Matt. x. 19. Matt. x. 20. Matt. x. 21. Matt. x. 22. Matt. x. 23. Matt. x. 24. Matt. x. 25. Matt. x. 26. Matt. x. 27. Matt. x. 28. Matt. x. 29. probably in h Mark xiii. h But when they shall deliver you up, take no On a progress, thought how or what ye shall speak for it shall Galilee. be given you in that same hour what ye speak. shall 11. Luke xii. For it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of your Father which speaketh in you. 11. i And the brother shall deliver up the brother to i Lukexxi. 16. death, and the father the child: and the children shall rise up against their parents, and cause them to be put to death. And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake: but he that endureth to the end shall be k Mark xiii. saved. 13. But when they persecute you in this city, flee ye into another: for verily I say unto you, Ye shall not have gone over the cities of Israel, till the * Or, end, or, Son of man be come. finish. The disciple is not above his master, nor the 1 Luke vi. 40. servant above his lord. John xiii. 16. It is enough for the disciple, that he be as his master, and the servant as his lord. If they have called the master of the house + Beelzebub, how + Gr. Beelzemuch more shall they call them of his houshold? bul. Fear not them therefore: m for there is nothing m Mark iv. 22. 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 preach ye upon the house-tops'. Luke viii. 17. xii. 2, 3. " And fear not them which kill the body, but are n Luke xii. 4. 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 your Father'. It is in value halfpenny farthing in the original, as being the tenth part of the Roman penny: see on ch. 3 After the return of the Jews from Babylon, when the Hebrew language was no longer spoken among the common people, the Jews adopted the custom to xviii. 28. which our Lord here alludes. The Scripture was publicly read in the original, but the doctor of the law whispered the meaning in the ears of an interpreter, or Targumista, who publicly proclaimed what was communicated to him to the people. Our Lord here intimated to his disciples, that those things which were now revealed to them; such as the calling of the Gentiles, the abolition of the Jewish law, not yet to be openly declared, and other doctrines, should be hereafter publicly promulgated. The houses of the Jews had flat roofs, from whence they made proclamations to the people. Both Lightfoot and Schoetgen have treated copiously on this subject. The Jews were of opinion, that a superintending Providence protected the On a progress, probably in Galilee. o 2 Sam. xiv. 11. Acts xxvii. 34. p Luke xii. 8. q Mark viii.38. Luke ix. 26. • But the very hairs of your head are all num- Matt. x. 30. bered. Fear ye not therefore, ye are of more value than Matt. x. 31. many sparrows. P Whosoever therefore shall confess me before Matt. x. 32. men, him will I confess also before my Father which is in heaven. q But whosoever shall deny me before men, him Matt. x. 33. 2 Tim. ii. 12. will I also deny before my Father which is in heaven. r Luke xii, 51. г Think not that I am come to send peace on Matt. x. 34. earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword. For I am come to set a man at variance Matt. x. 35. Mic. vii. 6. against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law. t Luke xiv.26. u Ch. xvi. 24. Mark viii. 34. And a man's foes shall be they of his own hous- Matt. x. 36. hold. * He that loveth father or mother more than me Matt. x. 37. 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 follow- Matt. x. 38. Luke ix. 23. eth after me, is not worthy of me. x John xii. 25. y Luke x. 16. John xiii. 20. z Mark ix. 41. * He that findeth his life shall lose it: and he Matt. x. 39, that loseth his life for my sake shall find it. > He that receiveth you receiveth me 5, and he Matt. x. 40. that receiveth me receiveth him that sent me. He that receiveth a prophet in the name of a Matt. x. 41. prophet shall receive a prophet's reward; and he that receiveth a righteous man shall receive a righteous man's reward. And whosoever shall give to drink unto one of Matt. x. 42. these little ones a cup of cold water only in the .ועד ביצי כינים minutest objects. na "pn awr. Ex Schabbath, fol. 107. 2. Sedet Deus S. B. et nutrit inde a cornibus unicorum, usque ad ova pediculorum. Schoetgen quotes also Jalhut Rubeni, fol. 171, 2. There is not the least herb on earth, over which there is not an appointed guardian in heaven: and from R. Simeon's □ 750, part i. fol. 6. 2. a man cannot hurt his finger upon earth, but it is cried out aloud in heaven.-Schoetgen, Hor. Heb. vol. i. p. 105. 5 It was a common saying among the Jews, "He that receiveth a learned man, receiveth the Shechinah." Our Lord, therefore, in this, as in numerous other passages, which, from the general inattention to the opinions of the ancient Jews, are unnoticed, claims those honours which were assigned by the people to the Angel Jehovah, the God of their fathers.-See Schoetgen, Hor. Heb, vol. i, p. 106, 7. Matt.xi. 1. Luke ix. 6. name of a disciple, verily I say unto you, he shall On a progress, in no wise lose his reward. And it came to pass, when Jesus had made an end of commanding his twelve disciples, he departed thence, to teach and to preach in their cities. And they departed, and went through the towns, preaching the Gospel; Mark vi. 12. that men should repent. Mark vi. 13. Luke ix. 6. probably in Galilee. And they cast out many devils, a and anointed a Jam. v. 14. with oil many that were sick, and healed them; and healing every where. MARK vi. part of ver. 7, 8. ver. 9. and part of ver. 10, 11, 12. 