с b because he had heard many things of him; and he hoped to have seen some miracle done by him. 9. Then he questioned with him in many words; but he answered him nothing. 10. And the chief priefts and fcribes ftood and ve hemently accused him. 11. And Herod with his men of war fet him at nought, and mocked him, and arayed him in a gorgeous robe, and fent him again to Pilate. 12. And the fame day Pilate and Herod were made friends together; for before they were at enmity between themfelves. 13. And Pilate when he had called together the chief priefts, and the rulers, and the people, 14. Said unto them, Ye have brought this man unto me, as one that perverteth the people and behold, I having examined him before you, have found no fault in this man touching those things whereof ye accufe him; 15. No, nor yet d Herod: for I fent you to him, and lo, nothing worthy of death is done unto him. 16. I will therefore chaftife him, and release him. 17. For off neceffity he must release one unto them at the feaft. 18. And they cried out all at once, faying, " Away with this man, and release unto us Barabbas: 19. (Who for a certain fedition made in the city, and for murder, was Mat. 14. 1. At that Time Herod the Tetrarch heard of the Fame of Jefus. † Mar. 6. 14. King Herod heard of him, for his Name was spread abroad. e b A&s 4. 27. For of a Truth against thy holy Child Jefus, whom thou haft anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles, and People of Ifrael,were gathered 1o together. Mat. 27. 23. The Governour faid, Why, what Evil hath he done? But they cried out the more, faying, Let him be crucified. 15 + Mar. 15. 14. Then Pilate faid unto them, Why, what Evil hath he done? but they cried the more exceedingly, Crucifie him. † Joh. caft 1 Pet. 2. 15. So is the Will 5 of God, that with well-doing ye may put to filence the Ignorance of foolish men. e + Mat. 27. 26. -When he had fcourged Jefus, he delivered him to be crucified. † Joh. 19. 1. Then Pilate therefore took Jefus and Scourged him. Mar. 15. 6. † Joh. 18. 39. See on Mat, 27. 15. † A&ts 3. 14. Ye denied the ho ly one and the juft, and defired a Murderer to be granted unto you. Acts 21. 36. The multitude of the People followed after, cry 18. 38. Pilate faith unto him, 20 ing, Away with him [Paul]. As What is Truth? And when he had faid this, he went out again unto the Jews, and faith unto them, I find in him no Fault at all. 22. 22. Away with fuch a Fellow from the Earth; for it is not fit that he fhould live. Joh. 19. 15. They cried out, Away with him, † Jh. 19.4. Pilate therefore went 25 away with him, crucifie him— forth again, and faith unto them, 1 prifon). 20. Pilate therefore willing to release Je ke again to them. 21. But they cried, faying, Crucrucifie him. 22. And he faid unto them the ne, Why, what evil hath he done? I have found no death in him: I will therefore chastise him, and let 23. And they were inftant with loud voices, requiit he might be crucified: and the voices of them, e chief priests prevailed. 24. And Pilate * gave [Or, affented] that it fhould be as they required. 25. released unto them, him that for fedition and mur caft into prifon, whom they had defired; but he d Jefus to their Will. 26. And as they led him a- tey laid hold upon one Simon a Cyrenian, coming he country, and on him they laid the cross, that he ear it after Jesus. 27. And there followed him a mpany of people, and of women, which alfo bewailamented him. 28. But Jefus turning unto them, faid, ers of Jerufalem, weep not for me, but weep for Ives, and for your children. 29. For behold, the re coming, in the which they fhall fay, Bleffed are Darren, and the wombs that never bare, and the hich never gave fuck. 30. Then fhall they " befay to the mountains, Fall on us; and to the Cover us. 31. For if they do these things in a k See on Mat. 27.32. * * n green the Holes of the Rocks, and into the Caves of the Earth; for fear of the Lord, and for the Glory of his Majefty, when he arifeth to 5 fhake terribly the Earth. Hof. 10. 8. They fhall fay to the Mountains, Cover us, and to the Hills, Fall on us. Rev. 6. 16. The Kings of the Earth, &c.faid to the Mountains and Rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the Face of him that fitteth on the Throne, and from the Wrath of the Lamb. † Rev. 9. 6. In those 15 Days fhall men feck Death, and fhall not find it; and fhall defire to die, and Death fhall flee from them. 10 + Prov. 11. 31. The Righteous Job 3. 21. Which long for 20 fhall be recompenced in the Earth, , but it cometh not, and dig more than for hid Treasures. 2. 19. They shall go into much more the Wicked and the Sin ner. Ifa. 1o. 12. It shall come to работ b (1) green tree, what fhall be done in the dry? 32. And there were alfo a two other malefactors led with him to be put to death. 33. And when they were come to the place which is called Calvary [Or, the place of a Scull], there they crucified him, and the malefactors; one on the right hand, and the other on the left. 34. Then faid Jefus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do. And с ત they God and if it first begin at us, what shall the End be of them that obey not the Gospel of God? * at Ifa. 53 12. He was num5 bred with the Tranfgreffors.Mat. 27. 38. Then were there two Thieves crucified with him: one on the right Hand, and another on the left. b† Mat. 27. 33. And when they were come to a Place called Golgo tha, that is to fay, a Place of a Scull. pafs, that when the Lord hath performed his whole Work [of Judgment] upon Mount Zion, and on Je rufalem, I will punish the Fruit of the ftout Heart of the King of Affyria, and the Glory of his high Looks. Jer. 25. 