A COMPLETE STORY IN THE WORDS
OF THE FOUR GOSPELS

PREPARED BY

WILLIAM E. BARTON, THEODORE G. SOARES
SYDNEY STRONG

USING THE TEXT OF THE AMERICAN STANDARD
REVISED BIBLE

HOPE PUBLISHING COMPANY

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CHICAGO

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NEW YORK.

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HIS LIFE

THE STORY OF JESUS IN THE WORDS OF THE FOUR GOSPELS

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HIS FRIENDS

THE STORY OF THE IMMEDIATE DISCIPLES OF JESUS AFTER HIS ASCENSION; AND THEIR LETTERS

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HIS GREAT APOSTLE

THE LIFE AND LETTERS OF PAUL IN THE WORDS OF SCRIPTURE AND IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER

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HIS LAST WEEK

THE GOSPEL STORY OF THE PASSION AND RESURRECTION OF JESUS

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Copyright, 1906, by the Pastors' Publishing Union. The Text of the American Standard Revised Bible, copyright 1901, by Thomas Nelson & Sons, is used by special arrangement and with their permission.

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PREFACE.

The four Gospels, each telling in its own way the story of the Life of Jesus, are the rich heritage of Christians. No one of the Gospels could be spared. But in reading any one of the four we miss some of the familiar words and incidents we love. Almost from the days of the Apostles there have been attempts to unite the Gospels in a single narrative. The first of these efforts, so far as we know, was undertaken by the devout scholar Tatian, soon after 173 A.D. His book served a useful purpose in his own and later generations, and is now a valuable witness to the antiquity and early acceptance of our four Gospels.

There have been many harmonies of the Gospel from the second century to the present; and they are all but indispensable to the scholar. Almost every minister keeps one at his elbow. But these, for the most part, are made for purposes of scholarly comparison, and not for general reading. Moreover, they are expensive.

The editors of this little book have undertaken to prepare an interwoven story of the Life of Jesus from the four Gospels for popular reading. A booklet that may be carried in the pocket, and may be sold, in paper binding, for ten cents, has been their ambition. They have been led to this undertaking by the large demand for copies of their booklet, "His Last Week," which comprises the last third of this volume, whose use at Easter time has brought them many requests for the complete Gospel story, interwoven in the same manner.

The work of preparation has been done by three ministers of Oak Park, in suburban Chicago, who have shared equally the labor, but the undertaking has the support and co-operation of the entire group of fifteen local pastors, representing six different denominations. To this larger group of brethren is due a grateful acknowledgment of sympathy and assistance. The book has at least the value of an illustration in practical interdenominational co-operation. In the spirit of this fine fellowship it is commended to Christians of every name.

THE EDITORS

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His Life

• I. His Birth and Boyhood
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• 1. THE DIVINE ANNOUNCINGS
  • The Word made Flesh.13
  • The Promised Birth of John the Baptist.14
  • The Angel's Visit to Mary.15
  • Mary's Visit to Her Cousin.16
  • Mary's Song.17
  • The Birth of John the Baptist.17
  • The Song of Zacharias.18
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• 2. THE BIRTH AND INFANCY OF JESUS
  • Joseph and Mary.20
  • The Birth of Jesus.20
  • The Angels and the Shepherds.21
  • The Circumcision.22
  • The Presentation in the Temple.22
  • The Visit of the Wise Men.

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The Flight into Egypt.24

3. THE LIFE IN NAZARETH

• The Return to Nazareth.26
• The Boyhood Visit to Jerusalem.26
• The Eighteen Silent Years.27

II. The Beginnings of His Ministry

1. JESUS AND JOHN THE BAPTIST

• The Voice in the Wilderness.28
• The Baptism of Jesus.30
• The Temptation in the Wilderness.30
• John's Testimony to Jesus.31

2. THE BEGINNINGS OF FAITH

• The First Disciples by the Jordan.33
• The First Miracle.34

3. JESUS IN JERUSALEM

• Cleansing His Father's House.36
• The Visit of Nicodemus.36

4. PREPARATORY PREACHING

• Jesus Baptizing and Preaching.39
• John's Tribute to Jesus.39
• At Jacob's Well.40
• Preaching to the Samaritans.41

