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Table of contents :
I. History of the Old Testament : 1. The creation
The Bible account consistent with geology
Opinions of distinguished writers
The firmament
Order of creation
Adam
Eve
The seventh day
Site of the garden of Eden
The temptation
The fall
Expulsion from Eden
Mosaic Cosmogony --
2. Birth of Cain and Abel
Their sacrifices
Murder of Abel
Genealogy of Cain
Birth of Seth
His posterity
Great depravity of the human race
Noah ordered to build the ark
Description of it
The deluge
Mount Ararat
Noah's intoxication
Canaan's curse --
3. The tower of Babel
Description of Babylon
Language
Its origin
Different dialects
Genealogy of Noah's sons
Countries possessed by their descendants
Description of Nineveh
Modern discoveries of its ruins by Botta and Layard
They confirm the prophecies
Important results to biblical history
The posterity of Shem
Terah, the father of Abraham
His removal from Ur to Haran, in Mesopotamia
His death --
4. The call of Abram
Description of Ur
Abram removes, with Lot and Sarai, to the land of Canaan
Famine
Abram's removal to Egypt
He calls his wife his sister
Abram's return to Canaan
Friendly separation of Abram and Lot
Lot chooses the plain of Sodom and Gomorrah
The Jordan
Abram settles in the plain of Mamre
He rescues Lot
Melchisedec
God's promise to Abram of a numerous posterity
Hagar
Ishmael
Change of name to Abraham
Promise of a son to Sarah
Circumcision --
5. Sodom and Gomorrah
Abraham warned of their destruction
His petitions for their salvation
Lot warned to flee
Lot's wife
Destruction of the cities of the plain
Wickedness of Lot's daughters
Abraham's removal to Gerar
His second equivocation in regard to his wife
The Talmudical story of it
Primitive longevity and vigor
Birth of Isaac
Hagar and Ishmael banished
Analogy of Hebrew and Druidical worship
Abraham commanded to sacrifice Isaac
His rescue
Death of Sarah
Her burial in the cave of Machpelah
Marriage of Isaac and Rebecca
Eastern customs
Death of Abraham
Account of the Ishmaelites 6. Birth of Esau and Jacob
Esau sells his birthright
Explanation of the birthright
Isaac removes from Beersheba to Gerar
His prosperity
Enmity of the Philistines
Wells
Isaac returns to Beersheba
He calls his wife his sister
Description of Beersheba
Stratagem of Rebecca to obtain the parental benediction for Jacob
The Edomites
Jacob's departure to find a wife
His dream
Bethel
He meets Rachel at the well
He marries Leah and Rachel
Leah's sons
birth of Joseph
Jacob's prosperity
His flight from Laban
Laban's pursuit
Treaty of alliance
Images
List of idols mentioned in Scripture
Meeting of Esau and Jacob
Tents
Dinah's disgrace
The revenge of her brothers
Slaughter of the Shechemites
Jacob's return to Bethel
Birth of Benjamin, and death of Rachel
Jacob visits his father at Mamre
Death of Isaac --
7. Joseph
His party-colored coat
Eastern fabrics
Jealousy of Joseph's brethren
His two dreams
He is sent to Shechem
Description of Dothan
Ishmaelites
Midianites
Caravans
Account of the commerce of Eastern nations
Joseph sold to the Ishmaelites
The plot to deceive his father
Joseph sold to Potiphar
He is made chief manager of his master's affairs
His temptation and triumph
His false accusation and imprisonment
His interpretation of the dreams of the cup-bearer and baker
Pharaoh's dreams
Joseph's interpretation, and his wise advice
His deliverance from prison
He is appointed chief deputy of the king
The Nile
Famine
Visit of Joseph's brethren to Egypt
Joseph discovers himself to them
His father removes to Egypt
Jacob's dying words
His death
He is buried in the cave of Machpelah
Joseph's death
His character --
8. Oppression of the Hebrews
Pharaoh's order to drown all their male children
