PART IV - THE LIFE AND TEACHINGS OF JESUS
Papers 120 - 196
This group of papers was sponsored by a commission of twelve Urantia Midwayers acting under the supervision of a Melchizedek Revelatory Director. The basis of this narrative was supplied by a secondary Midwayer who was onetime assigned to the superhuman watchcare of the Apostle Andrew.
120. The Bestowal of Michael on Urantia
120:0.1 ASSIGNED by Gabriel to supervise the restatement of the life of Michael when on Urantia a...
121. The Times of Michael’s Bestowal
121:0.1 ACTING under the supervision of a commission of twelve members of the United Brotherhood ...
122. Birth and Infancy of Jesus
122:0.1 IT WILL hardly be possible fully to explain the many reasons which led to the selection o...
123. The Early Childhood of Jesus
123:0.1 OWING to the uncertainties and anxieties of their sojourn in Bethlehem, Mary did not wean...
124. The Later Childhood of Jesus
124:0.1 ALTHOUGH Jesus might have enjoyed a better opportunity for schooling at Alexandria than i...
125. Jesus at Jerusalem
125:0.1 NO INCIDENT in all Jesus’ eventful earth career was more engaging, more humanly thrilling...
126. The Two Crucial Years
126:0.1 OF ALL Jesus’ earth-life experiences, the fourteenth and fifteenth years were the most cr...
127. The Adolescent Years
127:0.1 AS JESUS entered upon his adolescent years, he found himself the head and sole support of...
128. Jesus’ Early Manhood
128:0.1 AS JESUS of Nazareth entered upon the early years of his adult life, he had lived, and co...
129. The Later Adult Life of Jesus
129:0.1 JESUS had fully and finally separated himself from the management of the domestic affairs...
130. On the Way to Rome
130:0.1 THE tour of the Roman world consumed most of the twenty-eighth and the entire twenty-nint...
131. The World’s Religions
131:0.1 DURING the Alexandrian sojourn of Jesus, Gonod, and Ganid, the young man spent much of hi...
132. The Sojourn at Rome
132:0.1 SINCE Gonod carried greetings from the princes of India to Tiberius, the Roman ruler, on ...
133. The Return from Rome
133:0.1 WHEN preparing to leave Rome, Jesus said good-bye to none of his friends. The scribe of D...
134. The Transition Years
134:0.1 DURING the Mediterranean journey Jesus had carefully studied the people he met and the co...
135. John the Baptist
135:0.1 JOHN the Baptist was born March 25, 7 B.C., in accordance with the promise that Gabriel m...
136. Baptism and the Forty Days
136:0.1 JESUS began his public work at the height of the popular interest in John’s preaching and...
137. Tarrying Time in Galilee
137:0.1 EARLY on Saturday morning, February 23, A.D. 26, Jesus came down from the hills to rejoin...
138. Training the Kingdom’s Messengers
138:0.1 AFTER preaching the sermon on “The Kingdom,” Jesus called the six apostles together that ...
139. The Twelve Apostles
139:0.1 IT IS an eloquent testimony to the charm and righteousness of Jesus’ earth life that, alt...
140. The Ordination of the Twelve
140:0.1 JUST before noon on Sunday, January 12, A.D. 27, Jesus called the apostles together for t...
141. Beginning the Public Work
141:0.1 ON THE first day of the week, January 19, A.D. 27, Jesus and the twelve apostles made rea...
142. The Passover at Jerusalem
142:0.1 THE month of April Jesus and the apostles worked in Jerusalem, going out of the city each...
143. Going Through Samaria
143:0.1 AT THE end of June, A.D. 27, because of the increasing opposition of the Jewish religious...
144. At Gilboa and in the Decapolis
144:0.1 SEPTEMBER and October were spent in retirement at a secluded camp upon the slopes of Moun...
145. Four Eventful Days at Capernaum
145:0.1 JESUS and the apostles arrived in Capernaum the evening of Tuesday, January 13. As usual,...
146. First Preaching Tour of Galilee
146:0.1 THE first public preaching tour of Galilee began on Sunday, January 18, A.D. 28, and cont...
147. The Interlude Visit to Jerusalem
147:0.1 JESUS and the apostles arrived in Capernaum on Wednesday, March 17, and spent two weeks a...
148. Training Evangelists at Bethsaida
148:0.1 FROM May 3 to October 3, A.D. 28, Jesus and the apostolic party were in residence at the ...
149. The Second Preaching Tour
149:0.1 THE second public preaching tour of Galilee began on Sunday, October 3, A.D. 28, and cont...
150. The Third Preaching Tour
150:0.1 ON SUNDAY evening, January 16, A.D. 29, Abner, with the apostles of John, reached Bethsai...
151. Tarrying and Teaching by the Seaside
151:0.1 BY MARCH 10 all of the preaching and teaching groups had forgathered at Bethsaida. Thursd...
152. Events Leading up to the Capernaum Crisis
152:0.1 THE story of the cure of Amos, the Kheresa lunatic, had already reached Bethsaida and Cap...
153. The Crisis at Capernaum
153:0.1 ON FRIDAY evening, the day of their arrival at Bethsaida, and on Sabbath morning, the apo...
154. Last Days at Capernaum
154:0.1 ON THE eventful Saturday night of April 30, as Jesus was speaking words of comfort and co...
155. Fleeing Through Northern Galilee
155:0.1 SOON after landing near Kheresa on this eventful Sunday, Jesus and the twenty-four went a...
156. The Sojourn at Tyre and Sidon
156:0.1 ON FRIDAY afternoon, June 10, Jesus and his associates arrived in the environs of Sidon, ...
