A Harmony of the Gospels*

By A. T. Robertson

 

                                     | Matthew | Mark    | Luke    | John    |

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PART I: THE SOURCES OF THE GOSPELS   |         |         |         |         |

  1: In the dedication Luke explains |         |         |         |         |

     his method of research          |         |         | 1:1-4   |         |

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PART II: THE PRE-EXISTENT STATE OF   |         |         |         |         |

     CHRIST AND HIS INCARNATION      |         |         |         |         |

  2: In his introduction John        |         |         |         |         |

     pictures Christ as the Word     |         |         |         | 1:1-18  |

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PART III: THE TWO GENEALOGIES IN     |         |         |         |         |

     MATTHEW AND LUKE                |         |         |         |         |

  3: Apparently Joseph's genealogy   |         |         |         |         |

     in Matthew and Mary's in Luke   | 1:1-17  |         | 3:23-28 |         |

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PART IV: THE BIRTH AND CHILDHOOD OF  |         |         |         |         |

     JOHN THE BAPTIST AND OF JESUS   |         |         |         |         |

  4: The annunciation of the birth   |         |         |         |         |

     of the Baptist to Zacharias     |         |         | 1:5-25  |         |

  5: The annunication to the virgin  |         |         |         |         |

     Mary of the birth of Jesus      |         |         | 1:26-38 |         |

  6: The song of Elizabeth to Mary   |         |         |         |         |

     upon her visit                  |         |         | 1:39-45 |         |

  7: The magnificat of Mary          |         |         | 1:46-56 |         |

  8: The birth and childhood of the  |         |         |         |         |

     Baptist and his desert life     |         |         | 1:57-80 |         |

  9: The annunication to Joseph of   |         |         |         |         |

     the birth of Jesus              | 1:18-25 |         |         |         |

 10: The birth of Jesus              |         |         | 2:1-7   |         |

 11: The praise of the angels and    |         |         |         |         |

     the homage of the shepherds     |         |         | 2:8-20  |         |

 12: The circumcision of Jesus       |         |         | 2:21    |         |

 13: The presentation in the temple  |         |         |         |         |

     with the homage of Simeon and   |         |         |         |         |

     Anna                            |         |         | 2:22-38 |         |

 14: Magi visit the new-born King of |         |         |         |         |

     the Jews                        | 2:1-12  |         |         |         |

 15: The child Jesus carried to      |         |         |         |         |

     Egypt, and the children at      |         |         |         |         |

     Bethlehem slain                 | 2:13-18 |         |         |         |

 16: The child brought from Egypt    |         |         |         |         |

     to Nazareth                     | 2:19-23 |         | 2:39    |         |

 17: The childhood of Jesus at       |         |         |         |         |

     Nazareth                        |         |         | 2:40    |         |

 18: The visit of the boy Jesus to   |         |         |         |         |

     Jerusalem when twelve years old |         |         | 2:41-50 |         |

 19: The eighteen years at Nazareth  |         |         | 2:51-52 |         |

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PART V: THE BEGINNING OF JOHN THE    |         |         |         |         |

     BAPTIST'S MINISTRY              |         |         |         |         |

 20: The time of the beginning       |         | 1:1     | 2:1-2   |         |

 21: The message and the messenger   | 3:1-6   | 1:2-6   | 3:3-6   |         |

 22: A specimen of John's preaching  | 3:7-10  |         | 3:7-14  |         |

 23: The forerunner's picture of the |         |         |         |         |

     Messiah before seeing Him       | 3:11-12 | 1:7-8   | 3:15-18 |         |

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PART VI: THE BEGINNING OF CHRIST'S   |         |         |         |         |

     PUBLIC MINISTRY                 |         |         |         |         |

 24: Jesus baptized by John in the   |         |         |         |         |

     Jordan                          | 3:13-17 | 1:9-11  | 3:21-23 |         |

 25: The three temptations of Jesus  | 4:1-11  | 1:12-13 | 4:1-13  |         |

 26: The testimony of the Baptist    |         |         |         |         |

     to the committee of the         |         |         |         |         |

     Sanhedrin                       |         |         |         | 1:19-28 |

 27: John's identification of Jesus  |         |         |         |         |

     as the Messiah                  |         |         |         | 1:29-34 |

 28: Jesus makes his first disciple  |         |         |         | 1:35-51 |

 29: Jesus works his first miracle   |         |         |         | 2:1-11  |

 30: Jesus makes his first sojourn   |         |         |         |         |

     at Capernaum, accompanied by    |         |         |         |         |

     his kindred and early disciples |         |         |         | 2:12    |

 31: The first cleansing of the      |         |         |         |         |

     temple at the Passove           |         |         |         | 2:13-22 |

 32: The interview of Nicodemus      |         |         |         |         |

     with Jesus                      |         |         |         | 2:23-   |

                                     |         |         |         | 3:21    |

 33: The parallel ministry of Jesus  |         |         |         |         |

     and John with John's loyalty    |         |         |         |         |

     to Jesus                        |         |         |         | 3:22-36 |

 34: Christ's reasons for leaving    |         |         |         |         |

     Judea                           | 4:12    | 1:14    | 3:19-20 | 4:1-4   |

 35: Jesus in Samaria at Jacob's     |         |         |         |         |

     well and in Sychar              |         |         |         | 4:5-42  |

 36: The arrival of Jesus in Galilee |         |         |         | 4:53-45 |

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PART VII: THE GREAT GALILEAN         |         |         |         |         |

