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MATT. X. 16, 17.

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Abstain from all appearance of

evil, v. 22.

VER. 17. δώσουσι γὰρ ὑμᾶς εἰς συνέδρια, καὶ ἐν ταῖς Προσέχετε δὲ ἀπὸ τῶν ἀνθρώπων· παρα συναγωγαῖς αὐτῶν μαστιγώσουσιν ὑμᾶς.

But a beware of men: for they will deliver you up to the councils, and they will scourge you in their synagogues;

me, and I did eat, 13. For I will give | 10. you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries shall not be able to gainsay nor resist, Luke xxi. 15. Brethren, be not children in understanding: howbeit in malice be ye children,but in understanding be men, 1 Cor. xiv. 20. But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ, 2 Cor. xi. 3. And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light, 14. See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise, Redeeming the time, because the days are evil. Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is, Eph. v. 15-17. For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding, Col. i. 9. Walk in wisdom toward them that are without, redeeming the time, iv. 5.

For they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and by good words and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the simple, For your obedience is come abroad unto all men. I am glad therefore on your behalf: but yet I would have you wise unto that which is good, and simple concerning evil, Rom. xvi. 18, 19. For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have had our conversation in the world, and more abundantly to youward, 2 Cor. i. 12. Avoiding this, that no man should blame us in this abundance which is administered by us, viii. 20. But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ, xi. 3. That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world, Phil. ii. 15. Ye are witnesses, and God also, how holily and justly and unblameably we behaved ourselves among you that believed, 1 Thess. ii. VOL. I.

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aTrust ye not in a friend, put ye not confidence in a guide: keep the doors of thy mouth from her that lieth in thy bosom, Mic. vii. 5. But take heed to yourselves: for they shall deliver you up to councils; and in the synagogues ye shall be beaten: and ye shall be brought before rulers and kings for my sake, for a testimony against them, Mark xiii. 9. Now the brother shall betray the brother to death, and the father the son; and children shall rise up against their parents, and shall cause them to be put to death, 12. Of the Jews five times received I forty stripes save one. Thrice was I beaten with rods, once was I stoned, thrice I suffered shipwreck, a night and a day I have been in the deep; In journeyings often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils by mine own countrymen, in perils by the heathen, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren, 2 Cor. xi. 24-26. Of whom be thou ware also; for he hath greatly withstood our words, 2 Tim. iv. 15.

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b Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name's sake. And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another, Matt. xxiv. 9, 10. But take heed to yourselves : for they shall deliver you up to councils; and in the synagogues ye shall be beaten and ye shall be brought before rulers and kings for my sake, for a testimony against them, Mark xiii. 9. But before all these, they shall lay their hands on you, and persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues,and into prisons, being brought before kings and rulers for my name's sake. And it shall turn to you for a testimony, Luke xxi. 12, 13. They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth

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MATT. X. 17, 18.

God service, John xvi. 2. And Annas | the people imagine a vain thing? The the high-priest, and Caiaphas, and John, and Alexander, and as many as were of the kindred of the high-priest, were gathered together at Jerusalem, Acts iv. 6. Then went the captain with the officers, and brought them without violence: for they feared the people, lest they should have been stoned, v. 26. And Paul, earnestly beholding the council, said, Men and brethren, I have lived in all good conscience before God until this day,

And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls

of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held, vi. 9. And when they shall have finished their testimony, the beast that ascendeth out of the bottomless pit shall make war against them, and shall overcome them, and kill them, xi. 7.

VER. 19.

"Orav de πapadidãow iμas, un νήσητε πῶς, ἢ τί λαλήσητε· δοθήσεται γὰρ ὑμῖν ἐν ἐκείνῃ τῇ ὥρᾳ τί λαλήσετε.

But when they deliver you up, take no thought how or what ye shall speak: for bit shall be given you in that same hour what ye shall speak.

VER. 20.

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τὸ Πνεῦμα τοῦ πατρὸς ὑμῶν τὸ λαλοῦν ἐν Οὐ γὰρ ὑμεῖς ἐστε οἱ λαλοῦντες, ἀλλὰ ὑμῖν.

For it is not ye that speak, a but the Spirit of your Father which speaketh

in

you.

