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

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

Part First. The Preliminary Ministry of Jesus. John 1:1-4:54.
Part Second. Events between the Departure into Galilee and the Last Visit to Jerusalem.
John 5:1-11:57.
Part Third. Events from the Last Arrival of Jesus in Jerusalem to His Resurrection.
John 12:1-21:25.
Review: Part First.
Review: Part Second.
Review: Part Third.

JOHN.

PART FIRST.

THE PRELIMINARY MINISTRY OF JESUS.

i. 1-iv. 54.

§ I. HIS PUBLIC INTRODUCTION BY JOHN THE BAPTIST.
i. 1-51.

1. His Eternal Pre-existence. i. 1-14.

In what beginning? 1-3, cf. Gen. i. 1.
Did John originate the title, "the Word"?
Was the Word created? 3.
Purpose of John's coming? 7.
Why not say, John the Baptist?
How, "lighteth every man"? 9.
Meaning of, "came unto his own"? 11.
What the right of the believer? 12.
How born of God? and not of blood, etc.? 13.
How the Word identified with Jesus? 14.
What the nature of the birth of Jesus?

2. A Part of John's Testimony and a Comment by the Writer.
15-18.

When had John said this? 15, cf. Matt. iii. 11, 14.
What words here are those of the writer, and how distinguished? 16-18.
What the distinction here stated between Moses and Christ? 17.

3. Another Part of John's Testimony. 19-28.

Why does the writer speak of the Jews in the third person when he was himself a Jew? 19.
Why send priests and Levites? [108] 19.
Why say he was not Elijah? 21, cf. Matt. xi. 14.
What prophet? 21, cf. Deut. xviii. 15-19.
How did the reference to Isaiah identify him? 23, cf. Isa. xl. 1-11.
Force of the question, "Why then baptizest thou" etc.? 25.
Was John now at his first place of baptizing? 28, cf. Matt. iii. 1.

4. Jesus Declared the Lamb of God and the Son of God. 29-34.

What did John mean by, "lamb of God"? 29.
If he knew him not, why object to baptizing him? 31, cf. Matt. iii. 14.
When was all this testimony given? 32, 29; Matt. iv. 1, 2.
What, then, was the first movement of Jesus after his temptation?
Whence John's knowledge that Jesus was the Son of God? 33, 34, cf. Matt. iii. 17.

5. The Last Testimony Repeated. 35-42 a.

How long did the two stay with Jesus? 39.
Who was Andrew's companion? 40.
Why the new name given to Simon? 42.
What convinced these men?

6. Other Disciples Gained at the Jordan. 42 b-51.

What convinced Philip? 44, 45, 29.
Why Nathanael so easily convinced? 50.
Meaning of the prediction in 51?
What the reputation of Nazareth?

§ II. PREPARATORY WORK IN GALILEE AND JUDÆA.
ii. 1-iii. 36.

1. A Brief Visit to Galilee and the First Miracle. ii. 1-12.

Third day after what?
Describe Cana. L. of B., 317.
Distance [109] from Bethany beyond Jordan?
When the invitation? 2.
Why did Mary expect a miracle? 3, 5.
Meaning of his answer? 4.
What purifying meant? 6, cf. Mark vii. 1-4.
How much is a firkin? 6. [Greek, metretes, probably the bath, equals eight and three fourths gallons].
Quality of the wine? 10.
Why right to make wine?
Why visit Capernaum? 12.

2. Jesus Goes to the Passover. 13-22.

On what did he use the scourge? 15.
How did zeal eat him up? 17.
Why demand a sign? 18.
How did they count forty-six years? 20.

3. Signs Wrought during the Passover. 23-25.

Where did he work his first group of signs? 23, cf. 4.
Force of the remark about not trusting himself to men in Jerusalem? 24, 25.

4. Conversation with Nicodemus. iii. 1-15.

Why did Nicodemus come, and why by night? 2, cf. ii. 24.
Correctness of his reasoning? 2.
Why did Jesus change the topic? 3.
What the thought in Nicodemus' reply? 4.
How did iii. 5 answer Nicodemus' question? 5.
Meaning of iii. 6? cf. 13.
Explain iii. 8. See the margin.
Point in the question, "How can these things be?"
Why should he have understood? 10.
What the earthly things and the heavenly? 12.
Points in the comparison to the serpent? 14, 15. [110]

5. Remarks on the Mission of Jesus and the Sin of Unbelief.
16-21.

Gave his Son in what sense? 16.
Sense of the words "judged" and "judgment"? 17-19.
Whose remarks are these?

