§ 84. General comparison of the manner of narration that distinguishes the several Evangelists 387 85. Isolated groups of anecdotes. Imputation of a league with Beelzebub, and demand of a sign 391 86. Visit of the mother and brethren of Jesus. The woman who pronounces the mother of Jesus blessed 394 87. Contentions for pre-eminence among the disciples. The love of Jesus for children 396 88. The purification of the temple 399 89. Narratives of the anointing of Jesus by a woman 402 90. The narratives of the woman taken in adultery, and of Mary and Martha 409 CHAPTER IX. MIRACLES OF JESUS. § 91. Jesus considered as a worker of miracles 413 92. The demoniacs, considered generally 415 93. Cases of the expulsion of demons by Jesus, considered singly 423 94. Cures of lepers 437 95. Cures of the blind 441 96. Cures of paralytics. Did Jesus regard diseases as punishments? 452 97. Involuntary cures 457 98. Cures at a distance 462 99. Cures on the sabbath 471 100. Resuscitations of the dead 476 101. Anecdotes having relation to the sea 496 102. The miraculous multiplication of the loaves and fishes 507 103. Jesus turns water into wine 519 104. Jesus curses a barren fig-tree 527 CHAPTER X. THE TRANSFIGURATION OF JESUS, AND HIS LAST JOURNEY TO JERUSALEM. § 105. The transfiguration of Jesus considered as a miraculous external event 535 106. The natural explanation of the narrative in various forms 537 107. The history of the transfiguration considered as a mythus 540 108. Diverging accounts concerning the last journey of Jesus to Jerusalem 546 109. Divergencies of the gospels, in relation to the point from which Jesus made his entrance into Jerusalem 549 110. More particular circumstances of the entrance. Its object and historical reality 553 THIRD PART. HISTORY OF THE PASSION, DEATH, AND RESURRECTION OF JESUS. CHAPTER I. RELATION OF JESUS TO THE IDEA OF A SUFFERING AND DYING MESSIAH; HIS DISCOURSES ON HIS DEATH, RESURRECTION, AND SECOND ADVENT.