This fifth volume in The Bible for School and Home series begins with the long-awaited birth of Jesus, then considers the significance of His visit to the Temple, and His Baptism and Temptation. With the calling of the disciples, we move to the primary focus of this volume: His public ministry in Galilee. Some of the highlights include the discussions about the Sermon on the Mount, the Lord's Prayer, and the Parable of the Sower.

The purpose of this dictionary is to give an account of everything that relates to Christ - His Person, Life, Work, and Teaching. It is in a sense complementary to the Dictionary of the Bible, in which, of course, Christ has a great place. But a dictionary of the Bible, being occupied mainly with things biographical, historical, geographical, or antiquarian, does not give attention to the things of Christ sufficient for the needs of the preacher, to whom Christ is everything. This is, first of all, a preacher's dictionary. The authors of the articles have been carefully chosen from among those scholars who are, or have been, themselves preachers. And even when the articles have the same titles as articles in the Dictionary of the Bible, they are written by new men, and from a new standpoint. It is thus a work which is quite distinct from, and altogether independent of, the Dictionary of the Bible. It is called a Dictionary of Christ and the Gospels, because it includes everything that the Gospels contain, whether directly related to Christ or not. Its range, however, is far greater than that of the Gospels. It seeks to cover all that relates to Christ throughout the Bible and in the life and literature of the world. There will be articles on the Patristic estimate of Jesus, the Medieval estimate, the Reformation and Modern estimates. There will be articles on Christ in the Jewish writings and in the Muslim literature. Much attention has been given to modern thought, whether Christian or anti-Christian. Every aspect of modern life, in so far as it touches or is touched by Christ, is described under its proper title. James Hastings (1852-1922) was a distinguished scholar and pastor. He was founder and editor of the Expository Times and is also well known for editing the five-volume Dictionary of the Bible, as well as the Encyclopaedia of Religion and Ethics, the Dictionary of Christ and the Gospels, and the Dictionary of the Apostolic Church.

In his preface to this devotional commentary on the Gospel of John, Meyer writes: "This is the Gospel of the Divine Life of Jesus. The eagle has always been its recognised emblem, as denoting its sublime and heavenly character. And, clearly, in its diction, its insight into the deepest truths, its repeated testimony to the Glory and Deity of our Lord, it holds a unique, place among the records of His life. It soars. It holds fellowship with the Throne. Its eyrie is in the Heart of God. And yet, in one of its aspects, this Gospel is as much the record of the Man Christ Jesus, as of the Only-begotten Son; and for this it is of inestimable worth to all who desire to follow in His steps. There is no part of Scripture more conducive to the culture of the inner life; and it is under this aspect that it is considered in the following pages." This volume contains the following meditations: The Word (John 1:1) The Word In Creation (John 1:2-3) The Word As Light (John 1:9) The Word Made Flesh (John 1:14) The Word Declaring the Unseen God (John 1:18) Three Memorable Days (John 1:23, 29, 37) The Son of Man (John 1:51) The First Miracle (John 2:11) The Temple of the Body (John 2:21) A Psalm of Life (John 3:6) The Shadow of the Cross (John 3:14) “Sent” (John 3:34) Life As a Fountain (John 4:14) Daring to Act in Faith (John 4:50) The Divine Master Workman (John 5:17) The Will of God (John 5:30) The Father’s Name (John 5:43) The Father’s Gift to the Son (John 6:37) The Bread Which Gives and Sustains Life (John 6:57) The Words of Jesus (John 6:68) Rivers of Living Water (John 7:37-39) The Penitent’s Gospel (John 8:11) The Light of Life (John 8:12) Christ’s Absorption in His Father (John 8:28) Made Free by the Son of God (John 8:31, 32, 36) The Glory of Christ (John 8:50) The Works of God (John 9:4) The Blessed Life of Trust (John 10:4) The Ideal Shepherd (John 10:11) The Work of an Ungifted Worker (John 10:40, 41, 42) Love’s Delays (John 11:6) Anointed for His Burial (John 12:3) Falling Into the Ground to Die (John 12:24) The Troubled Saviour (John 12:27) The World and Its Prince (John 12:31) The True Light of God’s Children (John 12:35-36) The Laver in the Life of Jesus (John 13:5) Heaven Delayed But Guaranteed (John 13:36) “Many Mansions” (John 14:2) The Reality of Which Jacob’s Dream Was the Shadow (John 14:6) Christ Revealing the Father (John 14:8-9) The Great Deeds of Faith (John 14:12) How to Secure More and Better Prayer (John 14:16) The Other Paraclete (John 14:16) The Three Dispensations (John 14:17) Three Paradoxes (John 14:18-19) Many Mansions for God (John 14:23) Christ’s Legacy and Gift Of Peace (John 14:27) The Story of the Vine (John 15:1) “Abide in Me, and I in You” (John 15:4) Prayer That Prevails (John 15:7) The Hatred of the World (John 16:2-3) The Work of the Holy Spirit on the World (John 16:8) Christ’s Reticence Supplemented by the Spirit’s Advent (John 16:12-15) The Conqueror of the World (John 16:33) Consecrated to Consecrate (John 17:19) The Lord’s Prayer for His People’s Oneness (John 17:21-23) The Love That Bound Christ to the Cross (John 18:4) Drinking the Cup (John 18:1-14) The Hall of Annas (John 18:13) How It Fared With Peter (John 18:16) The Trial Before Caiaphas (John 18:24) “Judas, Which Betrayed Him” (John 18:2) The First Trial Before Pilate (John 18:28) The Second Trial Before Pilate (John 18:39) The Seven Sayings of the Cross (John 19:16) Christ’s Burial (John 19:40) The Day of Resurrection (John 20:1) The Lake of Galilee (John 21:1) Peter’s Love and Work (John 21:15) The Life-Plan of Peter and John (John 21:22) Back to the Father (John 21:25)