Is this the son of David?" 23.
What plausibility in the charge? 24.
Show the force of the first argument. 25, 26.
Who the "sons," and what the point in referring to them? 27.
Explain the last argument. 28, 29.
Connection of the remark about being with him and against him? 30.

4. About the Sin not Pardonable. 31-37.

In what sense shall every sin be forgiven? 31.
Why worse to speak against the Holy Spirit than against the Son? 32.
What was their sin, and the source of it? 33, 34, cf. 24, 28.
Can a man speak wickedly and have a good heart? 35.
What are "idle" words? 36, 37.

5. About a Demand for a Sign. 38-45.

What implied in asking to see a sign? 38.
Why say no sign shall be given but the one mentioned? 39.
How was he three days and nights in the earth? 40.
How shall the Ninevites rise in the judgment with that generation? 41.
In what sense shall they condemn it?
Point of comparison in the case of the unclean spirit? 45.
What is here learned about unclean spirits? [18]

6. About His Mother and His Brothers. 46-50.

What the design of his answer?
Can Mary, according to this, be an intercessor between Jesus and his disciples?

§ VII. A SERIES OF PARABLES. xiii. 1-52.

1. The Parable of the Sower. xiii. 1-9.

On what day? 1.
Why into a boat? 2.
What is a parable? 3.
In what does the interpretation of one consist?
How can we ascertain the subject illustrated? and the points of analogy?
When Jesus gives an interpretation, what are we told to do?
Show the fidelity to nature in this parable.

2. Why He Spoke in Parables. 10-17.

When was this question propounded? 10, cf. xiii. 2, 36.
What suggested it?
Explain the reason given. 12, 13.
Had they opened their ears and eyes, how would it have been with them? 15.
How was it with the disciples? 16, 17.

3. The Parable of the Sower Explained. 18-23.

What cause of failure is common to the first three?
Explain how the word was taken out of the heart of each.
How did the fourth differ from the others?
What, then, is the practical lesson of the parable.

4. Parable of the Tares. 24-30.

5. Parable of the Mustard Seed. 31, 32.

How was the kingdom like this? [19]

6. Parable of the Leaven. 33.

How like this?
Why, "three measures of meal"? and why, "a woman"?

7. His Speaking in Parables a Matter of Prophecy.
34, 35; Ps. lxxviii. 2.

How true that, "without a parable spake he nothing unto them"? 34, cf. 1, 2.
Was the prediction fulfilled in Jesus only?

8. The Parable of the Tares Explained. 36-43.

What the points of comparison? 40-43.
In what sense is the word kingdom here used? 41, cf. 38.
Why the prohibition against pulling tares not mentioned in the explanation?

9. Parable of the Hid Treasure. 44.

What the points of comparison?

10. Parable of the Pearls. 45, 46.

What difference in meaning between this and the last?

11. Parable of the Net. 47-50.

What the analogy?
Difference in meaning between this and the tares?

12. The Parables Understood. 51, 52.

What enables them to understand those not explained?
What the point in the comparison to a householder? 52.
What predictions in these parables that have been fulfilled?
What, yet not fulfilled?
What is proved in this section for Jesus? [20]

§ VIII. PHASES OF OPINION CONCERNING JESUS. xiii. 53-58.

1. The Opinion of the Nazarenes. xiii. 53-58.

How many synagogues in Nazareth? 54.
What did the people admit? 54.
What was their unbelief? 57, 58.
What the ground of it? 55, 56.
Why is a prophet not without honor except at home? 57.
Why did their unbelief prevent more miracles? 58, cf. vii. 6.
As they said the worst they could of him, what must have been his early character?

2. The Opinion of Herod. xiv. 1-12.

What Herod? and what his office? 1. See Luke iii. 1; Josephus, Antiquities, Book XVII. Chapter viii. 1.
How did he reach the conclusion that Jesus was John?
What fear of the multitude? 5.
Who was Herodias? Josephus, Ant. B. XVII. C. v. 1.
Why did John venture to rebuke Herod? 4.
What the mode of dancing? 6.
Did the oath bind him to grant the request?
Why go and tell Jesus? 12.

3. Excitement among the People and Feeding the Five Thousand. 13-21.

Why withdraw immediately into the desert? 13, cf. 12, 23.
Why did so many follow? and without food? 13-15.
How find grass in a, "desert place"? 19, cf. 13.
The motive for this miracle? 14.
Its process?
What was thought of Jesus by this multitude? [21]

4. Walking on the Water and Faith of the Disciples.
22-33.

What followed the feeding? and why? 22, 23.
How long did he pray? and why so long? 23, 25.
Why did the disciples not turn back? 24.
Why think it an apparition? and why cry out for fear? 26.
Why Peter's request? 28.
What doubt? and why cause him to sink? 30, 31.
What now the opinion of the disciples? 33.