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a The Spirit of the LORD spake by me, and his word was in my tongue, 2 Sam. xxiii. 2. For David himself said to my Lord, Sit thou on my right said by the Holy Ghost, The LORD hand, till I make thine enemies thy being evil, know how to give good footstool, Mark xii. 36. If ye then, gifts unto your children; how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him? Luke xi. 13. For I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries shall not be able to gainsay nor resist, xxi. 15. And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance, Acts ii. 4, Then Peter, filled with the Holy Ghost, said unto them, Ye rulers of the people, and elders of Israel, iv. 8. And when they agreed not among themselves, they departed, after that Paul had spoken one word, Well spake the Holy Ghost by Esaias the prophet unto our fathers, xxviii. 25. Unto whom it was revealed, that not unto themselves, but unto us they did minister the things, which are now reported unto you by them that have preached the gospel unto you with the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven; which things the angels desire to look into, 1 Pet. i. 12. the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost, 2 Pet. i. 21.

a But when they shall lead you, and deliver you up, take no thought beforehand what ye shall speak, neither do ye premeditate: but whatsoever shall be given you in that hour, that speak ye: for it is not ye that speak, but the Holy Ghost, Mark xiii. 11. And when they bring you unto the synagogues, and unto magistrates, and powers, take ye no thought how or what thing ye shall answer, or what ye shall say, Luke xii. 11. Settle it there fore in your hearts, not to meditate before what ye shall answer: xxi. 14. Now therefore go, and I will be with thy mouth, and teach thee what thou shalt say, Exod. iv. 12. And thou shalt speak unto him, and put words in his mouth: and I will be with thy mouth, and with his mouth, and will teach you what ye shall do, 15. But the LORD said unto me, Say not, I am a child for thou shalt go to all that I shall send thee, and whatsoever Icommand thee thou shalt speak. Be not afraid of their faces: for I am with thee to deliver thee, saith the LORD. Then the LORD put forth his hand, and touched my mouth. And the LORD said unto me, Behold, I have put my words in thy mouth, Jer. i. 7-9. And they were not able to resist the wisdom and the Spirit by which he spake, Acts vi. 10. Notwithstanding the Lord stood with me, and strengthened me; that by me the preaching might be fully known, and that all the Gentiles might hear: and I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion, 2 Tim. iv. 17.

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b See parallels on clause 3, ver. 16. chap. v.

VER. 21.

Παραδώσει δὲ ἀδελφὸς ἀδελφὸν εἰς θά νατον, καὶ πατὴς τέκνον· καὶ ἐπαναστήσονται τέκνα ἐπὶ γονεῖς, καὶ θανατώσουσιν aurous.

a And the brother shall deliver up the brother to death, and the father the child: and the children shall rise up against their parents, and cause them to be put to death.

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a Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword. For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in law, Matt. x. 34, 35. And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another, xxiv. 10, Trust ye not in a friend, put ye not confidence in a guide: keep the doors of thy mouth from her that lieth in thy bosom. For the son dishonoureth the father, the daughter riseth up against her mother, the daughter in law against her mother in law; a man's enemies are the men of his own house, Mic. vii. 5, 6. And it shall come to pass, that when any shall yet prophesy, then his father and his mother that begat him shall say unto him, Thou shalt not live; for thou speakest lies in the name of the LORD: and his father and his mother that begat him shall thrust him through when he prophesieth, Zech. xiii. 3. Now the brother shall betray the brother to death, and the father the son; and children shall rise up against their parents, and shall cause them to be put to death. And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake: but he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved. Mark xiii. 12, 13. Suppose ye that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, Nay; but rather division: For from henceforth there shall be five in one house divided, three against two, and two against three. The father shall be divided against the son, and the son against the father; the mother against the daughter, and the daughter against the mother; the mother in law against the daughter in law, and the daughter in law against her mother in law, Luke xii. 51-53. And ye shall be betrayed both by parents, and brethren, and kinsfolks, and friends; and some of you shall they cause to be put to death. And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake, xxi. 16, 17.

VER. 22.

Καὶ ἔσεσθε μισούμενοι ὑπὸ πάντων διὰ τὸ ὄνομά μου· ὁ δὲ ὑπομείνας εἰς τέλος, οὗτος σωθήσεται.

And ye shall be hated of all men

21, 22.