Birth of Moses
He is hidden in the ark of rushes
Found, adopted, and educated by the king's daughter
He avenges his brethren
He flees to Midian
helps the women at the well
is invited to the house of Jethro
marries his daughter, and becomes his shepherd
The Lord appears to him in the burning bush
Commissions him to deliver his people
Aaron accompanies him to Pharaoh
Pharaoh refuses to let the people go
Moses performs a miracle before Pharaoh
The ten plagues
The borrowed jewels
The departure from Egypt
The column of fire and cloud
Pursuit of the Egyptians
The Israelites pass the Red Sea
The Egyptians overwhelmed
The song of triumph
Egypt: its learning, language, religion, and idolatry --
9. Journey of the Israelites
They are miraculously supplied with quails and manna
The palm tree
Smiting of the rock
Defeat of the Amalekites
Mount Sinai
Giving of the Decalogue
Description of the tabernacle
The golden calf
Punishment of the idolaters
Table of Hebrew months and sacred festivals
The sacrifices explained
Aaron constituted High Priest --
10. Census of the people
Plan of the Israelitish encampment
Mode of marching
Murmurings of the people
Jealousy of Aaron and Miriam against Moses
Miriam punished with leprosy
God pardons and heals her upon the prayer of Moses
Spies are sent to Canaan
The people desire to return to Egypt
Rebellion of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram
They are swallowed up by a miraculous opening of the earth
Death of Miriam at Kadesh
Second smiting of the rock for water
Death of Aaron
Eleazer, his son, succeeds him in the priesthood 11. Mount Hor.
Murmurings of the people
Punishment by fiery serpents
The brazen serpent
Victories over the Ammonites
Balaam is called to curse Israel
He is met in the way by an angel
His ass speaks to him in reproof
Balaam pronounces a blessing instead of a curse
Israel's idolatry and punishment
Successful expedition against the Midianites
Slaughter of five kings
Balaam is slain
The Israelites draw near to Canaan
The tribes of Reuben and Gad settle upon the east of Jordan, with the half tribe of Manasseh
Moses appoints the division of Canaan by lot
Cities of refuge
Farewell address of Moses to the tribes
Urim and Thummim
Death of Moses
Mount Pisgah --
12. The conquest
Joshua succeeds Moses
Spies sent to Jericho
Rahab conceals them
Crossing of the Jordan
Joshua is informed in a vision how to take Jericho
The walls of the city fall down
Description of Jericho
Achan's theft
Its consequences
Achan stoned
Capture of Ai
Sacrifices and reading of the law upon Mount Ebal
Treaty with the Gibeonites
Joshua routs and slays the confederate kings
The sun stands still
The whole country subdued
Death of Joshua and Eleazer
Burial of the bones of Joseph at Shechem --
13. The Hebrews become corrupted by their idolatrous neighbors
Idolatry prevails
They are subdued and become tributary to the king of Mesopotamia
Othniel delivers them
Again subdued by the Moabites
Ehud is their deliverer
Eighty years of rest, BC 1426
Story of Ruth
War with the Canaanites
The great victory of Deborah and Barak over Sisera
Sisera slain by Jael, the wife of Heber
Song of Deborah
Incursions of the MIdianites
Gideon, the deliverer
His great victory with three hundred men
The Israelites offer to make him king
He refuses
His death --
14. Abimelech, spurious son of Gideon, murders all his brothers except Jotham
He takes the government
He oppresses the people
They expel him
He is killed by a woman
Tola and Jair govern Israel
Jephtha defeats the Ammonites
Jephtha's vow
He judges Israel six years, 1247 BC
Idolatry and subjection of Israelites
Birth of Samson
His strength
His capture by the Philistines
He carries off the gates of Gaza
