The Life And Writings Of St. John
Publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons
Published: 1880
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 436
Table of contents: title: LIST OF MAPS AND ILLUSTRATIONS.; title: Pathos. Map and View Frontispiece; title: To face page; title: Imperium Romanorum Latissime Patens. Map  1; title: Site of Bethsaida 16; title: Jerusalem 24; title: Palestine in Time of  Christ. Map 32; title: Cana of Galilee 48; title: Jerusalem, Walls of  55; title: Caesarea Philippi 78; title: Garden of  Gethsemane 92; title: Bethany 116; title: Asia Minor, showing the Seven Churches. Map  137; title: Ephesus 147; title: St. John. (Thorwaldsen's Marbles) 151; title: Thyatira 167; title: Philadelphia 189; title: Old Tyre 241; title: St. John's Travels. Map 257; title: Pergamos 264; title: Site of Capernaum   287; title: Tiberias 305; title: Smyrna  384; title: CONTENTS; title: INTRODUCTION xvii; title: CHAPTER I.; title: THE PLACE IN HISTORY, AND CHARACTER OF THE PERIOD, IN WHICH THE APOSTLE JOHN APPEARED.; title: Life of St. John coeval with the first century. — Date of Christ's birth. — Julius Caesar. — Pompey the Great. — His inarch into Judaea. —  The Holy Land becomes tributary. — He profanes the Holy of Holies. — Enters Rome in triumph. — Julius Caesar supreme. — He appoints Antipater procurator of Judaea. — His son Herod governor of Galilee. — Julius Caesar assassinated. — Herod appointed king of Judaea. — Augustus Caesar becomes emperor. — Extent of Roman empire. — Universal peace. — Birth of Jesus Christ. — Death of Herod the Great. — Archelaus and Antipas. — Archelaus deposed. — Quirinius governor of Syria, — Successive procurators of Judaea, — Death of Augustus. — Tiberius Caesar. — Caiaphas. — Pontius Pilate. — Heathen world. — Pagan literature. — Alexandrian Library destroyed. — Character of the period shown by the condition of the Jewish people. — Development of the prophecies of Messiah. — The law a schoolmaster. — Ceremonial law. — Light dawning when St. John came on the stage 1; title: CHAPTER II.; title: PARENTAGE, EARLY LIFE, AND NATURAL TRAITS OF THE APOSTLE.; title: Position and physical features of the Holy Land. — Ruins. — Sacred associations. — St. John a native of Galilee. — Bethsaida. — Childish pastimes. — Sea of Galilee. — Zebedeus. — His early death. — Jewish education. — Profane and sacred literature. — Schools in the post-exile period. — Education of apostles. — Mode of instruction. — John at school. — Outward life of the boy. — Judas the Gaulonite. — Samaritans. — Pilgrimages. — Jerusalem. — Saul of Tarsus a coeval of St. John. — The Passover. — St. John youngest of the Twelve. — Was he ever married? — Meaning of "Boanerges." — Strong elements in his character. — Compared with Augustine and Luther. — His intellectual character 14; title: CHAPTER III.; title: ST. JOHN IN HIS EARLIEST STAGE OF PREPARATION FOR THE  APOSTLESHIP, AS A DISCIPLE OF JOHN THE BAPTIST.; title: Preparation for the Advent. — Prophet of the preparation. — His important influence on St. John the Evangelist. — Birth of John the Baptist. — Predictions concerning him. — His prototype. — Miracles at his birth. — His holiness. — His life in the wilderness. — St. John his disciple. — Matter of his preaching. — Manner. — Impression on his young Galilean disciples. — Jesus pointed out to them as the Lamb of God. — John and Andrew follow Jesus 32; title: CHAPTER IV.; title: ST. JOHN UNDER THE TRAINING OF THE GREAT MASTER HIMSELF FROM THE BEGINNING OF HIS PUBLIC MINISTRY.; title: His first meeting with Jesus. — Returns to Galilee with Jesus. — Call to the discipleship. — Kana el-Jelil. — His faith strengthened. — Capernaum. — With his Master joins caravan to Jerusalem. — Route. — Transjordanic country. — Sacred reminiscences. — Jerusalem and the temple. — Nicodemus. — St. John probably present at the interview. — Rural parts of Judaea. — St. John engages in his first public work. — Unwritten history. — Central Palestine. — Jesus among the Samaritans. — Wonderful result. — Impression on St. John. —  Nazareth. — Miracles. — St. John