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Matthew:1:11 @ and Josias begat (note:)That is, the captivity fell in the days of Jakim and Jechonias: for Jechonias was born before the carrying away into captivity.(:note) Jechonias and his brethren, at the time of the carrying away of Babylon.
geneva@Matthew:1:12 @ And after they were caried away into Babylon, Iechonias begate Salathiel. And Salathiel begate Zorobabel.
geneva@Matthew:1:17 @ All (note:)All those who were considered to be in the lineage of David's family, as they begat one another orderly in turn.(:note) the generations, therefore, from Abraham to David [were] fourteen generations; and from David until the carrying away of Babylon, fourteen generations; and from the carrying away of Babylon unto the Christ, fourteen generations.
geneva@Matthew:1:18 @ Now the birth of (note:)Christ is the true Emmanuel, and therefore, Jesus (that is, Saviour) is conceived in the virgin by the Holy Spirit, as foretold by the prophets.(:note) Jesus Christ was thus: His mother, Mary, that is, having been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together, she was found to be with child of [the] Holy Spirit.
geneva@Matthew:1:20 @ but while he pondered on these things, behold, an angel of [the] Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, Joseph, son of David, fear not to (note:)Receive her from her parents and kinsfolks hands.(:note) take to [thee] Mary, thy Who was promised, and made sure to you to be your wife. wife, for that which is Of the mother's substance by the Holy Spirit. begotten in her is of [the] Holy Spirit.
geneva@Matthew:1:21 @ And she shall bring forth (note:)Christ is born of the same virgin who never knew a man: and is named Jesus by God himself through the angel.(:note) a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save Save, and this shows us the meaning of the name Jesus. his people from their sins.
geneva@Matthew:1:22 @ And al this was done that it might be fulfilled, which is spoken of the Lord by ye Prophet, saying,
geneva@Matthew:2:1 @ Now when (note:)Christ a poor child, laid down in a crib, and though given no attention by his own people, receives nonetheless a noble witness of his divinity from heaven, and of his kingly estate from strangers: which his own people unknowingly let happen, although they did not acknowledge him.(:note) Jesus was born in Bethlehem of For there was another in the tribe of Zebulun. Judaea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came Wise and learned men: It is a Persian word which they use frequently. wise men from the east to Jerusalem,
geneva@Matthew:2:3 @ When Herod the king had heard [these things], he was (note:)Was much moved, for he was a foreigner, and became ruler by force; and the Jews were troubled; for wickedness is mad and raging.(:note) troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.
geneva@Matthew:2:5 @ And they saide vnto him, At Beth-leem in Iudea: for so it is written by the Prophet,
geneva@Matthew:2:14 @ So he arose and tooke the babe and his mother by night, and departed into Egypt,
geneva@Matthew:2:15 @ And was there vnto the death of Herod, that that might be fulfilled, which is spoken of the Lord by the Prophet, saying, Out of Egypt haue I called my sonne.
geneva@Matthew:2:17 @ Then was fulfilled that which was spoken (note:)For God speaketh by the mouth of the prophets.(:note) by Jeremy the prophet, saying,
geneva@Matthew:2:18 @ In Rama was there (note:)A voice of lamenting, weeping and howling.(:note) a voice heard, lamentation, and weeping, and great mourning, That is to say, All who live around Bethlehem: for Rachel, Jacob's wife who died in childbirth, was buried by the road that leads to this town, which is also called Ephratah, because of the fruitfulness of the soil, and the plentifulness of corn. Rachel weeping [for] her children, and would not be comforted, because they are not.
geneva@Matthew:2:23 @ And went and dwelt in a citie called Nazareth, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Prophets, which was, That hee should be called a Nazarite.
geneva@Matthew:3:1 @ In (note:)Not when Joseph went to dwell at Nazareth, but a great while after, about fifteen years: for in the 30th year of his life Jesus was baptized by John: therefore «those days» means the time when Jesus remained as an inhabitant of the town of Nazareth.(:note) those days came John, who through his singular holiness and rare austerity of life caused men to cast their eyes on him, prepares the way for Christ who is following fast on his heels, as the prophet Isaiah foretold, and delivers the sum of the gospel, which a short time later would be delivered more fully. John the Baptist, preaching in the In a hilly country, which was nonetheless inhabited, for Zacharias dwelt there, (Luk_1:39-40), and there was Joab's house, (1Ki_2:34); and besides these, Joshua makes mention of six towns that were in the wilderness, (Jos_15:61-62). wilderness of Judaea,
geneva@Matthew:3:3 @ For this is he that was spoken of by the prophet Esaias, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, (note:)Make him a plain and smooth way.(:note) make his paths straight.
geneva@Matthew:3:6 @ And were baptized of him in Jordan, (note:)Acknowledging that they were saved only by free remission and forgiveness of their sins.(:note) confessing their sins.
geneva@Matthew:4:4 @ But he answering said, It is written, Man shall not liue by bread onely, but by euery worde that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.
geneva@Matthew:4:5 @ Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and setteth him on a (note:)The battlement which encompassed the flat roof of the Temple so that no man might fall down: as was appointed by the law; (Deu_22:8).(:note) pinnacle of the temple,
geneva@Matthew:4:14 @ That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the Propet, saying,
geneva@Matthew:4:15 @ The land of Zabulon, and the land of Nephthalim, [by] the way of the (note:)Of Tiberias, or because that country went toward Tyre, which borders the eastern Mediterranean Sea.(:note) sea, beyond Jordan, So called because it bordered upon Tyre and Sidon, and because Solomon gave the king of Tyre twenty cities in that quarter; (1Ki_9:11). Galilee of the Gentiles;
geneva@Matthew:4:23 @ And (note:)Christ assures the hearts of the believers of his spiritual and saving virtue, by healing the diseases of the body.(:note) Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in Their, that is, the Galilaeans. their Synagogues, that is, the Churches of the Jews. synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the Of the Messiah. kingdom, and healing Diseases of all kinds, but not every disease: that is, as we say, some of every kind. all manner of sickness and all manner of The word properly signifies the weakness of the stomach: but here it is taken for those diseases which make those that have them faint and wear away. disease among the people.
geneva@Matthew:4:24 @ And his fame went throughout all Syria: and they brought unto him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and (note:)The word signifies properly the stone with which gold is tried: and by a borrowed kind of speech, is applied to all kinds of examinations by torture, when as by rough dealing and torments, we draw out the truths from men who otherwise would not confess: in this place it is taken for those diseases, which put sick men to great woe.(:note) torments, and those which were possessed with devils, and those which were Who at every full moon or the change of the moon, are troubled and diseased. lunatick, and those that had the Weak and feeble men, who have the parts of their body loosed and so weakened, that they are neither able to gather them up together, nor do with them as they wish. palsy; and he healed them.
geneva@Matthew:5:13 @ Ye (note:)The ministers of the word especially (unless they will be the most cowardly of all) must lead others both by word and deed to this greatest joy and happiness.(:note) are the salt of the Your doctrine must be very sound and good, for if it is not so, it will be not regarded and cast away as a thing unsavoury and vain. earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be What will you have to salt with? And so are fools in the Latin tongue called «saltless», as you would say, men that have no salt or savour and taste in them. salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men.
geneva@Matthew:5:14 @ Ye are the (note:)You shine and give light by being made partakers of the true light.(:note) light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid.
geneva@Matthew:5:22 @ But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be (note:)He speaks of the judgment of God, and of the difference of sins, and therefore applies his words to the form of civil judgments which were then used.(:note) in danger Of that judgment which was ruled by three men, who had the hearing and deciding of money matters, and such other small causes. of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the By that judgment which stood of 23 judges, who had the hearing and deciding of weighty affairs, as the matter of a whole tribe or of a high priest, or of a false prophet. council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of Whereas we read here «hell», it is in the text itself «Gehenna», which is one Hebrew word made out of two, and is as if to say «as the Valley of Hinnom», which the Hebrews called Topheth: it was a place where the Israelites cruelly sacrificed their children to false gods, whereupon it was taken for a place appointed to torment the reprobates in (Jer_7:31). hell The Jews used four kinds of punishments, before their government was taken away by Herod: hanging, beheading, stoning, and burning. It is burning that Christ meant, because burning was the greatest punishment; therefore by making mention of a judgment, a council, and a fire, he shows that some sins are worse than others are, but yet they are all such that we must give account for them, and will be punished for them. fire.
