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HARMONY

OF

THE FOUR GOSPELS.

En the Tords of the Authorized Version.

FOLLOWING THE HARMONY OF THE GOSPELS IN GREEK,

BY EDWARD ROBINSON, D.D., LL.D.

WITH EXPLANATORY NOTES, AND REFERENCES TO PARALLEL
AND ILLUSTRATIVE PASSAGES.

EDITED BY BENJAMIN DAVIES, PH.D.,
Late of the Bible Region Committee

JUN 1879

ODLEIANA

THE RELIGIOUS TRACT SOCIETY:

56, Paternoster Row; 65, ST. PAUL'S CHURCHYARD; AND
164, PICCADILLY.

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PREFATORY NOTE.

THE present work is based upon, and has almost entirely followed the Harmony of the Four Gospels in Greek; newly arranged, with explanatory Notes, by Edward Robinson, D.D., LL.D., late Professor of Biblical Literature in the Union Theological Seminary, New York: 1845. It is proper, therefore, to state the views of that distinguished author in his own language. After referring, in particular, to the Harmony of Archbishop Newcome, as up to that time the standard text-book on the subject, he adds: "The public will naturally be slow to expect any great amount of novelty in a work of this kind, on a subject which has been before the ablest minds of the church during many centuries. Yet in the lapse of centuries, and even of years, there is a constant progress in the discovery or observation of new facts and circumstances bearing upon the social and also the physical history of the Hebrews and other ancient nations. These all serve to enlarge the circle of Biblical knowledge; they add to the apparatus and means of the interpreter and harmonist, and thus enable him often to shed new light upon topics which before were dark or doubtful.

"The scholar may justly require that such a work shall exhibit the result of the latest investigations into language, manners and customs, history, geography, and the like, so far as they are well founded; and thus become, to a certain extent, the representative of the present state of biblical science in this particular department. Such, accordingly, has been my aim in the preparation of this volume. I have also everywhere endeavoured faithfully to judge and write, according to the impressions left on my mind by a personal inspection of most of the scenes of the gospel history; a privilege enjoyed, I believe, by no previous Harmonist. If, then, the scholar shall find little or nothing of positively new matter in these pages, he will yet find, I trust, some new views, and also some new illustrations of old views, which are nowadays assailed. This is true especially in respect to the transactions during the last six months of our Lord's life and ministry; and the remark applies more particularly to the identification of the city Ephraim, and the return of Jesus from that place through Perea; also to the important passover question, and to the mode of harmonizing the several accounts of the Lord's resurrection and its accompanying incidents. The notation of place in connexion with every Section, though not wholly a new feature, is yet much more definitely carried out."

In preparing this edition two very important works have been diligently compared with that of Dr. Robinson, not included in the list of books consulted by him. One is Greswell's Harmonia Evangelica, with elaborate Dissertations, 1830-1834. The result of this comparison has been that only one or two slight changes have been adopted. The other work is Wieseler's Chronological Synopsis of the Four Gospels, here quoted in the English translation by Venables, Cambridge, 1864. The examination of this work has tended, in the main, to support Dr. Robinson's arrangement.

The Notes consist of those given by Robinson, with occasional slight changes, together with a considerable number of others prepared by the late Dr. B. Davies, partly original and partly compiled from Wieseler, Greswell, and others. They relate chiefly to points affecting the agreement of the four evangelists; but other topics of interest and importance are often noticed. For the present Edition, the work has been carefully revised; a few omissions have been made in the notes, and much new matter has been added, embodying the results of recent criticism and research.

1879.

S. G. G.

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The twelve in

structed and sent forth.-Galilee 63. Herod holds Jesus to be John the Baptist, whom he had just before beheaded.-Galilee? Peræa 64. The twelve return, and Jesus retires with them. across the lake. Five thousand are fed.-Capernaum. N.E. coast of the Sea of Galilee 65. Jesus walks upon the water.-Night on the Sea of Galilee. Gennesareth.

66. Our Lord's discourse to the multitude in the synagogue at Capernaum. Many disciples turn back. Peter's profession of faith.-Capernaum|

10. 1,5-42 6. 6-13 9. 1-6

11. 1

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PART V.-FROM THE THIRD PASSOVER DURING OUR LORD'S MINISTRY UNTIL HIS FINAL Departure from Galilee at THE FEAST OF TABERNACLES. TIME: Six months.

67. Our Lord justifies His disciples for eating with

unwashen hands.

Pharisaic traditions.-Ca

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70. The Pharisees and Sadducees again require a 15. 39 sign.-Near Magdala

16. 1-48. 10-12

71. The disciples cautioned against the leaven of the
Pharisees, etc.-N.E. coast of the Sea of Galilee 16. 4-12 8. 13-21

72. A blind man healed.-Bethsaida (Julias)

73. Peter and the rest again profess their faith in Christ.-Region of Cæsarea Philippi

8. 22-26

16. 13-20 8. 27-30

9. 18-21

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74. Our Lord foretells His own death and resurrec-
tion, and the trials of His followers.- Region 16. 21-28
of Cæsarea Philippi

75. The transfiguration.

Our Lord's subsequent

discourse with the three disciples.-Region of
Cæsarea Philippi

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9. 37-43

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76. The healing of a demoniac, whom the disciples
could not heal.-Region of Cæsarea Philippi.. 17. 14-21 9. 14-29
77. Jesus again foretells His own death and resur-
rection.-Galilee.
78. Tribute-money miraculously provided.-Capern. 17. 24-27 9. 33
79. The disciples contend who should be the greatest.
Jesus exhorts to humility, forbearance, and
brotherly love.-Capernaum

80. Jesus goes up to the festival of tabernacles. His
final departure from Galilee. Incidents in
Samaria

81. The seventy instructed and sent out.-Samaria.. 82. Ten lepers cleansed.-Samaria?

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PART VI. THE FESTIVAL OF TABERNACLES, AND THE SUBSEQUENT TRANSACTIONS UNTIL OUR LORD'S ARRIVAL AT BETHANY SIX DAYS BEFORE THE FOURTH PASSOVER.-TIME: Six months, less one week.

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