A Harmony of the Gospels for Students of the Life

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[Frontispiece: PALESTINE in the TIME OF CHRIST]

A HARMONY OF THE GOSPELS FOR STUDENTS OF THE LIFE OF CHRIST

_Based on the Broadus Harmony in the Revised Version_

A. T. ROBERTSON, M.A., D.D., LL.D., LITT.D.

CHAIR OF NEW TESTAMENT INTERPRETATION, SOUTHERN BAPTIST THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY, LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY

"_Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me._"

HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS

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BY HARPER & BROTHERS

PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

ELIZA S. BROADUS

ELDEST DAUGHTER OF JOHN A. BROADUS

AN ELECT LADY BELOVED IN MANY LANDS

PREFACE

It is now just thirty years since one day his young assistant suggested to Dr. John A. Broadus that he prepare a harmony of the Gospels that should depart from the old plan of following the feasts as the turning points in the life of Jesus. He acted on the hint and led the way that all modern harmonies have followed. The book has gone through a dozen large editions and has become the standard harmony for many thousands of students all over the world. Broadus was concerned to bring out "the inner movements of the history, towards that long-delayed, but foreseen and inevitable collision, in which, beyond all other instances, the wrath of man was made to praise God." This he succeeded in doing with marvelous power.

A generation has passed by and it is meet that the work of Broadus should be reviewed in the light of modern synoptic criticism and research into every phase of the life of Christ. So I have made a new analysis that preserves Broadus's real purpose, but with new sections and new notes. The notes at the end of the old volume, written by me for the first edition, have been thoroughly revised and brought up to date. The Old Testament passages referred to in the Gospels are given in the text. The Gospel of Mark appears in the first column, then Matthew, Luke, and John. It is now known that Matthew and Luke made use of Mark for the framework of their Gospels. This change simplifies amazingly the unfolding of the narrative.

There is still dispute concerning the historical worth of the Gospel of John, but the Johannine authorship is not disproved. It still holds the field in my opinion. Dr. C. F. Burney's theory of an Aramaic original is already giving a new turn to Johannine criticism.

