his consequent imprisonment, 209- and subsequent death, 210-where it took place, ib.-the popular character of John's ministry, 304-reasons for the insertion of the account of the birth and parentage of the Baptist, 535, 536 - signification of the name John, noticed, 538-in what his great- ness consisted, ib. — wherein he was the prophet of Christ, 552-his educa- tion and early life, mentioned, 554- his ministry eminently successful among the publicans, 599-the objects contemplated in the mission of John,
Jonas, the history of, mentioned by our Lord as a sign of his own resurrection, 186 - in what respect Christ was greater than Jonas, 187
Jordan, meaning of the phrase, “bap- tized in Jordan," 47-no support for the practice of baptizing by immersion found in this passage, 51-the source of the Jordan, noticed, 229
Joseph of Arimathea, an instance of a rich
man entering the kingdom of heaven, 278-no intimation of a greater num- ber of spiritual gifts having been con- ferred upon him, 285-account of his birth-place, 433—and character, 433,
- the honourable course he fol- lowed in regard to the body of our Lord, 433-his tomb, described, ib.- embalms the body of Christ, in which he is assisted by Nicodemus, a proof they did not anticipate his resurrection, 433, 434-his affection for the Saviour, commended, 434-in what respect he was an honourable counsellor, 523- where his courage lay in asking for the body of our Lord, ib.
Joseph, the husband of Mary, his charac- ter, justly stated, 25-the reason why Egypt was his retreat from the perse- cution of Herod, 38-his residence at Nazareth, accounted for, 42-the tes- timony of early tradition respecting the occupation of Joseph, 206-the sup- posed poverty of the holy family, noticed, 206, 560-the supposition that Joseph died before our Lord entered upon his public ministry, mentioned, 605, 606
Josephus, the historian, his silence re- specting the massacre of the innocents, accounted for, 40-his account of the Pharisees, 47-his description of the royal portico of Herod, called the pin- nacle of the temple, 59-his relation of a distant view of Jerusalem, quoted, 76 -of the queen of Sheba, 187—of the place where John was beheaded, 210 -the heartless manner in which he speaks of divorcing his wife, 268-his meaning of the word, "regeneration," 279 his account of the Sadducees, 316-of the opinions entertained by the Pharisees of the resurrection, 317 -his praise of the temple of Herod, noticed, 339-his account of the de- struction of Jerusalem, ib.-of various pretenders to the Messiahship, 341- of the quaking of the earth, and other fearful portents, antecedent to the de- struction of Jerusalem, 342 — his ac- count of the siege, 346, 421 - his silence respecting the massacre of the Galileans, noticed, 653
Jubilee, year of, among the Jews, noticed, 578-a type of the gospel age of deli- verance and restoration, ib. Judaism, in what respects it was a con- servative dispensation, 693, 694 Judas, his character, 119, 281, 377-pos-
sessed miraculous powers, 119-from whence his surname Iscariot is derived, 145-his treachery ultimately subser- vient to the cause of Christ, 146-his dishonesty in reference to the bag which he carried, 277, 375, 377-is excluded in the intention of our Lord when he declared that the apostles should sit upon twelve thrones, and why, 281-the sin by which he fell, 375-offers to betray his Master to the chief priests, 377-conjectures respect- ing the motives by which he was actuated, ib.-the amount of money actually received by Judas, noticed, 377, 378-his arrant hypocrisy, dis- played while partaking of the passover, 381-is pointed out by our Lord as his betrayer, 381, 382-his eternal state, represented by our Lord, and which was sealed by his last act, 383, 411— his sin and that of Peter, contrasted,
393 delivers Jesus by a sign into the hands of his enemies, 400-the poig- nant reproof he receives from our Lord, ib.-is brought to repentance by the condemnation of Christ, 411-the nature of that repentance which he manifested, ib.-his public declaration to the innocency of Christ, ib. — his keen remorse, 412-the circumstances attending his suicidal act, considered, 413, 414-reason there is to conclude that in the first stage of his apostleship he was as sincere and enlightened as the rest of the apostles, 660
Jude, the apostle, how distinguished from
Judas, the traitor, 145
