When Jesus saw the manner in which the Jews profaned the temple, by bringing in their cattle, buying, selling, and changing of money, how did He express his indignation at their conduct?

15. When He had made a scourge of small cords, He drove them all out of the temple, and the sheep and the oxen; and poured out the changers' money, and overthrew the tables;

16. And said unto them that sold doves : Take these things hence; make not my Father's house an house of merchandize.

When the Jews urged Jesus to show them a sign, how did He unswer them?

19. Jesus answered and said unto them: Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.

Did Jesus by this allusion refer to his death and resurrection.

20. Then said the Jews: Forty and six years was this temple in building; and wilt Thou rear it up in three days?

21. But He spake of the temple of his body. Did his disciples at that time understand Him? 22. When, therefore, He was risen from the dead, his disciples remembered that He had said this unto them; and they believed the Scripture, and the word which Jesus had said.

CHAPTER III.

CHRIST'S DISCOURSE WITH NICODEMUS.

Recite the words of Jesus to Nicodemus, or the necessity of regeneration.

3. Jesus said unto him: Verily, verily, I say unto thee, except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.

5. Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.

6. That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. 7. Marvel not that I said unto thee, ye must be born again.

In what manner did Jesus compare Himself to the brazen serpent, and point out the necessity of believing in Him?

14. As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness ; even so must the Son of man be lifted up:

15. That whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have eternal life.

Ought not the coming of Christ to be regarded as a proof of God's great love and mercy to the world?

16. God so loved the world, that He gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

How may we escape condemnation?

18. He that believeth on Him is not condemned; but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.

19. And this is the condemnation, that Light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.

20. For every one that doeth evil hateth the Light, neither cometh to the Light, lest his deeds should be reproved.

21. But he that doeth truth cometh to the Light; that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.

CHAPTER IV.

CHRIST'S DISCOURSE WITH A WOMAN OF SAMARIA.

When Jesus asked drink of the woman of Samaria, at Jacob's well, what was her reply to Him?

9. How is it that Thou, being a Jew, askest drink of me who am a woman of Samaria ?*

The Samaritans, who inhabited the district of Palestine between Judea and Galilee, were the descendants of the Ten Tribes, (most of whom had been made captive by the Assyrians,) blended with other distant nations. Their proposal to unite with the

What was the Saviour's answer?

10. Jesus answered and said unto her: If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldst have asked of Him, and He would have given thee living water.

When the woman (not understanding his meaning) said, From whence hast Thou that living water? what further application did He make of the simile to raise her views to Divine things?

13. Jesus said unto her : Whosoever drinketh of this water shall thirst again.

14. But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him, shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water, springing up into everlasting life. In what manner did she inquire of Jesus concerning worship?

20. Our fathers worshiped in this mountain; and ye say that in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship.

Jews in rebuilding the temple at Jerusalem, being rejected, (see Ezra iv. 1 to 3.) and other causes of dissension arising, they erected a temple on Mount Gerizim, in opposition to that of Jerusalem. Hence arose the most inveterate enmity between the two nations, to which the Evangelist alludes, after relating the answer of the woman, adding as a reason for her reply: "For the Jews have no dealings with the Samaritans."

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How did He explain the nature of true worship?

23. The hour cometh and now is, when the true worshipers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth; for the Father seeketh such to worship Him,

24. God is a Spirit; and they that worship Him, must worship Him in spirit and in truth.

When the disciples intreated Jesus, saying': Master, eat-how did He manifest his zeal for God's glory?

32. He said unto them: I have meat to eat that ye know not of.

34. My meat is, to do the will of Him that sent Me, and to finish his work.

Were there any other of the Samaritans converted to the Christian faith?

41. Many more believed because of his own word;

42. And said unto the woman: Now we believe, not because of thy saying; for we have heard Him ourselves, and know that this is indeed the Christ,* the Saviour of the world.

* Christ is a name of Greek origin, signifying The Anointed, and corresponds with Messiah in Hebrew; a term which the Jews were accustomed to apply to their kings, from the practice of anointing them with oil at the time of their inauguration; and which they more especially used to designate the future Saviour, whom they erroneously expected to appear in the character of a temporal Prince.