     MINISTRY                        |         |         |         |         |

     A. REJECTION AT NAZARETH AND    |         |         |         |         |

        THE NEW HOME IN CAPERNAUM    |         |         |         |         |

 37: General account on his teaching |         |         |         |         |

     in Galilee                      | 4:17    | 1:14-15 | 4:14-15 |         |

 38: The healing at Cana of the son  |         |         |         |         |

     of a courtier of Capernaum      |         |         |         | 4:46-54 |

 39: The first rejection at Nazareth |         |         | 4:16-31 |         |

 40: The new home in Capernaum       | 4:13-16 |         |         |         |

 41: Jesus finds four fishers of men |         |         |         |         |

     in four fishermen               | 4:18-22 | 1:16-20 | 5:1-11  |         |

 42: The excitement in the synagogue |         |         |         |         |

     because of the teaching of      |         |         |         |         |

     Jesus and the healing of a      |         |         |         |         |

     demoniac on the Sabbath         |         | 1:21-28 | 4:31-37 |         |

 43: Jesus heals Peter's mother-in-  |         |         |         |         |

     law and many others             | 8:14-17 | 1:29-34 | 4:38-41 |         |

     B. THE FIRST TOUR OF GALILEE    |         |         |         |         |

        WITH THE FOUR FISHERMEN AND  |         |         |         |         |

        THE CALL OF MATTHEW (LEVI)   |         |         |         |         |

        ON THE RETURN WITH THE       |         |         |         |         |

        GROWING FAME OF JESUS        |         |         |         |         |

 44: The first tour of Galilee with  |         |         |         |         |

     the four fishermen              | 4:23-25 | 1:35-39 | 4:42-44 |         |

 45: A leper healed and much popular |         |         |         |         |

     excitement                      | 8:2-4   | 1:40-45 | 5:12-16 |         |

 46: Thronged in Capernaum, he heals |         |         |         |         |

     a paralytic lowered through the |         |         |         |         |

     roof of Peter's house           | 9:1-8   | 2:1-12  | 5:17-26 |         |

 47: The call of Matthew (Levi) and  |         |         |         |         |

     his reception in honor of Jesus | 9:9-13  | 2:13-17 | 5:27-32 |         |

 48: Jesus in three parables defends |         |         |         |         |

     his disciples for feasting      |         |         |         |         |

     instead of fasting              | 9:14-17 | 2:18-22 | 5:33-39 |         |

 49: At a feast in Jerusalem (poss-  |         |         |         |         |

     ibly the Passover) Jesus heals  |         |         |         |         |

     a lame man on the Sabbath and   |         |         |         |         |

     defends this action to the      |         |         |         |         |

     Pharisees in a great discourse  |         |         |         | 5:1-47  |

 50: Another Sabbath controversy     |         |         |         |         |

     with the Pharisees when the     |         |         |         |         |

     disciples pluck ears of grain   |         |         |         |         |

     in the fields                   | 12:1-8  | 2:23-28 | 6:1-5   |         |

 51: A third Sabbath controversy     |         |         |         |         |

     with the Pharisees over the     |         |         |         |         |

     healing of a man with a         |         |         |         |         |

     withered hand in a synagogue    | 12:9-14 | 3:1-6   | 6:6-11  |         |

     C. THE SABBATH CONTROVERSY IN   |         |         |         |         |

        JERUSALEM AND IN GALILEE     |         |         |         |         |

 52: Jesus teaches and heals great   |         |         |         |         |

     multitudes by the Sea of        |         |         |         |         |

     Galilee                         | 12:15-21| 3:7-12  |         |         |

 53: After a night of prayer Jesus   |         |         |         |         |

     selects twelve apostles         |         | 3:13-19 | 6:12-16 |         |

 54: The Sermon on the Mount.        |         |         |         |         |

     Privileges and requirements of  |         |         |         |         |

     the Mesianic reign, Christ's    |         |         |         |         |

     standard of righteousness       | 5:7     |         | 6:17-49 |         |

     The Place and the Audience      | 5:1-2   |         | 6:17-19 |         |

     (a) The Introduction: The       |         |         |         |         |

         beatitudes and woes.        |         |         |         |         |

         Privileges of the           |         |         |         |         |

         Messiah's subjects          | 5:3-12  |         | 6:20-26 |         |

     (b) The Theme of the Sermon:    |         |         |         |         |

         Christ's standard of        |         |         |         |         |

         righteousness in contrast   |         |         |         |         |

         with that of the Scribes    |         |         |         |         |

         and Pharisees               | 5:13-20 |         |         |         |

     (c) Christ's ethical teaching   |         |         |         |         |

         superior to that of the     |         |         |         |         |

         Scribes (both the Old       |         |         |         |         |

         Testament and the Oral Law) |         |         |         |         |

         in six items or illustra-   |         |         |         |         |

         tions (murder, adultery,    |         |         |         |         |

         divorce, oaths, relations,  |         |         |         |         |

         love of enemies)            | 5:21-48 |         | 6:27-30,|         |

                                     |         |         |   32-36 |         |

     (d) The practice of real        |         |         |         |         |

         righteousness unlike the    |         |         |         |         |

         ostentatious hypocrisy of   |         |         |         |         |

         the Pharisees as in alms-   |         |         |         |         |

         giving, prayer, fasting     | 6:1-18  |         |         |         |

     (e) Single-hearted devotion to  |         |         |         |         |

         God as opposed to worldly   |         |         |         |         |

         aims and anxities           | 6:19-34 |         |         |         |

