3. Chronology According to the Assyrian Inscriptions.
The following dates, as given by Sayce from the Assyrian Inscriptions, may be compared with those in Ussher's Chronology: —
B.C.
858-823..Shalman-eser II., king of Assyria, succeeded his father assur-natsir- pal. His long reign was one continuous history of campaigns against his neighbors, his chief object of attack being the growing power of Damascus.
853..Ahab, son of Omri, as ally of Damascus against Shalmaneser (1 Kings 20:34). In the time of Ahab the Assyrians first became acquainted with the kingdom of Israel. Samaria was ever afterwards called by them Beth-Omri."
851..Death of Ahab 850..Shalmaneser's second campaign
against Hadadezer. 843..Hadadezer murdered by Hazael, king
of Syria (2 Kings 13:22). 841..Jehu pays tribute to Assyria. 840..Shalmaneser's campaign against
Hazael proved disastrous to the Syrians.
840..Shalmaneser's campaign against Hazael proved disastrous to the
Syrians.
843..Shalmaneser's campaign against "Hazael of the country of Damascus," and
captured four of his cities, after which he made no further incursions into the west.
823..Samas-Rimmon II. on the Assyrian throne.
810-781..rimmon-nirarl, grandson of Shalmaneser, ascended the throne.
804..Damascus taken by the Assyrians and reduced to a condition of vassalage.
781..Shalmaneser III. ascends the throne of Assyria.
773..Assyrian campaign against Damascus.
771..Assur-dab III, becomes king of Assyria
756..Jotham made regent with his father Uzziah.
753..Assur-nirari king of Assyria
B.C.
745..The first Assyrian empire came to an end "partly through the attacks of its Armenian neighbors. The last representative (Assurnirari) of the old dynasty died or was slain in the same year. Pulu (Pul), a military captain of obscure origin, seized the vacant throne." He founded the second Assyrian empire, taking the name of Tiglath-pileser (III.), after the name of one of the most famous monarchs of the older dynasty some four centuries before.
743-40..Tiglath-pileser II. wars against Hamath, Submission of Uzziah.
742..Uzziah sends help to Hamath. 741..Death of Jotham and accession of
Ahaz.
738..Azariah (= Uzziah) defeated by Tiglath-pileser, who exacts tribute from Menahem of Samaria and Rezin of Damascus.
734..Damascus besieged by the Assyrians. The tribes beyond Jordan are carried away captive. Jehoahaz of Judah becomes a vassal of Tiglathpileser.
732..Damascus taken and Rezin slain. 729..Pekah put to death. Hoshea ascends
the throne.
728..Ulula of Tinu, a usurper, takes the name of Shalman-eser (IV.) (2 Kings 17:3), and ascends the Assyrian throne.
723..Samaria besieged by Shalmaneser V. The siege lasted three years.
722..On the death of Shalmaneser one of his captains, a soldier of fortune, seized the vacant throne, and took the name of Sargon.
721..Merodach-baladan of Chaldea conquers Babylon.
B.C.
712-11..Embassy sent by Merodachbaladan to Hezekiah with the view of exciting trouble in the west, so as to divide the forces of Sargon, who was now threatening an invasion of Babylonia. The illness of Hezekiah was only the pretext for this embassy.
711..Capture of Jerusalem and Ashdod by Sargon.
705..Sennacherib, Sargon's son, king of Assyria.
701..Sennacherib's disastrous campaign against Judah.
697..Death of Hezekiah, and accession of his son Manasseh. The name of "Manasseh king of Judah" twice occurs on the Assyrian monuments.
691..Babylon razed to the ground by Sennacherib.
681..Sennacherib murdered, and was succeeded by his son Esarhaddon, who rebuilt Babylon, and sought to win over the Babylonians by residing in it during half the year.
B.C.
676..Manasseh appears among the Assyrian tributaries.
668..Esarhaddon dies, and is succeeded by his son Assur-bani-pal (Sardanapalos).