5. Cures in Gennesaret. 34-36.

Describe the land of Gennesaret? L. of B., 321, 322.
What was the opinion of these people?

6. An Attack by Pharisees from Jerusalem. xv. 1-20.

What was their motive in coming?
What was the tradition of the elders? 2.
Show how the tradition made void the word of God. 3-6.
Meaning and application of xv. 9?
Why should worship according to precepts of men be vain?
Do such things often make void the word?
What was his answer to the question of the Pharisees? 3, 11.
Why the question of the disciples? and what the point in his answer? 12, 13.
Why both fall into a pit? 14.
Why could not the disciples understand this teaching? 15, 16.
What the real source of all wickedness? 18, 19.
What opinion of Jesus had the Pharisees? [22]

§ IX. TOURS OF TYRE AND SIDON, AND CÆSAREA PHILIPPI.
xv. 21-xvii. 23.

1. A Woman of Great Faith. xv. 21-28.

Where were Tyre and Sidon, and what the ancestry of the people?
Why say, "son of David"? 22.
Why no answer? 23.
Send her away how? 23.
How did the woman show, "great faith"?

2. Cures at the Lake Shore and Feeding the Four Thousand.
29-39.

On which side of the lake? 29, 39.
How did Jesus get there from Tyre?
What change in these people since he was first there? 30, cf. viii. 34.
How long without food? 32.
What the site of Magadan? L. of B., 321.

3. A Sign from Heaven Demanded. xvi. 1-4.

Why did the Sadducees join in? 1.
In what sense tempting him? 1.
What meant by, "a sign from heaven"?
How was the sign of Jonah of this kind?
Point in the reference to the signs of the weather? 2, 3.
Signs of what times? 3.
Does Jesus here rebuke the desire for the evidence of miracles? 4.

4. A Warning against Pharisees and Sadducees. 5-12.

To which side of the lake? 5, cf. xvi. 13; xv. 39.
What their habit in reference to bread? 5.
How reconcile this with x. 9, 10?
Why the reference to the miraculous feedings? 9, 10.
Why was the teaching of these parties called leaven? 12. [23]

5. Peter's Confession. 13-20.

Give the location and history of Cæsarea Philippi. 13; L. of B., 335.
Why the two questions? 13, 15.
Why these erroneous opinions? 14.
Full meaning of Peter's answer? 16.
Explain the remark about how it was revealed to him. 17.
Meaning of Bar-Jonah? 17.
To what is the church here compared? and what the positions assigned to Jesus and Peter? 18, 19.
What then is the rock? 18, cf. 16.
Explain the expression, "gates of Hades." 18.
In what sense shall they not "prevail"?
What is meant by the keys? and what binding and loosing referred to? 19.
On what occasions did Peter use the keys? Acts ii. 1-47; x. 1-48.
Why forbid them now to tell that he was the Christ? 20.

6. Jesus Predicts His Own Death and Resurrection. 21-28.

Why, "from that time"? 21.
Why did Peter rebuke him? 22.
Why call Peter Satan? 23.
What the things of God and the things of men? 23.
Meaning of, "take up his cross"? 24.
Explain the remark about saving and losing life. 25, 26.
Distinguish the two comings of 27, 28.

7. The Transfiguration. xvii. 1-8.

What mountain? 1, cf. xvi. 13.
How did the disciples recognize Moses and Elijah? 3, 4.
Why Peter's proposal? 4.
Significance of, "hear ye him"? 5.
What the purpose of the vision? [24]

8. Comments on the Vision. 9-13.

Why tell no man? 9.
Why their question? 10, cf. Mal. iv. 5.
How could John be the Elijah of Malachi?

9. A Boy with Epilepsy Healed. 14-21.

Cause of the epilepsy? 18.
Why the exclamations of 17?
Connection of faith with the working of miracles? 20.

10. Second Prediction of His Death and Resurrection. 22, 23.

Why a different effect? 23, cf. xvi. 22.
What is proved for Jesus in this section?

§ X. CLOSING EVENTS IN GALILEE. xvii. 24-xviii. 35.

1. Jesus Pays the Temple Tribute. xvii. 24-27.

How do we know it was the temple tribute?
Nature of the miracle?
Its purpose?
What the two coins mentioned? 2, 27, cf. margin.

2. About Who Shall be Greatest. xviii. 1-9.

Turn from what? 3.
In what respect like children? 3, 4.
Why such the greatest?
Meaning of, "cause" "to stumble"? 6.
Point in the illustration from the hand and the eye? 8, 9.

