John 12 Cross References - Mace

¹ Six days before the passover Jesus came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, who had been dead, and raised to life again. ² there a supper was provided for him; Martha was in waiting: but Lazarus was one of the guests that sat at table with him. ³ but Mary taking a pound of the oil of spikenard which was very costly, anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped them with her hair: so that the house was filled with the odour of the perfume. ⁴ whereupon one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, who was to betray him, ⁵ said, why was not this ointment sold for three hundred pence, to be given to the poor? ⁶ this he said, not out of any concern for the poor; but because being purse-bearer he used to pilfer what was in bank. ⁷ then said Jesus, let her alone: against the day of my burial hath she kept this. ⁸ the poor you will always have with you; but me you will not always have. ⁹ a great multitude of Jews knowing that Jesus was there, went thither, not for his sake only, but likewise to see Lazarus, whom he had raised from the dead. ¹⁰ for the chief priests had resolved to put even Lazarus to death; ¹¹ because he was the occasion that many of the Jews left them, and believed on Jesus. ¹² The next day, a crowd of people that were come to the feast, hearing that Jesus was on the road to Jerusalem, took branches of palm-trees, ¹³ and went to meet him, crying, "Hosanna, blessed is the king of Israel that comes in the name of the Lord." ¹⁴ now Jesus was riding upon a young ass, which he got by the way; as it is written, ¹⁵ "fear not, daughter of Sion: behold, thy king comes sitting on an ass's colt." ¹⁶ this passage his disciples did not understand at the first: but when Jesus was glorified, they remembred how they had mounted him, and perceiv'd that those words related to him. ¹⁷ the people that were present testified, that he called Lazarus out of his grave, and raised him from the dead. ¹⁸ and it was upon the rumour of this miracle, that the people crowded to him. ¹⁹ the Pharisees therefore said among themselves, don't you perceive we lose ground? you see what a world of followers attend him. ²⁰ In the mean time, among the rest that came to worship at the feast, ²¹ there were certain Greeks, who address'd themselves to Philip, who was of Bethsaida in Galilee, saying, sir, we would fain see Jesus. ²² Philip went to tell Andrew: and then both of them mention'd it to Jesus. ²³ but Jesus answered them, saying, the time is come, when the son of man is to be glorified. ²⁴ verily, verily I say unto you, when a corn of wheat is thrown into the ground, there it lies a single grain unless it dies: but if it die, it becomes very fruitful. ²⁵ he that loveth his life, shall lose it: but he that sacrifices his life in this world, shall preserve it to eternity. ²⁶ if any man would serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there also shall my servant be: whoever serves me, him will my father reward. ²⁷ "Now is my soul troubled; what! shall I say, father, save me from this concern? but for this cause am I come, even for this very concern. ²⁸ father, glorify thy name." then there came this voice from heaven, "I have glorified it, and will glorify it again." ²⁹ the people therefore present who heard the noise, said it was thunder: others said, an angel spake to him. ³⁰ Jesus said, this voice came not for my sake, but for yours. ³¹ now is this world condemn'd: now shall the prince of this world be cast out. ³² as for me, when I shall be lifted up from the earth, I will draw all men unto me. ³³ (this he said to signify what death he should die.) ³⁴ Upon which the people said to him, we have learnt from the law, that the Messiah is to live for ever: why do you say then, the son of man must be lift up? who is this son of man? ³⁵ Jesus answer'd them, yet a little while is the light with you: walk while ye have the light, lest darkness surprize you: for he that walketh in darkness, does not know whither he goes. ³⁶ while ye have the light, believe in the light, that ye may be the children of light. after having said these things, Jesus retir'd, and conceal'd himself from them. ³⁷ But though he had done so many miracles in their presence, yet they did not believe on him: ³⁸ so that the passage of Esaias the prophet was fulfilled, where he says, "Lord, who hath believed our report? and to whom hath the arm of the Lord been revealed? ³⁹ therefore they could not believe, according to what Esaias said in another place, "he hath blinded their eyes, ⁴⁰ and hardned their heart; that they should not see with their eyes, nor understand with their heart, and be converted, and I should heal them." ⁴¹ these things said Esaias, when he saw his glory, and spake of him. ⁴² nevertheless there were many even among the chief rulers, who believed on him; but they did not own it publickly for fear the Pharisees should excommunicate them. ⁴³ for they preferr'd their own reputation to the glory of God. ⁴⁴ Then Jesus rais'd his voice, and said, he that believeth on me, does not so much believe on me, as on him that sent me. ⁴⁵ and he that contemplates me, contemplates him that sent me. ⁴⁶ I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me, might not abide in darkness. ⁴⁷ but if any man hear my words, and does not believe them, it is not I that condemn him: for I came not to condemn the world, but to save the world. ⁴⁸ he that rejecteth me, and does not embrace my doctrine, hath one that condemns him: the doctrine that I have delivered, that shall condemn him in the last day. ⁴⁹ for I have not spoken for my self; but the father who sent me, he commission'd me, what I should teach, and what I should speak. ⁵⁰ and I know that it is a commission of eternal life: whatever therefore I say, I deliver just as the father directed me.

¹⁷ then leaving them, he went out of the city to Bethany, where he stay'd that night.

⁶ Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon who had been a leper, ⁷ there came to him a woman with an alabaster-box of very precious ointment, and poured it on his head, while he was at table. ⁸ one of his disciples seeing this, with indignation said, to what purpose is this waste? ⁹ for this could have been sold for a great price, which might have been given to the poor. ¹⁰ Jesus perceiving this, said to them, why do you trouble the woman? for what she has done is out of regard to me. ¹¹ ye have the poor always with you, but me ye have not always.

¹¹ Jesus having made his entrance into Jerusalem, went into the temple, and after he had survey'd the whole, it being then late, he departed with the twelve to Bethany.

³ now being at Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, while he was at table, there came a woman with a viol full of the perfume of spikenard, which was very costly; and she opened the viol, and poured it upon his head. ⁴ but some had a secret indignation, and said, why must the perfume be so wasted? ⁵ for we could have sold it for above two hundred denarys, and given them to the poor: and they inveighed against her. ⁶ but Jesus said, let her alone, why do you disquiet her? it is commendable, what she has done out of respect to me. ⁷ the poor you have always with you, and you may relieve them whenever you please: but me you will not always have. ⁸ she has done what she could: she has perfum'd my body previously to my burial.

⁵⁰ At length he led them out as far as Bethany; and stretching out his hands, he gave them his benediction.

¹ Now a certain man was sick, named Lazarus, who was of Bethany, the town of Mary, and of Martha her sister.

⁴⁴ and he that was dead came forth, his body wrapt in a winding sheet: and his face bound about with a napkin. loose him, said Jesus, and let him go.

⁵⁵ now the passover of the Jews being nigh: the people of that country went in great numbers to Jerusalem before the passover, in order to purify themselves.

²⁰ In the mean time, among the rest that came to worship at the feast,

⁶ Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon who had been a leper,

³ now being at Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, while he was at table, there came a woman with a viol full of the perfume of spikenard, which was very costly; and she opened the viol, and poured it upon his head.

²⁹ Levi having prepared a handsom entertainment in his own house for him, a great number of publicans, and others, were likewise at table.

³⁸ Another time, as they were on a journey, Jesus enter'd into a village, where a woman, named Martha, entertain'd him at her house. ³⁹ now she had a sister, named Mary, who placed herself at the feet of Jesus, to attend to his discourse. ⁴⁰ but Martha perplex'd with the hurry of her affairs, came to him, and said, Lord, don't you observe my sister has left me to serve all alone: direct her therefore to give me some assistance. ⁴¹ but Jesus replied to her, Martha, Martha, you trouble yourself about a world of cares: ⁴² but the best and the most necessary concern is, what Mary has pitch'd upon, of which she shall never be deprived.

³⁷ happy those servants, whom the master at his arrival shall find thus watching: I assure you, he shall gird himself, and make them sit at table, and will come to serve them.

¹² Then he said to the Pharisee, that had invited him, when you give a dinner, or a supper, don't call your friends, or your brethren, or kinsmen, or wealthy neighbours; lest they invite you again, and make you a requital.

²⁷ for who is greatest, he that sits at table, or he that waits? is it not the person at table? yet I am among you as one that serves.

⁴³ when he had spoke this, he cried with a loud voice, Lazarus, come forth. ⁴⁴ and he that was dead came forth, his body wrapt in a winding sheet: and his face bound about with a napkin. loose him, said Jesus, and let him go.

⁹ a great multitude of Jews knowing that Jesus was there, went thither, not for his sake only, but likewise to see Lazarus, whom he had raised from the dead. ¹⁰ for the chief priests had resolved to put even Lazarus to death;

²⁰ behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, I will sup with him, and he shall afterwards be entertain'd by me.

⁶ Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon who had been a leper, ⁷ there came to him a woman with an alabaster-box of very precious ointment, and poured it on his head, while he was at table. ⁸ one of his disciples seeing this, with indignation said, to what purpose is this waste? ⁹ for this could have been sold for a great price, which might have been given to the poor. ¹⁰ Jesus perceiving this, said to them, why do you trouble the woman? for what she has done is out of regard to me. ¹¹ ye have the poor always with you, but me ye have not always. ¹² for her pouring this ointment on my body, is preparative to my burial. ¹³ I declare unto you, in whatever quarter of the world, this part of the gospel-history shall be related, what this woman has now done shall be there mentioned to her praise.

³ now being at Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, while he was at table, there came a woman with a viol full of the perfume of spikenard, which was very costly; and she opened the viol, and poured it upon his head. ⁴ but some had a secret indignation, and said, why must the perfume be so wasted? ⁵ for we could have sold it for above two hundred denarys, and given them to the poor: and they inveighed against her. ⁶ but Jesus said, let her alone, why do you disquiet her? it is commendable, what she has done out of respect to me. ⁷ the poor you have always with you, and you may relieve them whenever you please: but me you will not always have. ⁸ she has done what she could: she has perfum'd my body previously to my burial. ⁹ I declare unto you, in whatever quarter of the world this part of the gospel-history shall be related, this action of hers shall be mention'd to her praise.

³⁷ when a woman of that city, one that had led a loose life, knowing that Jesus was at table in the Pharisee's house, came in with a vial of odoriferous liquor, ³⁸ and stood behind at his feet weeping, bath'd them with her tears, wiped them with her hair, kissed his feet, and poured the perfume upon them.

⁴⁶ you did not bestow any oil upon my head; but she has poured her rich perfume upon my feet.

³⁸ Another time, as they were on a journey, Jesus enter'd into a village, where a woman, named Martha, entertain'd him at her house. ³⁹ now she had a sister, named Mary, who placed herself at the feet of Jesus, to attend to his discourse.

² (it was that Mary who perfum'd the Lord with ointment, after having wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.)

²⁸ When she had said this, she went privately to call Mary her sister, saying, the master is come, and calls for you.

³² Mary being come to the place where Jesus was, as soon as she saw him, she fell down at his feet, saying, Lord, if you had been here, my brother had not been dead.

⁴ and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him.

¹⁶ Jude the brother of James, and Judas Iscariot, who prov'd the traitor.

⁷⁰ Jesus answered them, have I not chosen you all twelve, and yet one of you is an avowed enemy? ⁷¹ meaning Judas Iscariot the son of Simon: for he it was that would betray him, altho' he was one of the twelve.

