CHAP. III. LUKE COMPARED WITH MATTHEW AND MARK. 11
one circumstance, which must settle the question to our full satisfaction, i.e. the call of Levi.
The one indisputable fact, that Levi's calling to general discipleship, recorded in Compound—Chain
No. 1 b, must needs have occurred before his being selected to apostleship on the morning
before the Sermon on the Mount (Comp.—Chain I a), will prove beyond doubt the real order of
succession, viz. that Comp.—Chain I b takes the lead, while Comp.—Chain I a follows close upon
it, that, in fact, they both form but one great Comp.—Chain, the connecting link between both
being Christ's second visit to Nazareth, which according to Mark 6. 13 was but the starting—
point of a general preaching—tour, the same—we now venture to say—which preceded the
Sermon on the Mount.
Hence, our new Compound—Chain No. I presents now the following aspect:
Chain No. 1.
Harmonistic Joint—Result:
| The first four disciples called. Peter's miraculous draught of fishes. Christ's Sabbath—ministry in the synagogue at Capernaum. A blind and dumb demoniac healed. Blasphemy rebuked. . . . . A woman lifting up her voice in eulogy. . . . . . . . . . The first demand of a sign from heaven. The sign of Jonas. . . . . His mother and brothers want to see Him. . . . . . . . . . Parables delivered and expounded, partly on the sea-side, partly at home. Two would-be-followers, (Matth.) and a third one (Luke). . . . . . The lake crossed. The tempest stilled. . . . . . . . . . . |
A day's work at Capernaum. |
| The demoniacs of Gadara. Back to Capernaum. | The journ. to God. |
| John’s disciples enquire about fasting. . . . . . . . . . . Jairus's daughter and the woman with an issue of blood. . . . . . Two blind men and a dumb demoniac healed. . The paralytic healed. . . . . . . . . The paralytic healed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
Another day's work at Capern. |
| The call of Levi and the feast in his house. Jesus again rejected at Nazareth. . . . . . . . . . . . Jesus on a circuit, followed by great multitudes. . . . . . . . A night in prayer on the Mount. The choosing of the twelve. . . . The Sermon on the Mount. . . . . . . . . . . . . . On the way down: a leper healed. . . . . . . . . . . . At Capernaum: His friends want to lay hold on Him. . . . . . . |
The first circut through Galilee. |
| The centurion's servant healed. . . . . . . . . . . . . The healing of a demoniac in the synagogue at Capernaum. . . . . Peter's mother—in—law healed, many others too. . . . . . . . . |
A Sabbath at Cap. |
| Jesus sought by many, declines to stay. A fresh circuit. . . . . . The widow's son at Nain raised. . . . . . . . . . . . . The Baptist's message from prison. . . . . . . . . . . . The unbelieving cities upbraided, and the Father magnified. . . . . |
The second circ. |
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