3. About Despising a Disciple. 10-14.

What kind of a disciple is meant? and what the connection with the preceding remarks?
Meaning of, "despise"?
Bearing of the remark about, "their angels"? 10.
Of that about the shepherd and his sheep? 12-14. [25]

4. How to Deal with an Offending Brother. 15-20.

Show the wisdom of this course.
Why speak of the church before it existed? 17.
How as a Gentile and a publican? 17.
What binding and loosing? 18.

5. About Forgiving a Brother. 21-35.

What suggested Peter's question? 21, cf. 15.
What the two sums of money? 24, 28.
Why sell and imprison? 25, 30.
Explain the parable.
Meaning of, "forgive from your hearts"? 35.
What proved for Jesus in this section.

PART THIRD.

THE MINISTRY OF JESUS IN PERÆA AND JUDÆA.

xix. 1-xxviii. 20.

§ I. CONVERSATIONS IN PERÆA. xix. 1-xx. 16.

1. Jesus Departs from Galilee. xix. 1, 2.

Where was Peræa?
Into what part of Peræa? 1.
Was this his final departure from Galilee?

2. A Conversation about Divorce. 3-12.

How, "tempting him"? 3.
Meaning of, "every cause"? 3.
How could the words quoted be those of God? 4-6, cf. Gen. ii. 24.
Why should their hardness of heart modify the law? 8.
Why the objection of the disciples? 10, cf. 8.
Explain the reference to the eunuchs. 11, 12. [26]

3. About Little Children. 13-15.

Why were they brought? 13.
Why did the disciples object?
How is the kingdom, "of such"? 14.

4. About How to Obtain Eternal Life. 16-22.

What was the man's conception? 16.
Why the question in the reply? 17.
Why enjoin keeping the commandments as the way? 17, cf. 21.
What kind of a man was he, and what did he lack? 20, cf. 22.
Why go away sorrowful, and not angry? 22.

5. About the Danger of Riches. 23-26.

Why so difficult? 23, 24.
Can the rich be saved at all? 26.

6. About Those Who Forsake All for Christ. 27-30.

What suggested Peter's question? 27, cf. 21, 22.
What the regeneration and what the thrones? 28.
How receive a hundredfold? 29.

7. Parable of Laborers in a Vineyard. xx. 1-16.

What the subject illustrated? 16; xix. 30.
In what respect were the last laborers first, and the first last? 13-16.
How is it then in the kingdom?
Can the eleventh hour laborers represent persons who intentionally postpone obedience? 6, 7.
Do they represent men who obey late in life?

§ II. THE JOURNEY FROM PERÆA TO JERUSALEM. xx. 17-xxi. 11.

1. Third Prediction of His Death and Resurrection. xx. 17-19.

Why take them apart? 17.
What now indicated as to the time? 18. [27]

2. An Ambitious Request of James and John. 20-28.

What meant by the request? 21.
What meant by the cup? and why? 22.
Meaning of, "minister" and "servant"? See margin.
What the rule of Christian ambition? 27.
What indicated here as to the design of the death of Jesus? 28.

3. Two Blind Men Healed at Jericho. 29-34.

Why did the multitude rebuke them? 31.
What did they believe concerning Jesus? and why? 30.
Why follow him? 34.

4. The Public Entry into Jerusalem. xxi. 1-11.

Where Bethphage and the mount of Olives?
Why would the owner consent? 3.
Why wish to ride? and why such an animal? 4, 5.
Which did he ride? 7, cf. 5.
Why spread the garments and branches? 8.
Why all the city stirred? 10.

§ III. INCIDENT AND DISCUSSION IN JERUSALEM.
xxi. 12-xxii. 46.

1. Jesus Expels Traders from the Temple. xxi. 12-17.

Why were these in the temple? 12.
What was the wrong? 13.
Why were the priests displeased? 15.
How was praise perfected? 16, 17.
Why to Bethany? 17.

2. A Barren Fig Tree is Withered. 18-22.

What was his purpose? 18, 19.
Why did the disciples wonder? 20.
What mountain? 21.
Was this promise for the twelve? or for all? [28]

3. His Authority is Demanded. 23-32.

Who were the chief priests and elders? 23.
Significance of their demand?
What could the people see from their answer? 24-27.
Explain the parable. 28-32.
Meaning of, "repent yourselves"? 32.
How would this lead to believing?

4. Parable of the Vine-dressers. 33-46.

Why dig a winepress? 33.
Why build a tower?
Explain the parable.
Explain the figure of the stone. 42.
How was the kingdom taken from them? 43.
Explain the other figure of the stone. 44.
Who was it that gave the answer of 41? Cf. 45, 46.