forsakes all for Christ — His first circuit in Galilee with Jesus. — Call of St. Matthew. — Daughter of Jairus and widow's son raised from the dead. — St. John's training and preparation for his work. — Again at Jerusalem. — Apostles appointed. — Their names. — Their gifts. — Sermon on the Mount an inaugurative discourse. — Another circuit in Galilee. — Christ begins to teach by parables. — The Twelve sent forth by two and two. — Who was St. John's associate? — Jesus walks on the sea. — Days of darkness drawing near. — Last year of St. John with Christ. — Visit to the Gentile world. — Jesus foretells His death. — Transfiguration. — Its design. — Its effect on St. John. — Faults of St. John. — His jealousy and bigotry. — Anger. — Resurrection of Lazarus. — Persea. — Parables at this time. — Ambition of St. John. — End of pupilage drawing near. — Last public discourses and parables of Jesus. — Impressions on St. John. — St. John sent with St. Peter to prepare the feast of the passover 44; title: CHAPTER V.; title: PREPARATION FOR HIS WORK FROM INTERCOURSE AND INSTRUCTION IN PRIVATE; ESPECIALLY FROM THE GREAT SACRIFICE OFFERED BY JESUS, AS WITNESSED BY THE APOSTLE HIMSELF.; title: Jesus and His disciples celebrating the passover. — Strife. — Expostulation and washing disciples' feet. — Treachery of Judas foretold. — St. Peter's denial foretold. — Institution of the Supper. — Valedictory address. — Intercessory prayer. — Garden of Gethsemane. — The agony. — St. John present. — St. Peter and his sword. — Flight of the disciples. — St. John regains his natural bravery. — St. John alone accompanies Christ to the palace of the high -priest. — Palace described. — St. Peter admitted at the request of St. John.- Jesus led before Pilate. — Charged with sedition and exonerated by Pilate. — Before Herod. — Mocked. — Herod and Pilate made friends. — Again before Pilate. — Pilate's wife. — St. John at the side of Christ. — Bearing the cross. — Simon the Cyrenian. — The penitent thief. What St. John was taught. — St. John and the mother of Jesus. — The blood and the water seen by St. John 86; title: CHAPTER VI.; title: CROWNING PROOF OF THE MESSIAHSHIP OF JESUS, AS WITNESSED BY ST. JOHN.; title: Chief functions of an apostle. — Evidence of resurrection of Christ as addressed to St. John. — St. John's testimony on this subject. — Mary Magdalene's message to St. Peter and St. John. — Christ's first appearance. — St. John sees the empty sepulchre and believes. — Christ appears to Mary Magdalene. — To St. Peter. — The two disciples going to Emmaus. — The ten apostles in the evening. — To the eleven eight days after. — To St. John and six other apostles at the Sea of Galilee. — To five hundred disciples on a mountain in Galilee. — The ascension. — Competency of apostles as witnesses. — St. John neither an enthusiast nor an impostor 111; title: CHAPTER VII.; title: HISTORY OF ST. JOHN IN THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES.; title: Returns to Jerusalem to await the Promise of the Spirit. — Galilee no longer his home. — Apostles assembled in the upper room. — St. John and the mother of Jesus. — Mary disappears from history. — Matthias elected an apostle. — Day of Pentecost. — Apostles in one of the stoas of the temple. — Tongues of flame. — Three thousand converted. — St. John engaged in this work. — Its effect on him. — Miracle at the gate Beautiful of the temple. — His first imprisonment. — Arraigned before the high-priest. — Second time imprisoned. — The work advancing. — The mission of St. John and St. Peter to Samaria. — Tiberius. — Caligula. — Agrippa I. — Publius Petronius. — Claudius. — Martyrdom of St. James, his brother. — Antioch. — The Jewish party. — Council at Jerusalem. — St. John "a pillar" of the Church 122; title: CHAPTER VIII.; title: LATER HISTORY FROM TRADITIONARY SOURCES, TILL HIS ARRIVAL AT EPHESUS AND BANISHMENT TO PATMOS.; title: Authentic traditions concerning St. John. — Parthian empire and the Euphrates. — Glorious clime. — Scenery of the Apocalypse and of the books of Daniel and Ezekiel. — Jerusalem's tribulation approaching. — Agrippa II. — The Roman governors.