     (f) Captious criticism, or      |         |         |         |         |

         judging others              | 7:1-6   |         | 6:37-42 |         |

     (g) Prayer and The Golden Rule  | 7:7-12  |         |         |         |

     (h) The Conclusion of the       |         |         |         |         |

         Sermon: The lesson of per-  |         |         |         |         |

         sonal righteousness driven  |         |         |         |         |

         home by powerful parables   | 7:13-   |         | 6:43-49 |         |

                                     | 8:1     |         |         |         |

     D. THE SPREAD OF CHRIST'S       |         |         |         |         |

        INFLUENCE AND THE INQUIRY    |         |         |         |         |

        FROM JOHN IN PRISON          |         |         |         |         |

 55: Jesus heals a centurion's       |         |         |         |         |

     servant at Capernaum            | 8:5-13  |         | 7:1-10  |         |

 56: Jesus raises a widow's son at   |         |         |         |         |

     Naim                            |         |         | 7:11-17 |         |

 57: The message from the Baptist    |         |         |         |         |

     and the eulogy of Jesus         | 11:2-19 |         | 7:18-35 |         |

 58: Woes upon the cities of oppor-  |         |         |         |         |

     tunity. The claims of Christ as |         |         |         |         |

     the teacher about the Father    | 11:20-30|         |         |         |

 59: The anointing of Christ's feet  |         |         |         |         |

     by a sinful woman in the house  |         |         |         |         |

     of Simon a Pharisee. The        |         |         |         |         |

     parable of the two debtors      |         |         | 7:36-50 |         |

     E. THE SECOND TOUR OF GALILEE   |         |         |         |         |

        (NOW WITH THE TWELVE) AND    |         |         |         |         |

        THE INTENSE HOSTILITY OF THE|         |         |         |         |

        PHARISEES                    |         |         |         |         |

 60: The second tour of Galilee      |         |         | 8:1-3   |         |

 61: Blasphemous accusation of       |         |         |         |         |

     league with Beelzebub           | 12:22-37| 3:19-30 |         |         |

 62: Scribes and Pharisees demand a  |         |         |         |         |

     sign                            | 12:38-45|         |         |         |

 63: Christ's mother and brethren    |         |         |         |         |

     seek to take Him home           | 12:46-50| 3:31-35 | 8:19-21 |         |

     F. THE FIRST GREAT GROUP OF     |         |         |         |         |

        PARABLES WITH THE VISIT TO   |         |         |         |         |

        GERASA (KHERSA) AND TO       |         |         |         |         |

        NAZARETH (FINAL ONE)         |         |         |         |         |

 64: The first great group of        |         |         |         |         |

     Parables                        | 13:1-53 | 4:1-34  | 8:4-18  |         |

     (a) To the crowds by the sea    |         |         |         |         |

         (1) Parable of the Sower    | 13:3-23 | 4:3-25  | 8:5-18  |         |

         (2) Parable of the seed     |         |         |         |         |

             growing of itself       |         | 4:26-29 |         |         |

         (3) Parable of the Tares    | 13:24-30|         |         |         |

         (4) Parable of the Mustard  |         |         |         |         |

             Seed                    | 13:31-32| 4:30-32 |         |         |

         (5) Parable of the Leaven   |         |         |         |         |

             and many such parables  | 13:33-35| 4:33-34 |         |         |

     (b) To the disciples in the     |         |         |         |         |

         house                       |         |         |         |         |

         (1) Explanation of the      |         |         |         |         |

             Parable of the Tares    | 13:36-43|         |         |         |

         (2) Parable of the Hid      |         |         |         |         |

             Treasure                | 13:44   |         |         |         |

         (3) Parable of the Pearl    |         |         |         |         |

             of Great Price          | 13:45-46|         |         |         |

         (4) Parable of the Net      | 13:47-50|         |         |         |

         (5) Parable of the House-   |         |         |         |         |

             holder                  | 13:51-53|         |         |         |

 65: In crossing the lake, Jesus     |         |         |         |         |

     stills the tempest              | 8:18,   | 4:35-41 | 8:22-25 |         |

                                     |   23-27 |         |         |         |

 66: Beyond the lake Jesus heals the |         |         |         |         |

     Gerasene demoniac               | 8:28-34 | 5:1-20  | 8:26-39 |         |

 67: The return and the healing of   |         |         |         |         |

     Jairus' daughter and the woman  |         |         |         |         |

     who only touched Jesus' garment | 9:18-26 | 5:21-43 | 8:40-56 |         |

 68: He heals two blind men and a    |         |         |         |         |

     dumb demoniac, a blasphemous    |         |         |         |         |

     accusation                      | 9:27-34 |         |         |         |

 69: The last visit to Nazareth      | 13:54-58| 6:1-6   |         |         |

     G. THE THIRD TOUR OF GALILEE    |         |         |         |         |

        (FOLLOWING THE TWELVE) AND   |         |         |         |         |

        THE EFFECT ON HEROD ANTIPAS  |         |         |         |         |

 70: The third tour of Galilee after |         |         |         |         |

     instructing the twelve and      |         |         |         |         |

     sending them forth by twos      | 9:35-   | 6:6-13  | 9:1-6   |         |

                                     | 11:1    |         |         |         |

 71: The guilty fears of Herod       |         |         |         |         |

     Antipas in Tiberias about Jesus |         |         |         |         |

     because he beheaded the Baptist |         |         |         |         |

     in Machaerus                    | 14:1-12 | 6:14-29 | 9:7-9   |         |

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PART VIII: THE SPECIAL TRAINING OF   |         |         |         |         |

