Class Notes on Sacred History
Volume III: The Four Gospels
J. W. McGarvey (1893)
Table of Contents



MATTHEW

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.

2. Jesus Calls Four Fishermen. 18-22.
3. A General Statement of the Ministry in Galilee. 23-25.
§ II. THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT. v. 1-vii. 29.

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

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

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

(2.) The law against killing. 21-26.
(3.) The law against adultery. 27-30.
(4.) The law of divorce. 31, 32.

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

(6.) The law of retaliation. 38-42.
(7.) How to deal with enemies. 43-48.
3. Against Hypocrisy and Worldly Care. vi. 1-34.

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

(2.) Hypocrisy in prayer. 5-15.
(3.) Hypocrisy in fasting. 16-18.
(4.) Against care about riches. 19-24.
(5.) Against care about the necessaries of life. 25-34.
4. Miscellaneous Precepts. vii. 1-12.

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

(2.) A caution in regard to holy things. 6.
(3.) Prayer encouraged. 7-11.
(4.) A summary of the moral law. 12.
5. The Way of Life. 13-29.

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

(2.) How to avoid misguidance. 15-20.
(3.) The way not by prayer and miracles alone. 21-23.
(4.) The way pointed out. 24-27.
(5.) Effect of the sermon. 28, 29.

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

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

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

3. Cares at Peter's Houses. 14-17.
4. A Conversation about Following Jesus. 18-22.
5. Jesus Stills a Great Tempest. 23-27.
6. Two Fierce Demoniacs Healed. 28-34.
7. Healing a Paralytic. ix. 1-8.
8. The Call of Matthew and a Feast in His House. 9-13.
9. A Question about Fasting. 14-17.
10. Raising a Ruler's Daughter and Healing an Issue
of Blood. 18-26.
11. Giving Sight to Two Blind Men. 27-31.
12. A Dumb Demoniac Healed. 32-34.
§ IV. THE FIRST MISSION OF THE APOSTLES. ix. 35-x. 42.

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

2. The Names of the Twelve. x. 2-4.
3. Their Commission. 5-15.
4. Persecutions Predicted. 16-23.
5. Motives for Endurance Presented. 24-33.
6. The Design of Persecutions. 34-39.

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

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

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

2. Comments on the Career of John. 7-15.
3. Childishness of the Unbelievers. 16-19.

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

5. A Thanksgiving and an Invitation. 25-30.
§ VI. SOME DISPUTATIONS WITH PHARISEES. xii. 1-8.

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

2. About Sabbath-breaking Again. 9-21.
3. About Casting Out Demons. 22-30.
4. About the Sin not Pardonable. 31-37.
5. About a Demand for a Sign. 38-45.

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

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

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

2. Why He Spoke in Parables. 10-17.
3. The Parable of the Sower Explained. 18-23.
4. Parable of the Tares. 24-30.

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

6. Parable of the Leaven. 33.

7. His Speaking in Parables a Matter of Prophecy.
34, 35; Ps. lxxviii. 2.
8. The Parable of the Tares Explained. 36-43.
9. Parable of the Hid Treasure. 44.
10. Parable of the Pearls. 45, 46.
11. Parable of the Net. 47-50.
12. The Parables Understood. 51, 52.

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

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

2. The Opinion of Herod. xiv. 1-12.
3. Excitement among the People and Feeding the Five Thousand. 13-21.

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

5. Cures in Gennesaret. 34-36.
6. An Attack by Pharisees from Jerusalem. xv. 1-20.

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

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

2. Cures at the Lake Shore and Feeding the Four Thousand.
29-39.
3. A Sign from Heaven Demanded. xvi. 1-4.
4. A Warning against Pharisees and Sadducees. 5-12.

5. Peter's Confession. 13-20.

6. Jesus Predicts His Own Death and Resurrection. 21-28.
7. The Transfiguration. xvii. 1-8.

8. Comments on the Vision. 9-13.

9. A Boy with Epilepsy Healed. 14-21.
10. Second Prediction of His Death and Resurrection. 22, 23.
§ X. CLOSING EVENTS IN GALILEE. xvii. 24-xviii. 35.

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

2. About Who Shall be Greatest. xviii. 1-9.
3. About Despising a Disciple. 10-14.

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

5. About Forgiving a Brother. 21-35.
[CNSH3 6-25]

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