665..Destruction of Thebes (= "No Amon" = Ni of the inscriptions) by the Assyrians. This city was "swept like a deluge" because Egypt, under Urduman, son of Tirhakah, had revolted from Assyria (Nahum 3:8, 10).
609..Josiah of Judah, in the name of his suzerain, "The king of Assyria," opposed the march of Pharaoh. He was slain in battle (2 Kings 23:29).
606(?)..Fall of Nineveh, Esarhad-don II. (Sarakos) being the last king. "The bloody city" became a heap of ruins. "The Assyrian empire vanished from the earth, and its very existence soon became little more than a name. The Oriental ground over which it had tyrannized became the fighting ground of three rival powers the Babylonians, the Egyptians, and the so called Medes" (Sayce).
4. Between the Testaments.
From the death of Nehemiah to the fall of the Medo-Persian empire before the Macedonian little is known of the Jews. The high priests were practically the rulers of the people. They were assisted by a council of one hundred and twenty members, called the great synagogue. The royal house of David sank into oblivion, prophecy was suspended, and the Jews gradually became more and more exclusive and austere, both religiously and socially.
(1) The Hellenistic Domination.
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Alexander the Great defeated Darius |
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(Codo-mannus) and founded the |
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Macedonian empire-the Greek empire in |
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Asia |
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331-167 |
Death of Alexander the Great at |
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Babylon..................................................... |
323 |
Alexander's four generals (the diadochi) |
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divide his empire between them. Palestine |
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becomes a part of Syra.............................. |
323 |
Judea is annexed to Egypt when the |
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Graeco-Egyptian kingdom is founded, and |
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the Jews came under the dominion of the |
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Ptolemies. The Jews are scattered over the |
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heathen world.................................... |
301-221 |
The Old Testament began to be translated |
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into Greek by learned Jews in Alexandria |
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for the use of the African Jews. The |
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translation was probably completed |
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during the next century. It is called the |
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Septuagint (q.v.) Version......................... |
291 |
Antiochus III., the Great, overruns |
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Palestine.................................................... |
219 |
Ptolemy IV. of Egypt recovers |
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Palestine................................................... |
217 |
The Jews submit to Antiochus the Great |
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Antiochus the Great defeats the |
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Etgyptians, and Palestine becomes a part |
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of the Graeco-Syrian kingdom................ |
197 |
Antichus IV. (Epiphanies) usurps the |
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Graeco-Syrian throne............................. |
175 |
Antiochus cruelly persecutes the Jews, |
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ordering all his subjects on pain of death |
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to adopt the Graeco-Syrian religion and |
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customs.............................................. |
170-167 |
(2.) The Period of the Maccabees and the Ashmonaean Kings. B.C.
A band of Patriotic Jews, headed by Matthias the Ashmonaean, rebel against
the tyranny of Antiochus....................... |
166 |
Antiochus dies at Tabae in Persia, being stricken with a loathsome disease (comp. Acts 12:23), which he recognizes as a judgment sent upon him for his treatment
of the Jews.............................................. |
164 |
After a period of varying success, the Maccabean commonwealth, introducing
the era of Jewish independence, is |
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established............................................. |
143 |
The Ashmonaean kings rule over Judea
Pompey annexes Syria to Rome, and Judea
becomes from this time a Roman |
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dependency................................................ |
63 |
Julius Caesar appoints Anipater, son of Antipas, an Idumaean chief, first procurator of Judea, Samaria, and Galilee,
and henceforward the Herodian family |
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supplants the Ashmonaean........................ |
47 |
Antipater makes his son Herod joint (with his brother Phasael) tetrarch of Judea and
Galilee........................................................... |
205 |
41 |
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(3.) The Herodian Kindom.
