LIBRARY OF THE THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY PRINCETON, N. J. PRESENTED BY Mr, Ho el Lav/rence McQueen Diznsioii .BSJ85 .5 Section.. | -O Co^" .L84 ^^vx \/ "R^h\e.. M.T. Fv.nh5.V.. \&CA. Au-fUr.>-^^f.^ ■ THE CHRONOLOGICA NEW TESTAMENT: ACfORTHNfi TO THE AUTHORISED VERSION: NEWLY DIVIDED INTO PARAGRAPHS AND SECTIONS, WITH THE DATES AND PLACES OP TRANSACTIONS; CONCISE INTRODUCTIONS TO THE SEVERAL BOOKS; A RUNNING ANALYSIS OF THE EPISTLES, AND NOTES, CRITICAL AND ILLUSTRATIVE. SECOND EDITION, REVISED AND ENLARGED. PRINTED FOR THE AUTHOR, AND SOLD BY SIMPKIN, MAllSHALL, & CO., STATIONEllS' HALL COURT; LONGMAN & CO.; WHITTAKEE & CO., AND HAMILTON & CO. 1864. PllEFACE. This volume is an attempt to carry out, to a greater extent, the idea of which the " Chrono- logical New Testament," pubUshed in 1851, was an embodiment; namely, that by means of an improved arrangement of the text and other appliances, something might be done to render our Authorised Enghsh Version more generally intelligible. It is hoped that this work will be considered an improvement on its predecessor. The same inscrutable Wisdom which determined that documents penned under Inspira- tion, and committed to the keeping of the Christian Church, shoidd be liable to the same accidents as all other writings, has provided materials in abundance for the remedy of such; so that the exercise of a reverential loving care, and an intelligently cautious discrimination, will go far toward accurately ascertaining " What saith the Lord." In endeavouring to make use of a portion of these stores, the Editor trusts he has attempted nothing that is not fitting to be applied to the elucidation of the Sacred Books, nor for which the example of the venerated Revisers of 1611 cannot be adduced. It cannot be expected that all the innovations ventured on will be universally accepted : a first attempt must, almost necessarily, be crude, imperfect, or, among above five thousand notes, even more or less erroneous. But almost every note in the following pages rests on the authority of some Manuscript or version, or the opinion of some critic ; scarcely anything is to be found that is not already the common possession of Christendom : the editor claims the merit only of method, choice, and fidelity. The main idea is that of a Paragra^ih Bible of convenient size and legilile type, with an increased number of marginal notes ; those now added being distinguished from the notes of the Revisers of IGll by being bracketed ( ). The subordinate features of the work are these : — I. A harmony of the Gospels more complete than any yet exhibited, and containing at least one original, and*t is trusted happy, conjecture as to certain chapters of S. Luke : in fact, the one correction necessary to the, in every other respect, admirable harmony of Archbishop Newcome {Greek Ilarmontj, folio 1778). IL A chronological harmony of the Book of Acts and the Epistles. III. The application of the discbvery made by Bishop Lowth, and more fully shewn by Bishop Jebb— viz., that the discourses of our Lord and the writings of the Apostles, are constructed after the style of the ancient prophets, that is, in parallelisms. The elucidation derived from printing the text according to this principle is very great, notwithstanding the fact that all our English Versions, having been made in ignorance of it, are, to -a great extent, unfitted fully to unfold this arrangement of the Sacred Word. IV. The exhibition of the additions which, in very early times, were introduced by tran- scribers into the Uriginal Text. These being regarded as analogous to the Italics of the PREFACE. translators of tlie English Version, have been printed in a different type, for the purpose of instituting a comparison between the Received Text and the Vatican MS. (With this MS. agrees, in the main, the Codex Sinaiticus {Scrivener s Collation, Hansell's Novum Test., Grsec.) The omissions being thus shewn to the eye by tlie type employed, the various readings of this ]\IS. are given in the margin. It is evident that any results thus obtained must be used with caution, and anything gained thereby to the cause of a pure text considered merely as approximative, and the attempt welcomed only as a first, and very imperfect, effort. The conclusion to which the editor himself has come, is, that the Uncial MSS., i.e. pre- sumably earlier, lead to an objective or historical point of view, and consequently a past ; while the Cursive, or presumably later, tend toward a subjective or personal, and, consequently, a present direct application of the New Testament to modern times, circumstances, and ideas. This latter is the point of view of the English translators, from Wycliffe to those of King James, and had its origin in S. Augustine {De Civitate Dei, a.d. 413), and was, generally, that of the Latins ; the former was that of Eusebius (a.d. 325), of S. Chrysostom (a d. 398), and, generally, of the Greeks. V. Geographical headings. VI. An analysis of the course of argument in the Epistles. VIT. The most remarkable readings of the ancient versions. VIII. Amended translations, l)y ancient and modern critics. IX. Introductions to each Book. X. Quotations from the Old Testament in capitals. XI. Speeches within inverted commas. None, except those who have been occupied in labours analogous to this, can understand the difficulty of putting into two narrow columns everything that ought to be inserted, and of excluding everything that ought not. To whatever extent, either in excess or in defect, the work is found chargeable, shall be corrected in future editions. This edition of our English Bible fulfils to some extent a suggestion of Dr. Short, Bishoj) of S. Asaph, in 1832, " Above 200 years have elapsed since the last revision of the Bible, " and the Church has subsequently contented itself with discovering inaccuracies, without " attempting to correct them. The question of a new translation is one of considerable " delicacy ; but the opinion of Archbishop Newcome ought not to have ^^mained without due " attention. If reasons forbid the publication of a new version, there can be no danger in the " correction of such mistakes as are obvious to all (for some passages are scarcely intelligible), " and of such as are acknowledged by all who are acquainted with the original languages. " These amendments might be introduced into the margin, and thereby the accumulated " knowledge of the country would be made use of for the improvement of the services of " the Church. Our present translation is, probably, the best in existence; yet this circum- " stance need not prevent the attempt of lessening its imperfections." — {Hist, of the Church of England, § 540.) ROBERT B. BLACKADER. 3(3, Trinity Square, Southrvark, Michaelmas, 1864. INTEODUCTION. The interval of time occupied with the events recorded in the Sacred documents comprising the New Testament, is 70 years, viz., from the birth of our Lord, before a.d. 3 (JuUan period, 4711) to a.d. G7 (JuUan period, 47S2), the commencement of the Jewish war. In the following table the chronological sequence of the different events is exhibited, and each portion of the New Testament is assigned to its proper place. PART I. The Transactions before our Lord's public ministry ; containing the space of thirty years and six months, comprised in sections 1 to 15. Date. B.C. 4. Dec. 25. B.C. 3. April 10. Sept. 4. Sept. 12. B.C. 2. Jan. G. A.D. 9. April 6. A.D. 29. A.T). 29. June G. Subject. 8 9 12 13 14 IG The annunciation . The birth of John The birth of Jesus Tlie presentation in the temple The visit of the magi *jf* Our Lord was at this time tbree months old. The stay of the Holy Family in Egypt was three months. 1^^ Between this and the next section was an interval of eleven years. The catechising of Jesus I^^ An interval of twenty years. The preaching of John 2. 1—12. 3. 1—12. 1.4—8. PAET II. The Transactions of about six months, comprised in sections 16 to 21. 3. 13—17. The baptism of Jesus 1.9—11. PART III. 1. 26—38. 1. 57—80. 2. 1—7. 2. 21—38. 2. 39—52. 3. 1—18. 3. 21, 22 S. John. The Transactions of twelve months, from the beginning of the first Passover, comprised in sections 22 to 37 A.p. 30. I April 5. 22 1 The first passover May IG. 25 ; The imprisonment of John May 30. 29 ' The rejection of Jesus 14. 3—5. G. 17- 21. 3. 19, 20. 4. 14—28. 2. 13—22. vi INTRODUCTION. PART lY. The Transactions of twelve months fi'om the beginning of the secon 1 Passover, comprised in sections 38 to 54. Date. Section. Sulijcct. S. Matt lew. S. Maiii. S Luke. S. Joh n. A.D. 31. April 17. 38 The second passover 5. PART V. The Transactions of twelve months, less five days, from the beginning of the third Passover, comprised in sections 55 to 81. *^* At this passover our Lord was not present. A.T). 32. D ecember. 68 Jesus at Jerusalem 10. 22- -42. PART VI. March 31 The Transactions of five days, from Palm Sunday to Thursday, viz., from the 10th to the 14th Nisan, to April -1. comprised in sections 81 to 101. PART VII. April 5. j The Transactions of the day of the Crucifixion, comprised n sections 102 — 112. PART VIII. The Transactions of forty days from the Resurrection morn to the Ascension, 113 — 128. A.I). 33. April 7. April 14. April 21. April 28. May 5. May 12. 113 The Resurrection 27. 33- -38 15. 22—28. 23. 33—38. 19. 18- -29. 124 The sixth appearance 16. 14. 20. 26- -31. 125 The seventh appearan ce 28. 16 17. 1 Co.xv." The eighth appearance 126 The ninth appearance 21. 1- -23. 127 The tenth appearance iii. 15—18. 24. 44^9. May IG. 128 The eleventh appearance. The Ascension 16. 19, 20. 24. 51—53. Date. Section. Subject, Date. Section. Subject. May 19. 131 The election of Matthias. A.D. 58. 169 The Epistle to the Romans. MaV 26. 1.32 S. Peter's fii-st address. May 21. 171 The apprehension of S. Paul. A. I.". 34. 137 The apprehension of Stephen. 174 The Epistle of S. James. A.T). .35. 1.39 The mission to the Samaritans. 175 The First Epistle of S. Peter. A.D. 35. 140 The conversion of Saul. A.D. 60. 177 S. Paul before Festus. 143 The arrival of Saul at Jerusalem. 179 The voyage of S. Paul. A.D. 41. 147 S. Barnabas at Antioch. A.D. 61. 180 The arrival of S. Paul at Rome. A.D. 42. 148 The rapture of S. Paul. 181 The Epistle to the Ephesians. A.D. 44. 150 The deliverance of S. Peter. 182 The Epistle to the Colossians. A.D. 45. 151 S. Paul's first journey. 183 The Epistle to Philemon. A.D. 49. 152 S. Paul's second journey. 184 The Epistle to the Pliilippians. A.D. 50. 157 S. Patil's tliird journey. A.D. 63. 186 The Epistle to the Hebrews. 160 S. Paul at Corinth. A.D. 65. 187 Tlie First Epistle to Timothy. A.D. 54. Thessalonians I. and II. A.D. 66. 188 The Epistle to Titus. April 11. 'l6l"" S. Paul at Jerusalem. A.D. 67. 189 The Second Epistle to Timothy. A.D. 57. 162 S. Paul's fourtli jotirney. A.D. 67. 190 Tlie Second Epistle of S. Peter. 163 The Epistle to the Galatians. A.D. 67. The Ei)isfios of S. John. 1()4 The First Epistle to the Corinthians. A.D. 67. The Epistle of S. Jude. 168 The Second Epistle to the Corinthians. INTRODUCTION. vu The right interpretation of the remaining book — the Apocalypse — is, probably, that which will admit of its being placed at the close of the above years. The scene of the vision is a temple, of which its forms, furniture, and attendant services, are described in figures taken from the Jewish. The New Testament is full of references and allu- sions to an event spoken of as the Coming, Manifes- tation, Appearance, Presence, Revelation. The Son of man shall Come in the glory. Matt. xvi. 27. The sign of thy Coming. Matt. xxiv. 3. So also the Coming of the Son of man. Matt. xxiv. 37. Christ's at his Coming. 1 Co. xv. 23. Judge nothing before the time, until the Lord Come. 1 Co. iv. 5. Shew ye the Lord's death till he Come. 1 Co. xi. 26. Lord Jesus Christ at his Coming. 1 Th. ii. 19. Coming of ... . with all His saints. 1 Th. iii. 13. Ecmain to the Coming of the Lord. 1 Th. iv. 15. By the Coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. 2 Th. ii. 1. Brightness of His Coming. 2 Th. ii. 8. Lentil the Appearing of oiu* Lord. ] Ti. vi. 14. Manifest by the Appearing of our Saviour. 2 Ti. i. 10. The Appearing and His kmgdom. 2 Ti. iv. 1. Who love His appearing. 2 Ti. iv. 8. The glorious Appearing. Tit. ii. 13. Be patient .... to the Coming. Ja. v. 7. The power and Coming of our Lord. 2 Pe. i. 16. Where is the promise of His Coming? 2 Pe. iii. 4. Not ashamed at His Coming. 1 John ii. 28. It is in the highest degree probable that S. Peter, S. Paul, S. James, and S. Jade died without witnessing the unparalleled events connected with the close of the Mosaic economy. The persecution of the Christians by Nero com- menced November a.d. 64; four months after, the burniug of Rome on June 10th. {Mosheim, De Rebus.) On the 8th of November, in the following year, A.D. 05, Ccstius Callus encamped before Jerusalem for three days, and on the 11th occupied Bezetha, but shortly after withdrew from the city. This appearance of the Roman armies was the signal of warning given by our Lord. Matt. xxiv. 15. Mark xiii. 14. Luke xxi. 20. "In consequence," says Eusebius {Ece. Hist., iii. 5), " the whole body of Christians removed from the city." See also Epi- plianius {Hares. Nazar., xxix. 1, p. 123, c. vii. ; De Po7idenbus, xiv. 2, p. 171. Petav. 