He pulls down the temple, and kills great numbers of his enemies, with himself, 1222 BC --
15. Eli
His neglect of family government
Punishment denounced on him
The Israelites defeated by the Philistines
The ark taken
Death of Eli
Samuel judges Israel
Israel renounces idolatry
Great victory over the Philistines
Wickedness of Samuel's sons
The people demand a king
Jahn's estimate of the causes that led the nation to this demand
Samuel endeavors to dissuade them
Saul the first king
Chosen by lot, 1110 BC
Jahn's account of the times and the office of the judges 16. Saul's reign
His victory over the Ammonites at Jabesh Gilead
He conquers the Amalekites
His sinful neglect to destroy king Agag and the booty
The prophet Samuel's rebuke of Saul
Samuel anoints David to be king
Saul's mental malady
He is soothed by David's harp
War with the Philistines
Story of David and Goliath
Glory of David
Jealousy of Saul
His efforts to kill David
Friendship of David and Jonathan
Death of Samuel
Saul's continued hostility
David's generous forbearance
Saul consults the witch of Endor, and hears his doom
Israel is overcome by the Philistines
Death of Saul's three sons
Saul's suicide --
17. David reigns at Hebron
His lamentation over the death of Saul
Wars between the houses of David and Saul
Description of Hebron
Death of Abner
The inauguration of David
He takes possession of Mount Zion
He prepares to build a temple to Jehovah
His victories over Eastern nations
His fall, and his murder of Uriah
The reproof of Nathan, the prophet
The rebellion of Absalom
Battle in the forest of Ephraim
Absalom slain
Absalom's sepulcher
The famine
Revolt of Adonijah
The anointing of Solomon
David's last counsel to Solomon
Death of David
His burial on Mount Zion --
18. Solomon comes to the throne, 1030 BC
His great wealth and power
Plot of Adonijah to gain the kingdom
Adonijah and Joab are put to death
Solomon marries the daughter of Pharaoh
Building of the temple on Mount Moriah
Description of it
Solomon's pools
His splendid palaces
Account of the commerce and revenues of his kingdom
Solomon reigns forty years
His death --
19. Rehoboam succeeds Solomon
Revolt of the ten tribes under Jeroboam
Judah and Benjamin adhere to Rehoboam
Jeroboam establishes other places of worship besides Jerusalem, and a new priesthood
Jeroboam's death, 968 BC
He is followed by Nadab, Baasha, Zimri, and Omri
Omri builds Samaria
He dies, 931 BC
Description of Samaria. Judah, from 990 BC to 929 BC : Rehoboam soon falls into idolatry
He is conquered and Jerusalem is plundered by Shishak, king of Egypt
Rehoboam dies, 973 BC.
Abijah succeeds him
Asa follows, a pious and prosperous king . Israel, from 931 BC to 895 BC : Ahab succeeds Omri
Evil influence of Jezebel
Idolatry becomes prevalent
Elijah announces famine
He confounds the prophets of Baal, whom the people slay, and acknowledge Jehovah
Great victory of Israel over Ben Hadad
Doom of Ahab pronounced by Elijah
Ahab slain, 909 BC
Ahaziah
Jehoram
Elisha raises the Shunamite's son
Story of Naaman
Famine
Panic and flight of the Syrian host
Jehu anointed king by Elisha
Jehoram, Ahaziah, and Jezebel slain
Destruction of the family of Ahab
Jehu destroys the temple of Baal, and roots out idolatry --
20. Judah, from 929 BC to 725 BC : Jehoshaphat begins to reign, 929 BC
one of the best of the Hebrew kings
He continues to root out idolatry
One million one hundred and sixty thousand men enrolled to bear arms
Judges are placed in all the principal cities
Jehoshaphat's admirable charge to them
Death of Jehoshaphat
Jehoram comes to the throne, 904 BC
His wife Athaliah, daughter of Jezebel
Jehoram murders his six brothers
Idolatry again established
Judgments denounced by Elisha
