abomination, or maketh a lie : but they which are written in the Lamb's book of life, xxi. 27.

VER. 21.

Εν αὐτῇ τῇ ὥρᾳ ἀγαλλιάσατο τῷ πνεύ ματι ὁ Ἰησοῦς, καὶ εἶπεν· Ἐξομολογοῦμαι σοι, Πάτερ, Κύριε τοῦ οὐρανοῦ καὶ τῆς γῆς, ὅτι ἀπέκρυψας ταῦτα ἀπὸ σοφῶν καὶ συνετῶν, καὶ ἀπεκάλυψας αὐτὰ νηπίοις· καὶ ὁ Πατὴρ, ὅτι οὕτω ςἐγένετο εὐδοκία ἔμπροσ θέν σου.

In that hour Jesus a rejoiced in spirit, and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes: even

so, Father; for so it seemed good in thy sight.

[At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes. Even so, Father: for so it | seemed good in thy sight, Matt. xi. 25, 26.]

a See on Matt. xi. ver. 25. 26.

VER. 22. Πάντα παρεδόθη μοι ὑπὸ τοῦ πατρός μου· καὶ οὐδεὶς γινώσκει τίς ἐστιν ὁ υἱὸς, εἰ μὴ ὁ πατήρ· καὶ τίς ἐστιν ὁ πατὴρ, εἰ μὴ ὁ υἱὸς, καὶ ᾧ ἐὰν βούληται ὁ υἱὸς ἀποκαλύψαι.

a*All things are delivered to me of my Father: and no man knoweth who the

Son is, but the Father; and who the Father is, but the Son, and he to whom the

Son will reveal him.

* Many ancient copies add, And turning to his disciples, he said,

[All things are delivered unto me 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, Matt. xi. 27.]

a See on Matt. xi. ver. 27. VER. 23.

Καὶ στραφεὶς πρὸς τοὺς μαθητὰς, κατ ̓ ἰδίαν εἶπε· Μακάριοι οἱ ὀφθαλμοὶ οἱ βλέποντες ἃ βλέπετε·

And he turned him uinto his disciples, and said privately, a Blessed are the eyes which see the things that ye see:

A. D. 32.

[But blessed are your eyes, for they see; and your ears, for they hear, Matt. xiii. 16.]

a See on Matt. xiii. ver. 16.
VER. 24.

Λέγω γὰρ ὑμῖν, ὅτι πολλοὶ προφῆται
καὶ βασιλεῖς ἠθέλησαν ἰδεῖν
ὑμεῖς βλέ
πετε, καὶ οὐκ εἶδον· καὶ ἀκοῦσαι ἃ ἀκούετε,
καὶ οὐκ ἤκουσαν.

For a I tell you, that many prophets and kings have desired to see those things which and to hear those things which ye hear, ye see, and have not seen them;

and have not heard them.

[For verily I say unto you, That many prophets and righteous men have desired to see those things which ye see, and have not seen them; and to hear those things which ye hear, and have not heard them, Matt. xiii. 17.] a See on Matt. xiii. ver. 17.

VER. 25.

Καὶ ἰδοὺ, νομικός τις ἀνέστη, ἐκπειρά ζων αὐτὸν, καὶ λέγων· Διδάσκαλε, τί ποίησας ζωὴν αἰώνιον κληρονομήσω ;

a And, behold, a certain lawyer stood up, and tempted him, saying, Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life? a See on Matt. xix. ver. 16.

VER. 26.

Ὁ δὲ εἶπε πρὸς αὐτὸν· Ἐν τῷ νόμῳ τί γέγραπται; πῶς ἀναγινώσκεις ;

He said unto him, a What is written in the law? how readest thou ?

if they speak not according to this
a To the law and to the testimony:
word, it is because there is no light in
them, Isa. viii. 20. Now we know,
that what things soever the law saith,
it saith to them who are under the
law; that every mouth may be stop-
ped, and all the world may become
guilty before God, Rom. iii. 19. For
Moses describeth the righteousness
which is of the law, That the man
which doeth those things shall live by
them, x. 5. And the law is not of
faith : but, The man that doeth them
shall live in them, Gal. iii. 12.

VER. 27.

Ὁ δὲ ἀποκριθεὶς, εἶπεν· ̓Αγαπήσεις Κύριον τὸν Θεόν σου ἐξ ὅλης τῆς καρδίας σου, καὶ ἐξ ὅλης τῆς ψυχῆς σου, καὶ ἐξ ὅλης τῆς ἰσχύος σου, καὶ ἐξ ὅλης τῆς διανοίας σου καὶ τὸν πλησίον σου ὡς σεαυτόν.

And he answering said, a Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbour as thyself.

* See on Matt. xxii. ver. 37. 39.

VER. 28.

A. D. 32.

at the place, came and looked on him, and passed by on the other side.

a Bring the tribe of Levi near, and present them before Aaron the priest, that they may minister unto him. And they shall keep his charge, and the charge of the whole congregation before the tabernacle of the congregation,

Εἶπε δὲ αὐτῷ· Ὀρθῶς ἀπεκρίθης· τοῦτο to do the service of the tabernacle.

ποίει, καὶ ζήσῃ.

And he said unto him, a Thou hast answered right: this do, and thou shalt

live.

