The Training of the Twelve

About this book

A. B. Bruce's study of how Jesus prepared His twelve apostles for their work, first published in 1871. Following the Gospel record, Bruce traces the stages of their training — their calling, teaching, failures, and final preparation through the cross and resurrection. It is both a careful piece of New Testament study and a searching meditation on discipleship and ministry.

Contents

1. Forward by Olan Hendrix
2. Preface to the Second Edition
3. Chapter 1. Beginnings
4. Chapter 2. Fishers of Men
5. Chapter 3. Matthew the Publica
6. Chapter 4. The Twelve
7. Chapter 5. Hearing and Seeing
8. Chapter 6. Lessons on Prayer 🔒
9. Section I. Fasting 🔒
10. Section II. Ritual Ablutions 🔒
11. Section III. Sabbath Observance 🔒
12. Section I. The Mission 🔒
13. Section II. The Instructions 🔒
14. Section I. The Miracle 🔒
15. Section II. The Storm 🔒
16. Section III. The Sermon 🔒
17. Section IV. The Sifting 🔒
18. Chapter 10. The Leaven of the Pharisees and Sadduces 🔒
19. Chapter 11. Peter’s Confession; or, Current Opinion and Eternal Truth 🔒
20. Section I. First Announcement of Christ’s Death 🔒
21. Section II. Cross-Bearing, the Law of Discipleship 🔒
22. Chapter 13. The Transfiguration 🔒
23. Section I. As This Little Child 🔒
24. Section II. Church Discipline 🔒
25. Section III. Forgiving Injuries 🔒
26. Section IV. The Temple Tax: An Illustration of the Sermon 🔒
27. Section V. The Interdicted Exorcist: Another Illustration 🔒
28. Chapter 15. The Sons of Thunder 🔒
29. Section I. Counsels of Perfection 🔒
30. Section II. The Rewards of Self-Sacrifice 🔒
31. Section III. The First Last, and the Last First 🔒
32. Chapter 17. The Sons of Zebedee Again; or, Second Lesson on the Docrine of the Cross 🔒
33. Chapter 18. The Anointing in Bethany; or, Third Lesson on the Doctrine of the Cross 🔒
34. Chapter 19. Firstfruits of the Gentiles 🔒
35. Chapter 20. O Jerusalem, Jerusalem! Or, Discourse on the Last Things 🔒
36. Section I. The Washing 🔒
37. Section II. The Explanation 🔒
38. Chapter 22. In Memoriam; or, Fourth Lesson on the Doctrine of the Cross 🔒
39. Chapter 23. Judas Iscariot 🔒
40. Section I. Words of Comfort and Counsel to the Sorrowing Children 🔒
41. Section II. The Children’s Question, and the Adieu 🔒
42. Section I. The Vine and Its Branches 🔒
43. Section II. Apostolic Tribulations and Encouragements 🔒
44. Section III. The Little While, and the End of the Discourse 🔒
45. Chapter 26. The Intercessory Prayer 🔒
46. Appendix to Chapters 24–26 🔒
47. Section I. “All the Disciples Forsook Him, And Fled 🔒
48. Section II. Sifted as Wheat 🔒
49. Section III. Peter and John 🔒
50. Section I. Too Good News to Be True 🔒
51. Section II. The Eyes of the Disciples Opened 🔒
52. Section III. The Doubt of Thomas 🔒
53. Section I. Pastoral Duty 🔒
54. Section II. Pastor Pastorum 🔒
55. Chapter 30. Power from on High 🔒
56. Chapter 31. Waiting 🔒