² while they were at supper, (the devil having now put it into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, to betray him) Jesus,

²⁶ Jesus answered, he it is, to whom I shall give a sop, when I have made it. and when he had made the sop, he gave it to Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon.

² now Judas, who was to betray him, knew the place: for Jesus and his disciples had frequently assembled there. ³ Judas then having got a company of soldiers, and officers, by order of the chief priests and Pharisees, came thither with lanterns, torches, and with arms. ⁴ but Jesus who knew every thing that should happen to him, advanc'd, and said to them, who do you look for? ⁵ they answered him, Jesus of Nazareth. I am he, said Jesus. and Judas who was to betray him, was also with them.

² having agreed with them for a penny a day, he sent them to his vineyard.

⁸ one of his disciples seeing this, with indignation said, to what purpose is this waste? ⁹ for this could have been sold for a great price, which might have been given to the poor.

⁴ but some had a secret indignation, and said, why must the perfume be so wasted? ⁵ for we could have sold it for above two hundred denarys, and given them to the poor: and they inveighed against her.

⁴¹ How comes it, that you can see the mote in your brother's eye, and not see the beam that is in your own eye?

³³ sell your possessions and give alms. lay up for yourselves a stock not subject to decay, a treasure in the heavens that will never fail, where no thief can approach, nor moth can spoil.

²² upon hearing that, Jesus said to him, one thing you have yet to do: sell all you have, and give it to the poor, and you shall have treasure in heaven: then come, and follow me.

⁷ Philip answered him, two hundred penny-worth of bread is not sufficient to furnish every one of them a little.

¹³ and said to them, it is written, " my house shall be the house of prayer, but ye have made it a den of thieves."

⁸ they who have personated me, are all thieves and robbers: but the sheep did not follow them. ⁹ I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved; he shall go in and out, and find pasture. ¹⁰ the thief comes only to steal, to kill, and destroy: but I am come that they might have life, and have it with all its advantages.

¹³ the hireling flies, because he is an hireling, and is under no concern for the sheep.

²⁹ for as Judas had the purse, some of them thought, that Jesus had ordered him to buy what was necessary against the feast: or give something to the poor.

¹⁰ nor thieves, nor misers, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor raparees, shall inherit the kingdom of God.

¹⁹ but was chosen by the churches to accompany me with this collection; which service I undertook for the sake of Christ, and to encourage your generous design. ²⁰ this I did, to prevent any suspicion that might be rais'd from my having the management of so great a sum: ²¹ always considering what is virtuous, with respect to God, and with respect to men.

¹⁰ only they recommended to us to get collections for the poor in Judea: which I was very careful to do.

²² if it has the least appearance of evil, reject it.

² when any one, adorn'd with a gold ring, and a splendid dress, enters into your assembly; and a poor man comes in meanly habited:

⁶ but you, who despise the poor, are not you oppress'd by the rich? is it not they who drag you to their tribunals?

¹⁰ Jesus perceiving this, said to them, why do you trouble the woman? for what she has done is out of regard to me.

¹² for her pouring this ointment on my body, is preparative to my burial.

⁵⁷ In the evening a rich man of Arimathea, named Joseph, who himself was Jesus's disciple, ⁵⁸ went to Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus; which Pilate ordered to be delivered to him. ⁵⁹ Joseph then having taken the body, wrapped it in a clean linen cloth, ⁶⁰ and laid it in a monument which he had lately caused to be hewn out in the rock: and having rolled a large stone to the door of the sepulchre, he went away.

⁶ but Jesus said, let her alone, why do you disquiet her? it is commendable, what she has done out of respect to me.

⁴² Now, as soon as the evening was come; because it was then the preparation, that is, the day before the sabbath, ⁴³ one Joseph of Arimathea, an honourable senator, who was himself in expectation of the kingdom of God, ventur'd to come and wait upon Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus. ⁴⁴ Pilate surpriz'd that he should be dead so soon, sent for the Centurion, and ask'd him, if he had been dead any time. ⁴⁵ and being satisfied of it, he granted the body to Joseph; ⁴⁶ who taking down the body, wrapped it in a fine linnen cloth, which he had bought, and laid it in a sepulchre, which was hewn out of a rock, and roll'd a stone for a door to the sepulchre: and Mary Magdalene, ⁴⁷ and Mary the mother of Joses, took notice where he was laid.

⁵⁰ There was likewise present a counsellor, named Joseph, a man of probity and justice, one who had never abetted the contrivances and proceedings of the Jews.

³⁸ after this, Joseph of Arimathea, who was a disciple of Jesus, but for fear of the Jews a conceal'd one, pray'd Pilate to let him take away the body of Jesus: and Pilate gave him leave: so he went and took the body of Jesus. ³⁹ Nicodemus, who formerly went to Jesus by night, came likewise and brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about an hundred pound weight. ⁴⁰ they took therefore the body of Jesus, and wound it in linen clothes with the spices, according to the manner of burial among the Jews. ⁴¹ now near the place where he was crucified, there was a garden; and in the garden a new sepulchre, in which no body had ever yet been laid. ⁴² as this sepulchre was nigh at hand, they laid Jesus therein, because the time of the preparation of the Jews was expiring.

¹¹ ye have the poor always with you, but me ye have not always.

⁷ the poor you have always with you, and you may relieve them whenever you please: but me you will not always have.

²¹ Jesus therefore repeated what he had said, "I go my way, and ye shall seek me, and shall die in your incredulity, so that whither I go, ye cannot come."

³⁵ Jesus answer'd them, yet a little while is the light with you: walk while ye have the light, lest darkness surprize you: for he that walketh in darkness, does not know whither he goes.

³³ my dear children, I am with you but for a little while. you shall seek me: but as I said to the Jews, so now I say to you, "where I am going you cannot come."

⁵ but now I am going to him that sent me; yet none of you ask me now, whither are you going? ⁶ are your minds so overwhelm'd with sorrow at what I told you? ⁷ nevertheless, I tell you the truth; it is expedient for you that I go away: for if I do not go away, the advocate will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him to you.

⁹ After this discourse, while they beheld, he was taken up, and a cloud received him out of their sight. ¹⁰ and as they were looking stedfastly toward heaven, as he mounted up, on a sudden, two men appear'd before them robed in white, who said, ¹¹ "ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up to heaven? this same Jesus who is taken up from you into heaven, shall descend in the same manner as ye have seen him ascend thither."

⁴³ when he had spoke this, he cried with a loud voice, Lazarus, come forth. ⁴⁴ and he that was dead came forth, his body wrapt in a winding sheet: and his face bound about with a napkin. loose him, said Jesus, and let him go. ⁴⁵ many therefore of the Jews who came to see Mary, and had seen what Jesus had done, believed on him.

¹⁰ and knowing it was he who us'd to sit begging at the Beauty-gate of the temple, they were filled with wonder and amazement at such an event. ¹¹ As the lame man who was cured, held Peter and John, the people all in surprize ran to Solomon's porch, where they were.

¹⁴ yet seeing the man who was cured standing with them, they could not tell what to reply.

³ when king Herod heard these things, he was alarm'd, and all Jerusalem with him. ⁴ and having assembled all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he enquired of them where Christ was to be born. ⁵ they answered him, in Bethlehem of Judea: for these are the words of the prophet; ⁶ "And thou Bethlehem in the land of Juda, art not the least among the princes of Juda: for out of thee shall come a Governor that shall rule my people Israel." ⁷ Then Herod having privately sent for the Magi, enquired of them the exact time when the star appeared. ⁸ and he sent them to Bethlehem, go, said he, make an exact enquiry about the young child, and when ye have found him, let me know it, that I too may come and pay my adorations to him.

¹⁶ Then Herod perceiving he was abused by the Magi, was full of indignation, and sent a detachment who slew all the children that were in Bethlehem and its territory, being under the age of two years, according to the limited time he had learnt of the Magi.

³¹ Abraham replied, if they disregard Moses and the prophets, they will not believe any one, though he rose from the dead.

⁴⁷ upon this the chief priests and the Pharisees being assembled in council, said, what shall we do? for this man performs many miracles. ⁴⁸ if we let him go on at this rate, all will believe on him; and the Romans will come, and destroy both our temple and nation. ⁴⁹ but one of them named Caiaphas, being the high priest at that time, said to them, ye don't know what you are about. ⁵⁰ you little consider it is our interest, that one man should die for the people, to prevent the destruction of the whole nation. ⁵¹ now this he did not say from his own motion: but being high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus should die for the nation: ⁵² and not for that nation only, but likewise to reassemble the dispersed children of God into one body. ⁵³ from that day therefore, they consulted together to put Jesus to death.

⁵⁷ now both the chief priests and the Pharisees had publish'd an order, that if any man knew where he was, he should give information in order to have him seized.

³¹ besides many of the people believed on him, and said, when Christ comes, will he do more miracles than this man hath done?

⁴⁵ many therefore of the Jews who came to see Mary, and had seen what Jesus had done, believed on him.

⁴⁸ if we let him go on at this rate, all will believe on him; and the Romans will come, and destroy both our temple and nation.

¹⁸ and it was upon the rumour of this miracle, that the people crowded to him.

¹⁸ if the world hate you, consider that it hated me before it hated you. ¹⁹ if you were of the world, the world would love its own: but because you are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world does hate you. ²⁰ remember what I told you, "the servant is not greater than his master." if they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you: if they have been spies upon my discourse, they will be so upon yours. ²¹ but all these things will they do unto you, out of hatred to my name, because they know not him that sent me. ²² if I had not appear'd, and inform'd them, they would have been innocent: but now they have no excuse for their sin. ²³ he that hateth me, hateth my father also. ²⁴ if I had not done among them such works as no other ever did, they had been innocent: but though they have seen them, yet they hate both me and my father. ²⁵ so that the passage is fulfilled that is written in their law, "they hated me without a cause."

⁴⁵ when the Jews saw such a crowd, they were fill'd with resentment, and oppos'd what Paul had advanc'd, even to blasphemy.

¹⁴ but if envy and contention imbitter your minds, don't think your false pretences can stand against the truth: ¹⁵ such wisdom is not derived from heaven; but is terrestrial, sensual, demoniacal. ¹⁶ where false zeal, and a spirit of contention reign, there confusion and every vice prevail.

⁴ all this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, ⁵ saying, " tell ye the daughter of Sion, behold, thy king cometh unto thee, meek, and sitting on an ass, even a colt, the fole of an ass." ⁶ and the disciples went, and having done as Jesus commanded them, ⁷ they brought the ass with the colt, threw their clothes on them, and mounted him thereon: ⁸ abundance of people spread their garments upon the ground; others lop'd down branches from the trees, and strewed them in the way: ⁹ while the crowd that were marching before, and behind, cried out, "Hosanna to the son of David: blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord, Hosanna, Hosanna."

⁷ then they brought the colt to Jesus, and throwing their garments upon it, he mounted thereon. ⁸ many spread their clothes in the way, others lopt down the branches of trees to strew them in the road. ⁹ the crowd that march'd before and behind crying out, Hosanna, blessed be he that comes in the name of the Lord; ¹⁰ blessed be the kingdom of our father David, which is now come, Hosanna in the highest heavens.

