Jesus the Christ. James E. Talmage

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СКАЧАТЬ href="#ulink_c797d972-4de6-561e-be90-98d3c85dadda">310. John 1:21; compare Mal. 4:5. Note 1, end of chapter.

      311. Deut. 18:15, 18; see page 45 herein.

312. John 1:22, 23; compare Isa. 40:3.

313. John 1:25–27.

314. John 1:29–31.

315. John 1:32, 34; also verses 35, 36. Note 2, end of chapter.

316. Note 3, end of chapter.

317. John 1:35–51.

318. Note 4, end of chapter.

319. The name thus given was afterward confirmed, with accompaniments of promise; Matt. 16:18.

320. To the apostles the Lord said on a subsequent occasion: "Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you" (John 15:16; see also 6:70).

321. A favorite situation for rest, meditation, and study; 1 Kings 4:25; Micah 4:4.

322. Acts 7:56; Rev. 1:13; 14:14.

323. Job 25:6; Psalms 144:3; 146:3; see also 8:4 and compare Heb. 2:6–9.

324. Ezek. 2:1, 3, 6, 8; 3:1, 3, 4; 4:1; etc.

325. Dan. 7:13.

326. Doc. and Cov. 27:11; 78:15, 16; 107:54–57; 116.

327. Doc. and Cov. 49:6; 58:65; 65:5; 122:8. Observe that in modern revelation the title is used only as applying to the Christ in His resurrected and glorified state.

328. Note 5, end of chapter.

329. Page 38.

330. P. of G.P., Moses 6:57; 7:35; see also 7:24, 47, 54, 56, 59, 65. Observe that Satan addressed Moses as "son of man" in a blasphemous attempt to coerce Moses into worshiping him by emphasizing the mortal weakness and inferiority of the man in contrast with his own false pretension of godship. (Moses 1:12.)

331. John 2:1–11.

332. "The address 'Woman' was so respectful that it might be and was, addressed to the queenliest."—(Farrar, "The Life of Christ," p. 134.)

333. John 19:26.

334. On a few occasions Jesus used the address "Woman" in a general way: Matt. 15:28; Luke 13:12; John 4:21; 8:10; etc.

335. Note 6, end of chapter.

336. John 2:11.

337. The absence of all false austerity and outward show of abnormal abstinence in His life furnished an imagined excuse for unfounded charges of excess, through which He was said to be a glutton and a winebibber. (Matt. 11:19; Luke 7:34.)

338. Matt. 7:22; 11:20; 12:38; 16:1; 24:24; Mark 6:14; Luke 10:13; John 2:18; 7:21; 10:25; 14:11; Acts 6:8; 8:6; 14:3; 19:11; Rom. 15:19; Rev. 13:13; etc.

339. John 10:41; Matt. 11:9.

340. For example Zechariah and Malachi.

341. Exo. 3:20; 4:1–9. Note 8, end of chapter.

342. Note 7, end of chapter.

      CHAPTER 12.

       EARLY INCIDENTS IN OUR LORD'S PUBLIC MINISTRY.

       Table of Contents

      FIRST CLEARING OF THE TEMPLE.

Soon after the marriage festivities in Cana, Jesus, accompanied by His disciples, as also by His mother and other members of the family, went to Capernaum, a town pleasantly situated near the northerly end of the Sea of Galilee or Lake of Gennesaret343 and the scene of many of our Lord's miraculous works; indeed it came to be known as His own city.344 Because of the unbelief of its people it became a subject of lamentation to Jesus when in sorrow He prefigured the judgment that would befall the place.345 The exact site of the city is at present unknown. On this occasion Jesus tarried but a few days at Capernaum; for the time of the annual Passover was near, and in compliance with Jewish law and custom He went up to Jerusalem.

The synoptic Gospels,346 which are primarily devoted to the labors of Christ in Galilee, contain no mention of His attendance at the paschal festival between His twelfth year and the time of His death; to John alone are we indebted for the record of this visit at the beginning of Christ's public ministry. It is not improbable that Jesus had been present at other Passovers during the eighteen years over which the evangelists pass in complete and reverent silence; but at any or all such earlier visits, He, not being thirty years old, could not have assumed the right or privilege of a teacher without contravening established customs.347 It is worth our attention to note that on this, the first recorded appearance of Jesus in the temple subsequent to His visit as a Boy, He should resume His "Father's business" where He had before been engaged. It was in His Father's service СКАЧАТЬ