Part 5 (1/2)

1-3, 44) Baffled in his first effort to win his people, this journey back froion of the holy city ency for haste led hily chance conversation with a woave hienuously received than any which he had been able to render in Judea; and to this woman he declared himself even more plainly than to Nicodemus, and preached to her that spiritual idea of worshi+p which he had sought to enforce by cleansing Jerusalem's temple

Samaria was so isolated from all Jewish interest that Jesus felt no need for reserve in this ”strange” land The few days spent there must have been peculiarly welcome to his heart, fresh from rejection in Judea

122 One reason why he wished to hasten froe of the hostile ainst John the Baptist Either before or soon after Jesus started for Galilee Herod had arrested John, ostensibly as ato John's undue popularity (Jos Ant xviii 5 2) Herod ed to take this step by the hostility of the Pharisees to the plain-spoken prophet of the desert (see John iv 1-3) The fourth gospel leaves its readers to infer that the imprisonment took place somewhere about this tiospels unite in giving this arrest as the occasion for Jesus' withdrawal into Galilee

123 Arrived in Galilee, Jesus seems to have returned to his home at Nazareth, while his disciples went back to their custoain to join hins to this tiht out Jesus at Cana, having left his son sick at Capernaum At first Jesus apparently repelled his approach, even as he had dealt with seekers afterthe father's cry of need and trust, he at once spoke the word of healing This event is in so many ways a duplicate of the cure of a centurion's servant recorded in Matthew and Luke, that to many it see the variations in the story reported by Matthew and Luke, it is clearly not possible to prove that John tells of a different case Yet the simple fact of similarity of some details in two events should not exclude the possibility of their still being quite distinct The reception which Jesus gave the two requests for help is very different, and the case reported in John is in keeping with the attitude of Jesus before he began his new ministry in Galilee On his arrival in Galilee he wished to avoid a otten of the enthusiasm he excited in Jerusaleht relief at his hands

124 The apparent result of this first activity in Judea was disappoint in the capital He had definitely excited the jealousy and opposition of the leading men of his nation Even such popular enthusiashty works was of a sort that Jesus could not encourage The situation in Judea had at length become so nearly untenable that he decided to withdraw into seclusion in Galilee, where, as a prophet, he could be ”without honor” He had gone to Jerusalein there, where God should have had readiest service, the e, cold criticis must be made on other lines in other places Meanwhile Jesus retired to his home and his followers to theirs

Outline of Events in the Galilean Ministry (Chapters III And IV)

The imprisonment of John and the withdrawal of Jesus into Galilee--Matt iv 12-17; Mark i 14, 15; Luke iv 14, 15

Removal from Nazareth to Capernaum--Matt iv 13-16; Luke iv 31

The call of Simon and Andrew, James and John--Matt iv 18-22; Mark i

16-20; Luke v 1-11

First work in Capernaum--Matt viii 14-17; Mark i 21-34; Luke iv

31-41

First circuit of Galilee--Matt iv 23; viii 2-4; Mark i 35-45; Luke iv 42-44; v 12-16

Cure of a paralytic in Capernaum--Matt ix 2-8; Mark ii 1-12; Luke v

17-26

The call of Matthew--Matt ix 9-13; Mark ii 13-17; Luke v 27-32

? The question about fasting--Matt ix 14-17; Mark ii 18-22; Luke v

33-39 (see sects 47; A 54)

? Sabbath cure at Jerusalem at the unnamed feast--John v 1-47 (see sect A 53)

? The Sabbath controversy in the Galilean grain fields--Matt xii 1-8; Mark ii 23-28; Luke vi 1-5 (see sects 47; A 54)

? Another Sabbath controversy: cure of a withered hand--Matt xii

9-14; Mark iii 1-6; Luke vi 6-11 (see sects 47; A 54)

Jesus followed by multitudes from all parts--Matt iv 23-25; xii

15-21; Mark iii 7-12; Luke vi 17-19

The choosing of the twelve--Matt x 2-4; Mark iii 13-19; Luke vi

12-19

The sermon on the mount--Matt v 1 to viii 1; Luke vi 20 to vii 1 (see sect A 55)

The cure of a centurion's servant--Matt viii 5-13; Luke vii 1-10; John iv 46-54