ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON PAGE 383.
37. In a desert (or uninhabited) place near Bethsaida on the
north-west side of the Sea of Galilee (St. Luke ix. 10).
38. It was known as the Sea of Chinnereth (Numb. xxxiv. 11; Josh.
xii. 3).
39. Because St. Philip was a native of the district of Bethsaida
(St. John i. 44, and vi. 5).
10. The Jews thought that Jesus was the son of Joseph the carpenter,
and born in Galilee; whereas they had been taught that no one would
know of the birthplace or parentage of the Messiah (St. John vii.
27, 41; St. Luke iv. 22).
41. They sent officers to arrest Jesus (St. John vii. 2, 32).
42. Because on the last day of the Feast special sacrifices were
offered for all Israel, and the priest, having taken water from the
Pool of Siloam, poured it upon the altar (St. John vii. 37).
43. Because they understood that, as the "Light of the World," Jesus
claimed to be the Messiah (St. John viii. 12; Isaiah ix. 2, and lx.
1).
44. "When ye have lifted up the Son of Man" (St. John viii. 28).
45. Jesus appears to have made the Jews unable to see Him, and so
passed out of the Temple, going through the midst of them (St. John
viii. 59; 2 Kings vi. 18).
46. That the disciples believed in the doctrine of "transmigration
of souls," which was taught by the Jewish Rabbis at that time (St.
John ix. 2; Josephus, "Ant." xviii. ch. 1, sec. 3).
47. By telling him to go and wash in the Pool of Siloam (St. John
ix. 7).
48. The Jews excommunicated the man whose sight Jesus had
restored--that is, they shut him out of the synagogue--thus
depriving him of all religious privileges (St. John ix. 22, 34).
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