1682.) "And then Divuie justice," says Eusebius {Ecc. Hist., iii. 5), "finally overtook the Jewish nation, totally destroy- ing the whole generation of these evil-doers from the earth. The number of calamities which over*- whclraed them ; the extreme misery to which the in- habitants of Judsea were reduced ; the vast numbers that fell by the sword, and famine, and innumeraljle forms of death ; the numerous and great cities of Judsea that were besieged ; as also the great and in- credible distress that those experienced who took refuge in Jerusalem ; — these, as well as the whole tenor and each particular of the war, to its total downfall and final destruction by fire, is accurately stated by Joseplius {De Bello, iii. — vi.) " All this," adds Eusebius {Ecc. Hist., iii. 7), " oc- curred in the second year of Vespasian, accorduig to the prediction of our Lord Jesus Christ, who by His Divine foreknowledge foresaw all these things as if already present, and wept and moui'ued at the prospect." " The benignity of an all-gracious Providence de- ferred their destruction for forty years to see whether by rejjentauce they might obtain pardon and salvation." " With whom," says S. Paul, " was He grieved forty years ? . . . . Let us labour .... lest we fall after the same example." Heb. iv. 11. "The Lord," says S. Peter, " is not slack concerning His promise but is long-suffering." 2 Pe. iii. 9. But the Divine wrath at last came upon them to the uttermost. 1 Th. ii. 16. " I think," says Jose- phus, " had the Romans lingered to proceed agaiust these wretches, the city would either have been swal- lowed up by the opening of the earth, or been over- whelmed with a flood, or, like Sodom, been struck with lightning, for it bore a much more impious race than those who once endured such visitations." " The prophecies," says Herder, " had made Israel the people of the Lord, and the Temple the habitation of their God. But the people were to perish, and not one stone to be left upon another to tell the story of the first religious edifice in the world ! The comparisons of the despised Marriage Eeast, the Rejected Son, the Rebellious Husbandmen, the Refused Corner-stone, the Departmg and Returning Lord— S. Matt. xx. 28 ; xxii. 14. S.Markxii. 1 — 14. S.Lukexx. 9 — 19, were a fare- well to a distinct people, a death-blow to a cherished faith. The Apostles received and planted Christianity, foreseeing with pain the rum of the Sanctuary. They had heard their Master connect it with His Coming, and, though not knowing either the time or the manner, theybeHeved and proclaimed the fact. When S. Paul spoke atTliessalonica (2 Th. ii. Acts xvii. 1, 2. Ga. iv.25) it was Jerusalem that was present to his thoughts. But the extmction of one state of thmgs has been the revival of auother ; the splendour of the Temple has INTRODUCTION. been effaced by that of the Christian Church ; Man- kind is tlie country of religion, and all the inhabi- tants of the world are heirs of it." The Apocalypse is not intended to depict merely a political revolution; that, though most extraordhiary and dreadful, was limited and natural ; it is the Coming of Christ that is the essence of the Prophecy. One voice prevails throughout — The Lord comes; one feeling — God is all in all. The Lord said, I Come, and He came ! The last prophet said, " Who shall abide the Day of his Coming?" Mai. iii. 25. The prophets declared that the Day of the Lord (Rev. i. 10) would be bloody, fearfid, and terrible. Isa. ii. 12 ; X. 3 ; xiii. ; xxii. 5. £ze. xxx. 1, 2. Blow with the trumpet, for the Lord comes : blood, fire, and smoke go before Him. The sun shall be darkened, and the moon changed into blood before the great and terrible Day of the Lord Come. Joel ii. Am. V. 18. Zeph. i. 14, 15. I will send you the prophet Elijah before the Com- ing of the great and terrible Day of the Lord. Mai. iv. 5, 6. The Day cometh that shall burn as an oven ; and all that do wickedly shall be stubble. Mai. iv. 1. The Lord comes at once as Judge and Avenger. Comp. Isa. Ixi. 03. Zee. xiii. 14. Obad. 21, The Coming of the Lord is the one voice, one prin- ciple running through the whole work. It is an- nounced at the commencement (Rev. i. 7), and it is repeated at the close. Rev. xxi. 20. " Scarcely any traces remain of the contemporaries of the immediate successors of the Apostles," says Dr. Todd (Six Discourses, p. 12.) The extant litera- ture consists of the fragments of about twenty dif- ferent works, and these do not admit of determining to what extent the Christians in Asia Minor, to whom the Apocalypse was addressed, comprehended its meaning. The fragments of Andreas and Arethas prove that its application to Jerusalem was not wholly unknown. In the second century Justin Martyr (a.d. IGO) looked for " a resurrection of the flesh, and a thousand years in Jerusalem built and enlarged." So Irenseus (a.d. 186), " The earth being restored by Christ," v. 35, 2. So Tertullian (a.d. 207), Ado. Marc, c. 1., "A kingdom on earth .... in a different state of being, viz., after the Resurreption for one thousand years in the city of Jerusalem, divinely built, and brought down from heaven." " Such was," says Dr. Pusey (Note D, p. 12G, Ter- tullian. Library of the Pathers), " the state of teach- ing till the early part of the third century; held by most, questioned by some, but by none whose names have come down to us. The first who openly impugned it wasOrigen (a.d. 215) {Be Princip., II. xi. 2), who charges the holders of this opinion as disci])les of the letter alone, refusing the labour of understanding, and following a certain surface of the letter of the law." So Dionysius, a.d. 262, " , . . . they would have us entertain no great and lofty thoughts of the Divine Appearing, but to hope for the Kingdom of God from petty and mortal things." "Dionysius," says Eusebius {Ecc. Hist., vii. 25), "received it in faith, confessing that it passed his com- prehension. This only he affirmed, that the Book could not be interpreted according to the meaning of the words." "lam not ignorant," says Jerome, "what diversity of opinion there is among men .... of the resurrection, and of the state of souls, and of the human flesh ; of the promises of tlnngs to come ; how they are to be taken, and in what way the Apocalypse of S. John is to be understood. If we take it according to the letter we must Judaise ; if spiritually, we shall be actbg contrary to the sentiments of many of our predecessors." In the West a figurative interpretation came to be sought for : but if so it is no longer a prediction. Comp. Hev. i. 1. " In the fourteenth century," says Dr. Todd {Six Discourses, p. 34), " the liistorical inter- pretation came in again, viz., that the design was to foretell the important transactions in the history of the Empii-e, and of the Christian religion, from the age of the Apostles to the end of the world." Ambrosiaster or Berengaudus and Rupertus, in the twelfth century, interpret it as referring to the de- struction of Jerusalem. So does Hentenius, in 1547. Ludovicus ab Alcassar, in 1614, applied the first eleven chapters to the abolition of Judaism. So, also, Grotius, Le Clerc, and Dr. Hammond. Abauzit says that the whole book relates to the de- struction of Judsea and Jerusalem. So Wetstcin, Ilarenberg, Herder, Ilartwig, Eichhorn, and Sir Isaac Newton. In modern times Moses Stuart advocates the same side with very great learning, ability, and judgment. A living writer, the Rev. P. S. Desjirez {Apocalypse Fulfilled, 8vo. pp. 511), thinks that "this view is destined to prevad over all opposition ; to be received with universal acceptance, and acknow- ledged as the only key which can fit the lock, and open this long-scaled— long-perverted Apocalypse." THE GOSPEL ACCORDINO TO S. MATTHEW. IT was the main design of the evangelists, as John (xx. 31) declares, to commit to writing such of the sayings and deeds of Jesus as would best instruct, confirm, and propagate the faith of the church— that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that those who believe sliould have life through His name. They huve,_ in composing the eoangelical histories, had a special regard to this end rather than to strict exactness of logical order, or chronological arrangement. Although they preserve the highest and holiest agreement as to the reality of the sayings and facts, yet mi the context and course of the history each pursues hi>< own order and pjecidiar method; conforming to the others, in particulars, only so far as he judged to be consistent with the develop- ment of his leading conception. While all the evangelists were alike under the infallible guidance of inspi- ration, it becomes extremely important to ascertain the particular object each had in view in penning his account of the gospel narrative. Thus only shall we be enabled to enter fully into the naeaning of each writer, reconcile apparent discrepancies, account for various omissions, and present the Gospels in the light not merely of a history, but of a fourfold narrative. It is the unanimous testimony of the early Church that S. Matthew's gospel was the first in order of time. Eichhorn, Hug, Olshausen, and Alford think this book was written shortly before the destruction of Jerusalem, which took place a.d. 70. Davidson is inclined to adopt a.d. 41, 42, or 43, as the most probable periodof its composition. Dr. Townson would place it about a.d. 37. From the testimony of Josephus and the Latin his- torians, the idea was evidently at that time current among the Jews, that the Messiah, so long expected, would appear as their temporal deliverer. " This belief," says Hug, " contributed in no small degree to arouse their resolution to begin the war and maintain it with obstinacy." Furthermore, the moral condition of the Jewish nation was, at this period, truly deplorable. " No age," says their own historian, " did ever supply a generation more fruitful in evil than this was from the beginning of the world." Nor must we forget to add, that the minds of all Christians were directed to the approaching destruction of Jerusalem as the period of our Lord's "coming" to establish and spread His spiritual kingdom in the place of a perverted and local ceremonial. How necessary then would it appear to them that the claims of the Messiah should be made known, and the nature of His reign described ! In the midst of such a people and under such circumstances S. Matthew wrote his gospel. Bearing in mind the condition of the Jewish nation, the dangers and trials of believers in Jesus, and the solemn events about to take place, the design of the evangehst is at once apparent. His object is to shew, especially to Jews, that Jesus was thk tkue Messiah, prefigured by the Mosaic ceremonial rites, predicted by the ancient prophets, and commissioned to introduce a spikitual kingdom in which He would be Saviour, Exemplar, and King. It abounds, in consequence of this design, in references to the fulfilment of prophecy, viz. : — i. 22 ; ii. 5, 6, 15, 17, 18, 23; iii. 3; viii. 17; xi. 10; xii. 17—21; xiii. 14, 15, 35; xvii. 10—12; xxi. 4, 5, 42; xxii. 23, 42—45; xxvi. 24, 31, 54, 56; xxvii. 9, 10, 35. The course of the narrative, the absence of explanatory clauses where such would be deemed necessary for foreigners, and the constant habit of referring to the Hebrew writings, demonstrate that the work was, in the first instance, written expressly for Jews. In strict accordance with this design, S. Matthew dwells at great length on the discourses of Jesus. " Some of the most beautiful and most important sayings of our Lord," says Tholuck, " have been preserved by MAT. 1, 1. 1 2,l.i S. MATTHEW. A.M. 5438. B.C. 3. S. Matthew alone (Matt, v., &c. ; xi. 28—30; xvi. 16—19; xviii. 20; compare also xi. 2—24; xii. 3—6, 25 — 45; xvii. 12 — 26; xxvi. 13). In some particulars also, which are mentioned by the other evangelists, S. IMatthew is more exact (see Matt, xxiii. as compared with Luke)." lu all these respects the evangelist's endeavour was to shew the spiritual nature and the moral character of the Messiah's kingdom, by directing attention to the teaching and example of Jesus Himself. Writing, therefore, an historical argument rather than a history, it will be readily seen that chronological exactness (the want of which is the great charge brought against S. Matthew) was of but little importance to the evangelist. His object was of a more practical and apologetic nature than that of writing a chronological biography. " Perfect accurate chronology," says Hug, " was not consistent with his plan." Yet is the gospel not without order. A grouping of facts is clearly observable. The omissions with which S. Matthew has been charged may be readily explained from what has been said. He was engrossed with one grand idea, that of setting before the world the true nature of the " kingdom of heaven." " Absorbed in this his prominent object, he lost sight, as it were, of every thing else." In fact, as Olshausen says, " Matthew commonly makes use of events only as points of support for the discourses." Just before the grand mtroduction of the new dispensation, at the abrogation and removal of the ceremonial law, while the minds of many men were agitated by fanaticism, and elevated by unfounded expectations, S. Matthew's gospel appeared, proving the Messiahship of Jesus, unfolding the character of His kingdom, and inviting all to a participation in its benefits. The propriety of such a publication, on such a plan, cannot be doubtedr " Nothing but the Messianic dignity," says Hug, " would serve as authority in the eyes of the Jews for innovations in religion. The principal concern was the establishment of the new religion ; the Messiah- ship alone contained the autliority or the divine warrant for this. The proof that Jesus was the Messiah was only introductory and preparatory to His doctrines." Dr. Davidson divides the Gospel into six parts : — I. — The birth and infancy of Jesus— ch. i., ii. II. — Circumstances preparatory to His public ministry — iii. 1 — iv. 11. III. — His public appearances in Galilee — iv. 12 — xviii. 