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VI
The Final Controversies in Jerusalem

Sections 177-188. Pages 166-180
Outline of events in the last week of Jesus' life. Section 177. The cross
in apostolic preaching. 178. The anointing in Bethany. 179. The
Messianic entry. 180. The barren fig-tree. 181. The Monday of Passion
week. 182-186. The controversies of Tuesday. 187. Judas. 188.
Wednesday, the day of seclusion.
VII
The Last Supper
Sections 189-195. Pages 181-187
Section 189. Preparations. 190,191. Date of the supper. 192. The lesson
of humility. 193. The new covenant. 194. The supper and the Passover.
195. Farewell words of admonition and comfort; the intercessory
prayer.
VIII
The Shadow of Death
Sections 196-208. Pages 188-200
Sections 196, 197. Gethsemane. 198. The betrayal. 199. The trial. 200.
Peter's denials. 201. The rejection of Jesus. 202. The greatness of Jesus.
203, 204. The crucifixion. 205. The words from the cross. 206. The
death of Jesus. 207. The burial. 208. The Sabbath rest.
IX
The Resurrection
Sections 209-222. Pages 201-216
Section 209. The primary Christian fact. 210. The incredulity of the
disciples. 211-216. The appearances of the risen Lord. 217-220. Efforts
to explain the belief in the resurrection. 221. The ascension. 222. The

new faith of the disciples.


Part III
The Minister
I
The Friend of Men
Sections 223-229. Pages 219-225
Section 223. The contrast between Jesus' attitude and John's towards
common social life. 224. Contrast with the scribes. 225, 226. His
interest in simple manhood. 227. Regard for human need. 228, 229.
Sensitiveness to human sympathy.
II
The Teacher with Authority
Sections 230-241. Pages 226-237
Section 230. Contrast between Jesus and the scribes. 231. His appeal to
the conscience. His attitude to the Old Testament. 234. His teaching
occasional. 235. The patience of his method. 236. His use of illustration.
237. Parable. 238. Irony and hyperbole. 239. Object lessons. 240. Jesus'
intellectual superiority. 241. His chief theme, the kingdom of God.
III
Jesus' Knowledge of Truth
Sections 242-251. Pages 238-248

Sections 242, 243. Jesus' supernatural knowledge. 244. His predictions
of his death. 245. Of his resurrection. 246. His apocalyptic predictions.
247, 248. Limitation of his knowledge. 249, 250. Jesus and demoniac
possession. 251. His certainty of his own mission.
IV
Jesus' Conception of Himself
Sections 252-275. Pages 249-269.
Section 252. Jesus' confidence in his calling. 253. His independence in
teaching. 254. His self-assertions in response to pharisaic criticism. 255.
His desire to beget faith in himself. 256,257. His extraordinary personal
claim. 258. His acceptance of Messianic titles. 259-266. The Son of
Man. 267-269. The Son of God. 270, 271. His consciousness of
oneness with God. 272. His confession of dependence; his habit of
prayer. 273. No confession of sin. 274, 275. The Word made flesh.
Appendix
Index of Names and Subjects
Index of Biblical References
Map of Palestine


Part I
Preparatory

I

The Historical Situation

1. When Tacitus, the Roman historian, records the attempt of Nero to
charge the Christians with the burning of Rome, he has patience for no
more than the cursory remark that the sect originated with a Jew who
had been put to death in Judea during the reign of Tiberius. This
province was small and despised, and Tacitus could account for the
influence of the sect which sprang thence only by the fact that all that
was infamous and abominable flowed into Rome. The Roman's
scornful judgment failed to grasp the nature and power of the
movement whose unpopularity invited Nero's lying accusation, yet it
emphasizes the significance of him who did "not strive, nor cry, nor
cause his voice to be heard in the street," whose influence, nevertheless,
was working as leaven throughout the empire.
2. Palestine was not under immediate Roman rule when Jesus was born.
Herod the Great was drawing near the close of the long reign during
which, owing to his skill in securing Roman favor, he had tyrannized
over his unwilling people. His claim was that of an adventurer who had
power to succeed, even as his method had been that of a suspicious
tyrant, who murdered right and left, lest one of the many with better
right than he should rise to dispute with him his throne. When Herod
died, his kingdom was divided into three parts, and Rome asserted a
fuller sovereignty, allowing none of his sons to take his royal title.
Herod's successors ruled with a measure of independence, however,
and followed many of their father's ways, though none of them had his
ability. The best of them was Philip, who had the territory farthest from
Jerusalem, and least related to Jewish life. He ruled over Iturea and
Trachonitis, the country to the north and east of the Sea of Galilee,
having his capital at Cæsarea Philippi, a city built and named by him on
the site of an older town near the