geneva@Matthew:5:26 @ Verily I say unto thee, Thou shalt by no means come out thence, till thou hast (note:)You will be dealt with in this manner, to the utmost extremity.(:note) paid the uttermost farthing.
geneva@Matthew:5:34 @ But I say vnto you, Sweare not at all, neither by heauen, for it is the throne of God:
geneva@Matthew:5:35 @ Nor yet by the earth: for it is his footestoole: neither by Hierusalem: for it is the citie of the great King.
geneva@Matthew:5:36 @ Neither shalt thou sweare by thine head, because thou canst not make one heare white or blacke.
geneva@Matthew:6:27 @ Which of you by (note:)He speaks of care which is joined with thought of mind, and has for the most part distrust yoked with it.(:note) taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature?
geneva@Matthew:6:28 @ And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they (note:)By labour.(:note) toil not, neither do they spin:
geneva@Matthew:7:16 @ Ye shall know them by their fruites. Doe men gather grapes of thornes? or figges of thistles?
geneva@Matthew:7:20 @ Therefore by their fruites ye shall knowe them.
geneva@Matthew:7:22 @ Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy (note:)By «name» here is meant mighty working power of God, which every man witnesses that calls upon him.(:note) name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many Properly, powers: Now these excellent works which are done are called powers because of those things which they bring to pass, for by them we understand how mighty the power of God is. wonderful works?
geneva@Matthew:8:17 @ That it might be fulfilled, which was spoken by Esaias the Prophet, saying, He tooke our infirmities, and bare our sickenesses.
geneva@Matthew:9:2 @ And, behold, they brought to him a man sick of the palsy, lying on a bed: and Jesus (note:)Knowing by a manifest sign.(:note) seeing their faith said unto the sick of the palsy; Son, be of good cheer; thy sins be forgiven thee.
geneva@Matthew:9:10 @ And it came to pass, as Jesus sat at meat in the house, behold, many publicans and (note:)The publicans who were placed by the Romans, after that time Judea was brought into the form of a province, to gather the taxes, and therefore by the rest of the Jews they were called sinners, that is to say, very vile men.(:note) sinners came and sat down with him and his disciples.
geneva@Matthew:9:16 @ No man putteth a piece of (note:)Raw, which was never processed by the fuller.(:note) new cloth unto an old garment, for that which is put in to fill it up taketh from the garment, and the rent is made worse.
geneva@Matthew:9:25 @ And when the multitude were put foorth, hee went in and tooke her by the hande, and the maide arose.
geneva@Matthew:10:13 @ And if the house be worthy, let your (note:)It is an idiom taken from the Hebrews, by which they meant every type of happiness.(:note) peace come upon it: but if it be not worthy, let your peace return to you.
geneva@Matthew:11:1 @ And (note:)Christ shows by his works that he is the promised Messiah.(:note) it came to pass, when Jesus had made an end of Of instructing them with precepts. commanding his twelve disciples, he departed thence to teach and to preach in The disciples' cities, that is to say, in Galilee, where many of them were born; (Act_2:7). their cities.
geneva@Matthew:11:12 @ And from the time of Iohn Baptist hitherto, the kingdome of heauen suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force.
geneva@Matthew:12:17 @ That it might be fulfilled, which was spoken by Esaias the Prophet, saying,
geneva@Matthew:12:18 @ Behold my servant, whom I have chosen; my beloved, in whom my soul is well pleased: I will put my spirit upon him, and he shall shew (note:)By judgment is meant a godly kingdom, because Christ was to proclaim true religion among the Gentiles, and to cast out superstition; and wherever this is done, the Lord is said to reign and judge there, that is to say, to govern and rule matters.(:note) judgment to the Gentiles.
geneva@Matthew:12:27 @ Also if I through Beelzebub cast out deuils, by whom doe your children cast them out? Therefore they shall be your iudges.
geneva@Matthew:12:28 @ But if I cast out deuils by ye Spirit of God, then is the kingdome of God come vnto you.
geneva@Matthew:12:33 @ Either make the tree good, and his fruite good: or els make the tree euill, and his fruite euil: for the tree is knowen by the fruite.
geneva@Matthew:12:37 @ For by thy wordes thou shalt be iustified, and by thy wordes thou shalt be condemned.
geneva@Matthew:13:1 @ The same day went Iesus out of the house, and sate by the sea side.
geneva@Matthew:13:4 @ And as he sowed, some fell by the way side, and the foules came and deuoured them vp.
geneva@Matthew:13:14 @ So in them is fulfilled the prophecie of Esaias, which prophecie saieth, By hearing, ye shall heare, and shall not vnderstand, and seeing, ye shal see, and shall not perceiue.
geneva@Matthew:13:19 @ When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth [it] not, then cometh the wicked [one], and catcheth away that which was sown in his (note:)Though there is mention made of the heart, yet this sowing is referred to as hearing without understanding. For whether the seed is received in the heart or not, yet he that sows, sows to the heart.(:note) heart. This is he which received seed by the way side.
geneva@Matthew:13:21 @ Yet hath he no roote in himselfe, and dureth but a season: for assoone as tribulation or persecution commeth because of the woorde, by and by he is offended.
geneva@Matthew:13:35 @ That it might be fulfilled, which was spoken by the Prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in parables, and will vtter the thinges which haue beene kept secrete from the foundation of the worlde.
geneva@Matthew:14:2 @ And said unto his servants, This is John the Baptist; he is risen from the dead; and therefore mighty (note:)By works he means that force and power by which works are performed, and not the works which are often seen before.(:note) works do shew forth themselves in him.
geneva@Matthew:14:6 @ But when Herod's birthday was kept, the daughter of Herodias danced before them, and pleased (note:)There were three Herods: the first of them was Antipater's son, who is also called Ascalonius, in whose reign Christ was born, and it was he that caused the children to be slain. The second was called Antipas, Magnus his son, whose mother's name was Malthaca or Martaca, and he was called Tetrarch, because he enlarged his dominion, when Archelaus was banished to Vienna in France. The third was Agrippa, Magnus his nephew by Aristobulus, and it was he that slew James.(:note) Herod.
geneva@Matthew:14:13 @ And when Iesus heard it, hee departed thence by shippe into a desert place apart; when the multitude had heard it, they followed him on foote out of the cities.
geneva@Matthew:14:15 @ And when euen was come, his disciples came to him, saying, This is a desart place, and the time is alreadie past: let the multitude depart, that they may goe into the townes, and bye them vitailes.
geneva@Matthew:14:25 @ And in the (note:)By the fourth watch is meant the time nearer to day break: for in ancient times they divided the night into four watches in which they posted watches.(:note) fourth watch of the night Jesus went unto them, walking on the sea.
geneva@Matthew:15:4 @ For God commanded, saying, (note:)By honour is meant every duty which children owe to their parents.(:note) Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death.
geneva@Matthew:15:5 @ But ye say, (note:)The meaning is this: whatever I bestow upon the temple, is to your profit, for it is as good as if I gave it to you, for (as the Pharisees of our time say) it will be meritorious for you: for under this form of religion, they gathered all to themselves, as though he that had given anything to the temple, had done the duty of a child.(:note) Whosoever shall say to [his] father or [his] mother, [It is] a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me;
geneva@Matthew:15:6 @ And honour not his father or his mother, [he shall be free]. Thus have ye made the commandment of God of none (note:)As much as you could, you destroyed the power and authority of the commandment: for otherwise the commandments of God stand fast in the Church of God, in spite of the world and Satan.(:note) effect by your tradition.
geneva@Matthew:15:30 @ And great multitudes came unto him, having with them [those that were] lame, blind, dumb, (note:)Whose members were weakened with paralysis, or by nature, for after it is said that he healed them. Now Christ preferred to heal in this way, that such members as were weak, he restored to health, and yet he could easily, if he had wanted, have given them hands and feet and other members which they lacked.(:note) maimed, and many others, and cast them down at Jesus' feet; and he healed them:
geneva@Matthew:16:1 @ The (note:)The wicked who otherwise disagree with one another, agree well together against Christ, but do what they can, Christ is victorious, and triumphs over them.(:note) Pharisees also with the Sadducees came, and To see whether he could do that which they desired, but their purpose was useless for they thought to find something in him by it, in which case they might have just occasion to reprehend him: or else distrust and curiosity moved them to do so, for by such means also is God said to be tempted, that is to say, provoked to anger, as though men would strive with him. tempting desired him that he would shew them a sign from heaven.