35. IV. — His journey to Jerusalem and residence there — xix. 1 — xxy. 46. V. — His passion— xxvi., xxvii. VI. — Resurrection — xxviii. a Is. 53, 8. (Tfie title given hy S. Slalthew to his gospel, not simply to the first seventeen verses; comp. Ge. 5, 1, and 37, 2 ; Nu. 3, 1. /( is there- fore equivalent to " the history of Jesus Clirist" Le Clex'c. Ac- cording to Dr. Barrett cfc Halts, Anal. iii. 42, S. Matthew "traces His pedigree as the promisi'd Seed through Srdomon to Joseph!') a Ch. 22, 42. Ps. 132, U. Je. 23, 5. J no. 7, 42. Ac. 2, 30, and 13, 23. Ko. 1, 3. 6 ...There shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a branch shall grow out of his roots. Is. 11, 1. c Ge. 12, 3, and 22, 18. Ga. 3, 16. I-] IntrodMction. Lu. i. 1—4. The Messiahship of Jesus. Ma. i. 1—3. The Divinity of Jesus. Jno. i. 1—17. Announcement of the birth of John. Lu. i. 5 — 25. Annunciation of the hirth of Jesus. Lu. i. 26—38. The visit of Mary to Elizabeth. Lu. i. 39—56. The message of an angel to Joseph. Ch. i. 18—25. The hirth of John. Lu. 1. 57—80. The hirth of Jesus. Lu. ii. 1—7. The genealogy of Jesus. Parallel place, Lu. iii. 23—38. [1 [3 [4 [5 [6 [8 [9 [10 THE book of the generation" of Jesus Christ, the son" of David/ the son of Abraham. •= Part I.— Of 70 years each=ahout 980 years. ''^Abraham begat Isaac; and Isaac begat Jacob ; and Jacob begat Judas and his brethren; ^and Judas begat Phares and Zara of Thamar ; and Phares begat Esrom ; and Esrom be- gat Aram; ^and Aram begat Ami- nadab ; and Aminadab begat Naas- son ; and Naasson begat Sabnon ; ^and Sabiion begat Booz of Eachab ; and Booz begat Obed of Ruth ; and Obed begat Jesse ; ^'and Jesse begat David the king ; Part II.— Of 30 years=about 420 years. And David the kiug^ begat Solomon of her that had been the wife of Urias ; ''' and Solomon begat Roboam ; and Roboam begat Abia ; and Abia begat Asa; ^and Asa begat Josaphat; and Josaphat begat Joram ;V and Joram begat Ozias ; ^and Ozias begat Joa- tham ; and Joatham begat Achaz ; and Achaz begat Ezekias ; ^^and Eze- kias begat Manasses ; and Manasses begat Amon ; and Amon begat Jo- sias ; " and Josias^ begat Jechonias and his brethren, about the time they were carried'' away to Babylon ; j3 (Vatican Ms. omits. It is not found in theBeza, nor in the Vul- gate, nor Persian, nor in Irenceus. The portions of the received text printed in this type are not found in the Va- tican Ms.) y (After Joram th ree general ions, Ahaziah. Joash, and Amaziah, 1 Chr. 3, 11, 12. are omitted for better remem- brance sake. yfeWs.) & Some few Mss. read, "Josias he- gat Jakim, and Jnkim begat Je- chonias." See 1 Chr. 3, 15, 16. d 2 Ki. 24, 14— 16. and 25, 11. 2 Chr. 36, 10, 20. Je. 27, 20; 39.9; and 52, 11, 15— 30. Da. 1, 2. A.M. 5438. 1 B.C. 3.]" S. MATTHEW. f MAT. 1, 1. 1 2,1. e 1 Chr. 3, 17- 19. / Ezr. 3, 2, and 5, 2. Ne. 12, 1. Hag. 1, 1. e (The ancients inferred {Euscb., K(X. Bist., 1. 1, c. 7), that the ■marriage of Jo- seph and Mary took place accord- inrj to the law, Nil. .%, 6—9. Wells.) ^ (A frequent Se- hrnism for " to />p" or ''to he' come.'') i; (Vat. Ms., " the Christ Jesus.") g "When a man hath taken a wife and hath found some un- cleannessinhcr, let him write her a bill of divorce- ment.. .and send her out of his house. De.24, 1. h Lu. 1, .35. 9 (He 751 StKato? loho both observes that whiih is law- ful and Aght, and does what virtue and equ it;/ re- quire. Tittman.) I (Expose. Camp- bell.) K (Disposed. Sy- monda." \ (Divorce. Camp- bell.) H (Before two pri- vate witnesses & friends. Wells.) V (Deliberated about it. Hey- lin.) Part III.— About 606 years. ■^^And after they were brought to Babylon, Jechoiiias* begat Salathiel ; and Salathiel begat Zorobabel;-' ^^and Zorobabel begat Abiud; and Abiud begat Elialsim ; and Eliakim begat Azor; ^"^and Azor begat Sadoc; and Sadoc begat Achim ; and Achiin be- gat Eliud ; ^^and Eliud begat Elea- zar ; and Eleazar begat Matthan ; and Matthan begat Jacob ; ^^and Jacob begat Joseph the husband of Mary/ of whom was born Jesus, who is called^ Christ. ^^So all the generations from A- brahara to David are fourteen gene- rations ; and from David until the carrying away into Babylon are four- teen generations ; and from the carry- ing away into Babylon unto Christ are fourteen jrenerations. T!ie proclamation to the shepherds. Lu. ii. 8—20. [n BEFORE A.D. 3. Nisan or Abib (March and April). A.u.c. 750. A.j.p. 4711. u Nazareth. [A village in Galilee, six miles W.N.W. of mount Tabor, now Nazirah, a small but we.U-built place containing 3,000 inhabitants. The environs are planted with fig-trees, olive-trees, and vines. " Nothing," says a modern writer, " can be more delicious than these valleys, where laurels and myrtles, the size of our oaks, tlirow their cool shadow over a carpet of verdure and flowers.") The message of the angel to Joseph, 18 NOW the birth of Jesus Chrisf was on this wise : When as His mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child? of the Holy Ghost.'' i^Then Joseph her husband, being a just^ man, and not willing to make her a publick example,' was minded" to put her away^ privily.'* 2*^ But while he thought" on these things, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a dream, say- " Joseph, thou son of David, Fear not to take^ unto thee Mary thy wife : For that which is conceived" in her is of '^ the Holy Ghost. ^1 And she shall bring' forth a son, and thou shalt call His name JESUSp: For He shall save'^ His people from their sins.""" 22 Now all this was done, thaf^ it I of" the Lord by"^ the prophet, say might be fulfilled which was spoken | ing,' 23 " Behold, ax virgin shall be with child, And shall bring forth a son. And they shall call''' His name Emm-anu-EL,"' which being interpreted is, GOD- with-us. 2'^Then Joseph being raised from sleep did as the angel of the Lord had bidden him, and took unto him his wife, ^^(and knew her not) tilP she had brought forth her firstborn" son: and he called His name JESUS. 2^ birth of John. Lu. i. 57—80. The birth of Jesus. Lu. ii. i— 7. The genealogy. Ch. i. 1—17. The proclamation to the shepherds. Lu. ii. 8—20. [S [10 [11 II.J The presentation in the temple. Lu. ii. 21—38. Epiphany, Jan. 6th. BEFORE A.D. 2. A.u.c. 751. A.J.P. 4712. [12 [13 [The case of Ezra (vii. 8, 9) proves it to be possible that a person setting out from the parts beyond the Euphrates on tlie first day of the first month might arrive on the same day in the fifth. Hence if the Alagi set out at the feast of tabernacles, Sept. 15th, A.u c. 750, they miglit arrive in .Jeru- salem, supposing them to travel a little quicker than Ezra's company, about Jan. 6th.] Bethlehem. [The birthplace of David and the scene of the Book of Ruth ; thirty-five stadia (about four miles) from Jerusalem. It was fortified by Re- holioam, 2 Clir. xi. 6, but was never a place of importance. Mi. v. 2. The name occurs Je. xli. 17. A number of its inhabitants returned from Babylon, Ezr. ii. 21; Ne. vii. 'J6; 1 Esdras v. 17. It is now a large straggling village beautifully situated on the brow of a hill, about five miles and a half S. of Jerusalem.] f (Beceive from (her parents). j-Iaphel, Rosen- miiller, Eisner, according to Bur- ton. So Bible (Barker), 1601. Or, take home.) o Gr., begotten : so ve. 16. n (By.) i Or, hear: see Lu. 1, 31. p That is, Sa- viour, Heb. h God. ..sent Him to ble.ss you, in turning away every one of you from his iniqui- ties. Ac. .3, 26 ; 4, 12; 5. 31, and 13, 23, 38. (Through.) I Is. 7, 14. X (Gr., the Virgin. Campbell.) \l/ Or, His name shall be called. (That is, He shall be.) k 2 Sa. 6, 23. o (Vat. Ms., "a:" sn Penn, Tisch., and Lach. See Lu. 2, 7. Ex. 13, 2.) MAT. 2, l.l 3, 12. ; S. MATTHEW. : A.M. 5439. B.C. 2. a (The Great. He begun to reign A.U.C. 714, died March, A.U.C. 751. Lardner, Greswell. a.j.p. 4712.) (S (Eastern Magi. Campbell.) m Ge. 10, 30, and 23, 6. 1 Ki. 4, 30. n Lu. 2, 11. y Nil. 24, 17. Is. 60, 3. (There is no reason why the star might not have appeared also at the incarnation, nine months hefore. The idea of an early appearance is as old as the time of Chrysns- tom. Thfioph., op. i., c. xii. Greswell, 11. 143.) S (Tlie toord sig- nijies great emO' tiiin, vihether fear, joy, or ad- miration. Ju- dith 14, 7. Hey- lin.) o 2 Chr. 36, 14. p 2 Chr. 34, 13. q Mai. 2, 7. r Mi. 5, 2. Jno. 7,42. e Or, prince ; or, leader. s Ke. 2, 27. ^ Or, feed. (Lead. Tittman. If it be the office of the Christ to teadond feed His people, it must be their duty to be led and to be fed by Ilim. Bp. Andrewes.) r) (Did narrotoly search. Cheke. Procured from them exact infor- mation. Camp- bell. Lit., learn- ed exactly.) (Bring me' back word. Tyndalc, Matthew, Ta- verner. Make report to me. RheimSjSoBeza, Castalip.) 1 (That I also may conte. Symouds). The visit of the Magi. "IVTOW when Jesus was born in _Li Bethlehem of Jiuhea in the days of Herod" the king, behold, there came wise^ men from the East"' to Jerusalem, ^saying, "Where" is He that is born King of the Jews ? for we have seen His star'*' in the East, and are come to worship Him." ^When Herod the king had heard these things, he Avas troubled;* and all Jerusalem with him. * And when he had gathered all the chief" priests and scribes^ of the people together, he demanded of them'' where Christ should be born. ^And they said unto him, " In Bethlehem'' of Judsea :" for thus it is written by the prophet, ^ " And thou Bethlehem, tn the land of Juda, Art not the least among the princes of Juda : For out of thee shall come a *Governor,^ That shall rule^ My people Israel." ^Then Herod, when he had privily called the wise men, enquired of them diligently'' what time the star ap- peared. ^ And he sent them to Beth- lehem, and said, "Go and search dili- gently for the young child; and when ye have found him, bring me word again, ^ that I may come and wor- ship him also."' ^When they had heard the king, they departed ; and, lo, the star," which they saw in the East, went before them, till it came and stood over where the young Child was. ^^When they saw^ the star, they re- joiced with exceeding great joy. ^^And when they were come into the house, they sawf* the young Child with Mary His mother, and fell down, and worshipped Him : and when they had opened their treasures," they pre- sented^ unto Him gifts ;« gold, and frankincense, and myrrh." ^^And being warned of God in a dream" that they should not return to Herod, they departed into their own country another way. ^^And when they were departed,'^ behold, theP angel of the Lord ap- peareth to Joseph in a dream, saying, "Arise, and take the young Child and His mother, and flee into Egypt, and be°" thou there until I bring thee word :'■ for Herod will seek the young Child to destroy Him." ^* When he arose, he took the young Child and His mother by night, and departed into Egypt : 15 and was there until the death of Herod : that" it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying,''' " Out of Egypt have I called My Son." i^Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof, from twox years old and under, according to the time which he had diligently enquired of the wise men. ^'^ Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremy the prophet, saying," ^s " In Rama ■was there a voice heard, lamentation, and "weeping, and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children. And would not be comforted, because they are not." ^''But when Herod was dead, be- I hold, an angel of the Lord appear- K (A luminous ap- pearance like the, pillar of fire, Nu. 9, 15—23; and the flames of fire, Ac. 2, 3. Penn. \ (Cheke supplies " so." Knatch- lull, "stand still.") It (The Vss. of Tijndale, Cran- mer, Genevan, and Rheims re.nd, "found." Comp. ve. 8.) V (Caskets. Camp- bell.) f Or, offered. t Ps. 72, 10. Is. 60,6. o (Grolius affirms, " Myrrha iion nisi in Arabia nascitur, nee thus nisi apnd Sabseos Arabum portionem." KnatchbuU.) u Ch. 1, 20. TT (The Vatican Ms. adds, "into their (own) coun- try.") p (" An," as in ve. 19; and so ch. 1, 20, and Ln. 1, 11 : rather, "the LORD'S angel:" but " the," ch. 1, 24.) Ho. 11, 1. (A- grees with the Heb.. and with Aquila, Symma- chus, and Theo- dotion. The Sept., "his children.") X (Entering the second year, cri- tically thirteen months.) a Je. 31, 15. A.D. 29. S. MATTHEW. /MAT. 2, 1. 1 3, 12. ^ (According to np.rnd's will, which Augustas confirmed, ap- pointing him Elhnarch of Ju- dcea. Hales.) 