Christ: when he is come, he will tell us all things, John iv. 25. Then those men, when the had seen the miracle that Jesus did, said, This is of a truth that propbet that should come into the world, vi. 14. And many of the people believed on him, and said, When Christ cometh, will he do more miracles than these which this man hath done? vii. 31. Others said, This is the Christ. But some said, Shall Christ come out of Galilee? Hath not the Scripture said, That Christ cometh of the seed of David, and out of the town of Bethlehem, where David was? 41, 42. a And their eyes were opened; and Jesus straitly charged them, saying, See that no man know it, Matt. ix.30. The LORD openeth the eyes of the blind: the LORD raiseth them that are bowed down: the LORD loveth the righteous, Psl. cxlvi. 8. And in that day shall the deaf hear the words of the book, and the eyes of the blind shall see out of obscurity, and out of darkness, Is. xxix. 18. Say to them that are of a fearful heart, Be strong, fear not; behold, your God will come with vengeance, even God with a recompence; he will come and save you. Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped. Then shall the lame man leap as an hart, and the tongue of the dumb sing for in the wilderness shall waters break out, and streams in the desert, xxxv. 4-6. I the LORD have called thee in righteousness, and will hold thine hand, and will keep thee, and give thee for : A. D. 31. a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles; To open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the prison, and them that sit in darkness out of the prison-house, xlii. 6, 7. The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the Gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the broken-hearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,Luke iv. 18. And in the same hour he cured many of their infirmities and plagues, and of evil spirits; and unto many that were blind he gave sight. Then Jesus answering said unto them, Go your way, and tell John what things ye have seen and heard; how that the blind see, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, to the poor the Gospel is preached, vii. 21, 22. bAnd great multitudes came unto him, having with them those that were lame, blind, dumb, maimed, and many others, and cast them down at Jesus feet ; and he healed them: Insomuch that the multitude wondered, when they saw the dumb to speak, the maimed to be whole, the lame to walk, and the blind to see: and they glorified the God of Israel, Matt. xv. 30, 31. And the blind and the lame came to him in the temple; and he healed them, xxi. 14. And a certain man lame from his mother's womb was carried, whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple which is called Beautiful, to ask alms of them that entered into the temple; Who seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple asked an alms. And Peter, fastening his eyes upon him withJohn, said, Look on us. And he gave heed unto them, expecting to receive something of them. Then Peter said, Silver and gold have 1 none; but such as I have give I thee: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth rise up and walk. And he took him by the right hand, and lifted him up and immediately his feet and ancle-bones received strength. And he leaping up stood, and walked, and entered with them into the temple, walking, and leaping, and praising God, Acts iii.2-8. See on clause 2. ver. 2. chap. viii. d Bring forth the blind people that A. D. 31. MATT. XI. 5, 6. have eyes, and the deaf that have ears, Is. xliii. 8. And were beyond measure astonished, saying, He hath done all things well he maketh both the deaf to hear, and the dumb to speak, Mark vii. 37. When Jesus saw that the people came running together, he rebuked the foul spirit, saying unto him, Thou dumb and deaf spirit, I charge thee, come out of him, and enter no more into him, ix. 25. : A. D. 31. ceptable year of the LORD, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn; To appoint unto them them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he might be glorified, Is. Ixi. 1-3. For all those things hath mine hand made, and all those things have been,saith the LORD: but to this man will I look, even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and trembleth at my word, lxvi. 2. And I will feed the flock of slaughter, even you, O poor of the flock. And I took unto me two staves; the one I called Beauty, and the other I called Bands; and I fed the flock, Zech. xi. 7. The Spirit of the LORD is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the Gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the broken-hearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised, Luke iv. 18. Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him? Jam. ii. 5. VER. 6. Καὶ μακάριός ἐστιν ὃς ἐὰν μὴ σκανδα λισθῇ ἐν ἐμοί. e He said unto them, Give place for the maid is not dead, but sleepeth. And they laughed him to scorn. But when the people were put forth, he went in, and took her by the hand, and the maid arose, Matt. ix. 24, 25. And he came and touched the bier: and they that bare him stood still. And he said, Young man, I say unto thee, Arise. And he that was dead sat up, and began to speak. And he delivered him to his mother. And there came a fear on all: and they glorified God, saying, That a great prophet is risen up among us; and, That God hath visited his people, Luke vii. 14-16. Then Jesus answering said unto them, Go your way, and tell John what things ye have seen and heard; how that the blind see, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, to the poor the Gospel is preached, 22. And when he thus had spoken, he cried with a loud voice, Lazarus, come forth. And he that was dead came forth, bound hand and foot with grave-clothes: and his face was bound about with a napa See on clause 1. ver. 3. chap. v. kin. Jesus saith unto them, Loose b Is not this the carpenter's son? is him, and let him go, John xi. 43, 44. not his mother called Mary? and his fBlessed are the poor in spirit: for brethren, James, and Joses, and Sitheir's is the kingdom of heaven, mon, and Judas? And his sisters, are Matt. v. 3. The meek shall eat and they not all with us? Whence then hath be satisfied: they shall praise the this man all these things? And they LORD that seek him: your heart shall were offended in him. But Jesus said live for ever, Psl. xxii. 26. For he unto them, A prophet is not without shall deliver the needy when he crieth; honour, save in his own country, and the poor also, and him that hath no in his own house, Matt. xiii. 55-57. helper. He shall spare the poor and Then came his disciples, and said needy, and shall save the souls of the unto him, Knowest thou that the Phaneedy, lxxii. 