Judea, wilderness of, where situated, 43 -various conjectures respecting the scene of our Saviour's temptation, no- ticed, 56-extensive prospects from some of the mountains of Judea, men- tioned, 60
Judge, signifies not merely to condemn, but to have authority, to preside over, to rule, 280
Judgment, the day of, the last day, the day which closes the course of time, 118-Christ declares himself the Judge of the world, 118, 241, 368, 372—and thus asserts his divinity, 118-the phrase, “rise up in judgment," ex- plained, 187-reasons why angels shall be the instruments in separating the evil from the good, 201, 204, 351, 368 -manner of Christ's coming to judge the world, stated, 241, 368-the idea, that our Saviour alluded to it, when he used the word "regeneration," noticed, 279-the events which shall precede this day, stated, 350, 351-a critical consideration of the phrase, "Of that day and hour knoweth no man," &c., 352-the importance of preparation for this day, stated, 355-the mystical meaning of the parable of the ten vir- gins, considered, 358-360-the nature of the proceedings of the day of judg- ment, noticed, 363-Christ exercised the office of Judge while on earth, by authoritatively denouncing punishment on certain classes of persons, 592-the grounds of the divine procedure will be fully disclosed on the day of judg
ment, 641-the impartial character of the Judge, described, 683, 685-justi- fication at the last day, placed on its
Justice, or judgment, one of the weightier matters of the law, 331 Justification, of men before God, the lead- ing subject of the Epistle to the Romans, 666-the guilty and condemned state of all men, declared, 666, 668-the term, righteousness of God," as used by the apostle Paul, explained, 667- character of that law under which man is placed, ib.—the innocent, how justi- fied, and how the guilty, ib.—justifica- tion, in the gospel, does not rest on an act of prerogative, but on the accept- ance of satisfaction, ib.-distinction between the righteousness of God and our own, stated, ib.—the grand subject of man's justification, fully revealed in the gospel, ib.-the phrase, “from faith to faith," critically considered, 667, 668-the conformity of the evan- gelical doctrine of justification, with the principles admitted by the writers of the Old Testament, 668-in what man's justification at the last day con- sists, 684-how Gentiles who are not even hearers of the law are justified, 687-circumcision, a visible declaration of the doctrine of justification by faith, 692-in what respects man cannot be justified by the works of the law, 700 -the utter insufficiency of future obe- dience to effect our justification, 700, 701-the term " law," thus used, refers to the moral law, ib.-the term, " righ- teousness of God," explained, as con- nected with the gospel plan of salva- tion, 701-the important doctrine of justification by faith, witnessed by the law and prophets, ib.-a definition of this doctrine, 702—its instrumental and meritorious cause, noticed, ib.—its uni- versal adaptation, ib.-distinction be- tween the terms "justify," and "par- don," ib.—meaning of the term “free- ly," as applied to man's justification, 702, 703—is an entire act of mercy on the part of God, 703 Juvenal, quoted, 367
Karaites, the difference between them
and the Pharisees, stated, 48 Kappos, explained, 110 Karaλvua, explained, 514, 556 Karaλoyia, explained, 218 Kатажетаσμа, explained, 429 Karapoove, explained, 682 Karηyopiar, explained, 590 Kalynns, explained, 327 Kategns, explained, 535 KaTxvw, explained, 235 Knvoos, explained, 314
Keys, of the kingdom of heaven, mean- ing of the phrase, considered, 236- a familiar emblem to the apostles, as being used in constituting a rabbi, or doctor of the law, ib.- -were worn by doctors of the law as a badge of their office, 638
Kingdom of heaven, and of God, synony- mous, 43—was predicted by Daniel, ib. -the kingdom of Christ not of this world, 43, 128, 129, 253, 278, 291, 328, 417, 642-it consists in bringing the hearts of men into subjection to the authority of God by moral influence, 43, 108-the nature of the blessings of this kingdom, stated, 69-how it is re- ceived by the poor in spirit, ib.—its paci- fic character, 72—the phrase, “least in the kingdom of heaven," considered, 79 -"Thy kingdom come," in the Lord's prayer, illustrated, 100-importance of seeking this kingdom, stated, 108- reasons why it should be sought, 109- the phrase," children of the kingdom," explained, 125-twofold sense in which the kingdom of heaven is said to suffer violence, 165, 166-the ejection of devils from the possessed, a visible sign of the establishment of the Messiah's kingdom, 181-its increase compared to a grain of mustard-seed, considered, 201-Peter's worldly notions of this kingdom, reproved, 238, 239-the establishment of Christ's mediatorial
