5. The Spread of Christ's Influence and the Inquiry from John in Prison, §§ 55-59. 6. The Second Tour of Galilee (now with the Twelve) and the Intense Hostility of the Pharisees, §§ 60-63. 7. The First Great Group of Parables with the Visit to Gerasa (Khersa) and to Nazareth (final one), §§ 64-69. 8. The Third Tour of Galilee (Following the Twelve) and the Effect on Herod Antipas, §§ 70-71. [Footnote a: We cannot confidently determine the length of the ministry in Galilee. We are not sure whether it _began_ in summer or late autumn (see footnote 7 in Explanatory Notes at end of Harmony). If the feast of John 5:1 was a passover or there is an unknown passover, the Galilean ministry lasted at least sixteen months, for it _ended_ when another passover was near (John 6:4). Otherwise we should not certainly know that it lasted more than some six or eight months. About the two subsequent periods of our Lord's ministry we shall find no room to question that each lasted six months; but _here_ we have to admit much uncertainty as to the time. After all, a determination of the time employed would be a matter of very little importance to our study of this period. But the immense amount of material in this period argues for a length of over a year.] [Footnote b: Throughout this great ministry in Galilee, and the periods that will follow after, the reader ought to trace carefully the _progress_ of the history along several lines: (1) the Saviour's progressive self-manifestation; (2) the gradual training of the Twelve who are to carry on his teaching and work after his death; (3) the deepening and spreading hostility of the Jewish influential classes and official rulers. By constantly observing these parallel lines of progress, it will be seen that the history and teachings of our Lord exhibit a vital growth, moving on to an end by him foreseen (Luke 12:50), when the hostility of the rulers will culminate as he before the Sanhedrin avows himself to be the Messiah, and the Twelve will be almost prepared to succeed him.] § 37. GENERAL ACCOUNT OF HIS TEACHING IN GALILEE