geneva@Matthew:16:8 @ [Which] when Jesus (note:)Not by others, but by virtue of his divinity.(:note) perceived, he said unto them, O ye of little faith, why reason ye among yourselves, because ye have brought no bread?
geneva@Matthew:16:22 @ Then Peter (note:)Took him by the hand and led him aside, as they used to do, which meant to talk familiarly with one.(:note) took him, and began to rebuke him, saying, Be it far from thee, Lord: this shall not be unto thee.
geneva@Matthew:16:28 @ Verily I say unto you, There be some standing here, which shall not taste of death, till they see the Son of man coming in his (note:)By his kingdom is understood the glory of his ascension, and what follows after that, (Eph_4:10), or the preaching of the gospel, (Mar_9:1).(:note) kingdom.
geneva@Matthew:17:5 @ While he yet spake, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them: and behold a voice out of the cloud, which said, This is (note:)The word «my» distinguishes Christ from other children. For he is God's natural son, we by adoption; therefore he is called the first begotten among the brethren, because although he is by right the only son, yet he is chief among many, in that he is the source and head of the adoption.(:note) my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him.
geneva@Matthew:17:25 @ He saith, Yes. And when he was come into the house, Jesus prevented him, saying, What thinkest thou, Simon? of whom do the kings of the earth take custom or tribute? of their own (note:)By children we must not understand subjects who pay tribute, but natural children.(:note) children, or of strangers?
geneva@Matthew:18:16 @ But if he will not hear [thee, then] take with thee one or two more, that in the (note:)That is, by the word and witness; the mouth is sometimes taken for the word of speech, (Num_3:16), and also for a still witness, namely, when the matter speaks for itself, as below in (Mat_21:16).(:note) mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be Sure and certain. established.
geneva@Matthew:19:5 @ And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall (note:)The Greek word conveys «to be glued unto», by which it signifies the union by marriage, which is between man and wife, as though they were glued together.(:note) cleave to his wife: and they They who were two become one as it were: and this word «flesh» is figuratively taken for the whole man, or the body, after the manner of the Hebrews. twain shall be one flesh?
geneva@Matthew:19:6 @ Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath (note:)Has made them yokefellows, as the marriage itself is called a yoke, by a borrowed kind of speech.(:note) joined together, let not man put asunder.
geneva@Matthew:19:8 @ He saith unto them, Moses (note:)Being brought about because of the hardness of your hearts.(:note) because of the hardness of your hearts By a political law, not by the moral law: for the moral law is a perpetual law of God's justice; the other bows and bends as the carpenter's bevel. suffered you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it was not so.
geneva@Matthew:19:9 @ And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except [it be] (note:)Therefore in these days the laws that were made against adulterers were not regarded: for they would have no need of divorce, if the marriage had been severed by punishment of death.(:note) for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and whoso marrieth her which is put away doth commit adultery.
geneva@Matthew:19:12 @ For there are some (note:)A man can become a eunuch in one of two ways: the first is by castration or emasculation, and the other by natural causes, such as a rupture.(:note) eunuchs, which were so born from [their] mother's womb: and there are some eunuchs, which were made eunuchs of men: and there be eunuchs, which have Who abstain from marriage, and live as celibates through the gift of God. made themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of heaven's sake. He that is able to receive [it], let him receive [it].
geneva@Matthew:19:24 @ And again I say unto you, It is (note:)Literally, «it is of less labour».(:note) easier for a Theophylact notes, that by this word is meant a cable rope, but Caninius alleges out of the Talmuds that it is a proverb, and the word «Camel» signifies the beast itself. camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.
geneva@Matthew:20:15 @ Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? Is thine eye (note:)Naught, that is to say, do you envy at my goodness towards them? For by an «evil eye» the Hebrews mean «envy», because such dispositions appear chiefly in the eyes, as above in (Mat_6:23). It is set in opposition to the word «single», and it is taken there for corrupt: for whereas he said before in verse 22, «If thine eye be single», he adds in verse 23, «but if thine eye by wicked», or «corrupt», the word being the same in that place as it is here. (Mat_6:22-23)(:note) evil, because I am good?
geneva@Matthew:20:22 @ But Jesus answered and said, Ye know not what ye ask. Are ye able to (note:)«Taking the cup» is figurative speech for that which is contained in the cup. And again, the Hebrews understand by the word «cup», sometimes the manner of punishment which is rendered to sin, as (Psa_11:6), or the joy that is given to the faithful, as (Psa_23:5), and sometimes a lot or condition, as (Psa_16:5).(:note) drink of the cup that I shall drink of, and to be baptized with the This is in reference to afflictions, as David commonly uses. baptism that I am baptized with? They say unto him, We are able.
geneva@Matthew:20:23 @ And he saith unto them, Ye shall drink indeed of my cup, and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with: but to sit on my right hand, and on my left, is (note:)The almightiness of Christ's divinity is not shut out by this, but it shows the debasing of himself by taking man's nature upon him.(:note) not mine to give, but [it shall be given to them] for whom it is prepared of my Father.
geneva@Matthew:20:30 @ And beholde, two blinde men, sitting by the way side, when they heard that Iesus passed by, cryed, saying, O Lorde, the Sonne of Dauid, haue mercie on vs.
geneva@Matthew:20:32 @ And Jesus stood still, and (note:)Himself, not by the means of other men.(:note) called them, and said, What will ye that I shall do unto you?
geneva@Matthew:21:1 @ And (note:)Christ by his humility, triumphing over the pride of this world, ascends to true glory by the shame of the cross.(:note) when they drew nigh unto Jerusalem, and were come to Bethphage, unto the mount of Olives, then sent Jesus two disciples,
geneva@Matthew:21:4 @ All this was done that it might be fulfilled, which was spoken by the Prophet, saying,
geneva@Matthew:21:24 @ And Jesus answered and said unto them, I also will ask you (note:)One thing, that is to say, I will ask you one thing first before I answer your questions.(:note) one thing, which if ye tell me, I in like wise will tell you by what authority I do these things.
geneva@Matthew:21:25 @ The (note:)The preaching of John is called by the figure «baptism» because he preached the baptism of repentance, etc.; (Mar_1:4; Act_19:3).(:note) baptism of John, whence was it? from From God, and so it is plainly seen how these are set one against another. heaven, or of men? And they Beat their heads about it, and mused, or laid their heads together. reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven; he will say unto us, Why did ye not then believe him?
geneva@Matthew:21:27 @ Then they answered Iesus, and said, We can not tell; he said vnto them, Neither tell I you by what authoritie I doe these things.
geneva@Matthew:22:1 @ And (note:)Not all of the whole company of those that are called by the voice of the gospel are the true Church before God: for the most part of them would rather follow the conveniences of this life: and some persecute very cruelly those that call them: but they are the true Church who obey when they are called, such as for the most part are those whom the world despises.(:note) Jesus answered and spake unto them again by parables, and said,
geneva@Matthew:22:4 @ Again, he sent forth other servants, saying, Tell them which are bidden, Behold, I have prepared my dinner: my oxen and [my] fatlings [are] (note:)The word used here is commonly used in sacrifices, and is by translation used for other feasts also: For feasts and banquets usually began with sacrifices.(:note) killed, and all things [are] ready: come unto the marriage.
geneva@Matthew:22:19 @ Shew me the tribute money. And they brought unto him a (note:)Before (Mat_17:24) there is mention made of a didrachma, and here of a penny, whereas a didrachma is more by the seventh part then a penny: so that there seems to be an inconsistency in these two places: but they may easily be reconciled in this way: The penny was paid to the Romans for tribute, according to the proportion they were rated at, and the drachma was payed by everyone to the Temple, which also the Romans took to themselves when they had subdued India.(:note) penny.
geneva@Matthew:22:24 @ Saying, Master, Moses said, If a man die, having no (note:)Daughters are also included by this word «children», but even though they were part of his family and bore his name, the man who had only daughters was in the same position as the man who had no children at all; this is because daughters were not at this time able to carry on the family name. Therefore, by «children» here, we should understand it to be referring to «sons».(:note) children, his brother shall marry his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.
geneva@Matthew:23:7 @ And greetings in the markets, and to be called of men, Rabbi, (note:)This word «Rabbi» signifies one that is above his fellows, and is as good as any of them: and we may see by the repeating of it how proud a title it was. Now they were called Rabbi who, by the laying on of hands, were uttered and declared to the world to be wise men.(:note) Rabbi.