³⁵ so they brought it to Jesus. and throwing their garments upon the colt, they mounted Jesus thereon. ³⁶ and all the way, as he marched, they strewed with their clothes. ³⁷ Just as he advanc'd to the declivity of the mountain of Olives, the whole troop of disciples began to express their joy in loud acclamations, praising God, for the many miracles they had seen. ³⁸ "blessed be he, said they, whom the Lord hath sent to be our king. prosperity from heaven, and glory from the most high."

⁵⁵ now the passover of the Jews being nigh: the people of that country went in great numbers to Jerusalem before the passover, in order to purify themselves. ⁵⁶ when they were in the temple, they enquired for Jesus, and said to one another, do you think he will not be at the feast?

⁹ while the crowd that were marching before, and behind, cried out, "Hosanna to the son of David: blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord, Hosanna, Hosanna." ¹⁰ and when he was come into Jerusalem, all the city was in an uproar, saying, who is this? ¹¹ and the crowd said, 'tis Jesus the prophet of Nazareth in Galilee.

³⁹ for I tell you, after a while, ye shall not see me again, till ye shall cry out, "Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord."

⁴⁹ Nathanael answered, rabbi, thou art the son of God, thou art the king of Israel.

¹⁵ "fear not, daughter of Sion: behold, thy king comes sitting on an ass's colt."

¹⁵ but they cried out, away with him, away with him, crucify him. Pilate said to them, shall I crucify your king? the chief priests answered, we have no king but Cesar.

¹⁹ and Pilate caused an inscription to be put over the cross, in these words, JESUS OF NAZARETH THE KING OF THE JEWS. ²⁰ now this inscription was read by many of the Jews: for Jesus was crucified nigh the city: and it was written in Syriac, Greek, and Latin. ²¹ thereupon the chief priests of the Jews went to Pilate, saying, don't write, "The king of the Jews;" but that he said, I am king of the Jews. ²² Pilate answered, what I have writ, I have writ.

⁹ After this I beheld, and there was a great multitude, which no man could number, of every nation, tribe, people, and language, who stood before the throne, and before the lamb cloathed in white robes, having palms in their hands.

³ and they sung the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the lamb, saying, "great and marvellous are thy works, Lord God almighty; just and true are thy ways, thou king of ages.

¹⁶ on the mantle about his thigh was this inscription, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.

¹ When they drew nigh to Jerusalem, and were come to Bepthphage, to the mount of Olives, Jesus dispatched two disciples, ² saying, go to yonder village, and you will immediately find an ass tied, and a colt with her: loose them, and bring them to me. ³ if any man oppose you, say, the Lord wants them; and then he will send them. ⁴ all this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, ⁵ saying, " tell ye the daughter of Sion, behold, thy king cometh unto thee, meek, and sitting on an ass, even a colt, the fole of an ass." ⁶ and the disciples went, and having done as Jesus commanded them, ⁷ they brought the ass with the colt, threw their clothes on them, and mounted him thereon:

¹ As they came near to Jerusalem, about Bethphage and Bethany, by the mount of Olives, Jesus sent two of his disciples, and said to them: ² go to yonder village that faces you, and upon your entrance into it, you will find a colt tied, that never was yet backed; loose him, and bring him to me. ³ if any one should ask you, why you do so? tell him, the Lord has occasion for it, and immediately he will send it hither. ⁴ accordingly they went, and finding the colt tied before a door, where two ways met, they untied it. ⁵ upon which some people there said to them, what do you mean by untying the colt? ⁶ and they answered as Jesus had directed, so they let them go. ⁷ then they brought the colt to Jesus, and throwing their garments upon it, he mounted thereon.

²⁹ when he was advanc'd near Bethphage, and Bethany, to the mountain call'd the Olives, he sent two of his disciples, ³⁰ saying to them, go to the village opposite to you: at your entrance there, you will find a colt ty'd, that was never yet back'd: untie it and bring it here. ³¹ if any one should ask you, why you untie it, let this be your answer, because the Lord has occasion for it. ³² Accordingly the messengers went, and found the colt, as Jesus had told them. ³³ as they were untying the colt, the owners said, why do you untie the colt? ³⁴ they answer'd, because the Lord has occasion for it. ³⁵ so they brought it to Jesus. and throwing their garments upon the colt, they mounted Jesus thereon.

² Where is this king of the Jews who is now born? for we have seen his rising star, and are come to pay him homage. ³ when king Herod heard these things, he was alarm'd, and all Jerusalem with him. ⁴ and having assembled all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he enquired of them where Christ was to be born. ⁵ they answered him, in Bethlehem of Judea: for these are the words of the prophet; ⁶ "And thou Bethlehem in the land of Juda, art not the least among the princes of Juda: for out of thee shall come a Governor that shall rule my people Israel."

³² but they did not comprehend the meaning, and were ashamed to ask him about it.

¹⁹ Now after the Lord had convers'd with them, he was assum'd up to heaven, where he sat on the right hand of God.

⁴⁵ but they did not comprehend that expression: it was as a riddle, which they could not understand, and they were afraid to desire him to explain the meaning of that expression.

³⁴ but they comprehended nothing of all this: his discourse was a riddle to them, and they could not find out the meaning.

⁶ he is not here, but is risen: remember what he told you, when he was yet in Galilee, ⁷ that the son of man must be deliver'd into the hands of sinful men; be crucified; and the third day rise again. ⁸ then they remembred his words;

²⁵ then Jesus said to them, how stupidly incredulous are you not to believe things that have been all predicted by the prophets!

⁴⁵ then he open'd their minds to make them understand the scriptures, and said to them,

²² and when he was risen from the dead, his disciples remembred that expression of his: and they believed the scripture, and what Jesus had said.

³⁹ (but this he meant of the spirit, which they that believed on him, should receive: for the spirit was not yet given, because Jesus was not yet glorified.)

²³ but Jesus answered them, saying, the time is come, when the son of man is to be glorified.

³¹ When he was gone, Jesus said, now is the son of man glorified, and God is glorified by him. ³² as God is glorified by him, so God will glorify him in himself, and will immediately glorify him.

²⁶ but the advocate, the holy spirit, whom the father will send for my sake, he will explain every thing to you, and make you remember, all that I have told you.

⁴ but these things have I told you, that when the time shall come, ye may remember what I now tell you. I did not tell you so much at the beginning, because, I was then to be with you.

⁵ and now, O father, glorify me in heaven, with the glory which I had before the creation of the world.

³³ therefore being by the right hand of God exalted, and having received of the father the promise of the holy spirit, he has diffused that spirit, the effects of which ye now see and hear.

³⁶ therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly, that God hath made that same Jesus whom ye have crucified, both Lord and Christ.

¹³ the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, hath glorified his son Jesus; whom ye delivered up, and renounced in opposition to Pilate, who was determined to let him go.

¹ What we have said amounts to this; we have an high priest, who sits in heaven on the right hand of the throne of the divine majesty.

² having Jesus in our view, the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him, endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down on the right hand of the throne of God.

¹⁹ This is the testimony of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem, to ask him, who he was.

³² and John testified, saying, I saw the spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and it abode upon him.

³⁴ this I saw, and testify'd, that he is the son of God.

³⁵ he was a burning and a shining light: and you were willing to be entertain'd for a while with his light. ³⁶ but I have a better witness than that of John: for the works which my father hath order'd me to finish, those very works that I do, bear me witness, that 'tis the father who sent me. ³⁷ and the father who sent me, hath himself born witness of me. his voice you have never heard, nor ever seen his appearance, ³⁸ nor will his Logos abide among you: for tho' he hath sent him, you do not believe him. ³⁹ You search the scriptures, for you think by their means to have eternal life, and they are the very writings which do testify of me.

¹³ the Pharisees therefore said to him, you give a testimony of your self, your testimony is not valid. ¹⁴ Jesus answered them, though I give testimony of my self, yet my testimony is valid: for I know whence I came, and whither I go; but you do not know whence I came, nor whither I go.

³¹ the Jews then who were with Mary in the house to comfort her, when they saw that she rose in such haste, and went out, followed her, saying, she is going to the grave to weep there.

⁴² I know that thou hearest me always: but I say this, because of the people here present, that they may believe that thou hast sent me."

⁴⁵ many therefore of the Jews who came to see Mary, and had seen what Jesus had done, believed on him. ⁴⁶ But some of them went to the Pharisees, and told them what Jesus had done.

⁹ a great multitude of Jews knowing that Jesus was there, went thither, not for his sake only, but likewise to see Lazarus, whom he had raised from the dead.

²⁶ but when the advocate is come, whom I will send to you from the father, even the spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the father, he shall testify of me. ²⁷ and ye also shall bear witness, because ye have been with me from the beginning.

³⁵ he that relates this, was an eye-witness of it, and his relation is true: and he is so assured, what he says is true, that you may rely upon it.

²⁴ This is the disciple who testifieth of these things, and wrote these things: and we know that his testimony is true.

²² from his baptism by John, to the day of his assumption, we should chuse one to be a witness with us of his resurrection.

³² and we are his witnesses in what we say, and so is the holy spirit, whom God hath given to those that obey him.

⁹ if we receive the testimony of men, the testimony of God is greater: now this is the testimony, which God has given us of his son. ¹⁰ he that believeth on the son of God, hath the testimony of God thereto: he that does not believe God, impeaches his veracity, because he does not believe the testimony that God gave of his son. ¹¹ Now what is testified, is this, that God has given to us eternal life: and this life is by his son. ¹² he that receives the son, is intitled to life; and he that does not receive the son of God, has no title to life.

² who publish'd the divine message, and gave his attestation to every thing that he saw concerning Jesus Christ.

¹¹ because he was the occasion that many of the Jews left them, and believed on Jesus.

¹⁵ but when the chief priests and Scribes saw the wonders that he did, and the young people crying in the temple, "Hosanna to the son of David;" they were full of indignation.

⁴⁷ and he instructed the people daily in the temple, while the chief priests, the Scribes, and the rulers of the people, were contriving to take away his life. ⁴⁸ but they could not find the means of effecting it; for all the populace were strongly attach'd to his doctrine.

²⁶ who thereupon went to John, and said, master, he that was with you beyond Jordan, to whom you bore testimony, he himself does now baptize likewise, and the people flock to him.

⁴⁷ upon this the chief priests and the Pharisees being assembled in council, said, what shall we do? for this man performs many miracles. ⁴⁸ if we let him go on at this rate, all will believe on him; and the Romans will come, and destroy both our temple and nation. ⁴⁹ but one of them named Caiaphas, being the high priest at that time, said to them, ye don't know what you are about. ⁵⁰ you little consider it is our interest, that one man should die for the people, to prevent the destruction of the whole nation.

²¹ 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.

¹⁶ saying, what shall we do to these men? for that indeed a notable miracle hath been done by them is manifest to all that dwell in Jerusalem, and we cannot deny it. ¹⁷ but to prevent its spreading any further among the people, let us charge them with threats not to speak for the future to any man in that name.

²⁷ when they had brought them, they set them before the council: and the high priest asked them, ²⁸ saying, did not we strictly command you, not to teach in this name? and yet you have spread your doctrine through Jerusalem, and you endeavour to make us responsible for this man's blood.

⁶ but not finding them, they dragg'd Jason and some of the brethren to the magistrates, crying out, these that have been every where the disturbers of the publick peace, are come hither also, and have been entertain'd by Jason.