5. Parable of the Royal Wedding. xxii. 1-14.

Explain the parable.
Trace the connection of thought in these five paragraphs.

6. A Question about Tribute to Cæsar. 15-22.

Why should there be such a question? 17, cf. Deut. xvii. 15.
Show the points of ingenuity in the plot. 15-17.
What is the meaning of his answer? 21.
Why did they marvel? 22.

7. A Question about the Resurrection. 23-33.

Purpose of the law cited? Deut. xxv. 5.
Purpose of the question? 27, 28.
Force of the remark about their ignorance? 29, 30.
In what sense is God, "not the God of the dead"? 32.
What the proof, then, of a resurrection? 31, 32. [29]

8. A Question as to the Great Commandment. 34-40.

Where had the Pharisees been? 34, cf. 15, 22.
In what sense, "tempting him"? 35.
Why the answer?
Where are these two precepts found? Lev. xix. 18; Deut. vi. 5.

9. A Question about the Christ. 41-46.

Why were they not able to answer? 46.
What did Jesus gain by the question?
Why did they not dare to question him any more? 46.
Did Jesus hold David to be inspired?

§ IV. THE SCRIBES AND PHARISEES DENOUNCED. xxiii. 1-39.

1. For Their Ostentation. xxiii. 1-12.

How, "on Moses' seat"? 2.
What the burdens? 4.
What the phylacteries? 5, cf. Ex. xiii. 9-16.
What the, "borders of their garments"? 5, cf. Num. xv. 37-41.
What rule as to dress to be inferred from this?
What rule to be inferred as to titles? 8-11.
The principle to govern all? 12.

2. For Their Partisan Zeal. 13-15.

How did they, "shut the kingdom"? 13.
What kind of proselytes? 15.
Why the effect on these?
What proselyting is now wrong?

3. For Encouraging Perjury. 16-22.

What the design of these distinction?

4. For Neglecting Weighty Matters While Observing Small
Ones. 23, 24.

What the articles tithed? 23.
Explain the figure of the [30] gnat and the camel. 24.
Does this excuse us for neglecting small matters? 24.

5. For Hypocrisy in Regard to Purification. 25-28.

What cleansing referred to? Cf. xv. 1, 2.
How would cleansing the inside make the outside clean? 26.

6. For Imitating Their Persecuting Fathers. 29-36.

Meaning of, "fill ye up then the measure of your fathers"? 32, cf. 34.
What Zachariah? 35, cf. Zechariah i. 1.
It is true that he was thus killed?
In what sense did all the blood come upon that generation?

7. A Lamentation over Jerusalem. 37-39.

What does this show as to his real feelings?
Had he been in Jerusalem before? 37.
Meaning of, "your house is left unto you desolate"?
What condition of the city indicated by 39?

§ V. THE DESTRUCTION OF THE TEMPLE PREDICTED.
xxiv. 1-28.

1. Occasion of the Prediction. xxiv. 1-3.

Meaning of, "buildings of the temple"? 1.
Why say, "of thy coming, and of the end of the world"? 3.

2. The Beginning of Sorrows. 4-8.

Why these things mentioned?

3. Persecutions Predicted and General Spread of the
Gospel. 9-14.

What effect on the church? 10, 12.
What end meant [31] in 13? Cf. 6, 14.
Was the gospel preached in all the world? 14, cf. Col. i. 23.

4. The Last Sign and an Order for Flight. 15-22.

What, "the abomination of desolation"? and why so called? 15, cf. Luke xxi. 20; Daniel xii. 11.
Whose words the parenthesis? and why inserted? 15.
Why not in winter, or on the sabbath? 20.
Meaning of shortened? and how was it for the elect's sake? 22.
What does Josephus say of this tribulation? War, Preface, 1, 4.
Did the disciples flee as directed? Josephus, War, B. II. C's. xix, xx; Eusebius, B. III. C. v.

5. False Christs and False Prophets in Those Days. 23-28.

How could they show signs and wonders? 24, cf. Josephus, War, B. VI. C. v.
What the carcase and the eagles? 28, cf. 24.

§ VI. THE SECOND COMING OF THE SON OF MAN.
xxiv. 29-xxv. 40.

1. The Coming Described. xxiv. 29-31.

After what tribulation? 29.
Was it to be, then, simultaneous with the fall of Jerusalem?
In what sense "immediately" after. Cf. Second Peter iii. 3-9.
Connection of time in the events of this paragraph?

