Mt. xxiv.37.

38.

39.

40.

41.

Mar.xiii.33.

Mt.xxiv.42.

43.

44.

But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming Jerusalem. of the Son of man be.

For as in the days that were before the flood, they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark,

And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.

Then shall two be in the field: the one shall be taken, and the other left.

Two women shall be grinding at the mill, the one shall be taken, and the other left.

Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not when
the time is.

Watch, therefore: for ye know not what hour your
Lord doth come.

But know this, that if the good man of the house had
known in what watch the thief would have come 19, he
would have watched, and would not have suffered his
house to be broken up.

Therefore be ye also ready for in such an hour as ye
think not, the Son of man cometh.

45. Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his
lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them
meat in due season?

46.

Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh
shall find so doing.

47. Verily I say unto you, that he shall make him ruler
over all his goods.

49.

50.

But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming;

And shall begin to smite his fellow-servants, and to eat and drink with the drunken;

The lord of that servant shall come in a day when he looketh not for him, and in an hour that he is not aware of,

greatest of Prophets: and as Daniel had been able to fix the
time of the first advent, it must naturally excite surprise, that
the Messiah did not know the time of his own second advent.
The best mode of resolving the difficulty appears to me to be
that, which makes oidev equivalent to the causative of y; in
which case the verse may be thus rendered-" But the hour of
the second advent, neither man, nor angels, nor I the Messiah,
have made known to the world: my Father only shall reveal it,
by the suddenness of that day of judgment, in which He has
appointed the Son, to manifest himself in the glory of the Father.”
19 In this and the two following parables, our Saviour insists
upon his unexpected and sudden judgment. It is here describ-
ed as a thief ready to break into the house, if not constantly
guarded. This comparison is frequent-Luke xii. 39. 2 Pet. iii.
10. Rev. iii. 3. and xvi. 15. As these parables were at the time
exclusively addressed to the disciples, they must be supposed to
refer primarily to their ministry. They are however equally ap-
plicable to all Christians-"What I say unto you I say unto all,
Watch."-Mark xiii. 35-37. Luke xii. 41.

Mt.xxiv.51.

Mar.xiii.34.

35.

36.

37.

Lu. xxi. 31.

35.

36.

Mat. xxv. 1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

And shall cut him asunder, and appoint him a portion Jerusalem. with the hypocrites: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

For the Son of man is as a man taking a far journey, who left his house, and gave authority to his servants, and to every man his work, and commanded the porter to watch.

Watch ye, therefore: for ye know not when the master of the house cometh, at even, or at midnight, or at the cockcrowing, or in the morning:

Lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping.

And what I say unto you I say unto all, Watch.

And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you

unawares.

For as a snare shall it come on all them that dwell on the face of the earth.

Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.

SECTION XXII.

The Parable of the Wise and Foolish Virgins.

MATT. XXV. 1-13.

Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom.

And five of them were wise, and five were foolish.

They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them:

But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps. While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept.

And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold the
bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him.

7. Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps.
And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil;
for our lamps are gone out.

8.

9.

But the wise answered, saying, Not so; lest there be
not enough for us and you: but go ye rather to them that
sell, and buy for yourselves.

10. And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came;
and they that were ready went in with him to the mar-
riage and the door was shut.

11.

12.

13.

Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, Lord,
Lord, open to us.

But he answered and said, Verily I say unto you, I
know you not.

Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh.

Mat.xxv.14.

15.

16.

17.

18.

SECTION XXIII.

Parable of the Servants and the Talents.

MATT. XXV. 14-30.

For the kingdom of heaven is as a man travelling into a Jerusalem. far country, who called his own servants, and delivered unto them his goods.

And unto one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one; to every man according to his several ability; and straightway took his journey.

Then he that had received the five talents went and traded with the same, and made them other five talents. And likewise he that had received two, he also gained other two.

But he that had received one went and digged in the
earth, and hid his lord's money.

19. After a long time the lord of those servants cometh,
and reckoneth with them.

20.

21.

22.

23.

