Contents

Matthew

Mark

Luke

John

Incidents of the Birth and Boyhood of Jesus Christ Till He Was Twelve Years of Age

1. Introduction

1:1-4

1:1-14

2. The genealogies Matthew the legal, Luke the natural descent

1:1-17

3:23-38

3. Birth of John announced to Zacharias

1:5-25

4. Birth of Jesus announced to Mary at Nazareth six months later

1:26-38

5. Mary's visit to Elizabeth, and her hymn

1:39-56

6. John the Baptist's birth, and Zacharias's hymn

1:57-80

7. The angel appears to Joseph

1:18^-25

8. Birth of Jesus at Bethlehem

2:1-7

9. Angelic announcement to the shepherds. (In spring flocks are watched by night.)

2:8-20

10. Circumcision of Jesus, and presentation in the Temple, where He is welcomed by Simeon and Anna, forty-one days after nativity (Leviticus 12:3, 4)

2:21-38

11. Visit of the Magi, in the house-no longer in manger; epiphany to Gentiles

2:1-12

12. Flight into Egypt

2:13-15

13. Herod's murder of the innocents

2:16-18

14. Return to Nazareth, fearing Archelaus's cruelty, shown from the first

2:19-23

2:39, 40

15. Jesus, at the age of twelve, goes up to the Passover, and is found with the doctors in the Temple; then follows His eighteen silent years

2:41-52

Inauguration of Christ's Public Ministry

16. Preparatory preaching of John the Baptist

3:1-12

1:1-8

3:1-18

17. Christ's baptism in river Jordan at Perean Bethany

3:13-17

1:9-11

3:21-22

18. The Spirit leads Him to desert of Judea, where Satan tempts Him

4:1-11

1:12, 13

4:1-13

19. The Baptist's witness to Jesus

1:15-34

20. Two of John's disciples follow Jesus, Andrew brings his brother Simon

1:35-42

21. Christ retums to Galilee; finds Philip, who in turn finds Nathanael

1:43-51

22. First miracle at Cana, and visit to Capernaum

2:1-12

Public Ministry of Christ from the First Passover to the Second

23. Christ goes up to Jerusalem for the Passover, and, with a whip, expels the sellers and money-changers from the Temple; works miracles, convincing many

2:13-25

24. Nicodemus is convinced; has a night interview with Jesus

3:1-21

25. Christ leaves Jerusalem, stays eight months in NE Judea, and His disciples baptize

3:22, 4:2

26. John, baptizing in Aenon, again witnesses to the Christ

3:23-36

27. Imprisonment of John

3:19, 20

28. John being thrown into prison, Jesus leaves Judea for Galilee; John beheaded not till A.D. 28 (Matthew 14:12-21)

4:12

1:14

4:14, 15

4:1-3

29. Passing through Samaria, He converts a woman of Sychar, and through her many of the Samaritans, four months before harvest

4:4-42

30. Commencement of His public ministry in Galilee

4:17

1:14, 15

4:14, 15

4:43-45

31. Visiting Cana again, He heals a nobleman's son sick at Capernaum

4:46-54

From His Second to His Third Passover

32. Returns to Jerusalem at the Passover, "the feast." His second Passover. From this to the third, His main Galilean ministry. Jesus cures an infirm man at Bethesda pool on the Sabbath. The Jews seek to kill Him for declaring Himself one with the Father in working

5:1-47

33. Returns to Galilee. A chasm between the earlier visit to Nazareth, while fresh from the Spirit's baptism, and this later visit to Galilee, and His sermon at Nazareth, as Luke 4:23 proves

