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A. Scripture Index (KJV)
| Chapter | Passages |
| 1. Introduction | Luke 1:3-4; John 20:31; 21:25 |
| 2. His World | Galatians 4:4; Luke 2:1; 3:1-2, 23; John 2:20; 4:25; Matthew 22:23; Mark 5:41 |
| 3. Birth | Genesis 3:15; 12:3; 49:10; 2 Samuel 7:12-13; Isaiah 7:14; 9:6; Micah 5:2; Luke 1:30-31, 35; 2:2, 7, 10-11, 40, 49, 52; Matthew 1:21, 23; 2:2, 15; Hosea 11:1; Mark 6:3 |
| 4. Preparation | Isaiah 40:3; John 1:29; Matthew 3:15-17; 4:1, 4, 7, 10; Hebrews 4:15 |
| 5. Ministry Begins | Matthew 4:19; 10:2-4; John 2:11, 13-17; 3:7; 4:24; Luke 4:18, 21, 28-29; 5:32; Mark 2:27-28; Matthew 12:24 |
| 6. Sermon on the Mount | Matthew 5-7, especially 5:3-10, 14, 17, 21-30, 44, 48; 6:1-18, 9-13, 19-21, 24, 33; 7:1, 7, 12-14, 24-29 |
| 7. Parables | Matthew 13:3-23, 31-34, 44-46; 20:1-16; 25:1-46; Luke 10:25-37; 12:16-21; 15; 18:9-14 |
| 8. Miracles | John 2:11; Mark 4:35-41; 1:40-42; 2:1-12; 5:1-43; John 6:1-14; Matthew 14:22-33; Luke 7:11-17; John 9; 10:25; 11:25-26, 43, 47; 14:11; Acts 2:22; Isaiah 35:5-6 |
| 9. Teaching | Mark 1:15; Luke 17:21; Mark 14:36; Matthew 6:9; John 20:17; Matthew 22:37-40; John 13:34-35; Matthew 20:26-28; John 13:15; Matthew 18:22; 6:14-15; Mark 10:14; Matthew 11:28; John 5:24; 3:16; Matthew 5:18; 22:29; 24:35 |
| 10. Discourses | John 6:35; 8:12; 10:9, 11; 11:25; 14:6; 15:1; Matthew 24:2, 14, 36; John 14:1-3, 16, 27; 15:5, 13; 17:3, 5 |
| 11. Last Week | Matthew 21:1-9, 13; 22:21; Luke 22:19-20, 42; Matthew 26:14-16, 63-64; John 18:36-38; Luke 23:4, 34, 43, 46; John 19:26-28, 30; Matthew 27:45-60; 1 Peter 3:18; Romans 5:8 |
| 12. Resurrection | 1 Corinthians 15:3-8, 14; Luke 24:6; John 20:16, 28-29; Acts 1:3, 9, 11; Matthew 28:9, 11-15, 18-20 |
| 13. Deity | Deuteronomy 6:4; John 10:30, 33; 8:58; Exodus 3:14; John 14:9; 5:18, 22-23; Mark 14:61-62; 2:5-12; Acts 10:25-26; Revelation 22:8-9; Matthew 14:33; John 8:46; Luke 23:4; 1 Peter 2:22; Romans 1:4; John 1:1, 14, 18; Romans 9:5; Philippians 2:6, 10-11; Colossians 1:16-17; 2:9; Titus 2:13; Hebrews 1:3; 1 John 5:20; Psalm 110:1 |
| 14. Other Views | Isaiah 53; John 14:28; Mark 13:32; 10:18; Philippians 2:5-11, 7; 1 Corinthians 15:3-7 |
| 15. Conclusion | Matthew 16:15-16; John 20:31; Matthew 11:28; John 8:12; Matthew 28:20; Philippians 2:9-11 |
B. Source Notes
[1] Blomberg, Craig L., The Historical Reliability of the Gospels, 2nd ed. (InterVarsity, 2007); Bauckham, Richard, Jesus and the Eyewitnesses, 2nd ed. (Eerdmans, 2017).
[2] Josephus, Antiquities of the Jews, books 17-18; Schürer, Emil, The History of the Jewish People in the Age of Jesus Christ, rev. ed. Vermes, Millar, and Black (T&T Clark, 1973-87).
[3] Jeremias, Joachim, Jerusalem in the Time of Jesus (Fortress, 1969).
[4] Hoehner, Harold W., Chronological Aspects of the Life of Christ (Zondervan, 1977).
[5] Brown, Raymond E., The Birth of the Messiah, updated ed. (Doubleday, 1993).
[6] Stott, John R.W., The Message of the Sermon on the Mount (InterVarsity, 1978).
[7] Jeremias, Joachim, The Parables of Jesus (SCM, 1963); Snodgrass, Klyne R., Stories with Intent (Eerdmans, 2008).
[8] Blomberg, Craig L., Interpreting the Parables (InterVarsity, 1990).
[9] Keener, Craig S., Miracles: The Credibility of the New Testament Accounts, 2 vols. (Baker Academic, 2011).
[10] Wright, N.T., Jesus and the Victory of God (Fortress, 1996).
[11] Brown, Raymond E., The Death of the Messiah, 2 vols. (Doubleday, 1994).
[12] Wright, N.T., The Resurrection of the Son of God (Fortress, 2003); Habermas, Gary R., and Michael R. Licona, The Case for the Resurrection of Jesus (Kregel, 2004).
[13] Lewis, C.S., Mere Christianity (1952), Book 2, ch. 3.
[14] Hurtado, Larry W., Lord Jesus Christ: Devotion to Jesus in Earliest Christianity (Eerdmans, 2003); Bauckham, Richard, Jesus and the Identity of God (Eerdmans, 2008).
[15] Josephus, Antiquities 18.63-64 and 20.200; Tacitus, Annals 15.44; Pliny the Younger, Letters 10.96; Meier, John P., A Marginal Jew, vol. 1 (Doubleday, 1991).
[16] Ehrman, Bart D., How Jesus Became God (HarperOne, 2014); for a reply, Bird, Michael F., et al., How God Became Jesus (Zondervan, 2014).
[17] The Qur'an, surahs 3, 4, 5, and 19; Cragg, Kenneth, Jesus and the Muslim (Allen & Unwin, 1985).
[18] Levine, Amy-Jill, The Misunderstood Jew (HarperOne, 2006); Levine, Amy-Jill, and Marc Zvi Brettler, eds., The Jewish Annotated New Testament (Oxford, 2011).
[19] The Nicene-Constantinopolitan Creed (381) and the Definition of Chalcedon (451); see the companion volume The Councils That Defined the Faith. Also Athanasius, On the Incarnation (about AD 318).
C. General Reading
- Bruce, F.F., The New Testament Documents: Are They Reliable? (InterVarsity, 1943 and later editions).
- Stott, John R.W., The Cross of Christ (InterVarsity, 1986).
- Keller, Timothy, The Reason for God (Dutton, 2008).
- Strobel, Lee, The Case for Christ (Zondervan, 1998).
- Edersheim, Alfred, The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah (1883).
- The four Gospels in the King James Version, read straight through.
Note: Titles, dates, and ancient citations are given from memory and should be confirmed in the cited works before formal citation. Chronology of the life of Jesus is debated, and the dates given are the most commonly proposed.