2. When the Second Coming to be Looked For. 32-35.

When ye see all what things? 33.
All what things fulfilled? 34. [32]

3. Uncertainty of the Time. 36-42.

Why did not the Son know? 36.
How does this modify the two preceding paragraphs?
Can we assign any other limit to his knowledge?
What the point of comparison to the days of Noah? 37-39.

4. How to Be Prepared for It. 43-51.

Show the points in the illustrations from the householders and the servants.
What then is the way to be prepared?

5. Another Illustration: Parable of the Virgins. xxv. 1-13.

What the folly of the one set and the wisdom of the other?
Points of analogy in the parable?

6. Another Illustration: Parable of the Talents. 14-30.

On what rule was the money distributed? 15.
What wrong in the slothful servant's reasoning? 24-26.
Why did he bury the money? 18.
Why give to him who had ten? 28.
What had the one-talent man? and what had he not? 29.
What the points of analogy in the parable?
Whence did the English word talent derive its meaning?

7. An Account of the Final Judgment. 31-46.

Why say, "the throne of his glory"? 31.
What shows the universality of this judgment? 31, 32.
What the grounds of the two sentences?
Why these grounds sufficient?
What is seen here as to the purpose of a final judgment?
Relative duration of life and punishment? 46.
Give the plan of the speech which here closes. [33]

§ VII. PLOTS AND PREPARATIONS FOR THE DEATH OF
JESUS. xxvi. 1-19.

1. Fourth Prediction of His Death. xxvi. 1, 2.

What day of the week was this? 2.
On what day then was the preceding speech delivered? 1.

2. A Plot of the Priests and Elders. 3-5.

What the immediate cause of this?
On what day was it? 3, cf. 2.
Why fear an uproar? 5.

3. Jesus Anointed for His Burial. 6-13.

Why go into a leper's house?
What is alabaster? 7.
How was it a good work? 10.
In what sense was it for his burial? 12.
Why should it be so widely published? 13.

4. Judas Contracts to Betray Jesus. 14-16.

What encouraged him to go to the priests? 14, cf. 3-5.
Why pay in advance?
What opportunity wanted? 16.

5. The Passover is Prepared. 17-19.

Which was, "the first day of unleavened bread"? 17, cf. Ex. xii. 1-18.
Why the place not previously selected?
How did he know that the man would consent?
What preparation had to be made? See Ex. xii. 8.

§ VIII. INCIDENTS AT THE PASCHAL SUPPER AND IN
GETHSEMANE. xxvi. 20-56.

1. The Betrayal Predicted. 20-25.

What dipping of hand in the dish? 23.
Why good if he had [34] not been born? 24.
Purpose of this remark?
Why did Judas ask, "Is it I, Rabbi?" 25.
When did they expect this to be done?

2. The Lord's Supper Instituted. 26-29.

In what sense was the loaf his body? 26.
Meaning of, "blood of the covenant"? 28.
What its connection with remission of sins?
In what sense was he to, "drink it new" with them in the kingdom? 29.
What is said as to the design of the supper?
Why do we call it, "the Lord's supper"? See I. Cor. xi. 20.

3. A Hymn Sung and Desertion Predicted. 30-35.

Had they been accustomed to singing?
What hymn did they sing?
Should we sing a hymn at the close of the supper?
Where written, "I will smite the shepherd," etc.? 31; Zech. xiii. 7.
Was this prediction uttered after they reached the mount of Olives? See Matt. xxvi. 30-36.

4. The Agony of Jesus in Gethsemane. 36-46.

Where was this place? 36, cf. 30.
Meaning of, "even unto death"? 38.
Why say, "Watch with me"? 38.
Why is it not possible? 39.
Why at last say, "Sleep on"? 45.
Why so soon after say, "arise, let us be going"? 46.

5. Jesus is Arrested. 47-56.

Why so many? and with weapons? 47.
Why need the sign? 48.
How shall they who take the sword, perish by it? 52. [35]
Why his remark about the time and manner of the arrest? 55, 56.
What scriptures fulfilled? 54, 56.

§ IX. THE TRIAL AND CONDEMNATION OF JESUS.
xxvi. 57-xxvii. 26.

1. He is Condemned by the Sanhedrim. 57-68.

Who constituted the Sanhedrim? 59, cf. 57.
Why did Jesus not answer the witnesses? 63.
Why not condemn him on the testimony of the witnesses? 61.
On what did they condemn him? 63-66.
Why say, "Prophesy unto us"? 68.

2. Peter's Denial. 69-75.

Meaning of, "without in the court"? 69.
What the porch? 71.
How did his speech betray him? 73.
What led to this denial?

