and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation; To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation. Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ's stead, be ye reconciled to God. For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him, 2 Cor. v. 18-21. And he is the propitiation for our sins and not for our's only, but also for the sins of the whole world, 1 John ii. 2. See also on chap. v. ver. 25. VER. 52. 'Eμáxorro our πpèç åλλýλouç oi 'loudato, λέγοντες· Πῶς δύναται οὗτος ἡμῖν δοῦναι τὴν σάρκα φαγεῖν ; The Jews therefore strove among themselves, suying, How can this man give us his flesh to eat? VER. 53. Εἶπεν οὖν αὐτοῖς ὁ Ἰησοῦς· ̓Αμὴν ἀμὴν λέγω ὑμῖν, ἐὰν μὴ φάγητε τὴν σάρκα τοῦ υἱοῦ τοῦ ἀνθρώπου, καὶ πίητε αὐτοῦ τὸ αἷμα, οὐκ ἔχετε ζωὴν ἐν ἑαυτοῖς. Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, a Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, bye have no life in you. a See on chap. iii. ver. 18. clause 2. b See on chap. v. ver. 25. VER. 54. Ο τρώγων μου τὴν σάρκα, καὶ τίνων μου τὸ αἷμα, ἔχει ζωὴν αἰώνιον· καὶ ἐγὼ ἀναστήσω αὐτὸν τῇ ἐσχάτῃ ἡμέρᾳ. Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day. a See on ver. 39. clauses 3, 4. Ἡ γὰρ σάρξ μου ἀληθῶς ἐστι βρῶσις, καὶ τὸ αἷμά μοῦ ἀληθῶς ἐστι πόσις. A. D. 32. He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, a dwelleth in me, and I in him. a At that day ye shall know that I am in my Father, and ye in me, and I in you, John xiv. 20. Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him, 23. Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no I am the vine, ye are the branches: more can ye, except ye abide in me. He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing, xv. 4, 5. That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us : that the world may believe that thou hast sent me. And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them; that they may be one, even as we are one: I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them as thou hast loved me, xvii. 21-23. And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people, 2 Cor. vi. 16. That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love, Eph. iii. 17. And he that keepeth his commandments dwelleth in him, and he in him. And hereby we know that he abideth in us, by the Spirit which he hath given God at any time. If we love one us, 1 John iii. 24. No man hath seen another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us, iv. 12. Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God, 15. VER. 57. Καθὼς ἀπέστειλέ με ὁ ζῶν πατής, For my flesh is meat indeed, and my καγώ ζῶ διὰ τὸν πατέρα· καὶ ὁ τρώγων με, blood is drink indeed. VER. 56. Ο τρώγων μου τὴν σάρκα, καὶ πίνων μου τὸ αἷμα, ἐν ἐμοὶ μένει, καγὼ ἐν αὐτῷ. κἀκεῖνος ζήσεται δι ̓ ἐμέ. a As the living Father hath sent me, band I live by the Father: so he that eateth me, even he shall live by me. 270 A. D. 32. JOHN VI. 57–64. See on chap. v. ver. 26. clause 1. b For as the Father hath life in himself, so hath he given to the Son to have life in himself, John v. 26. VER. 58. Οὗτός ἐστιν ὁ ἄρτος ὁ ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ και ταβάς· οὐ καθὼς ἔφαγον οἱ πατέρες ὑμῶν τὸ μάννα, καὶ ἀπέθανον· ὁ τρώγων τοῦτον τὸν ἄρτον, ζήσεται εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα. a This is that Bread b which came down from heaven: not as your fathers did eat manna, and are dead: dhe that eateth of this Bread shall live for ever. a See on ver. 33. clause 1. See on Mark xvi. ver. 16. clause 1. * See on Matt. xix. ver. 16. clause 3. VER. 59. A. D. 32. those whom thou hast given me, that they may be one, as we are, 11. So then, after the Lord had spoken unto them, he was received up into heaven, and sat on the right hand of God, Mark xvi. 19. And it came to pass, while he blessed them, he was parted from them, and carried up into heaven, Luke xxiv. 51. and Acts i. 9. See on chap. iii. ver. 13. clause 1. VER. 63. Τὸ πνεῦμά ἐστι τὸ ζωοποιοῦν, ἡ σάρξ οὐκ ὠφελεῖ οὐδέν. Τὰ ῥήματα ἃ ἐγώ λάλω ὑμῖν, ανεῦμά ἐστι καὶ ζωή ἐστιν. a It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life. a And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the Ταῦτα εἶπεν ἐν συναγωγή, διδάσκων ἐν last. Adam was made a quickening Καπερναούμ. These things said he in the synagogue, as he taught in Capernaum. VER. 60. Πολλοὶ οὖν ἀκούσαντες ἐκ τῶν μαθητῶν αὐτοῦ, εἶπον· Σκληρός ἐστιν οὗτος ὁ λόγος τίς δύναται αὐτοῦ ἀκούειν ; Many therefore of his disciples, when they had heard this, said, This is an hard saying; who can hear it? VER. 61. Εἰδὼς δὲ ὁ Ἰησοὺς ἐν ἑαυτῷ ὅτι γογγύζουσι περὶ τούτου οἱ μαθηταὶ αὐτοῦ, εἶπεν αὐτοῖς· Τοῦτο ὑμᾶς σκανδαλίζει ; spirit, 1 Cor. xv. 45. Who also bath made us able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life, 