peace, 1 Sam. x. 27. And she came to Jerusalem with a very great train, with camels that bare spices, and very much gold, and precious stones; and when she was come to Solomon, she communed with him of all that was in her heart. And she gave the king an hundred and twenty talents of gold, and of spices very great store, and precious stones: there came no more such abundance of spices as these which the queen of Sheba gave to king Solomon, 1 Kings x. 2. 10. The kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall bring presents: the kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts. And he shall live, and to him shall be given of the gold of Sheba: prayer also shall be made for him continually; and daily shall he be praised, Ps. lxxii. 10. 15. The multitude of camels shall cover thee, the dromedaries of Midian and Ephah; all they from Sheba shall come: they shall bring gold and incense; and they shall shew forth the praises of the LORD, Isa. lx. 6. Take thou also unto thee principal spices, of pure myrrh five hundred shekels, and of sweet cinnamon half so much, even two hundred and fifty shekels, and of sweet calamus two hundred and fifty shekels. And the LORD said unto Moses, Take unto thee sweet spices, stacte, and onycha, and galbanum; these sweet spices with pure frankincense: of each shall there be a like weight, Ex. xxx. 23.34. And when any will offer a meat-offering unto the LORD, his offering shall be of fine flour; and he shall pour oil upon it, and put frankincense thereon: And he shall bring it to Aaron's sons the priests, and he shall take thereout his handful of the flour thereof, and of the oil thereof, with all the frankincense thereof; and the priest shall burn the memorial of it upon the altar, to be an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD, Lev. ii. 1, 2. And he shall take of it his handful, of the flour of the meat-offering, and of the oil thereof, and all the frankincense which is upon the meat-offering, and shall burn it upon the altar for a sweet savour, even the memorial of it, unto the LORD, vi. 15. One spoon of ten shekels of gold full of incense, Numb. vii. 14. The golden Α. Μ. 4001. spoons were twelve, full of incense, weighing ten shekels apiece, after the shekel of the sanctuary: all the gold of the spoons was an hundred and twenty shekels, 86. All thy garments smell of myrrh, and aloes, and cassia, out of the ivory palaces, whereby they have made thee glad, Ps. xlv. 8. For from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same my name shall be great among the Gentiles; and in every place incense shall be offered unto my name, and a pure offering: for my name shall be great among the heathen, saith the LORD of Hosts, Mal. i. 11. And when he had taken the book, the four beasts and four and twenty elders fell down before the Lamb, having every one of them harps, and golden vials full of odours, which are the prayers of saints, Rev. v. 8. VER. 12. Καὶ χρηματισθέντες κατ ̓ ὄναρ μὴ ἀνακάμψαι πρὸς Ἡρώδην, δι ̓ ἄλλης ὁδοῦ ἀνεχώρησαν εἰς τὴν χώραν αὐτῶν. And being warned of God in a dream that they should not return to Herod, a they departed into their own country another way. a But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the menchildren alive, Exod. i. 17. But Peter and John answered and said unto them, Whether it be right in the sight of God to hearken unto you more than unto God, judge ye, Acts iv. 19. Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men, v. 29. For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He taketh the wise in their own craf. tiness, 1 Cor. iii. 19. VER. 13. ̓Αναχωρησάντων δὲ αὐτῶν, ἰδοὺ ἄγγελος Κυρίου φαίνεται κατ ̓ ὄναρ τῷ Ἰωσὴφ, λέγων· Ἐγερθεὶς παράλαβε τὸ παιδίον καὶ τὴν μητέρα αὐτοῦ, καὶ φεῦγε εἰς Αἴγυπτον, καὶ ἴσθι ἐκεῖ, ἕως ἂν εἴπω σοί· μέλλει γὰρ Ἡρώδης ζητεῖν τὸ παιδίον, τοῦ ἀπολέσαι αὐτό. And when they were departed, behold, a the angel of the Lord appeareth to Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and be thou there c until 1 bring thee word: for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him. See on clause 1, ver. 20. ch. i. b But 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, Matt. x. 23. And the woman fled into the wilder'ness, where she hath a place prepared of God, that they should feed her there a thousand two hundred and threescore days, Rev. xii. 6. And to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness, into her place, where she is nourished