     THE TWELVE IN DISTRICTS AROUND  |         |         |         |         |

     GALILEE                         |         |         |         |         |

 72: The first retirement. The       |         |         |         |         |

     twelve return, and Jesus        |         |         |         |         |

     retires with them beyond the    |         |         |         |         |

     lake to rest. Feeding of the    |         |         |         |         |

     five thousand                   | 14:13-21| 6:30-44 | 9:10-17 | 6:1-14  |

 73: The prevention of the revolu-   |         |         |         |         |

     tionary purpose to proclaim     |         |         |         |         |

     Jesus king (a political         |         |         |         |         |

     Messiah)                        | 14:22-23| 6:45-46 |         | 6:14-15 |

 74: The peril of the twelve in the  |         |         |         |         |

     storm at sea and Christ's       |         |         |         |         |

     coming to them on the water in  |         |         |         |         |

     the darkness                    | 14:24-33| 6:47-52 |         | 6:16-21 |

 75: The reception at Gennesaret     | 14:34-36| 6:53-56 |         |         |

 76: The collapse of the Galilean    |         |         |         |         |

     campaign because Jesus will not |         |         |         |         |

     conform to popular Messianic    |         |         |         |         |

     expectation                     |         |         |         | 6:22-71 |

 77: Pharisees from Jerusalem        |         |         |         |         |

     reproach Jesus for allowing his |         |         |         |         |

     disciples to disregard their    |         |         |         |         |

     traditions about ceremonial     |         |         |         |         |

     defilement of the hands. A      |         |         |         |         |

     puzzling parable in reply       | 15:1-20 | 7:1-23  |         | 7:1     |

 78: The second withdrawal to the    |         |         |         |         |

     region of Tyre and Sidon and    |         |         |         |         |

     the healing of the daughter of  |         |         |         |         |

     a Syro-Phoenician woman         | 15:21-28| 7:24-30 |         |         |

 79: The third withdrawal north      |         |         |         |         |

     through Phoenicia and east      |         |         |         |         |

     towards Hermon and south in     |         |         |         |         |

     Decapolis (keeping out of the   |         |         |         |         |

     terriroty of Herod Antipas)     |         |         |         |         |

     with the healing of the deaf    |         |         |         |         |

     and dumb man and the feeding of |         |         |         |         |

     the four thousand               | 15:29-38| 7:31-   |         |         |

                                     |         | 8:9     |         |         |

 80: The brief visit to Magadan      |         |         |         |         |

     (Dalmanutha) in Galilee and the |         |         |         |         |

     sharp attack by the Pharisees   |         |         |         |         |

     and Sadducees (Note their       |         |         |         |         |

     appearance now against Jesus)   | 15:39-  |         | 8:10-12 |         |

                                     | 16:4    |         |         |         |

 81: The fourth retirement to Beth-  |         |         |         |         |

     saida Julias in the tetrarchy   |         |         |         |         |

     of Herod Philip with sharp      |         |         |         |         |

     rebuke of the dullness of the   |         |         |         |         |

     disciples on the way across and |         |         |         |         |

     healing of a blind man in       |         |         |         |         |

     Bethsaida                       | 16:5-12 | 8:13-26 |         |         |

 82: Near Caeserea Philippi Jesus    |         |         |         |         |

     tests the faith of twelve in    |         |         |         |         |

     His Messiahship                 | 16:13-20| 8:27-30 | 9:18-21 |         |

 83: Jesus distinctly foretells that |         |         |         |         |

     He, the Messiah, will be re-    |         |         |         |         |

     jected and killed and will rise |         |         |         |         |

     the third day                   | 16:21-26| 8:31-37 | 9:22-25 |         |

 84: The coming of the Son of Man in |         |         |         |         |

     that generation                 | 16:27-28| 8:38-   | 9:26-27 |         |

                                     |         | 9:1     |         |         |

 85: The transfiguration of Jesus on |         |         |         |         |

     a mountain (probably Hermon)    |         |         |         |         |

     near Caesarea Philippi          | 17:1-8  | 9:2-8   | 9:28-36 |         |

 86: The puzzle of the three dis-    |         |         |         |         |

     ciples anout the resurrection   |         |         |         |         |

     and about Elijah on their way   |         |         |         |         |

     down the mountain               | 17:9-13 | 9:9-13  | 9:36    |         |

 87: The demoniac boy, whom the      |         |         |         |         |

     disciples could not heal        | 17:14-20| 9:14-29 | 9:37-43 |         |

 88: Returning privately through     |         |         |         |         |

     Galilee, he again foretells his |         |         |         |         |

     death and resurrection          | 17:22-23| 9:30-32 | 9:43-45 |         |

 89: Jesus, the Messiah, pays the    |         |         |         |         |

     half-shekel for the temple      | 17:24-27|         |         |         |

 90: The Twelve contend as to who    |         |         |         |         |

     shall be the greatest under the |         |         |         |         |

     Messiah's reign. His subjects   |         |         |         |         |

     must be childlike               | 18:1-5  | 9:33-37 | 9:46-48 |         |

 91: The mistaken zeal of the        |         |         |         |         |

     apostle John rebuked by Jesus   |         |         |         |         |

     in pertinent parables           | 18:6-14 | 9:38-50 | 9:49-50 |         |

 92: Right treatment of a brother    |         |         |         |         |

     who has sinned against one, and |         |         |         |         |

     duty of patiently forgiving a   |         |         |         |         |

     brother (Parable of the Un-     |         |         |         |         |

     merciful Servant)               | 18:15-35|         |         |         |

 93: The Messiah's followers must    |         |         |         |         |

     give up everything for His      |         |         |         |         |

     service                         |  8:19-22|         |         |         |

 94: The unbelieving brothers of     |         |         |         |         |

     Jesus counsel Him to exhibit    |         |         |         |         |

     Himself in Judea, and He re-    |         |         |         |         |

     jects the advice                |         |         |         | 7:2-9   |

 95: He goes privately to Jerusalem  |         |         |         |         |

     through Samaria                 |         |         | 9:51-56 | 7:10    |

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PART IX: THE LATER JUDEAN MINISTRY   |         |         |         |         |