1) (But. Lonsdale and Hale.) d (Lit., withdrew into. Ch. 3, 13. Lu. 2, 39.) V Jno. 1, 45. I (In several senses of the word (1.) as the Nezar, or £ranch,lfi.n,l; Ze. 6, 12 ; (2.) as Nazir, one se- parated from the comforts of life, Ju. 13, 5; 1 Sa. 1,11; Ps. 22, 6; 68, 9, 10; 69, 7, and 118, 22 ; Is. 53,3; {3.) as an inhabitant of Na- zareth, Mat. 21, 11; Jno. 7, 41. Wells.) K (Qualify your- selves by a thorough change in character and disposition. Be temperate, hum- ble, just and be- nevolent, to the utmost of your ability. Heylin.) K (The kingdom began imme- diately after the resurrection, Ps. 132, 11; Ac. 2, 30 ; from the time Jesus said to the apostles, All power, &c. Mat. 28, 18, 19. Da. 2, 44. Ch. 4, 17, and 10, 7.) w Is. 40, 3. Jno. 1,23. X 2 Ki. 1, 8. Zee. 13, 4. li (Tops of shrubs. Isidore. So A- thanasius, Baro- nius, Hammond. Knatchbull and Le Cene, " carob- beans," Pr. 17, 1 ; Lu. 15, 16, which Ciipellus says are called " Jnnn's Broot," " John's bread." Chrke, '■acrids." Wiclif, " hony-soukis.' ) eth in a dream to Joseph in Egyi^t, 20 saying, "Arise, and take the young Child and His mother, and go into the land of Israel : for they are dead which sought the young Child's life." 21 And he arose, and took the young Child and His mother, and came into the land of Israel. '^'^Bnt when he heard that Archelaus did reign^ in Judaea in the room of his father Herod, he was afraid to go thither : notwithstanding, 'I being warned of God in a dream, he turned aside^ into the parts of Galilee : ^Sand he came and dwelt in a city called Naza- reth :" that it might be fulfilled which [14 [15 V (Vat. Ms., " in tJiC river.") z Ac. 19, 4, 18. was spoken by the prophets, " He y i Sa. 14, 25. shall be called a Nazarene."' | The catechising of Jesus with the docU.rs. Lu. ii. 39—52. ml A.D. 29. A.U.C. 782. A.J.P. 4741. •J Paschal full moon, April 16th, first quarter. WiLDEUNESa OF JtJD.^A. [The country lying eastward of Jerusalem, from the sources of the Jordan to the Dead Sea. Is. xl. 3. Lu. i. 80.] Parallel places. Ma. i. 4 — 8 ; Lu. iii. 1 — 18. The preaching of John. IN those days came John the Bap- tist, preaching in the wilderness of Judaea, -and saying, " Repent" ye : for the kingdom of heaven^ is at hand. ^For this is he that was spoken of by the prophet Esaiaa, saying,"' i(Vat.Ms.,"the:' f (It was fitting that such men should be denoted by their proper designation, both as a caution to themselves and a warning to others. Heylin. Ch. 12, 34; 23, 33.) ^ " The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the LORD, Make His paths straight." ^ And the same John had his raiment^ of camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins ; and his meat was locusts'^ and wild honey .^ ^Then went out to him Jerusalem, and all Judsea, and all the region round about Jordan, ^and were bap- tized of him in" Jordan, confessing^ their sins. '^But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his* baptism, he said unto them, a Ro. 5, 9. 1 Th. 1,10. " generation of vipers,^ ' Who hath warned you to flee from the wrath" to come?" ^ Bring forth therefore fruits"" meetf for repentance : 9 And think not to say* within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father : For I say unto you, that God is able Of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham. ^^ And now also the ax is laid unto the root of the trees : Therefore every tree" which bringeth not forth good ffuit Is hewn down, and cast into the fire. 11 I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance :'^ But He that cometh after me is mightier than I, Whose shoes I am not worthy to bear : He'^ shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire : 12 Whose fan" is in His hand. And He will throughly purge His floor. And gather His wheat into the"^ garner ;X But He will burn'' up the chaff'^ with unquenchable fire." A.D. 29. Pentecost (June 6th). A.U.C. 782. A.j.p. 4741. The Wilderness. [le [The allusion to wild honey, to the approach of the harvest, to the separation of the wheat from the chaff, and to the inspection and piiming of trees, which took place about the passover, indi- cate the time of the commencement of John's ministry. The Jordan also would be full of water, and the sliallow pools formed on the banks, together witli the mildness of the temperature and the absence of rain, would be extremely favourable for the purpose of a national baptism. Stroud.] o (Impending ven- geance. Camp- bell.) ir (Fruit. Vati- can Ms.) p Or, anstverable to amendment of life. ?) Jno. 8.33. Ac. 13, 26. ' Ko. 4, 1, 11, 16. e Ch. 7, 19. Lu. 13, 7—9. Jno. 15, 6. cr (Christian Bap- tism, an initia- tion into the whole of religion, was not instituted till after the re- surrection. Hey- lin.) T Is. 4, 4, and 44, 3. Mai. 3, 2. Ac. 2. 3, 4. 1 Cor. 12, 13. V (Winnowing- shovel.) (Vatican Ms., " His:' X (Granary; used by Shakspere.) dCh.13,30. Mai. 4,1. 1^ (Raphel says this means the straw. So Ham- mond. Burton.) 2M, MAT. 3, 13. 1 5, 6.; S. MATTHEW. A.D. 29. (ij (Lit., forbid- ding Him, said. Bishop Hinds.) a (As correspond- ing to the wash- ing of the priests. Ex. 29, 4.) p (" All justice ;" first, our own jus- tice, all the con- victions a man has of what he ought to do, to which the bap- tism of John had reference; second, the divine justice, — yet unaccom- plished. Hey- lin.) •y (John: possibly no one else ^cas present. Ran- dolph.) e Is. 11, 2, and 42, 1. Lu. .3, 22. Jno. 1, 32, 33. 5 (Dove-like mo- tion.) f Ch. 12, IS, and 17, 5. Ps. 2, 7. Is.42, 1. Lu. 9, 35. Eph. 1, 6. Col. 1, 13. 2 Pe. 1,17. g See 1 Ki 18, 12. Eze. 3, 14, and 8, 3. Ac. 8, 39. E (of the mode in which the agency of Satan was di- rected against Je- sus, and how it was counteracted by Him, end of His individual intercourse with the Father, we are told nothing explicit. The temptation was a real trial which Jesus undervjent in connexion luith His office ; and it was an example, perhaps a sym- bol, of our own exposure to temp- tntion, both as a Church and as individuals, and of our power if resistance through Him. Eishop Hinds.) Parallel places, Ma. i. 9—11 ; Lu. iu. 21, 22. The baptism of Jesus. 13THEN Cometh Jesus from Gali- lee to Jordan unto John, to be bap- tized of him. ^4 But John forbad"^ Him, saying, "I have need to be baptized of Thee, and comest Thou to me ?" ^^And Jesus answering said unto him, "Suffer it to be so now; for thus it becometh us to fulfil" all righteous- ness."^ Then he suffered Him. ^^And Jesus, when He was bap- tized, went up straightway out of the water : and, lo, the heavens were opened nuto Him, and He^ saw the Spirit*^ of God descending like a dove,^ and lighting upon Him : ^^and lo a voice from heaven, saying,-^ " This is My beloved Son, pleased." in whom I am well IV.] A.D. 29. A.u.c. 782. A.J.P. 4741. The Wilderness. Parallel place, Lu. iv. 1 — 13. The temptation. [17 THEN was Jesus led up of the spirit^ into the wilderness to be tempted^ of the devil. ^And when He had fasted forty days and forty nights, He was afterward an hun- gred. ^And when the tempter^ came to Him, he said, " If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread.' '^ ^But He ansv/ered and said, " It is written,'' Man sh'all not live by bread alone. But by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of GOD." saith unto Him, "If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down : for it is written * ^Then the devil taketh Him up into the holy' city, and setteth Him on a pinnacle of the temple,^ "^and He shall give His angels charge concerning thee : And in'' their hands they shall bear thee up, Lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone '''Jesus said unto him, " It is writ- teu^ again," Thou shalt not tempt the lord thy god." ^ Again, the devil taketh Him up'' into an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth Him all the kingdoms of the world," and the glory of them ; 9 and saith unto Him, "All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me." ^*^Then saith Jesus unto him, "Get thee hence, Satan : for it is written,™ Thou shalt worship the Lord THY GOD, AND Him only shalt thou serve. "f 11 Then the devil leaveth Him, and, behold, angels came and minis- tered unto Him. Jesus at Bethany (beyond Jordan), T"] Q Cf A Capernaum, and Jerusalem. L "^ Jno. i. 19— iii. 36. The imprisonment of John. f 9 ^^ Ch. xiv. 3—5. Ma. vi. 17, 20. Lu. iii. 19, 20. L~' ^ The departure into Galilee. fC) f*. Parallel place, John iv. 1 — 3. [_"' 12 NOW when Jesus had heard that John was cast into prison," He departed" into Galilee ; The conversation with the v^oman of Samaria. Pf)' Jno. iv. 4—42. L~' TTte second m iracle. Jno. iv. 43—54. The rejection of Jesus at Nazareth. Ma. i. 14, 15. Lu. iv. 14—30. [28 [29 [30 h 2 Cor. 11, 14. 1 Th. 3, 5. f (Loaves. Lons- dale and Hale.) r, De. 8, 3. (A- grees exactly with the Sept.) i Ch. 27, 53. Ne. 11, 1, 38. Is. 48, 2, and 52, 1. Re. 11,2. lMac.2, 7. Josephus,yln- tiquities,iv., viii. 12. (Invited our Lord to go with him to the temple and led Him to the top, and plac- ed Him on the battlements. Randolph, Eu- sebius. An high part. Reland. A portico. Bur- ton.) h Ps. 91, 12. 1 (On. Lonsdale and Hale.) I De. 6, 16. K (Lit., on the other hand.) A (With him. Lonsd. & Hale.; V (Kocruos, as in Jno. 12, 19, and 18, 20, used loosely for men, generally less, at any rate, than all, as in French, tout le monde. Hales thinks, here as in Ro. 4, 13, the Promised Land.) m De. 6, 13, and 10, 20. Jos. 24, 14. 1 Sa. 7, 3. A.D. 30, May. A.uc. 783. a.j.p. 4742. Capernaum, the metropolis of Galilee. [The site i.s now marked only by a mound of ruins, calli'd Khan-minyeh, situated in the fertile plain on the W. border of the lake of Gennesareth.J Parallel place, Lu. iv. 31, 32. The choice of Capernaum. 1^ AND leaving Nazareth, He came and dwelt in Capernaum, which is upon the sea-coast, in the borders of Zabulon and Nephthalim : i^that it might be fulfilled Avhich was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying,'^ f (The Heb. has " fear," so the Sept. (Vat.); but the Alex, agrees with S. Matt.) Or, delivered up. n Jno. 4, 43. n- Is. 9, 1, 2. (Freely rendered from the Heb., and diffr'ring from the Sept.) A.D. 30. S. MATTHEW. /MAT. 3, 13. 1 5, 6. p (That is, the Sea of Galilee, concenthifj which Jf.rome (op. lii., 83, ad med.) ob- serves..." In cu- jus littore Ca- pharnaum, ct Tibeinas, et Uetlisaida, et C'horazin, sitae sunt." Greswell, ii., 2G7.) Is. i'>, 7. Lu. 2, 32. (Going with him to the magistrate. Lu. 12, 58. Bur- ton.) X (Half the assa- rion: it answers to three-fourths of a farthing. Le Ccne.) h Ex. 20, 14. De. 5, 1«. i// (Vatican 3Is., and almost all the ancient 3Iss,, omit. Al.^o the Syriac, Arabic, Ethiopian, and Coptic Vss.) u) (Greater purity and stricter holi- ness of life would be required of His disciples than was either prac- tised or taught by the doctors of the Law, or than the Law itself in its bare literal st)isi' might seem to riqidre. Ran- dolph.) a (Another man's wife. Campbell.) 22 But I say unto you, that Whosoever is angry* with his brother wilhont a cause/ Shall be in danger of the judgment : And whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca,'' Shall be in danger of the council : But whosoever shall say, Thou fool,P Shall be in danger of hell fire. 23 Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the altar. And there remeinberesf^ that thy brother hath ought against thee ; 2* Leave there thy gift before the altar, and go thy way ; First be reconciled^ to thy brother, And then come and offer/ thy gift. 25 Agree;' with thine adversary" quickly, Whiles thou art in the way"^ with him ; Lest at any time the adversary deliver thee to the judge, And the judge deliver lliee to the oflicer. And thou be cast into prison. 2*5 Verily I say unto thee. Thou shalt by no means come out thence. Till thou hast paid the uttermost farthing.^ 27 Ye have heard that it was said'' by (Iiem of old time,''' TilOU SHALT NOT COMMIT ADULTERY : 2S But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh" on a woman'' to lust after her Hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.' 29 And if thy right eye^ offend^ thee. Pluck' it out, and cast it from thee : For it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, And not that thy whole body should be cast into hell. 3" And if thy right hand offend thee. Cut it off, and castv it from thee : For it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, And not that thy whole body should be cast into hell. 31 It hath been said. Whosoever shall put away his Avife, Let him give her a writing of divorcement :'" 32 But I say unto you, That whosoever shall put" away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication,^ Causeth her to commit adultery :* And whosoever shall marry her that is divorced Committeth adultery. 33 Again, ye have heard that it hath^ been said by them of old time, TnOU SHALT NOT FORSWEAR THYSELF, But shalt perform unto the Lord thine oaths :" 3^ But I say unto you, SwearP not at all ;'' Neither by heaven ; i Job 31,1. Pr. 6, 25. See Ge. 34, 2. 2 Sa. 11, 2. k Ch. 18, 8, 9. Ma. 9, 43. ^ Or, do cause thee to offend. (Fnsnare. Camp- bell. Becomes a stumbling-block, something which the foot strikes against. Bur- ton.) I Ch. 19, 12. Ko 8, 13. 1 Co. 9, 27. Col. 3, 5. y (If anything as dear as a hand or an eye be a cause of making you to sin, part with it imme- diately. Burton.) m... And send her out of his house. And when she is departed.. .she I may go and be another man's wife. De. 24, 1, 2. Ch. 19, 3. Je. 3, 1. Ma. 10, 2. n Ch. 19, 9. Lu. 16, 18. Ko. 7, 3. 1 Co. 7, 10. 5 Or, except in the case of fornica- tion. Symonds.) 6 (Benders his and her case to be in effect as if they had never been married. AVells. Beza, Origen <£■ ChrJjs- ostom have, fxoi- Xivdr)vai,.) i (Was. So ve. 31 and 38, as at ve. 21 and 27. Lonsdale and Hale.) oCh. 23, 16. Ev. 20, 7. Le. 19, 12. Nu. 30, 2. De. 5, 11. y Ch. 23, 16, 18, 22. Ja. 5, 12. tf (The Jews thought that they might swear by anything if they did not use the name of God. Our Saviour shews that all these oaths im- plied the presence of God. Burton ) MAT. 5, 35. 1 6,16.1 S. MATTHEW. A.D. 30. 6 (Language used in conversation. Lu. 24, 17. 