and he illustratetl the impropriety of such severe re- quirements prematurely by the festivity of a marriage week, ami by the parables of a new patch on an old gar- ment, and new wine in old skin-bottles (Matt, ix, 14-17, and parallels). In the midst of these remarks he v/as entreated by a leading citizen named Jairus (q. v.) to visit his dalighter, who lay at the point of death ; and while going for that puqwse he cured a female among the crowd of a chronic hemorrhage (q. v.) by her secret- ly touching the edge of his dress, which led to her dis- covery and acknowledgment on the spot; but in the meantime information arrived of the death of the sick girl: nevertheless, encouraging the father's faith, he pro- ceeded to the house where her funeral had already be- gun, and, entering the room with her parents and three disciples only, restored her to life and health by a sim- ple touch and word, to the amazement of all the vicin- ity (Mark v, 22-43, and parallels). As he was leaving Jairus's house two blind men followed him, whose re- quest that he would restore their sight he granted by a touch; and on his return home he cured a dumb dsemo- niac, upon which the Pharisees repeated their calumny of his collusion with Satan (Matt, ix, 27-34). Visiting Nazareth again shortly afterwards, his acquaintances were astonished at his eloquence in the synagogue on the Sabbath, but were so prejudiced against his obscure family that but few had sufiicient faith to warrant the exertion of his miraculous power in cures (!Mark vi, 1-6, and parallel). About this time (probably Jan. and Feb. A.D. 28), commiserating the moral destitution of the community, Jesus sent out the apostles in pairs on a gen- eral tour of preaching and miracle-working in different directions (but avoiding the (ientiles and Samaritans), with special instructions, while he made his third cir- cuit of Galilee for a like purpose (Matt, ix, 35-38 ; x, ], 5-14, 40-42; xi, 1 ; Mark vi, 12, 13; and parallels). Upon their return, Jesus, being apprized of the execu- tion of John the Baptist !)y Herod (]\Iark vi, 21-29 ; probalily March, A.D. 28), and of the tetrarch's views of himself (Mark vi, 14-16; see John the Baptist), re- tired with tliem across the lake, followed by crowds of men, with their families, whom at evening he miracu- lously fed with a few provisions at hand (Mark vi, 30- 44, and parallels), an act that excited such enthusiasm among them as to lead them to form the plan of forci- bly proilaiming him their political king (John vi, 14, lo); this design Jesus defeated by dismissing the mul- titude, and sending away the disciples by themselves in a Ijoat across the lake, while he spent most of the night alone in jirayer on a neighboring hill ; but towards day- light he rejoined them, by walking on the water to them as tliey were toiling at the oars against the Avind and temjiestuous waves, and suddenly calming the sea. brought them to the shore, to their great amazement ; then, as he proceeded through the plain of Gennesareth, the .whole country brought their sick to him to be cured (Jlatt. xiv, 22-36, and parallels), the populace whom he had left on the eastern shore meanwhile missing him, returned by boats to (Japernaum (John vi, 22-24 ; prob. Thursd. and Friday, JMarch 25 and 26, A.D. 28). Meet- ing them in their search next day in the synagogue, he took occasion, in alluding to the recent miracle, to pro- claim himxdfxn them at large as the celestial " maii- na" for the soid, but cooled their political ambition by warning them tliat the benefits of his mission could only be received through a participation by faith in the atoning sacrifice shortly to be made in his own person; a doctrine that soon discouraged their adherence to him, but proved no stumbling-block to the steadfast faith of eleven of his apostles (John vi, 25-71 ; prob. Saturdav, March 27, A.D. 28).
4. Third more public Tea/-.— Avoiding the malicious plots of the hierarchy at Jerusalem bv remaining at tapemaum during the Passover (.John vii, 1 ; probably Sunday, March 28, A.D. 28), Jesus took occasion, from the fault found by some Pharisees from the capital against his disciples for eating with unwashed hands
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[see Ablution], to rebuke their traditional scrupulous- ness as subversive of the true intent of the Law, and to expound to his disciples the true cause of moral defile- ment, as consisting in the corrupt affections of the heart (Mark vii, 1-16; Matt, xv, 12-20; and parallels), Re> tiring to the borders of Phoenicia, he was besought with such importunity by a Gentile woman to cure her dsa- moniae daughter, that, after overcoming with the most touching arguments his assumed indifference, her faith gained his assent, and on reaching home she found her daughter restored (iMatt, xv, 21-28, and parallel; prob. May, A.D. 28). Thence returning through the Deeap- olis, publicly teaching on the way, he cured a deaf and dumb person, with many other invalids, and, miracu- lously feeding the great multitude that followed him, he sailed across to the western shore of the lake (3Iark vii, 31-37 ; Matt, xv, 30-39; and parallels), where he re- buked the Pharisees' demand of some celestial prodigy by referring them to the tokens of the existing wra, which were as evident as signs of the weather, and admonish- ing them of the coming retribution (Matt, xvi, 1-3; v.