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left as in the original. Words in italics in the original are surrounded
by _underscores_. Words in a Gothic font in the original are surrounded
by =equal signs=. In the original, the words spoken by Jesus are in a
larger font--in this text, the words of Jesus are indented from the
margins. A few typographical errors have been corrected. A complete list
follows the text.
The text mentions a "geographical and historical chart" that was
intended to accompany this book. It is not a part of this text and is
not included here.
[Illustration: The Adoring Shepherds.
"And they came with haste, and found Mary and Joseph, and the babe lying
in a manger."--Page 13.]
WALKS AND WORDS
of
JESUS;
=A Paragraph Harmony of the Four Evangelists=.
BY REV. M. N. OLMSTED,
WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY REV. BISHOP FOSTER, D.D.
FIFTH EDITION.
NEW YORK:
NELSON & PHILLIPS.
CINCINNATI:
HITCHCOCK & WALDEN.
Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1867,
By M. N. OLMSTED,
In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the
Southern District of New York.
CONTENTS.
I. Jesus in Creation and Prophecy 11
II. The Childhood of Jesus 14
III. The Baptism and Temptation of Jesus 16
IV. Testimony of John--Call of the First Disciples 18
V. First Miracle--Temple cleansed--Visit of Nicodemus 22
VI. John Exalts Jesus--Woman at the Well--Visit to Samaria 27
VII. Nobleman of Capernaum--Preaches at Nazareth 32
VIII. Moves to Capernaum--Andrew and Peter Called 36
IX. Sermon on the Mount, near Capernaum 39
X. Sermon on the Mount Continued 46
XI. Sermon on the Mount Concluded 52
XII. Draught of Fishes--Heals a Leper--Matthew Called 56
XIII. Healing at the Pool--Resurrection Foretold 62
XIV. Disciples in the Cornfield--Withered Hand 68
XV. Apostles named--Woes and Blessings--Practical Lessons 72
XVI. Practical Lessons Continued--Heals Centurion's Servant 75
XVII. Widow of Nain--Messengers of John--Woes on Capernaum 80
XVIII. Woman Washes Jesus' feet--Two Debtors 85
XIX. Pharisees seek a Sign--Jesus Teaches by Parables 91
XX. Parables and Interpretations 99
XXI. The homeless Saviour--The Storm--The Demoniac 105
XXII. Child Healed--Touch of Faith--Two Blind Men--Eats with
Publicans and Sinners 109
XXIII. Revisits Nazareth--Sends the Twelve with Instructions 114
XXIV. John the Baptist Beheaded by Order of Herod 121
XXV. Jesus Feeds Five Thousand with Five Loaves and two
Fishes 123
XXVI. Walks on the Sea--Peter Sinking--Mountain Closet 126
XXVII. Jesus the Bread of Life for the World 129
XXVIII. Pharisees Murmur--Washings and Other Traditions 135
XXIX. Syrophenician Woman--Blind Men--Feeds Four Thousand 139
XXX. Pharisees ask a Sign--Reasons for Faith--Blind Men 142
XXXI. Jesus Foretells his Death and Resurrection 145
XXXII. Transfiguration--Cures a Demoniac 149
XXXIII. Death Foretold again--Pays Tribute--Caution Against
Giving Offence 153
XXXIV. Lessons of Humility and Forgiveness 157
XXXV. Jesus at the Feast--Return of the officers of the Chief
Priests 163
XXXVI. The Convicted Accusers--Jesus the Light of the World 168
XXXVII. A man born Blind, Healed, Examined and Excommunicated 175
XXXVIII. Parable of the Good Shepherd 179
XXXIX. Jesus Raises Lazarus--Jews Seek his Life 184
XL. Seventy Disciples sent out 190
XLI. Martha's Entertainment--Form of Prayer--Dumb Devil 196
XLII. Evil Generation seek a Sign--Practical Lessons 200
XLIII. Discourses on Various Topics--Ministerial Diligence 205
XLIV. Tokens of Coming Judgment--Eighteen Years Infirmity 214
XLV. Dropsy Cured--Parable of the Great Supper 219
XLVI. Parables of Lost Sheep, Lost Piece of Silver and
Prodigal Son 225
XLVII. The Unjust Steward--The Rich Man and Lazarus 230
XLVIII. Of Giving Offence--Ten Lepers--Second Coming of Jesus 235
XLIX. Importunate Widow--Marriage--Children brought to Jesus 240
L. Young Ruler--Warning to the Rich--Parable of Laborers 245
LI. Zebedee's Children--Heals two Blind Men near Jericho 251
LII. Nobleman & Servants--Mary Anoints Jesus 254
LIII. Triumphant Entrance of Jesus into Jerusalem 260
LIV. Greeks Wish to see Jesus--Barren Fig Tree 264
