#127.# Note that our Lord's whole public life is condensed into three and a half short years. Yet what a wonderful work he accomplished in that period! The active life of Alexander the Great was thirteen years, and that of Napoleon twenty-three years. In those years these two men wrought wonders. But their empire has long since passed away. The empire of the Master is to-day wider than ever, and the work of those three years and a half will never cease to be felt. This is because he was more than mere man, and brought to his task super-human power and knowledge. Test Questions State the condition of Palestine religiously at the time of our Lord's entry into public life. What was the value of the synagogue? Give the first event of the year in question. Of what doctrine do we see the foreshadowing at Christ's baptism? Give the threefold nature of the temptations of which we have record. What reason may we assign for the attempt of Satan to draw Christ to sin? With whom did Jesus have a most significant interview in Jerusalem? Give the five couplets in John 3:16. With whom did Jesus have another interview at Jacob's well? What was the result of that interview? What is there significant in the brevity of our Lord's public life as compared with that of Alexander or Napoleon? Lesson 4 The Year of Popularity New Testament Division--Second Period (Continued) ------------------------+-----------+----------+----------+-------- EVENTS | MATTHEW | MARK | LUKE | JOHN ------------------------+-----------+----------+----------+-------- Public Teaching in | 4:17 | 1:14, 15 | 4:14, 15 | 4:43-45 Galilee. | | | | | | | | Cana. Healing of the | ... | ... | ... | 4:46-54 Nobleman's Son (1). | | | | | | | | Rejection at | 4:13-16 | ... | 4:16-31 | Nazareth (2). | | | | | | | | Sea of Galilee. Call of | 4:18-22 | 1:16-20 | 5:1-11 | the Fishermen, etc. (3).| | | | | | | | Healing of Peter's | 8:14-17 | 1:21-34 | 4:31-41 | Wife's Mother, of a | | | | Demoniac, etc. | | | | | | | | Preaching Tour through | 4:23-25 | 1:35-39 | 4:42-44 | Galilee (4). | | | | | | | | Healing of a Leper. | 8:2-4 | 1:40-45 | 5:12-16 | | | | | Healing of a Paralytic, | 9:2-9 | 2:1-14 | 5:17-28 | etc.