What Jesus Taught - The Saying's Translated And Arranged With Expository Commentary 12+

📗 The Sayings Translated and Arranged With Expository Commentary BURTON SCOTT EASTON THE ABINGDON PRESS NEW YORK CINCINNATI CHICAGO CONTENTS PREFACE 5 THE PREPARATION 7 THE SAYINGS I. RIGHTEOUSNESS 11 II. THE FATHER 32 III. THE MISSION 42 IV. THE REJECTION 49 V. CONVERSION 54 COMMENTARY THE PREPARATION 67 I. RIGHTEOUSNESS 72 II. THE FATHER 98 IIL THE MISSION 106 IV. THE REJECTION 114 V. CONVERSION 119 INDEXES INDEX TO BIBLICAL PASSAGES 133 INDEX FROM BIBLICAL PASSAGES 137 GENERAL INDEX. 142 PREFACE THIS collection o Jesus sayings is designed primarily for those who do not care to follow the intricacies of modern Gospel criticism and who wish only the firm ground of assured results. The principle of selection, therefore, has not been the editors own preference but the general con sensus of present-day opinion with a greater readiness to omit rather than to include debated passages. The most disputed subjects are those of the Messianic consciousness and the apocalyptic language here such contradictory opin ions are held that no choice of material will be universally satisfactory. But much of this controversy is based on premises that are more theological than historical and every passage printed perhaps apart from those marked a, b, c at the beginning has the support of specialists who otherwise hold radical views. Apart from these subjects there are few serious scholars who will not agree that Jesus actual teach ing is summarized with reasonable accuracy by the collec tion as a ...