And they shall keep all the instruments of the tabernacle of the congregation, and the charge of the children of Israel, to do the service of the tabernacle. And thou shalt give the

a See on Matt. xix. ver. 17. clause 2. Levites unto Aaron, and to his sons:

VER. 29.

they are wholly given unto him out of the children of Israel, Numb. iii. 6-9. And I have taken the Levites for all the first-born of the children of Israel.

Ὁ δὲ, θέλων δικαιοῦν ἑαυτὸν, εἶπε πρὸς τὸν Ἰησοῦν· Καὶ τίς ἐστί μου πλησίον; But he, a willing to justify himself, And I have given the Levites as a gift to Aaron and to his sons from among said unto Jesus, And who is my neigh-the children of Israel, to do the service

bour?

of the children of Israel in the tabernacle of the congregation, and to make an atonement for the children of Israel:

that there be no plague among the children of Israel, when the children of Israel come nigh unto the sanctuary. And Moses, and Aaron, and all the congregation of the children of Israel, did to the Levites according unto all that the LORD commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so did the children of Israel unto them. And the Levites were purified, and they washed their clothes; and Aaron of fered them as an offering before the LORD; and Aaron made an atonement for them to cleanse them. And after that went the Levites in to do their service in the tabernacle of the congregation before Aaron, and before his sons: as the LORD had commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so did they unto them. And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, This is it that belongeth unto the Levites: from twenty and fve years old and upward they shall go in to wait upon the service of the tabernacle of the congregation: And from the age of fifty years they shall cease waiting upon the service thereof, and shall serve no more: But shall minister with their brethren in the tabernacle of the congregation, to keep the charge, and shall do no ser

vice. Thus shalt thou do unto the Levites touching their charge, Numb. viii, 18-26.

LUKE XI. 11-13.

Τίνα δὲ ὑμῶν τὸν πατέρα αἰτήσει ὁ υἱὸς ἄρτον, μὴ λίθον ἐπιδώσει αὐτῷ ; εἰ καὶ ἰχθῦν, μὴ ἀντὶ ἰχθύος ὄφιν ἐπιδώσει αὐτῷ; If a son shall ask bread of any of you that is a futher, will he give him a stone? or if he ask a fish, will he for a fish give him a serpent?

a See on Matt. vii. ver. 9, 10.

VER. 12.

Η καὶ ἐὰν αἰτήσῃ ὡὸν, μὴ ἐπιδώσει αὐτῷ σκορπίον;

Or if he shall ask an egg, will he offer him a scorpion?

Gr. give.

VER. 13.

Εἰ οὖν ὑμεῖς πονηροὶ ὑπάρχοντες, οἴδατε ἀγαθὰ δόματα διδόναι τοῖς τέκνοις ὑμῶν, πόσῳ μᾶλλον ὁ Πατὴρ ὁ ἐξ οὐρανοῦ, δώσει Πνεῦμα ἅγιον τοῖς αἰτοῦσιν αὐτόν ;

a If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your heavenly Father give the bHoly Spirit to them that ask him?

a See on Matt. vii. ver. 11.

b 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 unto men, Matt. xii. 31. Go ye, therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, xxviii. 19. For David himself said by the Holy Ghost, The LORD said to my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy footstool, Mark xii. 36. But whatsoever shall be given you in that hour, that speak ye for it is not ye that speak, but the Holy Ghost, xiii. 11. And it was revealed unto him by the Holy Ghost, that he should not see death before he had seen the Lord's Christ, Luke ii. 26. And the Holy Ghost descended in a bodily shape like a dove upon him, iii. 22. For the Holy Ghost shall teach you in the same hour what ye ought to say, xii. 12. But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you, John xiv. 26. Until the day in which he was taken up, after that he through the Holy Ghost had given

A. D. 33. commandments unto the apostles whom he had chosen, Acts i. 2. But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost, and to keep back part of the price

of the land? Thou hast not lied unto men, but unto God, v. 3, 4. And we are his witnesses of these things; and so is also the Holy Ghost, whom God hath given to them that obey him, v. 32. Ye stiffnecked, and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye, vii. 11. As they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Ghost said, Separate me Barnabas and Saul, for the work whereunto I have called them, xiii. 2. For it seemed good to the Holy Ghost, and to us, to lay upon you no greater burden than these necessary things, xv. 28. Now when they had gone throughout Phrygia and the region of Galatia, and were forbidden of the Holy Ghost to preach the word in Asia, After they were come to Mysia, they assayed to go into Bithynia: but the Spirit suffered them not, xvi. 6, 7. Save that the Holy Ghost witnesseth in every city, saying that bonds and afflictions abide me, xx. 23. Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, 28. And when he was come unto us, he took Paul's girdle, and bound his own hands and feet, and said, Thus saith the Holy Ghost, So shall the Jews at Jerusalem bind the man that owneth this girdle, and shall deliver him into the hands of the Gentiles, xxi. 11. Well spake the Holy Ghost by Esaias the prophet, xxviii. 25. Which things also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual, 1 Cor. ii. 13. In whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise, Eph. i. 13. And grieve not the Holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption, iv. 30. Whereof the Holy Ghost also is a witness to us: for after that he had said before, Heb. x. 15. For 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.