24.

25.

And so he that had received five talents came and brought other five talents, saying, Lord, thou deliveredst unto me five talents; behold, I have gained beside them five talents more.

His lord said unto him, Well done, thou good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.

He also that had received two talents, came and said, Lord, thou deliveredst unto me two talents: behold, I have gained two other talents beside them.

His lord said unto him, Well done, good and faithful servant; thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.

Then he which had received the one talent came and said, Lord, I knew thee that thou art an hard man, reaping where thou hast not sown, and gathering where thou hast not strawed.

And I was afraid, and went and hid thy talent in the
earth lo there thou hast that is thine.

26. His lord answered and said unto him, Thou wicked
and slothful servant, thou knewest that I reap where I
sowed not, and gather where I have not strawed:

27.

28.

29.

Thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the exchangers, and then at my coming I should have received mine own with usury.

Take therefore the talent from him, and give it unto him which hath ten talents.

For unto every one that hath shall be given, and he shall have abundance: but from him that hath not shall be taken away even that which he hath.

Mat.xxv.30.

Mat.xxv.31.

32.

33.

34.

35.

36.

37.

38.

39.

40.

41.

42.

43.

And cast ye the unprofitable servant into outer dark- Jerusalem. ness; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

SECTION XXIV.

Christ declares the Proceedings at the Day of Judgment.
MATT. XXV. 31. to the end.

When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all
the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne
of his glory:

And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats:

And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left.

Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father; inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world 20:

For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in:

Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me.

Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink?

When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee?

Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee?

And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.

Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:

For I was an hungred, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink :

I was a stranger, and ye took me not in: naked, and ye clothed me not: sick, and in prison, and ye visited

me not.

20 This is one of the passages on which many excellent men have endeavoured to establish the doctrine of a personal election to eternal life. Whereas the expression is a mere Hebraism. The Jews believed that there was a temple in heaven prepared for their nation before the foundation of the world; and in allusion to this received opinion this expression is here used, ýroiμaoμévŋv, Heb. ¡pwn—Tanchuma, fol. 61. 4. Templum superius, sc. cœleste, :wn be my ipina xinw, quod præparatum est, antequam mundus crearetur. The whole parable abounds with Hebraisms.-Schoetgen, Hor. Heb. vol. i. p. 219.

Mat.xxv.44.

45.

Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when Jerusalem. saw we thee an hungred, or athirst, or a stranger, or

naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto
thee?

Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily, I say unto
you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these,
ye did it not to me.

46. And these shall go away into everlasting punishment;
but the righteous into life eternal,

Lu. xxi. 37.

38.

SECTION XXV.

Christ retires from the City to the Mount of Olives.
LUKE XXI. 37, 38.

And in the day time he was teaching in the temple;
and at night he went out, and abode in the mount that is
called the mount of Olives.

And all the people came early in the morning to him in the temple, for to hear him.

SECTION XXVI.

Wednesday, second Day before the Crucifixion-Christ
foretells his approaching Death.

Mark xiv. 1. After two days was the feast of the Passover, and of unleavened bread.

Mat.xxvi.l.

And it came to pass when Jesus had finished all these
sayings, he said unto his disciples,

2. Ye know that after two days is the feast of the Pass-
over, and the Son of man is betrayed to be crucified.

Lu. xxii. 1.

Mat.xxvi.3.

4.

SECTION XXVII.

The Rulers consult how they may take Christ.

MATT. xxvi. 3—5.

MARK xiv. part of 1. and ver. 2.
LUKE Xxii. 1, 2.

Now the feast of unleavened bread drew nigh, which is
called the Passover.

Then assembled together the Chief Priests, and the Scribes, and the elders of the people, unto the palace of the High Priest, who was called Caiaphas,

And consulted

Mark xiv.1. [and] sought how they might take
Mat.xxvi.4. Jesus by subtilty,

Mark xiv.2. by craft, and put him to death.

3. But they said, Not on the feast day, lest there be an

uproar

Mat.xxvi.5. among the people: