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ST. JOHN is fuppofed to have lived in Judea, fill Titul laid fiege to Jerufalem. On the forefight of that great event he retired to Ephefus, where he continued till the reign of Domitian. By this prince, in the time of a general perfecution, he was banished to Patmos, an island in the Egean fea. But, in the fucceeding year, on the death of Domitian, he returned to Ephefus, where he lived till near the age of an hundred years.

Some interpreters fuppofe, that he wrote his gofpel in the decline of life that he had seen the other gospels, and added his own as a fupplement. Others imagine, that he wrote it with an immediate intention to oppofe fome leading herefies of the times: and it is probable from the great ftress which he every where lays on the divinity of Christ, that he had at least this in his view; though the first fuppofition of his adding a fupplement to the other evangelifts might have been his general intention. He feems also to have taken particular pains to fhew the unreasonablenefs and malice of the Jews in rejecting the gospel.

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REFACE, 319-John's testimony of Christ, 321The converfion of Andrew, Peter, Philip, and Nathaniel, 323-Miracle of the water turned into wine, 324 - Jefus goes to Jerufalem, where he turns the buyers and fellers out of the temple; and is queftioned by the Jews, 326 his conversation with Nicodemus, 327+ Farther teftimony which John the Baptift bore to Jefus, 330Jefus's interview with the Samaritans at Sychar, 331-he heals a nobleman's fon at Cana, 336 heals a cripple at Bethesda is perfecuted by the Jews; dand makes his de fence, 338-feeds a multitude miraculqufly, 341 —stills a ftorm; his discourses with the Jews at Capernaum, 342 his difcourfes with the Jews at Jerufalem; and the oppofition he met with from the chief priests, 347-The woman taken in adultery, 353-Another difcourfe which Jefus had with the Jews at Jerufalem, 354 The restoration of a man born blind; and the difcourfe which Jefus had on that occafion with the Pharifees, 358-his discourse with the Jews in the portico of the temple, 364– Lazarus raifed, 368 The chief priests confpire against Jefus, 369- Jesus's feet anointed by Mary, 371 — Jesus enters Jerufalem, 372- his interview with certain Greeks; and his difcourfes with the people on that occafion, 373 -another difcourfe with the people, 375-Jefus washes his difciples' feet; inftructs them in humility, and prepares them for his laft fufferings, 376-his laft difcourfe

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with his difciples, which he concludes with a prayer, 383-Circumftances that attended Jefus's being feized, and carried before the high-prieft; with Peter's denial, 390-Circumstances of his trial before Pilate, 393-of his crucifixion, 397 of his burial, 400-and of his refurrection, 401-his intercourse with his difciples after his refurrection, 402.

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