Exposition of the Gospel of John CHAPTER 41 CHRIST ANOINTED AT BETHANY John 12:1-11 Below is an Analysis of the passage which we are about to study:— 1. Jesus at Bethany again, verse 1. 2. The supper, verse 2. 3. Mary’s devotion, verse 3. 4. Judas’ criticism, verses 4-6. 5. Christ’s vindication of M... Read More
Women's Speaking Justified, Proved, and Allowed of by the Scriptures, All such as speak by the Spirit and Power of the Lord Jesus. And how Women were the first that Preached the Tidings of the Resurrection of Jesus, and were sent by Christ's own Command, before he Ascended to the Father, John 20. 17... Read More
There is a great need in the body of Christ for consistent reading of the Holy Scriptures in their entirety, book by book, chapter by chapter, verse by verse. In this case we are encouraging a chronological reading of the Scriptures. Most of the confusion is created when certain teachers, groups, or... Read More
XXVI. 1. When Jesus had finished all these discourses - When he had spoken all he had to speak. Till then he would not enter upon his passion: then he would delay it no longer. Mark 14:1; Luke 22:1. Verse 2. After two days is the passover - The manner wherein this was celebrated gives much light to ... Read More
Nothing but the blood of Christ for a sinner, the whole Word of God proclaims, from first to last. All the expiation he can enjoy, all the reconciliation he can plead, all the answer he can have to the demands of the throne where judgment sits to maintain the rights of God, depends upon it. It is th... Read More
The Lord's supper is to be eaten as a memorial or remembrance of Christ. This is His own interpretation of it. The bread was mystically His body, the cup His blood, accomplishing the remission of sins. To eat and to drink of this feast was to partake of the virtues of His sacrifice, or to express su... Read More
For our final chapter we will take as our starting-point an incident in the Gospels that occurs under the very shadow of the Cross-an incident that, in its details, is at once historic and prophetic. " And while he was in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at meat, there came a woman... Read More
In the light of these general principles we can now examine in detail the language of our Lord in instituting the Supper. There are some distinct differences of phraseology in the four accounts, which go in two pairs, St. Matthew and St. Mark being in close agreement, while St. Luke and St. Paul als... Read More
PREFATORY. BY "the three Marys" it is not meant that there are not other Marys in the New Testament, only that the three selected -- Mary the mother of our Lord, Mary of Bethany, and Mary Magdalene -- occupy a specially prominent place. It must indeed be apparent to every reader of the Scriptures th... Read More
The Blessedness of Giving George Everard, 1884 "Remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how He said: It is more blessed to give than to receive. " Acts 20:35 These words of Christ come to us in a remarkable way that seems to give them double force. Suppose you had had a father whose wise and loving co... Read More
Exposition of the Gospel of John CHAPTER 41 CHRIST ANOINTED AT BETHANY
Women's Speaking
76 - Chronological Bible Reading of Scriptures
John Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Matthew 26
The Saviour and the Sinner
The Lord's Supper: A Memorial of Christ
THE GOAL OF THE GOSPEL
The Institution of the Lord’s Supper
The Three Marys as Presented in the Gospels
The Blessedness Of Giving