Death and disgrace of the king
Ahaziah succeeds to the throne
A bad man
Reigns one year
Athaliah slays all her grandsons except Joash
Joash hidden in the temple
The people rise up and slay Athaliah, and make Joash king
Jehoida, the chief priest, is regent
Joash repairs the temple
His apostasy and murder
Amaziah reigns
Victory over the Edomites
He is killed by conspirators, 809 BC
Uzziah succeeds
He is struck with leprosy
Jotham, his son, administers the government
Death of Uzziah
Death of Jotham
Ahaz on the throne
A corrupt, idolatrous monarch
Dies, 725 BC
He is not allowed a place in the sepulcher of the kings 21. Israel from 895 BC to 719 BC : Jehu comes to the throne 895 BC
The country east of the Jordan seized by Hazael, king of Syria
Death of Jehu
Death of Elisha
Jonah's mission
Conquest of Samaria and the whole country by Shalmaneser, king of Assyria
The principle inhabitants carried away captive. Judah from 725-586 BC : Hezekiah, a pious prince
Description of the sepulcher of the kings
Hezekiah restores true worship
The Passover revived
Hezekiah subject, for a time, to Sennacherib, the Assyrian king
Destruction of the Assyrian host by a blast from the Lord
Sickness of Hezekiah
His life prolonged in answer to prayer
His death
Manasseh succeeds, at twelve years of age
He becomes corrupt
Defeated by Esarhaddon, taken captive, and sent to Babylon
He repents and is released
Josiah, a good king
He overturns idolatry
Killed in battle against Necho, king of Egypt
Jehoiakim
Warning by Jeremiah
His imprisonment by Jehoiakim
Jehoiakim subdued by Nebuchadnezzar
Forty thousand of the people sent into captivity
Zedekiah made king
He revolts
Nebuchadnezzar burns the temple and city, demolishes the walls, carries off all the sacred vessels and treasure
Zedekiah is taken, and carried in fetters to Babylon
The country depopulated --
22. The seventy years' captivity
Discussion of the causes of the downfall of the Hebrew nation
The divine intention in its establishment not frustrated
Media the scene of the captivity
The captivity a colonization rather than a slavery
Tobit
Daniel and his three friends
Their Chaldean names
Nebuchadnezzar's dream of the image
Daniel's interpretation
Nebuchadnezzar acknowledges God
Daniel and his friends promoted
They refuse to worship the image
The fiery furnace
Other dreams
Their interpretation and accomplishment
Nebuchadnezzar again acknowledges Jehovah
He dies in 561 BC
Succeeded by Evil Merodach, who is slain in battle with Cyrus
Belshazzar comes to the throne
He profanes the sacred vessels
The handwriting upon the wall
Daniel's interpretation
Belshazzar's death, 553 BC
Darius takes the kingdom
Daniel exalted
Jealousy
He is thrown to the lions for praying to the Almighty
His deliverance
Jehovah honored
Death of Darius 551 B.C.
Cyrus succeeds him
Defection by Nabonadius
Babylon taken by Cyrus
Prophecy of Isaiah
Cyrus acknowledges the supremacy of Jehovah
He allows the captives to return to the Holy Land --
23. The restoration
The honor of Jehovah maintained and extended by the captivity
Why was Judah allowed to return, and not Israel?
Remarks of professor Jahn
What became of the ten tribes?
Remarks of Rabbi Benjamin
of major Rawlinson
Zerubbabel and Joshua, with fifty thousand of the people, return to Palestine
Daniel remains at the court of Cyrus
Zerubbabel is appointed governor of Judea
He receives from Cyrus the sacred vessels of the temple
Feast of Tabernacles celebrated at Jerusalem
An altar is built on the ruins of the temple
The people assemble to rebuild the temple
Death of Cyrus
Darius Hystaspes elected king
The temple completed, 516 B.C.
The dedication
The temple service re-established
Battle of marathon, B.C. 490
Darius dies, 485 B.C.
