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| Series Foreword | |
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| General Introduction | |
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| General Foreword | |
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| Editor's Preface | |
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| Introduction | |
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| The Six Accents in the Voice of Jesus | |
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| The Accent of Confidence (11:1-6) | |
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| The Accent of Admiration (11:7-11) | |
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| Violence and the Kingdom (11:12-15) | |
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| The Accent of Sorrowful Rebuke (11:16-19) | |
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| The Accent of Heartbroken Condemnation (11:20-4) | |
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| The Accent of Authority (11:25-7) | |
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| The Accent of Compassion (11:28-30) | |
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| Crisis | |
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| Breaking the Sabbath Law (12:1-8) | |
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| The Claim of Human Need (12:1-8) (contd) | |
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| Master of the Sabbath (12:1-8) (contd) | |
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| Love and Law (12:9-14) | |
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| The Challenge Accepted (12:9-14) (contd) | |
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| The Characteristics of the Servant of the Lord (12:15-21) | |
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| Satan's Defences are Breached (12:22-9) | |
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| The Jewish Exorcists (12:22-9) (contd) | |
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| The Impossibility of Neutrality (12:30) | |
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| The Sin Beyond Forgiveness (12:31-3) | |
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| The Lost Awareness (12:31-3) (contd) | |
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| Hearts and Words (12:34-7) | |
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| The Only Sign (12:38-42) | |
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| The Peril of the Empty Heart (12:43-5) | |
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| True Kinship (12:46-50) | |
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| Many Things in Parables | |
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| The Sower went out to Sow (13:1-9, 18-23) | |
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| The Word and the Hearer (13:1-9, 18-23) (contd) | |
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| No Despair (13:1-9, 18-23) (contd) | |
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| The Truth and the Listener (13:10-17, 34-5) | |
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| Life's Stern Law (13:10-17, 34-5) (contd) | |
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| Human Blindness and God's Purpose (13:10-17, 34-5) (contd) | |
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| The Act of an Enemy (13:24-30, 36-43) | |
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| The Time for Judgment (13:24-30, 36-43) (contd) | |
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| The Small Beginning (13:31-2) | |
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| The Transforming Power of Christ (13:33) | |
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| The Working of the Leaven (13:33) (contd) | |
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| All in the Day's Work (13:44) | |
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| The Precious Pearl (13:45-6) | |
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| The Catch and the Separation (13:47-50) | |
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| Old Gifts used in a New Way (13:51-2) | |
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| The Barrier of Unbelief (13:53-8) | |
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| The Tragic Drama of John the Baptist (14:1-12) | |
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| The Fall of Herod (14:1-12) (contd) | |
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| Compassion and Power (14:13-21) | |
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| The Place of the Disciple in the Work of Christ (14:13-21) (contd) | |
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| The Making of a Miracle (14:13-21) (contd) | |
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| In the Hour of Trouble (14:22-7) | |
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| Collapse and Recovery (14:28-33) | |
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| The Ministry of Christ (14:34-6) | |
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| Clean and Unclean (15:1-9) | |
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| The Foods which Cannot be Eaten (15:1-9) (contd) | |
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| The Ways of Cleansing (15:1-9) (contd) | |
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| Breaking God's Law to Keep Human Law (15:1-9) (contd) | |
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| The Real Goodness and the Real Evil (15:10-20) | |
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| Faith Tested and Faith Answered (15:21-8) | |
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| The Faith which Won the Blessing (15:21-8) (contd) | |
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| The Bread of Life (15:29-39) | |
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| The Graciousness of Jesus (15:29-39) (contd) | |
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| Blind to the Signs (16:1-4) | |
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| The Dangerous Leaven (16:5-12) | |
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| The Scene of the Great Discovery (16:13-16) | |
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| The Inadequacy of Human Categories (16:13-16) (contd) | |
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| The Great Promise (16:17-19) | |
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| The Gates of Hell (16:17-19) (contd) | |
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| The Place of Peter (16:17-19) (contd) | |
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| The Great Rebuke (16:20-3) | |
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| The Challenge behind the Rebuke (16:20-3) (contd) | |
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| The Great Challenge (16:24-6) | |
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| Losing and Finding Life (16:24-6) (contd) | |
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| The Warning and the Promise (16:27-8) | |
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| The Mount of Transfiguration (17:1-8) | |
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| The Blessing of the Past (17:1-8) (contd) | |
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| The Instruction of Peter (17:1-8) (contd) | |
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| Teaching the Way of the Cross (17:9-13, 22-3) | |
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| The Essential Faith (17:14-20) | |
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| The Temple Tax (17:24-7) | |
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| How to Pay Our Debts (17:24-7) (contd) | |
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| Personal Relationships | |
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| The Mind of a Child (18:1-4) | |
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| Christ and the Child (18:5-7, 10) | |
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| The Terrible Responsibility (18:5-7, 10) (contd) | |
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| The Surgical Removal (18:8-9) | |
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| The Shepherd and the Lost Sheep (18:12-14) | |
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| Seeking the Stubborn (18:15-18) | |
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| The Power of the Presence (18:19-20) | |
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| How to Forgive (18:21-35) | |