LV. Pharisees Question his Authority--Parable of Vineyard 269
LVI. The Marriage Feast--Tribute to Cesar--Jewish Infidelity 274
LVII. Jesus Answers Sadducees and Pharisees--Widows Offering 279
LVIII. Woes Against Scribes, Pharisees and Hypocrites 284
LIX. Destruction of the Temple and Coming of the Son of Man
Foretold 290
LX. Fearful Signs after the Great Tribulation 296
LXI. Parable of the Talents--Judgment of the Nations 303
LXII. Covenant with Judas--Passover--Jesus Washes his
Disciples' Feet 308
LXIII. The Lord's Supper Instituted--Peter Forewarned 313
LXIV. Jesus Comforts his Disciples--Teaches Love to each
Other 318
LXV. Jesus the True Vine--Hatred of the World 324
LXVI. Jesus Forewarns his Disciples 328
LXVII. Jesus Prays for his Disciples--Foretells Peter's Denial 333
LXVIII. The Agony of Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane 338
LXIX. Betrayal of Jesus--Brought Before the High Priest 342
LXX. Jesus Examined by the Sanhedrim--Peter denies him 345
LXXI. Examination Continued--Judas Repents--Jesus Scourged 348
LXXII. Jesus Before Herod--Message to Pilate from his
Wife--Pilate Washes his Hands 352
LXXIII. Jesus Crucified--He Prays for his Enemies 356
LXXIV. The two Thieves--Jesus Thirsts--He gives up the Ghost 359
LXXV. Jesus Taken down from the Cross--Buried--Tomb Sealed 362
LXXVI. The Resurrection of Jesus--Scenes and Incidents 365
LXXVII. Mary Magdalene and Others Visit the Sepulchre 367
LXXVIII. Journey to Emmaus--Incredulity of Thomas 369
LXXIX. Jesus Appears to the Eleven; then to Five Hundred
Brethren at once 374
LXXX. The Ascension of Jesus--Incidents 379
LXXXI. Conclusion 383
INTRODUCTION
The happy thought of this volume was suggested by the incidental reading
of this fact, in the life of JOHN QUINCY ADAMS: He was one day engaged
in his usual study of the New Testament, (a practice he kept up daily
throughout life, even amid the most urgent State duties,) when being
particularly impressed by some words of Jesus, he conceived the idea of
abstracting all his words from the body of the sacred text, that he
might see them in their unity and wholeness. He immediately procured a
suitable blank book, and beginning with the first Gospel, wrote down
every word of Christ, as given by each of the Evangelists. This most
precious _excerpta_ he continued to read and devoutly study with great
profit and comfort.
If the publisher had done nothing else but carry out this idea, he would
have performed a good service, for many devout students of the Word of
God; but he has done much more and I doubt not, by a very simple method,
will become the instrument of good to thousands.
The several things aimed at and accomplished, in the plan of the book,
are these
FIRST. A complete harmony of the several Evangelistic narratives, in a
consecutive chronological order, thus presenting in one view a complete
and perfect picture of our Saviour's life and ministry. Every word of
each Gospel is given, (except that which is embraced in the two opening
chapters,) but in continued and unbroken flow, and not in the
fragmentary and disjointed order of chapter and verse, as found in the
ordinary form.
SECOND. The words spoken by Jesus himself are raised out of the page, in
relief, by means of larger type; so that if the reader is desirous, he
can peruse at a single sitting all the words of the Master left on
record, in the order of their utterance, and apart from the words of
others, without the labor of selecting.
THIRD. While the main intent is to present the Gospels in a harmonious
arrangement, and especially to give prominence to the divine speaker
himself, the author has furnished two preliminary and a concluding
chapter of real interest and value, in the first of which, by a
judicious collocation of passages from the Old and New Testaments, he
traces Christ as he appeared in Creation and Providence, as set forth by
the Prophets and Apostles. In the second he sketches a brief account of
his childhood with appropriate reflections, and in the concluding
chapter ending the volume, he gives his words uttered after the
ascension, as found in the Epistles and the book of Revelation.