6. Jesus at the Jordan, and John at Ænon. 22-30.

What baptism was Jesus administering? 22.
Force of the reason for baptizing in Ænon? 23.
Describe the place. L. of B., 292-294.
What the question about purifying? 25.
What trait of character seen in John's reply? 27-30.

7. Superiority of the Son, and the Blessing of Faith. 31-36.

Why say, "no man receiveth his witness"? 32.
Meaning of the remark about a seal? 33.
When all things given into his hand? 35.
Connection of belief and obedience in 36?
Whose words in this paragraph?

§ III. JESUS LEAVES JUDÆA AND JOURNEYS TO GALILEE. iv. 1-54.

1. His Departure. iv. 1-6.

Force of the reason for leaving? 1-3.
What piece of ground? 5; cf. Gen. xxxiii. 19; Joshua xxiv. 32.
Describe the well. L. of B., 282.

2. He Converses with a Samaritan Woman. 7-26.

What meant by living water? 10.
Why did not the woman understand?
Why speak so she could not understand?
Why did Jesus change the topic? 16.
Why did she change it? 20.
What [111] mountain referred to, and what worship? 20.
Describe mount Gerizim. L. of B., 289-292.
How is salvation from the Jews? 22.
What is it to worship in spirit and in truth? 23, 24.
Purpose of the whole conversation? 25, 26.

3. Remarks to the Disciples. 27-38.

Why marvel that he was speaking with a woman? 27.
Why leave her waterpot? 28.
Why did she exaggerate? 29.
What took the appetite of Jesus? 32, 35.
What month of the year? 35.
Who the sowers and reapers? 38.
How could he say, "I sent you"?

4. Results in Sychar, and Arrival in Galilee. 39-45.

Why had such a woman such influence? 39.
Why Samaritans so hospitable to Jews? 40, cf. 9.
Effect of the miracle at Jerusalem? 45.

5. Second Miracle in Cana. 46-54.

Who was the nobleman? See margin, and cf. Luke viii. 3.
Why did he believe? 50.
Why not meet the servants until the next day? 52.
Relation in time of this Part of John to the other Gospels? Cf. Matt. iv. 11, 12; Mark i. 13, 14; Luke iv. 13, 14. [112]

PART SECOND.

EVENTS BETWEEN THE DEPARTURE INTO GALILEE
AND THE LAST VISIT TO JERUSALEM.

v. 1-xi. 57.

§ I. A MIRACLE AND A DISPUTATION IN JERUSALEM. v. 1-47.

1. An Impotent Man Made Whole. 1-9.

What feast? 1.
If the passover, how long since the first visit to Jerusalem? Cf. ii. 13.
How long since going to Galilee? iv. 35.
What was the man's idea about the pool? 7.
What troubled the water? L. of B., 189, 190.

2. Jesus Accused of Sabbath-breaking. 10-18.

Meaning of the warning to the man? 14.
Why tell the Jews it was Jesus? 13, 15.
What working referred to? 17.
How did his remark make him equal with God? 18.

3. Jesus Asserts His Powers. 19-29.

The connection with the preceding? Cf. 18.
What powers claimed? 21, 25; 22, 27.
Why, "because he is the Son of man"? 27.
Whence these powers? 19.
Can a deist honor God? 23.

4. The Witnesses for Jesus. 30-40.

Why witness of himself not true? 31.
Who the witnesses? 33-39.

5. Causes of Jewish Unbelief. 41-47.

How was their desire for earthly glory a cause? 44, 41.
How the absence of love of God a cause? 42, 43.
Meaning of one coming in his own name? 43.
How does Moses accuse them? 45. [113]
In what sense did they not believe Moses? 46, 47.
Is it certain that Moses wrote of Jesus?

§ II. A MIRACLE AND A DISPUTATION IN GALILEE. vi. 1-14.

1. Feeding the Five Thousand. vi. 1-14.

Time of this miracle? 4.
Why the name, "sea of Tiberias"? 1.
What new in this account? 5-7.

2. Jesus and His Disciples Recross the Lake. 15-21.

Why wish to make him king? 15, cf. Matt. xiv. 9-21.
In what part of the lake were they? 19.
Design of this narrative? (See the new details, and the speech following.)

3. The Multitude Overtake Jesus. 22-27.

Where had they slept? 22, cf. Matt. xiv. 22.
Why not think he had gone to Tiberias? 23, 24.
Why not answer their question? 25.
Origin of the proverb of the loaves and fishes? 26.

4. Remarks about the Bread of Life and Coming to Jesus. 28-40.

How is believing a work of God? 29.
Can any given to Jesus be lost? 39, cf. xvii. 12.

5. The People Murmur, and Jesus Reiterates. 41-51.

Distinction between coming and drawing? 44.
How the drawing done? 45.
Is the drawing irresistible?
How is the bread his flesh? 51.