 96: The coming of Jesus to the      |         |         |         |         |

     Feast of Tabernacles creates    |         |         |         |         |

     intense excitement concerning   |         |         |         |         |

     the Messiahship                 |         |         |         | 7:11-52 |

 97: Story of an adulterous woman    |         |         |         |         |

     brought to Jesus for judgment   |         |         |         | 7:53-   |

                                     |         |         |         | 8:11    |

 98: After the Feast of Tabernacles  |         |         |         |         |

     in the temple Jesus angers the  |         |         |         |         |

     Pharisees by claiming to be the |         |         |         |         |

     light of the world              |         |         |         | 8:12-20 |

 99: The Pharisees attempt to stone  |         |         |         |         |

     Jesus when He exposes their     |         |         |         |         |

     sinfulness                      |         |         |         | 8:21-59 |

100: Jesus heals a man born blind    |         |         |         |         |

     who outwits the Pharisees. The  |         |         |         |         |

     rulers forbid the recognition   |         |         |         |         |

     of Jesus as the Messiah. The    |         |         |         |         |

     conversion of the healed man    |         |         |         | 9:1-41  |

101: In the parable (allegory) of    |         |         |         |         |

     the Good Shepherd Jesys draws   |         |         |         |         |

     the picture of the hostile      |         |         |         |         |

     Pharisees and intimates that    |         |         |         |         |

     He is going to die for His      |         |         |         |         |

     flock and come to life again    |         |         |         | 10:1-21 |

102: The mission of the seventy      |         |         |         |         |

     Christ's joy in their work on   |         |         |         |         |

     their return                    |         |         | 10:1-24 |         |

103: Jesus answers a lawyer's        |         |         |         |         |

     question as to eternal life,    |         |         |         |         |

     giving the parable of the Good  |         |         |         |         |

     Samaritan                       |         |         | 10:25:37|         |

104: Jesus the guest of Martha and    |         |         |         |         |

     Mary                            |         |         | 10:38-42|         |

105: Jesus again gives a model of    |         |         |         |         |

     prayer (Cf. 54) and encourages  |         |         |         |         |

     his disciples to pray. Parable  |         |         |         |         |

     of the importunate friend       |         |         | 11:1-13 |         |

106: Blasphemous accusations of      |         |         |         |         |

     league with Beelzebub           |         |         | 11:14-36|         |

107: While breakfasting with a       |         |         |         |         |

     Pharisee, Jesus severely de-    |         |         |         |         |

     nounces the Pharisees and       |         |         |         |         |

     lawyers and excites their       |         |         |         |         |

     enmity                          |         |         | 11:37-54|         |

108: Jesus speaks to His disciples   |         |         |         |         |

     and a vast throng about hypo-   |         |         |         |         |

     crisy, covetousness (Parable of |         |         |         |         |

     the rich fool), worldly anxi-   |         |         |         |         |

     eties, watchfulness (Parable of |         |         |         |         |

     waiting servants and of the     |         |         |         |         |

     wise steward), and His own      |         |         |         |         |

     approaching passion             |         |         | 12:1-59 |         |

109: All must repent or perish. Two  |         |         |         |         |

     current tagedies. Parable of    |         |         |         |         |

     the barren fig tree             |         |         | 13:1-9  |         |

110: Jesus heals a crippled woman on |         |         |         |         |

     the Sabbath and defends Himself |         |         |         |         |

     against the ruler of the syna-  |         |         |         |         |

     gogue (Cf. 49-51, 114). Repeti- |         |         |         |         |

     tion of the parables of the     |         |         |         |         |

     mustard seed and of the leaven  |         |         | 13:10-21|         |

111: At the feast of dedication      |         |         |         |         |

     Jesus will not yet openly say   |         |         |         |         |

     that He is the Messiah. The     |         |         |         |         |

     Jews try to stone Him           |         |         |         | 10:22-39|

                                     |         |         |         |         |

PART X: THE LATER PEREAN MINISTRY    |         |         |         |         |

112: The withdrawal from Jerusalem   |         |         |         |         |

     to Bethany beyond Jordan        |         |         |         | 10:40-42|

113: Teaching in Perea, on a journey |         |         |         |         |

     toward Jerusalem, warned        |         |         |         |         |

     against Herod Antipas           |         |         | 13:22-35|         |

114: While dining (breakfasting)     |         |         |         |         |

     with the chief Pharisee, Jesus  |         |         |         |         |

     again heals on the Sabbath and  |         |         |         |         |

     defends Himself (Cf. 49-51,     |         |         |         |         |

     110) in three parables sug-     |         |         |         |         |

     gested by the occasion          |         |         | 14:1-24 |         |

115: Great crowds follow Jesus, and  |         |         |         |         |

     He warns them to count the cost |         |         |         |         |

     of discipleship to Him (Cf.     |         |         |         |         |

     70 and 83)                      |         |         | 14:25-35|         |

116: The Pharisees and Scribes mur-  |         |         |         |         |

     mur against Jesus for receiving |         |         |         |         |