Herod the Great takes Jerusalem, and becomes the founder of the Herodian kingdom. End of the Ashmonaean line...37
Battle of Actium..................................... |
31 |
Egypt becomes a Roman province, and is the chief seat of the Jewish Dispersion...30
Herod rebuilds Samaria, and attempts to |
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introduce among the Jews Greek and |
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Roman customs....................................... |
27 |
Augustus emperor of Rome..B.C. 27-A.D. 14
Herod founds the Graeco-Roman city and |
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port of Caes-area..................................... |
22 |
Erects a temple to Augustus at Paneas...20
Begins the rebuilding of the temple....... |
18 |
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B.C. |
Building of Caesarea finished. It is |
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dedicated to Augustus............................. |
10 |
Birth of John the Baptist........................... |
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Birth of our Lord, as now generally |
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received. Death of Herod the Great at |
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Jerico. Archelaus becomes king in his |
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5. The New Testament History.
Palestine. |
B.C. |
Rome. |
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Cyrenius (Quirinus) perfect |
Nativity of Christ. See above Antipater |
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(legatus) of Syria-the first time |
murdered by his father. |
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(Luke 2:2). |
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2 |
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Nativity of Christ, according to Tertullian |
A.D. |
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and Eusebius. |
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1 |
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Judea becomes a Roman Province, and is |
6 |
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annexed to the province of Syria. |
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Jesus at the age of twelve visits the temple. |
8 |
Cyrenius again legatus of Syria. |
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Completes the "taxing" (Acts 5:37). |
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14 |
Tiberius succeeds Augustus. |
Caiaphas made high priest. |
17 |
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Pontius Pilate fifth procurator. |
26 |
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Palestine |
B.C. |
Rome |
John the Baptist imprisoned and beheaded |
30 |
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by Herod Antipas. |
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Crucifixion of our Lord. The Pentecostal |
33 |
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effusion. |
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Martydom of Stephen. Conversion of Asaul |
36 |
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of Tarsus. |
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Herod Agrippa I, succeeded his uncle |
37 |
Death of Tiberius. Accession of |
Herod Philip II, in the tetrarchy of |
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Caligula. |
Trachonitis and Ituraea. |
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Saul's first visit to Jerusalem (Galatians |
40 |
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1:18). Herod Antipas, tetrarch of Galilee |
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and Peraea, deposed and banished. Was |
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succeeded by Herod Agrippa. |
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Herod Agrippa I. gained Judea and Samaria; |
41 |
Death of Caligula. Accession of |
conversion of Cornelius. |
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Claudius. |
The first Gentile church at Antioch. |
43 |
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Herod Agrippa I., King of Judea and |
44 |
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Samaria, beheaded James (Zebedee's son) |
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Acts 12:2,23. Herod Agrippa dies at |
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Caesarea (Acts 12:1, 6, 11, 19, 23). |
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Palestine. |
B.C. |
Rome. |
Paul's first mis-sionary journey (about 3 |
47 |
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years) — Acts 13-14. "Saul, who is also |
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called Paul" (Acts 13:9). |
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Council at Jerusa-lem (Acts 15:1-35). The |
50 |
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epistle of the council to the Gentile |
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Christians in Syria and Cilicia is probably |
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the oldest written document of the |
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Christian Church |
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Felix procurator. Paul's second missionary |
51 |
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journey (more than 3 years) — Acts 15:36- |
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18; 23. |
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Wrote from Cor-inth the epistles to the |
52 |
Decree of Claud-isu banishing the |
Thessalon-ians (1 Thessa-lonians 1:7, 8; |
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Jews from Rome. |
Acts 18:5. |
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54-68 |
Nero emperor, successor of |
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Claudius. |
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Paul's third mis-sionary journey (about 4 |
54 |
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years) — Acts 18:23-21; 14. |
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During his stay at Ephesus (Acts 19) wrote |