7 And he called unto him the twelve, and began to send them forth-and gave them power over unclean spirits; 8 -no scrip, no bread, no • 9 But be shod with sandals; money in their purse: and not put on two coats. * The word signifieth a piece of brass money, in va 10 -In what place soever ye enter into an house, there abide till ye depart lue somewhat from that place. 11 b And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear you, when ye depart thence, shake off the dust-Verily I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for Sodom and Gomorrha in the day of judgment, than for that city. 12 And they went out, and preached— LUKE ix. part of ver. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. 1 -and to cure diseases. 2 And he sent them 3 -Take nothing for your journey, neither staves, nor scrip-neither money; neither have two coats apiece. 4 And there abide, and thence depart. 5 And whosoever will not receive you, when ye go out of that city, shake off -your feet, for a testimony against them. less than a farthing, Matt. x. 9 but here it neral for mois taken in ge ney, Luke ix. 3. b Matt. x. 14. c Acts xiii.51. + Gr. or. SECTION II. Death of John the Baptist. Herod desires to see Christ. MATT. xiv. 1—13. MARK vi. 14-30. LUKE ix. 7, 8, 9. And at that time Herod the tetrarch heard of the fame of Jesus, Matt. xiv. 1. • The death of John the Baptist is placed about this time by the most eminent chronologers. It cannot fail to strike the most unobservant, that, at the moment in which the last prophet of the former dispensation was doomed to perish, the Messiah, the common God of the two dispensations, gave to the new description of teachers, whom he now appointed and sent forth for the first time, the authority and powers of the teachers of the Jewish Church. Christ is the golden chain that binds the one universal Church. The Baptist preaches till On a progress, And king Herod heard of him; probably in Galilee. of all that was done by him: (for his fame was spread abroad :) Mark vi. 14. Luke ix. 7. Mark vi. 14. and he was perplexed, because that it was said by Luke ix. 7. some, that John was risen from the dead: And of some, that Elias had appeared; and of Luke ix. 8. others, that one of the old prophets was risen again. Others said, That it is Elias. And others said, Mark vi. 15. That it is a prophet, or as one of the prophets. d Luke iii, 19. d But when Herod heard thereof, he said, unto his servants, e Lev. Xviii. 16. * Or, an inward grudge. or, saved him. Mark vi. 16. Matt. xiv. 2. John have I beheaded: but who is this of whom Luke ix. 9. This is the Baptist: Matt. xiv. 2. It is John, whom I beheaded: he is risen from Mark vi. 16. the dead. he said, That John the Baptist was risen from the Mark vi. 14. dead, and therefore mighty works do shew forth themselves in him. And he desired to see him. Luke ix. 9. For Herod himself had sent forth and laid hold Mark vi. 17. upon John, and bound him and put him Matt. xiv. 3. in prison, for Herodias' sake, his brother Philip's Mark vi. 17. wife: for he had married her. e For John had said unto Herod, It is not law- Mark vi. 18. ful for thee to have thy brother's wife. Therefore Herodias had a quarrel against Mark vi. 19. him, and would have killed him; but she could not. For Herod feared John, knowing that he was a Mark vi. 20. +Or, kept him, just man and an holy, and observed him; and when he heard him, he did many things, and heard him gladly. And when he would have put him to death, he Matt. xiv. 5. feared the multitude, because they counted him as a prophet. Matt. xiv. 6. But when a convenient day was come, that Herod on Mark vi. 21. Christ was manifested. The Baptist was preserved in life till the kingdom of the Messiah was in some degree established. The time had now arrived when a new dispensation, with a new priesthood, should commence; and the last instructor of the people, under the old dispensation, was now permitted to suffer, in order that undivided attention might be given to the long expected king of the house of David. Mark vi. 21. his birth-day made a supper to his lords, high on a progress, captains, and chief estates of Galilee : Mark vi. 22. Matt. xiv. 6. And when the daughter of the said Herodias came in, and danced * before them, Mark vi. 22. and pleased Herod and them that sat with him, the king said unto the damsel, Ask of me whatsoever thou wilt, and I will give it thee. Mark vi. 23. Mark vi. 24. Mark vi. 25. Matt. xiv. 8. Mark vi. 26. Matt. xiv. 9. Mark vi. 27. Mark vi. 28. And he sware unto her, Whatsoever thou shalt And she went forth, and said unto her mother, And she came in straightway with haste unto here, by and by in a charger, the head of John the Bap- And the king was exceeding sorry; yet for his with him, he would not reject her. probably in Galilee. * Gr. in the midst. his guard. And immediately the king sent † an execu- † Or, one of tioner, and commanded his head to be brought : and he went and beheaded him in the prison, And brought his head in a charger, and gave it to the damsel: and the damsel Matt.xiv. 11. brought it Mark vi. 28. [and] gave it to her mother. Mark vi. 29. And when his disciples heard of it, they came and took up his corpse, and laid it in a tomb; Matt. xiv. 12. and went and told Jesus. MATT. xiv. part of ver. 2, 3. ver. 4. part of ver. 6. ver. 7. part of ver. 8, 9. ver. 10. and part of ver. 11, 12. 2 And said-John-he is risen from the dead; and therefore mighty works do shew forth themselves in him. * Or, are wrought by him. 3 f For Herod had laid hold on John, and bound him-in prison for Herodias' f Luke iii. 19, sake, his brother Philip's wife. 20. g Lev. xviii. 4 For John said unto him, % It is not lawful for thee to have her. 6-when Herod's birth-day was kept, the daughter of Herodias danced— 16. & 20, 21. and pleased Herod. 7 Whereupon he promised with an oath to give her whatsoever she would ask. 8 And she, being before instructed of her mother, said, Give me―John Bap. tist's head in a charger. VOL. I. S |