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| Jewish Marriage and Divorce (19:1-9) | |
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| Jewish Grounds for Divorce (19:1-9) (contd) | |
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| The Answer of Jesus (19:1-9) (contd) | |
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| The High Ideal (19:1-9) (contd) | |
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| The Realization of the Ideal (19:10-12) | |
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| Marriage and Divorce (19:10-12) (contd) | |
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| Jesus' Welcome for the Children (19:13-15) | |
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| The Great Refusal (19:16-22) | |
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| The Peril of Riches (19:23-6) | |
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| A Wise Answer to a Mistaken Question (19:27-30) | |
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| The Master Seeks His Workers (20:1-16) | |
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| Work and Wages in the Kingdom of God (20:1-16) (contd) | |
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| Towards the Cross (20:17-19) | |
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| The False and the True Ambition (20:20-8) | |
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| The Mind of Jesus (20:20-8) (contd) | |
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| The Christian Revolution (20:20-8) (contd) | |
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| The Lordship of the Cross (20:20-8) (contd) | |
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| Love's Answer to Need's Appeal (20:29-34) | |
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| The Beginning of the Last Act of the Drama (21:1-11) | |
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| The Intention of Jesus (21:1-11) (contd) | |
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| The Claim of the King (21:1-11) (contd) | |
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| The Scene in the Temple (21:12-14) | |
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| The Wrath and the Love (21:12-14) (contd) | |
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| The Knowledge of the Simple in Heart (21:15-17) | |
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| The Way of the Fig Tree (21:18-22) | |
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| Promise without Performance (21:18-22) (contd) | |
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| The Dynamic of Prayer (21:18-22) (contd) | |
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| The Expedient Ignorance (21:23-7) | |
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| The Better of Two Bad Sons (21:28-32) | |
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| The Vineyard of the Lord (21:33-46) | |
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| Privilege and Responsibility (21:33-46) (contd) | |
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| The Symbol of the Stone (21:33-46) (contd) | |
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| Joy and Judgment (22:1-10) | |
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| The Scrutiny of the King (22:11-14) | |
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| Human and Divine Right (22:15-22) | |
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| The Living God is God of the Living (22:23-33) | |
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| Duty to God and Duty to Others (22:34-40) | |
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| New Horizons (22:41-6) | |
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| Scribes and Pharisees | |
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| Making Religion a Burden (23:1-4) | |
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| The Religion of Ostentation (23:5-12) | |
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| Shutting the Door (23:13) | |
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| Missionaries of Evil (23:15) | |
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| The Science of Evasion (23:16-22) | |
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| The Lost Sense of Proportion (23:23-4) | |
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| The Real Cleanness (23:25-6) | |
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| Disguised Decay (23:27-8) | |
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| The Taint of Murder (23:29-36) | |
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| The Rejection of Love's Appeal (23:37-9) | |
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| The Vision of Things to Come | |
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| The Vision of the Future (24:1-31) | |
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| The Interweaving of the Strands | |
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| The Doom of the Holy City (24:1-2) | |
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| The Grim Terror of the Siege (24:15-22) | |
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| The Day of the Lord (24:6-8, 29-31) | |
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| The Persecution to Come (24:9-10) | |
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| Threats to the Faith (24:4-5, 11-13, 23-6) | |
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| The Coming of the King (24:3, 14, 27-8) | |
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| The Coming of the King (24:32-41) | |
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| Ready for the Coming of the King (24:42-51) | |
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| The Fate of the Unprepared (25:1-13) | |
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| The Condemnation of the Buried Talent (25:14-30) | |
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| God's Standard of Judgment (25:31-46) | |
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| The Beginning of the Last Act of the Tragedy (26:1-5) | |
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| Love's Extravagance (26:6-13) | |
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| The Last Hours in the Life of the Traitor | |
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| The Traitor's Bargain (26:14-16) | |
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| Love's Last Appeal (26:20-5) | |
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| The Traitor's Kiss (26:47-50) | |
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| The Traitor's End (27:3-10) | |
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| The Last Supper | |
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| The Ancestral Feast (26:17-19) | |
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| His Body and his Blood (26:26-30) | |
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| The Collapse of Peter | |
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| The Master's Warning (26:31-5) | |
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| The Failure of Courage (26:57-8, 69-75) | |
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| The Soul's Battle in the Garden (26:36-46) | |
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| The Arrest in the Garden (26:50-6) | |
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| The Trial before the Jews (26:57, 59-68) | |
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| The Crime of Christ (26:57, 59-68) (contd) | |
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| The Man who Sentenced Jesus to Death (27:1-2, 11-26) | |
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| Pilate's Losing Struggle (27:1-2, 11-26) (contd) | |
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| The Soldiers' Mockery (27:27-31) | |
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| The Cross and the Shame (27:32-44) | |
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| The Triumph of the End (27:45-50) | |
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| The Blazing Revelation (27:51-6) | |
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| The Gift of a Tomb (27:57-61) | |
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| An Impossible Assignment (27:62-6) | |
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| The Great Discovery (28:1-10) | |
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| The Last Resort (28:11-15) | |
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| The Glory of the Final Promise (28:16-20) | |