57 or 58 |
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epistle to the Galatians (Acts 20:2; |
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Galatians 6:11), and probably First |
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Corinthians 1 Corinthians 1:23; 7:5). |
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Palestine |
B.C. |
Rome. |
Wrote from Macedonia Second Corinthians |
57 |
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(2 Corinthians 1:23; 7:5. |
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Wrote from Corinth epistle to Romans at |
58 |
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close of his stay there (Acts 20:3; 1 |
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Corinthians 16:6) |
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Paul visits Jerusalem. Is brought before |
58 |
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Felix, and imprisoned for two years at |
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Caesarea (Acts 21:17-26. |
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Paul before the procurator Porcius Festus. |
60 |
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Is sent a prisoner to Rome |
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Arrives at Rome in spring of |
61 |
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Paul writes from Rome his epistles to the |
61-63 |
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Ephesians, Colossians, Philemon, and the |
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Philippians and probably Hebrews. |
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Paul probably released. |
63 |
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Paul's movements after his release are |
64 |
Great fire at Rome. First general |
uncertain. Some think that at Corinth he |
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persecu-tion of the Christ-ians. |
wrote the first Epistle to Timothy and the |
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Epistle to Titus. |
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Palestine. |
B.C. |
Rome. |
Arrested at Ephesus, and sent prisoner to |
65 |
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Rome. |
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Wrote Second Epistle to Timothy from |
66 |
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Rome. Was Martyred (?) |
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Others think that Paul wrote First Epistle |
67 |
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to Timothy from Macedonia, and the Epistle |
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to Titus from Ephesus, and that he spent the |
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winter of this year at Nicopolis, where he |
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was taken prisoner and sent to Rome, |
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whence he wrote the second Epistle to |
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Timothy. Suffered martyrdom (?). |
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68 |
Nero killed by his secretary, |
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Epaphroditus, "In the thirtieth year |
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of his age and in the fourteenth of |
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his reign." |
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69 |
Vespasian emperor. |
Destruction of Jerusalem by Titus, the |
70 |
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Roman general. |
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John probably writes his Gospel and |
80-90 |
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Epistles. |
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91 |
Titus emperor. |
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Palestine. |
B.C. |
Rome. |
John writes the book of Revelation. |
95 |
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96 |
Second general persecution of |
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Christians. |
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97 |
Nerva emperor. |
Death of John |
98 |
Trajan emperor. |
II. — MIRACLES RECORDED IN THE
OLD TESTAMENT
1. The flood.................................. |
Genesis 7, 8. |
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2. |
Destruction of Sodom and |
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Gomorrah............................................. |
19:24. |
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3. |
Lot's wife turned into a "pillar of |
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salt"..................................................... |
19:26. |
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4. Birth of Isaac at Gerar......................... |
21:1. |
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5. The burning bush not |
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consumed...................................... |
Exodus 3:3. |
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6. Aaron's rod changed into a |
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serpent............................................... |
7:10-12. |
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7. The ten plagues of Egypt — .(1) waters become blood, (2) frogs, (3) lice, (4) flies,
(5) murrain, (6) boils, (7) thunder and hail,
(8) ocusts, (9) darkness, (10) death of the
first-born......................................... |
7:20-12:30. |
8. the Red Sea divided; Israel passes |
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through.............................................. |
14:21-31 |
9. the waters of Marah |
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sweetened........................... |
Exodus 15:23-25 |
10. Manna sent daily, except on |
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Sabbath........................................... |
16:14-35 |
11.Water from the rock at Rephidim17:5-7
12.Nadab and Abihu consumed for
offering "strange fire"........Leviticus 10:1,2.