6. More Murmuring, and Another Reiteration. 52-59.

Why no explanation? [114]

7. Murmuring by the Disciples. 60-65.

Point in the question about ascending? 62.
In the remark about spirit and life? 63.

8. Jesus Deserted by All but the Twelve. 66-71.

Force of Peter's answer? 68, 69.
When we meet things in scripture irreconcilable with our reason, what should be our conclusion?
In what sense a devil? 70.
As he knew Judas, why had he chosen him?

§ III. JESUS AT THE FEAST OF TABERNACLES. vii. 1-x. 21.

1. After Delay He Goes to the Feast. vii. 1-13.

How much time covered by vii. 1? 2, cf. vi. 4.
Whose narratives cover this period?
Was this writer aware of what they had written?
What disciples referred to? 3, cf. iv. 1.
Why charge him with acting in secret? 4.
Why did the world hate him? 7.
Why say, "for fear of the Jews," when all were Jews? 13.

2. He Teaches in the Temple and Refers to His Previous
Visit. 14-24.

Meaning of, "having never learned"? 15.
How would willingness to obey enable one to know the teaching? 17.
Why deny seeking to kill him? 20, cf. v. 18.
What new defense against the charge of sabbath-breaking? 23.

3. A Division among the People. 25-36.

Point in the first question? 25.
In what sense did they know whence he was? 26, 28.
Force of reason for not taking him? 30. [115]
What signs did he speak of? 31.
Why not understand his remark about going to him that sent him? 33, 36.
What the Dispersion? 35.

4. Speech on the Last Day of the Feast, and Its Effect. 37-44.

Why the last day the great day? 37. See Lev. xxiii. 36, 39.
How is the Spirit given to the believer like rivers of living water? 38, 39.
Where do the scriptures say it? 38. See Prov. xviii. 4.
In what sense the Spirit not yet given? 39.
Did John know that Jesus had ascended?
Ignorance of the objectors. 42.

5. Confusion among Chief Priests and Pharisees. 45-52.

What speech had the officers heard? 32-44.
Nature of the argument addressed to the officers? 47-49.
Point in the question of Nicodemus? 51.
What the mistake in their answer to him? 52.

6. Discussion about a Woman Taken in Adultery. vii. 53-viii. 11.

What of the genuineness of this passage? See margin.
What of its authenticity? (Accepted by the best critics.)
Why not bring the guilty man? 3, 4.
What accusation did they hope to make? 6.
In what sense did he not condemn her? 11.
The design of Jesus in thus answering the accusers?

7. Jesus Declares Himself the Light of the World. viii. 12-20.

Connection of this paragraph? 12, cf. vii. 44.
Why now say that his testimony of himself is true? 14, cf. 18; v. 31.
Meaning of, "I judge no man"? 15.
In what way is it written, "that [116] the witness of two men is true"? Deut. xvii. 6.
Meaning of, "Where is thy father"? 19.
What is meant by, "the treasury"? 20.

8. He Announces His Departure, and the Inability of His
Enemies to Follow Him. 21-30.

Inference as to all who die in sin? 21.
Why not know that he referred to God? 27.
What meant by their lifting him up, and what the connection of thought? 28, cf. 21.
The way to have God with us? 29.
What was in this speech to make them believe? 30.

9. He Tells the Jews How to be Free. 31-45.

What bondage referred to? 33.
In what sense were they the children of the devil? 44.
In what sense a murderer from the beginning, and the father of lying? 44.
Why his saying the truth a cause of unbelief? 45.

10. He Challenges the Jews to Convict Him of Sin. 46-50.

Singularity of this challenge?
Ground of his demand for faith? 46.
When first the charge of having a demon? 48; vii. 20.

11. Jesus Declares the Power of His Word, and His
Pre-existence. 51-59.

In what sense, "never see death"? 51.
What is it to keep his word? 51.
In what sense did Abraham see his day? 56.
Did Jesus appear older than he was? 57.
Why wish to stone him? 59.

12. Jesus Heals a Man Born Blind. ix. 1-12.

Explain the question of the disciples. 2.
Meaning of the [117] answer? 3.
The industry of Jesus. 4.
Describe the pool of Siloam. 7; L. of B., 191.
What faith did the blind man exhibit? 7.

13. The Pharisees Investigate the Miracle. 13-34.

Why take the man to the Pharisees? 13.
Steps taken in the investigation? 15, 18-21, 24.
How would modern scientists have proceeded?
Would a knowledge of science have helped the Pharisees?
Bearing of the miracles on the character of Jesus? 31, 33, 16.
Point in the charge of being born in sin? 34, cf. 2.
Cast him out of what? 34, cf. 22.