3. Another Consultation of Priests and Elders. xxvii. 1, 2.

Why this, after they had condemned him?
What plan was agreed on?

4. The Remorse and Death of Judas. 3-10.

Meaning of, "repented himself"? 3.
Condemned of whom? 3, cf. 6.
Force of his testimony for Jesus? 4.
What of the scruples about the money? 6, 7, cf. xxiii. 24.
Why the potter's field? and why to bury strangers? 7.
Why the modern use of, "potter's field"?
Whence the prediction? 9, 10, cf. Zech. xi. 12, 13.
Why say Jeremiah? [36]

5. Pilate Persuaded to Crucify Jesus. 11-26.

Why no answer to the charges? 12-14.
Why did Pilate marvel?
Why the custom of releasing a prisoner? 15.
Why confine the choice to Barabbas and Jesus? 17, 18.
What was his wife's opinion of Jesus? and when her dream? 19.
How was the multitude persuaded? 20.
Why did Pilate yield? 24.
Why scourge Jesus? 26.

§ X. THE LAST SUFFERINGS AND THE BURIAL.
xxvii. 27-66.

1. Jesus is Mocked by the Soldiers. xxvii. 27-31.

What was their motive?

2. He is Led to Golgotha and Crucified. 32-44.

Why make Simon bear the cross? 32.
Where is Golgotha? and why so called? 33, cf. Heb. xiii. 12; Jno. xix. 20. L. of B., 175.
Why not drink the wine? 34.
Why remove his garments? 35.
Why the inscription? 37.
Why robbers crucified with him? 38.
What arguments implied in the taunts? 40-43.

3. The Darkness and the End. 45-56.

Meaning of, "why hast thou forsaken me"? 46.
Why were his words misunderstood by some? 47.
Why give him vinegar? 48.
Significance of rending the veil? 51, cf. Heb. ix. 7, 8.
What became of the bodies of the saints? 52, 53.
What convinced the centurion? 54.
Why were the women there? 55, 56. [37]

4. The Burial. 57-61.

What the motive of Joseph?
Why the stone? and of what shape? 60. L. of B., 129.
Why were the two women sitting there? 61.
Describe a Jewish sepulchre. L. of B., 127-129.

5. The Sepulchre Put under Guard. 62-66.

At what time on the morrow? 62.
Why only "until the third day"? 64, cf. 63.
Why seal the stone? and how? 66.
Why would they do all this on the sabbath?
Why would Pilate grant them a guard?

§ XI. THE RESURRECTION. xxviii. 1-20.

1. Visit of the Women to the Sepulchre. xxviii. 1-8.

Meaning of, "late on the sabbath day, as it began to dawn"? 1.
Who the other Mary? 1, cf. xxvii. 61, 56.
Why did the angel sit down on the stone?
Why say to the women, "Fear not ye"? 5.
When had he risen? 6.
Why did not the women see him rise?
Why with both fear and joy? 8.

2. Jesus Appears to the Women. 9, 10.

Could the women have been mistaken? 9.
Why into Galilee, when he was to appear sooner? 10, cf. xxviii. 16.

3. Conduct of the Soldiers and the Priests. 11-15.

Did they see Jesus rise? 11, 13.
Why persuade Pilate? and how?
Absurdity of the report?
What do modern infidels say of this account? [38]

4. The Meeting in Galilee. 16-20.

When was the place appointed?
Why did some doubt? 17, 18.
Baptizing whom? 19.
Meaning of, "into the name"? 19.
Difference between the work before baptism and that after it? 19, 20.
Force of, "I am with you"? 20.
How with them, "unto the end of the world"? 20.

REVIEW OF MATTHEW.
PART FIRST.

What is the subject and the extent of this Part?
Give the topics of the sections, and the author's purpose in each?

How is the argument of the genealogy made out?
Show that the omissions do not impair the evidence.
Show that the word "begat" is properly used before these omissions.
What made the stories of Mary and Joseph credible?
Show that the prediction, i. 23, was not fulfilled in the child of Isaiah.

How does Matthew date the birth of Jesus?
Show how Herod's attention was directed to him.
What kind of star directed the wise men?
Why so glad to see it the second time?
Why did the movements at Bethlehem occur in the night?
What good resulted from the slaughter of the infants?
Suitability of Nazareth as a home for Jesus?
What prophecies were fulfilled in the events of this section? and how? [39]

Why did John make repentance his chief theme?
What propriety was there in his peculiar habits?
Who were the Pharisees and the Sadducees?
How did they treat John? and how did he speak to them? Cf. xxi. 25, 32.
What work of the Christ proclaimed in this section?
Why was Jesus baptized?
What was Matthew's purpose in describing the baptism?
Why was he led up to be tempted?
Show the force of the several temptations.