geneva@Matthew:23:16 @ Woe unto you, [ye] blind guides, which say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he (note:)Is a debtor. In the Syrian language, sins are called «Debts», and it is certain that Christ spoke in Syrian.(:note) is a debtor!
geneva@Matthew:23:18 @ And whosoeuer sweareth by the altar, it is nothing: but whosoeuer sweareth by the offering that is vpon it, offendeth.
geneva@Matthew:23:20 @ Whosoeuer therefore sweareth by the altar, sweareth by it, and by all things thereon.
geneva@Matthew:23:21 @ And whosoeuer sweareth by the Temple, sweareth by it, and by him that dwelleth therein.
geneva@Matthew:23:22 @ And he that shall swear by heaven, sweareth by the (note:)If heaven is God's throne, than he is without doubt above this entire world.(:note) throne of God, and by him that sitteth thereon.
geneva@Matthew:24:51 @ And shall (note:)That is, from the rest, or will cut him into two pieces, which was a most cruel kind of punishment: with which, as Justin Martyr witnesses, Isaiah the Prophet was executed by the Jews: the same kind of punishment we read of in (1Sa_15:33) and (Dan_3:29).(:note) cut him asunder, and appoint [him] his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
geneva@Matthew:25:1 @ Then (note:)We must desire strength from God's hand which may serve us as a torch while we walk through this darkness, to bring us to our desired end: otherwise, if we become slothful and negligent because we are weary of our pains and travail, we shall be kept from entering the doors.(:note) shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and The pomp of weddings was usually preferred to be done at night, and that by young unmarried women. went forth to meet the bridegroom.
geneva@Matthew:25:9 @ But the wise answered, saying, Not so, lest there will not be ynough for vs and you: but goe ye rather to them that sell, and bye for your selues.
geneva@Matthew:25:10 @ And while they went to bye, the bridegrome came: and they that were readie, went in with him to the wedding, and the gate was shut.
geneva@Matthew:25:27 @ Thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the (note:)Bankers who have their shops or tables set up abroad, where they lend money at interest. Usury or loaning money at interest is strictly forbidden by the Bible, (Exo_22:25-27; Deu_23:19-20). Even a rate as low as one per cent interest was disallowed, (Neh_5:11). This servant had already told two lies. First he said the master was an austere or harsh man. This is a lie for the Lord is merciful and gracious. Next he called his master a thief because he reaped where he did not sow. Finally the master said to him sarcastically why did you not add insult to injury and loan the money out at interest so you could call your master a «usurer» too! If the servant had done this, his master would have been responsible for his servant's actions and guilty of usury.(:note) exchangers, and [then] at my coming I should have received mine own with usury.
geneva@Matthew:26:1 @ And (note:)Christ witnesses by his going to death voluntarily, that he will make full satisfaction for the sin of Adam by his obedience.(:note) it came to pass, when Jesus had finished all these sayings, he said unto his disciples,
geneva@Matthew:26:4 @ And consulted together that they might take Iesus by subtiltie, and kill him.
geneva@Matthew:26:5 @ But they said, Not on the (note:)By the word «feast» is meant the whole feast of unleavened bread: the first and eighth day of which were so holy that they were not allowed to do any work on it, though the whole company of the Sanhedrin determined otherwise: And yet it came to pass through God's providence, that Christ suffered at that time, so that all the people of Israel might be witnesses of his everlasting sacrifice.(:note) feast [day], lest there be an uproar among the people.
geneva@Matthew:26:24 @ Surely the Sonne of man goeth his way, as it is written of him: but woe be to that man, by whom the Sonne of man is betrayed: it had bene good for that man, if hee had neuer bene borne.
geneva@Matthew:26:33 @ But Peter aunswered, and sayde vnto him, Though that al men should be offended by thee, yet will I neuer be offended.
geneva@Matthew:26:58 @ But Peter followed him afar off unto the high priest's (note:)The word used here properly denotes an open large room in the front of a house, as we see in kings' palaces and noblemen's houses: we call it a court, for it is open to the air, and by the use of synecdoche, is understood to mean the house itself.(:note) palace, and went in, and sat with the servants, to see the end.
geneva@Matthew:26:63 @ But Iesus helde his peace. Then the chiefe Priest answered, and saide to him, I charge thee sweare vnto vs by the liuing God, to tell vs, If thou be that Christ the Sonne of God, or no.
geneva@Matthew:26:73 @ So after a while, came vnto him they that stoode by, and sayde vnto Peter, Surely thou art also one of them: for euen thy speache bewraieth thee.
geneva@Matthew:27:9 @ Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by (note:)As this prophecy is found in (Zec_11:12) it cannot be denied that Jeremy's name slipped into the text either through the fault of the Scribe, or by someone else's ignorance: it may also be that it came out of the margin by means of the abbreviation on one of the letters, the one being «yod» and the other being «zayin», which are very similar: But in the Syrian text the Prophet's name is not written down at all.(:note) Jeremy the prophet, saying, The evangelist does not follow the prophet's words, but instead he follows the prophet's meaning, which he shows to have been fulfilled. And they took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of him that was valued, whom they of the children of Israel did value;
geneva@Matthew:27:19 @ Also when he was set downe vpon the iudgement seate, his wife sent to him, saying, Haue thou nothing to do with that iust man: for I haue suffered many things this day in a dreame by reason of him.)
geneva@Matthew:27:32 @ And as they came out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name: him they (note:)They compelled Simon to bear his burdensome cross, by which it appears that Jesus was so poorly handled before that he fainted along the way, and was not able to bear his cross the whole distance: for John writes that he did bear the cross, that is, at the beginning.(:note) compelled to bear his cross.
geneva@Matthew:27:52 @ And the (note:)That is to say, the stones broke apart, and the graves opened themselves to show by this act that death was overcome: and the resurrection of the dead followed the resurrection of Christ, as the next verse indicates (Mat_27:53).(:note) graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose,
geneva@Matthew:27:64 @ Command therefore, that the sepulchre be made sure vntill the third day, lest his disciples come by night, and steale him away, and say vnto the people, He is risen from the dead: so shall the last errour be worse then the first.
geneva@Matthew:28:1 @ In (note:)Christ, having routed death in the tomb, rises by his own power, as the angel immediately witnesses.(:note) the At the going out of the sabbath, that is, about daybreak after the Roman manner of telling time, which considers the natural day to be from the rising of the sun to the next sunrise: and not as the Hebrews, which count from evening to evening. end of the sabbath, as it When the morning of the first day after the sabbath began to dawn: and that first day is the same as that which we now call Sunday, or the Lord's day. began to dawn toward the first [day] of the week, came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to see the sepulchre.
geneva@Matthew:28:3 @ His (note:)The beams of his eyes, and by the figure of speech called synecdoche, this is understood as the countenance.(:note) countenance was like lightning, and his raiment white as snow:
geneva@Matthew:28:13 @ Saying, Say, His disciples came by night, and stole him away while we slept.
geneva@Matthew:28:20 @ Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you (note:)Forever: and this refers to the manner of the presence of his Spirit, by means of which he makes us partakers both of himself and of all his benefits, even though he is absent from us in body.(:note) alway, [even] unto the end of the world. Amen.
geneva@Mark:1:27 @ And they were all amazed, insomuch that they questioned (note:)As men who were amazed.(:note) among themselves, saying, What thing is this? what new doctrine [is] this? for with authority By his own authority, or as a lord. commandeth he even the unclean spirits, and they do obey him.
geneva@Mark:1:31 @ And he came and tooke her by the hand, and lifted her vp, and the feuer forsooke her by and by, and shee ministred vnto them.
geneva@Mark:2:1 @ And (note:)By healing this man who was sick from paralysis Christ shows that men recover all their lost strength in him through faith alone.(:note) again he entered into Capernaum after [some] days; and it was noised that he was in the In the house where he used to remain: for he chose Capernaum to dwell in and left Nazareth. house.
geneva@Mark:2:14 @ And as he passed by, he saw (note:)Matthew's other name.(:note) Levi the [son] of Alphaeus sitting at the receipt of custom, and said unto him, Follow me. And he arose and followed him.
geneva@Mark:2:26 @ How he went into the house of God in the days of (note:)In (1Sa_21:1) he is called Ahimelech and his son is called Abiathar, but by conferring other places it is plain that both of them had two names; see (1Ch_24:6; 2Sa_8:17; 2Sa_15:29; 1Ki_2:26; 2Ki_25:18).(:note) Abiathar the high priest, and did eat the shewbread, which is not lawful to eat but for the priests, and gave also to them which were with him?