12, 13. The Spirit of risees were offended, after they heard the Lord GOD is upon me; because this saying? But he answered and the LORD hath anointed me to preach said, Every plant, which my heavenly good tidings unto the meek; he hath Father hath not planted, shall be sent me to bind up the broken heart-rooted up. Let them alone: they be ed, to proclaim liberty to the captives, blind leaders of the blind. And if and the opening of the prison to them the blind lead the blind, both shall that are bound; To proclaim the ac- I fall into the ditch, xv. 12-14. Woe And a blessed is he, bwhosoever shall not be offended in me. unto the world because of offences! for it must needs be that offences come; but woe to that man by whom the of fence cometh! xviii. 7. And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another, xxiv. 10. Then saith Jesus unto them, All ye shall be offended because of me this night: for it is written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock shall be scattered abroad, xxvi. 31. And he shall be for a sanctuary; but for a stone of stumbling and for a rock of offence to both the houses of Israel, for a gin and for a snare to the inhahabitants of Jerusalem. And many among them shall stumble, and fall, and be broken, and be snared, and be taken, Is. viii. 14, 15. And Simeon blessed them, and said unto Mary his mother, Behold, this child is set for the fall and rising again of many in Israel; and for a sign which shall be spoken against, Luke ii. 34. And he said unto them, Ye will surely say unto me this proverb, Physician, heal thyself: whatsoever we have heard done in Capernaum, do also here in thy country. And he said, Verily I say unto you, No prophet is accepted in his own country. But I tell you of a truth, many widows were in Israel in the days of Elias, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months, when great famine was throughout all the land; But unto none of them was Elias sent, save unto Sarepta, a city of Sidon, unto a woman that was a widow. And many lepers were in Israel in the time of Eliseus the prophet; and none of them was cleansed, saving Naaman the Syrian. And all they in the synagogue, when they heard these things, were filled with wrath, And rose up, and thrust him out of the city, and led him unto the brow of the hill whereon their city was built, that they might cast him down headlong, iv. 23 -29.Many therefore of his disciples, when they had heard this, said, This is an hard saying; who can hear it? When Jesus knew in himself that his disciples murmured at it, he said unto them, Doth this offend you? John vi. 60, 61. From that time many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him, 66. Others said, This A. D. 31. is the Christ. But some said, Shall Christ come out of Galilee? Hath not the Scripture said, That Christ cometh of the seed of David, and out of the town of Bethlehem, where David was? vii. 41, 42. Wherefore? Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by the works of the law. For they stumbled at that stumbling stone; As it is written, Behold, I lay in Sion a stumbling-stone and rock of offence: and whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed, Rom. ix. 32, 33. But we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumbling-block, and unto the Greeks foolishness, 1 Cor. i. 23. But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned, ii. 14. And I, brethren, if I yet preach circumcision, why do I yet suffer persecution? then is the offence of the cross ceased, Gal. v. 11. And a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence, even to them which stumble at the word being disobedient: whereunto also they were appointed, 1 Pet. ii. 8. VER. 7. Τούτων δὲ πορευομένων, ἤρξατο ὁ Ἰσοῦς λέγειν τοῖς ὄχλοις περὶ Ἰωάννου Τί ἐξήλθετε εἰς τὴν ἔρημον θεάσασθαι; κάλαμον ὑπὸ ἀνέμου σαλευόμενον ; And as they departed, Jesus began to say unto the multitudes concerning John, a What went ye out into the wilderness to see? b A reed shaken with the wind? a The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight. John did baptize in the wilderness, and preach the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins. And there went out unto him all the land of Judæa, and they of Jerusalem, and were all baptizeď of him in the river of Jordan, confessing their sins, Mark i. 3-5. And when the messengers of John were departed,he began to speak unto the people concerning John, What went ye out into the wilderness for to see? A reed shaken with the wind? But what went ye out for to see? A man clothed in soft raiment? Behold, they which are gorgeously apparelled, and live delicately, are in kings' courts. But what went ye out for to see? A prophet? A. D. 31. MATT. XI. 7-10. Yea, I say unto you, and much more than a prophet. This is he, of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee. For I say unto you, Among those that are born of women there is not a greater prophet than John the Baptist: but he that is least in the kingdom of God is greater than he. And all the people that heard him, and the Publicans, justified God, being baptized with the baptism of John. But the Pharisees and Lawyers rejected the counsel of God