13. Some of the people consumed by fire at
Taberah....................................Numbers 11:1-3
14. The earth opens and swallows up Korah and his company fire and plague
follow at Kadesh.............................. |
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16:32 |
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15. Aaron's rod budding at Kadesh |
.....17:8 |
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16. |
Water from the rock smitten twice by |
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Moses, Desert of Zin....................... |
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20:7-11. |
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17. |
The brazen serpent in the Desert of |
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Zin...................................... |
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Numbers 21:8, 9. |
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18. Balaam's ass speaks.................. |
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22:21-35 |
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19. |
The Jordan divided, so that Israel |
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passed over dryshod............ |
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Joshua 3:14-17 |
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20. |
The walls of Jericho fall down.... |
6:6-20 |
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21. |
The sun and moon stayed. |
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Hailstorm..................................... |
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10:12-14 |
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22. |
The strength of Samson.... |
Judges 14-16 |
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23. |
Water from a hollow place "that is in |
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Lehi".................................................... |
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15:19. |
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24. |
Dagon falls twice before the ark. |
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Emerods on the Philistines............ |
1 Samuel |
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5:1-12. |
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25. Men of Beth-shemesh smitten for |
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looking into the ark............................ |
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6:19 |
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26. |
Thunderstorm causes a panic among |
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the Philistines at Eben-ezer........... |
7:10-12. |
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27. Thunder and rain in harvest at |
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Gilagal................................................ |
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12:18. |
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28. |
Sound in the mulberry trees at |
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Rephaim.......................... |
2 Samuel 5:23-25. |
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29. Uzzah smitten for touching the ark at
Perez-uzzah....................................... |
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6:6, 7 |
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30. |
Jeroboam's hand withered. His new |
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altar destroyed at Bethel .... |
1 kings 13:4-6. |
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31. |
Widow of Zarephath's meal and oil |
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increased..................................... |
17:17-16. |
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32 Widow's son raised from the |
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dead............................................. |
17:17-24. |
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33. |
Drought, fire, and rain at Elijah's |
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prayer, and Elijah fed by ravens....... |
17, 18. |
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34. |
Ahaziah's captains consumed by fire |
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near Samaria...................... |
2 Kings 1:10-12. |
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35. Jordan divided by Elijah and Elisha |
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near Jerico................................... |
2:7, 8, 14. |
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36. |
Elijah carried up into heaven........ |
2:11. |
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37. |
Waters of Jericho healed by Elisha's |
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casting salt into them....... |
2 Kings 2:21, 22 |
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38. |
Bears out of the wood destroy forty- |
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two "young men"................................. |
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2:24. |
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39. |
Water provided for Jehoshaphat and |
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the allied army............................... |
3:16-20 |
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40. The widow's oil multiplied..... |
3:16-20. |
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41. |
The Shunam-mite's son given and |
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raised form the dead at Shunem...... |
4:32-27. |
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42. |
The deadly pottage cured with meal at |
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Gilgal.............................................. |
4:38-41 |
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43. |
An hundred men fed with twenty |
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loaves a Gilgal................................... |
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4:38-41 |
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44. Naaman cured of leprosy. Gehazi
afflicted with it.................................. |
5:10-27. |
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45. The iron axe-had made to swim, river |
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Jordan................................................... |
6:5-7 |
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46. |
Ben-hadad's plans discovered. |
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Hazael's thoughts, etc............................ |
6:12 |
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47. |
The Syrian army smitten with |
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blindness at Dothan................................ |
6:18 |
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48. |
The Syrian army cured of blindness at |
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Samaria.................................................... |
6:20 |
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49. Elisha's bones revive the |
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dead........................................................ |
13:21 |
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50. |
Sennacherib's army destroyed, |
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Jerusalem................................................ |
19:35 |
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51. |
Shadow of sun goes back ten degrees |
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on the sun-dial of Ahaz, |
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Jerusalem.............................................. |
20:9-11 |
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52. |
Uzziah struck with leprosy, |
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Jerusalem............................................................... |
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2 Chronicles 26:16-21 |
53. |
Shadrach, Meshach, and abed-nego |
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delivered from the fiery furnace, |
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Babylon................................... |
Daniel 3:10-27 |
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54. Daniel saved in the lions |
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den..................................................... |
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6:16-23. |
55. |
Jonah in the whale's belly, Safely |
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landed.......................................... |
Jonah 2:1-10 |
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III.MIRACLES RECORDED IN THE GOSPELS
1.Peculiar to Matthew.
