Illustrated bible History - Catholic Apologetics Information

HISTORY OE' THE NEW TESTAMEKT.
CHAPTER LIII.
Men loved darkness rather than light, for their works n'cro evil.-
John 3, 19.
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4 SUS nssistecl at tho fcnst of t11c dedication1 of the temple.
As Hc ~\r:~llreci through the porch of Solomon, nu~nber
of ,Jews surrou~lclecl Him ant1 snitl : (' ROT long (lost Thou
hold our souls in suspense ? If Thou be tl~c Christ, tell us
plai~~ly." Jcsns answel-crl : " I spcak to you, and you believe
not. The morliu that 1 110 in tl~c name of hljr FntI~er,
thcy give tcsti~nouy of RIc. 1 nuil the Fathcr aye ol-ie."
2. Tha Jews then tnolr np stones to stone I~irn. liut IIe
ssid to Chcm: ('Many good worlig S. have sho~rn to you from
My Fat,hcr; for which of those nrorks do ynll stone Rle?"
They replied: "J?or n good work we stont: Tl~eo not, but for
blasphc~ny; bocause that Thou, bcing a man, ~nakest Thyself
God."
3. .Jcsu~ said to them: ([If I c10 nqt the 1110rks of My
Father, bclicve Me not. But jf 1 do, though yon will not
belicvc: Me, believe thc works, that you Inny lrno~ and believe
tl~,z[; thc Father is in JIc, nnd .l in t he Fnthcr.' ' IIearirlg
this, they tried io sc!izt: IIi111, but He esc;ipecl out of
their Iiandu.
QUESTIONS.
1. At whnt fesst did Jcsus a ~si~t? By -wnsIIo surrounded
aa TTe walltcd tll~.ongh Solomon's porch ? U7t~;tt (lid they say to
Him 7 TVbat did Jesus ana\tver? 2. Wh~t dill tlre dewcl lllun do?
And whnt ditl Ife say to thcm? What; did thcy reply 7 3. 'GVljat
did Jc:sns say 60 tI~em? Hearing this, ~vtlat did tbcy try to do 7
Did they succccd in seizing IIim ?
1 nrn)IcATIox, consccrsting.