kingdom, stated, 241, 242-why called a kingdom, 242-when commenced, and when completed, ib.-the essen- tial qualifications for entering this king- dom, considered, 254, 255-character of those who are the greatest therein, 255-the difficulty of entering it with riches, considered, 277, 278-examples of rich persons entering this kingdom, 278-the only way in which eminence therein can be obtained, 289-the honours of this kingdom are not dis- tributed on the principle of favouritism, 290-who are entitled to its rewards, and the rule of distribution laid down, ib.-its spiritual character, represented by Christ entering Jerusalem on an ass, 296-those who are most complaisant to the truth are the farthest from the kingdom of God, 305-in what respects the Pharisees shut the kingdom of hea- ven against those who were striving to enter, 328-Christ shows the nature of this kingdom, by styling himself its king, 369, 417-the twofold kingdom of Christ, described, 544 KANTopes, described, 309 Kneeling, at prayer, a posture used by the Jews on occasions of calamity and deep humiliation, 94-the constant attitude of the first Christians in their acts of devotion, ib.-a custom adopted by Peter and Paul, noticed, ib.-the phrase, "kneeling down to him," explained,
Koλapiše, explained, 408 KoλAußiora, described, 299 Kopßavav, explained, 412 Kpaσnedа, explained, 325 KpaTiOTE, explained, 535 Kpivw, explained, 280
Kupie, "Lord," not always used in a reli- gious sense, 122
Kupios, explained, 322
Labourers, custom of the Jews, respecting hiring and paying labourers, noticed, 283-the parable of the labourers in the vineyard, illustrated, 284-236 Lardner, quoted, in proof that no apocry-
phal Gospel was recognised by the
primitive church, 5-on the enrolment of the Roman empire at the birth of Christ, 555
"Last shall be first," a proverb, explained, 282, 284-the persons to whom this proverb is applicable, 285
Law, two leading senses, in which this word is used in the New Testament, 76-how the moral law was fulfilled by our Lord, 76, 77—in what respect the ceremonial law was fulfilled by Christ, 78-Marsh's attempt to prove that our Lord did not abolish the Levitical law, noticed, 77-how the moral law is fulfilled by the gospel, 78-the object of this law, ib.-how made of none effect by the traditions of the Pharisees, 79-Antinomianism condemned, ib.-the spiritual meaning of the ceremonial law, defended, 81- the ancient Jews understood the law as forbidding all impure desire and secret inclination to sin, 84-extent of this law, as enacted by Christ himself, considered, ib.-in what sense the cere- monial law is not applicable to Christ, 122-a partial surrender to the truth, no security against the most over- whelming out breakings of the unmor- tified corruptions of the heart, 210- the contention in the early church re- specting the continuance of the cere- monial law, noticed, 246-the abroga- tion of this law, formally and authorita- tively declared, ib.-Calvin, quoted, on this subject, ib.—the law of mar- riage, laid down and expounded by our Lord, 269-the manner in which our Saviour occasionally quoted the com- mandments, explained, 275-the moral law of God perfectly accordant with truth, 681-in what respects the Gen- tiles were without law, 686—the term, 'law," as used by St. Paul, considered, ib.-can only be understood by atten- tion to the argument, ib.-how far the absence or presence of the Greek arti- cle influences the interpretation of the word "law," considered, ib.-how the knowledge of sin is said to be by the law, 700
Lawyers, students and teachers of the Jewish law, 34, 320-the design of
AeToUpya, explained, 541 Leper, the, nature of the worship he paid our Lord, the faith which he exercised, and the cure which he obtained, 122— reason of the secrecy imposed upon him, although the miracle had been worked in the presence of multitudes, 123-his testimony to the priests, ex- plained, ib.
