By HENRY BURTON SHARMAN Based on "RECORDS OF THE LIFE OF JESUS" ASSOCIATION PRESS COPYRIGHT, 1918, BY THE INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE OF The Bible text printed in short measure (indented both sides) is taken from the Revised Version of 1881. .5H2 TO THE STUDENT THE BASIS These studies are based on "Records of the Life of Jesus" (Sharman). In the "Records," the accounts of MatthewMark-Luke are brought into parallelism where they have material in common, thus affording opportunity for the fullest comparative study. But the order of each account is maintained substantially intact, and the "Records" are set forth without the adoption of any theory as to the chronological or literary relationship of the accounts to one another. As a consequence, the phenomena of resemblance and variation are completely exhibited, and at the same time there results an outline of the life of Jesus free from individual judgment as to the order of events. That outline prevails throughout these ✔studies. THE SELECTIONS For the purposes of the studies that follow, the method has been to select, from each Section (8) of the "Records," a single one of the accounts, which is placed here as the passage to be used by the student, it being assumed that, for those whose desire is to have before them all the available testimony, recourse will be had to the "Records." Stated in the broadest terms, the record of Mark is used here entire; the record of Luke is likewise shown entire, except those portions that are paralleled in Mark; of Matthew, so much only is used as is not paralleled in either Mark or Luke; the original order of each of the individual records is maintained. It follows, therefore, that material similar in content but appearing at different points in different records comes under consideration once only in the course of the studies. But on the other hand, notwithstanding the necessary limitations imposed by the scope of the studies, it is believed that, |