=2.= In his attendance upon the second Passover Jesus performed =the miracle of healing= at the crowded pool of Bethesda, but left with the man whom he had restored no name or clew whereby he should know him. Soon after however, meeting the man in the Temple, Jesus warned him as to his future life; and thus the healed man was informed, and he reported to those who inquired of him the name of his benefactor. This act of healing was performed on the Sabbath day, and the consequent command of Jesus, “Take up thy bed and walk,” was made the occasion of bitter resentment on the part of the Jews. This gave the opportunity to our Lord for uttering one of the most distinct avowals of his equality with God as his Father, and the assertion that their own Jewish Scriptures testified of him. He then departed for Galilee. HISTORICAL OCCURRENCES OF THIS YEAR IN THE ORDER OF TIME, WITH THE HARMONY OF REFERENCES AND LOCALITIES. =3. On the way to Galilee.= The disciples pluck ears of corn on the Sabbath, Matt. 12:1; Mark 2:23; Luke 6. =In Galilee.= The healing of the withered hand on the Sabbath, Matt. 12:9; Mark 3:1; Luke 6:6. Immediately after the last mentioned miracle he retired to the Sea of Galilee, and the greatness of the interest manifested in him can be understood by the extent of country from which the crowds came, as indicated in Mark 3:7, 8, for it appears that the people came not only from Galilee, but “from Judæa and from Jerusalem and Idumæa and from the east of Jordan and from around Tyre and Sidon.” =4. Near Gennesaret.= Jesus chooses the twelve apostles, Matt. 10:1; Mark 3:13; alluded to again, Mark 6:7. This he did after a night spent in prayer on a mountain, Luke 6:12, 13. This transaction seems to have taken place on some one of the hills south of the plain of Gennesaret, while on his way to Capernaum. =5. Near Gennesaret.= The Sermon on the Mount and a probable repetition of a part on the plain of Gennesaret, as narrated in Luke 6:17; Matt. 5. In this and the following chapters St. Matthew has gathered a large collection of the precepts and teachings of Jesus which occurred at this time, but which are only in part narrated in Luke. =6. Same place.= The Lord’s Prayer as narrated in Matthew, and probably repeated upon another occasion, as seen in Luke 11:1. =7. Capernaum.= The centurion’s servant healed, Matt. 8:5; Luke 7:1. =Nain.= The widow’s son raised from the bier upon which he was carried, Luke 7:11.