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beginning " the days were well-nigh come that He should be received 

 up " (Luke ix, 51). (2) In both accounts of the visit to the house 

 of Martha and Mary, we have the statement that Martha served, 

 and that Mary was at our Lord's feet, and was commended — very 

 suggestive that both accounts refer to the same visit. (3) The last 

 journey from Galilee to Jerusalem was taken on the eastern side of 

 the Jordan (Matt, xix, 1, Mark x, 1). It is fully in accord with 

 Luke ix, 51-56, that the journey there described was also on the 

 eastern side of the river. Our Lord was not received in a village of 

 the Samaritans, Samaria being on the direct route ; consequently He 

 went to another, most probably not to another Samaritan one. If so, 

 a glance at the map assures us that he must have crossed the Jordan 

 in order to reach Jerusalem. 



Bearing in mind the literary methods of the Evangelists, who 

 dwell vividly on separate events, but do not always connect them 

 together, and remembering their frequent omissions without remark, 

 it must be allowed that after the tarrying at.Ephraim (John xi, 54) 

 Jerusalem could have been reached by a circuitous route via Samaria, 

 Galilee, the eastern side of the Jordan, and Jericho. This route 

 must have been followed, in order to fulfil the three foregoing 

 conditions. 



It is to be remembered also that the synoptic Gospels record our 

 Lord's Ministry in Galilee fully, while they omit the record of all 

 visits to Jerusalem, except the last. St. John, on the other hand, 

 writing in a supplementary manner, describes many visits to the 

 Holy City, but he had no need to mention the last visit to Galilee, 

 nor the last journey from thence to Jerusalem, because they had both 

 been fully described by the synoptists. It is concluded, therefore, 

 that Luke x, 38, xix, 29, and John xii, 1, all refer to the same visit 

 to Bethany. 



Mr. Rouse contends that three separate conversations are 

 reported in Luke x, 25-37 ; xiii, 23-30 ; and xviii, 18-30. He 

 maintains that only the last passage corresponds with Maik x, IT- 

 SI. But all refer to the same discourse, for in Luke x, 25-37, these 

 subjects are discussed : (1) The question how to inherit eternal life, 

 (2) The keeping of the Commandments in general. (3) The 

 command to love our neighbour. In Luke xiii, 23-30, these sub- 

 jects are considered : (1) The question about the number of the 

 saved — of the inheritors of eternal life. (2) The command, "Strive 



