(6) The claim to be Organ and Giver of Iha Holy Bptrit. Ch. vii. 37-39. (7) The conflict among his hearers, end diver• resulte of thie eerie• of discoureea. ll'resh attempts on his life. The Sanhedrin and Its officers. Their confntation. Ch. vii. 40-58. ((8) The pericope adu/term. Cb, vii. 53-viii. 1 I. (a) The evideuce and counter-evidence for the genuineness of the paragraph. (b) The plot against the honour or the loyalty of the Lord foiled with marvellous wisdom and great love.] •• Christ tl1e I,;ght of the world. Ch. viii. 12-ix. 41. (1) The solemn and formal assertion. Cb. viii. 12, (2) The refusal of the Pharisees to accept such a claim on his own unsupported teatimony, and the reply of Jesus bued on the testimony of the Father, who was ever with him. Cb, viii. 13-19. (3) Controversies with different groups, ending in a partial admission of his claims by some. Ch. viii. 20-30. (4) The teat Christ applied to those who admitted his testimony-true discipleship and freedom. Ch. viii. 81, 32. (5) The offer of sphitual freedom to the seed of Abraham provoked bitter hostility and misapprehension. Cb. viii. 33-46. (6) The I Alll. The appeal to their father Abraham and their Father God led him to assert his anteriority to Abraham. Cb. viii, 47-58. (7) The !)Onftict and victory. Ch. viii. 59. (8) The Lord reasserts his own declaration of eh. viii. 12 by a sign of his power to give eyesight as well as light. Ch. ix. 1-7. (0) The proof of the reality of the miracle, the antagonism of the Pharisees, and the • . persecntion inflicted on the healed man, Ch. i:r. 8-34. •,. • The conviction of the prophetic authority of Jesus produced by the sign alone. (10) The issues of the ministry of Light. Ch. i:r. 35--41. (a) The vision of those who see not. Cb. iL 35-38. (I>) The blindness of those who are satisfied with their twilight, and the remaining of their sin. Ch. ix. 39-41. 5. Christ the Shepherd of the flock of God. Ch. x. 1-21. (1) Parable.of the fold and Bock, the door and the porter, the robber and the shepherd. Ch. x. 1-6. (2) Allegory of the door and the fold, in which Christ claims to be " the Door of the : sheep." Ch. x. 7-10. (3) The functions and responsibilities of the ventable Shepherd, and the relat.ion of the Shepherd.to the Bock. Ch. x. 11-21. (a) The continuity of his Shepherd-activity, notwithstanding the laying dowu of his life. Ch. x. 16-18. (b) The .twofold effect of this declarntion, Ch. x. 10-21. 6. 7'he Oflefl6SS of Christ with tha Father. Ch. x, 22-42. (1) The Feast of Dedication, and the excitement of the people. Ch. :r. 22-26. (2) Christ's claim to equality of power nnd essence, anll similnriiy of grac:ous operation with the Father. Ch. x. 27-30. (3) Resented and challenged, but vindicated by word and sign. Ch. :r. 31-39. (4) The susceptibility of those who had been prepared for his Word by the early ministry of John. Ch. x. 40-42. 7. Chnst the .Antagmiist of death-a victory of pm;;er and IOT/8. Ch. :ri. 1-57. (1) The mystery and might of sacrificial love seen in the prelude of the miracle. Ch. xi. 1-16, (2) The reciprocities of human affection drawing from Christ the vast assertion and . promise," I AM THE RESURRECTION A.ND THE LIFE." Ch. :Ii. 17-3\l. (3) The struggle with death, the groaning, the weeping, the aggravation, the victory of power and love. Ch. :i:i. 33-44. (4) The different results produced on the multitude, on the Pharisees, on the Sanhedrin, and th• high priest. The final resolve of the anthorities, Cb. xi. 45-57.
III, CoNSUlDU.TION OF THE PtraLIO MINISTRY. I. The feast oJ love and gratitude. The culmination of the previollli events, but I.he anticipa• tiou of the burial-the disco1·d11nt note. Ch. xii. 1--8. \l. The effeot, of th11 great s,gn. Ch. xii. 9-11. (1) On much people of the Jews. Ch. xii. 9. (2) Ou the chief priests, Ch. xii. 10, 11. chill JNTRODUOTION TO