Luke:22
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Now the (
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Christ is taken upon the day of the Passover rather by the providence of his Father ,
than by the will of men .(:
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feast of unleavened bread drew nigh ,
which is called the Passover .
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And the hie Priests and Scribes sought how they might kill him :
for they feared the people .
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And he went his way ,
and communed with the chief priests and (
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Those that had the charge of keeping the temple ,
who were not from among the priests and bishops ,
as is shown below in (
Luk_22
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captains ,
how he might betray him unto them .
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So they were glad ,
and agreed to giue him money .
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And he promised ,
and sought opportunity to betray him unto them in the (
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Without tumult ,
doing it without the knowledge of the people who used to follow him :
and therefore they indeed waited patiently until they knew he was alone in the garden .(:
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absence of the multitude .
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And he sent Peter and John ,
saying ,
Go and prepare us the (
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The lamb which was the symbol of the passover :
And this is said using the figure of speech metonymy ,
which is often used when talking about the sacraments .(:
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passover ,
that we may eat .
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And they saide to him ,
Where wilt thou ,
that we prepare it ?
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Then he said vnto them ,
Beholde ,
when ye be entred into the citie ,
there shall a man meete you ,
bearing a pitcher of water :
folowe him into the house that he entreth in ,
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And say vnto the good man of the house ,
The Master saith vnto thee ,
Where is the lodging where I shall eate my Passeouer with my disciples ?
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Then he shall shewe you a great hie chamber trimmed :
there make it ready .
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So they went ,
and found as he had said vnto them ,
and made readie the Passeouer .
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And he said unto them ,
With desire I have desired to eat this passover with you before I (
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I am put to death .(:
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suffer :
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For I say vnto you ,
Hencefoorth I will not eate of it any more ,
vntill it bee fulfilled in the kingdome of God .
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And hee tooke the cup ,
and gaue thankes ,
and said ,
Take this ,
and deuide it among you ,
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For I say vnto you ,
I will not drinke of the fruite of the vine ,
vntill the kingdome of God be come .
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Likewise also the cup after supper ,
saying ,
This (
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Here is a double use of metonymy :
for first ,
the vessel is taken for that which is contained in the vessel ,
as the cup is spoken of for the wine which is within the cup .
Second ,
the wine is called the covenant or testament ,
whereas in reality it is but the sign of the testament ,
or rather of the blood of Christ by which the testament was made :
neither is it a vain sign ,
although it is not the same as the thing that it represents .(:
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cup [
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This word «
the »
shows the excellency of the testament ,
and corresponds to (
Jer_31
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where the new testament is promised .
the new testament in my blood ,
which is shed for you .
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Then they began to enquire among themselues which of them it should be ,
that should do that .
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And he said unto them ,
The kings of the Gentiles exercise lordship over them ;
and they that exercise authority upon them are called (
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Have great titles ,
for so it was the custom to honour princes with some great titles .(:
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benefactors .
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But yee shall not be so :
but let the greatest among you be as the least :
and the chiefest as he that serueth .
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For who is greater ,
he that sitteth at table ,
or he that serueth ?
Is not he that sitteth at table ?
And I am among you as he that serueth .
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Therefore I appoint vnto you a kingdome ,
as my Father hath appointed vnto me ,
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That ye may eate ,
and drinke at my table in my kingdome ,
and sit on seates ,
and iudge the twelue tribes of Israel .
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But he said ,
I tell thee ,
Peter ,
the cocke shall not crowe this day ,
before thou hast thrise denied that thou knewest me .
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And he saide vnto them ,
When I sent you without bagge ,
and scrip ,
and shooes ,
lacked ye any thing ?
And they said ,
Nothing .
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For I say vnto you ,
That yet the same which is written ,
must be perfourmed in me ,
Euen with the wicked was he nombred :
for doubtlesse those things which are written of me ,
haue an ende .
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And they said ,
Lord ,
beholde ,
here are two swordes ;
he said vnto them ,
It is ynough .
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And he came out ,
and went (
as he was wont )
to the mount of Oliues :
and his disciples also followed him .
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Saying ,
Father ,
if thou wilt ,
take away this cuppe from mee :
neuerthelesse ,
not my will ,
but thine be done .
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And there appeared an Angell vnto him from heauen ,
comforting him .
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And being in an (
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This agony shows that Christ struggled hard and was in great distress :
for Christ struggled hard not only with the fears of death as other men do (
for in this regard many martyrs might seem more constant then Christ ),
but also with the fearful judgment of his angry Father ,
which is the most fearful thing in the world :
and this was because he took the burden of all our sins upon himself .(:
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agony he prayed more earnestly :
and his sweat was as it were great These do not only show that Christ was true man ,
but also other things which the godly have to consider of ,
in which the secret of the redemption of all mankind is contained in the Son of God when he debased himself to the state of a servant :
such things as these no man can sufficiently declare .
drops of blood falling down to the ground .
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And he said vnto them ,
Why sleepe ye ?
rise and pray ,
least ye enter into tentation .
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And Iesus saide vnto him ,
Iudas ,
betrayest thou the Sonne of man with a kisse ?
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And one of them smote a seruant of the hie Priest ,
and strooke off his right eare .
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Then Iesus answered ,
and said ,
Suffer them thus farre :
and he touched his eare , &
amp ;
healed him .
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When I was daily with you in the temple ,
ye stretched forth no hands against me :
but this is your hour ,
and the (
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The power that was given to darkness to oppress the light for a time .(:
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power of darkness .
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Then took they him ,
and led [
him ],
and brought him into the high priest '
s house . (
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We have to behold in Peter an example both of the fragility of man '
s nature ,
and the singular goodness of God towards his elect .(:
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And Peter followed afar off .
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And when they had kindled a fire in the middes of the hall ,
and were set downe together ,
Peter also sate downe among them .
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And a certaine mayde behelde him as hee sate by the fire ,
and hauing well looked on him ,
said ,
This man was also with him .
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But he denied him ,
saying ,
Woman ,
I know him not .
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And after a little while ,
another man sawe him ,
and saide ,
Thou art also of them .
But Peter said ,
Man ,
I am not .
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And about the space of an houre after ,
a certaine other affirmed ,
saying .
Verely euen this man was with him :
for he is also a Galilean .
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And Peter saide ,
Man ,
I knowe not what thou sayest ;
immediatly while hee yet spake ,
the cocke crewe .
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Then the Lorde turned backe ,
and looked vpon Peter :
and Peter remembred the worde of the Lord ,
how he had said vnto him ,
Before the cocke crowe ,
thou shalt denie me thrise .
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And Peter went out ,
and wept bitterly .
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And when they had blindfolded him ,
they smote him on the face ,
and asked him ,
saying ,
Prophecie who it is that smote thee .
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And many other thinges blasphemously spake they against him .
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Saying ,
Art thou that Christ ?
tell vs ;
he said vnto them ,
If I tell you ,
ye wil not beleeue it .
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And if also I aske you ,
you will not answere me ,
nor let me goe .
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Hereafter shall the Sonne of man sit at the right hand of the power of God .
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Then sayd they all ,
Art thou then ye Sonne of God ?
And he sayd to them ,
Ye say ,
that I am .
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Then sayd they ,
What neede we any further witnes ?
for we our selues haue heard it of his owne mouth .