37. Where did the miracle of feeding the five thousand take place? 38. By what name was the Sea of Galilee known in olden times? 39. Why was it our Lord inquired of St. Philip how to obtain food for the multitude? 40. What was one of the great hindrances to the Jews acceptance of Christ? 41. What act of open opposition to Christ did the Jews commit during the Feast of Tabernacles? 42. Why was the last day of the Feast of Tabernacles called "the Great Day"? 43. Why were the Pharisees so offended when Jesus spake of Himself as the "Light of the World"? 44. What expression did our Lord use to signify to the Jews that they would crucify Him? 45. In what way did Jesus escape from the Temple when the Jews sought to stone Him? 46. The disciples said to our Lord, "Who did sin, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?" What do we infer from this? 47. In what way did our Lord test the faith of the blind man? 48. How did the Jews manifest their displeasure against Christ for healing the blind man on the Sabbath day? ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON PAGE 288.25. Because there was another place called Cana, situate in Samaria (St. John ii. 1; Josh. xvi. 8 and xix. 28). 26. Because the Jews always washed before partaking of any food, and sometimes three or four times during a meal (St. John ii. 6; St. Mark vii. 3). 27. Five (St. John i. 40-45 and ii. 2). 28. Nicodemus is spoken of as a ruler, and was present when the council met to decide what they should do to Jesus (St. John iii. 1 and vii. 38, 50, 51). 29. St. John iii. 14. 30. The piece of land which Jacob bought of Hamor (St. John iv. 5; Josh. xxiv. 32; Gen. xxxiii. 19). 31. The children of Israel were at one time the inhabitants of Samaria, and though the poor who were left after the Captivity became mixed up with the other inhabitants, they still claimed to be Israelites (St. John iv. 12). 32. St. John iv. 42. 33. When the nobleman (an officer in the king's court) came to Jesus at Cana of Galilee, He refused to go and heal his son, simply telling the nobleman, "Go thy way, thy son liveth" (St. John iv. 50). 34. Neh. iii. 1; St. John v. 2-5. 35. St. John v. 22, 27. 36. Because the Jews thereby understood that Jesus claimed to be the Son of God (St. John v. 17, 18). |