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1: A Harmony of the Gospels for Students of the Life
2: XxxiiiTHE HARMONY OF THE GOSPELS
3: AND BURIAL OF JESUS Sects
4: 30 jesus makes a first sojourn at capernaum
5: 8 The Conclusion of the Sermon
6: 68 he heals two blind men and a dumb demoniac
7: 88 returning privately through galilee
8: 107 while breakfasting with a pharisee
9: 117 three parables on stewardship to the disciples
10: 152 going forth to gethsemane
11: The rolling away of the stone by an angel
12: 55 65 155 6 1 6 69 14 54
13: A Harmony of the Gospels for Students of the Life
14: A Harmony of the Gospels for Students of the Life
15: 2 even as they delivered them unto us
16: Thus he pictures Christ as the Eternal Logos
17: The son of begat Hezron
18: The Eleazar begat Matthan
19: And one writes Admin for Amminadab
20: And Zacharias said unto the angel
21: Thou shalt conceive in thy womb
22: And Elisabeth was filled with the Holy Ghost
23: And they would have called him 60 Zacharias
24: And she wrapped him in swaddling clothes
25: And the glory of thy people Israel see Isa
26: And he sent them to Bethlehem
27: Though Nazareth is not mentioned in the Old Testament
28: Footnote a After the return to Nazareth
29: Preaching round about Jordan
30: Throughly to cleanse his threshing floor
31: The first miracle and work in Galilee
32: Let us go and be baptized by him
33: And of the world
34: Footnote a In 1 19 the priests and Levites are Sadducees
35: Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him
36: Jesus makes a first sojourn at capernaum
37: And Jesus went up to 14 Jerusalem
38: That whosoever believeth on him should not perish
39: Of that he 33 beareth witness
40: The Samaritan woman therefore saith unto him
41: He that reapeth receiveth wages
42: The Galilean ministry lasted at least sixteen months
43: Whose son was 47 sick at Capernaum
44: And he came down to Capernaum
45: 15 The land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali
46: With authority he commandeth the unclean spirits
47: HE HEALS PETER'S MOTHER IN LAW AND MANY OTHERSAt Capernaum
48: Preaching in their synagogues
49: Leprosy departed from his leprosy was saying
50: So that sitting by
51: Thy sins are forgiven palsy
52: Answering said saith unto them
53: The Pharisees and the scribes among them
54: And itself fresh wine skins
55: Even so the 22 Son also quickeneth whom he will
56: If the feast of 5 1 was not a passover
57: And he was going cornfields
58: God 4 when Abiathar the shewbread
59: Stretch forth said unto him
60: Till he send forth judgement unto victory
61: And James the son James the son of Alphaeus
62: For the Son of mercy see Ps
63: Thou shalt love thy neighbour see Lev
64: And from him that taketh the unjust
65: 2 When therefore thou doest alms
66: Let me cast mote out of thine eye
67: Neither bringeth forth corrupt fruit
68: JESUS HEALS A CENTURION'S SERVANT AT CAPERNAUM Matt
69: And his disciples went with him
70: The blind lepers are cleansed
71: A gluttonous and a winebibber
72: Thou gavest me no kiss but she
73: Mary that 3 was called Magdalene
74: Insomuch that the dumb man hath Beelzebub
75: 3 a greater than 42 Jonah is here
76: THE FIRST GREAT GROUP OF PARABLES a Same day
77: It withered 7 withered away
78: That are sown upon And should turn again
79: And becometh unfruitful
80: Straightway he 3 putteth forth the sickle
81: Explain unto us the parable of 37 the tares of the field
82: When Jesus had finished these parables
83: Himself was in the 25 asleep
84: 29 For he commanded Come forth
85: Intreated him that saying
86: Or in the country of the Gerasenes
87: 26 and had suffered blood twelve years
88: Who is touched my garments
89: The child they laughed him to 53 sleepeth
90: A BLASPHEMOUS ACCUSATION Matt
91: And to the unclean spirits
92: Nor brass in your wallet
93: 40 He that receiveth you receiveth me
94: Footnote a This is certainly a second
95: 6 she pleased Herod and pleased Herod
96: He withdraws from the jealousy of Herod Antipas Sect
97: And side of the 32 eat
98: Jesus disciples came saying
99: In loaves and the loaves
100: Which the Tetrarch Philip had named Bethsaida Julias
101: For they boat worshipped him
102: They came unto Gennesaret
103: He that believeth 48 hath eternal life
104: And 59 died he that eateth this bread shall live for ever
105: He that speaketh mother and
106: 12 evil 19 they defile the man
107: Footnote 11 Many ancient authorities insert ver
108: How many many loaves have ye
109: And came into the Dalmanutha
110: 22 And they come unto Bethsaida
111: The villages of Caesarea Philippi
112: 35 as believing Jesus to be the Messiah
113: Mindest not Get thee behind me
114: He took bringeth them up brother
115: How is it that the scribes say
116: How long perverse generation
117: And he said he saith unto them
118: PAYS THE HALF SHEKEL FOR THE TEMPLECapernaum Matt
119: He took a saith unto them
120: And seek that which 13 goeth astray
121: I forgave thee all 33 that debt
122: And Jesus saith 58 thou goest
123: Footnote 2 Many ancient authorities add
124: The Pharisees therefore 48 answered them
125: Nicodemus was a member of the Sanhedrin and a Pharisee
126: Every one that committeth 35 sin is the bondservant of sin
127: He 45 speaketh of his own for he is a liar
128: Wash in the pool of Siloam which is by interpretation
129: Whose own the sheep are not
130: And he that rejecteth you rejecteth me
131: 29 and thou shalt live see Lev
132: Footnote 6 Some ancient authorities omit a loaf
133: BLASPHEMOUS ACCUSATION OF LEAGUE WITH BEELZEBUB Compare Sect
134: While breakfasting with a pharisee
135: Covetousness parable of the rich fool
136: 36 Let your loins be girded about
137: Shall be beaten with few stripes
138: All must repent or perish two current tragedies
139: And 19 whereunto shall I liken it
140: All ye workers of iniquity 28 see Ps