Succeeded by Xerxes, the Ahasuerus of Ezra
Artaxerxes
The rebuilding of Jerusalem stopped
Queen Vashti deposed
Esther promoted
Ezra commissioned to go to Jerusalem and beautify the temple
The plot of Haman
The Jews saved by Esther
Nehemiah gains permission to rebuild the walls
Jeremiah appointed governor of Judea
Collection and revisal of the sacred books of the Old Testament
The Chaldee dialect displaces the old Hebrew
A temple built on Mount Gerizim
End of the Old Testament canon --
24. From 420 B.C. to 163 B.C. : Inspired history is discontinued from 420 B.C. to His birth
Hebrew history derived from Josephus and others
Artaxerxes succeeded by Xerxes on the Persian throne
Wars of the Persians with the Egyptians
The Jews faithful to the Persians
Destruction of Sidon
Overthrow of Egypt by the Persian king, 350 B.C.
Invasion of Persian by Alexander, 224 B.C.
Fulfillment of the prophecy of Zechariah
Alexander invades Syria
he is met in his march against Jerusalem by a procession of priests
He is shown the prophecy of Daniel
Offers sacrifices
Grants the Jews free enjoyment to their national laws
Exemption from tribute every seventh year
Alexander dies at Babylon
Ptolemy
He favors the Jews
Depopulation of Babylon
The high priest, Simon, repairs the temple and city of Jerusalem
he completes the canon of the Old Testament
Simon dies, 291 B.C.
Ptolemy Philadelphus executes the translation of the Hebrew Scriptures into Greek, called the Septuagint, B.C. 278
Influence of the Greeks
Origin of the Sadducees
Persecution of the Jews by Ptolemy Philopater
Destruction of the temple by Appolonius, 167 B.C.
Idolatry established
Judas Maccabaeus desires to maintain the true worship
He gains the mastery of Judaea
Attempts to rebuild the temple
Wars of the Maccabees --
25. Death of Judas Maccabaeus
Jonathan succeeds him
His treaty with the Syrian king
Siege of the citadel of Jerusalem
Jonathan taken and murdered
Simon, his brother, succeeds him as leader of the Maccabees
Simon gains possession of the country
Alliance with the Romans
Cleopatra becomes mistress of Syria
Pompey enters Syria, 65 B.C.
The country becomes a Roman province
The temple taken and complete establishment of the Roman power, B.C. 63
Cicero and Antonius, Roman consuls
The Jews obliged to pay large tribute
Hyrcanus appointed High Priest 26. Antipater, governor of Judaea
The Sanhedrim suppressed
the government changed to an aristocracy
Hyrcanus and the Jewish government restored, B.C. 44, by Julius Caesar
The temple plundered by Crassus
Liberty given to rebuild the walls of Jerusalem
Herod made king, 40 B.C.
His cruelty
He builds cities and splendid palaces
He builds heathen temples
He also rebuilds the temple of Jehovah at Jerusalem, B.C. 17
Birth of John the Baptist, B.C. 5
Birth of Jesus Christ
Slaughter of the infants of Bethlehem
Account of Herod's ten wives
His death
Archelaus, his son, succeeds him
Account of the Herods --
27. Prophecies concerning Christ, and the Christian religion
The time of his appearance
The place of his birth
The family from which he was to come
His life and character
His sufferings and death
The nature of his doctrine
The extent of his kingdom
The value of the Bible II. New Testament : 1. The New Testament the best commentary on the Old
The promise of the angel Gabriel to Zacharias and Elisabeth
The announcement by Gabriel to the virgin Mary
Birth of John
Bethlehem
Birth of Christ
The joy of the aged Simeon and Anna
The wise men
The star
Herod's bloody purpose
Flight of Joseph to Egypt
Death of Herod
Return of Joseph and Mary
Nazareth
John the Baptist
Baptism of Christ
His fast of forty days
His temptation
Testimony of John
Christ's miracle at Cana
Description of Cana
Cleansing the temple
Nicodemus
Death of John
Christ in Galilee
Attempt of the people to kill him
Call of Simon and Andrew, James and John
The great draught of fishes
Healing of the demoniac, and of Peter's wife's mother
