1. To reveal the grace of God to poor sinners, and to be "the Lamb of God, who taketh away the sin of the world."—2. (a) The witness borne by John the apostle to Christ; the Word with God; the Word who was Gad; the Word made flesh, the Revealer of the Father. (b) The mission of John the Baptist.—3. (a) To the messengers of the Sanhedrin (the great council of the Jews, presided over by the high priest, which met in a hall near the Temple. (John 1:19-28.) (b) At the appearance of Jesus. (Chapter 1:29-34.) (c) To the two disciples. (ChM). 1:35-40.) —4. To Simon, son of Jonas, whom He called Cephas; to Philip of Bethsaida; to Nathanael.—5. The birth of Jesus. (Luke 2:1-7.) The circumcision of Jesus. (Luke 2:21.) The presentation of Jesus in the Temple. (Luke 2:22-38.) The visit of Jesus to Jerusalem, at the feast of the Passover when He was twelve years of age. (Luke 2:40-52.) The baptism of Jesus. (Luke 3:21-23.) The temptation of Jesus. (Luke 4:1-13.-6.) (a) That Zebedee was a fisherman (Matt. 4:21, 22), having hired servants (Mark 1:20). (b) That Salome, the "mother of Zebedee's children," was among those women from Galilee who followed Jesus to Jerusalem, "ministering" unto Him. (Matt. 27:36.) She was also among those who looked on afar off at His crucifixion. (Mark 15:40.) And one of those who brought spices to embalm Him. (Mark 16:1.) Her love for her two sons led her to ask for them the place of honor in the Messianic kingdom. (Matt, 20:20). (c) James, the son of Zebedee. We know that he was in the boat, by the Sea of Galilee, with his brother John, "mending their nets," when the Lord called them to be His disciples. He is mentioned among the twelve whom the Lord appointed to be with Him (Mark 3:14); he was present at the raising of Jairus's daughter (Luke 10:51); he saw the transfiguration (Luke 9:23); he joined his brother in asking the Lord to allow them to call down fire from heaven to consume the Samaritan village (Luke 9:54); he joined his brother in asking of the Lord a place—one on His right hand, and the other on His left hand—in His glory (Luke 10:35); he was taken by the Lord on the night of His agony, with Peter and John, to the garden of Gethsemane (Mark 14:33); on the day of the Lord's ascension he was one of the company who "continued in prayer and supplication" in the upper room at Jerusalem (Acts 1:13); he was "killed with the sword" during the Herodian persecution, A.D. 44 (Acts 12:2).—7. Jerusalem. —8. "The Son of God, who loved me." (Gal. 2:20.)