     sinners. He defends Himself by  |         |         |         |         |

     three great parables (The lost  |         |         |         |         |

     sheep, the lost coin, the lost  |         |         |         |         |

     son)                            |         |         | 15:1-32 |         |

117: Three parables on stewardship   |         |         |         |         |

     (To the disciples, the parable  |         |         |         |         |

     of the unjust steward; to the   |         |         |         |         |

     Pharisees, the parable of the   |         |         |         |         |

     rich man and Lazarus; to the    |         |         |         |         |

     disciples, the parable of the   |         |         |         |         |

     unprofitable servant)           |         |         | 16:1-   |         |

                                     |         |         | 17:10   |         |

118: Jesus raises Lazarus from the   |         |         |         |         |

     dead                            |         |         |         | 11:1-44 |

119: The effect of the raising of    |         |         |         |         |

     Lazarus (On the people, on the  |         |         |         |         |

     Sanhedrin, on the movements of  |         |         |         |         |

     Jesus)                          |         |         |         | 11:45-54|

120: Jesus starts on the last jour-  |         |         |         |         |

     ney to Jerusalem by way of      |         |         |         |         |

     Samaria and Galilee             |         |         | 17:11-37|         |

121: Two parables on prayer (The     |         |         |         |         |

     importunate widow, the Pharisee |         |         |         |         |

     and the Publican)               |         |         | 18:1-14 |         |

122: Going from Galilee through      |         |         |         |         |

     Perea, Jesus teaches concerning |         |         |         |         |

     divorce                         | 19:1-12 | 10:1-23 |         |         |

123: Christ and children and the     |         |         |         |         |

     failure of the disciples to     |         |         |         |         |

     understand the attitude of      |         |         |         |         |

     Jesus                           | 19:13-15| 10:13-16| 18:15-17|         |

124: The rich young ruler, the       |         |         |         |         |

     perils of riches, and amazement |         |         |         |         |

     of the disciples. The rewards   |         |         |         |         |

     of forsaking all to follow the  |         |         |         |         |

     Messiah will be great, but will |         |         |         |         |

     be soverign (Parable of the     |         |         |         |         |

     laborers in the vineyard)       | 19:16-20| 10:17-31| 18:18-30|         |

125: Jesus again foretells to the    |         |         |         |         |

     disciples His death and resur-  |         |         |         |         |

     rection (Cf. 83, 85, 86, 88),   |         |         |         |         |

     and rebukes the selfish ambi-   |         |         |         |         |

     tion of James and John          | 20:17-28| 10:32-45| 18:31-34|         |

126: Blind Bartimaeus and his com-   |         |         |         |         |

     panion healed                   | 20:29-34| 10:46-52| 18:35-43|         |

127: Jesus visits Zacchaeus and      |         |         |         |         |

     speaks the parable of the       |         |         |         |         |

     pounds, and sets out for        |         |         |         |         |

     Jerusalem                       |         |         | 19:1-28 |         |

                                     |         |         |         |         |

PART XI: THE LAST PUBLIC MINISTRY IN |         |         |         |         |

     JERUSALEM                       |         |         |         |         |

128: (a) Jesus arrives at Bethany    |         |         |         |         |

         near Jerusalem              |         |         |         | 11:55-  |

                                     |         |         |         | 12:1,   |

                                     |         |         |         |    9-11 |

     (b) Jesus' triumphant entry     |         |         |         |         |

         into Jerusalem as the       |         |         |         |         |

         Mesiah                      | 21:1-11;| 11:1-11 | 19:29-44| 12:12-19|

                                     |    14,17|         |         |         |

129: The barren fig tree cursed, and |         |         |         |         |

     the second cleansing of the     |         |         |         |         |

     temple (Cf. 31)                 | 21:18-29| 11:12-18| 19:45-48|         |

                                     |    12-13|         |         |         |

130: The desire of some Greeks to    |         |         |         |         |

     see Jesus puzzles the disciples |         |         |         |         |

     and leads Jesus in agitation of |         |         |         |         |

     soul to interpret life and      |         |         |         |         |

     death as sacrifice and to show  |         |         |         |         |

     how by being "lifted up" He     |         |         |         |         |

     will draw all men to Him        |         |         |         | 12:20-50|

131: The barren fig tree found to    |         |         |         |         |

     have withered                   | 21:19-22| 11:19-25| 21:37-38|         |

132: The rulers (Sanhedrin) formally |         |         |         |         |

     challenge the authority of      |         |         |         |         |

     Jesus as an accredited teacher  |         |         |         |         |

     (Rabbi)                         | 21:23-  | 11:27-  | 20:1-19 |         |

                                     | 22:14   | 12:12   |         |         |

133: The Pharisees and Herodians try |         |         |         |         |

     to ensare Jesus about paying    |         |         |         |         |

     tribute to Caesar               | 22:15-22| 12:13-17| 20:20-26|         |

134: The Sadducees ask Jesus a puz-  |         |         |         |         |

     zling question about the resur- |         |         |         |         |

     rection                         | 22:23-33| 12:18-27| 20:27-40|         |

135: The Pharisees rejoice over the  |         |         |         |         |