-— Nero. — Fires Rome. — Accuses and persecutes Christians. — Gessius Floras. — Vespasian invades Judaea. — Titus. — St. John sees the "signs" foretold by Christ. — Sails for Asia Minor. — Supposed reflections. — The voyage. — The Mediterranean. — Cyprus. — Rhodes. — Cnidus. — Patmos. — Miletus. — Harbour of Ephesus. — Temple of Ephesus. — Recent discovery of its ruins. — Neronian persecution reaches the apostle — Banished to Patmos 137; title: CHAPTER IX.; title: ST. JOHN WRITES THE APOCALYPSE. ITS DATE AND DESIGN.; title: Date from internal evidence. — From peculiar idiom. — Only seven churches as yet in Asia. — Judaizing heretics active. — Jews still occupying their land. — Jerusalem not destroyed. — Sixth Roman emperor still on the throne. — No internal evidence favouring later date. — Value of external evidence. — Design of the Apocalypse. — Theme, coming of Christ. — His coming partly visible, partly invisible. — Book with seven seals symbolical of whole prophecy. — End of Jewish and pagan persecuting powers. — Overthrow of later of posing powers. — Millennial and heavenly glory. 151; title: CHAPTER X.; title: ANALYSIS OF THE APOCALYPSE, WITH BRIEF EXPLANATORY NOTES.; title: I. By whom and to whom the Revelation was made. — The title. — The dedication. — The Revealer speaks. II. Epistles to the Seven Churches. — To Ephesus. — Smyrna. — Pergamos. — Thyatira. — Sardis. — Philadelphia. — Laodicea III. Sublime visions, introductory. — Throne in heaven. — Lamb in the midst of the throne. — Honour paid to the Lamb. IV. Overthrow of the Jewish persecuting power. — First five seals, signs of the destruction of Jerusalem. — The sixth seal. — Seventh seal. — Seven angels prepare to sound. — First four trumpets. — First trumpet, appearance of the pagan power of Rome. — Second trumpet, the destruction of nations or their absorption into that of Rome. — Third trumpet, Julius Caesar founder of the empire. — Fourth trumpet, empire established under Augustus. — Fifth trumpet, first woe; or Nero and the ravages of the Jewish war. — Sixth trumpet, second woe, or siege and destruction of Jerusalem under Titus. V. Overthrow of the pagan persecuting power. — Seventh trumpet begins to sound. — Compendium of the little book. — Pagan Rome persecuting the Church. — Spiritual agents in the conflict, and anticipated victory. — Persecution continued. — Imperial magistracy of Rome the visible agents. VI. Corruptions, temporal power, etc., of the nominally Christian Church. — Symbol, dominion, and name of new persecuting power. — Gloomy picture relieved by a vision. — Judgment on the papacy. — Seven vials, or plagues. — First vial, priestcraft and degeneracy of the clergy. — Second and third, Mohammedan power in the 7th, and Ottoman in the 13th century. — Fourth vial, the Inquisition. — Fifth, Reformation. — Sixth, French Revolution. — Seventh vial, symbols of destruction. — Seventh vial continued, woman on a scarlet coloured beast. — Fall of spiritual Babylon. — Lamentations over her fall. — Rejoicing in heaven. — Final conflict and victory. VII. The millennium. — Final destruction of Satan's power. — Resurrection and last judgment. — Prelude to description of New Jerusalem. — The city described. Its more spiritual elements. — The epilogue 178; title: CHAPTER XI.; title: TRADITIONARY HISTORY OF THE APOSTLE CONTINUED.; title: Length of his imprisonment in Patmos. — Siege and fall of Jerusalem. — Effect of tidings on St. John. — Sole survivor of the apostles. — Changes that had come over him. — Accession of Titus to the empire. — Character of this emperor. — Was St. John acquainted with great writers of Greece and Rome? — Epictetus, Seneca, and Pliny. — St. Paul's labours in Asia Minor. — The Jews of Asia Minor. — Heathen philosophy. — St. John's special fitness for this scene of labour. — Early adulteration of Christianity. — Seven churches visited. — Smyrna. — Pergamos. — Thyatira. — Sardis. — Philadelphia. — Laodicea. — Ephesus. — Anecdote of St. John's pursuit of a young robber. — The Ebionites. — Docetas. — Cerinthus. — Co-labourers 267; title: CHAPTER