14. Jesus Meets the Man again. 35-41.

How did Jesus find him?
Why did he at once believe? 37, cf. 17.
What blindness? 39-41.

15. The Parable of the Shepherd and His Sheep. x. 1-6.

Significance of the parable?
Why did they not understand? 6.

16. Contrast between the True Shepherd and the Hirelings. 7-18.

How is he the door? 7.
Who the thieves that came before him? 8.
Meaning of, "go in and go out"? 9.
Who the hireling? 12, cf. 8.
Who the other sheep? 16.
In what sense did no one take his life from him? 18.

17. Division among His Hearers. 19-21.

Among what class of Jews? [118]

§ IV. AT THE FEAST OF DEDICATION, BEYOND THE JORDAN,
AND
RECALLED TO BETHANY. x. 22-xi. 57.

1. Renewal of Remarks about His Sheep. x. 22-30.

What the feast of dedication? 22; Josephus, Ant., B. XII. C.'s v, vii.
Interval passed over?
Were they really in suspense? 24.
How not being his sheep the cause of unbelief? 26, 27.
Can any of his sheep be lost? 28, 29.

2. Discussion about Stoning Jesus. 31-39.

Where written and what the meaning? 34, 35. See Ps. lxxxii. 1-8; Ex. xxi. 6; xxii. 8, 9.
How, "in your law"?
His argument? 35, 36.

3. Jesus Departs beyond the Jordan. 40-42.

What part of the Jordan? 40, cf. Matt. iii. 1.
Cause of their belief? 42.

4. Jesus is Recalled to Bethany. xi. 1-16.

Why not give the name in the message? 3.
When was the anointing done? 2, cf. xii. 3; Matt. xxvi. 6-13.
In what sense the sickness not unto death? 4.
Force of remark about walking in the day? 9, 10.
Why speak of dying with him? 16.

5. Lazarus Raised from the Dead. 17-44.

Force of Martha's first remark? 21, 22.
Why Mary the same remarks?
Why did the Jews follow Mary and not Martha? 31.
What caused Jesus to weep? 33-35, cf. Heb. iv. 15. [119]
Reasoning of the lookers-on? 36, 37.
How did he come forth with his feet bound? 44.

6. Immediate Effects of This Miracle. 45-53.

Why tell the Pharisees? 46.
Real ground of their hostility? 48.
Double meaning in the words of Caiaphas? 49-52.
Why say, "high priest that year"? 51. Josephus, Ant., B. XVIII. C. ii.
The anomaly in their resolve? 53.

7. Jesus Retires until the Passover. 54-57.

What wilderness? 54.
Why come before the passover to purify themselves? 55, cf. Num. ix. 9-11.
Why the doubts as to his coming? 56, cf. 57.

PART THIRD.

EVENTS FROM THE LAST ARRIVAL OF JESUS IN
JERUSALEM TO HIS RESURRECTION.

xii. 1-xxi. 25.

§ I. HIS ARRIVAL, AND SPEECHES PREVIOUS TO THE
PASSOVER. xii. 1-50.

1. He is Anointed at a Supper in Bethany. xii. 1-8.

Why so soon? 1.
Who made the supper? 2; Matt. xxvi. 6, 7.
What is spikenard? 3.
Value of the ointment? 5.
What bag? 6.
When did John learn that Judas was a thief?

2. Curiosity about Lazarus and Its Effect. 9-11.

What became of Lazarus? [120]

3. His Public Welcome by the People. 12-19.

What people were they? 1-7; xi. 55.
Whence the palm branches? 12, 13.
One cause of this welcome? 17, 18.

4. The Request of Certain Greeks. 20-26.

Why no response to the request?
Glorified how? 23.

5. The Hour of His Trouble. 27-30.

Why the trouble? 27.
Meaning of his soliloquy? 27. See margin.
Why did some think it thundered? 29.

6. Jesus Predicts His Crucifixion. 31-36.

What judgment? 31.
How draw all men? 32.
Did the people understand his allusion to the cross? 34.

7. Jesus Retires, and John Comments on the Unbelief of the
Jews. 37-43.

Nature of their inability?
Why the rulers afraid of the Pharisees? 42.
Evil in the love of human praise? 43.

8. Other Words of Jesus about Belief. 44-50.

When these remarks? 44, cf. 37. [Note: Probably quotations by John from former speeches? All are repetitions.]

§ II. CONVERSATIONS AND INCIDENTS AT THE PASCHAL
SUPPER. xiii. 1-xiv. 31.