1 Co. 15, 33. Ep. 4, 29. Col. 3, 8, and 4, 6. Ja. 5, 12. Bp. Hinds.) t (It is plain that if the prohibition ■were understood absolutely, the good of society would be much affected, as it would want the strongest human assurance, and the lest human testimony, which derive their great- est force from a solemn appeal to God. Arch- bishop New- come.) K (The evil. Cheke. From the evil One. Doddridge.) 5 Ex.21, 24. Le. 24, 20. De. 19, 17. \ ( Withstand not evil. Clieke. Euil man. Wi- cliffe. The in- jurious person. Doddridge. Pr. 20, 22, and 24, 2'J. Lu. 6, 29. Ko. 12, 17, 19. 1 Co. 6, 7. 1 Til. 5,15. IPs. 3, 9.) IX (Under gar- ment. Lonsdale and Hale.) V (A Persian word, meaning to serve as a post courier, to which the Jeivs greatly objected; tits mile v)as a short eight fur- longs — a thou- sand paces.) r De. 15, 8, 10. Lu. 6, 30, 35. s Le. 19, 18. t De.23, 6. Ps. 41, 10. k {^i\la a virtu- ous man could not feel towards a bad man; but he might ayairi) towards any man to whnm God was willing to be beiie- fic<:nt. Love can never be required, but favour and kindness may. Tittman.) s (Vatican Ms. omits this clause ; as several of the fathers. Tisch. & Lachm. reject it.) For it is God's throne : 35 Nor by the earth ; For it is His footstool : Neither by Jerusalem ; For it is the city of the great King. 36 Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, Because thou canst not make one hair -white or black. 3'' But let your communication® be, Yea, yea ;' Nay, nay : For whatsoever is more than these, cometh of evil." ^^ Ye have beard? that it hath been said, An eye for an eye. And a tooth for a tooth ; 39 But I say unto you. That ye resist not evil :^ But whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, Turn to him the other also. '^^ And if any man will sue thee at the law, and take away thy coat,'^ Let him have thy cloke also. *^ And whosoever shall compel thee to go'' a mile Go with him twain. *2 Give to him that asketh thee. And from him that would borrow'" of thee turn not thou away. *3 Ye have heard that it hath been said. Thou shalt love thy neighp-our,* And hate thine enemy.* ^ But I say unto you, Love^ your enemies, Bless tliem tlial curse yon, Do good lo tliem tkt liate yon,* And pray for them which despitt'fully use" yon, and persecute you ; *^ That ye may be the children Of your Father which is in heaven : For He maketh His sun to rise" on the evil and on the good, And sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust. *6 For, if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye ? Do not even the publicans" the same? ^7 And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others ? Do not even the publicans'^ so ? *s BeP ye therefore perfect,"' Even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect. A Proved, IL, by contrasting the practice required of His disciples with the Pharisaical righteousness, the great defects (f which were, 1st, ostentation in all their acts, exemplified in the duties owing to our neighbours, ve. 1 — 4. YI 1 Take heed that ye do not your abns"^ before men, To be seen of them : Otherwise ye have no reward Of" your Father which is in heaven. 2 Therefore when thou doest thine alms. Do not sound''' a trmiipet before thee. As the hypocrites do u Lu. 23, 34. Ac. 7, 60. 1 Co. 4, 12. 1 Pe. 2, 23, and 3, 9. V Job 25, 3. o (Syriac, tribute gatherers; pro- perly, portitoi'es. (ferrymen.) Tollers. Cheke, Not publicani, farmers of the taxes: the latter were generally men of rank, the former were in- ferior persons who collected the money. Burton.) TT (The Vatican and ayicient Mss. and Vss., in- cluding the Vul- gate and Jerome, &c., read, " hea- then ;" and so Wicliffe and the Rheims.) p (Such a gener- ous beneficence to mankind as is proof against their ill-usage & misbehaviour. Heylin.) w Ge. 17, 1. Le. 11, 44, and 19, 2. Lu. 6, 36. CoL 1, 28, and 4, 12. J a. 1, 4. 1 Pe. 1,15. <7 Or, righteous- ness. De. 24, 13. Ps. 112, 9. Da. 4. 27. 2 Co. 9, 9. (The Vatican Or, cause not a trumpet to be sounded. iirj. 10 A.D. 30. S. MATTHEW. f MAT. 5,35. t 6, 16. 2 2Ki. 4. 33. a Make not niucli b;il)bUi:g wlicn tliou pray- est. Eccl-us. 7, U. Ec. 5, 2. r (Hypocrites. Vat. Ms.) 6 1 Ki. 18, 26. a (Lightfoot shews that our Saviour took most of this prayer from re- ceived forms. Burton.) d Ps. 103, 20. jS (The word em.ovai.ov is found here only ; both root and meaning are doubtful : 1st, either " follow- ing," the next (day) or to-mor- row's, so Tyn., Cran., Gene v., Penn., see Ac. 23, 11, 32; 2nd, or fit or needful for our subsist- ence ; 3rd, suffi.- cient, according to Hackspan ; ith, as jiheims, from Jerome, " super substan- tial" — i.e., spiri- tual.) In the synagogues and in the streets, That they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. ^ But when thou doest alms, Let not thy left hand know What thy right hand doeth : * That thine alms may be in secret : And thy Father which seeth in secret, Himself shall reward tliee openly. Duties owing to God, ve. 5 — 15. ^ And when thou prayest. Thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are : For they love to pray standing In the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, That they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you. They have their reward. ^ But thou, when thou prayest, Enter into thy closet,^ And when thou hast shut thy door, Pray to thy Father which is in secret ; And thy Father which seeth in secret Shall reward thee opculy, '^ But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions," as the heathen' do : For they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.* ^ Be not ye therefore like unto them : For your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask Him. ^ After this manner'" therefore pray ye : Our Father which art in heaven. Hallowed be Thy name. ^^ Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done In earth, as it i^ in heaven.'^ ^^ Give us this day our daily^ bread. ^^ And forgive us our debts, As we forgive^ our debtors. ^^ And lead us not into temptation,* But deliver us from evil :* For Thine is (lie kingdom, Ami llie power, And tlie glory. For ever. Amen,* ^* For if ye forgive men their trespasses,? Your heavenly Father will also forgive you : ^^ But if ye forgive not men their trespasses. Neither will your Father forgive your trespasses. Duties owing to ourselves, ve. 16 — 18. ^^ Moreover when ye fast,/ y (Have forgiven. Vatican Ms. Also forgive. Greek, SjTiac, Genevan, Lons- dale and Hale.) e Ch. 26, 41. Lu. 22, 40, 46. 1 Co. 10, 13. 2 Pe. 2, 9. Ke. 3, 10. S (Lightfoot gives from the Talmud a prayer for de- liverance, enume- rating five differ- ent evils, and the sixth is " Satan the destroyer," Burton.) e (Vatican Ms. omits. Dr. Bur- ton says it is re- jected by the Com- plut,, Erasmus, Grotius, 3Iill, &c. Also by Tisch. and Lachm. It is not found in the best Mss., nor in the Greekjind Latin Fathkrs. It is supposfd to have crept in from the ancient liturgies.) f (Sins rashly committed, as by one umvilling to do an injury. Tittman.) / Is. 58, 5. 11 MAT. 6, 17. 1 7, 11. > S. MATTHEW. A.D. 30. g See 1 Ki. 20, 38. h Rii. 3, 3. Da. 10, 3. I (Vatican Mn. omits. So Syr.) i Labour not to he rich. I'r. 23, 4. 1 Ti. 6, 17. He. 13, 5. Ja. 5, 1. K (Make not Jot yoursdoe.s trea- sures upnn earth. Heylin.) A (De Dieu under- stands the eating or consumption of food, cr the blight which comes on corn. Burton.) /x (Literally, dig through. So liheims.) k Ch. 19, 21. Lu. 12, 33, and 18, 22. 1 Ti. 6, 19. 1 I'e. 1, 4. V (Lamp. Jerome. Thi- lamp of the body is the eye; the body is the inan ; tlie eye the int'.ntion. So Aquinas and a K'mpis. Hey- lin.) f (Clear. Dodd- ridge. Unhurt. Symonds. Clean, unmixl, as clean barley has no other thing mixt withal. Cheke. Seeing distinctly, without double vision. Tittnian.y (Distempered. Symonds, Dodd. Not well. C'lieke.) n (Light itself: a different word from that at ve. 22.) p (How much shall Vie darkness it- self be. Cheke. What will thy darkness be f Syr. IVill be the darkness. Camp- bell.) <7 (What our Sa- viour here says of the eye He means to be ap- plied to the mind and heart. Bur- ton.) 12 Be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance : For they disfigure^ their faces. That they may appear unto men to fast. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. *^ But thou, when thou fastest. Anoint'' tliine head, and wash thy face; ^^ That thou appear not unto men to fast. But unto tliy Father wliich is in secret : And thy Father, which seeth in secret, Shall reward thee openly.' 'indly, Worldliness in their affections. ^^ Lay* not up for yourselves treasures" upon earth, Where moth and rust^ doth corrupt, And where thieves hreak'' through and steal : ^^ But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven,* Where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, And where thieves do not break through nor steal : ^^ For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. 2^ The light" of the body is the eye : If therefore thine eye be single,^ Thy whole body shall be full of light. ^•^ But if thine eye be evil,° Thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the lighf^ that is in thee be darkness, How great isP that darkness I*^ 2^ No man can serve two masters : For either he will hate the one, and love the other ; Or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other.'' Ye cannot serve God and mammon." ^^ Therefore I say unto you. Take no thoughf^ for your life, AVhat ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink ; Nor yet for your body. What ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, And the body than raiment ?x '^^ Behold the fowls of the air : For they sow not, neither do they reap, Nor gather into barns ; Yet your lieavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they? 2'' Which of you by taking thought'/' Can add one cubit unto his stature ?" 2^ And why take ye thought for raiment ? Consider the lilies" of the field, how they grow ; They toil not, neither do they spin : T (Though he may love both, he will attach himself to the one, and pay little attention to the other. Bur- ton.) v( Worldly wealth. Syr. And so the Genevan. Dr. liurton quotes Jrenmus as ex- plaining it as " a desire for more than we ought to have." Ga. 1, 10. 1 Ti. 6, 17. Ja. 4, 4. 1 Jno. 2, 15.) (j> (Be not anxi- ously careful. Lu. 10,41. Lons- dale and Hale. So Tyndale, Ge- nevan, liheims. Do not distress yourselves. Bur- ton. Be not soli- citous, as if the things necessary to your life were about to fail you. Tittman.) X (If God gave us our life and cre- ated the body, it is much less for Him to provide food and raiment. Burton.) i/f (Ve. 25. Anx- iety. Campbell. Being solicitous. Wells.) (u (To his age one cubit. Doddridge. Prohably mean- ing one moment, Comp. Ps. 39, 5. " Unto his age." So the word sig- nifies, Jno. 9, 21, 23. He. 11, 11. Bishop Pearce.) a (Supposed by Sir J. K. Smith to be the amaryl- lis lutea, which, with its golden liliaceous fUiwer, grows wild in the Levant, <£• blooms in autumn. Pliny mentions a ru- bens lilium, as found in Syria in his time. Its deep red colour would correspond some- what with the royal robes of purple. So Dr. Burton. Wild lilies. Syr.) A.D. 30. S. MATTHEW. P (All Jdnds of Iterhs andfloteers. Wells, Lons- dale and Hale.) y (Distrustful men. Beans, and L'Enf. Who so little know God as to distrust His paturnal bounty. lleylin.) S (As the most importmit, a7id exclusively desir- able. Tittman.) e (Require these things^ as all other nations re- quire them. Fenn.) I See 1 Ki. 3, 13. Vs. 37, 25. Ma. 10, 30. Lu. 12, 31. 1 Tl. 4, 8. ^ (Shall be pro- vided for you be- sides. Clieke.) r) (Be not solicitous about to-morrow, so that although ye know not what its events shall be, ye should -so indulge mistrust as to increase by it the cares of to- day ; for on the morrow it shall be seen that no needful blessings shall be wanting. Tittman.) 6 (Vatican omits. So Syr. Also Tyndale, Cran- mer, Genevan, Eheims.) VII.] I ...Condemn Lu. 6, 37. Kg. 2, 1, and 14, 3— 13. 1 Co. 4, 5. Ja. 4, 11. 23 And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory Was not arrayed like one of these. 30 Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass^ of the field, Which to-day is, and to-morrow is cast into the oven. Shall He not much more clothe you, ye of little faith ?y 31 Therefore take no thought, saying. What shall we eat ? or. What shall we drink ? Or, Wherewithal shall wc be clothed? 3^ (For after all these things do the Gentiles* seek :) For your heavenly Father knoweth That ye have need^ of all these things, 33 But seek' ye first the kingdom of God, And His righteousness ; And all these things shall be added^ unto you, 3-i Take therefore no thought for the morrow -.'^ For the morrow shall take thought for the tliiugs^ of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof, Zrdly, Severity in their judgments of others. Judge"- not, that ye be not judged, 2 For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged :" And with what measure ye inete,^ it shall be measured to you again.'* 3 And why beholdest thou the mote" that is in thy brother's eye, But considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye ? * Or how wilt thou say to thy brother. Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye ; And, behold, a beam is in thine own eye ? ^ Thou hypocrite. First cast out the beam out of thine own eye ; And then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out Of thy brother's eye. ^ Give not that which is holyf unto the dogs,*" Neither cast ye j^our pearls before swine. Lest they trample them under their feet, And turn again and rend you, ^ Ask," and it shall be given you ; Seek, and ye shall find ; Knock, and it shall be opened unto you : ^ For every one that asketh receiveth -p And he that seeketh findeth ; And to him that knocketh it shall be opened, ^ Or what man" is tlicrc of you. Whom if his son ask bread. Will he give him a stone ? 