SYNOPSIS OF CHAPTER XII
Section II. Jesus and His Disciples
I.
CONDITION OF MIND OF OUR LORD’S DISCIPLES:
1. At the Bening:
All the Jewish Prejudices in possession of their minds.
Without any Personal Ambition.
2. Conclusions now Reached:
Firm Belief that Jesus, their Master, is the Messias:
“Christ, the Son of the Living God.”
Hope of a Great Future as a Recompense for having left everything to follow Him.
3. Remaining Misconceptions as to
The Nature of the Kingdom of the Messias.
The Conditions required for
Its Establishment
Its Membership.
II.
THE TRAINING OF THE TWELVE BY OUR LORD:
1. Before the Transfiguration:
In Public.
In Private.
2. The Transfiguration (Time, Place, Object).
3. After the Transfiguration:
Renewed Predictions of His Death.
More direct Moral Lessons.