1. He Washes the Disciples' Feet. xiii. 1-11.

What was, "before the passover"? 1.
In what sense did Peter not know what Jesus was doing? 7.
What washing so necessary? 7-11.
What bathing referred to? 10, cf. xi. 55. [121]

2. He Comments on the Washing. 12-20.

How were they to wash one another's feet? 14, 15.
Is this a precedent for us?

3. The Betrayal Announced. 21-30.

What the sop? 26.
In what sense did Satan then enter Judas? 27, cf. 2.
Why not know what Jesus meant? 28.
What could they need for the feast? 29.
What habit in regard to the poor? 29.

4. Jesus Announces His Speedy Departure, and Simon's Denial.
31-38.

What glorifying meant? 31.
Test of true discipleship? 35.

5. He Announces His Final Return. xiv. 1-6.

What the "house," the "mansions," and the "place"? 2, 3.
How he the way, the truth and the life? 6.

6. His Identity with the Father. 7-14.

In what sense seeing him seeing the Father? 9.
How was the believer to do greater works than his? 12.
Extent of the promise to do what they ask? 14.

7. The Promise of the Holy Spirit. 15-24.

In what sense the Spirit a Comforter? 16. See margin.
Why cannot the world receive him? 17.
What learned by the answer to Judas' question? 23, cf. 16.

8. Other Works of the Spirit, and Words of Comfort. 25-31.

What two things to be done by the Spirit? 26.
What the [122] peace promised? 27.
How would these announcements afterward help their faith? 29.
Who, "the prince of the world"?
"So I do" what? 31.

§ III. REMARKS OF JESUS BETWEEN THE SUPPER AND
THE ARREST. xv. 1-xvii. 26.

1. Parable of the Vine and Its Branches. xv. 1-8.

What the taking away, and what the cleansing? 2, 3.
What is it to abide in Christ? 4, 5, cf. 7.
How is God glorified by much fruit? 8.

2. The Disciples Exhorted to Abide in the Love of Christ.
9-17.

Does he mean his love to them, 9, 10, or theirs to him?
Connection of his joy and his love? 11.
What choosing meant in 16?
Why love so important? 17.

3. Remarks on the World's Hatred. 18-27.

In what sense not of the world? 19.
Real cause of the world's hatred to them? 21.
Evidential value of his works? 24.
Where written in the law? 25; Ps. xxxv. 19; lxiv. 4.
Another work of the Spirit? 26, 27.

4. Persecution Predicted, and Other Work of the Spirit
Stated. xvi. 1-15.

Design of these sad predictions? 4.
Why expedient for them? 7.
Work of the Spirit as respects the world? 8-11.
Explain each item of it.
What, as respects the disciples, and how? 13. [123]

5. His Departure and Return. 16-24.

Why not understand him? 17.
How their sorrow turned into joy? 20.
What change in prayer? 24.

6. An End of Speaking in Parables. 25-33.

Does Jesus now pray to the Father for us? 26.
When were they scattered? 32.
How had he overcome the world? 33.

7. Jesus Prays for Himself and His Disciples. xvii. 1-26.

(1). For himself. xvii. 1-8.

What the mutual glorifying? 1, cf. 5.
How is knowledge of God and Christ eternal life? 3.
How can we glorify God on earth? 4.
What the glory before the world was? 5; i. 1.
In what sense were the disciples given to Jesus? 7.

(2). For the twelve. 9-19.

How, "glorified in them"? 10-19.
What his petitions for them? 11, 15, 17.
How had he sanctified himself? 19.

(3). For all other disciples. 20-26.

Means of faith indicated? 20.
Meaning of, "be in us"? 21.
Why this needed for the world's conviction?
What his petitions for these? 21, 24.

§ IV. THE ARREST AND CONDEMNATION OF JESUS.
xviii. 1-xix. 16.

1. He is Arrested and Taken before Annas. xviii. 1-14.

At what times has Jesus resorted to this garden? 2.
What soldiers and officers? 3.
Why fall to the ground? 6.
How know [124] the servant's name? 10, 15.
Why to Annas? 13, cf. Josephus, Ant., B. XVIII. C. ii. 2.
How does this differ from the other accounts?

2. Peter's First Denial. 15-18.

How could John be known to the high priest? 15.
Why cold enough for fire? 18.
What kind of coals? 18.
Why did Peter join the group?

3. Jesus Questioned and Smitten. 19-24.

Why not give the information asked for? 19-21.
Why did Annas send him to Caiaphas? and when?
How far away was Caiaphas?

4. Peter's Second and Third Denials. 25-27.

Why not accuse Peter for cutting off the ear? 26. See Luke xxii. 50, 51.

5. Proceedings before Pilate. xviii. 28-xix. 16.

(1). Their first attempt. xviii. 28-32.

