John and Mary Magdalene—­Mary’s Mistaken Inference—­Her Report to Peter and John—­Their Hastening Toward the Tomb—­John Alone at the Tomb—­Silent Witnesses—­Peter’s Entry and Discovery—­John Within the Tomb—­The Rolled Napkin—­Seeing and Believing—­Lingering in the Tomb—­The Return from the Tomb—­Weeping Mary—­Silence of Angels—­Mary and the Angels—­Jesus Unknown to Mary—­“Mary” and “Rabboni”—­John’s Two Records of Mary—­Day of Days—­Evening Benedictions—­Pierced Side—­Close of John’s Gospel 204

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  “What shall this man do?”

  An Added Chapter—­Old Scenes Revived—­Following Peter—­Stranger on the
  Shore—­John and Peter—­John’s Remembrance of the Miracle—­“Fire of
  Coals”—­Reverent Guests—­“Lovest Thou Me?”—­“Feed My Lambs and
  Sheep”—­An Interested Listener—­A Prophecy—­John Following
  Peter—­Question and Answer—­Mistake Corrected by John—­Partial Answer to
  Peter’s Questions—­A Former Hour Recalled 212

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  St. John A pillar-apostle in the early Christian church

  On a Mount in Galilee—­The Great Commission—­Waiting for the Promised
  Comforter—­Words of the Baptist Recalled—­A Revived Hope and a
  Question—­Jesus’ Reply—­The Ascension—­Angels’ Question—­“The Upper
  Chamber”—­Luke’s Lists of the Apostles—­The Lord’s Mother, Brethren and
  Sisters—­The Day of Pentecost—­A Great Miracle—­Pentecostal Gifts to
  John—­Evening Prayer—­Beautiful Gate—­Lame man—­A Gift Better than
  Alms—­John Twice a Prisoner—­Prison Angel—­Preaching of Philip—­John
  Sent to Samaria—­John and the Samaritaness—­His Changed Spirit—­Death of
  James—­The Pillar Apostles 219

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  Last days

Last Record—­Meeting of Paul and John—­Years of Silence—­Leaving Jerusalem—­New Home in Ephesus—­City and Temple—­Paul and John—­Churches of Asia Minor—­John in Patmos—­Solitude—­The Lord’s Day—­Aid to Meditation—­Calm and Turmoil—­A Voice and a Command—­A Contrast—­“As One Dead”—­The Eagle—­John’s Three Kinds of Writings—­The Revelation—­John’s Gospel—­His First Epistle—­The Apostle of Love—­His Second Epistle—­The Apostle of Childhood—­“Little Children, Love one Another”—­John’s Death 231

CHAPTER XXXII

  A retrospect

  Boyhood—­The Disciple—­What John Saw—­What He Heard—­What He Made
  Known—­John a Reflector of Christ—­Alone in History—­Our Glimpses of
  Him—­In Everlasting Remembrance on Earth—­With His Lord in Heaven 241

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