² he is the the victim that has expiated our sins: and not ours only, but likewise the sins of the whole world.

²⁶ entreated him to force the demon out of her daughter; now the woman was a Greek, a Syrophenician by nation.

³⁵ upon which the Jews said among themselves, whither will he go, that we cannot find him? will he go to the dispersed Jews among the Greeks, and instruct the Greeks?

²⁷ accordingly he departed: and met a man of Ethiopia, an eunuch of great authority under Candace queen of the Ethiopians, and was her high-treasurer: he had been at Jerusalem, to perform the duties of a proselyte,

¹ Being arriv'd at Iconium, they went both together to the Jewish synagogue, where they discours'd in such a manner, that a great number both of Jews and of Greeks believed.

¹ Paul arrived then at Derbe and Lystra, where there was a disciple named Timothy, whose mother was a Jewish convert, but his father a Greek.

⁴ Some of them believed, and join'd themselves to Paul and Silas, besides a great number of Greek proselytes, and several women of distinction.

²¹ remonstrating both to Jews and Gentiles the advantages of a sincere repentance, and of believing

²⁸ bawling out, "men of Israel, help: this is the man that every where inveighs upon all occasions against the people, against the law, and against this place, where they have brought Greeks too to profane this holy place."

¹⁶ for I am not ashamed of the gospel, since it is divinely effectual to salvation, to everyone that believes, to the Jew first, and then to the Gentile.

¹² In reality there is no difference between the Jew and the Gentile: they have all the same Lord, who is bountiful to all that call upon him.

³ however, Titus who was then with me, being a Greek, was not compelled to be circumcised:

²⁸ there is now no distinction of Jew or Greek, of bond or free, of male or female: for you are all one in Christ Jesus.

¹¹ by which there is now neither Greek, or Jew; circumcised, or uncircumcised; Barbarian, or Scythian; slave, or freeman; but Christ is all, and in all.

² Where is this king of the Jews who is now born? for we have seen his rising star, and are come to pay him homage.

⁹ for I am a man under authority, having soldiers under my command: I bid this man, go, and he's gone: another, come, and he's here: and to my servant, do this, and it is done. ¹⁰ when Jesus heard it, he was surpriz'd, and said to his followers, I profess I have not met with such an instance of faith, no not in Israel. ¹¹ and I declare unto you, that many shall come from the east and from the west, and shall sit at table with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob in the heavenly kingdom. ¹² but the heirs to the kingdom shall be cast into the darkness without: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

²¹ wo unto thee, Chorazin, wo unto thee, Bethsaida: for if the miracles which were done among you, had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.

¹⁹ he shall not strive, nor cry, neither shall any man hear his voice in the streets. ²⁰ a bruised reed shall he not break, and smoaking flax shall he not quench, till he hath made justice victorious. ²¹ and in his name shall the Gentiles trust."

²² and there came a woman of Canaan from those quarters, and cried out to him, have mercy on me, O Lord, thou son of David; my daughter is grievously tormented by a demon. ²³ but Jesus not making her any answer, his disciples came and entreated him to grant her request; for, said they, she is very importunate with us. ²⁴ but he answered, my commission was only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. ²⁵ however she advanc'd, and throwing her self at his feet, cried, O Lord, assist me. ²⁶ but he answered, it is not just to take the childrens bread, and throw it to puppies. ²⁷ 'tis true, Lord, said she: yet even puppies eat of the crumbs which fall from their master's table. ²⁸ then Jesus answered her, O woman, great is thy faith: as you desire, be it done. and her daughter was healed from that very hour.

² one Zaccheus, a rich man, and collector-general of the customs, ³ was very desirous to see the person of Jesus, but could not for the crowd, he being of a low stature. ⁴ so he ran before, and climb'd up a mulberry-tree to view him; for he was to pass that way.

³⁶ and seeing Jesus as he walked, he said, "behold the lamb of God." ³⁷ the two disciples hearing this, followed Jesus. ³⁸ then Jesus turned about, and seeing them following, said, what do you seek? they answered him, rabbi, that is to say master, where do you dwell? ³⁹ come, said he, and see. so they went and saw where he lodged, and abode with him that day: for it was about the tenth hour.

⁴³ The day following Jesus having a mind to go into Galilee, met with Philip, and said to him, follow me. ⁴⁴ now Philip was of Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter. ⁴⁵ Philip meeting with Nathanael, said to him, we have found him of whom Moses in the law, and the prophets did write, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph. ⁴⁶ but Nathanael said to him, can there any good thing come out of Nazareth? come and see, said Philip. ⁴⁷ Jesus seeing Nathanael coming, said of him, there's a true Israelite, in whom is no guile. how do you know me?

⁵ Jesus then lifting up his eyes, and seeing a great company coming to him, said to Philip, where can we buy bread to feed this people? ⁶ (this he said to prove Philip: for he himself knew what he had to do.) ⁷ Philip answered him, two hundred penny-worth of bread is not sufficient to furnish every one of them a little.

⁴⁰ I say, is the will of him that sent me, that every one who observes the son, and believeth on him, should have everlasting life: and I will raise him up at the last day.

⁸ Philip said to him, Lord shew us the father, and we are satisfied. ⁹ Jesus said to him, have I been with you so long, and don't you know me yet? Philip, he that hath seen me, hath seen the father; why then do you say, shew us the father?

⁸ for I tell you, that Jesus Christ was a minister to the Jews, to manifest the veracity of God in fulfilling the promises made to the fathers: ⁹ and you Gentiles ought to glorify God for his mercy; as it is written, "for this cause I will confess to thee among the Gentiles, and sing unto thy name ." ¹⁰ and again the scripture saith, "rejoice, ye Gentiles, with his people." ¹¹ and elsewhere, praise the Lord, all ye Gentiles, and laud him, all ye people." ¹² besides Esaias saith, "there shall be a root of Jesse, and he that shall rise to reign over the Gentiles; in him shall the Gentiles hope."

⁵ Jesus made these twelve his missionaries, and gave them these instructions, don't go any where among the Gentiles, nor enter into any city of the Samaritans.

¹³ Then they brought young children to him, that he might lay his hands upon them: but his disciples rebuked those that presented them. ¹⁴ which Jesus observing was much displeas'd with them, and said, suffer little children to come unto me, do not hinder them: for of such is the kingdom of God.

⁴⁹ Then said John to Jesus, master, we saw one casting out demons in your name, and we oppos'd it, because he does not follow you with us. ⁵⁰ but Jesus said to him, don't oppose it: for he that is not against us, is for us.

⁴⁰ Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, was one of the two disciples, who had followed Jesus, after they had heard what John had said. ⁴¹ the first he met was his own brother Simon, to whom he said, "we have found the Messias," that is to say, the Christ.

⁸ one of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, said to him,

³¹ When the son of man shall come in his majesty, accompanied with all his holy angels, he shall sit upon the throne of his glory.

⁴¹ after that he came a third time, and said to them, sleep on now and take your rest. 'tis done, the time is come, and the son of man is to be betrayed into the hands of sinners.

¹⁶ this passage his disciples did not understand at the first: but when Jesus was glorified, they remembred how they had mounted him, and perceiv'd that those words related to him.

¹ Jesus having said this, lift up his eyes to heaven, and said, "father, the hour is come; glorify thy son, that thy son also may glorify thee. ² for thou hast given him power over all men, that he might give eternal life to as many as thou hast given him. ³ and this is life eternal, to acknowledge thee to be the only true God, and Jesus to be the Messiah whom thou hast sent. ⁴ I have glorified thee on the earth: I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do. ⁵ and now, O father, glorify me in heaven, with the glory which I had before the creation of the world.

⁹ "It is for them I pray: I pray not for the world, but for them which thou hast given me, because they are thine. ¹⁰ for every thing that is mine is thine, and what is thine is mine, and I am glorified by them.

⁹ and this they were destin'd to. but you are the chosen race, you are kings and priests, the holy nation, the peculiar people, that you might display his glory, who called you out ¹⁰ of darkness into his marvellous light: you, who formerly were not a people, but are now the people of God, who had not obtained mercy,

³² as for me, when I shall be lifted up from the earth, I will draw all men unto me. ³³ (this he said to signify what death he should die.)

³⁶ foolish as you are, the grain you sow, is not revived except it die. ³⁷ and whatever you sow, you don't sow that body which shall afterwards appear, but only the bare grain of wheat, for instance, or of some other grain. ³⁸ but God gives it such a body, as he thinks fit, to every seed its peculiar body.

⁹ but Jesus, who was for a while inferior to the angels by his sufferings and death, we see was crown'd with glory and honour; when by the divine goodness, he had pass'd thro' death for every man. ¹⁰ For it was agreeable to his wisdom, for whom are all things, and by whom are all things, in bringing many sons unto glory, to consecrate the author of their salvation by his sufferings.

⁹ After this I beheld, and there was a great multitude, which no man could number, of every nation, tribe, people, and language, who stood before the throne, and before the lamb cloathed in white robes, having palms in their hands. ¹⁰ They cried with a loud voice, "salvation from our God who sits upon the throne, and unto the lamb.' ¹¹ and all the angels who stood round about the throne, and about the elders, and the four animals fell before the throne on their faces, and worshipped God, saying, amen: ¹² praise, and glory, and wisdom, and thanksgiving, and honour, and power, and might be to our God for ever and ever. amen. ¹³ Then one of the elders spake, and said to me, who are those that are arrayed in white robes? and whence do they come? ¹⁴ my Lord, answer'd I, you can tell. and he said to me, these are they who came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the lamb. ¹⁵ therefore are they before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple: and he that sitteth on the throne shall cover them, as a pavillion. ¹⁶ they shall no more suffer hunger or thirst, neither shall the sun dart on them, nor any heat molest them. ¹⁷ for the lamb who is in the midst before the throne, shall feed them, and shall lead them to living fountains of waters: and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes.

³⁹ he that would preserve his life, shall lose it: and he that exposeth his life for my sake, shall save it.

²⁵ for whosoever will save himself, shall be a looser: and whosoever shall suffer loss for my sake, shall be a gainer.

²⁹ and every one that abandons his family, his brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands for my sake, shall receive in that age an hundred times the value, and shall inherit hereafter everlasting life.

³⁵ for he that would save his life, shall lose it; and he that would lose his life out of love to me and the gospel, he shall save it.

²³ Then he said to the whole company, if any one will be my follower, let him renounce himself, take up his cross daily, and follow me. ²⁴ for whoever would save his life, shall lose it: and he that would lose his life, out of love to me, shall save it.

²⁶ and said, he that can't abandon his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, nay, even his own life, cannot be my disciple.

³³ he that seeks to save his life, will expose it; and he that exposes his life, will preserve it.

²⁴ things that little affect me, nor is life so much my concern, as to finish my course, and the charge I receiv'd from the Lord Jesus, to attest the declaration of the divine favour.

¹³ but Paul replied, what do you mean by afflicting me thus with your tears? I am not only ready to meet my chains, but even to die at Jerusalem, for the name of the Lord Jesus.

³⁵ women recovered their children, tho' dead, by their being raised to life again: some expired under torments, refusing to be delivered; that they might obtain a better deliverance at the resurrection.

¹¹ they overcame him by the blood of the lamb, and by the word to which they gave testimony; for their lives they expos'd to the last.