     rout of the Sadducees and a     |         |         |         |         |

     Pharisaic lawyer asks Jesus a   |         |         |         |         |

     legal question                  | 22:34-40| 12:28-34|         |         |

136: Jesus, to the joy of the multi- |         |         |         |         |

     tude, silences His enemies by   |         |         |         |         |

     the pertinent question of the   |         |         |         |         |

     Messiah's descent from David    |         |         |         |         |

     and Lordship over David         | 22:41-46| 12:35-37| 20:41-44|         |

137: In His last public discourse,   |         |         |         |         |

     Jesus solemnly denounces the    |         |         |         |         |

     Scribes and Pharisees (Cf. 107) | 23:1-39 | 12:38-40| 20:45-47|         |

138: Jesus closely observes the con- |         |         |         |         |

     tributions in the temple, and   |         |         |         |         |

     commends the poor widow's gift  |         | 12:41-44| 21:1-4  |         |

                                     |         |         |         |         |

PART XII: IN THE SHADOW WITH JESUS   |         |         |         |         |

139: Sitting on the Mount of Olives, |         |         |         |         |

     Jesus speaks to His disciples   |         |         |         |         |

     about the destruction of Jeru-  |         |         |         |         |

     salem, and His own second com-  |         |         |         |         |

     ing in Apocalyptic language.    |         |         |         |         |

     The great Eschtalogical dis-    |         |         |         |         |

     course                          | 24:25   | 13:1-37 | 21:5-36 |         |

140: Jesus predicts His crucifixion  |         |         |         |         |

     two days hence (Jewish Friday)  | 26:1-5  | 14:1-2  | 22:1-2  |         |

141: At the feast in the house of    |         |         |         |         |

     Simon the leper Mary of Bethany |         |         |         |         |

     anoints Jesus for His burial    | 26:6-13 | 14:3-9  |         |         |

142: Judas, stung by the rebuke of   |         |         |         |         |

     Jesus at the feast, bargains    |         |         |         |         |

     with the rulers to betray Jesus | 26:14-16| 14:10-11| 22:3-6  |         |

143: The preparation for the Paschal |         |         |         |         |

     Meal at the home of a friend    |         |         |         |         |

     (possibly that of John Mark's   |         |         |         |         |

     father and mother)              | 26:17-19| 14:12-16| 22:7-13 |         |

144: Jesus partakes of the Paschal   |         |         |         |         |

     Meal with the twelve apostles   |         |         |         |         |

     and rebukes their jealousy      | 26:20   | 14:17   | 22:14-16|         |

                                     |         |         |    24-30|         |

145: During the Paschal Meal, Jesus  |         |         |         |         |

     washes the feet of His dis-     |         |         |         |         |

     ciples                          |         |         |         | 13:1-20 |

146: At the Paschal Meal, Jesus      |         |         |         |         |

     points out Judas as the         |         |         |         |         |

     betrayer                        | 26:21-25| 14:18-21| 22:21-23| 13:21-30|

147: After the departure of Judas,   |         |         |         |         |

     Jesus warns the disciples       |         |         |         |         |

     (Peter in particular) against   |         |         |         |         |

     dessertion, while all protest   |         |         |         |         |

     their loyalty                   | 26:31-35| 14:27-31| 22:31-38| 13:31-38|

148: Jesus institutes the memorial   |         |         |         |         |

     of eating bread and drinking    |         |         |         |         |

     wine                            | 26:26-29| 14:22-25| 22:17-20| I Cor.  |

                                     |         |         |         | 11:23-26|

149: The farewell discourse in the   |         |         |         |         |

     upper room                      |         |         |         | 14:1-31 |

150: The discourse on the way to     |         |         |         |         |

     Gethsemane                      |         |         |         | 15:1-   |

                                     |         |         |         | 16:33   |

151: Christ's intercessory prayer    |         |         |         | 17:1-26 |

152: Going forth to Gethsemane,      |         |         |         |         |

     Jesus suffers long in agony     | 26:30,  | 14:26,  | 22:39-40| 18:1    |

                                     |    36-40|    32-42|         |         |

PART XIII: THE ARREST, TRIAL,        |         |         |         |         |

     CRUCIFIXION, AND BURIAL OF      |         |         |         |         |

     JESUS                           |         |         |         |         |

153: Jesus is betrayed, arrested,    |         |         |         |         |

     and forsaken                    | 26:47-56| 14:43-52| 22:47-53| 18:2-12 |

154: Jesus first examined by Annas,  |         |         |         |         |

     the ex-High Priest              |         |         |         | 18:12-14|

                                     |         |         |         |    19-23|

155: Jesus hurriedly tried and con-  |         |         |         |         |

     demned by Caiaphas and the San- |         |         |         |         |

     hedrin, who mock and buffet Him | 26:57,  | 14:53,  | 22:54,  | 18:24   |

                                     |    59-68|    55-65|    63-65|         |

156: Peter thrice denies His Lord    | 26:58,  | 14:54,  | 22:54-62| 18:15-18|

                                     |    69-75|    66-72|         |    25-27|

157: After dawn, Jesus is formally   |         |         |         |         |

     condemned by the Sanhedrin      | 27:1    | 15:1    | 22:66-71|         |

158: Remorse and suicide of Judas    |         |         |         |         |

     the betrayer                    | 27:3-10 |         |         | Acts    |

                                     |         |         |         | 1:18-29 |

159: Jesus before Pilate the first   |         |         |         |         |

     time                            | 27:2,   | 15:1-5  | 23:1-5  | 18:28-38|