geneva@Mark:3:11 @ And (note:)In those whom they had entered into: or by the figure of speech called metonymy, it refers to those who were vexed with the unclean spirits.(:note) unclean spirits, when they saw him, fell down before him, and cried, saying, Thou art the Son of God.
geneva@Mark:3:31 @ There came then his (note:)By the name «brother» the Hebrews understand all that are of the same stock and blood.(:note) brethren and his mother, and, standing without, sent unto him, calling him.
geneva@Mark:4:1 @ And he began again to teach by the (note:)Seaside of Tiberias.(:note) sea side: and there was gathered unto him a great multitude, so that he entered into a ship, and sat In a ship which was launched into the sea. in the sea; and the whole multitude was by the sea on the land.
geneva@Mark:4:4 @ And it came to passe as he sowed, that some fell by the way side, and the foules of the heauen came, and deuoured it vp.
geneva@Mark:4:5 @ And some fell on stonie grounde, where it had not much earth, and by and by sprang vp, because it had not depth of earth.
geneva@Mark:4:15 @ And these are they that receiue the seede by the wayes side, in whome the worde is sowen: but when they haue heard it, Satan commeth immediatly, and taketh away the worde that was sowen in their heartes.
geneva@Mark:4:27 @ And (note:)That is, when he has finished sowing should wait both day and night not doubting that the seed should spring forth, which grows both by day and night.(:note) should sleep, and rise night and day, and the seed should spring and grow up, he It is the duty of the ministers to work the ground with all diligence, and accredit the success to God: for the mighty work of the seed coming to blade and ear is mysterious, and is only known by the fruit that comes. knoweth not how.
geneva@Mark:4:28 @ For the earth bringeth forth fruit (note:)By a certain power which moves itself.(:note) of herself; first the blade, then the ear, after that the full corn in the ear.
geneva@Mark:5:7 @ And cried with a loud voice, and said, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, [thou] Son of the most high God? I (note:)That is, assure me by an oath that you will not vex me.(:note) adjure thee by God, that thou torment me not.
geneva@Mark:5:21 @ And when Iesus was come ouer againe by ship vnto the other side, a great multitude gathered together to him, & he was neere vnto the sea.
geneva@Mark:5:22 @ And, (note:)The whole company did not assemble without any structure, but in every synagogue there were certain men who governed the people.(:note) behold, there cometh one of the rulers of the synagogue, Jairus by name; and when he saw him, he fell at his feet,
geneva@Mark:5:41 @ And tooke the childe by the hand, & saide vnto her, Talitha cumi, which is by interpretation, Mayden, I say vnto thee, arise.
geneva@Mark:6:1 @ And (note:)The faithless world by no means diminishes the virtue of Christ, but knowingly and willingly it deprives itself of the efficacy of it being offered unto them.(:note) he went out from thence, and came into his own country; and his disciples follow him.
geneva@Mark:6:2 @ And when the sabbath day was come, he began to teach in the synagogue: and many hearing [him] were astonished, saying, From whence hath this [man] these things? and what wisdom [is] this which is given unto him, that even such (note:)The word signifies powers or virtues, by which are meant those wonderful works that Christ did which showed and set forth the virtue and power of his Godhead to all the world; (Mat_7:22).(:note) mighty works are wrought by his hands?
geneva@Mark:6:3 @ Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, the brother of James, and Joses, and of Juda, and Simon? and are not his (note:)This word is used after the manner of the Hebrews, who by brethren and sisters understand all relatives.(:note) sisters here with us? And they were offended at him.
geneva@Mark:6:6 @ And he marueiled at their vnbeliefe, and went about by ye townes on euery side, teaching.
geneva@Mark:6:13 @ And they cast out many devils, and (note:)This oil was a token and a sign of his marvellous virtue: and seeing that the gift of healing has stopped a good while since, the ceremony of anointing which is yet carried on by some is of no purpose.(:note) anointed with oil many that were sick, and healed [them].
geneva@Mark:6:22 @ And when the daughter (note:)This same Herodias had the daughter by Philip, not by Herod Antipas, and Josephus called the daughter Salome.(:note) of the said Herodias came in, and danced, and pleased Herod and them that sat with him, the king said unto the damsel, Ask of me whatsoever thou wilt, and I will give [it] thee.
geneva@Mark:6:32 @ So they went by ship out of the way into a desart place.
geneva@Mark:6:39 @ And he commanded them to make all sit down by (note:)Literally, «by banquets», after the manner of the Hebrews who have no distributive words; see (Mar_6:7). Now he calls the rows of the sitters, «banquets».(:note) companies upon the green grass.
geneva@Mark:6:40 @ And they sat down in (note:)The word signifies the beds in a garden, and it is literally, «by beds and beds», meaning by this that they sat down in rows one by another, as beds in a garden.(:note) ranks, by hundreds, and by fifties.
geneva@Mark:6:48 @ And he saw them troubled in rowing, (for the winde was contrary vnto them) and about the fourth watch of the night, hee came vnto them, walking vpon the sea, and would haue passed by them.
geneva@Mark:7:1 @ Then (note:)None resist the wisdom of God more than they that should be wisest, and they resist because of their zeal for their own traditions: for men please themselves in superstition more than in any other thing, that is to say, in a worship of God fondly devised by themselves.(:note) came together unto him the Pharisees, and certain of the scribes, which came from Jerusalem.
geneva@Mark:7:4 @ And [when they come] from the (note:)That is to say, after coming from civil and worldly affairs they do not eat unless they first wash themselves.(:note) market, except they wash, they eat not. And many other things there be, which they have received to hold, [as] the washing of cups, and By these words are understood all types of vessels which we use daily. pots, brasen vessels, and of tables.
geneva@Mark:7:11 @ But yee say, If a man say to father or mother, Corban, that is, By the gift that is offered by mee, thou mayest haue profite, hee shall be free.
geneva@Mark:7:13 @ Making the worde of God of none authoritie, by your tradition which ye haue ordeined: and ye doe many such like things.
geneva@Mark:7:22 @ Thefts, (note:)All types of craftiness by which men profit themselves at other men's losses.(:note) covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an Corrupted malice. evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness:
geneva@Mark:7:26 @ The woman was a (note:)By nationality, profane.(:note) Greek, a A neighbour of or near to Damascus. Syrophenician by nation; and she besought him that he would cast forth the devil out of her daughter.
geneva@Mark:8:3 @ And if I send them away fasting to their own houses, they will (note:)Literally, «they will fall apart», or «be dissolved», for when men faint they tear their muscles.(:note) faint by the way: for divers of them came from far.
geneva@Mark:8:12 @ And he (note:)These sighs came from the centre of his heart for the Lord was very much moved with the great unbelief of these men.(:note) sighed deeply in his spirit, and saith, Why doth this generation seek after a sign? verily I say unto you, Literally, «If a sign be given». It is an abbreviated kind of speech very common among the Hebrews; it is the same as when we say, «Let me be taken for a liar», or something similar. And when they speak out the whole, they say, «The Lord do such and such by me.» There shall no sign be given unto this generation.
geneva@Mark:8:23 @ Then he tooke the blinde by the hand, and ledde him out of the towne, and spat in his eyes, and put his handes vpon him, and asked him, if he sawe ought.
geneva@Mark:9:29 @ And he saide vnto them, This kinde can by no other meanes come foorth, but by prayer and fasting.
geneva@Mark:9:34 @ And they helde their peace: for by the way they reasoned among themselues, who should bee the chiefest.
geneva@Mark:9:39 @ But Iesus sayd, Forbid him not: for there is no man that can doe a miracle by my Name, that can lightly speake euill of me.
geneva@Mark:10:1 @ And he (note:)That is to say, departed and went from there: for in the Hebrew language sitting and dwelling are the same thing, and so are rising and going forth.(:note) arose from thence, and cometh into the coasts of Judaea by the farther side of Jordan: and the people resort unto him again; and, as he was wont, he taught them again.
geneva@Mark:10:11 @ And he saith unto them, Whosoever shall put away his wife, and marry another, committeth adultery (note:)Whom he puts away, for he is an adulterer by keeping company with another.(:note) against her.
geneva@Mark:10:19 @ Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, (note:)Neither by force nor deceit, nor any other means at all.(:note) Defraud not, Honour thy father and mother.