²⁴ Then addressing himself to his disciples, if any man, said he, would follow me, let him renounce himself, take up his cross, and so follow me.

²¹ his lord said to him, well done, thou art an honest faithful servant; thou hast been faithful in a small trust, I will give thee a much larger trust; go in and partake of thy master's diversions.

³⁴ Then addressing himself to the people, and his disciples, he said, he that desires to be under my conduct, let him renounce himself, and follow me.

⁴⁶ Why do you call me Lord, Lord, and do not observe what I say?

²³ Then he said to the whole company, if any one will be my follower, let him renounce himself, take up his cross daily, and follow me.

²⁷ my sheep hear my voice, I know them, and they follow me.

¹⁶ I declare unto you, the servant is not greater than his lord, neither he that is sent, greater than he that sent him.

³ and when I am gone, and have prepar'd a place for you, I will come again, to take you with me, that where I am there ye may be also.

¹⁵ if ye love me, keep my commandments.

²¹ he that hath received my commandments, and keeps them, he it is that loves me: and he that loves me, shall be beloved by my father, and I will love him, and shew my self unto him. ²² Judas (not Iscariot) said to him, why Lord, will you show your self to us, and not to the world? ²³ Jesus answered him, he that loves me, will observe my precepts: and my father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.

²⁰ remember what I told you, "the servant is not greater than his master." if they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you: if they have been spies upon my discourse, they will be so upon yours.

²⁴ father, I desire that they also whom thou hast given me, may be with me where I am going; that they may behold my glory which thou hast given me: for thou didst love me before the foundation of the world; yet,

²² Jesus said, if I will have him stay till I come, what have you to do with that? do you follow me.

¹ Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, chosen to declare the gospel dispensation,

¹⁸ for he that thus pays his allegiance to Christ, is acceptable to God, and approved of men.

⁵ for we preach not our selves, but Christ Jesus the Lord, professing our selves your servants for his sake.

⁸ ) in this assurance, I say, I think it best to be quit of this body, and be present with the Lord.

¹⁰ for do I now act in obedience to men, or to God? or do I seek to please men? if I had hitherto pleased men, I should not have been the servant of Christ.

¹ Be ye therefore imitators of God, as his dear children; live together in love, ² for Christ loved us, and for us gave himself an offering and a sacrifice acceptable to God.

²³ I am doubly press'd between my desire to depart, in order to be with Christ, which is by far the best for ME;

²⁴ knowing that as you are the servants of Christ our Lord, you shall receive from him the inheritance for your reward.

¹² have cordially reliev'd me. Epaphras a servant of Christ, and your countryman, salutes you, who is always very earnest in his prayers, that you may be perfectly acquainted with, and constantly observe,

¹⁷ then we, who shall be still alive, shall be convey'd together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air, and so we shall ever be with the Lord. ¹⁸ therefore comfort one another with this information.

¹ Simon Peter the servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who equally share with us in the advantages of faith, thro' the veracity of our God, and of Jesus Christ.

³ for our love of God consists in the observation of his precepts: precepts that are far from being grievous.

¹ Jude the servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to those that are sanctified by God the father, and by their vocation are reserved for Jesus Christ.

⁴ these are they who were not defiled with women: for they are virgins: these are they who follow the lamb wherever he goes: these were ransom'd from among men, being the first fruits unto God, and to the lamb.

²⁵ At the same time Jesus, continuing his discourses, said, "I thank thee, O father, Lord of heaven and earth, for having revealed unto babes what thou hast hid from the wise and prudent.

³⁸ and he said to them, "my soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death:" stay here and watch by me. ³⁹ Then advancing a little further, he fell prostrate in prayer, and said, "O my father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not mine, but thy will be done."

⁴² again, he went away the second time, and prayed thus, "O my father, if I cannot avoid drinking this cup, thy will be done."

⁵³ do you think my father, if I should now desire it of him, would not instantly send me more than twelve legions of angels? ⁵⁴ but how then shall the scriptures be fulfilled, which say, that thus it must happen?

³³ but he took with him Peter, James, and John. then he began to be in a great consternation and anguish of mind. and he said to them; my soul is exceeding sorrowful, ³⁴ even unto death: tarry ye here, and watch. ³⁵ then advancing a little further, he fell on the ground, and prayed, that this anxiety might pass from him. ³⁶ saying, father, all things are possible to thee, take away this cup from me: nevertheless, not my will, but thine be done.

⁴⁹ I am come to purify the earth with fire, and how do I wish it were already kindled? ⁵⁰ the baptism, which I am to undergo, how do I long till it be accomplished?

⁴⁴ and being in an agony he prayed more earnestly: and his sweat was like grumes of blood falling to the ground.

⁵³ I was daily with you in the temple, and you never offer'd to seize me: but now you have your hour, and the prince of darkness his day.

³³ when Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews also weeping who came with her, he sighed from his heart, and was troubled, ³⁴ and said, where have ye laid him? they said to him, Lord, come and see. ³⁵ then Jesus wept.

⁴¹ then they took away the stone from the place where the corps was laid. and Jesus lifting up his eyes to heaven said, "father, I thank thee that thou hast heard me.

²¹ When Jesus utter'd these words, he was troubled in spirit, and said without disguise, I assure you, that one of you shall betray me.

³⁷ upon this Pilate said to him, you are then a king? Jesus answered, you say right, for I am a king. to this end was I born, and for this cause came I into the world, to persuade mankind of the truth. every one that loves truth is observant of my directions.

¹⁵ it is a proposition worthy to be believ'd, and be embrac'd by all, that Jesus Christ is come into the world to save sinners, of whom I am the greatest.

¹⁴ Since then the children were made subject to a state of mortality, so he himself likewise was subject to the same condition: that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil;

⁷ this was Jesus, who while he was in a mortal body, having offered up prayers and supplications, with strong cries, and with tears, to him that was able to save him from that death, was heard so as to be delivered from his fear;

⁵ wherefore at his appearing in publick, he saith, "sacrifice and offering thou wouldst not, but a body hast thou prepared me: ⁶ in burnt-offerings and sacrifices for sin thou hast had no pleasure: ⁷ then said I, lo I come, as in the volume of the book it is written of me, to do thy will, O God." ⁸ after having said, "victims, oblations, holocausts, and sacrifice for sin, thou wouldst not, neither hadst pleasure therein," tho' they are all prescrib'd by the law; ⁹ he immediately adds, "lo, I come to do thy WILL, O God." he abolishes the first to establish the second:

¹⁷ of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him: at the same time a voice was heard from heaven, saying, "This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased."

⁵ while he was speaking, a bright cloud surrounded them: and suddenly a voice broke out of the cloud, saying, "this is my beloved son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him."

¹¹ when this voice from heaven was heard, "thou art my beloved son, in whom I am well pleased."

⁷ then a cloud surrounded them, and a voice from the cloud, said, "this is my beloved son, hear him."

³⁶ saying, father, all things are possible to thee, take away this cup from me: nevertheless, not my will, but thine be done.

²² and the holy spirit descended upon him in a corporeal form like a dove. and a voice came from heaven, which said, thou art my beloved son, in thee I am well pleased.

³⁵ from whence a voice issued out, saying, "this is my beloved son, obey him."

³ it was not for any sin of his, said Jesus, or of his parents: but that the works of God might be displayed thro' him.

⁴ when Jesus heard that, he said, the disease is not to be mortal, but is design'd for the glory of God, that the son of God might be glorified thereby.

⁴⁰ Jesus said to her, did I not tell you, that if you would believe, you should see the glory of God? ⁴¹ then they took away the stone from the place where the corps was laid. and Jesus lifting up his eyes to heaven said, "father, I thank thee that thou hast heard me. ⁴² I know that thou hearest me always: but I say this, because of the people here present, that they may believe that thou hast sent me."

¹¹ then said Jesus to Peter, sheath thy sword: the cup which my father hath given me, shall I not drink it?

⁷ that in the ages to come, he might shew the immense riches of his gracious kindness towards us, through Christ Jesus.

¹⁰ that the manifold wisdom of God, in ordering his heavenly kingdom, might by his church be now made known, to princes and magistrates,

²¹ unto him be glory in the church, even by Christ Jesus, thro' all the successions of future ages. amen.

⁶ he who has begun this good work in you will bring it to perfection against the appearance of Christ. it is but just ⁷ I should have this opinion of you, being sensible you make the dispensation I am under a common concern, with respect to my confinement, and the defence and confirmation of the gospel. ⁸ for God is my witness, that I love you with a christian tenderness. ⁹ and the favour I ask of him is this, that your kindness to me may be crown'd with farther improvements in knowledge and all prudence; ¹⁰ that being capable to distinguish what is best, you may remain stedfastly sincere until the day of Christ, ¹¹ abounding in good works by Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.

¹⁷ for he received this honourable and glorious testimony from his father, when the voice broke out from the magnificent splendor, in these words, "this is my beloved son in whom I am well pleased."

⁹ and they sung a new song, saying, "thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood, out of every tribe, and language, and people, and nation; ¹⁰ and hast made us kings and priests unto our God: and we shall reign on the earth." ¹¹ Then in my vision I heard the voice of many angels which surrounded the throne, the animals, and the elders: to the number of ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands; ¹² saying with a loud voice, "worthy is the lamb that was slain to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honour, and glory, and blessing." ¹³ and every creature which is in heaven, on the earth, under the earth, and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, heard I, saying, "blessing, and honour, and glory, and power be unto him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the lamb for ever and ever." ¹⁴ and the four animals said, amen. and the four and twenty elders fell down and worshipped him that liveth for ever and ever.

⁸ for the Sadducees maintain, there is neither resurrection, nor angel, or spirit, whereas the Pharisees acknowledge both: the clamour was great, ⁹ and the Scribes taking part with the Pharisees, grew warm in the debate, and said, "we find no harm in this man; perhaps a spirit or an angel has spoke to him."

¹ Then I saw the lamb open one of the seals, when I heard one of the four animals with a voice like thunder, say, "come, and see."

⁵ and the angel took the censer, and having filled it with the fire of the altar, he cast it upon the land: and there was a noise of thunders, and lightnings, and an earthquake.

¹⁹ THEN the temple of God was opened in heaven, and there was seen in his temple the ark of his testament: and there were lightnings, voices, and thunders, and an earthquake, and great hail.

² and I heard a voice from heaven, which was like the noise of many waters, or like a great thunder-clap: I heard too a sound like that of a harp, when touch'd by the hand of a musician.

¹ After this I saw another angel come down from heaven, having great power; and the earth was lightned with his glory. ² and he cried with a strong voice, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the abode of demons, the dungeon of every foul spirit, and a cage of every impure ill-boding bird.

³⁴ not that I need the testimony of men: but this I tell you, for your own security.

¹⁵ and I am glad for your sakes that I was not there (to the intent you may believe) but now, let us go to him.

⁹ for you are sensible of the beneficence of our Lord Jesus Christ; powerful as he was, for your sake he became poor, that you through his poverty might be made rich.

²⁸ but if I exorcize devils by the spirit of God, then the kingdom of God is set up among you.

¹⁷ At length the seventy return'd with great joy, saying, Lord, even the demons have been made subject to us by virtue of your name. ¹⁸ upon which he said to them, I beheld satan falling, like lightning, from heaven. ¹⁹ I have authoriz'd you to trample upon serpents and scorpions, and triumph over all the power of the enemy; so that nothing shall be capable of doing you any mischief.