What omitted by John before this?
Eat the passover in what sense? 28.
On what ground sentence demanded? 30.

(2). Pilate questions Jesus about being a king. 33-38.

Meaning of Jesus' question? 34.
Why would his servants fight? 36.
Meaning of, "What is truth?" 38.

(3). Pilate proposes a choice between Jesus and Barabbas. 39, 40.

Why no crime when claiming to be a king? 38.
His purpose in the alternative? 39, 40. [125]

(4). Pilate scourges Jesus and again proclaims him innocent. xix. 1-7.

Why the scourging and mocking?
Why say, "Take him yourselves," etc.? 6.
Why the real charge made at last? 7.

(5). Pilate is alarmed and makes a final effort. 8-16.

Why the alarm? 8.
Why no answer? 9.
What the force of the last plea, and why so effective? 12, 13.
How was it the Preparation of the passover? 14, cf. xiii. 1, 2; xix. 31, 42; Mark xv. 42.
How was it, "about the sixth hour"? 14, cf. Mark xv. 25, 33.

§ V. THE DEATH, BURIAL AND RESURRECTION OF JESUS.
xix. 17-xxi. 25.

1. The Crucifixion. xix. 17-24.

Who bore the cross? 17, cf. Matt. xxvii. 32.
Why in the three tongues? 20.
Significance of Pilate's answer? 22.
Whence the scripture fulfilled? 24. See Ps. xxii. 18.
On what did the fulfilment depend?

2. Jesus Commits His Mother to John. 25-27.

Why not leave her to Joseph, or to one of her sons? Cf. vii. 5.
Was this before the darkness?
Was Mary of Clopas his mother's sister? 25.

3. His Last Sufferings. 28-30.

Why did he now drink? 30, cf. Matt. xxvii. 34. [126]

4. The Bodies Prepared for Removal. 31-37.

Why that sabbath a high day? 31.
Why the legs broken?
Why not those of Jesus? 33.
What scriptures fulfilled? 36, 37. See Ex. xii. 46; Ps. xxii. 16, 17.
On what did the fulfilment depend?
Why John's reiteration? 35.

5. Jesus is Buried by Joseph and Nicodemus. 38-42.

Why so much myrrh and aloes? 39, 40.
Whose was the garden? 41.

6. Mary, John and Peter Find the Tomb Empty. xx. 1-10.

Did Mary go with the other women into the tomb? 1, 2, cf. Mark xvi. 1-7.
How know the Lord was gone?
Why does John mention her alone? 2.
Were Peter and John with the other disciples? Cf. Matt. xxviii. 7, 8.
Why mention the particulars about the linen cloths, and the napkin? 6, 7.
"Saw, and believed" what? 8, 9, cf. 2.

7. Jesus Appears to Mary. 11-18.

Where the angels when Peter and John were there?
Why was Mary so distressed? 13.
How could she expect the gardener to give up the body? 15.
Why not recognize Jesus at once?
What ascension referred to? 17.
Force of reason for not touching him?
Did her report bear the semblance of truth? Cf. Mark xvi. 10, 11.

8. He Appears to the Eleven. 19-23.

How did he enter the room? 19.
How were they glad, and [127] yet frightened? 20, cf. Luke xxiv. 37.
Did they then receive the Spirit? 22, cf. Luke xxiv. 49; Acts i. 8.
How did they forgive and retain sins? 23.

9. The Incredulity of Thomas. 24-29.

Why demand the evidence of the wounds? 25.
On what day of the week, these appearances?

10. Other Signs, and the Purpose of the Record. 30, 31.

Evidential value of the signs? 31.

11. Jesus Appears to Seven at the Lake of Tiberias. xxi. 1-14.

Why called Tiberias? 1.
Meaning of Didymus? 2.
Where was Andrew?
Was Nathanael one of the twelve? 2.
Purpose in going a fishing? 3.
Why on the right side of the boat? 6.
In what sense was Simon naked? 7.
Whence the bread and fish? 9.
How was this, "the third time"? 14.

12. Remarks of Jesus to Peter. 15-23.

More than what? 15, cf. 3.
Meaning of, "Feed my lambs;" "Tend my sheep;" "Feed my sheep"? 15, 16, 17.
With what are these duties contrasted? Cf. 15.
Why reiterated?
What manner of death signified? 18, 19.
What the fulfilment of the remark about John? 23, cf. Rev. i. 12-18.

13. Conclusion of the Narrative. 24, 25.

Who the "we" in 24?
Who the disciple referred to? Cf. 20.
Character of this narrative? 25.
In what sense could not the world contain the books? [128]

REVIEW OF JOHN.
PART FIRST.

Subject and extent of this Part?
Subjects of the sections?