for a time, andtimes, and half a time, from the face of the serpent, 14. c But when Herod was dead, behold, an angel of the Lord appeareth in a dream to Joseph in Egypt, saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel: for they are dead which sought the young child's life, Matt. ii. 19, 20. d Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was ex ceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had diligently inquired of the wise men, Matt. ii. 16. And Pharaoh charged all his people, saying, Every son that is born ye shall cast into the river, and every daughter ye shall save alive, Exod. i. 22. The same dealt subtilly with our kindred, and evil entreated our fathers, so that they cast out their young children, to the end they might not live, Acts vii. 19. And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth and the dragon stood before the woman which was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it was born, Rev. xii. 4. VER. 14. Ο δὲ ἐγερθεὶς παρέλαβε τὸ παιδίον καὶ τὴν μητέρα αὐτοῦ νυκτὸς, καὶ ἀνεχώρησεν | εἰς Αἴγυπτον· When he arose, he took the young child and his mother by night, and departed into Egypt: VER. 15. Α. Μ. 4001. Καὶ ἦν ἐκεῖ ἕως τῆς τελευτῆς Ἡρώδου ἵνα πληρωθῆ τὸ ῥηθὲν ὑπὸ τοῦ Κυρίου διὰ τοῦ προφήτου, λέγοντος· Ἐξ Αἰγύπτου ἐκάλεσα τὸν υἱὸν μου. And was there until the death of Herod: b that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying, Out of Egypt have I called my son. a But when Herod was dead, behold, an angel of the Lord appeareth in a dream to Joseph in Egypt, Matt. ii. 19. b See on ver. 22. ch. i. When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and called my son out of Egypt, Hos. xi. 1. VER. 16. Τότε Ἡρώδης, ἰδὼν ὅτι ἐνεπαίχθη ὑπὸ τῶν μάγων, ἐθυμώθη λίαν· καὶ ἀποστείλας ἀνεῖλε πάντας τοὺς παῖδας τοὺς ἐν Βηθλεέμ, καὶ ἐν πᾶσι τοῖς ὁρίοις αὐτῆς, ἀπὸ διετοῦς καὶ κατωτέρω, κατὰ τὸν χρόνον ὃν ἠκρίβωσε παρὰ τῶν μάγων. Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had diligently inquired of the wise men. That she called unto the men of her house, and spake unto them, saying, See, he hath brought in an Hebrew unto us to mock us; he came in unto me to lie with me, and I cried with a loud voice, Gen. xxxix. 14. And she spake unto him according to these words, saying, The Hebrew servant, which thou hast brought unto us, came in unto me to mock me, 17. And Balaam said unto the ass, Because thou hast mocked me I would there were a sword in mine hand, for now would I kill thee, Num. xxii. 29. And Delilah said unto Samson, Behold, thou hast mocked me, and told me lies: now tell me, I pray thee, wherewith thou mightest be bound, Judg. xvi. 10. I am as one mocked of his neighbour, who calleth upon God, and he answereth him: the just upright man is laughed to scorn, Job xii. 4. b A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's wrath is hea vier than them both. Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous, Prov. xxvii. 3, 4. Then Nebuchadnezzar in his rage and fury commanded to bring Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. Then they brought these men before the king. Then was Nebuchadnezzar full of fury, and the form of his visage was changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego: therefore he spake, and commanded that they should heat the furnace one seven times more than it was wont to be heated. And he com manded the most mighty men that were in his army to bind Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, and to cast them into the burning fiery furnace, Dan. iii. 13. 19, 20. Then Herod when he had privily called the wise men, inquired of them Α. Μ. 4002. mourning. Thus his father wept for him, 33-35. And Jacob their fa ther said unto them, Me have ye bereaved of my children: Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and ye will take Benjamin away: all these things are against me, xlii. 36. But man dieth, and wasteth away: yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he? Job xiv. 10. VER. 19. Τελευτήσαντος δὲ τοῦ Ἡρώδου, ἰδοὺ, ἄγγελος Κυρίου κατ' ὄναρ φαίνεται τῷ Ἰωσὴφ ἐν Αἰγύπτῳ, But when Herod was dead, behold, an angel of the Lord appeareth in a dream to Joseph in Egypt, VER. 20. diligently what time the star appear- καὶ τὴν μητέρα αὐτοῦ, καὶ πορεύου εἰς γῆν ed, Matt. ii. 7. VER. 17. Τότε ἐπληρώθη τὸ ῥηθὲν ὑπὸ Ἱερεμίου τοῦ προφήτου, λέγοντος· Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremy the prophet, saying, VER. 18. Φωνὴ ἐν ̔Ῥαμᾷ ἡκούσθη, θρῆνος καὶ κλαυθμὸς καὶ ὀδυρμὸς πολὺς, ̔Ραχήλ κλαίουσα τὰ τέκνα αὐτῆς· καὶ οὐκ ἤθελε παρακληθῆναι, ὅτι οὐκ εἰσί. In Rama was there a voice heard, lamentation, and weeping, and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children, and b would not be comforted, because they are not. Thus saith the LORD; A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation, and bitter weeping; Rachel weeping for her children refused to be comforted for her children, because they were not, Jer. xxxi. 15. b And he returned unto his brethren, and said, The child is not: and I, whither shall I go? Gen. xxxvii. 