²² besides, the father judgeth no man; but hath committed the full power of judging unto the son: ²³ that all men should honour the son, even as they honour the father. he that honoureth not the son, honoureth not the father who hath sent him. ²⁴ I declare unto you, he that heareth my doctrine, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come under condemnation; but is passed from death unto life. ²⁵ I declare unto you, the time is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the son of God: and they that hear shall live. ²⁶ for as the father hath life in himself; so hath he given to the son, to have life in himself; ²⁷ and hath given him authority to execute judgment also, because he is the son of man.

³⁰ for the prince of the world is coming:

⁸ and when he is come, he will convince the world of sin, of justice, of judgment: ⁹ of sin, because they believ'd not on me; ¹⁰ of justice, because I shall be with my father, and ye shall see me no more expos'd: ¹¹ of judgment, because the prince of this world is condemn'd.

¹⁸ and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and partake of the inheritance of the saints, by believing on me."

⁴ to those unbelievers, whose minds the God of this world has so blinded, that the glorious lustre of the gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, does not enlighten them.

¹ When you were in that destructive state of transgression and sin, ² in which you formerly liv'd, influenc'd by the customs of this world, and by the prince of the aerial powers, the spirits that now actuate the incredulous:

¹² for our conflict is not barely with men, but with principalities, with potentates, with the princes of darkness, with wicked aereal spirits.

¹⁵ and having divested principalitys and powers, he made them an example of obedience, and caus'd them to triumph in Christ.

⁸ he that lives in sin, imitates the devil; for the devil was a sinner from the beginning. for this purpose the son of God appeared, that he might destroy the works of the devil.

⁴ ye are of God, my dear children, and you have overcome them: because he that is in you, is superior to him that is in the world.

¹⁹ we know that we are the children of God, and the rest of the world are subject to the evil spirit.

⁹ the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, call'd the devil or satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast down to the earth, and his angels were precipitated with him. ¹⁰ then I heard a loud voice, which cry'd in the heaven, "the time of salvation, and power, the kingdom of our God, and the authority of his Christ are now come: for the accuser of our brethren, who accused them before our God day and night, is cast down. ¹¹ they overcame him by the blood of the lamb, and by the word to which they gave testimony; for their lives they expos'd to the last.

² and he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the devil and satan, and bound him for a thousand years, ³ then cast him into the bottomless pit, there shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should seduce the nations no more, till the thousand years should he fulfilled: and after that, he was to be loosed for a short time.

⁷ he came as a witness, to represent what he knew of the light, that by his means all might be convinc'd.

¹⁴ but as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the son of man be lifted up:

⁴⁴ no man can come to me, except the father who hath sent me, conduct him: and I will raise him up at the last day.

²⁸ Jesus said therefore to them, when ye have lift up the son of man, then shall ye know what I am, and that I do nothing of my self, but speak as my father hath instructed me.

³⁴ Upon which the people said to him, we have learnt from the law, that the Messiah is to live for ever: why do you say then, the son of man must be lift up? who is this son of man?

¹⁷ and he bearing his cross, marched out to a place called the skull, which is in the Syriac, Golgotha: where they crucified him,

¹⁷ for tho' death reigned thro' the single offence of one, they who receive the most valuable favour, even the gift of righteousness, shall much more easily reign by the life of one, even Jesus Christ. ¹⁸ Therefore as by one offence all men fell under condemnation: even so by one act of righteousness, all men are restored to life. ¹⁹ for as by one man's disobedience many receiv'd the punishment of sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many receive the reward of the righteous.

¹³ Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us. (for it is written, " cursed is every one, that hangeth upon a tree.")

⁶ who gave himself for the redemption of all mankind: this is what was to be promulg'd in due time:

⁹ but Jesus, who was for a while inferior to the angels by his sufferings and death, we see was crown'd with glory and honour; when by the divine goodness, he had pass'd thro' death for every man.

²⁴ he himself cancel'd our sins by the crucifixion of his body, that we being set free from sin, might live in the service of virtue. it is by his bruises that you were healed:

¹⁸ for Jesus Christ himself has already suffer'd for our sins, the innocent for the guilty, to bring us to God: who, tho' he died with respect to his body, was rais'd to life by that spirit,

⁹ and they sung a new song, saying, "thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood, out of every tribe, and language, and people, and nation;

³² so that what Jesus had said, to signify the death he should die, was actually accomplished.

¹⁹ this he said to signify to Peter by what death he should glorify God. and when he had spoken this, he said to him, follow me.

²⁰ Jesus replyed, the foxes have kennels, and the birds of the air have nests; but the son of man hath not where to lay his head.

¹³ As Jesus was going to the district of Cesarea-Philippi, he asked his disciples, what do people say of me? that I am a common man?

¹⁰ and when he was come into Jerusalem, all the city was in an uproar, saying, who is this?

⁴² what think ye of Christ? whose son is he to be? they answered, David's. ⁴³ how comes it then, said he, that David by inspiration calls him Lord, in these words, ⁴⁴ " the Lord said unto my Lord, sit thou on my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy footstool?" ⁴⁵ why then does David call him Lord, if He be David's son?

¹⁴ but as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the son of man be lifted up: ¹⁵ that whosoever believeth in him, should not perish, but have eternal life. ¹⁶ for God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten son, that whosoever believeth in him, should not perish, but have eternal life.

⁵³ are you greater than our father Abraham, who is dead? the prophets likewise are dead: pray, what do you then pretend to be? ⁵⁴ Jesus answered, if I honour'd my self, my honour would be vain: it is my father that honoureth me, of whom ye say, that he is your God. ⁵⁵ yet ye have not known him, but I know him: and if I should say, I know him not, I should be a lyar like you: but I know him, and observe his commands. ⁵⁶ your father Abraham long'd to see my day: and he saw it, and was glad. ⁵⁷ then said the Jews to him, you are not yet fifty years old, and have you seen Abraham? ⁵⁸ Jesus said to them, verily, verily I say unto you, before Abraham was I AM.

³⁴ Jesus answered them, is it not written in your law, "I said ye are Gods?"

³² as for me, when I shall be lifted up from the earth, I will draw all men unto me.

²⁵ so that the passage is fulfilled that is written in their law, "they hated me without a cause."

¹⁹ Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law: that every one may be silenc'd, and all the world plead guilty before God.

¹⁸ Therefore as by one offence all men fell under condemnation: even so by one act of righteousness, all men are restored to life.

⁵ and the Light shineth in darkness, but the darkness did not receive it. ⁶ There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. ⁷ he came as a witness, to represent what he knew of the light, that by his means all might be convinc'd. ⁸ he was not that Light, but was sent to testify of that light. ⁹ HE was the true Light who came into the world, to enlighten every man.

³³ then said Jesus, I shall be with you but for a little time, and then I shall go to him that sent me.

¹² Jesus then having reassumed his discourse, said to them, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me, shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.

⁴ I must perform the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night is coming, when no man can work. ⁵ while I am in the world, I am the light of the world.

¹⁰ but if a man travels by night he stumbles, because there is no light for him.

³⁶ while ye have the light, believe in the light, that ye may be the children of light. after having said these things, Jesus retir'd, and conceal'd himself from them.

³⁹ therefore they could not believe, according to what Esaias said in another place, "he hath blinded their eyes, ⁴⁰ and hardned their heart; that they should not see with their eyes, nor understand with their heart, and be converted, and I should heal them."

⁴⁶ I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me, might not abide in darkness.

¹⁶ Within a little while ye shall not see me: but within a little while ye shall see me again, because I am going to the father.

⁷ "What then, hath not Israel obtained what he sought for?" no, but the chosen remnant have obtained it, and the rest are obdurate to this day, ⁸ as it is written, "God hath given them up to a state of insensibility, so that their eyes could not see, and their ears could not hear." ⁹ and David says, "let their table be made a snare, and a trap, and a gin, and a recompence for their iniquity. ¹⁰ let their eyes be darkned, so as not to see, and let their back be continually bowed down."

¹² the night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore throw off the habits of darkness, and be invested with the ornaments of light. ¹³ let us behave with decency as in open view; not with rioting and drunkenness, not with lewdness and brutality, not with strife and envy. ¹⁴ but imitate the Lord Jesus Christ, and by no means indulge any sensual desires.

¹⁴ besides, their minds were greatly prejudiced: for that very veil would still have obstructed the understanding of the old testament, unless it had been taken away by Christ.

⁸ you were heretofore altogether in the dark, but now being enlightned by the Lord, behave as children of light:

¹⁴ wherefore 'tis said, " awake thou that sleepest, arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light." ¹⁵ See then that you behave circumspectly, and not as fools, but as wise,

⁵ you inherit the advantages of meridian light: we are not involv'd in the obscurity of night. ⁶ therefore let us not sleep away our time like others, but be vigilant and temperate. ⁷ they that are sober take their rest in the night, whilst they that are sots, are drunk in the night: ⁸ but let us, who enjoy the light, be temperate; let us be arm'd with the breast-plate of faith and charity, and for an helmet, with the hope of salvation.

⁷ Wherefore as the holy spirit saith, "since to-day you hear his voice, ⁸ harden not your hearts, as at Meriba and Massa in the desart:

⁶ if we say that we have communion with him, and walk in darkness, we lye, and do not act sincerely: ⁷ but if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have society one with another, and the blood of his son Jesus Christ cleanseth us from all sin.

⁸ however, it is really, in effect, a new commandment I write unto you, with respect to you: because the darkness is past, and things now appear in their true light. ⁹ he that says, he is in the light, and yet hates his brother, is still in darkness. ¹⁰ he that loves his brother, abides in the light, and will be secure from stumbling. ¹¹ but he that hates his brother, is in darkness, he walks in darkness, and knows not whither he is going, because the darkness hath blinded his eyes.

⁸ and this unfaithful steward was commended by his master for being so provident. for they who look to this world, manage their affairs with more prudence, than those who have a prospect of a better.

²¹ but he that doth right, cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, because they are agreeable to the will of God.

⁵⁹ then took they up stones to cast at him: but Jesus was conceal'd by the crowd which he pass'd thro', and so got out of the temple.

³⁹ Thereupon they again endeavour'd to seize him: but he escaped out of their hands, and retir'd beyond Jordan, ⁴⁰ to the place where John at first baptized; and there he abode.

⁵⁴ For which reason he did not afterwards appear publickly among the Jews; but retir'd into the country near the desart, to a city called Ephraim, and there continued with his disciples.

⁴⁷ for thus has the Lord commanded us, "I have appointed you to be a light to the Gentiles, that you should bring salvation to the remotest parts of the earth." ⁴⁸ when the Gentiles heard this, they received the word with joy, glorifying the Lord: and as many as were dispos'd to eternal life, believed.

⁵ you inherit the advantages of meridian light: we are not involv'd in the obscurity of night.

⁸ but let us, who enjoy the light, be temperate; let us be arm'd with the breast-plate of faith and charity, and for an helmet, with the hope of salvation.

²⁰ Then he began to upbraid the towns where most of his miracles were wrought, for their not being converts.

¹¹ he came unto his own, and his own received him not.

²⁴ if I had not done among them such works as no other ever did, they had been innocent: but though they have seen them, yet they hate both me and my father.