29. For lo, I begin to bring evil on the City which is called by my Name, and fhould ye be utterly unpunished ?10 Ye fhall not be unpunished: for I will call for a Sword upon all the Inhabitants of the Earth, faith the † Mar. 15. 22. And they Lord of Hofts. Jer. 49. 12. Thus bring him unto the Place Golgotha faith the Lord, Behold, they whofe 15 which is, being interpreted, the Place of a Scull. † Joh. 19. 17, 18. Judgment was not to drink of the Cup, have affuredly drunken, and And he bearing his Crofs, went art thou he that fhalt altogether go forth into a Place, called the Place unpunished? thou shalt not go un- of a Scull, which is called in Hepunifhed, but thou fhalt furely 20 brew, Golgotha. Where they crudrink of it. Ezek. 20. 47. Thus cified him, and two other with faith the Lord God, Behold, I will him, on either fide one, and Jefus in the midft. kindle a Fire in thee, and it fhall devour every green Tree in thee, and every dry Tree: the flaming Flame 25 fhall not be quenched, and all Faces from the South to the North fhall be burnt therein. Dan. 7.2 1. I beheld, and the fame Horn made War with the Saints, and prevailed against them. 1 Pet. 4. 17. For the Time is come that Judgment must begin at the House of 30 † A&ts 7. 60. And he kneeled down, and cried with a loud Voice, Lord, lay not this Sin to their charge. Mat. 5. 44. Pray for them which despitefully ufe you and per fecute you. ti Cor. 4. 12. Being reviled, we blefs. I Bre† A&s 3. 17. And now, thren, I wot that through ignorance ye did it, as did alfo your Rulers. (1) Righteous and Good Men are in the holy Scriptures compared to a green flourishing Tree, whofe Leaves do not wither, Pial. 1. 3. and the Wicked and Ungodly, to a barren and dry Tree, fit only for the Fire. Thus when God by Ezekiel, Chap. 20. 47. threatens that he would kin dle a Fire which should devour every green Tree, and every dry Tree, the Meaning is, he would cut off the Righteous and the Wicked. The Senfe therefore of these Words is, If fuch Afflictions befal me, who have not deferv d them, what Punishments will God bring upon the Wicked, who are the Inftruments of them, and are fitted for Deftruction, as dry Wood is for the Fire ? e they parted his raiment, and caft lots. 35. And the f peo- Z 2 i See on Joh. 12. 26. kt Mat. 27.45. Now from the fixth Hour there was Darkness over all the Land, unto the ninth Hour. st Mar. 15.33. When the fixth Hour was come, there was Darkness over the whole Land, until the ninth Hour. † See on Mat. 27. 51. (1) To reconcile this with St. Matthew, who fpeaks as if both the Thieves reviled our Lord, let it be obferved, that Writers, both facred. and prophane, frequently ufe the plural Number for the fingular. Thus, What is faid to be written in the Prophets, is only written in one of them; and what is faid to be fpoken by the Difciples, was only faid by one of them. Farther, St. Luke writing a fuller Account of this matter, is more particular in relating the Circumftances than St. Matthew, who feems to defign to Record only fo much as would fhew che Fulfilling of the Prophecies, particularly that which fays, He was numbred with the Tranf greffors. Whether this Malefactor had done any thing towards a true Re pentance before he came to Execution or not, is not recorded, and therefore uncertain. But thus much is certain, that his believing in Chrift at this firft Opportunity, bears no refemblance to the late Repentance of Chriftians, who have believed in Chrift, and notwithstanding have all their Lives difobeyed him. S ร with a loud voice, he faid, Father, into thy hands I com mend my fpirit: and having faid thus, he gave up the ghoft. 47. Now when the centurion faw what was done, he glorified God, faying, Certainly this was a righteous man. 48. And all the people that came together to that fight, beholding the things which were done, fmote their breafts, and returned. 49. And all his acquaintance, and the women that followed him from Galilee, ftood afar off beholding thefe things. 50. ¶ And behold, there was a man named Jofeph, a counseller, and he was a good man, and a juft: 51. (The fame had not confented to the counsel and deed of them) he was of Arimathea, a city of the Jews (who alfo himself waited for the kingdom of God.) 52. This man went unto Pilate, and begged the body of Jefus. 53. And he took it down, and wrapped it in linen, and laid it in a fepulchre that was hewn in ftone, wherein never man before was laid. 54. And that day was the preparation, and the fabbath drew on. 55. And the women alfo which came with him from Galilee, followed after, and beheld the fepulchre, and how his body was laid. 56. And they returned, and prepared fpices and ointment; and refted the fabbath-day, according to the commandment. f g CHA P. XXIV. OW upon the first day of the week, very early in the morning, they came unto the fepulchre, bringing the spices which they had prepared, and certain others with them. 2. And they found the ftone rolled away from the fepulchre. Joh. 19. 38. See on Luk.:. † Mat. 27. 62. Now the next Day that followed the Day of the preparation. f Mat. 27. 50. Jefus, when he had cried again with a loud Voice, yeilded up the Ghoft. + Mar. 15. 37. And Jefus cried with a loud Voice, and gave up the Ghoft. t Joh. 19. 30. When Jefus therefore had received the Vinegar, he faid, It is finished: and he bowed his Head, and gave up the Ghoft. 27. 54. Mar 15. 39. See on Mat. 1Ο d Pfal. 38. 11. My Lovers and my Friends ftand aloof from my 15 Sore, and my Kinsmen ftand afar off. Luk. 8. 2. And certain W men which had been healed of evil Spirits and Infirmities, Mary called Magdalene, out of whom went feven Devils. it Exod. 20. 10. In it thou shalt not do any Work. kt Mar. 16. 1. See on Mat, 28. 1. † Joh. 20. 1. |