Sermon on the Mount
Miracles
Pool of Bethesda
The man with the withered hand
The twelve apostles
Their commission --
2. Raising the widow's son at Nain
Christ is anointed from the alabaster box of precious ointment
Description of Tiberius
The stilling of the tempest
Casting out of devils
Raising of the daughter of Jarius
Feeding of the multitude
The storm upon the lake
Peter's attempt to walk upon the water
Second miraculous supply of food to the multitude
Christ's transfiguration
Healing of the lunatic
Paying tribute
Teaching in the temple
Discussions with the scribes
Jericho
The holy land in the time of Christ, with map
Parable of the prodigal
The rich man and Lazarus
Restoring sight to the blind
Christ blesses little children
Mary and Martha
Raising of Lazarus --
3. Passover at Jerusalem
Description of Jerusalem, with a plan
Plan of the temple
Blind Bartimeus
Bethany
The anointing by Mary
Triumphal entry into Jerusalem
Expulsion of the moneychangers from the temple
Treachery of Judas
The last supper
Gethsemane
The olive-trees
Peter's zeal
The agony
Peter's fall
His repentance
Remorse of Judas
His suicide --
4. Jesus at the bar of Pilate
His condemnation
Mocking
Scourging
Crown with thorns
Crucifixion
The two thieves
Description of the cross, and the mode of execution
Christ's filial affection
The darkness
Rending of the veil of the temple
Rending of the rocks
Opening of the graves
Piercing of the body
Christ's burial by Joseph
Closing the tomb
The guard
The constancy of the women
The resurrection
Absurd falsehood of the priests
Christ's appearance to Mary
to Thomas
to the two disciples on the way to Emmaus
to the disciples at the sea of Tiberias
His final instructions to the apostles
His ascension from the mount of olives
The character of Christ
The Christian religion
Contrast with heathenism
List of Christ's miracles, parables and discourses --
5. From the ascension to the full establishment of Christianity
Choice of Matthias as successor to Judas
Pentecost
The gift of tongues
Preaching of Peter
Conversion of three thousand people
Healing the cripple at the beautiful gate
Peter and John thrown into prison
Peter's address to the council
They are released
The gift of the Holy Ghost
Charity of the believers
Ananias and Sapphira
Cures wrought by the apostles
They are again cast into prison
Miraculous deliverance
They are scourged
Choice of seven deacons to care for the poor
Stephen
His arrest
His address to the council
His martyrdom
Dispersion of the Christians from Jerusalem 6. Philip flees from Jerusalem
His successful preaching in Samaria
Philip and the Ethiopian eunuch
Saul's persecution of Christians
His miraculous conversion
Caesarea
Damascus
His powerful preaching
Description of Joppa
Peter raises Tabitha
His vision and commission to the Gentiles
Cornelius
Peter's discourse
Descent of the Holy Ghost
Conversion and baptism of many --
7. Persecutions under Herod Agrippa
He kills James
Peter imprisoned
He is delivered by an angel in answer to prayer
Death of Herod
Barnabas and Saul journey to Cyprus, Paphos, Perga, and Antioch, preaching
Paul's discourse in the synagogue in Pisidia
He is invited to preach again
He proclaims the doctrine that salvation is for the Gentiles as well as the Jews
He is driven out of the city
He heals the cripple at Lystra
The people wish to offer sacrifice to him and Barnabas
They forbid it
Paul stoned --
8. Paul and Silas make an extensive tour to preach
The cure of the demoniac
Paul and Silas are taken before the magistrates
Imprisoned, with their feet in the stocks
They pray and sing
The prison doors opened by an earthquake
Conversion and baptism of the jailer and his family
Paul at Athens
Idolatry of the city
Paul brought before the Areopagus
His discourse to the judges
Conversion of some persons of rank
Paul at Corinth
Description of the city
Paul writes his second letter to the Thessalonians
Paul's success at Ephesus