141: But when thou makest a 14 feast
142: And both the Pharisees and the scribes murmured
143: She calleth together her friends and neighbours
144: How much 6 owest thou unto my lord
145: And 24 seeth Abraham afar off
146: Now Bethany was nigh unto Jerusalem
147: Life he that 26 believeth on me
148: Which stood afar off see Lev
149: And this explains Luke's mention of Samaria first
150: She committeth 10 away committeth adultery
151: Disciples rebuked they rebuked them
152: And give to wouldest be perfect
153: Jesus seeing him disciples
154: 3 he sent them into his vineyard
155: Footnote 10 Many ancient authorities read among themselves
156: And whosoever would be first among you
157: Cried Nazareth passeth Nazareth
158: A man called by name Zacchaeus
159: Footnote a Compare former visits to this Bethany
160: And door without them
161: For which they had the trees
162: Hosanna to the they had seen
163: 31 Bethany and Jerusalem Monday
164: Footnote 2 Many ancient authorities omit of God
165: And he that beholdeth me beholdeth 46 him that sent me
166: And saith unto them
167: And they authority doest thou 2 elders
168: And built a winepress in it
169: Beloved son it unto them
170: Tell them that are bidden
171: Footnote 5 Some ancient authorities omit ver
172: Image and and superscription
173: And the having no seed left 30 childless
174: And knowing that he Sadducees to silence
175: 107 In the Court of the Temple
176: The chief seats in the marketplaces
177: Sweareth by the throne of God
178: Except the trial and the crucifixion
179: Though the time is not revealed
180: The time he
181: Earthquakes in earthquakes
182: Shall deliver many stumble
183: Whom he the elect's chose
184: Here is the is the Christ
185: And 25 her light
186: Know at the doors
187: Until the day that Noah entered into the ark
188: 47 lord when he cometh shall find so doing
189: Thou deliveredst unto me two talents 23 lo
190: When saw we thee an hungred
191: Who was 4 called Caiaphas
192: And she precious ointment
193: This is at Bethany near Jerusalem
194: Passover must be passover
195: But I am in the midst of you as he that 28 serveth
196: He that receiveth whomsoever I send receiveth me
197: Is which of them whom he spake
198: Jesus therefore saith unto him
199: The the cock crow night
200: That ye also may love one another
201: Footnote a Luke here see Sect
202: And the world beholdeth me no more
203: He that hateth me hateth my Father also
204: Now 30 speakest thou plainly
205: That the love wherewith thou lovedst me may be in them
206: Jesus suffers long in agonyin an open garden
207: 40 And he cometh the disciples
208: ARRESTED AND FORSAKENGarden of Gethsemane
209: And 11 Malchus
210: Having a linen cloth cast about him
211: The informal trial by the Sanhedrin
212: But Jesus held 61 against thee
213: Luke 22 54 62 John 18 15 18
214: Understand I know not Woman
215: And to curse and to sayest
216: But no ratification of a wrong can make it right
217: JESUS BEFORE PILATE THE FIRST a TIMEJerusalem
218: 37 Pilate therefore said unto him
219: JESUS BEFORE HEROD ANTIPAS THE TETRARCHJerusalem
220: King of the King of the Barabbas
221: And arrayed him in a purple garment
222: Pilate therefore saith unto him
223: He took water
224: Judas was a mere tool of the Sanhedrin
225: But Jesus turning unto them said
226: And part his crucified him
227: THIS THIS IS THE cross
228: Crucified robbers also saying
229: The three hours of darkness from noon to three p
230: 47 And when the centurion
231: And saw that he was dead 34 already
232: And they took the cloth
233: Footnote 4 Some ancient authorities read roll
234: Then he probably left at once for Galilee Matt
235: To bring his crucified
236: He seeth the linen seeth the linen cloths lying
237: And beholdeth Jesus Magdalene
238: Then saith Jesus unto them
239: And 35 hath appeared to Simon
240: Whose soever sins ye retain
241: Simon Peter saith unto them
242: 8 lovest thou me more than these
243: A third Commission is given by Luke in Sect
244: Dost thou at this 48 from Jerusalem
245: Footnote 2 Some ancient authorities omit worshipped him
246: Burton and Goodspeed have also an English work
247: Hence we cannot tell the precise limits of the Logia
248: The Johannine problem is an old one and a difficult one
249: Jesus Christ we can still call him
250: Although Jechoniah is counted only once
251: One about Shealtiel and another about Jacob and Heli
252: On the subject in Princeton Theol
253: In the year from 1st Nisan 750 to 1st Nisan 751
254: His birth would then come in the latter part of 749
255: Many modern harmonists count the eighteen years from 717
256: But did not yet know the discovery about Quirinius
257: But the Feast of Purim was never celebrated on the Sabbath
258: Norris makes it the Pentecost after the first Passover
259: Allowing only two Passovers to the Gospel of John
260: See my article on The Primacy of Judas Iscariot
261: Matthew and Mark again call Simon the Cananaean
262: And the sea coast of Tyre and Sidon
263: So Matthew omits some things which Luke records cf
264: McClellan discusses ten schemes
265: He went through some portions of Samaria and Galilee
266: To avoid passing through Samaria
267: The Passover feast began on the 15th Nisan
268: If we had only the evidence of the Synoptists
269: Really confirms the Synoptists
270: In opposition to the Synoptists
271: But the textual evidence is overwhelmingly against it
272: Ramsay The Expositor for March
273: The sun was risen aorist participle
274: The two Marys go to view the sepulchre Matt
275: The chief priests and Pharisees remember Matt
276: Parables about Satan's Kingdom
277: Blind Bartimaeus and His Companion
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283: Jesus saith Wherever there are
284: Jesus Foretelling His Death Sects
285: Denouncing the Scribes and Pharisees Sects