2 Cor. iii. 6. b For circumcision verily profiteth, if thou keep the law : but if thou be a breaker of the law, thy circumcision is made uncircumcision. Therefore if the uncircumcision keep the righ teousness of the law, shall not his uncircumcision be counted for circumcision? And shall not uncircumcision which is by nature, if it fulfil the law, judge thee, who by the letter and circumcision dost transgress the law ? For he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly; neither is that circumcision, which is outward in the flesh; But he is a Jew, which is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, and not in the a See on Matt. ix. ver. 4. clause 1. letter; whose praise is not of men, but of God, Rom. ii. 25-29. When Jesus knew in himself that his disciples murmured at it, he said unto them, Doth this offend you? VER. 62. Ἐὰν οὖν θεωρεῖτε τὸν υἱὸν τοῦ ἀνθρώπου ἀναβαίνοντα ὅπου ἦν τὸ πρότερον ; a What and if ye shall see the Son of man ascend up b where he was before? a I came forth from the Father, and am come into the world: again, I leave the world, and go to the Father, John xvi. 28. And now I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep through thine own name • Then Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go? thou hast the words of eternal life, ver. 68. Thy word hath quickened me, Psal. cxix. 50. I will never forget thy precepts: for with them thou hast quickened me, 93. So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God, Rom. x. 17. a See on ver. 44. clause 1. bAnd other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd, John x 16. But ye believe not, because ye are not of my sheep, as I said unto you, 26. For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast, Eph. ii. 8, 9. For unto you it is given in the behalf of Christ, not only to believe on him, but also to suffer for his sake, Phil. i. 29. Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures, Jam. i, 18. A. D. 32. Then Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go? a thou hast the words of eternal life. a The words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life, ver. 63. And ye will not come to me, that ye might have life, v. 40. Neither is there salvation in any other : for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby this is the record, that God hath given we must be saved, Acts iv. 12. And to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life. These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God, 1 John v. 11—13. Ελεγε δὲ τὸν Ἰούδαν. Σίμωνος Ισκαριώ την οὗτος γὰρ ἔμελλεν αὐτὸν παραδιδόναι, εἷς ἂν ἐκ τῶν δώδεκα. He spake of Judas Iscariot the son of Simon: for he it was that should betray him, being one of the twelve. a Set thou a wicked man over him: and let Satan stand at his right hand. When he shall be judged, let him be condemned: and let his prayer become sin. Let his days be few; and let another take his office, Psal. cix. 6-8. Men and brethren, the Scripture must needs have been fulfilled, which the Holy Ghost by the mouth of David spake before concerning Judas, which was guide to them that took Jesus. For he was numbered with us, and had obtained part of this ministry. Now this man purchased a field with the reward of iniquity; and falling headlong, he burst asunder in the midst, and all his bowels gushed out. And it was known unto all the dwellers at Jerusalem; insomuch as that field is called in their proper tongue, Aceldama, that is to say, the field of blood. For it is written in the book of Psalms, Let his habitation be desolate, and let no man dwell therein and his bishoprick let another take, Acts i. 16-20. b See on Matt. x. ver. 4. clause 2. a And the feast of harvest, the first fruits of thy labours, which thou hast sown in thy field: and the feast of ingathering, which is in the end of the year, when thou hast gathered in thy labours of the field. Three times in the year all thy males shall appear before the LORD God, Exod. xxiii. 16, 17. Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, The fifteenth day of this seventh month shall be the feast of tabernacles for seven days unto the LORD. On the first day shall be an holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work therein. Seven days ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD: on the eighth day shall be an holy convocation unto you; and ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD: it is a solemn assembly; and ye shall do no servile work therein. These are the feasts of the LORD, which ye shall proclaim to be holy convocations, to offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD, a burnt offering, and a meat offering, a sacrifice, and drink offerings, every thing A. D. 32. upon his day: Beside