Calendar: 1864-1865 Page 503

THEOLOGICAL DEPARTMENT 505 VIII ίβ£Ϊ ηιϊ ον£'ί5 Htmopgfe E&angcltca John vii 53-viii 11 State distinctly- The chief facts as to the question of authenticity The probahle motives of the Pharisees The principles involved in our Lord's words and acts Trace the indications in these sections of the existence among the Pharisees of party more or less favourable to our Lord What portions of His teaching appear to have had direct reference to them Examine our Lord's treatment of the man that was born blind in John ix as an example of spiritual education Trace the successive stages of the man's growth in faith and knowledge What may we believe to have been St John's special purpose in recording this miracle so minutely Describe from Scripture the shepherd-life of the East and mention the most remarkable spiritual applications of it in the Old Testament State distinctly the truths involved in the two similitudes drawn from it in John What special points of contact between the narratives of the first three Gospels and that of St John does the harmonistic arrangement adopted by Tischendorf bring to light Translate and write short explanatory notes 20"EXeyof ovv αΰτώ Σύ n's ti Kui εΐπεν αντο'ι ο Ίησοΰ Τήν αρχήν ο τι κα λαλώ νμϊν 56 Αβραάμ ό πατήρ νμών ήγαΧΧιάσατο Ίνα ϊδη τήν ήμεραν την εμήν' και είδε καΐ εχάρη 57 Είπον ονν 01 Ιουδαίοι προ αυτόν Τίεντήκοντα 'ετη ουπω έχει cat Αβραάμ εώρακα 58Είπεν αντο'ι ό Ίησοΰ Αμήν αμήν Χεγω νμιν Ώρϊν Αβραάμ γενέσθαι εγώ ε'ιμι 18 Είπε δε αυτοί Έθεωρονν τον Σατανάν ώ άστραπήν εκ του ουρανού πεσόντα 19 Ίδου δίδωμι ΰμιν τήν έξουσίαν τον πατείν επάνω οφεων και σκορπιών και έπι πάσαν τήν δνναμιν τον εχθροί και ούδεν νμα ού μη άδικήση 20 Πλι ν εν τούτω μή χαίρετε οτι τά πνεύματα υμϊν υποτάσσεται" χαίρετε δε μαΧΧον οτι τά ονόματα νμών εγράφη εν τοί ονρανο'ι