⁷ the prophecy of Esaias exactly suits such hypocrites as you;

¹⁷ to whom Jesus reply'd, blessed art thou Simon, son of Jona: for 'tis not man that hath revealed this unto thee, but my father who is in heaven.

³⁵ after they had crucified him, they shared his clothes among them by casting losts:

¹² by your authority I have kept them, during my being with them in the world: those that you gave me I have kept, and not one of them is lost, except the son of perdition: according as the scripture foretold.

²⁴ they said therefore among themselves, let us not rent it, but cast lots for it, whose it shall be: so that the scripture was fulfilled, which said, "they parted my raiment among them, and for my vesture they did cast lots." this was what the soldiers actually did.

³⁶ for these things were done, that the scripture should be fulfilled, "a bone of him shall not be broken." ³⁷ and again the scripture saith elsewhere, "they shall look on him whom they pierced."

²⁸ but was now upon his return, and sat in his chariot, reading the prophet Esaias. ²⁹ then the spirit said unto Philip, go near, and advance to his chariot. ³⁰ Philip ran to him, and hearing him read the prophet Esaias, said, do you understand what you read?

²⁷ as for the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and their senators, by their not knowing who he was, and by condemning him, they have accomplished the declarations of the prophets, which are read every sabbath-day: ²⁸ although they could not convict him of any thing capital, yet they demanded of Pilate, that he should be put to death. ²⁹ after they had accomplished all that was written concerning him, he was taken down from the cross, and laid in a sepulchre:

¹⁶ 'tis true, faith comes by preaching, and preaching is by the divine appointment.

²⁰ but Esaias is more express, and says, "I was found of them that sought me not; I was made manifest to them that asked not after me.

²⁴ both Jews and Gentiles, he is the Christ, the power of God, and the wisdom of God.

¹⁴ besides, their minds were greatly prejudiced: for that very veil would still have obstructed the understanding of the old testament, unless it had been taken away by Christ. ¹⁵ nevertheless, when Moses is read, the veil upon their mind continues unto this day: ¹⁶ but when their mind shall turn to the Lord, that veil too shall be taken away. ¹⁷ for the spiritual meaning of the law centers in him, and the spirit of the law is gospel-liberty: ¹⁸ but as we lay aside the veil, the divine light gradually informs the mind, according as we attend to that spiritual sense, which points out the Lord.

³ but if our gospel be obscure, it is so only to those who are lost: ⁴ to those unbelievers, whose minds the God of this world has so blinded, that the glorious lustre of the gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, does not enlighten them. ⁵ for we preach not our selves, but Christ Jesus the Lord, professing our selves your servants for his sake. ⁶ for God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to enlighten others in the knowledge of the glory of God, which shines in the person of Jesus Christ.

¹⁶ that I might preach him among the Gentiles, I did not thereupon apply my self to any man; ¹⁷ that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the father of glory, may give you the spirit of wisdom and revelation, whereby ye may know him: ¹⁸ an enlightned understanding, that ye may see what great expectations he has called you to, and what abundant glory it is to the saints to be the lot of his inheritance. ¹⁹ and how exceedingly great that power is, which he has employ'd upon us who believe, a power corresponding to that energy of his mighty strength; ²⁰ which he exerted in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at the head of his heavenly kingdom,

⁴⁴ how can you believe, who are catching at honour one from another, regardless of that glory that comes from God only?

³⁸ but if I do, though ye believe not me, believe the works: that ye may know and believe that the father is in me, and I in him.

¹⁴ their eyes are inflam'd with adultery, and unextinguishable vice: they insnare the souls of the inconstant. their minds are practis'd in the arts of avarice: an execrable race, who have deserted the right way,

¹³ therefore speak I to them in parables: because they over-look what they see: and are inattentive to what they hear, neither will they comprehend. ¹⁴ and in them is fulfilled that prophecy of Esaias, "by hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand: and seeing ye shall see, and shall not perceive. ¹⁵ for the heart of this people is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them."

¹⁴ let them alone: they are blind leaders of the blind. now if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.

¹² tho' they see, they will not perceive, and tho' they hear they will not understand: as if they were afraid of parting with their vices, in order to be pardoned.

⁵² for they were so stupid, they did not comprehend the miracle of the loaves.

¹⁷ said, why do you trouble your heads about your having no bread? are you yet so void of sense, and understanding? are your minds so blinded? ¹⁸ have you eyes, and yet don't see? have you ears, and yet not hear? have you lost your memory too?

¹⁸ "the spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor, he hath sent me to heal the broken hearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovery of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,

¹⁰ he answered, the secret circumstances of the divine dispensation may be clearly revealed to you, but to others only in parables, so that they don't observe what they see, nor comprehend what they hear.

³⁹ and Jesus said, to execute justice am I come into this world: that they who see not, may see; and that they who do see, may become blind.

¹⁹ repent therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshment shall come from the presence of the Lord, who shall send Jesus Christ,

³ so they set out, accompanied part of the way by the church, and pass'd thro' Phenicia and Samaria, relating the conversion of the Gentiles, which gave great joy to all the brethren.

²⁶ "go to this people and say, hearing you shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and not perceive.

¹⁸ thus some he pursues with his favours, and abandons others to their obduracy, according as he thinks fit.

⁷ "What then, hath not Israel obtained what he sought for?" no, but the chosen remnant have obtained it, and the rest are obdurate to this day, ⁸ as it is written, "God hath given them up to a state of insensibility, so that their eyes could not see, and their ears could not hear." ⁹ and David says, "let their table be made a snare, and a trap, and a gin, and a recompence for their iniquity. ¹⁰ let their eyes be darkned, so as not to see, and let their back be continually bowed down." ¹¹ You will say then, "were they suffer'd to stumble meerly for their ruin?" no: but that thro' their fall, salvation might be offer'd to the Gentiles, in order to provoke their emulation.

¹⁹ My brethren, when any of you deviates from the truth, whoever sets him right, may be assured, ²⁰ that the retrieving of a sinner from his erroneous habits, is saving a soul from ruin, and cancels a multitude of sins.

²⁷ then beginning at Moses he explain'd all the passages there, and in all the prophets, which related to himself.

¹⁴ The Logos became incarnate, and had his tabernacle among us, being full of grace and truth; and we contemplated his glory, such glory as the Monogenes derived from the father.

¹⁸ no man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten son, who is intimate with the father, hath made him known.

³⁹ You search the scriptures, for you think by their means to have eternal life, and they are the very writings which do testify of me.

⁹ Jesus said to him, have I been with you so long, and don't you know me yet? Philip, he that hath seen me, hath seen the father; why then do you say, shew us the father?

⁴³ he is the person to whom all the prophets give this attestation, that all who believe in him, shall receive remission of sins, by his authority.

⁶ for God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to enlighten others in the knowledge of the glory of God, which shines in the person of Jesus Christ.

³ who being the radiation of his glory, and the imprest image of his substance, and governing all things by his powerful command, after having himself made expiation for our sins, sat down on the right hand of the divine majesty in the highest heavens.

¹¹ when the spirit of Christ inform'd the minds of the prophets of his future sufferings, and of the glorious consequences, they were solicitous to know the circumstances of the times pointed at:

¹⁰ then I fell at his seet to worship him: but he said to me, "forbear: I am the servant of God, as you and your brethren are, that bear testimony to Jesus: worship God: for to give testimony to Jesus, is the very design of prophecy."

³² Whosoever therefore shall own me before men, him will I own likewise before my father who is in heaven.

⁶⁹ In the mean time Peter was sitting without in the court: and a servant maid came to him, and said, you likewise was one of Jesus the Galilean's comrades. ⁷⁰ but he denied it before them all, saying, I know nothing of the matter. ⁷¹ and when he was going out at the porch, another maid saw him, and said to those that were by, this fellow was also with Jesus of Nazareth. ⁷² but he denied it again, and swore I don't know the man. ⁷³ soon after they that stood by coming up, said to Peter, certainly you are one of them, for thy speech bewrays thee. ⁷⁴ then he fell to solemn imprecations, and swore, "I don't know the man." and immediately the cock crew: ⁷⁵ when Peter remembred what Jesus had said to him, "before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice." and he went out, and wept bitterly.

²² blessed are you, when men shall hate you, discard you, reproach you, and treat you as infamous, for your attachment to the son of man.

⁸ moreover I declare unto you, whoever shall acknowledge me before men, him shall the son of man also own before the angels of God.

² who came to Jesus by night, and said to him, rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher sent from God: for no man can perform the miracles that you do, except God be with him.

¹³ However, no body talk'd openly in favour of him, for fear of the Jews.

⁴⁸ have any of the rulers, or of the Pharisees believed on him? ⁴⁹ but the populace, who are ignorant of the law, are such wretches. ⁵⁰ thereupon Nicodemus, he that came to Jesus by night, and was then present, ⁵¹ said to them, said to them, doth our law condemn any man before he is heard, without knowing the fact?

²² his parents said this, because they were afraid of the Jews: for the Jews had agreed in this, that if any man did own him for the Messias, he should be excommunicated.

³⁴ they answered, you were a vicious fellow from your very birth, and do you pretend to preach to us? and then they excommunicated him.

² they shall expel you out of the synagogues: yea, the time is coming, when it will be thought an agreeable sacrifice to God for any one to take away your lives.

³⁸ after this, Joseph of Arimathea, who was a disciple of Jesus, but for fear of the Jews a conceal'd one, pray'd Pilate to let him take away the body of Jesus: and Pilate gave him leave: so he went and took the body of Jesus.

⁴¹ full of joy, that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for the name of Jesus.

¹⁰ for with the heart man believeth unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.

¹² My dear brethren, don't be surpriz'd at your being brought as it were to the test of fire; as if some strange thing had happen'd to you. ¹³ on the contrary, rejoice at the share you have of sufferings, as well as Christ: that you may likewise triumph, when he shall appear in his glory. ¹⁴ if you suffer indignities in the cause of Christ, you are happy: for the glorious spirit of God rests upon you. ¹⁵ take care therefore not to suffer upon the account of homicide, or thievery, or for any criminal, or pragmatical practices. ¹⁶ but whoever suffers as a christian, let him not be asham'd, but rather give thanks to God upon that account.

² by this you may distinguish the spirit of God: "every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh, is from God.

¹⁵ whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the son of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God.

² therefore, when you give alms, do not make a proclamation of it as the hypocrites do, in their publick assemblies by sound of trumpet, that they may have the applause of men. for I assure you, they have their reward.

⁵ their phylacterys are broader, and the fringes of their garments are larger than those of others: ⁶ they affect the uppermost place at feasts, the principal chair in the synagogues, ⁷ to be saluted in publick places, and to have men address to them with the title of Doctor Doctor.

¹⁵ but he said to them, you pretend to piety before men, which, however they may admire, is an abomination to God, who knows your real temper.

¹⁷ he answer'd, honest servant, that's well: since your industry has made so much of so little, I give you the government of ten cities.

⁴¹ I do not by this seek your applause.

⁵⁴ Jesus answered, if I honour'd my self, my honour would be vain: it is my father that honoureth me, of whom ye say, that he is your God.

²⁶ if any man would serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there also shall my servant be: whoever serves me, him will my father reward.

⁷ who by patient continuance in well doing, seek for glory, honour, and immortality;

⁵ therefore suspend your judgment till the Lord comes, who will bring to light the secrets of darkness, and expose the counsels of mens hearts: and then shall every man have his due reward from God.