geneva@Mark:10:52 @ Then Iesus sayde vnto him, Goe thy way: thy fayth hath saued thee; by and by, he receiued his sight, and folowed Iesus in the way.
geneva@Mark:11:4 @ And they went their way, and found a colt tyed by the doore without, in a place where two wayes met, and they loosed him.
geneva@Mark:11:28 @ And said vnto him, By what authoritie doest thou these things? and who gaue thee this authoritie, that thou shouldest doe these things?
geneva@Mark:11:29 @ Then Iesus answered, and saide vnto them, I will also aske of you a certaine thing, & answere ye me, and I will tell you by what authoritie I do these things.
geneva@Mark:11:33 @ Then they answered, and saide vnto Iesus, We cannot tell; Iesus answered, and said vnto them, Neither will I tell you by what authoritie I doe these things.
geneva@Mark:12:1 @ And (note:)The calling of God is unbounded, without exception, in regard to place, person, or time.(:note) he began to speak unto them by This word «parable», which the evangelists use, not only signifies a comparing of things together, but also speeches and allegories with hidden meaning. parables. A [certain] man planted a vineyard, and set an hedge about [it], and digged [a place for] the winefat, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country.
geneva@Mark:12:14 @ And when they were come, they say unto him, Master, we know that thou art true, and carest for no man: for thou (note:)You do not judge by the outward appearance, so that the truth is therefore not darkened by any means at all.(:note) regardest not the person of men, but teachest the The way by which we come to see God. way of God in truth: Is it lawful to give tribute to Caesar, or not?
geneva@Mark:12:36 @ For David himself said by (note:)Literally, «in the Holy Spirit»; and there is a great power in this kind of speech, by which is meant that it was not so much David who was speaking, but instead the Holy Spirit, who in a way possessed David.(:note) the Holy Ghost, The LORD said to my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy footstool.
geneva@Mark:12:37 @ Then Dauid himselfe calleth him Lord: by what meanes is he then his sonne? And much people heard him gladly.
geneva@Mark:13:11 @ But when they shall lead [you], and deliver you up, (note:)We are not forbidden to think beforehand, but we are willed to beware of that pensive carefulness by which men discourage themselves, which proceeds from distrust and lack of confidence and sure hope of God's assistance. {{See Mat_6:27}}(:note) take no thought beforehand what ye shall speak, neither By any kind of made-up and cunning type of story to tell. do ye premeditate: but whatsoever shall be given you in that hour, that speak ye: for it is not ye that speak, but the Holy Ghost.
geneva@Mark:13:14 @ But when ye shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, (note:)When the heathen and profane people shall not only enter into the temple, and defile both it and the city, but also completely destroy it.(:note) standing where it ought not, (let him that readeth understand,) then let them that be in Judaea flee to the mountains:
geneva@Mark:14:1 @ After (note:)By the will of God, against the counsel of men, it came to pass that Christ should be put to death upon the solemn day of the passover, that in all respects the truth of his sacrifice might agree to the symbol of the passover.(:note) two days was [the feast of] the passover, and of unleavened bread: and the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might take him by craft, and put [him] to death.
geneva@Mark:14:19 @ Then they began to be sorowful & to say to him one by one, Is it I? And another, Is it I?
geneva@Mark:14:21 @ Truly the Sonne of man goeth his way, as it is written of him: but woe bee to that man, by whome the Sonne of man is betrayed: it had beene good for that man, if hee had neuer beene borne.
geneva@Mark:14:47 @ And (note:)That is, Peter.(:note) one of them that stood by drew a sword, and smote a servant of the high priest, and cut off his ear.
geneva@Mark:14:53 @ And they led Jesus away to the high priest: and with him were (note:)The highest council was assembled because Christ was accused as a blasphemer and a false prophet: for as to the other crime of treason, it was forged against him by the priest in order to force Pilate to condemn him.(:note) assembled all the chief priests and the elders and the scribes.
geneva@Mark:14:69 @ And (note:)If we carefully compare the evangelists together we will perceive that Peter was known by many through the maiden's report: furthermore, when the second denial is spoken of in Luke, there is a man servant mentioned and not a maid.(:note) a maid saw him again, and began to say to them that stood by, This is [one] of them.
geneva@Mark:14:70 @ But hee denied it againe: and anon after, they that stoode by, sayde againe to Peter, Surely thou art one of them: for thou art of Galile, and thy speach is like.
geneva@Mark:15:1 @ And (note:)Christ being bound before the judgment seat of an earthly Judge, is condemned before the open assembly as guilty unto the death of the cross, not for his own sins (as is shown by the judge's own words) but for all of ours, that we who are indeed guilty creatures, in being delivered from the guiltiness of our sins, might be acquitted before the judgment seat of God, even in the open assembly of the angels.(:note) straightway in the morning the chief priests held a consultation with the elders and scribes and the whole council, and bound Jesus, and carried [him] away, and It was not lawful for them to put any man to death, for all authority to punish by death was taken away from them, first by Herod the great, and afterward by the Romans, about forty years before the destruction of the temple, and therefore they deliver Jesus to Pilate.delivered [him] to Pilate.
geneva@Mark:15:21 @ And they (note:)The rage of the wicked has no measure; meanwhile, even the weakness of Christ, who was in pain under the heavy burden of the cross, manifestly shows that a lamb is led to be sacrificed.(:note) compel one Simon a Cyrenian, who passed by, coming out of the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to bear his cross.
geneva@Mark:15:29 @ And they that went by, railed on him, wagging their heads, and saying, Hey, thou that destroyest the Temple, & buildest it in three dayes,
geneva@Mark:15:33 @ And when the sixth hour was come, there was (note:)How angry God was against our sins, which he punished in his son who is our sure substitute, is made evident by this horrible darkness.(:note) darkness over the By this word «land» he means Palestine: so that the strangeness of the wonder is all the more set forth in that at the feast of the passover, and in the full moon, when the sun shone over all the rest of the world, and at midday, this corner of the world in which so wicked an act was committed was covered over with great darkness. whole land until the ninth hour.
geneva@Mark:15:34 @ And at the (note:)Christ striving mightily with Satan, sin and death, all three armed with the horrible curse of God, grievously tormented in body hanging upon the cross, and in soul plunged into the depth of hell, yet he clears himself, crying with a mighty voice: and notwithstanding the wound which he received from death, in that he died, yet by smiting both things above and things beneath, by the renting of the veil of the temple, and by the testimony wrung out of those who murdered him, he shows evidently unto the rest of his enemies who are as yet obstinate, and mock at him, that he will be known without delay to be conqueror and Lord of all.(:note) ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani? which is, being interpreted, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?
geneva@Mark:15:35 @ And some of them that stoode by, when they heard it, said, Behold, he calleth Elias.
geneva@Mark:15:43 @ Joseph of Arimathaea, an (note:)A man of great authority, of the council of the sanhedrin, or else a man who was taken by Pilate for his own council.(:note) honourable counsellor, which also waited for the kingdom of God, came, and went in If we consider what danger Joseph put himself into we shall perceive how bold he was. boldly unto Pilate, and craved the body of Jesus.
geneva@Luke:1:17 @ And he shall go (note:)As they used to go before kings, and when you see them, you know the king is not far off.(:note) before him This is spoken by the figure of speech metonymy, taking the spirit for the gift of the spirit; as you would say, the cause of that which comes from the cause. in the spirit and power of Elias, to turn the By the figure of speech synecdoche he shows that he will take away all types of enmities which used to breed great troubles and turmoils among men. hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the Wisdom and goodness are two of the main causes which make men revere and honour their fathers. wisdom of the just; to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.
geneva@Luke:1:18 @ Then Zacharias said vnto ye Angel, Whereby shall I knowe this? For I am an olde man, and my wife is of a great age.
geneva@Luke:1:34 @ Then said Mary unto the angel, (note:)The greatness of the matter causes the virgin to ask this question, not that she distrusted by any means at all, for she asks only of the manner of the conceiving, so that it is plain she believed all the rest.(:note) How shall this be, seeing So speak the Hebrews, signifying by this modest kind of speech the company of man and wife together, and this is the meaning of it: how will this be, for as I will be Christ's mother I am very sure I will not know any man: for the godly virgin had learned by the prophets that the Messiah would be born of a virgin. I know not a man?