Geographical notices --
9. Description of Ephesus
Disorderly conduct of some Christians at Corinth
Paul writes them a letter
He also writes to the Galatians
Jealousy of Demetrius, the silversmith
Paul's deliverance from the fury of the people
He leaves Timothy in care of the church at Ephesus
He travels through Macedonia and Achaia
He preaches at Troas
The death of Eutychus
Paul restores him to life
Geographical notices
Paul's farewell speech to the Ephesian Christians
He visits Tyre
Here he is advised not to go to Jerusalem
Paul at Jerusalem
He is falsely accused and dragged from the temple
He is allowed by the Roman commander to speak
He gives a detailed account of his conversion
They dare not scourge him because he is a Roman citizen
The plot to kill him
It is frustrated
He is sent under guard to Caesarea to Felix, the Roman governor --
10. Paul brought before Felix
Tertullus speaks against him
Paul's defense
Paul speaks again before Felix and his wife Drusilla upon the doctrines of Christianity
Paul is kept in prison two years
He is brought before the new governor, Festus
Paul's defense and appeal to Caesar
His speech before Agrippa
He is sent to Rome
The shipwreck
Paul's vision
He foretells the safety of all
They land on the island of Malta
Paul heals the governor's father
Performs many other cures
They remain three months on the island
Arrival at Rome
Paul assembles the rulers and explains the doctrines of the gospel
He preaches two years at Rome
Description of the city
Colossae
Paul writes his letter to Philemon, and also Ephesians
Colossians
James writes his epistle
Martyrdom of James His character 11. After two years, Paul is set at liberty
He writes his epistle to the Hebrews
He, with Timothy, travels into Spain
Visits Sicily and Greece
Peter also set at liberty
He visits Africa, Sicily, Italy, and Britain, preaching the Christian faith
He returns to Rome
Nero orders the persecution of the Jews
Burning of Rome by Nero
Paul returns to Rome
Paul and Peter instruct the Jews in the synagogues
They are thrown into prison
Here peter writes his second epistle, and Paul his second letter to Timothy
They are condemned to death
Peter is crucified, Paul beheaded
Sketch of their character --
12. St. Andrew
He was crucified
He taught the people while hanging on the cross
St James the great
Beheaded
St John the evangelist
Thrown into a cauldron of boiling oil
Miraculously saved
Banished to Patmos, where he wrote the Revelation
Account of Patmos
St John, the only apostle who escaped a violent death
St Philip, crucified
St Bartholomew, beaten and crucified
St Matthew, thought to have been slain by a halberd
St Thomas, pierced with a lance
St Simon the Zealot, crucified
St Jude, cruelly put to death
St Matthias, stoned
St Mark, bound and dragged through rough places until he died
St Luke, hung on an olive tree
St Barnabas, stoned
Timothy, beaten to death
Titus, died a natural death
John Mark, died at Ephesus
Clement, death unknown --
13. The seven churches of Asia
Ephesus
Smyrna
Pergamos
Thyatira
Sardis
Philadelphia
Laodicea --
14. Account of the final destruction of Jerusalem by the Romans, 70 AD, as foretold by our Savior
Josephus an eye-witness
Prophecies in regard to it
Their agreement with facts
Prodigies that preceded the destruction of the city
Revolt under Eleazer
Massacre of the Jews at Caesarea
Siege of Jerusalem under Cestius
His repulse
Vespasian assumes command of the Roman Army
Great slaughter of the Jews
Siege of Jotapata
Its reduction
Capture of Josephus, the Jewish general
He foretells the elevation of Vespasian to the empire
Death of Nero
Civil war at Rome
Vespasian proclaimed the Emperor by the army
He sets Josephus at liberty
He commits the war against the Jews to his son, Titus
Titus lays siege to Jerusalem
Josephus in vain entreats the Jews to surrender
Famine in the city
Plunder and burning of the temple
Conquest of the city, its complete destruction.