4:14-30

34. He settles at Capernaum and teaches in public

4:13-17

1:21, 22

4:31-32

35. Miraculous catch of fishes; call of Simon, Andrew, James, and John

4:18-22

1:16-20

5:1-11

36. Jesus casts out a demon

1:23-28

4:33-37

37. Cure of Simon's wife's mother, and other sick people

8:14-17

1:29-34

4:38-41

38. Circuit with the disciples through Galilee

4:23-25

1:35-39

4:42-44

39. He heals a leper and, shunning popularity, retires to the desert

8:1-4

1:40-45

5:12-16

40. Returning to Capernaum, He heals a paralytic man let down through the roof

9:2-8

2:1-12

5:17-26

41. Call of Matthew, the feast, and discourse at his house the new garment and new wine

9:9-13

2:13-17

5:27-32

42. He answers objections as to the reason of His not fasting

9:14-17

2:18-22

5:33-39

43. Returning toward Galilee, the disciples pluck grain on the Sabbath

12:1-8

2:23-28

6:1-5

44. Healing a man's shriveled hand on the Sabbath, the Pharisees plot His death with the Herodians

12:9-14

3:1-6

6:6-11

45. He withdraws to the lake and heals many

12:15-21

3:7-12

46. Ascending a hill west of the lake, after prayer all night, He chooses the Twelve; His charge

10:1-42

3:13-19

6:12-19

47. Sermon on the mount, on the level below the hilltop

5:1-8:1

6:20-49

48. Healing of the centurion's servant

8:5-13

7:1-10

49. Raising of the widow's son at Nain

7:11-17

50. John the Baptist's mission of inquiry from his dungeon at Machaerus

11:2-19

7:18-35

51. Jesus denounces Chorazin, Bethsaida, and Capernaum and invites the weary

11:20-30

52. Anointing of His feet, in the Pharisee Simon's house, by the sinful but forgiven women

7:36-50

53. Short circuit of two days' preaching through Galilee; women ministering

8:1-3

54. Returning to Capernaum, He heals a blind and mute demoniac, the Pharisees attributing the miracle to Beelzebub

12:22-37

3:22-30

11:14, 15, 17-23

55. Seeking a sign, and the answer

12:38-45

11:16, 24-36

56. His kinsfolk try to lay hold on Him as mad

12:46-50

3:19-21, 31-35

8:19-21

57. From a fishing vessel He speaks a series of seven parables, beginning with the parable of the sower

13:1-52

4:1-34

8:4-18

58. Jesus crosses the lake with His disciples and calms a storm

8:18-27

4:35-41

8:22-25

59. He cures two demon-possessed men of Gadara, one being prominent

8:28-34

5:1-20

8:26-40

60. Returning to the west shore, He raises Jairus's daughter and heals a woman with an issue of blood

9:1, 18-26

5:21-43

8:40-56

61. He heals two blind men and casts out a demon

9:27-34

62. Jesus visits Nazareth again, when His country men disbelieve in Him

13:54-58

6:1-6

63. Christ teaches throughout Galilee

9:35-38

6:6

64. Sends forth the Twelve

10:1-11:1

6:7-13

9:1-6

65. Herod, who has murdered John the Baptist, fears that Jesus is John risen from the dead

14:1-12

6:14-29

9:7-9

66. The Twelve return to Jesus, telling all they have done and taught. He withdraws with them to a desert on the other side of the Sea of Galilee and feeds five thousand people

14:13-21

6:30-44

9:10-17

6:1-14

67. He sends the disciples across the lake westward to Bethsaida (close to Capernaum, distinct from Bethsaida Julias, northeast of the lake, Luke 9:10), and at night comes walking to them upon the water

14:22-33

6:45-56

6:15-21

68. The miraculously-fed multitude seek and find Jesus at Capernaum. His discourse in the synagogue and Peter's confession

6:22-71

From the Third Passover to the Beginning of the Last Passover Week

69. Healings in the Gennesaret plain for a few days

14:34-36

6:55, 56

70. Pharisees from Jerusalem object to His neglect of washing hands

15:1-20

7:1-23

71. Jesus goes northward toward Tyre and Sidon. The Syrophoenician woman's faith gains a cure for her daughter

15:21-28

7:24-30

72. He returns through Decapolis and, ascending a mount near the Sea of Galilee, heals many and feeds four thousand

15:29-38

7:31-8:9

73. He crosses the lake to Dalmanutha

15:39

8:10

74. Pharisees and Sadducees require a sign

16:1-4

8:11, 12

75. Embarking in the ship, He comes to Bethsaida (Julias). He warns against yeast of doctrine

16:4-12

8:13-21

76. Healing of a blind man

8:22-26

77. Journey to the region of Caesarea Philippi. Peter's confession

16:13-20

8:27-30

9:18-21

78. He foretells His death and resurrection. Reproof of Peter

16:21-28

8:31-38, 9:1

9:22-27

79. The transfiguration on Mount Hermon six days

17:1-13

9:2-13

9:28-36

80. Descending, the following day He casts out a demon that the disciples could not cast out

17:14-21

9:14-29

9:37-43

81. Jesus again foretells His death and resurrection

17:22, 23

9:30-32

9:44, 45

82. Temple-tax money miraculously provided from a fish at Capernaum

17:24-27

83. The disciples argue about which shall be greatest. Jesus teaches a childlike, forgiving spirit. John tells of the disciples' forbidding one who cast out demons in Jesus' name

18:1-35

9:33-50

9:46-50

Journey to the Feast of Tabernacles six months after the third Passover; this period ends with His arrival at Bethany before the last Passover

7:1-10

84. He goes up from Galilee in the middle of the feast and teaches in the Temple

7:14

85. The people are divided in opinion; the rulers try to seize Him; Nicodemus remonstrates

7:11-53

86. His charity, yet faithfulness, toward the adulteress

8:1-11

87. Jesus in the Temple declares Himself the Light of the world, preexistent before Abraham. The Jews seek to stone Him

8:12-59

88. Healing of the beggar, blind from his birth

9:1-41

89. Christ's discourse on Himself as the Good Shepherd and the Door

10:1-21

90. Final departure for Jerusalem from Galilee through Samaria

9:51-56

  91. Warnings to certain who would follow

9:57-62

92. Sending forth of the seventy

10:1-16

93. The seventy return, announcing their successful mission

10:17-24

94. In reply to a lawyer's general question about the whole law, Christ speaks the parable of the good Samaritan

10:25-37

95. Jesus in Bethany visits Mary and Martha

10:38-42

96. He again teaches the disciples how to pray

11:1-13

97. Cure of the mute demoniac; the Pharisees again attribute His miracles to Beelzebub; dines with one; woes to hypocritical lawyers; doom of the nation

11:14-54

98. Exhortation to disciples

12:1-12

99. Appeal to Jesus to arbitrate about inheritance; parable of the rich fool

12:13-21

100. Discourses

12:22-59

101. God's judgments; motive to repentance

13:1-5

102. Parable of the barren fig tree

13:6-9

103. Cure of a woman with a spirit of infirmity

13:10-17

104. Jesus, at the Feast of Dedication in Jerusalem, proclaims His divine oneness with God. The Jews a third time seek to kill Him, when consequently He withdraws to Perea

10:22-42

105. His second journey toward Bethany on hearing of the sickness of Lazarus

13:22

11:1-16

106. Pharisees urge Him to depart quickly from Perea, on the plea that Herod will kill Him, and His answer

13:31-35

107. Cure of man with dropsy

14:1-6

108. Parable of the great supper

14:7-24

109. He warns the multitude to count the cost of discipleship

14:25-35

110. Many publicans crowd to Him, and on the Pharisees' murmuring, He utters the parables of the lost sheep, the lost coin, and the prodigal son

15:1-32

111. To the disciples He speaks the parables of the dishonest manager and the rich man and Lazarus

16:1-31

112. Sayings as to offenses; mutual forgiveness and profitableness never exceeding duty

17:1-10

113. Arriving at Bethany, He raises Lazarus from the dead

11:17-46

114. Caiaphas and the Sanhedrin determine to put Jesus to death; unconscious prophecy

11:47-53

115. Jesus withdraws to Ephraim on the borders of Samaria

11:54

The last journey to Jerusalem through the middle of Samaria and Galilee

116. He heals ten lepers on the Samaritan frontier

17:11-19

117. The Pharisees ask when the kingdom of God shall come; He foretells related events

17:20-37

118. Parables of the persistent widow and the Pharisee and publican

18:1-14

119. Journey from Galilee through Perea

19:1, 2

10:1

120. Pharisees question Him about divorce

19:3-12

10:2-12

121. Parents bring their children to Jesus to bless them

19:13-15

10:13-16

18:15-17

122. The rich young ruler declines discipleship; Peter contrasts the disciples' self-sacrifice

19:16-30

10:17-31

18:18-30

123. Parable of the workers in the vineyard to warn against mercenary service

20:1-16

124. Jesus goes before on His way to Jerusalem and a third time foretells His death and resurrection

20:17-19

10:32-34

18:31-34

125. James and John desire highest places next to Christ in the temporal kingdom

20:20-28

10:35-45

126. He heals two blind men near Jericho

20:29-34

10:46-52

18:35-19:1

127. Zaccheus climbs a sycamore-fig tree and is called down by Jesus; salvation comes to his house

19:2-10

128. Near Jerusalem, when men think the kingdom of God shall immediately appear, Jesus corrects this thought by the parable of the ten minas