geneva@Luke:1:35 @ And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost (note:)That is, the Holy Spirit will cause thee to conceive by his mighty power.(:note) shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore also that That thing which is pure and void of all spot of uncleanliness: for he that was to take away sin must of necessity be void of sin. holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be Declared and shown to the world to be the Son of God. called the Son of God.
geneva@Luke:1:36 @ And, behold, thy (note:)Though Elisabeth was of the tribe of Levi, yet it was possible for her to be Mary's cousin: for whereas it was forbidden by the Law for maidens to be married to men of other tribes, there was an exception among the Levites, who could take for themselves wives out of any tribe: for the Levites had no portion allotted to them when the land was divided among the people.(:note) cousin Elisabeth, she hath also conceived a son in her old age: and this is the This is now the sixth month from the time when she conceived. sixth month with her, who was called barren.
geneva@Luke:1:51 @ He hath shewed strength with his (note:)Here many more words than necessary are used, which the Hebrews use very much: and «arm» here is taken for strength.(:note) arm; he hath Even as the wind does to the chaff. scattered the proud in the He has scattered them, and the imagination of their hearts; or, by and through the imagination of their own hearts; so that their wicked counsel turned to their own destruction. imagination of their hearts.
geneva@Luke:1:69 @ And hath raised up an (note:)This word «horn», in the Hebrew language, signifies strength, and it is a metaphor taken from beasts that fight with their horns: And by raising up the might of Israel is meant that the kingdom of Israel was defended, and the enemies of it laid on the ground, even then when the strength of Israel seemed to be utterly gone.(:note) horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David;
geneva@Luke:1:70 @ As he spake by ye mouth of his holy Prophets, which were since the world began, saying,
geneva@Luke:1:77 @ To (note:)Open the way.(:note) give knowledge of salvation unto his people by the Forgiveness of sins is the means by which God saves us; (Rom_4:7). remission of their sins,
geneva@Luke:1:78 @ Through the tender mercy of our God; whereby the (note:)Or «bud», or «branch»; he alludes to (Jer_23:5) (Zec_3:8; Zec_6:12); and he is called a bud from on high, that is, sent from God unto us, and not as other buds which bud out of the earth.(:note) dayspring from on high hath visited us,
geneva@Luke:2:1 @ And (note:)Christ, the son of God, taking upon himself the form of a servant, and making himself of no reputation, is poorly born in a stable: and by the means of Augustus, the mightiest prince in the world, (thinking nothing of it) has his cradle prepared in Bethlehem, as the prophets foretold.(:note) it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the As far as the empire of the Romans stretched. world should be That is, the inhabitants of every city should have their names recorded, and their goods rated at a certain value, that the emperor might understand how rich every country, city, family, and house was. taxed.
geneva@Luke:2:26 @ And it was declared to him from God by the holy Ghost, that he shoulde not see death, before he had seene that Anointed of the Lord.
geneva@Luke:2:27 @ And he came by the Spirit into the temple: and when the (note:)Joseph and Mary: and he says «parents» because that is what most of the people then thought.(:note) parents brought in the child Jesus, to do for him after the custom of the law,
geneva@Luke:2:34 @ And Simeon blessed them, and said unto Mary his mother, Behold, this [child] is (note:)Is appointed and set by God for a mark.(:note) set for the Fall of the reprobate who perishes because of their own fault: and for the rising of the elect, unto whom God will give faith to believe. fall and rising again of many in Israel; and for a That is, a mark, which all men will strive earnestly to hit. sign which shall be spoken against;
geneva@Luke:3:1 @ Now (note:)John comes at the time foretold by the prophets and lays the foundation of the gospel which is exhibited unto us, setting forth the true observing of the law and free mercy in Christ, which comes after John, using also baptism which is the outward sign both of regeneration and also forgiveness of sins.(:note) in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judaea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of Ituraea and of the region of Trachonitis, and Lysanias the tetrarch of Abilene,
geneva@Luke:4:1 @ And (note:)Christ, being carried away (as it were out of the world) into the desert, comes suddenly as if from heaven, having fasted for forty days and overcoming Satan three times, and thus begins his office.(:note) Jesus being full of the Holy Ghost returned from Jordan, and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness,
geneva@Luke:4:4 @ But Iesus answered him, saying, It is written, That man shall not liue by bread only, but by euery word of God.
geneva@Luke:4:6 @ And the devil said unto him, All this (note:)By this word «power» are meant the kingdoms themselves which have the power: and so this is said using the figure of speech metonymy.(:note) power will I give thee, and the glory of them: for that is This is surely so, for he is prince of the world, but not absolutely, and is the sovereign of it only by permission and request, and therefore he does not truly say that he can give it to whom he will. delivered unto me; and to whomsoever I will I give it.
geneva@Luke:4:14 @ And Iesus returned by the power of the spirite into Galile: and there went a fame of him throughout all the region round about.
geneva@Luke:5:1 @ And (note:)Christ reveals to the four disciples whom he had taken unto himself the office of the apostleship, which would be committed unto them in the future.(:note) it came to pass, that, as the people Did as it were lie upon him, so desirous were they both to see him and hear him, and therefore he taught them out of a ship. pressed upon him to hear the word of God, he stood by the lake of Gennesaret,
geneva@Luke:5:2 @ And sawe two shippes stand by the lakes side, but the fishermen were gone out of them, and were washing their nettes.
geneva@Luke:5:19 @ And when they could not finde by what way they might bring him in, because of the preasse, they went vp on the house, and let him downe through the tyling, bed and all, in the middes before Iesus.
geneva@Luke:6:22 @ Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they shall (note:)Cast you out of their synagogues, as John expounds in (Joh_16:2), which is the severest punishment the Church has, if the elders judge rightfully, and by the word of God.(:note) separate you [from their company], and shall reproach [you], and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man's sake.
geneva@Luke:6:23 @ Rejoice ye in that day, and (note:)Leap for exceeding joy, as cattle do who are spurred on by food.(:note) leap for joy: for, behold, your reward [is] great in heaven: for in the like manner did their fathers unto the prophets.
geneva@Luke:6:32 @ For if ye love them which love you, (note:)What is there in this your work that is to be accounted of? For if you look to have reward by loving, seek those rewards which are indeed rewards: love your enemies, and so will you show to the world that you look for those rewards which come from God.(:note) what thank have ye? for sinners also love those that love them.
geneva@Luke:6:44 @ For euery tree is knowen by his owne fruite: for neither of thornes gather men figges, nor of bushes gather they grapes.
geneva@Luke:6:49 @ But hee that heareth and doeth not, is like a man that built an house vpon the earth without foundation, against which the flood did beate, and it fell by and by: and the fall of that house was great.
geneva@Luke:7:1 @ Now (note:)Christ admonishes the Jews that for their obstinacy and rebellion he will go to the Gentiles, by setting before them the example of the centurion.(:note) when he had ended all his sayings in the audience of the people, he entered into Capernaum.
geneva@Luke:7:47 @ Wherefore I say unto thee, Her sins, which are many, are forgiven; (note:)That is, says Theophylact, she has shown her faith abundantly: and Basil in his «Sermon of Baptism» says, «He that owes much has much forgiven him, that he may love much more». And therefore Christ's saying is so plain in light of this that it is a wonder to see the enemies of the truth so badly distort and misinterpret this place in such a thorough manner in order to establish their meritorious works: for the greater sum a man has forgiven him, the more he loves him that has been so gracious to him. And this woman shows by deeds of love how great the benefit was she had received: and therefore the charity that is here spoken of is not to be taken as the cause of her forgiveness, but as a sign of it: for Christ does not say as the Pharisees did that she was a sinner, but bears her witness that the sins of her past life are forgiven her.(:note) for she loved much: but to whom little is forgiven, [the same] loveth little.
geneva@Luke:8:5 @ A sower went out to sowe his seede, and as he sowed, some fell by the wayes side, and it was troden vnder feete, and the foules of heauen deuoured it vp.
geneva@Luke:8:20 @ And it was tolde him by certaine which said, Thy mother and thy brethren stand without, and would see thee.
geneva@Luke:8:29 @ (For he had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. For oftentimes it had caught him: and he was kept bound with chains and in fetters; and he brake the bands, (note:)By force and violence, as a horse when he is spurred.(:note) and was driven of the devil into the wilderness.)
geneva@Luke:8:32 @ And there was there by, an hearde of many swine, feeding on an hill: and the deuils besought him, that he would suffer them to enter into them. So he suffered them.
geneva@Luke:8:36 @ They also which saw it, tolde them by what meanes he that was possessed with the deuill, was healed.
