FROM CHRIST'S TRIUMPHANT ENTRY INTO JERUSALEM, TO HIS APPREHENSION-SUNDAY, THE FIFTH DAY BEFORE

VI. Christ again declares the object of his Mission. John xii. 44, to the end.
VII. Christ leaves the City in the Evening, and Matt. xxi. 17.

goes to Bethany.

Mark xi. 11.

VIII. Monday-Fourth Day before the Passover-Matt. xi. 18, 19.
Christ, entering Jerusalem again, curses Mark xi. 12-14.
the Barren Fig-tree.

IX. Christ again casts the Buyers and Sellers Mark xi. 15-17.
out of the Temple.

X. The Scribes and Chief Priests seek to destroy Mark xi. 18.

Christ.

XI. Christ retires in the Evening from the City.

Luke xix. 47, 48.

Mark xi. 19.

XII. Tuesday-Third Day before the Passover-Matt. xxi. 20-22.
The Fig-tree is now withered.

XIII. Christ answers the Chief Priests, who inquire
concerning the Authority by which he acted
-Parables of the Vineyard and Marriage
Feast.

XIV. Christ replies to the Herodians.

XV. Christ replies to the Sadducees.

Mark xi. 20-26.
Matt. xxi. 23, to the end,

and xxii. 1-14.
Mark xi. 27, to the end,

and xii. 1-12.
Luke xix. 1-19.

Matt. xxii. 15-22.

Mark xii. 13-17.

Luke xx. 20-26.
Matt. xxii. 23, 33.
Mark xii. 18-27.
Luke xx. 27-40.

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Bethany.

Jerusalem.

XVII. Christ inquires of the Pharisees concerning Matt. xxii. 41, to the end.

XIX. Christ applauds the liberality of the poor
Widow.

XX. Christ foretels the destruction of Jerusalem
-the end of the Jewish dispensation-and
of the world.

XXI. Christ compares the suddenness of his second
Advent to the coming of the Deluge.

XXII. The Parable of the wise and foolish Virgins. Matt. xxv. 1-13.
XXIII. The Parable of the Servants and the Talents. Matt. xxv. 14-30.

XXIV. Christ declares the proceedings at the Day of Matt. xxv. 31, to the end.

XXV. Christ retires from the city to the Mount of Luke xxi. 37, 38.

XXVI. Wednesday-Second Day before the Cruci-Matt. xxvi. 1, 2. fixion Christ foretels his approaching Mark xiv. 1. Death.

XXVII. The Rulers consult how they may take Christ. Matt. xxvi. 3-5.

XXVIII. Judas agrees with the Chief Priests to betray Matt. xvi. 14-16.

XXIX. Thursday-the day before the Crucifixion. Matt. xxvii. 17-19. Christ directs two of his Disciples to pre-Mark xiv. 12-16. pare the Passover.

XXX. Christ partakes of the last Passover.

XXXIII. Judas goes out to betray Christ, who predicts Luke xx. 28-38.
Peter's denial of him, and the danger of John xiii. 31, to the end.

XLIII. Christ is betrayed and apprehended. The Matt. xxvi. 47-56.

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Mark xiv. 66-68.

Luke xxii. 56, 57.
John xviii. 17, 18, and
xxvii. 27.

VI. After Midnight. Peter's second denial of Matt. xxvi. 71, 72.
Christ, at the porch of the palace of the Mark xiv. 69, part of 70.
High-priest.
Luke xxii. 58,
VII. Friday-the day of the Crucifixion. Time, Matt. xxvi. 73-75.
about three in the Morning. Peter's third Mark xiv. 70-72.
denial of Christ, in the room where Christ Luke xxii. 59-62.
was waiting among the Soldiers till the

dawn of day.

VIII. Christ is taken before the Sanhedrim, and Matt. xxvii. 1.

condemned.

IX. Judas declares the Innocence of Christ.

X. Christ is accused before Pilate, and is by him also declared innocent.

Mark xv. part of ver. 1.
Luke xxii. 66, to the end.
Matt, xxvii. 3-10.
Matt. xxvii. 2, and xi. 14.
Mark xv. 1-6.

Luke xxiii. 1-4.
John xviii. 28-38.

XI. Christ is sent by Pilate to Herod.

Luke xxiii. 5-12.

XII. Christ is brought back again to Pilate, who Matt. xxvii. 15-20.
again declares him innocent, and endea-Mark xv. 6-11.
vours to persuade the people to ask Ba-Luke xxii. 13-19.
rabbas.
John xviii. 39.

XIII. Pilate three times endeavours again to release Matt. xxvii. 21-23.

Christ.

Mark xv. 12-14.
Luke xxiii. 20-23.
John xviii. 40.
Matt. xxvii. 24, 25.

Matt. xxvii. 26-30.
Mark xv. 15-19.
Luke xxiii. 24, 25.
John xix. 1-16.

XVI. Christ is led away from the Judgment Hall Matt. xxvii. 31, 32.

of Pilate to Mount Calvary.

Mark xv. 20, 21.

Luke xxiii. 26-32.

John xix. part of ver.
16, and 17.