PART SECOND.

Subject and extent of this Part?
How does it compare with the whole of Matthew?
State the subjects of the sections.

What the time and place of beginning this ministry?
What prediction fulfilled in this?
How did the first preaching of Jesus compare with John's?
Describe the call of his first followers.
Into what three divisions does Matthew distribute the labors of Jesus?

Is the Sermon on the mount a specimen of teaching? or of preaching?
State its general divisions.

In what consist the blessedness of disciples? and on what traits of character does it depend?
How does Jesus show their worth to the world?

What was the purpose of Jesus concerning the law and the prophets?
What in regard to the righteousness of men? [40]
What difference between his teaching and that of Moses concerning murder, adultery, divorce, oaths, retaliation and enemies?
Is it more exacting? or less so?
What divorced persons are permitted to marry again?
Are judicial oaths forbidden?
What reasons are given for loving enemies?
Who were the publicans? and why so bad?
Why say, Ye therefore shall be perfect? 48.

What fault does Jesus rebuke in almsgiving, prayer and fasting?
What rules does he give for the correction of this fault?
Give the analysis of the Lord's prayer.
How are we to pray, "after this manner"?
Against what cares are we warned in this division?
What reasons are given for not laying up treasures on earth?
What reason for not being anxious for food and raiment?
What rule is given for obtaining these?

What judging is condemned?
Explain the proverbs of the dog and the swine.
On what conditions will prayer be answered?
Repeat the golden rule.
What is its connection in the sermon?

Give the characteristics of the way of life.
Against what misguidance and mistakes are we warned?
What was the first effect of the sermon?
What must be inferred from the authority which Jesus assumed?

Name all the disease mentioned in this section which Jesus healed.
What other miracles are mentioned?
Why require the cleansed leper to show himself to the priest?
How [41] did the centurion show great faith?
What intimation in this connection concerning the call of the Gentiles?
Why did Jesus refuse to let one of the disciples bury his father?
What were demons? and how did they know Jesus?
What torment were they expecting?
What was specially proved, and how, by healing the paralytic?
What was the general design of all miracles?
In what way do miracles prove a moral truth?
What caused the blind men to believe?
What miracles were ascribed to Satan? and why?

State the occasion of the first mission of the apostles.
Why pray for laborers?
Repeat the commission given the twelve.
Why not preach Jesus as the Christ?
Why sent to Israel alone?
What persecutions predicted?
What promise of divine help was given?
What motives to endurance presented?
In what sense did Jesus send a sword and not peace?
What was promised for those who dealt kindly with the apostles?
Did these persecutions occur under the first mission?

What occasioned the discourse in this section?
What the force of the answer sent to John?
In what was John greater than previous prophets? and a little one in the kingdom greater than he?
Explain the figure of the kingdom suffering violence.
Show the point in the comparison of the unbelievers to children.
What did Jesus say of certain cities of Galilee?
Repeat the [42] invitation which ended this speech.
What was the preface to it? and why?
What its connection with the whole speech?

What two acts of sabbath-breaking charged against Jesus?
Give the arguments in his reply, and show the force of each.
State and explain his answer to the charge of casting out demons by Satan.
What the sin not pardonable? and what is said of it?
To what source does Jesus trace it?
What was implied in the demand for a sign?
Explain the, "sign of Jonah."
Explain the parable of the unclean spirit.
What the answer of Jesus to his mother and brothers?

Explain the parable of the sower.
What caused the failure of the first three?
Explain the parable of the tares.
Does it have any allusion to church discipline?
State and explain the other parables of the series.
What predictions are found in them?
Why did Jesus speak in parables?

What objections did the Nazarenes urge against Jesus?
Why none more serious?
What was the secret of Herod's opinion of Jesus?
What Herod?
Who was Herodias?
Describe the death of John.
What occasioned the assembling of the five thousand?
What was their opinion of Jesus?
What led to the walking on the water?
Why did Peter's doubt cause him to sink?
What was the land of Gennesaret, and what did its people think of Jesus?
Repeat the discussion between Jesus and Pharisees from Jerusalem.
Why should worship according [43] to the precepts of men be vain?
Why were the disciples slow to understand this teaching?

How did the woman of Canaan show great faith?
What change in the people south-east of the lake between his first and second visits?
Who demanded a sign from heaven? and what was their meaning?
What did Jesus mean by, "the signs of the times"?
Did he rebuke a desire for miracles?
What warning did Jesus give against the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees? and why?