Leprosy, nature of that disease, 122-the parallel between the leprosy and our natural corruption, not to be pursued into minute particulars, ib. AerTov, described, 509
Life, the term used by our Lord, both for the animal life and the immortal soul, 160-the way to eternal life, dis- tinctly declared, 623-the same in principle under the Mosaic and Chris- tian dispensations, ib.-the term, "eternal life," defined, 684 Light, Mr., a modern traveller, quoted, on the tombs among the Jews, 131 Lightfoot, Dr., quoted, on the Jewish custom of reckoning by generations, 24-on the ceremony of espousals among the Jews, 25-on the sermon on the mount, 67-on the question, whether the Jews sounded a trumpet when they did their alms, 93-on the Lord's prayer, 99, 102-on a single eye, 104-on the name Beelzebub, 155 -the tradition of the elders, 217-the practice of Jewish doctors forbidding
their disciples to buy bread of Heathens or Samaritans, accounted for, 229-on the phrase, binding," and "loosing," 236-on the phrase, "It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle," 277-his account of the killing of the paschal lamb, 378-and of the sepulchres of persons of superior rank, 436
AIKμav, explained, 308 AIKμos, described, 308
Lily, the, a botanical description of this plant, 107
Little ones, why this name was given by Christ to his disciples, 161, 256-what is implied in offending such, 256 Loaves, miracle of the, distinguishing pe- culiarities of the, 211, 212. See BREAD.
Locke, John, his trifling and erroneous reasoning upon the redemption pro- cured by Christ, refuted, 703 Locusts, used as food by the inhabitants of the east, 46-permitted to be eaten by the Levitical law, ib. Λογια, τα, explained, 693 Λογον, τον, explained, 451
Long prayers, in what sense they are
condemned by our Lord, 95, 96 Lord's prayer, the obligation of Chris- tians to use this form, considered, 97- arguments for its use, stated and de- fended, 98, 629-objections against it, refuted, 98-its importance as a gene- ral guide to the structure of our prayers, ib.-the notion that it was collected out of the Jewish forms of prayer, examined, 99-why the plural form is prescribed, ib.—reason why the doxology is added by Matthew and omitted by Luke, 102-the opinion of Lightfoot respecting this form, refuted, 99, 102
Lord's supper. See EUCHARIST. Love of God, can only be manifested by obedience to his moral commands, 275 -why the love of God is considered the greatest and the first command- ment, 320, 321-one of the weightier matters of the law, 331-the love of Christ, the only preservative against sin, 344-loving God with all the heart, explained, 506-love to God is
the consequence of free and gratuitous forgiveness, 603-and the root and fruit of Christian perfection, 594- Wetstein quoted, on the love of God, as the result of remission, 603-is the great principle of true obedience, 623 —and necessary to eternal life, ib. Love of our neighbour, described, 90, 321, 623-why the love of our neighbour is like unto the first and great command- ment, 321-enforced by the parable of the good Samaritan, 624, 625-breaks down every distinction and class of men, and makes all of one family, 626 Lowth, Bishop, his definition of a parable, noticed, 190
Avxvos, explained, 104
Luke, for whom his Gospel was written, 6, 533-the apparent discrepancy be- tween Matthew and Luke, concerning the dispute among the disciples, recon- ciled, 253-another respecting the cure of the blind men, 293-an account of this evangelist, 529-his qualifications for writing his Gospel, considered, 529, 530, 534- testimonies of the early fathers to the authenticity and genuine- ness of this Gospel, 530-532 — his style, noticed, 533, 639—when his nar- rative was written, 533- conjectures respecting the order in which he writes, 535-no particular order of time pursued in the relation of gospel facts, 580-the notion that he records an abridgment of the sermon on the mount, considered and refuted, 591- no discrepancy between him and Mat- thew respecting the period of our Lord's temptation, 576-the question, Was Luke one of the seventy disciples? answered in the negative, 618 Lunatic, literal meaning of this term, 65 -nature of the disease, referred to,
Avreida, explained, 394 AUTρor, explained, 292, 615, 703
Macknight, quoted, in illustration of Matt. iii. 9, 49-his opinion that our Lord had not, at the time of Peter's confession, declared to his disciples
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