XII.; title: ST. JOHN WRITES THE FOURTH GOSPEL. DATE, DESIGN, AND CONTENTS.; title: Unanimous testimony of antiquity that it was written at Ephesus, a.d. 85 or 86. — Purity of the Greek. — Written at   distance from Judaea. — Author writes as one who had ceased to be a Jew and become cosmopolitan. — Compared with synoptists, writes more in historical vein. — Adopts Roman horology throughout. — His authorship of Fourth Gospel never seriously questioned until recently. — Strauss denied its genuineness. — Tubingen School, etc. — Johannean authorship as stated by Canon Liddon. — The Gospel not a mere supplement to the others. — Its design traced in the parables and miracles which he admits. — St. John's personal knowledge of all the miracles he names. — Principle of selection he adopts. — His design clearly stated by himself. — He wrote to prove Jesus was the Christ, the Son of God. — Contents of the Gospel. — St. John presents the fullest and deepest picture of His love. — His object not polemical. — Review quoted. —  Tholuck 268; title: CHAPTER XIII.; title: ANALYSIS OF  THE GOSPEL, WITH BRIEF  EXPLANATORY NOTES.; title: I. Signs to the unbelieving world that Jesus was the appointed Saviour . — Prologue. — Testimony of John the Baptist to His pre-existence. — His testimony to His own followers. — Power of Jesus' will over nature. — His control over the wills of men. —  The conviction of Nicodemus. — Final and complete testimony of John the Baptist. — His Messiahship acknowledged by the Samaritans — A courtier of Herod Antipas convinced. — His miracles in contrast with false miracles. — The dignity of His character and Divinity of His person asserted by Himself. — God's testimony to Jesus in the miracles He wrought and the prophecies fulfilled in Him. — Great masses convinced. — His character as a proof. — His Divine Sonship proclaimed by a voice from heaven, etc., etc. II. Evidence derived from His intercourse and discourses in private with His disciples, and especially as seen in His great sacrifice for sin, — His continued presence in the mission of the Holy Comforter. — His prayer for His followers. — His Divinity seen in the garden of agony. — In His trial before Pilate. — In the manner of His death. — In the Divine interposition in His burial. — In His resurrection, etc 278; title: CHAPTER XIV.; title: LAST DAYS AND CONCLUDING WRITINGS OF  THE APOSTLE.; title: St. John far advanced in years. — The Epistles written later than the Gospel. — Brevity of the Second and Third indicates infirmities of age. — Sublime thought at foundation of First Epistle. Fellowship. — Five great topics. — Second and Third Epistles addressed to individuals. — Exhibit remarkable simplicity. — Second addressed to a Christian woman, Kuria by name, and her children. — Third addressed to Gaius. — It admirably sketches three distinct portraits. — Very aged, probably past ninety. — These writings breathe spirit of heaven. — Becoming too weak to walk into the assembly, he is Rome thither. — Lived to beginning of second century. —  Not less than one hundred at death. — Buried probably among sepulchres of Mount Prion. — Tradition that he did not die. — Persecution under Domitian. — Nerva. — Trajan. — Traditions. — Some apocryphal, some genuine. — Boiling oil. — Legends of the shipwreck, partridge, etc. — Cerinthus at the bath. — Legendary interpretation of John xxi. 22. — Longfellow on the legend. — Professor Plumptre quoted  380; title: CHAPTER XV.; title: ANALYSES OF  THE EPISTLES, WITH BRIEF EXPLANATORY NOTES.; title: First Epistle. — Fellowship in its twofold aspect : Union with God and with one another. — (1) Fellowship, its nature. — (2) Its fruit, holiness. — (3) Its law, truth. — (4) Its life, love — (5) Its root, faith. — Second Epistle. — Letter to a mother in Israel and her children. — Pleasing information respecting her absent children. — Warns them against fellowship with errorists. — Third Epistle. — Three portraits. — Gaius, Diotrephes, and Demetrius 390; title: INDEX OF SUBJECTS   415; title: INDEX OF SCRIPTURE REFERENCES 429; title: LIST OF AUTHORS AND WORKS REFERRED   434