1.  The  teaching  of  Jesus  was  generally  given  in  pithy,
pointed,  clear,  and  forceful  sayings.  It  was  with  Him
multum  in  ]parvo.  Of  these  sayings  Dr.  Stalker  has
fittingly  said :

"  They  are  simple,  felicitous,  and  easily  remembered ;
yet  every  one  of  them  is  packed  full  of  thought,  and  the
longer  you  brood  over  it  the  more  do  you  see  in  it.  It  is
like  a  pool  so  clear  and  sunny  that  it  seems  quite  shallow,
till,  thrusting  in  your  stick  to  touch  the  pebbles  so  clearly
visible  at  the  bottom,  you  discover  that  its  depth  far  exceeds
what  you  are  trying  to  measure  it  with."  ^

Many  of  the  sayings  have  the  characteristics  of  popular
proverbs,  easily  remembered,  and  always  suggesting  more
than  they  express.  Antithesis,  epigram,  paradox  abound.
Only  a  few  out  of  a  multitude  of  illustrations  may  be
given :  "  Many  that  are  first  shall  be  last ;  and  the  last
first."  *     "  For  every  one  ^.hat  exalteth  himself   shall   be

1  Mk  62.  2  1234.