How does John state the pre-existence and power of Jesus? 1.
What the relation between Jesus and John?
What the asserted right of believers?
Explain the remarks about being born of God?
State the points of John's testimony for Jesus? 2, 3, 4, 5.
When was this testimony given? 5.
Meaning of the distinction between Moses and Jesus? 2.
Force of the question, "Why then baptizest thou," etc.? 3.
Describe the gaining of five disciples by Jesus. 5, 6.
When and why was Simon first called Peter? 5.
Why was Nathanael so easily convinced?

Describe the first visit of Jesus to Galilee after his baptism. 1.
Probable purpose of the short visit to Capernaum?
What was the next journey of Jesus? 2.
What the principal incidents of this visit to Jerusalem? 2, 3, 4.
After the miracle in Cana, where were his next miracles? 3.
When he said to his mother that his time had not come, what time did he mean? 1, 3.
What the effect of his miracles in Jerusalem? 4.
What is it to be born of water and the Spirit?
Give the correct rendering and meaning of iii. 8.
Did Nicodemus at last misunderstand, or did he disbelieve?
Whose words are iii. 16-21?
Describe the place called Ænon. 6.
Quote John's remarks made here about Jesus.
Whose remarks in iii. 31-36?
Meaning of the remark about a seal? [129]
Connection of faith and obedience? iii. 36.

Why and when did Jesus leave the Jordan and return to Galilee? 1.
Repeat the conversation with the Samaritan woman. 2.
Account for the changes of subject.
Describe the mountain referred to.
What is it to worship in spirit and truth?
Repeat the conversation after the woman's departure. 3.
What was the time of year?
What was the effect in Sychar? 4.
How was Jesus received in Galilee, and why?
Describe the second miracle at Cana. 5.
What the historical connection of this Part of John with the other narratives?
What John's purpose in so completely avoiding those narratives?

PART SECOND.

Subject and extent of this Part?
Subjects of the sections?

How long did Jesus stay in Galilee before his return to Jerusalem? 1, cf. § III. 1, 2.
What is John's main purpose in mentioning the miracle at the pool? 1, cf. 2.
What was the defense of Jesus for this healing on the sabbath? 2.
His meaning?
Give all of his arguments on the same subject.
What powers did Jesus then claim? 3.
What led him to make these assertions? Cf. 2.
What evidence did he give to prove his assertions? 4.
What two causes of Jewish unbelief did he point out? 5.
How was it true that they did not believe Moses?
What evidence here that Moses wrote the Pentateuch?

What change of place since the last section, and what [130] interval is passed in silence? 1, cf. § I.
Why now give an incident common to the other Gospels? Cf. 3, 8.
What prompted the effort to make Jesus a king? 2.
Where did some of the five thousand stay all night? 3.
Meaning of the remark about loaves and fishes?
In what sense is believing a work of God? 4.
Can any given to Jesus be lost?
How does God draw men to Christ? 5.
Why no explanation of the remark about eating his body, etc.? 6, 7, 8.
Meaning of the remark about spirit and life? 7.
Force of Peter's answer about going away? 8.

What interval between chapters vi and vii? vii. 2, cf. vi. 4.
Real cause of the world's hatred of Jesus?
On arriving at the feast what did he do, and what was thought of it? 2.
What new defense for healing on the sabbath?
What divisions arose among the people, and what confusion among his enemies? 3.
What speech is quoted on the last day of the feast? 4.
Give John's comment on it.
What confusion occurred in the council? 5.
What of the genuineness of the paragraph 6?
If the passage is authentic, what the design of the Pharisees, and what that of Jesus?
With what statements did Jesus open the five paragraphs which followed? 7-11.
How did he support the first one? 7.
What taught as to those who die in sin? 8.
How did he prove his enemies to be children of the devil? 9.
What remarkable in his challenge to convict him of sin? 10.
What argument did he draw from their inability? [131]
In what sense shall believers never see death? 11.
Why call Jesus a Samaritan?
Explain the question about the man born blind. 12.
Show that modern scientists could not test the miracle on the blind man better than the Pharisees did. 13.
Trace the character of that man. 12, 13, 14.
State and explain the parable of the sheep. 15.
Point out the contrast between the true shepherd and the hireling. 16.
How can Jesus be the shepherd, and also the door? 16.
In what sense did no one take his life? 16.
What division among his hearers at the close of this speech? 17.

What was the feast of dedication? 1.
What interval between this section and the last? Cf. § III. 1.
What was said at this time about stoning Jesus? 2.
To what place does Jesus next retire? 3.
What called Jesus back to Bethany? 4.
Why did he not come more promptly?
What did his disciples think would be the consequences of his return?
Describe the interview with Martha and Mary, and the raising of Lazarus. 5.
State the immediate effects of this miracle. 6.
What was the ground of fear with his enemies?
Whither did he then go, and how long did he stay? 7.