geneva@Luke:8:54 @ So he thrust them all out, and tooke her by the hand, and cryed, saying, Maide, arise.
geneva@Luke:9:14 @ For they were about fiue thousand men. Then he sayde to his disciples, Cause them to sit downe by fifties in a company.
geneva@Luke:9:23 @ And he said to [them] all, If any [man] will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross (note:)Even as one day follows another, so does one cross follow another, and the cross is by the figure of speech metonymy taken for the miseries of this life: for to be hanged on the cross was the most grievous and cruel punishment that there was amongst the Jews.(:note) daily, and follow me.
geneva@Luke:9:47 @ When Iesus sawe the thoughtes of their heartes, he tooke a litle childe, & set him by him,
geneva@Luke:9:55 @ But he turned, and rebuked them, and said, Ye know not what manner of (note:)So the Hebrews say, that is, you do not know what will, mind, and counsel you are of: so the gifts of God are called the spirit because they are given by God's Spirit, and so are the things that are contrary to them also called the spirit, which proceed from the wicked spirit, such as the spirit of covetousness, of pride, and madness.(:note) spirit ye are of.
geneva@Luke:10:4 @ Carry neither purse, nor scrip, nor shoes: and salute (note:)This is spoken figuratively, which manner of speech men use when they put down more in words than is meant. This is usual among the Hebrews when they command a thing to be done speedily without delay, as is found in (2Ki_4:29); for in any other case courteous and gentle salutations are matters of Christian duty: as for the calling, it was only for a limited time.(:note) no man by the way.
geneva@Luke:10:18 @ And he said unto them, I beheld Satan as lightning (note:)Paul writes that the location of the devil and his angels is in the air, as is found in (Eph_6:12), and he is said to be cast down from there by force, when his power is abolished by the voice of the Gospel.(:note) fall from heaven.
geneva@Luke:10:19 @ Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means (note:)Will do you wrong.(:note) hurt you.
geneva@Luke:10:31 @ Nowe so it fell out, that there came downe a certaine Priest that same way, and when he sawe him, he passed by on the other side.
geneva@Luke:10:32 @ And likewise also a Leuite, when he was come neere to the place, went and looked on him, and passed by on the other side.
geneva@Luke:11:3 @ Give us (note:)That is, as much as is needed for us this day, by which we are not prevented from having an honest care for the maintenance of our lives; but that complaining care, which kills a number of men, is cut off and restrained.(:note) day by day our daily bread.
geneva@Luke:11:8 @ I say unto you, Though he will not rise and give him, because he is his friend, yet because of his (note:)Literally, «impudence»: but that impudency which is spoken of here is not to be found fault with, but is very commendable before God, for he is well pleased by such importunity.(:note) importunity he will rise and give him as many as he needeth.
geneva@Luke:11:18 @ If Satan also be divided against himself, how shall his kingdom stand? because ye say that I cast out devils (note:)By the name and power of Beelzebub.(:note) through Beelzebub.
geneva@Luke:11:19 @ If I through Beelzebub cast out deuils, by whome doe your children cast them out? Therefore shall they be your iudges.
geneva@Luke:11:20 @ But if I with the (note:)That is, by the power of God: so it says in {{See Exo_8:19}}.(:note) finger of God cast out devils, no doubt the kingdom of God is come upon you.
geneva@Luke:11:48 @ Truly (note:)When you persecute God's servants like mad men, even as your fathers did, though you try and cover it with a pretence of godliness, yet nonetheless, by beautifying the sepulchres of the prophets, what else are you doing but glorying in your father's cruelty, and setting up monuments (as it were) in glory and triumph of it?(:note) ye bear witness that ye allow the deeds of your fathers: for they indeed killed them, and ye build their sepulchres.
geneva@Luke:11:54 @ Laying wait for him, and seeking to catche some thing of his mouth, whereby they might accuse him.
geneva@Luke:12:1 @ In (note:)The faithful teachers of God's word, who are appointed by him for his people, must both take good heed of those who corrupt the purity of doctrine with smooth speech, and also take pains through the help of God to set forth sincere doctrine, openly and without fear.(:note) the mean time, when there were gathered together Literally, «ten thousand of people», a certain number which is given for an uncertain number. an innumerable multitude of people, insomuch that they trode one upon another, he began to say unto his disciples first of all, Beware ye of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.
geneva@Luke:12:15 @ And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of (note:)By covetousness is meant that greedy desire to get, commonly causing hurt to other men.(:note) covetousness: for a man's life God is the author and preserver of man's life; goods are not. consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.
geneva@Luke:13:1 @ There (note:)We must not rejoice at the just punishment of others, but rather we should be instructed by it to repent.(:note) were present at that season some that told him of the Galilaeans, whose blood Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea almost ten years, and about the fourth year of his government, which might be about the fifteenth year of Tiberius' reign, Christ finished the work of our redemption by his death. Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices.
geneva@Luke:13:17 @ And when he said these things, all his aduersaries were ashamed: but all the people reioyced at all the excellent things, that were done by him.
geneva@Luke:13:32 @ And he said unto them, Go ye, and tell that (note:)That deceitful and treacherous man.(:note) fox, Behold, I cast out devils, and I do cures That is, a small time, and Theophylact says it is a proverb: or else by «to day» we may understand the present time, and by tomorrow the time to come, meaning by this the entire time of his ministry and office. to day and to morrow, and the third [day] I shall be That is, when the sacrifice for sin is finished. perfected.
geneva@Luke:14:1 @ And (note:)The law of the very sabbath ought not to hinder the offices of charity.(:note) it came to pass, as he went into the house of Either one of the elders, whom they called the sanhedrin, or one of the chiefs of the synagogue: for all the Pharisees were not chief men of the synagogue (Joh_7:48); for this word Pharisee was the name of a sect, though it appears by viewing the whole history of the matter that the Pharisees had much authority. one of the chief Pharisees to eat bread on the sabbath day, that they watched him.
geneva@Luke:14:26 @ If any [man] come to me, and (note:)If anything stands between God and him, as Theophylact says: and therefore these words are spoken in a comparative way, and not by themselves.(:note) hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.
geneva@Luke:16:1 @ And he said also unto his disciples, (note:)Seeing that men often purchase friendship for themselves at the expense of others, we are to be ashamed if we do not please the Lord or procure the good will of our neighbours with the goods which the Lord has bestowed on us freely and liberally, making sure that by this means riches, which are often occasions of sin, are used for another end and purpose.(:note) There was a certain rich man, which had a steward; and the same was accused unto him that he had wasted his goods.
geneva@Luke:16:8 @ And the lord commended (note:)This parable does not approve the steward's evil dealing, for it was definitely theft: but parables are set forth to show a thing in a secret way, and as it were, to present the truth by means of an allegory, even though it may not be exact: so that by this parable Christ means to teach us that worldly men are more clever in the affairs of this world than the children of God are diligent for everlasting life.(:note) the unjust steward, because he had done wisely: for the Men that are given to this present life, contrary to whom are the children of light: Paul calls the former carnal and the latter spiritual. children of this world are in their generation wiser than the children of light.
geneva@Luke:16:18 @ Whosoever putteth away his wife, and marrieth another, committeth adultery: and whosoever marrieth her (note:)They that gather by this passage that a man cannot be married again after he has divorced his wife for adultery, while she lives, reason incorrectly: for Christ speaks of those divorces which the Jews had which were not because of adultery, for adulterers were put to death by the law.(:note) that is put away from [her] husband committeth adultery.
geneva@Luke:16:22 @ And it was so that the begger died, and was caried by the Angels into Abrahams bosome. The rich man also died, and was buried.
geneva@Luke:17:6 @ And the Lord said, If ye had faith as (note:)If you had no more faith, but the quantity of the grain of mustard seed.(:note) a grain of mustard seed, ye might say unto this sycamine tree, Be thou plucked up by the root, and be thou planted in the sea; and it should obey you.
geneva@Luke:18:5 @ Yet because this widow troubleth me, I will avenge her, lest by her continual coming she (note:)Literally, «beat me down with her blows», and it is a metaphor taken of wrestlers who beat their adversaries with their fists or clubs: in the same way those that are persistent beat the judge's ears with their crying out, even as it were with blows.(:note) weary me.
geneva@Luke:18:34 @ And they understood (note:)By this we see how ignorant the disciples were.(:note) none of these things: and this saying was hid from them, neither knew they the things which were spoken.
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