the sabbaths of the LORD, and beside your gifts, and beside all your vows, and beside all your freewill offerings, which ye give unto the LORD. Also in the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when ye have gathered in the fruit of the land, ye shall keep a feast unto the LORD seven days: on the first day shall be a sabbath, and on the eighth day shall be a sabbath. And ye shall take you on the first day the boughs of goodly trees, branches of palm trees, and the boughs of thick trees, and willows of the brook; and ye shall rejoice before the LORD your God seven days. And ye shall keep it a feast unto the LORD seven days in the year. It shall be a statute for ever in your generations: ye shall celebrate it in the seventh month. Ye shall dwell in booths seven days; all that are Israelites born shall dwell in know that I made the children of booths: That your generations may Israel to dwell in booths, when I brought them out of the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God, Lev. xxiii. 34-43. and Numb. xxix. 12-40. Thou shalt observe the feast of taber nacles seven days, after that thou hast gathered in thy corn and thy wine: And thou shalt rejoice in thy feast, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite, the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are within thy gates. Seven days shalt thou keep a solemn feast unto the LORD thy God in the place which the LORD shall choose: because the LORD thy God shall bless thee in all thine increase, and in all the works of thine hands, therefore, thou shalt surely rejoice. Three times in the year shall all thy males appear before the LORD thy God in the place which he shall choose; in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles: and they shall not appear before the LORD empty: Every man shall give as he is able, according to the blessing of the LORD thy God which he hath given thee, Deut. xvi. 13-17. And they found written in the law which the LORD had commanded by Moses, that the children of Israel should dwell in booths in the VER. 6. A. D. 32. Then Jesus said unto them, a My time is not yet come: but your time is alway ready feast of the seventh month: And that they should publish and proclaim in all their cities, and in Jerusalem, say- Λέγει οὖν αὐτοῖς ὁ Ἰησοῦς· ὁ καιρὸς ὁ ing, Go forth unto the mount, and fetch | ἐμὸς οὔπω πάρεστιν· ὁ δὲ καιρὸς ὁ ὑμέτερος olive branches, and pine branches, and | KávTOTé iSTIV ËTOIμOÇ. myrtle branches, and palm branches, and branches of thick trees, to make booths, as it is written. So the people went forth, and brought them, and made themselves booths, every one upon the roof of his house, and in their courts, and in the courts of the house of God, and in the street of the water gate, and in the street of the gate of Ephraim. And all the congregation of them that were come again out of the captivity made booths, and sat under the booths: for since the days of Jeshua the son of Nun unto that day had not the children of Israel done so. And there was very great gladness. Also day by day, from the first day unto the last day, he read in the book of the law of God. And they kept the feast seven days; and on the eighth day was a solemn assembly, according unto the manner, Neh. viii. 14-18. a Go ye up unto this feast: I go time is not yet full come, ver. 8. not up yet unto this feast; for my Jesus saith unto her, Woman, what have I to do with thee? mine hour is not yet come, ii. 4. These words spake Jesus, and lifted up his eyes to heaven, and, said, Father, the hour is come; glorify thy Son, that thy Son also may glorify thee, xvii. 1. VER. 7. Οὐ δύναται ὁ κόσμος μισεῖν ὑμᾶς· ἐμὲ δὲ μισεῖ, ὅτι ἐγὼ μαρτυρῶ περὶ αὐτοῦ, ὅτι τὰ ἔργα αὐτοῦ πονηρά ἐστιν. *The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify of it, that the works thereof are evil. a 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, John xv. 19. They are of the world : therefore speak they of the world, and the world heareth them, 1 John iv. 5. b If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you, John xv. 18. But this cometh to pass, that the word might be fulfilled that is written in their law, They hated me without a cause, 25. VER. 8. Ὑμεῖς ἀνάβητε εἰς τὴν ἑορτὴν ταύτην· ἐγὼ οὔπω ἀναβαίνω εἰς τὴν ἑορτὴν ταύτην, ὅτι ὁ καιρὸς ὁ ἐμὸς οὔπω πεπλήρωται. Go ye up unto this feast: I go not up yet unto this feast; for my time is not yet full come. VER. 9. Ταῦτα δὲ εἰπὼν αὐτοῖς, ἔμεινεν ἐν τῇ a For neither did his brethren believe l'aniλala. in him. And when his friends heard of it, they went out to lay hold on him: for they said, He is beside himself, Mark iii. 21. VOL. II. When he had said these words unto them, he abode still in Galilee. VER. 10. 'Ως δὲ ἀνέβησαν οἱ ἀδελφοὶ αὐτοῦ, τότε T |