Name the incidents on the tour to Cæsarea Philippi.
Describe Cæsarea Philippi.
Give the full meaning of Peter's confession.
State in full the imagery in the response to this confession.
In what sense shall, "the gates of Hades" not prevail?
What was symbolized by the keys given Peter?
Why forbidden to tell that he was the Christ?
When did Jesus begin to predict his own death? and why not sooner?
Explain the remark about gaining and losing life.
What was the purpose of the transfiguration? and how accomplished?
Why the three witnesses forbidden to mention it?
Explain the failure of nine disciples to cast out a certain demon.

Show that the tribute Jesus paid was the temple tribute.
What standard of greatness did Jesus lay down?
Give his precept and illustrations against despising a disciple.
Give his [44] rule for dealing with an offending brother.
Explain the parable which followed.

PART THIRD.

Give the subject and extent of this Part?
State the subjects of the sections.

What are the subjects of conversation in this section?
What did Jesus here teach about divorce and remarriage?
How had hardness of heart modified the law on this subject?
Explain the remark about eunuchs.
Repeat the conversation with the rich man.
Why was he required to sell all?
What is the difficulty in saving a rich man?
What reward was promised the apostles for forsaking all and following Jesus?
Explain the parable of the laborers in the vineyard.
Show that it does not encourage delay of obedience.

State and explain the ambitious request of James and John.
What prediction was fulfilled by the ride into Jerusalem?
What moved the people to these demonstrations?

What authority did Jesus assume when he entered the temple?
Why were the priests displeased?
What was his purpose in withering the fig tree?
Who demanded the source of his authority? and what was his answer?
How did the parable of the two sons apply to the case?
Explain the parable of the vine-dressers.
That of the rejected stone.
Explain the parable [45] of the royal wedding.
What was the plot connected with the question about tribute?
What was the argument involved in the question about the resurrection?
Explain the answer of Jesus.
Why could not the Pharisees answer the question he put to them?
Why, after this, did they cease to question Jesus?

Name the sins for which Jesus denounced the Pharisees.
What rules as to dress do his remarks furnish?
What rule as to titles?
Why so particular about tithes and so neglectful of morals?
In what sense did they fill the measure of their fathers?
How did all the blood come on that generation?
Had Jesus often visited Jerusalem?

What led to the prophetic discourse in this section?
What three groups of signs did Jesus mention?
What was to be done when the last sign appeared?

How is the second coming of Christ here described?
When was it to take place?
Meaning of this?
Within what period were the signs of his approach to be seen?
How did he illustrate the uncertainty of it?
How, the way to be ready for it?
Give his description of the judgment.
What is indicated as to the purpose of it?
What is here taught in regard to good works?
What is indicated as to the relative duration of life and punishment? [46]

What plots were laid to bring about the death of Jesus?
What preparations were made for it?
In what sense was the anointing for his "burial"?

Name the incidents at the paschal supper and in Gethsemane.
What the connection of his blood with the remission of sins?
Where was the prediction of desertion uttered?
Why was Jesus so anxious for the disciples to watch with him?
Why not possible for the cup to pass?
Why did the arresting officers need the sign given by Judas?
How is it true that they who take the sword shall perish with it?

Who constituted the court that tried Jesus?
Why did they not condemn him on the testimony of the witnesses?
Why did Jesus not reply to the witnesses?
What led to Peter's denial?
Why did the priests and elders have a consultation before going to Pilate?
Where did Judas return the money?
After which condemnation of Jesus was this?
What charges were brought against Jesus before Pilate?
Quote Pilate's utterance in the case.
Why did Jesus make no defense?
Why did Pilate yield at last?
Why the inscription on the cross?
Force of the taunts hurled at Jesus on the cross?
What convinced the centurion that he was the Son of God?
What considerations led Joseph to bury Jesus?
Why was the sepulchre put under guard? and when?
Why was a seal placed on the stone? [47]

Explain Matthew's statement of the time when the women went to the tomb?
Why did not the women see Jesus rise?
Show the absurdity of the report spread abroad by the priests.
Why do infidels deny that the tomb was guarded?
Define the commission.
Meaning of, "I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world"?
How many appearances of Jesus are mentioned by Matthew? and why so few?

Give the subject and extent of the three Parts of Matthew.
What is their relative length?
What is the longest as compared with the time included in it?
What, then, is the general plan of his work?
How many formal speeches of the Lord does he record? and what per cent of his space is occupied by them?
What, then, is his principal aim as regards his subject matter?
How many separate days are occupied by the events which he records?
Why so few?
What are the principal evidences which he furnishes of the Messiahship and the divinity of Jesus? [48]

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J. W. McGarvey
Class Notes on Sacred History, Volume III (1893)

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