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



MATTHEW



PART THIRD.

THE MINISTRY OF JESUS IN PERÆA AND JUDÆA.

xix. 1-xxviii. 20.

§ I. CONVERSATIONS IN PERÆA.xix. 1-xx. 16.

1. Jesus Departs from Galilee. xix. 1, 2.

2. A Conversation about Divorce. 3-12.

3. About Little Children. 13-15.

4. About How to Obtain Eternal Life. 16-22.
5. About the Danger of Riches. 23-26.
6. About Those Who Forsake All for Christ. 27-30.
7. Parable of Laborers in a Vineyard. xx. 1-16.
§ II. THE JOURNEY FROM PERÆA TO JERUSALEM. xx. 17-xxi. 11.

1. Third Prediction of His Death and Resurrection. xx. 17-19.

2. An Ambitious Request of James and John. 20-28.

3. Two Blind Men Healed at Jericho. 29-34.
4. The Public Entry into Jerusalem. xxi. 1-11.
§ III. INCIDENT AND DISCUSSION IN JERUSALEM.
xxi. 12-xxii. 46.

1. Jesus Expels Traders from the Temple. xxi. 12-17.

2. A Barren Fig Tree is Withered. 18-22.

3. His Authority is Demanded. 23-32.

4. Parable of the Vine-dressers. 33-46.
5. Parable of the Royal Wedding. xxii. 1-14.
6. A Question about Tribute to Cæsar. 15-22.
7. A Question about the Resurrection. 23-33.

8. A Question as to the Great Commandment. 34-40.

9. A Question about the Christ. 41-46.
§ IV. THE SCRIBES AND PHARISEES DENOUNCED. xxiii. 1-39.

1. For Their Ostentation. xxiii. 1-12.

2. For Their Partisan Zeal. 13-15.
3. For Encouraging Perjury. 16-22.
4. For Neglecting Weighty Matters While Observing Small
Ones. 23, 24.
5. For Hypocrisy in Regard to Purification. 25-28.
6. For Imitating Their Persecuting Fathers. 29-36.
7. A Lamentation over Jerusalem. 37-39.
§ V. THE DESTRUCTION OF THE TEMPLE PREDICTED.
xxiv. 1-28.

1. Occasion of the Prediction. xxiv. 1-3.

2. The Beginning of Sorrows. 4-8.
3. Persecutions Predicted and General Spread of the
Gospel. 9-14.
4. The Last Sign and an Order for Flight. 15-22.
5. False Christs and False Prophets in Those Days. 23-28.
§ VI. THE SECOND COMING OF THE SON OF MAN.
xxiv. 29-xxv. 40.

1. The Coming Described. xxiv. 29-31.

2. When the Second Coming to be Looked For. 32-35.

3. Uncertainty of the Time. 36-42.

4. How to Be Prepared for It. 43-51.
5. Another Illustration: Parable of the Virgins. xxv. 1-13.
6. Another Illustration: Parable of the Talents. 14-30.
7. An Account of the Final Judgment. 31-46.

§ VII. PLOTS AND PREPARATIONS FOR THE DEATH OF
JESUS. xxvi. 1-19.

1. Fourth Prediction of His Death. xxvi. 1, 2.

2. A Plot of the Priests and Elders. 3-5.
3. Jesus Anointed for His Burial. 6-13.
4. Judas Contracts to Betray Jesus. 14-16.
5. The Passover is Prepared. 17-19.
§ VIII. INCIDENTS AT THE PASCHAL SUPPER AND IN
GETHSEMANE. xxvi. 20-56.

1. The Betrayal Predicted. 20-25.

2. The Lord's Supper Instituted. 26-29.
3. A Hymn Sung and Desertion Predicted. 30-35.
4. The Agony of Jesus in Gethsemane. 36-46.
5. Jesus is Arrested. 47-56.
§ IX. THE TRIAL AND CONDEMNATION OF JESUS.
xxvi. 57-xxvii. 26.

1. He is Condemned by the Sanhedrim. 57-68.

2. Peter's Denial. 69-75.
3. Another Consultation of Priests and Elders. xxvii. 1, 2.
4. The Remorse and Death of Judas. 3-10.

5. Pilate Persuaded to Crucify Jesus. 11-26.

§ X. THE LAST SUFFERINGS AND THE BURIAL.
xxvii. 27-66.

1. Jesus is Mocked by the Soldiers. xxvii. 27-31.

2. He is Led to Golgotha and Crucified. 32-44.
3. The Darkness and the End. 45-56.

4. The Burial. 57-61.

5. The Sepulchre Put under Guard. 62-66.
§ XI. THE RESURRECTION.xxviii. 1-20.

1. Visit of the Women to the Sepulchre. xxviii. 1-8.

2. Jesus Appears to the Women. 9, 10.
3. Conduct of the Soldiers and the Priests. 11-15.

4. The Meeting in Galilee. 16-20.

[CNSH3 27-38]

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