PART THIRD.

Subject and extent of this Part?
Subjects of the sections?

Give the account of the anointing at Bethany. 1.
Was this the same incident mentioned in Matthew xxvi. 6-13.
Reconcile the statements as to who made the complaint.
What plot was [132] formed against Lazarus, and why?
What was the chief cause of the public welcome extended to Jesus? 3.
What request was made by certain Greeks, and how was it treated? 4.
Repeat and explain the soliloquy uttered by Jesus. 5.
In what sense was Jesus to draw all men to himself? 6.
Repeat John's comments on the unbelief of the Jews. 7.

Meaning of the remark, "If I wash thee not, thou hast no part with me"? 1.
Why, if bathed, did they need only their feet washed?
To what extent is this washing of feet a precedent for us? 2.
In what sense did Satan enter Judas at the supper? 3.
What did Jesus prescribe as the test of true discipleship? 4.
What meant by the house, the mansions, and the place, in the promise of Jesus? 5.
How is he the way, the truth and the life?
In what sense was seeing Jesus seeing the Father? 6.
In what sense were the believers to do greater works than his?
Meaning of Comforter as applied to the Holy Spirit? 7.
Why cannot the world receive him?
What two things was the Spirit to do? 8.

Explain the parable of the vine. 1.
In what sense did the disciples not choose Jesus, but he them? 2.
What did Jesus say of the sufficiency of the evidence furnished by his works? 3.
What other work of the Spirit mentioned in this connection?
What persecution did Jesus now predict, and why? 4.
State and explain the work of the Spirit as respects the world.
The same as respects the disciples.
State all the work of the Spirit mentioned [133] in this discourse. Cf. § II. 7, 8; § III. 3.
What change did Jesus now appoint in the prayers of his disciples? 5.
Repeat the prayer of Jesus for himself? 7. (1).
How did he glorify God on earth, and how can we?
Repeat his prayer for the twelve.
What, his petitions for them?
Repeat his prayer for other disciples.
Why say, "through their word"? xvii. 20.
What, his petitions for these?
Why unity necessary to belief of the world?

How did Judas know where to find Jesus? 1.
Why did he want such a band?
Why did some of them fall to the ground?
Why take him to Annas first?
How did Peter happen to be in the court? 2.
What led to his first denial?
How was John affected by Peter's denial?
What was the first ill treatment of Jesus after his arrest? 3.
Did Annas send him to Caiaphas before Peter's denial, or after? 3, cf. Matt. xxvi. 57-59.
Was Caiaphas in the same building, or a different one?
On what ground did the Jews first ask for a sentence from Pilate? 5. (1).
Repeat the first conversation between Pilate and Jesus. (2).
Meaning of, "What is truth"?
Why did Pilate hold Jesus innocent, though claiming to be king? (3), cf. (2).
Why did he say to the Jews, "Take him yourselves, and crucify him"? (4).
When did the priests make their real charge, and what was it?
What did Pilate do when he heard this charge? (5).
What was the last plea of the Jews, and why did it prevail?
In what sense was this day the Preparation of the passover?
How could it be about the sixth hour? [134]

By whom was the cross of Jesus borne to Golgotha? 1.
In what form was the inscription written, and what was said about it?
How the variation in the form of the inscription accounted for? 19, cf. Luke xxiii. 38; Mark xv. 26; Matt. xxvii. 37.
Why did Jesus commit his mother to John? 2.
Describe the last sufferings. 3.
Describe the removal of the bodies. 4, 5.
What was done with the bodies of the robbers?
What claim had Joseph on the sepulchre and the garden? See Matt. xxvii. 60.
Describe the visits, of Mary, John and Peter, to the tomb. 6.
Describe the interview of Jesus with Mary. 7.
Why did Mary think that the gardener would give up the body?
Describe the first appearance of Jesus to the eleven. 8.
Did they then receive the Holy Spirit?
In what way did they forgive and retain sins?
Describe the second interview with the eleven. 9.
What was the ground of Thomas' demand?
For what purpose did John write his narrative? 10.
Inference as to the other Gospels?
Describe the appearance of Jesus to seven at the lake. 11.
What was their purpose in going a fishing?
Repeat the conversation with Peter. 12.
What the comparison in the first question?
What the duty enjoined on Peter?
With what is it contrasted, and what the motive appealed to?
What, the fulfilment of the remark about John?
Repeat the concluding paragraph. 13.
Who the "we" in xxi. 24?
Does this narrative claim to be a complete biography? [135]

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