17:24-27.
(1.) Cure of two blind men................ |
9:27-3 |
(2.) Piece of money in the fish's mouth
2. Peculiar of Mark
..............(1.) The deaf and dumb man |
7:31-37 |
.....(2.) The blind man of Bethsaida 8:22-26 |
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3. Peculiar of Luke
(1.) Jesus passes unseen through the
crowd................................................. |
4:28-30 |
(2.) The miraculous draught of |
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fishes.................................................. |
5:4-11 |
(3.) the raising of the widow's son at |
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Nain.................................................. |
7:11-18 |
(4.) The woman with the spirit of
infirmity........................................ |
13:11-17. |
(5.) The man with the dropsy............ |
14:1-6. |
(6.) The ten lepers......................... |
17:11-19 |
(7.) The healing of Malchus ......... |
22:50,51. |
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4. Peculiar to John. |
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(1.) Water made wine ............................. |
2:1-11 |
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(4.) Man born blind cured ................. |
9:1-17 |
(2.) Cure of nobleman's son, Capernaum 4:46-54| |
(5.) Lazarus raised from the dead .... |
11:38-44 |
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(3.) Impotent man at Bethsaida cured....... |
5:1-9. |
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(6.) Draught of fishes......................... |
21:1-14 |
5. Common to Matthew and Mark.
(1.) Syrophoenician Woman's daughter cured |
Matthew 15:28. |
Mark 7:24 |
(2.) Four thousand feed |
15:3 |
8:1. |
(3.) Fig-tree blasted |
21:18. |
11:12 |
6. Common to Matthew and Luke. |
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(1.) Centurion's servant healed |
Matthew 8:5 |
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Luke 7:1 |
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(2.) |
Blind and dumb demoniac cured |
Matthew 8:5. |
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Luke 7:1 |
(7.) Common to Mark and Luke |
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Demoniac cured in synagogue at Capernaum |
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Mark 1:23. Luke 4:33 |
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8. Common to Matthew, Mark, and Luke. |
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Peter's wife's mother cured |
Matthew 8:14. Mark 1:30. Luke 4:38 |
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(2.) |
The tempest stilled |
8:23. |
4:37 |
8:22 |
(3.) Demoniacs of Gadara cured |
8:38. |
5:1. |
8:26. |
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(4.) Leper healed.. |
8:2 |
1:40. |
5:12 |
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(5.) |
Jairus's daughter raised |
9:23 |
5:23 |
8:41. |
(6.) |
Woman's issue of blood cured |
9:20 |
5:25 |
8:43 |
(7.) |
Man sick of the palsy cured |
9:2 |
2:3 |
5:18. |
(8.) |
Man's withered hand cured |
12:0. |
2:1. |
6:6. |
(9.) A lunatic child cured |
17:14. |
9:14. |
9:37 |
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(10.) Two blind men cured |
20:29. |
10:46 |
18:35. |
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9. Common to Mathew, Mark, and John. |
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Jesus walks on the sea |
Matthew 14:25 | Mark 6:48 | John 6:15. |
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10. Common to all the evangelists. |
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Jesus feeds 5, 000 "in a desert place" Matthew 14:15 | Mark 6:30 | Luke 9:10 | John 6:1-14.
In addition to the above miracles wrought by Christ there are four miraculous events connected with his life: —
1. The conception by the Holy ghost Luke |
3. |
...The resurrection |
John 21:1-14 |
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The ascension........ |
Luke 2:42-51 |
2. The transfiguration........... |
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IV. — PARABLES RECORDED IN THE
OLD TESTAMENT.