157. At Caesarea-Philippi
157:0.1 BEFORE Jesus took the twelve for a short sojourn in the vicinity of Caesarea-Philippi, he...
158. The Mount of Transfiguration
158:0.1 IT WAS near sundown on Friday afternoon, August 12, A.D. 29, when Jesus and his associate...
159. The Decapolis Tour
159:0.1 WHEN Jesus and the twelve arrived at Magadan Park, they found awaiting them a group of al...
160. Rodan of Alexandria
160:0.1 ON SUNDAY morning, September 18, Andrew announced that no work would be planned for the c...
161. Further Discussions with Rodan
161:0.1 ON SUNDAY, September 25, A.D. 29, the apostles and the evangelists assembled at Magadan. ...
162. At the Feast of Tabernacles
162:0.1 WHEN Jesus started up to Jerusalem with the ten apostles, he planned to go through Samari...
163. Ordination of the Seventy at Magadan
163:0.1 A FEW days after the return of Jesus and the twelve to Magadan from Jerusalem, Abner and ...
164. At the Feast of Dedication
164:0.1 AS THE camp at Pella was being established, Jesus, taking with him Nathaniel and Thomas, ...
165. The Perean Mission Begins
165:0.1 ON TUESDAY, January 3, A.D. 30, Abner, the former chief of the twelve apostles of John th...
166. Last Visit to Northern Perea
166:0.1 FROM February 11 to 20, Jesus and the twelve made a tour of all the cities and villages o...
167. The Visit to Philadelphia
167:0.1 THROUGHOUT this period of the Perean ministry, when mention is made of Jesus and the apos...
168. The Resurrection of Lazarus
168:0.1 IT WAS shortly after noon when Martha started out to meet Jesus as he came over the brow ...
169. Last Teaching at Pella
169:0.1 LATE on Monday evening, March 6, Jesus and the ten apostles arrived at the Pella camp. Th...
170. The Kingdom of Heaven
170:0.1 SATURDAY afternoon, March 11, Jesus preached his last sermon at Pella. This was among the...
171. On the Way to Jerusalem
171:0.1 THE day after the memorable sermon on “The Kingdom of Heaven,” Jesus announced that on th...
172. Going into Jerusalem
172:0.1 JESUS and the apostles arrived at Bethany shortly after four o’clock on Friday afternoon,...
173. Monday in Jerusalem
173:0.1 EARLY on this Monday morning, by prearrangement, Jesus and the apostles assembled at the ...
174. Tuesday Morning in the Temple
174:0.1 ABOUT seven o’clock on this Tuesday morning Jesus met the apostles, the women’s corps, an...
175. The Last Temple Discourse
175:0.1 SHORTLY after two o’clock on this Tuesday afternoon, Jesus, accompanied by eleven apostle...
176. Tuesday Evening on Mount Olivet
176:0.1 THIS Tuesday afternoon, as Jesus and the apostles passed out of the temple on their way t...
177. Wednesday, the Rest Day
177:0.1 WHEN the work of teaching the people did not press them, it was the custom of Jesus and h...
178. Last Day at the Camp
178:0.1 JESUS planned to spend this Thursday, his last free day on earth as a divine Son incarnat...
179. The Last Supper
179:0.1 DURING the afternoon of this Thursday, when Philip reminded the Master about the approach...
180. The Farewell Discourse
180:0.1 AFTER singing the Psalm at the conclusion of the Last Supper, the apostles thought that J...
181. Final Admonitions and Warnings
181:0.1 AFTER the conclusion of the farewell discourse to the eleven, Jesus visited informally wi...
182. In Gethsemane
182:0.1 IT WAS about ten o’clock this Thursday night when Jesus led the eleven apostles from the ...
183. The Betrayal and Arrest of Jesus
183:0.1 AFTER Jesus had finally awakened Peter, James, and John, he suggested that they go to the...
184. Before the Sanhedrin Court
184:0.1 REPRESENTATIVES of Annas had secretly instructed the captain of the Roman soldiers to bri...
185. The Trial Before Pilate
185:0.1 SHORTLY after six o’clock on this Friday morning, April 7, A.D. 30, Jesus was brought bef...
186. Just Before the Crucifixion
186:0.1 AS JESUS and his accusers started off to see Herod, the Master turned to the Apostle John...
187. The Crucifixion
187:0.1 AFTER the two brigands had been made ready, the soldiers, under the direction of a centur...
188. The Time of the Tomb
188:0.1 THE day and a half that Jesus’ mortal body lay in the tomb of Joseph, the period between ...
189. The Resurrection
189:0.1 SOON after the burial of Jesus on Friday afternoon, the chief of the archangels of Nebado...
190. Morontia Appearances of Jesus
190:0.1 THE resurrected Jesus now prepares to spend a short period on Urantia for the purpose of ...
191. Appearances to the Apostles and Other Leaders
191:0.1 RESURRECTION Sunday was a terrible day in the lives of the apostles; ten of them spent th...
192. Appearances in Galilee
192:0.1 BY THE time the apostles left Jerusalem for Galilee, the Jewish leaders had quieted down ...
193. Final Appearances and Ascension
193:0.1 THE sixteenth morontia manifestation of Jesus occurred on Friday, May 5, in the courtyard...
194. Bestowal of the Spirit of Truth
194:0.1 ABOUT one o’clock, as the one hundred and twenty believers were engaged in prayer, they a...
195. After Pentecost
195:0.1 THE results of Peter’s preaching on the day of Pentecost were such as to decide the futur...
196. The Faith of Jesus
196:0.1 JESUS enjoyed a sublime and wholehearted faith in God. He experienced the ordinary ups an...