19:11-27

The last Sabbath, Saturday, beginning at Friday sunset

129. The hostile Jews seek Him at Jerusalem; Pharisees command to take Him. Jesus reaches Bethany six days before the Passover. In the house of Simon the leper, Mary anoints His head and feet

26:6-13

14:3-9

11:55-57, 12:1-8

130. Jews come to Bethany to see Jesus

12:9-11

The Last Passover Week, Ending with the Crucifixion

First day of the week

131. Jesus triumphantly enters Jerusalem. He weeps over the city as doomed. At evening He returns to Bethany, having first entered the Temple, and sternly looked round about upon all things (Zeph. 1:12)

21:1-11, 17

11:1-11

19:28-44

12:12-19

Second day

132. On His way from Bethany, Jesus curses the barren fig tree. He purges the Temple at the close of the ministry as at the beginning, but without the whip, and again returns to Bethany, after detecting at a glance the desecration in the court of the Gentiles

21:12-16, 18, 19

11:12-19

19:45, 46

Third day

133. On His way to Jerusalem, the fig tree being now withered up, Jesus teaches the lesson that believing prayer can move mountains of hindrance

21:20-22,

11:20-26

134. Teaches in the Temple. Deputation from the Sanhedrin challenges His authority. Parables of the two sons and the vineyard

21:23-46

11:27-33, 12:1-12

20:1-19

135. Parable of the marriage feast

22:1-14

136. The Pharisees, with the Herodians, try to entangle Him in His words. His reply from Caesar's image on the coin

22:15-22

12:13-17

20:20-26

137. He battles the Sadducees' objections about the resurrection

22:23-33

12:18-27

20:27-40

138. He replies to a lawyer on which one is the great commandment

22:35-40

12:28-34

139. Our Lord leaves them without answer to His question, If Christ be Son of David, how does David call Him Lord?

22:41-46

12:35-37

20:41-44

140. Warns against scribes and Pharisees. Woe to Jerusalem

23:1-39

12:38-40

20:45-47

141. He commends the widow's offering to God's treasury

12:41-44

21:1-4

142. Some Greeks desire to see Jesus. He accepts this as a pledge of His coming glory and the gathering in of the Gentiles. Jesus' prayer and the Father's answer heard by the disciples

12:20-38

143. Leaving the Temple, Jesus, sitting on the Mount of Olives with Peter, James, John, and Andrew, foretells the destruction of the Temple and Jewish theocracy. The last days

24:1-42

13:1-37

21:5-36

144. Parables: The good man of the house, the wise and the evil servant, the ten virgins, the talents, the sheep and the goats

24:43-51, 25:1-46

Fourth day

145. Beginning at sunset: Jesus, two days before the Passover, announces His betrayal and crucifixion; the Sanhedrin consult to kill Jesus by subtlety. Judas, availing himself of his Master's retirement from them, covenants to betray Him. Most disbelieved; some rulers believed, but loving men's praise confessed Him not.Jesus' judgment