FOURTH. Accompanying the volume, is a geographical and historical
chart, ingeniously contrived to illustrate the general idea of the book.
This chart is entitled "The Walks of Jesus; a Pictorial Chart of the
Antediluvian and Patriarchal Periods, and of the Holy Land; for Sunday
Schools and Families." It is published in neat and attractive form, and
of various sizes, and cannot fail to be a useful accompaniment of Bible
study.
I am so pleased with the general plan of this work, and with the manner
in which the publisher is executing his idea, that I take great pleasure
in commending it as a helpful and convenient companion to all Bible
lovers and students.
Among the many books which are appearing, concerning the Christ, this,
after all, is the truest and best. It may be WELL to read them--it is
INDISPENSABLE to read this. Whatever gives interest to the sacred page,
and especially, whatsoever shall give prominence to the simple word and
truth of Jesus, cannot fail to be fraught with blessings to the world.
The holy Evangelists were inspired men. All their words are the words of
God, and not one of them to be lightly esteemed, or to be held as of
questionable authority; and yet the precise sentences that fell from the
lips of the Only Begotten rise in importance and dignity, and come to us
with more direct authority and divinity. Let us remember the voice that
dropped from the open heaven: "This is my beloved Son: hear ye him."
R. S. FOSTER.
=Walks and Words of Jesus=
CHAPTER I.
JESUS IN CREATION AND PROPHECY.
When we open the HOLY BIBLE, the very first sentence unfolds to us the
creation of worlds by the Word and power of Jehovah: "In the beginning
God created the heaven and the earth."
In the NEW TESTAMENT Jesus is presented as the "Creator of all things."
The inspired writer opens the subject in these words: "In the beginning
was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same
was in the beginning with God. All things were made by him; and without
him was not anything made that was made."
Paul, in one of his epistles, speaks of this same Jesus as the image of
the invisible God, the first born of every creature: "for by him were
all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible
and invisible, whether _they_ be thrones, or dominions, or
principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him;
and he is before all things, and by him all things consist."
Again, John, in his vision of the future glory of the Church, saw the
Eternal Throne, and Jesus the Mighty Conqueror seated upon it; and heard
voices chanting in angelic strains, "Holy, holy, holy, Lord God
Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come."
And four-and-twenty elders, clothed in white robes, with crowns of gold,
fell prostrate before him, and worshipped him that liveth for ever and
ever, saying, "Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory, and honor, and
power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are
and were created."
When Adam had ruined himself and his posterity by eating the forbidden
fruit, Jehovah, in his infinite love, gave him the promise of a MESSIAH,
in the words addressed to the serpent: "I will put enmity between thee
and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy
head, and thou shalt bruise his heel."
As we trace along the stream of time, we see this faint promise oft
renewed, brightening with every repetition.
When Jehovah had destroyed the world by a flood, on account of its
wickedness, preserving only the family of Noah to repeople it, and had
scattered the builders of Babel, confounding their language, he said to
faithful Abram: "Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and
from thy father's house, unto a land that I will show thee: and I will
make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name
great; and thou shalt be a blessing: and I will bless them that bless
thee, and curse him that curseth thee; and in thee shall all families of
the earth be blessed."
Jacob, on his way to Padan-Aram, slept, and saw in the night-visions, a
ladder, with its foot upon the earth, and its top reaching to heaven,
and lo! angels were ascending and descending upon it. And he heard the
voice of the Lord from the top of the ladder, saying unto him: "I _am_
the Lord God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac: the land
whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed; and thy
seed shall be as the dust of the earth; and thou shalt spread abroad to
the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south: and in
thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed."
[Illustration: Bethlehem--Birthplace of Jesus.]
Thus from time to time was the promise of a coming Saviour renewed,
until, on the plains of Bethlehem, a glorious light burst upon the
watching shepherds, and an angel appeared, saying; "Fear not: for,
behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all
people. For unto you is born this day, in the city of David, a Saviour,
which is Christ the Lord." And suddenly there was with the angel a
multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying, "Glory to God
in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men."
And when the angels had departed, the shepherds said one to another,
"Let us now go even unto Bethlehem, and see this thing which is come to
pass, which the Lord hath made known unto us." And they came with haste,
and found Mary and Joseph, and the babe lying in a manger. And the
shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things that
they had heard and seen.
Eight days after, at the circumcision of the child, he was called Jesus,
which signifies Saviour, a name given before he was born: "for" said the
angel, "He shall save his people from their sins."