XVII. Christ arrives at Mount Calvary, and is cru- Matt. xxvii. 33, 34-37.

cified.

XVIII. Christ prays for his Murderers.

Mark xv. 22, 23, 26-28.
Luke xxiii. 33-38.

John xix. 18-22.

Luke xxiii. pt. of ver. 34.

XIX. The Soldiers divide, and cast lots for the Matt. xxvii. 35, 36.

Raiment of Christ.

Mark xv. 24, 25.
Luke xxiii. pt. of ver. 34.
John xix. 23, 24.

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Contents.

Scripture.

Place.

XX. Christ is reviled when on the Cross, by the Matt. xxvii. 39-44.
Rulers, the Soldiers, the Passengers, the Mark xv. 29-32.
Chief Priests, and the Malefactors.

XXI. Christ, when dying as a Man, asserts his Di- Luke xxiii. 39-43.
vinity, in his answer to the penitent Thief.

XXII. Christ commends his Mother to the care of John xix. 25-27.

John.

XXIII. The death of Christ, and its attendant cir- Matt. xxvii. 45-52, 54-56.

cumstances.

Mark xv. 33-41.
Luke xxiii. 44-49.
John xix. 28-37.

Calvary.

PERIOD VIII.

FROM THE DEATH OF CHRIST TILL HIS ASCENSION INTO HEAVEN.

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too late to prepare their Spices.

V. The Sabbath being ended, the Chief Priests Matt. xxvii. 62-66.
prepare a Guard of Soldiers to watch the
Sepulchre.

VI. The Sabbath being over, Mary Magdalene, Mark xvi. 1.
the other Mary, and Salome, purchase their
Spices to anoint the body of Christ.

VII. The Morning of Easter-day. Mary Magda-Matt. xxviii. 1.

lene, the other Mary, and Salome, leave their Mark xvi. part of ver. 2. homes very early to go to the Sepulchre. John xx. part of ver. 1. VIII. After they had left their homes, and before Matt. xxviii. 2—4. their arrival at the Sepulchre, Christ rises

from the dead.

IX. The Bodies of many come out of their Graves, Matt. xvii. part of ver. and go to Jerusalem.

52, and ver. 53.

X. Mary Magdalene, the other Mary, and Sa- Mark xvi. part of ver. 2,
lome, arrive at the Sepulchre, and find the

Stone rolled away.

and ver. 3, 4.

John xx. part of ver. 1.

XI. Mary Magdalene leaves the other Mary and John xx. 2.

Salome to tell Peter.

XIV. Peter and John, as soon as they hear the John xx. 3-10.

report of Mary Magdalene, hasten to the
Sepulchre, which they inspect, and imme-
diately depart.

XV. Mary Magdalene, having followed Peter and John xx. part of ver. 11.
John, remains at the Sepulchre after their

departure.

XVI. Mary Magdalene looks into the tomb, and John xx. part of ver. 11,

XVII. Christ first appears to Mary Magdalene, and Mark xvi. 19.
commands her to inform the disciples that John xx. part of ver. 14,
and 15-17.

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XVIII. Mary Magdalene, when going to inform the Matt. xxviii. 9. Disciples that Christ had risen, meets John xx. 18. again with Salome and the other Mary.

Christ appears to the three Women.

XIX. The Soldiers who had fled from the Sepul- Matt. xxviii. 11-15

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XXVI. Christ appears to Cleophas, and another Mark xvi. 12.
Disciple going to Emmaus.

Luke xxiv. 13-32.

XXVII. Cleophas and his companion return to Jeru-Mark xvi. 13.
salem, and assure the Disciples that Christ Luke xxiv. 33—35.
had certainly risen.

XXVIII. Christ appears to the assembled Apostles, Luke xxiv. 36-43.
Thomas only being absent; convinces them John xx. 19—23.
of the identity of his resurrection body;|

and blesses them.

XXIX. Thomas is still incredulous.

XXX. Christ appears to the eleven, Thomas being
present.

XXXI. Christ appears to a large number of his
Disciples on a Mountain in Galilee.

Mark xvi. 13.

John xx: 24, 25.
Mark xvi. 14.
John xx. 26-29.
Matt. xviii. 16, 17, and
part of ver. 18.

XXXII. Christ appears again at the Sea of Tiberias. John xxi. 1—24.

His conversation with St. Peter.

XXXIII. Christ appears to his Apostles at Jerusalem, Luke xxiv. 44-49. and commissions them to convert the Acts i. 4, 5.

world.

XXXIV. Christ leads out his Apostles to Bethany, Matt. xxviii. 18—20.
within sight of Jerusalem, renews their Mark. xvii. 15-20.
commission, blesses them, and ascends up Luke xxiv. 50-53.
visibly into heaven; from whence he shall Acts i. 6—12.
come to judge the living and the dead.

XXXV. St. John's conclusion to the Gospel History John xx. 30, 31.

of Jesus Christ.

John xxi. 25.

*** At the close of his commentary on the Acts of the Apostles, Dr. A. Clarke has given three very elaborate Tables, comprising the Chronology of the New Testament, which the student may refer to with great advantage.