¹⁸ for not he that commendeth himself, but he whom the Lord commendeth, is the approved.

⁶ we never courted you nor any others, from an affectation of human applause. instead of making our apostolical character any ways expensive to you, as we might;

⁷ that your faith being put to a more advantageous proof, than that of gold, which loses by the essay, may redound to your praise and highest honour at the appearance of Jesus Christ: ⁸ whom though you have not seen, you love: and though he is not now the object of your view, yet you believe in him, and triumph with such a laudable transport, as cannot be express'd:

⁴ but in the internal qualities of the mind, in that purity, in that mild and dispassionate temper, which is so acceptable to the divine being.

⁴⁰ He that receives you, receives me; and he that receives me, receives him that sent me.

³⁷ whoever receives such a child as this upon my account, receives me; and he that receiveth me, does not so properly receive me, as the commands of him that sent me.

²⁴ I declare unto you, he that heareth my doctrine, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come under condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.

²⁸ Jesus then pursuing his discourse in the temple, rais'd his voice, and said, you know both who I am, and whence I am: however, I am not come of my self, but he that sent me is worthy of belief, him you are unacquainted with.

⁴³ when he had spoke this, he cried with a loud voice, Lazarus, come forth.

²⁰ I declare unto you, he that receiveth him that I send, receiveth me: and he that receiveth me, receiveth him that sent me.

²¹ it is by him that you believe in God, who has raised him from the dead, and invested him with glory, that your faith and your hope might be in God.

⁴¹ these things said Esaias, when he saw his glory, and spake of him.

⁹ Jesus said to him, have I been with you so long, and don't you know me yet? Philip, he that hath seen me, hath seen the father; why then do you say, shew us the father? ¹⁰ don't you believe that I am in the father, and the father in me? the words that I speak unto you, I speak indeed, tho' not from my self; but as to the works, the father, who dwells in me, he is the agent.

¹⁵ he is the image of the invisible God, the first-born of the whole creation.

²⁰ We know that the son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding to know him that is true: and we are with him that is true, by his son Jesus Christ. "he is the true God, who is the author of eternal life."

¹⁶ the people which sat in darkness, saw a great light: and to those who sat in the region and shadow of death, light is sprung up."

⁷⁶ and you, dear babe, you shall be the prophet of the most high: for you shall go before the Lord, in order to prepare his way, ⁷⁷ by acquainting his people how they may be saved by the remission of their sins, ⁷⁸ through the tender mercy of our God, by which the rising sun has visited us from on high, ⁷⁹ to enlighten those, who are in darkness, and in the shadow of death, and to direct our steps into the ways of peace."

³² and the glory of thy people Israel."

⁴ the Life was produc'd in him, and the Life was the Light of men. ⁵ and the Light shineth in darkness, but the darkness did not receive it.

⁹ HE was the true Light who came into the world, to enlighten every man.

¹⁹ and this is the subject of their condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men have loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.

⁵ while I am in the world, I am the light of the world.

³⁵ Jesus answer'd them, yet a little while is the light with you: walk while ye have the light, lest darkness surprize you: for he that walketh in darkness, does not know whither he goes. ³⁶ while ye have the light, believe in the light, that ye may be the children of light. after having said these things, Jesus retir'd, and conceal'd himself from them.

¹⁴ wherefore 'tis said, " awake thou that sleepest, arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light."

¹ Concerning the Logos, the author of Life, we declare what was from the beginning, what we have heard, what we have seen with our eyes, what we have consider'd, and what has been the object of our touch. ² for the life was manifested, we have seen it, we testify of it, and denounce unto you, that eternal life which was with the father, and was manifested unto us. ³ what we have seen and heard, we declare unto you, that ye also may be of the same society with us: and truly associated with the father, and with his son Jesus Christ.

⁸ however, it is really, in effect, a new commandment I write unto you, with respect to you: because the darkness is past, and things now appear in their true light. ⁹ he that says, he is in the light, and yet hates his brother, is still in darkness.

¹⁰ take care not to despise one of such an humble disposition: for I tell you, that in heaven their angels are continually attending the presence of my father who is in heaven:

²⁸ as the son of man came not to be ministred unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for all.

⁵⁶ for the son of man is not come to destroy men's lives, but to save them. and they went to another village.

¹⁰ for the son of man is come to seek, and to save that which was lost.

¹⁷ for God sent not his son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.

⁴⁵ don't imagine that I shall accuse you to my father: even Moses himself in whom you confide, will be your accuser.

¹⁵ you pass sentence according to your passions: I pass sentence on no man; ¹⁶ and yet if I did judge, my judgment is true: for I am not alone, but I am with the father who has sent me.

²⁶ I have many things to say against you: but I only say He that sent me is worthy of belief; and what I have heard of Him, that only I publish to the world.

⁴⁸ he that rejecteth me, and does not embrace my doctrine, hath one that condemns him: the doctrine that I have delivered, that shall condemn him in the last day.

¹⁵ it is a proposition worthy to be believ'd, and be embrac'd by all, that Jesus Christ is come into the world to save sinners, of whom I am the greatest. ¹⁶ however I obtained mercy, that Jesus Christ might demonstrate the greatness of his clemency, by making me an eminent instance of it to those who should hereafter believe in him, in order to eternal life.

¹⁵ that the patience of our Lord is for your advantage: as our dear brother Paul, according to the information he receiv'd, has writ to you,

¹⁴ and we have seen, and do testify, that the father hath sent the son to be the saviour of the world.

⁴² Jesus reply'd, did ye never read in the scriptures, " that very stone which the builders rejected, is become the principal stone of the angle, this the Lord effected, and it is marvellous in our eyes."

³¹ At length he began to inform them, that the son of man should suffer many indignities, be rejected by the chief priests, Scribes, and senators, be even put to death, and after three days should rise again.

¹⁰ have you not read, said he, this passage of scripture, "the stone which the builders rejected, is become the principal stone of the angle.

¹⁶ he that believeth, and is baptized, shall be saved; but he that disbelieves, shall be condemned.

³⁰ but the Pharisees and the doctors of the law rejected the divine offers made to them, refusing to be baptized by John.

²² the son of man must suffer many indignities: be rejected by the rulers, the chief priests, and Scribes: be put to death: and the third day be raised again.

²⁶ for whoever shall be ashamed of me, and of my doctrine, of him shall the son of man be ashamed, when he shall come in his own glory, and in the glory of his father, and of the holy angels.

¹⁶ he that adheres to you, adheres to me; he that rejects you, rejects me: and he that rejects me, rejecteth him that sent me.

²⁵ but before this, he must undergo many sufferings, and be rejected by this generation:

¹⁷ then Jesus looking upon them, said, what is the meaning then of that expression, "the stone, which the builders rejected, is become the chief stone of the angle."

¹⁷ for God sent not his son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. ¹⁸ he that believeth on him, shall not be condemned: but he that believeth not, is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the only begotten son of God. ¹⁹ and this is the subject of their condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men have loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. ²⁰ for every one that doth evil, hateth the light, and shunneth the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.

²⁴ Martha said to him, I know that he shall rise again at the resurrection of the last day.

²³ and whoever he be that will not hear that prophet, shall be destroyed from among the people."

¹⁶ in the day, when according to my gospel, God shall judge the secret actions of men by Jesus Christ.

¹⁵ for God is pleased to accept my christian labours, in favour both of those who are in a saving, and of those who are in a ruinous state: ¹⁶ by the one my preaching is taken as a deadly poison, to the other it is a reviving potion. and who is so sufficient for such a commission?

³ but if our gospel be obscure, it is so only to those who are lost:

⁸ in flaming fire, to take vengeance on those, who know not God, and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ:

³ how shall we escape, if we neglect that salutary doctrine? which was first published by the Lord, and was confirmed to us by those that heard him;

²⁷ as then it is appointed that men should die but once, after which the judgment ensues; ²⁸ so Christ being once offered up to take away the sins of many; he shall appear the second time, without making any further expiation to save those who expect him.

²⁹ don't you think then that he deserves a much greater punishment, who hath despised the son of God, and counted the blood of the covenant wherewith be was sanctified, to have been justly shed, thereby offering an indignity to the spirit of grace? ³⁰ for we know who it is that has said, "vengeance belongeth unto me, I will repay." and again, "the Lord shall revenge his people." ³¹ it is a terrible thing to fall into the hands of the living God.

²⁵ Take care that you be not deaf to him that speaketh: for if they did not escape, who disregarded the oracles pronounc'd on earth, much less shall we escape, if we turn away from him that delivered the oracles from heaven:

¹¹ I declare unto thee, we speak what we know, and testify what we have seen; but you do not receive our testimony.

³² and what he hath seen and heard, that he testifieth; but his testimony doth no man receive.

³⁰ Of my self I can do nothing: according to my instructions I judge: and my judgment is just; because I do not consult my own will, but the will of the father who hath sent me.

³⁸ for I came down from heaven, not to do my own will, but the will of him that sent me. ³⁹ and the will of him who sent me is this, that I should not lose any one of those he has given me, but should raise them again at the last day: this, ⁴⁰ I say, is the will of him that sent me, that every one who observes the son, and believeth on him, should have everlasting life: and I will raise him up at the last day.

⁴² Jesus said to them, if God were your father, ye would love me: for I was commissioned by God to come; I did not come of my self, but he sent me.

¹⁰ don't you believe that I am in the father, and the father in me? the words that I speak unto you, I speak indeed, tho' not from my self; but as to the works, the father, who dwells in me, he is the agent.

³¹ not that he has any thing against me, but that the world may know that I love the father, by my executing the commands which my father gave me: arise, let us go hence.

¹⁵ henceforth I do not treat you as servants; for the servant is unacquainted with his master's affairs: but I have treated you as friends; for what I have learnt of my father, I have communicated to you.

⁸ for I have given to them the instructions which you gave me; and they have received them; and have sincerely believ'd that I came from thee, and are persuaded that thou didst send me.

¹ The REVELATION of Jesus Christ, which God gave him, to shew to his servants things which must shortly come to pass; this he signified by his angel whom he dispatch'd to his servant John:

⁶³ it is the action of the mind that vivifies, that of the body profits nothing: the words that I have delivered to you, spiritually understood, give life.

⁶⁸ but Simon Peter answered, Lord, to whom shall we go? you have the words of eternal life.

³ and this is life eternal, to acknowledge thee to be the only true God, and Jesus to be the Messiah whom thou hast sent.

³¹ but these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Messias, the son of God, and that believing ye might have life through his name.

¹⁶ however I obtained mercy, that Jesus Christ might demonstrate the greatness of his clemency, by making me an eminent instance of it to those who should hereafter believe in him, in order to eternal life.

²⁵ and this is the reward that he hath promised us, even eternal life.

²³ now this is his commandment, that we believe in his son Jesus Christ, and that we love one another, as he commanded us. ²⁴ he that observes his commandments, dwelleth in God, and God in him: and hereby we know that he abideth in us, by the spirit which he hath given us.

¹¹ Now what is testified, is this, that God has given to us eternal life: and this life is by his son. ¹² he that receives the son, is intitled to life; and he that does not receive the son of God, has no title to life. ¹³ these things have I written to you, that you may know that you have eternal life, by your believing on the name of the son of God.