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a Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name's sake, Matt. xxiv. 9. Hear the word of the LORD, ye that tremble at his word; Your brethren that hated you, that cast you out for my name's sake, said, Let the LORD be glorified: but he shall appear to your joy, and they shall be ashamed. A voice of noise from the city, a voice from the temple, a voice of the LORD that rendereth recompence to his enemies, Is. lxvi. 5, 6. Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you from their company, and shall reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man's sake, Luke vi. 22. The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify of it, that the works thereof are evil, John vii. 7. If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you. If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you, xv. 18, 19. I have given them thy word; and the world hath hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world, xvii. 14. Marvel not, my brethren, if the world hate you, 1 John iii. 13. b See parallels on clause 1, ver. 10. chap. v.

c But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved, Matt. xxiv. 13. Blessed is he that waiteth, and cometh to the thousand three hundred and five and thirty days. But go thou thy way till the end be: for thou shalt rest, and stand in thy lot at the end of the days, Dan. xii. 12, 13. And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake: but he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved, Mark xiii. 13. But that on the good ground are they, which in an honest and good heart, having heard the word, keep it, and bring forth fruit with patience, Luke viii. 15. To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, eternal life, Rom. ii.7. And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not, Gal. vi. 9. For we are made partakers

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of Christ, if we hold the beginning of | knew it, he withdrew himself from our confidence steadfast unto the end, thence: and great multitudes followHeb. iii. 14. And we desire that every ed him, and he healed them all, Matt. one of you, do shew the same dili-xii. 14, 15. And rose up, and thrust gence to the full assurance of hope him out of the city, and led him unto unto the end, vi. 11. Blessed is the the brow of the hill whereon their man that endureth temptation: for city was built, that they might cast when he is tried, he shall receive the him down headlong. But he passing crown of life, which the Lord hath through the midst of them went his promised to them that love him, Jam. way, And came down to Capernaum, i. 12. But ye, beloved, building up a city of Galilee, and taught them on yourselves on your most holy faith, the sabbath-days, Luke iv. 29-31. praying in the Holy Ghost, Keep After these things Jesus walked in Gayourselves in the love of God, looking lilee: for he would not walk in Jewry; for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ because the Jews sought to kill him, unto eternal life, Jude 20, 21. He John vii. 1. Therefore they sought that hath an ear, let him hear what again to take him: but he escaped the Spirit saith unto the churches; To out of their hand, And went away him that overcometh will I give to eat again beyond Jordan into the place of the tree of life, which is in the where John at first baptized; and midst of the paradise of God, Rev. there he abode. And many resorted ii. 7. Fear none of those things which unto him, and said, John did no mithou shalt suffer: behold, the devil. racle: but all things that John spake shall cast some of you into prison, that of this man were true. And many beye may be tried; and ye shall have lieved on him there, x. 39-42. Then tribulation ten days: be thou faithful from that day forth they took counsel unto death, and I will give thee a together for to put him to death. Jecrown of life, 10. He that hath an ear, sus therefore walked no more openly let him hear what the Spirit saith unto among the Jews; but went thence unto the churches; To him that overcometh a country near to the wilderness, into will I give to eat of the hidden manna, a city called Ephraim, and there conand will give him a white stone, and tinued with his disciples, xi. 53, 54. in the stone a new name written, And Saul was consenting unto his which no man knoweth saving he that death. And at that time there was a receiveth it, 17. And he that over- great persecution against the church cometh, and keepeth my works unto which was at Jerusalem; and they the end, to him will I give power over were all scattered abroad throughout the nations, 26. To him that over- the regions of Judæa and Samaria, cometh will I grant to sit with me in except the apostles, Acts viii. 1. But my throne, even as I also overcame, their laying await was known of Saul. and am set down with my Father And they watched the gates day and in his throne, iii. 21. And, behold, I night to kill him. Then the disciples come quickly; and my reward is with took him by night, and let him down me, to give every man according as by the wall in a basket, ix. 24, 25. his work shall be, xxii. 12. But the Jews stirred up the devout and honourable women, and the chief men in the city, and raised persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and

VER. 23.

Οταν δὲ διώκωσιν ὑμᾶς ἐν τῇ πόλει ταύτη, φεύγετε εἰς τὴν ἄλλην ̓Αμὴν γὰρ λέγω ὑμῖν, οὐ μὴ τελέσητε τὰς πόλεις τοῦ Ἰσραὴλ, ἕως ἂν ἔλθῃ ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώτου.

But a 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 Son of

man be come.

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a Then the Pharisees went out, and held a council against him, how they might destroy him. But when Jesus

expelled them out of their coasts. But they shook of the dust of their feet against them, and came unto Iconium, xiii. 50, 51. They were ware of it, and fled into Lystra and Derbe, cities of Lycaonia, and unto the region that lieth round about: and there they preached the Gospel, xiv. 6, 7. And there came thither certain Jews from Antioch and Iconium, who persuaded the people, and, having stoned Paul,