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geneva@Matthew:2:12 @ And being (note:)God warned and told them of it, even though they did not ask him.(:note) warned of God in a dream that they should not return to Herod, they departed into their own country another way.

geneva@Matthew:5:8 @ Blessed [are] the (note:)Fitly is this word «pure» joined with the heart, for as a bright and shining resemblance or image may be seen plainly in a clear and pure looking glass, even so does the face (as it were) of the everlasting God, shine forth, and clearly appear in a pure heart.(:note) pure in heart: for they shall see God.

geneva@Matthew:5:47 @ And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more [than others]? do not even the (note:)They that were the toll masters, and had the oversight of tributes and customs: this was a type of man that the Jews hated to death, both because they served the Romans in those offices (whose heavy bondage they could not overthrow) and also because these toll masters were for the most part given to covetousness.(:note) publicans so?

geneva@Matthew:8:16 @ When the even was come, they brought unto him many that were possessed with devils: and he cast out the spirits with [his] word, and healed (note:)Of all sorts.(:note) all that were sick:

geneva@Matthew:8:30 @ And there was (note:)On a hill, as Mark and Luke witness: Now Gederah, as Josephus records, book seventeen chapter thirteen, lived after the order of the Greeks and therefore we must not be surprised if there were swine there.(:note) a good way off from them an herd of many swine feeding.

geneva@Matthew:10:29 @ Are not two sparrows sold for a (note:)The fourth part of an ounce or seven grams.(:note) farthing? and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father.

geneva@Matthew:15:37 @ And they did all eat, and were filled: and they took up of the broken [meat] that was left seven (note:)A kind of container made with twigs.(:note) baskets full.

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:20:6 @ And about the (note:)The last hour: for the day was twelve hours long, and the first hour began at sunrise.(:note) eleventh hour he went out, and found others standing idle, and saith unto them, Why stand ye here all the day idle?

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:23:10 @ Neither be ye called (note:)It seems that the scribes hunted very greatly after such titles, these scribes being the ones whom he called blind guides in (Mat_23:16).(:note) masters: for one is your Master, [even] Christ.

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:26:20 @ Now when the even was come, he (note:)Because the Law appointed them to be wearing footwear, and to have their staffs in their hands, as though they were is haste, therefore it is to be gathered that they did not sit down when they ate the Passover, but stood, for normally when they went to eat they took off their shoes: therefore he speaks here in this place, not of the Passover, but of the supper which was celebrated after the Passover was solemnly done.(:note) sat down with the twelve.

geneva@Matthew:26:37 @ And he took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and began to be sorrowful and (note:)The word which he uses signifies great sorrow, and tremendous and deadly grief: this thing, as it indicates man's true nature, which shuns death as a thing that entered in against nature, shows that though Christ was void of sin, yet he sustained this horrible punishment, because he felt the wrath of God kindled against us for sins, which he revenged and punished in his person.(:note) very heavy.

geneva@Matthew:27:7 @ And they took counsel, and bought with them the potter's field, to bury (note:)Strangers and guests, whom the Jews could not endure to be joined with even after they were dead.(:note) strangers in.

geneva@Matthew:27:46 @ And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou (note:)That is, in this misery: And this crying out is a natural part of his humanity, which, even though it was void of sin, still felt the wrath of God, the wrath which is due to our sins.(:note) forsaken me?

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:28:20 @ 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:5:1 @ And (note:)Many hold the virtue of Christ in admiration, and yet they will not lose even the least thing they have in order to redeem it.(:note) they came over unto the other side of the sea, into the country of the {{See Mat_8:30}} Gadarenes.

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:10:30 @ But he shall receive an (note:)A hundred times as much, if we use the commodities of this life in a proper way, so that we use them in accordance with the will of God, and not just to gain the wealth itself, and to fulfil our greedy desire.(:note) hundredfold now in this time, houses, and brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, Even in the midst of persecutions. with persecutions; and in the world to come eternal life.

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@Luke:1:15 @ For he shall be great in the (note:)So the Hebrews say when a rare kind of excellency is signified: so it is said of Nimrod in (Gen_10:9), «He was a mighty hunter before the LORD».(:note) sight of the Lord, and shall drink neither wine nor Any drink that might make someone drunk. strong drink; and he shall be filled with the Holy Ghost, even from his mother's womb.

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: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:9:60 @ Jesus said unto him, Let the dead bury (note:)Who, even though they live in this frail life of man, yet are strangers from the true life, which is everlasting and heavenly.(:note) their dead: but go thou and preach the kingdom of God.

geneva@Luke:10:1 @ After (note:)The seventy are sent as the second forewarners of the coming of Christ.(:note) these things the Lord appointed other seventy also, and sent them two and two before his face into every city and place, whither he himself would come.

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:11:41 @ But rather give alms (note:)That is, according to your ability: as one would say, instead of your extortion which hindered you so that you could not eat cleanly, use charity, and in accordance with your ability be good to the poor, and in this way will that which is within the platter be sanctified even though the platter is unwashed.(:note) of such things as ye have; and, behold, all things are clean unto 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: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: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:19:23 @ Wherefore then gavest not thou my money into the (note:)To the bankers and money changers. 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 that 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. (Ed.)(:note) bank, that at my coming I might have required mine own with usury?

geneva@Luke:19:28 @ And when he had thus spoken, (note:)The disciples were staggered and stopped by what Christ said, but Christ goes on boldly even though death was before his eyes.(:note) he went before, ascending up to Jerusalem.

geneva@Luke:19:44 @ And shall lay thee even with the ground, and thy children within thee; and they shall not leave in thee one stone upon another; because thou knewest not (note:)That is, this very instant in which God visited you.(:note) the time of thy visitation.