26:1-5, 14-16

14:1, 2, 10, 11

22:1-6

12:36-50

Fifth day

146. Jesus sends two disciples into the city to prepare for the Passover; follows with the rest in the afternoon

26:17-19

14:12-16

22:7-13

Sixth day

147. At sunset: Jesus celebrates the Passover in anticipation

26:20

14:17

22:14

148. Reproves the ambition of disciples, yet promises the kingdom

22:24-30

149. He teaches love and humility by washing disciples" feet

13:1-20

150. He indicates His betrayer, who, however, did not leave till after the Lord's Supper (Luke 22:21)

26:21-25

14:18-21

22:21-23

13:21-35

151. He foretells Peter's sifting by Satan and restoration by His intercession; scattering of the twelve

26:31-35

14:27-31

22:31-38

13:36-38

152. Ordains the Lord's Supper (1 Cor. 11:23-25)

26:26-29

14:22-25

22:15-20

153. Farewell address and intercessory prayer in the paschal chamber, all standing (John 14:31)

14:1-17:26

154. His agony in Gethsemane

26:30, 36-46

14:26, 32-42

22:39-46

18:1, 4

155. His betrayal with a kiss and apprehension. Peter cuts off, and Jesus heals, Malchus's ear

26:47-56

14:43-52

22:47-53

18:2-12

156. He is brought before Annas first at night. Peter's three denials: (1) The flesh (Mark 14:54); (2) the world (Matthew 26:70 first rooster crowing, Mark 14:68); (3) the devil (Mark 14:71, 72 the second rooster-crowing; Psalm 1:1)

26:57, 58, 69-75

14:53, 54, 66-72

22:54-62

18:13, 18, 25-27

157. Before Caiaphas, at first dawn, Jesus avows His messiahship and Godhead. He is condemned for blasphemy and mocked

26:59-68

14:55-65

22:63-71

18:19-24

158. Brought before Pilate for sentence of crucifixion

27:1, 2, 11-14

15:1-5

23:1-5

18:28-38

159. Pilate sends Him to Herod; Herod sends Him back to Pilate

23:6-12

160. Pilate seeks to release Him, but the Jews demand Barabbas. To appease them, Pilate flogs Him; the Jews clamor for His crucifixion as making Himself a king. Pilate, notwithstanding his wife's warning, sentences Jesus

27:15-26

15:6-15

23:13-25

18:39; 19:1-16

161. Jesus mocked by Roman soldiers with scarlet robe, crown of thorns, and staff

27:27-30

15:16-19

162. Judas's remorse; he presumptuously enters the Temple, flings down the silver, and hangs himself (Acts 1:18, 19)

27:3-10

163. Jesus bears His own cross to the city gate, where He is relieved by Simon of Cyrene; refuses wine mixed with gall

27:31-34

15:20-23

23:26-32

19:16, 17

164. Crucified at Golgotha, probably outside the Damascus gate. Seven sayings on the cross, three relating to others, four to Himself: (1) For His murderers-"Father, forgive them," etc.

27:35-44

15:24-32

23:33-38

19:18-27

165. (2) The penitent thief promised paradise-"Today," etc.

23:39-43

166. His garments divided and vesture cast lots for; (3) commends His mother to the care of John-"Woman, behold, your son," etc.

19:23-27

167. Darkness over the land from sixth to ninth hour. Jesus' loud cry, (4) "Eli, Eli," etc. Says, (5) "I thirst," and receives the vinegar to furfill Scripture; (6) "It is finished"; (7) "Father, into Your hands I commit My spirit"; gives up the spirit; the veil of the Temple rent. Centurion's testimony

27:45-54

15:33-41

23:44-49

19:28-30

168. The side pierced by the soldier's spear and the blood and water attest His death and the truth of Scripture (Genesis 2:21-23; Ephes. 5:30, 32; 1 John 5:6; Zech. 12:10). The body, taken down, is wrapped up with Nicodemus's aloes and myrrh, and buried in new tomb of Joseph of Arimathea

27:57-61

15:42-47

23:50-56

19:31-42

Seventh day

169. Pilate grants a guard, and they set a seal upon the tomb

27:62-66

Christ's Resurrection, His Appearances During Forty Days, and Ascension

First day-Easter Sunday

170. Resurrection at first dawn

28:2-4

171. The women, coming with spices, find the tomb open and empty. Mary Magdalene returns to tell Peter and John

28:1

16:1-4

24:1-3

20:1, 2

172. The other women, remaining, see two angels, who declare the Lord's resurrection

28:5-7

16:5-7

24:4-8

173. Mary Magdalene returns to the tomb. Jesus reveals Himself to her. She reports to the disciples First appearance

16:9-11

20:11-18

174. Jesus meets the women (Mary mother of James Salome, and Joanna) on their return to the city Second appearance

28:8-10

16:8

24:9-11

175. Peter and John find the tomb empty