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Balaam...... |
The Moabites and Israelites |
Mount Pisgah.......................... |
Numbers |
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Jotham ....... |
Trees making a king |
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Mount Gerizim......................... |
Judges 9:7- |
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Samsom..... Sweetness coming forth from the |
Timnath...................................... |
Judges 14:14 |
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Nathan....... |
The poor man's ewe lamb |
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Jerusalem.................................... |
2 Samuel |
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12:1-4 |
Woman of Tekoah................... |
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Jerusalem.................................... |
2 Samuel |
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Two brothers striving |
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One of the sons of the prophets |
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Near Samaria............................. |
1 Kings |
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escaped prisoner...................... |
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Johoash, king of Israel The thistle and the cedar |
Jerusalem.................................... |
2 Kings 14:9 |
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The vineyard yielding wild grapes |
Jerusalem.................................... |
Isaiah 5:1-6 |
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Lion's whelps |
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Babylon..................................... |
Ezekiel 19:2- |
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The great eagles and the vine |
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Babylon..................................... |
17:3-10 |
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The boiling pot........................ |
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Babylon..................................... |
24:3-5 |
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V.— PARABLES RECORDED IN THE GOSPELS
1.Peculiar to Matthew
(1.) The tares............................. |
13:24-30 |
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(2.) The hid treasure................ |
13:44. |
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(3.) The pearl of great price... |
3:45, 46. |
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(4.) The drag net... |
13:47-50. |
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(5.) The unmerciful servant |
18:23-35. |
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The laborers in the vineyard |
20:1-16. |
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The two sons. |
21:28-32. |
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Marriage of the king's son |
22:1-14. |
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The ten virgins |
25:1-13. |
(10.) The talents... |
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25:14-30. |
(11.) Sheep and goats |
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2. Peculiar to Mark |
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(1.) the seed growing secretly....... |
4.20-29. |
(2) Watchfulness |
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3. Peculiar to Luke.
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The two debtors........................ |
7:41-43. |
(2.) The good Samaritan................ |
10:25-37. |
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(3.) The importunate friend |
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11:5-8. |
(4.) The rich fool .......................... |
12:16-21. |
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(5.) The servants watching .......... |
12:35-40. |
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(6.) The steward .......................... |
12:42-48. |
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(7.) Barren fig tree ........................... |
13:6-9. |
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The great supper .................... |
14:16-24. |
(9.) Building a tower, and a king
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going to war............................. |
14:28-33. |
(10.) The lost piece of silver1........... |
5:8-10. |
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The prodigal son.................. |
15:11-32. |
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The unjust steward.................. |
16:1-13. |
(13.) The rich man and Lazarus.... |
16:19-31. |
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The master and servant........... |
17:7-10. |
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importunate widow................. |
18:1-8. |
(16.) The Pharisee and publican.18:10-14.
(17.) The pounds.......................... |
19:12-27. |
4. There are no parables,
as a special form of allegory found in John. The word rendered "parable" in John 10:6 is not the word so rendered in the Synoptics. The word which John uses (paroimia) is better translated "allegory." It occurs elsewhere only in John 16:25, 29 and 2 Peter 2:22, where it is rendered "proverb."
5. Common to Matthew and Luke.
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The house on the rock and on the sand. |
Matthew 7:24-27 |
Luke 6:46-49. |
(2.) Leaven |
13:33, 34; |
13:18-21 |
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The lost sheep |
18:12-14; |
15:1-10 |
6. Common to Matthew, Mark, and Luke.
(1.) Candle under a bushel |
Matthew 15:15; |
Mark 4:21.; Luke 8:16. |
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(2.) New cloth and an old garment |
9:16..; |
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2:21., |
5:36. |
(3.) New wine in old bottles |
9:17., |
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2:22., |
5:37, 38. |
(4.) The sower |
13:1-23., |
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4:1-9., |
8:4-15 |
(5.) The mustard seed |
13:31, 32., |
4:30, 34., |
13:18-20 |
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(6.) The vineyard |
21:33-46., |
112:1-12,. |
20:9-19. |
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(7.) The fig tree |
24:32-35., |
13:28., |
21:29-33. |
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