30. And he knew it, and said, It is my son's coat; an evil beast hath devoured him: Jo seph is without doubt rent in pieces. And Jacob rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his loins, and mourned for his son many days. And all his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him; but he refused to be comforted; and he said, For I will go down into the grave unto my son Λέγων· Ἐγερθεὶς παράλαβε τὸ παιδίον Ἰσραήλ· τεθνήκασι γὰρ οἱ ζητοῦντες τὴν ψυχὴν τοῦ παιδίου. Saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel: for they are dead which sought the young child's life. a And the LORD said unto Moses in Midian, Go, return into Egypt: for all the men are dead which sought thy life, Exod. iv. 19. VER. 21. Ὁ δὲ ἐγερθεὶς παρέλαβε τὸ παιδίον καὶ τὴν μητέρα αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἦλθεν εἰς γῆν Ἰσραήλ. And he arose, and took the young child and his mother, and came into the land of Israel. a Thus did Noah; according to all that God commanded him, so did he, Gen. vi. 22. By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing whither he went, Heb. xi. 8. VER. 22. ̔Ακούσας δὲ ὅτι ̓Αρχέλαος Βασιλεύει ἐπὶ τῆς Ἰουδαίας ἀντὶ Ἡρώδου τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτοῦ, ἐφοβήθη ἐκεῖ ἀπελθεῖν· χρηματισθεὶς δὲ κατ ̓ ὄνας, ἀνεχώρησεν εἰς τὰ μέρη τῆς Γαλιλαίας. But when he heard that Archelaus did reign in Judea in the room of his father Herod, he was afraid to go thither: notwithstanding, being warned of God in a dream, a he turned aside into the parts of Galilee: a Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to Jordan unto John, to be baptized of him, Matt. iii. 13. And when they had performed all things according to the law of the Lord, they returned into Galilee, to their own city Nazareth, Luke ii. 39. 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? John vii. 41, 42. They answered and said unto him, Art thou also of Galilee? Search, and look: for out of Galilee ariseth no prophet, 52. VER. 23. Καὶ ἐλθὼν κατώκησεν εἰς πόλιν λεγομέτην Ναζαρέτ ̓ ὅπως πληρωθῇ τὸ ῥηθὲν διὰ τῶν προφητῶν, ὅτι Ναζωραῖος κληθήσεται. And he came and dwelt in a city called a Nazareth: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophets, b He shall be called a Nazurene. a They answered him, Jesus of Nazareth. Jesus saith unto them, I am he. And Judas also, which betrayed him, stood with them. Then asked he them again, Whom seek ye? And they said, Jesus of Nazareth, John xviii. 5. 7. And Pilate wrote a title, and put it on the cross. And the writing was, JESUS OF NAZARETH THE KING OF THE JEWS, xix. 19. Yemen of Israel, hear these words; Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God did by him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves also know, Acts ii. 22. And when he was gone out into the porch, another maid saw him, and said unto them that were there, This fellow was also with Jesus of Nazareth, Matt. xxvi. 71. b He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not, Isa. liii. 3. A. D. 26. thing come out of Nazareth? Philip saith unto him, Come and see, John i. 45, 46. For we have found this man a pestilent fellow, and a mover of sedition among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes, Acts xxiv. 5. CHAP. III. VER 1. Εν δὲ ταῖς ἡμέραις ἐκείναις παραγίνεται ̓Ἰωάννης ὁ Βαπτιστὴς, κηρύσσων ἐν τῇ ἐρή μῳ τῆς Ἰουδαίας, In those days b came John the Baptist, preaching in d the wilderness of Judea, a Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Cæsar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judæa, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of Ituræa and of the region of Trachonitis, and Lysanias the tetrarch of Abilene, Annas and Caiaphas being the High Priests, the word of God came unto John the son of Zacharias in the wilderness, Luke iii. 1, 2. b Verily I say unto you, Among them that are born of women there hath not risen a greater than John the Baptist: notwithstanding he that is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he, Matt. xi. 11. And said unto his servants, This is John the Baptist; he is risen from the dead; and therefore mighty works do shew forth themselves in him, xiv. 2. 