10 Or if he ask a fish. Will he give him a serpent ? ^^ If ye then, being evil, know how To give good gifts unto j'our children, How much more shall your Father which is in heaven Give good'' things to them that ask Him? i MAT. 6. 17. \ 7, 11. PC (Judgment is God's reserved prerogative.) A (Measure. It is one Greek word in both places.) fX, (The best Hiss, omit. So Cran- mer.) V (Straw. Syr. Anything that is dry, a splinter of wood; mtta- phorically a ble- mish. Lu 6, 41. Our Saviour here used a common Jewish proverb. See Lightfoot. Burton.) f (That which de- mands our r'ver- ence. Tittman.) m Speak not in the ears of a fool; for lie will despise the wis- dom of thy words. Pr. 23, 9, and 9, 7, 8. Ac. 13, 45. n Ch. 21, 12. Ma. 11, 24. Lu. 11, 9, and 18,1. Jno. 14,13; 15,7; and 16, 23, 24. Ja. 1, 5. 1 Jno. 3, 22, and 5, 14. p Pr. 8, 17. 29, 12, 13. (Who is there among yourselves, a human being? Burton.) TT (Tliat which is somewhat profit- able to men, and supplies their wants. Tittman.) 13 MAT. 7, 12, ,12.1 , 14. ; S. MATTHEW. A.D. 30. q Ch. 22, 40. Le. 19, 18. Ro. 13, 8 —10. Ga. 5, 14. 1 Ti. 1, 5. p (To do justice and equity was the, chief thing commanded by the, Laio and the prophets, and without this it was in vain to boast of the punctual observ- ance of outward performances, Kandolph.) Mi. 3, 5. 2 Ti. 3, 5. (In the garb of, but inter- nally, Syr.) X (Voracious, Ln. 11, .39, as a wild beast after its prey, and hence rapacious, Bp. Hinds. Ac. 20, 29.; « Ve. 20. Ch. 12, 33. t Lu. 6, 43. u Ep. 4, 29. A summing up (from ve. 17), in contradistinction loth to the teaching and the 2'ractice of the scribes. 12 Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, Do ye even so to them : For this is the lavv'Z and the prophets.? Conclusion. So strict being the rigJiteous7>e,ss required, Jesus exhorts to Beware of supinencss. 1^ Enter ye in at the strait gate : For wide is the gate, and broad is the way, That leadeth to destruction, And many there be which go in thereat : 1* Because"" strait^ is the gate, and narrow is the way, Which leadeth unto life, And few there be that find it. Beware of false teachers. 1^ Beware" of false prophets,'" Which come to you in sheep's clothing,"? But inwardly they are raveningx wolves. '^^ Ye shall know* them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns. Or figs of thistles ?' 1^ Even so every good" tree bringeth forth good fruit ; But a corrupt* tree bringeth forth evil fruit, ^^ A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit. Neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. 1^ Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit Is hewn down, and cast into the fire." 2° Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them. Beware of trusting to profession without practice. 21 Not every one that saith unto Me, Lord, Lord,*" Shall enter into the kingdom of heaven ; But he that doeth the will of My Father which is in heaven. 22 Many will say to Me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied^ in Thy name ?" And in Thy name have cast out devils ? And in Thy name done many wonderful works ? 23 And then will I profess* unto them, I never knew^ you : Depart from ISIe, Ye that work iniquity .v 2* Therefore whosoever heareth^' these sayings of Mine, and doeth them, I will liken^ him unto a wise man. Which built liis house upon a rock : 2^ And the rain descended, And the floods came. And the winds blew. And beat^ upon that house ; And it fell not : for it was founded upon a rock. i/( (Evil, Camp- bell.) V Ch. 3, 10. Lu. 3, 9. Jno. 15, 2. w Ch. 25, 11. Ho. 8, 2. Ln. 6, 46, and 13, 25. Ac. 19, 13. Ro. 2, 13. Ja. 1, 22. X Nu. 24, 4. Jno. 11, 51. 1 Co. 13,2. (o (The only true confession of Me is that which is accompanied with an obedience to My authority — the only saving profession of Christ is to be linown by the practice of it, Bp. Andrewes.) o (Declare openly. Lonsdale and Hale. Ch. 25, 12. Lu. 13, 25. 2 Ti. 2, 19.) /3 (It was hy no means sufficient to own Him for their Lord, or to be zealous in pro- moting His inter- est, unless they also practised what He taught. Randolph.) yCh.25, 41. Ps. 5, 5, and 6, 8. (Who regard not laiv, and violate law. Tittman.) y Lu. 6, 47. S (The Vatican and many Mss,, "shall be liken- ed." So Syr.) t (A tacit intima- tion that His fol- lowers were not to dream of vic- tories and tri- umphs, and king- domi, and pre- ferments, but must prepare themselves for storms and tem- pests, tribidation and persecution. Randolph.) 14 A.D. 30. S. MATTHEW. /MAT. 7, 12. t 8, 14. f (Multitudes. Lonsdiile and Hale. Ch. 13, 54. Ma. 1, 22, and 6, 2. Lu. 4, 32.) r) (Manner of teaching. Camp- bell.) B J no. 7, 46. (As a king to his suh- Jexts—as God to Jlis creatures. Kandolpli.) I (Ji'sus assumed the office, not mereti/ of ex- pounding Scrip- ture, as did all the doctors of the Law, but of mak- ing assertions on His independent authority. The Scribes taught. It is written; or. It is said by them of old time; hut Jesus, 1 say unto you.) K (Their. Vati- can Ms. So Si/riac.) A. (Sowed himself to Him. Cheke.) /x (By such a sig7i did Moses con- vince the house of Israel that God had sent him ; and the Jews themselves con- fess that leprosy is the finger of God, a disease peculiarly of His sending and re- moving ; and that it is not lawful for thephysician, or any but the priest directly appointed in his course, so much as to attempt the cure of it. Town- son.) z ...A sin-offering ...and a buriit- ofltering witli the meat-oflfer- ing and the priest shall make atone- ment for him. Le. 14, 3, 31. V (That they (the. priests) might hear witness thereof. Clieke.) 26 And every one that lieareth these sayings of Mine, and doeth them not, Shall be likened unto a foolish man, Which built his house upon the sand : 2'' And the rain descended, And the floods came, And the winds blew, And beat upon that house ; And it fell : and great was the fall of it." 2^ And it came to pass, when Jesus had ended these sayings, the people^ were astonished at His doctrine :'^ ^■'for He taught them as one having authority,^ and not' as the" scribes. -^rjjj -1 ^ When He was come down V ill. J fj.Q,^ i\^Q mountain, great mul- titudes followed Him. [35 A.D. 30. A.u.c. 783. A.J.P. 4742, Galilee. Parallel places. Ma. i. 38—45 ; Lu. v. 12- 16. The cleansing of a leper. 2 AND, behold, there came a leper and worshipped^ Him, saying, "Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean." ^And Jesus put forth His hand, and touched him, saying, " I will ; be thou clean." And immediately his leprosy was cleansed.'^ ^And Jesus saith unto him, " See thou tell no man ; but go thy way, shew thyself to the priest, and offer the gift^ that INIoses commanded, for a testimony" unto them."^ The cure of a paralytic. Ch. ix. 2-8. Ma. ii. 1—12. Lu. v. 17— 26 .[36 The call of Matthew. FQ 7 Ch. ix. 9. Ma. ii. 13, 14. Lu. v. 27, 28. [ ' Jesus at Jerusalem. Juo. V. [38 Conversation on the sabbath. f'-iO Ch. xii. t, 14. Ma. ii. 23— iii. 6. Lu. vi. 1—11. [ ^ -^ Call of the twelve. f A A Ch. xii. 15— 21. Ma.iii.7— 21. Lu.vi.l2— 19. L^^ The sermon on the plain, Lu. vi. 20-49. A.D. 31. A.u.c. 784. A.J.P. 4743. Capernaum. Parallel pli^ce, Lu. vii. 1—17. The healing of the centurion^ s servant. [41 [42 ^AND when Jesus was entered into Capernaum, there came unto Him a centurion," beseeching Him, ''and saying, " Lord, my servant lieth at home sick'^ of the palsy, grievously tormented." '''And Jesus saith unto him, " I will come and heal him." ^The centurion answered and said, " Lord, I am not worthy? that Thou shouldest come under my roof :" but speak the word"" only,* and my ser- vant shall be healed. ^For I am a man under authority, having soldiers under me : and I say to this man. Go, and he goeth ; and to another. Come, and he cometh ; and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it." ^°When Jesus heard z7. He mar- velled, and said to them that fol- lowed, " Verily I say unto you, I have not found so great faith, no, not in Israel. ^^And I say unto you. That many shall come'' from the East and West, and shall sit down with Abi'aham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven. ^'■^But the children"^ of the kingdom'^ shall be cast* out into outer darkness : there shall be v/eeping and gnashing of teeth." — ^^And Jesus said unto the centurion, "Go thy way ; and as thou hast believed, so be it done unto thee." And his servant was healed in the selfsame hour. [43 [33 The mission of John to Jesus. Ch. xi. 2—30. Lu. vii. 18-35. A.D. 30. A.u.c. 783. A.J.P. 4742. Capeenaum. Parallel places, Ma. i. 29—31. Lu. iv. 38, 39. The cure of Peter's mother-in-law. ^* AND when Jesus was come into Peter's house, He saw his wife's/ ^ (Tfie certificate of his cure, which was neces- sary for his fa- mily and friends to re-admit him into society. Hales.) J (Ey some he is callejl C. Oppius, a Spaniard. Fa- bric, 982. Bur- ton.) jr (Paralytic. Lonsdale ;iud Hale.) p(Fit. Cheke.) a It is an unlaw- ful thing for a man that is a Jew to keep company or come unto one of another na- tion. Ac. 10, 28. <7 (Command only by a word. Vat. Ms., \oyiii is uni- versally the read- ing of the vLost ancient and aii/- thorilative Ms. (utriusque fami- li£E. Scholz). Penn. So JJr. Burton.) b Ps. 107, 20. c Ge. 12, 3. Is. 2, 2, and 11, 10. Mai. 1, 11. Lu. 13, 29. Ac. 10, 45; 11, IS, and 14, 27. Eo. 15, 9. Ep. 3, 6. T (As they to whom the adop- tion and cove- jtants appertain- ed, and whose were the fathers, i.e., those who thought them- selves peculiarly and exclusively of all others the children of the kini/.lom. Ran- dolph.) d Ch. 21, 43. e Ch. 13, 42 ; 22, 13; 24, 51, and 25, 30. Lu. 13, 28. 2 Pe. 2, 17. Jude 13. / A wife. ..as Cephas 1 Co. 9,5. 15 MAT. 8, 15. ) 9, 18. ; S. MATTHEW. A.D. 31. V (Unto Him. Vatican and all first-class Mss. So the liheinis.) if) ("a." Lonsdale and Hale.) / Is. 53, 4. t Pe. 2, 24. X (Carried off. Campbell.) ifi (Sxpt., " This man beareth our si/is, and for us lie is in sor- row") Hi (S. Matthew considers his readers conver- t-ant with the pro- phecies which he lays before them : having shewn that the Christ is the person of whom this prediction treats, he refers to it no more, but leaves it with his readers to carry on the parallel between the pre- diction and the verification of it in Jesus. Town- son.) g Lu. 9, 57, 58. a (Haclcspan thiitJcs should be taken of man in (leneriil. Le Cenc.) ^ See 1 Ki. 19, 20. (To wait for his death, which, in the course of nature, cannot be far dis- tant. Archbp. Mewcome.) y (The spiritually dead.) 5 (The literally dead; i.e., let others do that 0jffu:e, thy call now is to follow Me.) e (On the point of i being covered. Lonsdale and Hale.) mother laid, and sick of a fever. ^^And He touched her hand, and the fever left her : and she arose, and ministered unto them." The first general circuit of Galilee. Ch. iv.23, and viii. 1. Ma.1.32-37. Lu. iv 40-v. 11. ..[34 ^^WHEN the even was come, they brought unto Him many that were possessed with devils : and He cast out the spirits with Ilis'f' word, and healed all that were sick: ^''that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying,/ "Himself tookx our infirmities,''' And bare ouh sicknesses."" A.D. 31. A.u.C. 7S4. A.J.P. 4743. Sea of Galilee. [48 ["The Sea of Chinnereth," of Nu. xxxiv. 11 ; Ch. xiv. 34; Ma. vi. 53; Lu. v. 1 ; Jno. xxi. 1. Dr. Robinson considers its length not more than eleven or twelve geographical miles, and its breadth from five to six. The waters are very clear and sweet, and contain various kinds nf excellent fish in great abundance. — Kitto's £ib. Cyc:\ Parallel places, JIa. iv. 35, and v. 20. 22-40. Lu. viii. r/i« rebuking of the storm. ^^NOW when Jesus saw great multitudes about Him, He gave com- mandment to depart unto the other side. ^^And a certain scribe came, and said unto Him, " Master, I will follow thee whithersoever thou goest."^ ^*^And Jesus saith unto him, " The foxes have holes. And the birds of the air have nests ; But the Son* of man hath not where to lay Ills head." ^^ And another of His disciples said unto Him, " Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father."^ ^^But Jesus said unto him, " Fol- low Me ; and let the deadv bury their dead."^ '"^And when He was entered into a ship. His disciples followed Him. ^^And, behold, there arose a great tempest in the sea, insomuch that the ship was covered^ with the waves : but He was asleep. ^^And His disciples came to Him, and awoke Him, saying, " Lord, save us: we perish." 26 And He saith unto them, "Why are ye fearful, ye of little faith?" Then He arose, and rebuked the winds and the sea ; and there was a great calm. 2^ But the men marvelled, saying, " What manner of man^ is this, that even the winds and tlie sea* obev him !" 