geneva@Luke:21:1 @ And (note:)According to the judgment of God, the poor may even exceed the rich in generosity and liberality.(:note) he looked up, and saw the rich men casting their gifts into the treasury.

geneva@Luke:23:7 @ And as soon as he knew that he belonged unto (note:)This was Herod Antipas the Tetrarch, in the time of whose period of rule (which was almost twenty-two years long) John the Baptist preached and was put to death, and Jesus Christ also died and rose again, and the apostles began to preach, and various things were done at Jerusalem almost seven years after Christ's death. This Herod was sent into banishment to Lyons, about the second year of Gaius Caesar.(:note) Herod's jurisdiction, he sent him to Herod, who himself also was at Jerusalem at that time.

geneva@John:1:1 @ In (note:)The Son of God is of one and the selfsame eternity or everlastingness, and of one and the selfsame essence or nature with the Father.(:note) the From the beginning, as the evangelist says in (1Jo_1:1); it is as though he said that the Word did not begin to have his being when God began to make all that was made: for the Word was even then when all things that were made began to be made, and therefore he was before the beginning of all things. beginning Had his being. was This word «the» points out to us a peculiar and choice thing above all others, and puts a difference between this «Word», which is the Son of God, and the laws of God, which are also called the word of God. the Word, and the Word was This word «with» points out that there is a distinction of persons here. with God, and the This word «Word» is the first in order in the sentence, and is the subject of the sentence, and this word «God» is the latter in order, and is the predicate of the sentence. Word was God.

geneva@John:1:26 @ John answered them, saying, I baptize with water: but there standeth one (note:)Whom all the world sees, and sees even amongst you.(:note) among you, whom ye know not;

geneva@John:3:11 @ Verily, verily, I say unto thee, We speak that we do know, and testify that we have seen; and ye receive not our (note:)You handle doubtful things even though you have no solid basis for believing them, and yet men believe you: but I teach those things that are of a truth and well known, and you do not believe me.(:note) witness.

geneva@John:3:13 @ And no (note:)Only Christ can teach us heavenly things, for no man ascends, etc.(:note) man That is, has any spiritual light and understanding, or ever had any, but only the Son of God who came down to us. hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, [even] Whereas he is said to have come down from heaven, this must be understood as referring to his Godhead, and of the manner of his conception: for Christ's birth upon the earth was heavenly and not earthly, for he was conceived by the Holy Spirit. the Son of man which That which is proper to the divinity of Christ, is here spoken of the whole Christ, to show us that he is but one person in which two natures are united. is in heaven.

geneva@John:4:6 @ Now Jacob's well was there. Jesus therefore, being wearied with [his] journey, sat (note:)Even as he was weary, or because he was weary.(:note) thus on the well: [and] it was about the It was almost noon. sixth hour.

geneva@John:4:10 @ Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest (note:)By this word «the» we are shown that Christ speaks of some excellent gift, that is to say, even about himself, whom his Father offered to this woman.(:note) the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldest have asked of him, and he would have given thee This everlasting water, that is to say, the exceeding love of God, is called «living» or «of life», to make a difference between it and the water that should be drawn out of a well: and these metaphors are frequently used by the Jews. living water.

geneva@John:6:57 @ As (note:)In that Christ is man, he receives that power which quickens and gives life to those that are his, from his Father: and he adds this word «the» to make a distinction between his Father and all other fathers.(:note) the living Father hath sent me, and I live by the Christ means that although he is man, yet his flesh can give life, not by its own nature, but because his flesh lives by the Father, that is to say, sucks and draws out of the Father that power which it has to give life. Father: so he that eateth me, even he shall live by me.

geneva@John:7:2 @ Now the Jews' (note:)This feast was so called because of the booths and tents which they made out of different types of boughs, and sat under them seven days altogether; and during this entire time the feast went on.(:note) feast of tabernacles was at hand.

geneva@John:8:43 @ Why do ye not understand my (note:)Or, language: as though he said, «You do not understand what I say any more than if I spoke in a strange and unknown language to you.»(:note) speech? [even] because ye cannot hear my word.

geneva@John:8:44 @ Ye are of [your] father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the (note:)From the beginning of the world: for as soon as man was made, the devil cast him headlong into death.(:note) beginning, and That is, did not continue constantly, or did not remain. abode not in the That is, in faithfulness and uprightness, that is, he did not remain in the manner in which he was created. truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his Even from his own head, and from his own mind or disposition. own: for he is a liar, and the The author of it. father of it.

geneva@John:9:1 @ And (note:)Sin is even the beginning of all bodily diseases, and yet it does not follow that in punishing, even very severely, that God is punishing because of sin.(:note) as [Jesus] passed by, he saw a man which was blind from [his] birth.

geneva@John:9:34 @ They answered and said unto him, (note:)You are wicked even from your cradle, and as we used to say, there is nothing in you but sin.(:note) Thou wast altogether born in sins, and dost thou teach us? And they cast him out.

geneva@John:10:15 @ As the Father (note:)Loves me, allows me.(:note) knoweth me, even so know I the Father: and I lay down my life for the sheep.

geneva@John:14:17 @ [Even] the (note:)The Holy Spirit is called the Spirit of truth by reason of that which he does, because he inspires the truth into us, because he has the truth in himself.(:note) Spirit of truth; whom the Worldly men. world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you.

geneva@John:16:1 @ These (note:)The ministers of the gospel must expect all types of reproaches, not only by those who are open enemies, but even by those also who seem to be of the same household, and the very pillars of the Church.(:note) things have I spoken unto you, that ye should not be offended.

geneva@John:21:7 @ Therefore that disciple whom Jesus loved saith unto Peter, It is the Lord. Now when Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he girt [his] fisher's (note:)It was a linen garment which prevented him from swimming freely.(:note) coat [unto him], (for he was naked,) and did cast himself into the sea.