MATT. 111.

MARK I.

LUKE 111.

when all the people were
baptized, that Jesus also

been baptized, went up
straightway from the
water: and lo, the hea- 10 And straightway com- having been baptized,

The Sojourn of Christ in the Desert; His Temptations.

JOIN

JOHN +

• So Wolf, Griesbach, Schleusner, Kuinoel, and others. The remainder of this chapter, containing the Genealogy, will be found in the Introduction, Sect. vi., p. 6.

+ If the second verse of St. John's Gospel refer to this period, it may be inserted here.

† In Matthew αρτοι, loaves, in Luke αρτος, a loaf: but, for the sake of the next verse, bread is the most convenient rendering.

MARK

Ps. 91: 11, 12

Deut. 6; 16.

Deut. 6; 13.

• The second temptation in Matthew is the third in Luke; and vice versa.

+ Matthew has του κοσμου, Luke της οικουμένης. The latter uses the same word for the land of

Palestine in ch. ii. 1 of the Gospel, and also in Acts xi. 28, as is evident from ver. 29,

Testimony of the Baptist to a Deputation from the Sanhedrim, which came

to him at Bethabara. The first Disciples of Jesus.

*

Is. 40; 3.

Deut. 18; 15. "Art thou the prophet?" And he answered, " No." 22 They said therefore unto him, "Who art thou? that we may give an answer to them that sent us: what sayest thou concerning thyself? " 23 He said, "I am 'the voice of one crying in the desert, Make straight the way of the Lord,' as said Isaiah the prophet." 24 (And they who were sent were of the Pharisees). 25 And they asked him, and said unto him, "Why therefore dost thou baptize, if thou art not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the prophet?" 26 John answered them, saying, "I baptize with water: but one hath stood in the midst of you, whom ye know not; 27 even he who cometh after me, the thong of whose sandal I am not worthy to unloose." 28 These things took place at Bethany + beyond the Jordan, where John was baptizing.

29 The next day he seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, "Behold the Lamb of God, that taketh away the sin of the world. 30 This is he concerning whom I said, 'After me cometh a man who is preferred before me: for he was before me.'† 31 And I

Προσκυνησεις Κυριον τον Θεον σου, και αυτῳ μονῳ λατρευσεις. The Septuagint has φοβηθηση for προσκυνησεις.

+ The common reading is Bethabara.-It was near the Ford of the Jordan above Jericho.

Or, who hath taken precedence of me, for he was my principal, ός εμπροσθεν μου γεγονεν ότι

πρώτος μου ην.

JOHN I.

knew him not before: but that he might be made manifest to Israel, for this I came baptizing with water." 32 And John bare testimony, saying, "I saw the spirit descending from heaven as a dove, and it abode upon him. 33 And I knew him not before: but he that sent me to baptize with water, had said unto me, 'Upon whomsoever thou shalt see the spirit descending, and abiding upon him, the same is he that baptizeth with the holy spirit.' 34 And I saw, and bare testimony that this is the Son of God "

35 The next day John was again standing there, and two of his disciples; 36 and looking upon Jesus as he was walking along, he saith, "Behold the Lamb of God!" 37 And the two disciples heard him speaking thus, and they followed Jesus. 38 But Jesus turning and seeing them following him, saith unto them, "What are ye seeking?" And they said unto him, "Rabbi," (which signifieth, being interpreted, Teacher), "where abidest thou?" 39 He saith unto them, "Come and see." They came and saw where he abode, and they abode with him that day: (it was about the tenth hour). 40 Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter, was one of the two who heard from John, and followed him. 41 He first findeth his own brother Simon, and saith unto him, "We have found the Messiah," (which is, being interpreted, the Christ, i. e. the Anointed). 42 And he brought him to Jesus. Jesus looking at him, said, "Thou art Simon the son of Jonah; thou shalt be called Cephas:" (which is, interpreted, Peter, i. e. Rock).

43 The next day he purposed to go forth into Galilee; and he findeth Philip, and saith unto him, "Follow me." 44 Now Philip was of Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter. 45 Philip findeth Natha nael, and saith unto him, "We have found him of whom Moses wrote in the law, and also the prophets, Jesus the son of Joseph, who is from Nazareth." 46 And Nathanael said unto him, "Can any thing good come out of Nazareth?" Philip saith unto him, "Come and see." 47 Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and saith concerning him, "Behold an

the personal character of Jesus; but, till the holy spirit came know who the person was, to prepare for whom he was himself δειν, I had known, or, I knew.

MATT.

MARK

LUKE

JOHN 1.

Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile!" 48 Nathanael saith unto him, "Whence knowest thou me?" Jesus answered and said unto him, "Before Philip called thee, when thou wast under the fig tree, I saw thee." 49 Nathanael answered and saith unto him, "Rabbi! thou art the Son of God! thou art the King of Israel!" 50 Jesus answered and said unto him, "Because I said unto thee, 'I saw thee under the fig-tree, believest thou? thou wilt see greater things than these." 51 And he saith unto him, "Verily, verily, I say unto you, Henceforth ye will see heaven opened, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of man."

SECT. VI.

The Marriage at Cana: Our Lord's First Miracle.

MATT.

MARK

LUKE

JOHN II.

AND on the third day there was a marriage-feast in Cana of Galilee; and the mother of Jesus was there: 2 and both Jesus was invited, and his disciples, to the marriage-feast. 3 And the wine failing, the mother of Jesus saith unto him, "They have no wine." 4 Jesus saith unto her, "Woman, what hast thou to do with me? is not mine hour come?" 5 His mother saith unto the servants, "Whatsoever he saith unto you, do it." 6 Now there were lying there six stone vessels for water, (according to the purification of the Jews), containing two or three firkins apiece. 7 Jesus saith unto them, "Fill the vessels with water." And they filled them up to the brim. And he saith unto them, "Draw some out now, and bear unto the president of the feast."§

• The third day from our Lord's setting out for Galilee. Cana was about sixty miles from Bethabara, and six from Nazareth. The marriage-festivals frequently lasted seven or eight days. The presence of Jesus on this occasion, may have caused a greater attendance than had heen anticipated, and, in consequence, a failure of the supply of wine before the termination of the festival.

+ Comp. ch. xix. 26. Γυνη was often used by the Greeks in addressing persons of the highest stations in society. Our Lord's remonstrance implies, that the time to exercise his Heavenly Father's commission was come, and that his mother must no longer expect from him obedience to her as a son.

† καθαρισμος here expresses the custom of washing before and after eating.

§ αρχιτρικλινος, the person who presided at the tables, which, with their conches, were so arranged as to form three sides of a rectangle.