AN ILLUSTRATED COMMENTARY ON THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO ST. JOHN. FOR FAMILY USE AND REFERENCE, AND FOR THE GREAT BODY OF CHRISTIAN WORKERS OF ALL DENOMINATIONS. BY LYMAN ABBOTT, D.D., AUTHOR OF A SERIES OF COMMENTARIES ON THE NEW TESTAMENT. A. S. BARNES & COMPANY, NEW YORK, CHICAGO, AND NEW ORLEANS. 1879. _BY THE EDITOR OF THIS WORK._ A POPULAR COMMENTARY ON THE NEW TESTAMENT; WITH MAPS, ILLUSTRATIONS, AN INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF THE NEW TESTAMENT, A CONDENSED LIFE OF CHRIST AND A TABULAR HARMONY OF THE GOSPELS, CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE AND GAZETTEER. _IN TWO SIZES._ _FIRST SERIES. FOUR VOLUMES. LARGE 8vo._ Very sumptuously printed and bound, on toned paper with wide margin. Volume I. MATTHEW AND MARK. “ II. LUKE AND JOHN. (THE REMAINING VOLUMES OF THIS SERIES IN PREPARATION.) _SECOND SERIES. EIGHT VOLUMES. 8vo._ A handy edition for Christian workers. Volume I. MATTHEW. “ II. MARK AND LUKE. “ III. JOHN. “ IV. THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES. (THE REMAINING VOLUMES OF THIS SERIES IN PREPARATION.) _For Sale by Subscription. Persons owning any volume of either Series may obtain the other volumes by addressing the Publishers._ _Copyright, 1879, by A. S. Barnes & Co._ TO JACOB ABBOTT, WHOSE WRITINGS HAVE INTERPRETED THE GOSPEL TO INNUMERABLE READERS; WHOSE LIFE HAS EVEN MORE ILLUSTRIOUSLY MANIFESTED ITS SPIRIT TO ALL WHO HAVE KNOWN HIM; AND WHO, BOTH BY EXAMPLE AND PRECEPT, HAS TAUGHT HIS CHILDREN TO VALUE THE SPIRIT OF CHRIST ABOVE ALL FORMS, AND CHRIST HIMSELF ABOVE ALL CREEDS, THIS EXPOSITION OF THE GOSPEL IS AFFECTIONATELY AND REVERENTLY DEDICATED BY HIS SON. PREFACE TO ALL THE VOLUMES OF THIS SERIES OF COMMENTARIES.