                                     |    11-14|         |         |         |

160: Jesus before Herod Antipas the  |         |         |         |         |

     Tetrarch                        |         |         | 23:6-12 |         |

161: Jesus the second time before    |         |         |         |         |

     Pilate                          | 27:15-26| 15:6-15 | 23:13-25| 18:39-  |

                                     |         |         |         | 19:16   |

162: The Roman soldier mocks Jesus   | 27:31-34| 15:20-23| 23:26-33| 19:16-17|

163: Jesus on the way to the cross   |         |         |         |         |

     (Via Dolorosa) on Golgotha      | 27:31-34| 15:20-23| 23:26-33| 19:16-17|

164: The first three hours on the    |         |         |         |         |

     cross                           | 27:35-44| 15:24-32| 23:33-43| 19:18-27|

165: The three hours of darkness     |         |         |         |         |

     noon to three p.m.              | 27:45-50| 15:33-37| 23:44-46| 19:28-30|

166: The phenomena accompanying the  |         |         |         |         |

     death of Jesus                  | 27:51-56| 15:38-41| 23:45,  |         |

                                     |         |         |    47-49|         |

167: The burial of the body of Jesus |         |         |         |         |

     in the tomb of Joseph of Arima- |         |         |         |         |

     thea after proof of His death   | 27:57-60| 15:42-46| 23:50-54| 19:31-42|

168: The watch of the women by the   |         |         |         |         |

     tomb of Jesus                   | 27:61-66| 15:47   | 23:55-56|         |

                                     |         |         |         |         |

PART XIV: THE RESURRECTION, APPEAR-  |         |         |         |         |

     ANCES, AND ASCENSION OF CHRIST  |         |         |         |         |

169: The visit of the women to the   |         |         |         |         |

     tomb of Jesus                   | 28:1    | 16:1    |         |         |

170: The earthquake, the rolling     |         |         |         |         |

     away of the stone by an angel,  |         |         |         |         |

     and the fright of the Roman     |         |         |         |         |

     watchers                        | 28:2-4  |         |         |         |

171: The visit of the women to the   |         |         |         |         |

     tomb of Jesus about sunrise     |         |         |         |         |

     Sunday morning and the message  |         |         |         |         |

     of the angels about the empty   |         |         |         |         |

     tomb                            | 28:5-8  | 16:2-8  | 24:1-8  | 20:1    |

172: Mary Magdalene and the other    |         |         |         |         |

     women report to the apostles,   |         |         |         |         |

     and Peter and John visit the    |         |         |         |         |

     empty tomb                      |         |         | 24:9-12 | 20:2-10 |

173: The appearance of Jesus to Mary |         |         |         |         |

     Magdalene and the message to    |         |         |         |         |

     the disciples                   |         | 16:9-11 |         | 20:11-18|

174: The appearance of Jesus to the  |         |         |         |         |

     other women                     | 28:9-10 |         |         |         |

175: Some of the guard report to the |         |         |         |         |

     Jewish rulers                   | 28:11-15|         |         |         |

176: The appearance of two disciples |         |         |         |         |

     (Cleophas and another) on the   |         |         |         |         |

     way to Emmaus                   |         | 16:12-13| 24:13-32|         |

177: The report of the two disciples |         |         |         |         |

     and the news of the appearance  |         |         |         |         |

     to Simon Peter                  |         |         | 24:33-35| I Cor.  |

                                     |         |         |         |   15:5  |

178: The appearance to the aston-    |         |         |         |         |

     ished disciples (Thomas absent) |         |         |         |         |

     with a commission and their     |         |         |         |         |

     failure to convince Thomas      |         | 16:14   | 24:36-43| 20:19-25|

179: The appearance to the disciples |         |         |         |         |

     the next Sunday night and the   |         |         |         |         |

     convincing of Thomas            |         |         |         | 20:26-31|

                                     |         |         |         | 1 Cor.  |

                                     |         |         |         |   15:5  |

180: The appearance to the seven     |         |         |         |         |

     disciples beside the Sea of     |         |         |         |         |

     Galilee. The miraculous         |         |         |         |         |

     draught of fishes               |         |         |         | 21:1-25 |

181: The appearance to about five    |         |         |         |         |

     hundred on an appointed         |         |         |         |         |

     mountain in Galilee, and a      |         |         |         |         |

     commission given                | 28:16-20| 16:15-18|         | 1 Cor.  |

                                     |         |         |         |   15:6  |

182: The appearance to James the     |         |         |         |         |

     brother of Jesus                |         |         |         | 1 Cor.  |

                                     |         |         |         |   15:7  |

183: The appearance to the disciples |         |         |         |         |

     with another commission         |         |         | 24:44-49| Acts    |

                                     |         |         |         |   1:3-8 |

184: The last appearance and         |         |         |         |         |

     ascension                       |         | 16:19-20| 24:50-53| Acts    |

                                     |         |         |         |   1:9-12|


* Adapted from A Harmony Of The Gospels by Dr. A. T. Robertson. Dr. Robertson was Professor of New Testament Interpretation at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary (Louisville, Kentucky). He was the author of  Word Pictures in the New Testament, a 6 volume set on the Greek text that has been a standard reference for NT study.



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