against themselves, being not baptized of him, Luke vii. 24-30. b Unstable as water, thou shalt not excel; because thou wentest up to thy father's bed; then defiledst thou it : he went up to my couch, Gen. xlix. 4. When I therefore was thus minded, did I use lightness? or the things that 1 purpose, do I purpose according to the flesh, that with me there should be yea yea, and nay nay? But as God is true, our word toward you was not yea and nay, 2 Cor. i. 17, 18. That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive, Eph. iv. 14. But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed, Jam. i. 6. A. D. 31. would have put him to death, he feared the multitude, because they counted him as a prophet, xiv,5. But I say unto you, That Elias is come already, and they knew him not, but have done unto him whatsoever they listed. Likewise shall also the Son of man suffer of them. Then the disciples understood that he spake unto them of John the Baptist, xvii. 12, 13.. And Jesus answered and said unto them, I also will ask you one thing, which if ye tell me, I in likewise will tell you by what authority I do these things. The baptism of John, whence was it? from heaven, or of men? And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven; he will say unto us, Why did ye not then believe him? But if we shall say, Of men; we fear the people; for all hold John as a prophet, xxi. 24-26. And they asked him, saying, Why say the Scribes that Elias must first come? And he answered and told them, Elias verily cometh first, and restoreth all things; and how it is written of the Son of man, that he must suffer many things, and be set at nought. But I say unto you, That Elias is indeed come, and they have done unto him whatsoever they listed, as it is written of him, Mark ix. 11-13 For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall drink neither wine nor strong drink; and he shall be filled with the Holy Ghost, even from his mother's womb. And many of the children of Israel shall he turn to the fore him in the spirit and power of Lord their God. And he shall go beElias, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to make ready a people prepared for the Lord, Luke i. 15-19. And thou, child, shalt be called the prophet of the highest: for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways; 76. VER 10. Οὗτος γάρ ἐστι περὶ οὗ γέγραπται· Ἰδοὺ, ἐγὼ ἀποστέλλω τὸν ἄγγελόν μου πρό προσώπου σου, ὃς κατασκευάσει τὴν ὁδὸν σου ἔμπροσθέν σου. For this is he, a of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee. a The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the LORD, make straight in the desert a highway for our God, Isa. xl. 3. Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the LORD, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in behold, he shall come, saith the LORD of hosts, Mal. iii. 1. VER. 11. ̓Αμὴν λέγω ὑμῖν, οὐκ ἐγήγερται ἐν γεννητοῖς γυναικῶν μείζων Ἰωάννου τοῦ Βαπτιστοῦ· ὁ δὲ μικρότερος ἐν τῇ Βασιλείᾳ τῶν οὐρανῶν, μείζων αὐτοῦ ἐστιν. Verily I say unto you, Among them that are born of women there hath not risena a greater than John the Baptist: notwithstanding he that is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he. a For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall drink neither wine nor strong drink; and he shall be filled with the Holy Ghost, even from his mother's womb, Luke i. 15. For I say unto you, Among those that are born of women there is not a greater prophet than John the Bapist: but he that is least in the kingdom of God is greater than he, vii. 28. He was a burning and a shining light: and ye were willing for a season to rejoice in his light, John v. 35. Moreover the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold, as the light of seven days, in the day that the LORD bindeth up the breach of his people, and healeth the stroke of their wound, Is. xxx. 26. In that day shall the LORD defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and he that is feeble among them at that day shall be as David; and the house of David shall be as God, as the angel of the LORD before them, Zech. xii. 8. See also on clause 2. ver. 2, ch. iii. (But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believe on him should receive for the Holy Ghost was not yet given; because that Jesus was not yet glorified.) John vii. 39. And many resorted unto him, and said, John did no miracle: but all things that John spake of this man were true, x. 41. Now to him that is of power to stablish you according to my gospel, and the preaching of Jesus Christ, | A. D. 31. according to the revelation of the mystery, which was kept secret since the world began, But now is made manifest, and by the Scriptures of the prophets, according to the commandment of the everlasting God, made known to all nations for the obedience of faith, Rom. xvi. 25, 26. Even the mystery which hath been hid from ages and from generations, but now is made manifest to the saints: To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory, Col. i. 26, 27. But is now made mani fest by the appearing of our Saviour Jesus Christ, who hath abolished death, and hath brought life and immortality to light through the gospel, 2 Tim. i. 10. God having provided some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect, Heb. xi. 40. Of which salvation the prophets have inquired and searched diligently, who prophesied of the grace that should come unto you, 1 Pet. i. 10. VER. 12. τιστοῦ ἕως ἄρτι, ἡ βασιλεία τῶν οὐρανῶν ̓Απὸ δὲ τῶν ἡμερῶν Ἰωάννου τοῦ ΒαπΒιάζεται, καὶ βιασταὶ ἁρπάζουσιν αὐτήν. And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force. a Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able, Luke xiii. 24. The law and the prophets were until John: since that time the kingdom of God is preached, and every man presseth unto it, xvi. 16. Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed, John vi. 27. Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling, Phil. ii. 12. |