2^ And when He was come to the other side into the country of the Gergesenes,'' there met Him two pos- sessed with devils, coming out of the tombs,^ exceeding fierce, so that no man might pass by that way. ^'^ And, behold, they cried out, saying, "What have we to do with Thee, Jesus,' thou Son of God ? art Thou come hither to torment us before the time ?" ^•^And there was a good way off" from thein an herd of many swine^ feeding. ^^So the devils besought Him, saying, " If Thou cast us out, suffer us to go away into the herd of swine." ^"And He said unto them, " Go." And when they were come out, they went into the lionl of swine : and, behold, the whole herd of smne ran violently down a steep place*^ into the sea, and perished" in the waters. ^3 And they that kept them fled, and went their ways into the city, and told every thing, and what was befallen to the possessed of the devils. ■^''And, behold, the whole city came out to meet Jesus : and when they saw Him, they besought' Him that He would depart out of their coasts. .,„ -, ^And He entered into a^ ship, ^ ' *-'J and passed over, and came into His own city. f (What sort of being 1 Lonsdale and Hale.) h Ps. 107. 29 ; 65, 7 ; and 89, 9. 7j (" Gadarenes," according to the Vat. and several Mss. Some of the early fathers, "iJerasenes." Dr. Toivnson, " an ancient name of Gaiiara." Penn says, •' Epipha- nius states that the country lying immediately on the east coa.si of the sea of Genne- saret, was occu- pied by the Gadok- re.ties, the Gera- senes,and the Ger- gasenes, whose districts met on the coast of that sea.") 9 (The sepulchres of the Jews were in subterranean grottoes. Hey- lin.) I (Vatican and the best Mss. omit.) < (Some distance iff. Vulgate, " non longe." Heylin.) A (It was a dic- tum of the Bab- bins, "It is a cursed thing to keep swine." Lightfoot.) IX (Ran straight to a precipice, and fell into the sea. Syriac. Down the precipice. Scholefield.J V (" Whenever cattle die," says Olshausen, '' it is that man may be saved alive, in order to know that there is a God, and that whatever He does is right.") i De. 5, 25. 1 Ki. 17, 18. Lu. 5, 8. Ac. 16, 39. ( (Scholef., "the." Vat. Ms., " a.") 16 A.D. 31. S. MATTHEW. J MAT. 8, 15. 1 9, 18. (That is, "are" (hereby, &c.) The first slip into the Chris- tian state is a. sight and sense of^mr own im- perfection, weak- ness, baseness, & misery; that of ourselves we are insufficient to think or do any good in order to oar recovery : whence we are obliged to sore compunction of spirit for our deeds and our case ; to humble confession of our sins & miseries ; to earnest suppli- cation for mercy and grace, to heal and rescue us from our sad estate. Barrow.) k Ch. 12, 25. Ps. 139, 2. Ma. 12, 15. Lu. G, 8; 9, 47, and 11, 17. TT (CheJce puts a period, and Knatchbull a semicolon at sins ; and the lat- t/'r supplies, " I said it,^') p (A little lied. See Lu. 5, 24. Lonsdale and Hale.) tr (Feared, "Vati- can and Beza Mss., which the liheims follows.) r (Authority, Sjriac.) V (Where the cus- toms were receiv- ed for goods car- ried by water. Burton. Ilt- cliffe and Cheke, " toll-booth." ) if> (Taken from this employment, that a real in- stance might be given that the Jews, by paying tribute to the Ro- man emperor, had wholly lost their temporal authority. Al- lix.) Ifntlhew'sfinst. Cli. ix. 10-17. Ma. it. 15—22. Lu. V. 29 -30. [49 The raising of Jairns's daughter. f^ Ch. i-x:. 18-26. Ma. v. 21— 43. Lu. viii. L"^^ 41-4G. [30 A.D. 30. A.TT.C. 783. A.J.P. 4742. Capeenaum. Parallel places. Ma. ii. 1—12. Lu. v. 17—26. The cure of a paralytic. 2 AND, behold, they brought to Him a man side of the palsy, lying on a bed : and Jesus seeing their faith said unto the sick of the palsy ; " Son, be of good cheer ; thy sins be° forgiven llice." ^ And, behold, certain of the sci'ibes said within themselves, This inan blasphemeth. ^And Jesus knowing''^ their thoughts said, " Wherefore think ye evil in your hearts? ^ For whether is easier, to say, Thy sins be for- given thee ; or to say, Arise, and walk ; ^ but that ye may know that the Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins'?''^ Then saith He to the sick of the palsy, " Arise, take up thy bed,P and go unto thine house." ^ And he arose, and departed to his house. ^But when the multitudes saw if, they marvelled,'^ and gloritied God, which had given such power'^ unto men. A.D. ,30. A.TJ.C. 783. A.J.P. 4742. Toy CAPfiRNAUM. L Parallel places, Ma. ii. 13, 14. Lu. v. 27, 28. The call of 3lattheiv. ^AND as Jesus passed forth from thence, He saw a man, named Mat- thew, sitting at the receipt of custom :" and He saith untohiin, "Follow"^ Me." And he arose, and followed Him. Jesus at Jerusalem, J no. V. [38 [49 A.D. 31. A.u.o. 784. A.J.P. 4743. Capernaum. Parallel places. Ma. ii. 15—22. Lu. v. 29—39. 3Iatthew's feast. ^^AND it came to pass, as Jesus sat at meat in thex house, behold, many publicans''' and sinners' came and sat down with Him and His disciples. ^^And when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto His di.sciples, " Why eateth your Master with publicans and sinners?" ^^But Avhen Jesus heard that, He said" imio tliem, "They that be whole need not a physician, but they that are sick. ^^Jiut go ye and learn what that'' meaneth, I will have MERCY AND NOT SACRIFICE :" for^ I am not come to call the righteous,')' but sinners io repentance."^ ^*Then came to Him the disciples of John, saying, " Why do Ave and the Pharisees fast" oft, but Thy dis- ciples fast not?" ^^ And Jesus said unto them. " Can the children of the bridechamber mourn. As long as the bridegroom" is with them ? But the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken from them. And then shall they fast." ^•^ No man putteth a piece of new^ cloth unto an old garment. For that which is put in to filK it up taketh from the garment, And the rent is made worse. ^^ Neither do men put new wine into old bottles -.'^ Else the bottles break, and the wine runneth out, And the bottles perish :^ But they put new wine into new bottles, And both are preserved. A.D. 31. A.u.c. 781. A.J.P. 4743. Capeexaum. [50 Parallel places, Ma. v. 21- 41—56. -43. Lu. viii. The rnising of Jairus' daughter. i^WHILE He spake these things unto them, behold, there came a cer- X (A house. Syr. His (Matthew's) house. Lu. 5, 29.) xp (Trihute-takers. Ch. 11, 19.) I Ga. 2, 15. ft) (fJe heard them and said. Vat. Ms.) I Ch. 12. 7. Ho. 6, 6. Mi. 6, C-8. a (Bather than sacrifice. Sept.) /3 (Moreover, porro. Heylin.) y (Rather, righte- ous persons.) S (Vat. and Beza Mss. omit " to repentance;" also the Vuly., Syr., Eth iop., Fi rs., Vss., tvith some of the Fathers; and so Jerome, Wicliffe, and the Jiheims. Tisch., Lachm., and 01- shausen reject them.) m Ch. 18, 12. n Jno. 3, 29. Ac. 13, 2, and 14, 23. 1 Co. 7, 5. 2 Co. 11, 27. e Oi^ raw; or, umorouglit cloth. (Patch of an un- fulli-d rag. Cheke. Xew cloth and un- dressed. Gene- van. Patch of new cloth. Wells.) f (The piece which tvas used to fill vp... .takes away still more of the old cloth. A 1- berti. Burtou.) Tj (Leathern bot- tles. Scholef.) e CH'iV? perish. Ijonsdale and Hale.) 17 MAT. 9, 19. 1 10, 22. 1 S. MATTHEW. A.D. 31. (. (Tly whose com- mniiil the affairs of the si/najoyue. were appointeil, as who should read the prophets; recite the phylac- teries, ajtd pass lif/ore the ark. Lightfoot.) K (Almost dr.ad. Knatclibull. Already dead. Syi\ lias by this time died. Wol- fius. Was even now a-dying. Wells. Is ly this time dead. Lonsdale and Hale.) p De. 22, 12. q Ln. 7, 50; 17, 19 ; and 18, 42. \ (Players on the pipe. Lonsdale and Hale. Play- ers on the flute or pipe. Servius on Virgil says, ''The funerals of the elder sort with the trumpet, & those of the younger with the flute" Ec. 12, 5. Je. 9, 17, and 48, 36. Knatclibull.) fx ...The singing men and singing women. 2 Chr. 35, 25. (Lightfoot says, " On the. df.ath of his wife even the poorest Jew loill afford not less than two pipes and one wo- man to make la- mentations.") V (Go forth. Cheke.) (Not so dead as not to return to life. To speak of death as sleep is a common image among all nations. She was not dying at the time her father thought she was dyingT Burton.) jr (Laughed ' at Ilim. Syriac, Cheke, Scholef.) p (Turned O'lt.) (T Or, this fame. V Ch. 15, 22, and 20, 30. Ma. 10, 47. Lu. 18, 38. ('This was one of the titles ap2>litd hy the Jews to the Mrssiak. Burton.) tain ruler/ and worshipped. Him, saving, "My daughter is even now dead:" but come and lay thy hand upon her, and she sliall live." ^^And Jesus arose, and followed him, and so did His disciples. ^''And, behold, a woman, which was diseased with an issue of blood twelve years came behind Him, and touched the hemP of His garment: 21 for she said within herself, "If I may but touch His garment, I shall be whole." 2^ But Jesus turned Him akut, and when He saw her. He said, "Daugh- ter, be of good comfort ; thy faith? hath made thee whole." And the woman was made whole from that hour. 2^ And when Jesus came into the ruler's house, and saw the minstrels^ and the people making a noise,'^ ^^ He said mito tliem, " Give place :" for the maid is not dead, but sleepeth."" — And they laughed Him to scorn.'^ ''^^But when the people were put forth,P He went in, and took her by the hand, and the maid arose. 26 And the fame"^ hereof went abroad into all that land. A.D. 31. Capeenaum. r^l The healing of two blind men. L 2'' AND when Jesus departed thence, two blind men followed Ilim, crying, and saying, " Thou son" of David, have mercy on us." ^^And when He was come into the house, the blind men came to Him : and Jesus saith unto them, " Believe ye that I am able to do this ?" They said unto Him, "Yea, Lord." 29 Then touched He their eyes, saying, " According to your faith be it unto you." ^'^An'd their eyes were opened; and Jesus straitly charged*^ them, saying, " See'' that no man know it." ^^But they, Avhcn they were de- parted, spread abroad His fame in all that country. ^-As theyx went out, behold, they brought to him a dumb man pos- sessed with a devil.* ^^And, when the devil was cast out, the dumb spake : and the mul- titudes marvelled, saying, "It was never so seen in Israel." ^* But the Pharisees said,' " He casteth out devils through the prince of the devils." A.D. 31. A.u.c. 784. A.J.P. 4743. Galilee. Parallel place, Ma. vi. 1 — 6. The third circuit. [52 ^5 AND Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every sickness and every disease among the people.'" ^^But when He saw the multi- tudes, He was moved with compas- sion on them, because they fainted," and were scattered abroad," as sheep having no shepherd. — 2'' Then saith He unto His disciples, " The harvest" truly is plenteous, but the labourers are few ; ^^pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that He will send forth labourers into His harvest." V 1 A.D. 31. A.u.c. 784. A.J.P. 4743. fKO A.. J Galilee. L"^"^ [Someretired place not far from Capernaum. Wells.] Parallel places, Ma. vl. 7—16. Lu. is. 1—9. The mission of the Twelve, AND when He had called mito^ Him His twelve'" disciples, He gave them power againsty unclean^ spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all manner of sickness and all manner of disease. 2 Now the names of the twelve apostles are these ; The first, Simon, who is called Peter,^ and Andrew his brother ; .James t/ie son of Zebe- dee, and John his brother; ^Philip, and Bartholomew ;^ Thomas, and Matthew the publican ; James the son of Alphajus, and Lebl).Tiis,^ whose snr- uamc was Thaddfeus ; * Simon the Ca- nanite,'' and .Judas Iscariot,^ who also betraved Him. ^ (Tlireatened them. Kheims. Commanded with pnwer, Hesy- chius.) r Ch.8,4; 12,16; and 17, 9. Lu. 5, 14. X (As they were going away. Cheke. s Ch. 12, 22. Lu. 11, 14. t Ch. 12, 24. Ma. 3, 22. Lu. 11, 15. *) (Not in the Vat. and Beza 3Iss., nor in the Vulg., Syr.,Arab., Pers., lithiop. andGoth. Vss., nor in Chrysostom.) a. Or, were tired andlaydown. Ch. 15,32. Ma. 8, 3. Ga. 6, 9. He. 12, 3. Leusden, " iffKyX/xiyoi— Jiaraxsed, fa- tigued." Ma. 5, 35. Lu. 7, 6, 8, 49.) u Nu. 27, 17. 1 Ki. 22, 17. Eze. 34, 5. Zee. 10, 2. See Je. 23, 1-4, and 50, 6. - V Lu. 10, 2. Jno. 4, 35. /3 (Vat. Ms. omits. So Syr.) w Ma. 3, 13. Lu. 6, 13. y Or, over. S (Impure, unholy. h. and H.) X Jno. 1, 42. € (Hch., the son of I'aliiiai. Syr., iSar-Thclmai. Jno. 1, 45.) i (Vat. Ms. omits, and so Jerome and the Eheims. Another Ms. has only Lebba'us. Called Judas, Lu. 6, 16. Ac. 1, 13.) ij (Kenanaia, " the zealous." Syr. De Dieu understands " Ze- lotes^' and so he is called, Lu. 6, 15.) e (Ac. 1, 13. Pos- sibly from Keri- oth', Jos. 15, 25. Jno. 6, 71.) IS A.D. 31. S. MATTHEW. MAT. 9, 19. 10, 22. y See 2 Ki. 17, 24. Juo. 4, 9, 20. z Ch. 15, 24. Ac. 13, 46. Is. 53, 6. Je. 50, 6. Eze. 34, 5. K (ITath approach- >'d. Syr. Ch. 3, 2, and 4, 17. Lu. 10, 9.) /J. (It does not fol- low that, because these mirncalnus 2^owfrs ivtre now given, they xoere all to he exercis- ed during this first mission. h. and H.) V (Gratuitously.) f Or, Get. o (A ivnllet, oi traveller's pack.) IT (Beside t?iose which they wore. Ma. 6, 9.) p Gr., a staff. (So Ti/ndale and the Genevan.) (That is, shall come. Lu. 10, 6.) X (Upon. Vat. Ms. Ps. 35, 13. L. and II.) a Ne. 5, 13. Ac. 13, 51, and 18, 6. h Ch. 11, 22. CO (Into. Vat. Ms.) ^ These twelve Jesus sent forth, | and commanded them, saying, I. Immediate mission of the Twelve to the cities of Israel, vc. 5 — 15. " Go not into the Avay of the Gentiles, And into any city of the Samaritans^ enter ye not : ^ But go rather to the lost sheep" of the house of Israel. '' And as ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of heaven is at hand." ^ Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers. Raise the dead,'^ cast out devils : Freely" ye have received, freely give. ^ Provide^ neither gold, nor silver, nor brass in your purses, ^^ Nor scrip° for your journey. Neither two coats, neither shoes,'^ nor yet staves :p For the workman is worthy of his meat. ^^ And into whatsoever city or town"" ye shall enter, Enquire who in it is worthy f And there abide till ye go thence. ^2 And when ye come into an" house, salute it. ^^ And if the house be worthy, lef^ your peace come upon it : But if it be not worthy, let your peace return ^ For there is nothing covered,'" that shall not be revealed ; And hid, that shall not be known." What I tell you in darkness, that speak ye in light : And what ye hear in the ear, that pi-each ye upon the liouse-tops. And fear" not them which kill the body, But are not able to kill the soul : But rather fear Him which is able To destroy both soul and body in hell. Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing ?^ And one of them shall not fall on the ground without" yom- Father. But the very hairs of your head are all numbered."' Fear ye not thei'efore, Ye ai'e of more value than many sparrows. Whosoever therefore shall confess" Me before men, Him will I confess also before My Father which is in heaven.? But whosoever shall deny Me before men, Him will I also deny before My Father which is in heaven. I 31 ^ I . 32 r^^ Think not that I am come to send peace on earth ;2 .1 I came not to send peace, but a sword.P I ^^ For I am come to set a man at variance"" againsf^ his father, J: And the daughter against her mother, g And the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law. [^^ And a man's foes shall he they of his own household. [37 38 39 ^ r. He that loveth'' father" or mother more than INIe Is not worthy of Me : And he that loveth son or daughter more than Me Is not worthy of Me. And he that taketh not his cross,* and followeth after Me, Is not worthy of Me. He that findeth* his life shall lose it : And he that loseth his life for My sake shall find' it. He that receiveth" you receiveth !Me, And he that receiveth Me receiveth Him that sent Me. He that receiveth a prophet in the name< of a prophet Shall receive a prophet's reward ; JT 1 Sa. 14, 25. 2Sa. 14, 11. Lu. 21, 18. Ac. 27, 34. (Compare the Latin phrase, in numero habere. Burton.) o Lu. 12, 8. Eo. 10, 9. p 2 Ti. 2, 12. Ma. 8, 38. Lu. 9, 26. 2 Lu. 12, 49—53. p (War. Chcke. 2'he sword. Syr.) (T (Lit., divide against. Syr., separate from.) T See Mi. 7, 6. Ps.41, 9, and55, 13. Jno. 13, 18. (Said with refer- ence to the divi- sions which Christianity caused in fami- lies during the first ages. Bur- ton.) r Lu. 14, 26. V (He mentions these as naturally entitled to our af- fection in the highest degree; but that even these must yield to love of Him, to zeal for His peo- ple, and to the hope of the hea- v-nly reward. Arclibp. New- come.) s Ch. 16, 24. Ma. 8, 34. Lu. 9, 23, and 14, 27. ij> ("Finding" is used for putting a great value upon anyth ing ; and " losing" is used for disre- garding a thing. Burton.) t Ch. 16, 25. Lu. 17, 33. Jno. 12, 25. « Ch. 18, 5. Lu. 9, 48, and 10, 16. Jno. 12, 44, and 13, 20. Ga. 4, 14. X (For the pro- phet's sake. Cheke. 1 Ki. 17, 10, and 18, 4 2 Ki. 4, 8.) 20 A.D. 31. S. MATTPIEW. fMAT. 10, 23. 1 11, 17. frisj'ida signify viater, because it has in drinking an excdlfucij of coldness. Clieke.) yCh.18,5, 6, and 25, 40. Ma. 9, 41. He. 6, 10. w Ch. 14, 3. (o (By his disci- plis. Vat. Ms. So Syr.) a (He that cometh. Uodd. He who is coming. L. and H. Ge. 49, 10. Nu. 24, 17. Da. 9, 24. Juo. 6, 14. X Is. 29, 18; 35, 4; and 42, 7. .J no. 2, 23; 3,2; 5,36; 10, 25, 38; and 14, 11. ^ (Beggars. Cli. 5, 3. 'The condi- tionby which God hath bound Him- self is that of man's asking. r.p. Andvewes. Corap. cli. 5, 3, with Lu. 6, 20.) ■y (Are evange- lized. Syr. Be gospeld. Cheke. Ilg means of the church, Christi- anity is brought into close contact with the mass of society, fur the purpose, by a slow and scarcely perceptible pro- cess, of assimilat- ing to itself the whole race of mankind. Bishop Jebb.) y Ch. 13, 57 ; 24, 10; and 26, 31. Ko. 9, 32. 1 Co. 1, 23, and 2, 14. Ua. 5, 11. 1 Pe. 2,8. 5 (Jesus could not refuse such a per- son reasonable snti^f action, and yet He did not ' think it proper \ publicly to pro- claim Himself as th'i Christ. Here- f erred him to the prophecy, where such miracles are set down as cha- racteristic marks of the Messiah. Randolph.) 21 And he that receiveth a righteous man in the name of a righteous man Shall receive a righteous man's reward. *2 And whosoever shall give to drink unto one of these little ones A cup of cold icater^ only in the name of a disciple, Verily I say unto you, lie shall in no wise lose his reward."" .^-^ -| ^And it came to pass, when ^^^•J Jesus had made an end of com- manding His twelve disciples. He de parted thence to teach and to preach in their cities. The death of John. Ch.xiv.6-12. ila.vi. 21-29. A.D. 31. A.u.c. 784. A.J.P. 4743. Galilee. [54 [43 Parallel place, Lu. vii. 18—35. The mission of John to Jesus. ^NOW when John had heard in the prison"' the works of Christ, he sent two" of his disciples, ^and said unto Him, " Art Thou He that should come,'' or do we look for another?" "* Jesus answered and said unto them, " Go and shew John again those things which ye do hear and see : ^ The blind receive their sight,'^ and the lame walk, The lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, Tlie dead are raised up, and the poor^ have the gospel preached^ to them. ^ And blessed is He, whosoever shall not be offended* in Me."^ ■^And as they departed, Jesus be- I cerning John, gan to say unto the multitudes con- I "AVhat went ye out into the wilderness to see?^ A reed shaken with the Avind ? s But^ what went ye out for to see ? A man clothed in soft raiment ? Behold, they that wear soft clothing are in kings' houses. ^ But what went ye out for to see ? A prophet ? yea, I say unto you, and more^ than a prophet. ^*^ For this is he., of whom it is written," " Behold, I send My messenger before thy face. Which shall prepare thy way before thee." ^^ Verily I say unto you. Among them that are born of women'' There hath not risen a greater than John the Baptist : Notwithstanding he that is least In the kingdom of heaven is greater than he. ^2 And from the days* of John the Baptist until now The kingdom of heaven suifereth violence,^ And the violent take it by force. ^3 For all the prophets and the law prophesied' until John. ^* And if ye will receive it., This" is Elias,'' which was for to come. ^^ He that hath ears^ to liCxir, let him hear. ^^ But whereunto shall I liken this generation? It is like unto children sitting in the markets. And calling unto their fellows,'* ^'^ and saying. We have piped unto j^ou, and ye have not danced ; We have mourned unto you, and ye have not lamented." ! (Vat. Sis. puts the interrogation before " to see," in ve. 7—9.) f (And if not. ^jT. And so ve. 9.) z Ch. 14, 5, and 21, 26. Lu. 1, 76, and 7, 26. a Mai. 3, 1. Ma. 1,2. Tj C" Wives'' Theophylact ob- serves that, by this word, our Lord excepted Himself. Bur- ton.) b The Law and the Prophets wire until John : since that time the kingdom of God ispreaclied, and every mau presseth into it. Lu. 16, 16. 6 Or, is gotten by force, and they that thrust meti. (Mount Sinai was fenced in, and the people forbidden to break through.) I (Were prophe- tic. Syr. llal. 4,6.) K(Heis. Scholef.) c Ch. 17, 12. Mai. 4, 5. Lu. 1, 17. A. Ch. 13, 9. Lu. 8, 8. Re. 2, 7, aud 3, 6. (That reverence and at- tention of mind, that teachable temper and good disposition,which prepare and in- ' dine men to re- ceive the truth with effrct. Bp. Andrewes.) u. (" Others' Vat. Ms.) V (Froward, ill- natured people, who would Join in no dance, and be pleased with no song, merry or melancholy . Randolph.) MAT. 11, 18. 1 12, 25. > S. MATTHEW. A.D. 31. f (So JEsop, fab. 39. A similar proverb is found in the Talmud. Burton. Fasting much.) (A devour er und a wine-drinker, Syr. This enter & wine-drinker. Cheke.; IT (This wisdom, viz., of the scribes, who thought them- selves the only children of wis- dom. Kn.itch- bull. Clean rid from her own children. Clieke. That is, separat- ed from and re- jected by theJev:s. Goodwin. The truly vjise have discerned and ac- Tinowlcdged the wisdom of God. Bishop Pearce So Dr. Burton.) d Lu. 10, 13. p (Jerome makes it a village of Galilee, two miles fromCapernaum, near which there now exist ruins calh-d Ain Ta- bigiia. It is said to be the Haro- shethofJu.i, 2.) e ...Let man and beast be covered Tvitli sackcloth, andcrvmiglitily unto God : yea, let them turn away eveiy one from liis evil way Jonah 3, 8. /Vc.24. 15. Ch. 10, 18 For John came neither eating^ nor drinking, And they say, He hath a devil. 19 The Son of man came eating and drinking, And they say, Behold a man gluttonous, and a wine-bibber," A friend of publicans and sinners. But wisdom'^ is justified of her children." 20 Then began He to upbraid'^ the I works were done, because they re- cities wherein most of His niighty | pented not : 21 " Woe unto thee, Chorazin !p Woe unto thee, Bethsaida ! For if the mighty works, which were done in you. Had been done in Tyre and Sidon, They would have repented long ago In sackcloth and ashes.* 22 But I say unto you, It shall be 'more tolerable-^ for Tyre and Sidon At the day of judgment, than for you. 23 And thou, Capernaum,"^ which art exalted^ unto heaven, Shalt be brought down to hell :'■ For if the mighty works, which have been done in thee. Had been done in Sodom, It would have remained until this day. 2* But I say unto you. That it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom In the day of judgment, than for thee." 25 At that time Jesus answered and | said, " I thank Thee, Father, Lord of heaven and earth. Because Thou hast hid^ these things from the wise^" and prudent,x And hast revealed them unto babes."^ 26 Even so, Father : for so it seemed good in Thy sight. 27 All things^ are delivered unto IMe of My Father : And no man" knoweth the Son, but the Father ; Neither knoweth* any man the Father, save the Son, And he to whomsoever the Son will reveal Him. hrase fre- quently signijies in the Sept. Knatchbull.) V (The heathen shall hope in His name. Cheke, L. and H.) (|> (They. Vat. Ms.) y Ch. 9, 32. Lu. 11, 14. X (" The dumh man spake and saw." Vat. Ms.) z Lu. 11, 15. \j/ (Beelzebul: and so ve. 27.) u (Wasted. Cheke.) MAT. 12, 26. 1 13, ii.r S. MATTHEAY. A.D. 31. a (Disciples. Le Cene.) I 6 Da. 2, 44, and 7, 14. Lu. 1, I 33; 11, 20; and 17, 20, 21. |8 (Come upon you. , See Lii. 11, 20. L. and H. Be- fore. yoH are I aionre of it. Burton.) y (" Strong One," Heyliu.) S (Sob, plunder, [ Latin spoliare. j Camp, "spoils of \ war." Bishop | Hinds.) c Is. 49, 24. e (Solon declared neutrality infa- mous in civil commotions, in order to compel j the well-affected citizens to take I an active part to quell the disaf- fected. Hales, lii., 108.) I f (Detraction. Campb.) I 7j (Vat., "you 7nen.") j d Lu. 12, 10. He. I 6, 4, and 10, 26, 29. 1 Jno. 5, 16. I (Son— not meant of Jesus Christ, but parallel with 1 Sa. 2. 25. So Genebrand and j Grotius. Le Cene.) . K C" Shall not be forqiven him" j Vat. Ms.) A C" Shall in no wise be forgioen him." ' Vat. Ms.) ft (A phrase with the Jews to ex- press that a thing should never be done. See Hackspan. Burton.) I V (Judge, or re- gard habitually, Titt.) ] J (Bad. Campb.) (" Offspring." Clieke, Campb.) TT (Vat., Beza, and Paris Mss., with Syr. and Jerome, omit.) 26 And if Satan cast out Satan, he is divided against himself; How shall then his kingdom stand? 27 And if I by Beelzebub cast out devils, By whom do your children" cast them out ? Therefore they shall be your judges. 28 But if I cast out devils by the Spirit of God, Then the kingdom^ of God is come^ unto you. 29 Or else how can one enter into a strong man'sV house, And spoil^ his goods. Except he first bind*^ the strong man? And then he will spoil his house. ^^ He that is not with Me is against^ Me ; And he that gathereth not with Me scattereth abroad. ^^ Wherefore I say unto you. All manner of sin and blasphemy^ shall be forgiven unto'' men \'^ But the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven uuto men. ^2 And whosoever speaketh a word against the son' of man, It shall be forgiven'' him : But whosoever speaketh against the Holy Ghost, It shall not be forgiven^ him. Neither in this world, neither in the world to come.'* ^^ Either make" the tree good, and his fruit good ; Or else make the tree corrupt,^ and his fruit corrupt : For the tree is known by his fruit. ^* generation" of vipers. How can ye, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh, ^^ A good man out of the good treasure of tlie lieart'^ bringeth forth good things :P And an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things, ^6 But I say unto you. That every idle"" word that men shall speak, They shall give account thereof in the day of judgment. ^7 For by thy words thou shalt be justified, And by thy words thou shalt be condemned," ^^Then certain of the scribes and of tlie Pharisees answered,'^ saying, "Master, we would see a sio:n" from thee." 29 But He answered und said unto them. 40 " An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign ; And there shall no sign be given to it. But the sign of the prophet Jonas : For as Jonas was three days and three nights In the whale's'^ lielly; So shall the Son of man be three days and three nights In the hearts of the earth. The men of Nineveh* shall rise in judgment with this generation, And shall condemn-^ it : Because they repented at the preaching"'' of Jonas ; And, behold, a greater than Jonas is here. The queen of the south" shall rise up in the judgment With this generation, p(Casaubon points out the addition of tlie article be- fore " good," but not before "evil." 7'he gnodman has evil thoughts, but he singles out "the good ;" the bad man has no- thing but evil thoughts to put forth. Burtou.)