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. 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. 25, 26. John did baptize in the wilder Philip findeth Nathanael, and saithness, and preach the baptism of re pentance for the remission of sins, Mark i. 4. But when Herod heard thereof, he said, It is John, whom I beheaded: he is risen from the dead. unto him, We have found him, of whom Moses in the law, and the prophets, did write, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph. And Nathanael said unto him, Can there any good | For Herod himself had sent forth and A. D. 26. MATT. III. 1, 2. A. D. 26. laid hold upon John, and bound him | the spirit and power of Elias, to turn in prison for Herodias' sake, his brother Philip's wife: for he had married her. For John had said unto Herod, It is not lawful for thee to have thy brother's wife. Therefore Herodias had a quarrel against him, and would have killed him; but she could not: For Herod feared John, knowing that he was a just man and an holy, and observed him; and when he heard him, he did many things, and heard him gladly. And when a convenient day was come, that Herod on his birth-day made a supper to his lords, high captains, and chief estates of Galilee; And when the daughter of the said Herodias came in, and danced, and pleased Herod, and them that sat with him, the king said unto the damsel, Ask of me whatsoever thou wilt, and I will give it thee. And he sware unto her, Whatsoever thou shalt ask of me, I will give it thee, unto the half of my kingdom. And she went forth, and said unto her mother, What shall I ask? And she said, The head of John the Baptist. And she came in straightway with haste unto the king, and asked, saying, I will that thou give me by and by in a charger the head of John the Baptist. And the king was exceeding sorry; yet for his oath's sake, and for their sakes which sat with him, he would not reject her. And immediately the king sent an executioner, and commanded his head! to be brought; and he went and beheaded him in the prison, And brought his head in a charger, and gave it to the damsel: and the damsel gave it to her mother. And when his disciples heard of it, they came and took up his corpse, and laid it in a tomb, vi. 16-29. But the angel said unto him, Fear not Zacharias: for thy prayer is heard; and thy wife Elizabeth shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his name John. And thou shalt have joy and gladness; and many shall rejoice at his birth. 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 Lord their God. And he shall go before him in 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. 13-17. 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. But Herod the tetrarch, being reproved by him for Herodias his brother Philip's wife, and for all the evils which Herod had done, Added yet this above all, that he shut up John in prison, Luke iii. 19, 20. There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all men through him might believe. He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light, John i. 6-8. 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. Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low: and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain: And the glory of the LORD shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it. The voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry? y? All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field. Isa. xl. 3-6. And preached, saying, There cometh one mightier htier than I after me, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to stoop down and unloose, Mark i. 7. And he shall go before him in the spirit and power of Elias, 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. 17. d See on clause 1. ver. 3. VER. 2. καὶ λέγων· Μετανοεῖτε· ἤγγικε γὰρ ἡ βασιλεία τῶν οὐρανῶν. And saying, a Repent ye: b for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. a From that time Jesus began to preach and to say, Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand, Matt. iv. 17. But go ye and learn what that meaneth, I will have mercy, and not |