III. His Year of Popularity

1. JESUS IN GALILEE

• John the Baptist Imprisoned.43
• Reception of Jesus by the Galilæans.43
• Healing the Nobleman's Son.43
• The Recall of the Fishermen.44
• A Day of Good Deeds in Capernaum.45
• The First Leper Healed.47

2. BEGINNINGS OF CONTROVERSY

• The Healing of a Paralytic.48
• The Publican Disciple.49
• The Old and the New.49
• A Sabbath Healing in Jerusalem.50
• Plucking Grain on the Sabbath.

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3. MANY CALLED AND FEW CHOSEN

• A Multitude of Disciples.54
• The Selection of the Twelve.55

4. THE TEACHING OF THE KINGDOM

• The Citizens of the Kingdom.56
• The Righteousness of the Kingdom.57
• The Danger of Hypocrisy.59
• Simple Trust in God.61
• Charitable Judgment.62
• Prayer.63
• Sincerity.64

5. A TOUR IN GALILEE

• The Worthy Centurion.66
• Raising the Widow's Son.67
• A Question from John the Baptist.67
• Jesus' Estimate of John the Baptist.68
• The Death of John the Baptist.69
• Forgiveness of the Repentant Woman.70
• The Ministering Women.71

6. GROWING POPULARITY AND RISING OPPOSITION

• The Concern of Jesus' Friends.72
• Warning of Eternal Sin.72
• The Demand for a Sign.74

7. THE PARABLES OF THE KINGDOM

• The Sower.75
• The Tares.77
• The Growing Grain.77
• The Mustard Seed.77
• The Leaven.78
• The Understanding of Parables.78
• The Hid Treasure.79
• The Pearl of Great Price.79
• The Drag Net.79

8. A DAY OF MIRACLES BY THE LAKE

• Jesus Stills the Storm.80
• The Legion of Demons.80
• The Dying Child and the Suffering Woman.

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Healings by the Way.84

9. WIDER EVANGELIZATION OF GALILEE

• A Visit to His Home.85
• Preaching in the Villages.86
• The Twelve Sent Forth.87

10. THE CRISIS IN CAPERNAUM

• The Five Thousand Fed.91
• Jesus Walking on the Water.92
• The Disappointment of the People.93
• Rejection of the Tradition of the Elders.97
• The Plot of the Pharisees.99

IV. His Withdrawal with the Twelve

1. THE MINISTRY BEYOND GALILEE

• The Phoenician Retirement and the Gentile Cure.100
• Miracles and Multitudes Again.101
• The Four Thousand Fed.101
• The Pharisees and Sadducees Demand a Sign.102
• The Blind Man Healed.103

2. JESUS THE MESSIAH

• Peter's Confession.105
• The Passion and Resurrection Foretold.105
• The Transfiguration.106
• The Epileptic Boy.108

3. THE TRAINING OF THE TWELVE

• The Passion and Resurrection Again Foretold.110
• The Greatest Disciple.110
• Forgiveness.112
• The Shekel for the Temple.113

V. His Face Toward Jerusalem

1. THE FINAL DEPARTURE FROM GALILEE

• The Beginning of the End.114
• The Grateful Samaritan Leper.114
• New Disciples.115

2. IN JERUSALEM—THE ATTEMPT TO STONE HIM

• Jesus at the Feast of Tabernacles.116
• Jesus and the Accused Woman.

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The Light of the World.119

The Freedom of the Soul.121

3. THE MINISTRY IN PEREA

• The Mission of the Seventy.123
• The Return of the Seventy.124
• The Meek and Lowly.124
• The Unrepentant Cities.125
• The Good Samaritan.125

4. IN JERUSALEM—THE ATTEMPT TO ARREST HIM.

• The Friends at Bethany.127
• A Miracle in Jerusalem.127
• The Good Shepherd.130
• Jesus at the Feast of Dedication.131

5. RENEWED MINISTRY IN PEREA

• Jesus and the Pharisees.133
• Warning Against Covetousness.134
• The Fall of the Tower.134
• The Uses of the Sabbath.135
• A Question of Salvation.136
• A Message to Herod.136
• The Ox in the Pit.137
• The Chief Places at the Feast.137
• The Slighted Invitation.138
• Counting the Cost.139
• The Ninety and Nine.139
• The Lost Coin.140
• The Prodigal Son.140
• The Unjust Steward.142
• A Parable to the Lovers of Money.143
• "Increase Our Faith."144

6. NEAR JERUSALEM—THE PLOT TO KILL HIM.

• The Raising of Lazarus.145
• The Decision of the Council.148

7. HIS WITHDRAWAL TO EPHRAIM

• The Coming of the Kingdom.149
• The Unjust Judge.149
• The Pharisee and the Publican.

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Concerning Divorce.150

Jesus and the Children.151

The Rich Young Ruler.151

The Parable of the Vineyard.153

8. THE LAST JOURNEY TO JERUSALEM

• The Shadow of the Cross.155
• The Sons of Thunder.155
• The Blind Man of Jericho.156
• The Visit to Zacchæus.157
• The Parable of the Pounds.157
• Going up to Jerusalem.159
• The Feast at Bethany.159

VI. His Last Week

1. PALM SUNDAY—THE DAY OF TRIUMPH

• The Triumphal Entry.161

2. MONDAY—THE DAY OF AUTHORITY

• The Cursing of the Fig Tree.163
• The Cleansing of the Temple.163

3. TUESDAY—THE DAY OF CONTROVERSY

• The Lesson from the Withered Fig Tree.164
• The Challenge of Christ's Authority.164
• Three Warning Parables.165
  • (a) the two sons.165
  • (b) the wicked husbandmen.165
  • (c) the marriage of the king's son.167
• Three Hostile Questions asked of Jesus.167
  • (a) tribute to Cæsar.167
  • (b) the question of the resurrection.168
  • (c) the greatest commandment.169
• The Unanswerable Question of Jesus.170
• Discourse of Jesus Against the Scribes and Pharisees.170
• The Widow's Two Mites.173
• The Gentiles Seek Jesus.173
• The Jews Reject Jesus.174
• Discourse Concerning the Future.175
• Three Lessons to the Disciples.179

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(a) the parable of the ten virgins.179

(b) the parable of the talents.180

(c) the judgment scene.181

The Conspiracy Against Jesus.183

4. WEDNESDAY—THE DAY OF RETIREMENT184

5. THURSDAY—THE DAY OF FELLOWSHIP

• Preparation for the Passover.185
• Strife among the Disciples.185
• Jesus Washing the Disciples' Feet.186
• The Betrayer Pointed Out.187
• The Lord's Supper.188
• The Farewell Conversation.189
• The Intercessory Prayer.196

6. FRIDAY—THE DAY OF SUFFERING

• The Agony in Gethsemane.199
• The Betrayal and Arrest.200
• The Trial before the Jewish Authorities.201
• The Denial of Peter.203
• The Remorse of Judas.204
• The Trial before Pilate.205
• Jesus before Herod.206
• The Trial before Pilate Resumed.207
• The Sorrowful Way.210
• The Crucifixion.210
• The Burial.214

7. SATURDAY—THE DAY OF SILENCE AND SORROW

• The Watch at the Tomb.215

VII. His Resurrection

1. SUNDAY—THE DAY OF RESURRECTION

• The Earthquake.216
• The Empty Tomb.216
• The Appearance to Mary.217
• The Appearance to the Women.217
• Report of the Watch.218
• The Appearance at Emmaus.218
• The Appearance to the Disciples.

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2. AFTER THE RESURRECTION DAY

• The Appearance to the Disciples and to Thomas.222
• The Appearance to the Seven by the Sea.222
• The Appearance to the Eleven on the Mountain.225
• The Last Appearance and Ascension.225

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