A. D. 31. MATT. X. 32-34. A. D. 31. already, that if any man did confess | ἀνθρώπων, ἀρνήσομαι αὐτὸν κἀγὼ ἔμπροσθεν that he was Christ, he should be put | τοῦ πατρός μου τοῦ ἐν οὐρανοῖς. out of the synagogue, John ix. 22. That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shall believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation, Rom. x. 9, 10. Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses. I give thee charge in the sight of God, who quick eneth all things, and before Christ Jesus, who before Pontius Pilate witnessed a good confession, 1 Tim. vi. 12,13. Be not thou therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner: but be thou partaker of the afflictions of the Gospel according to the power of God, 2 Tim. i. 8. Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God, 1 John iv. 15. I know thy works, and where thou dwellest, even where Satan's seat is: and thou holdest fast my name, and hast not denied my faith, even in those days wherein Antipas was my faithful martyr, who was slain among you, where Satan dwelleth, Rev. ii. 13. bThen shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world, Mat. xxv. 34. Wherefore the LORD God of Israel saith, I said indeed that thy house, and the house of thy father, should walk before me for ever: but now the LORD saith, Be it far from me; for them that honour me I will honour, and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed, 1 Sam. ii. 30. He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels, Rev. iii. 5. See parallels on clause 4. ver. 21. chap. vii. See parallels on last clause of ver. 16. chap. v. VER. 33. men, him will I also deny before my But whosoever shall a deny me before Father which is in heaven. a But he denied before them all, saying, I know not what thou sayest. And when he was gone out into the porch, another maid saw him, and said unto them that were there, This fellow was also with Jesus of Nazareth. And again he denied with an oath, I do not know the man. And after a while came unto him they that stood by; and said to Peter, Surely thou also art one of them; for thy speech bewrayeth thee. Then began he to curse and to swear, saying, I know not the man. And immediately the cock crew. And Peter remembered the word of Jesus, which said unto him, Before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice. And he went out, and wept bitterly, Matt. xxvi. 70-75. For whosoever shall be ashamed of me and of my words, of him shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he shall come in his own glory, and in his Father's, and of the holy angels, Luke ix. 26. But he that denieth me before men shall be denied before the angels of God, xii. 9. If we suffer, we shall also reign with him: if we deny him, he also will deny us: If we believe not, yet he abideth faithful: he cannot deny himself, 2 Tim. ii. 12, 13. But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction, 2 Pet. ii. 1. Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father: [but] he that acknowledgeth the Son hath the Father also, 1 John ii. 23, VER. 34. Μὴ νομίσητε ὅτι ἦλθον βαλεῖν εἰρήνην ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν· οὐκ ἦλθον βαλεῖν εἰρήνην, ἀλλὰ μάχαιραν. Think not a that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword. a Woe is me, my mother, that thou hast born me a man of strife and a man of contention to the whole earth! Ὅστις δ ̓ ἂν ἀρνήσηταί με ἔμπροσθεν τῶν I have neither lent on usury, nor men A. D. 31. MATT. X. 34-36. have lent to me on usury; yet every come out of Galilee? Hath not the Scripture said, That Christ cometh of the seed of David, and out of the town of Bethlehem, where David was? So there was a division among the people because of him. And some of them would have taken him; but no man laid hands on him. Then came the officers to the chief priests and Pharisees; and they said unto them, Why have ye not brought him? The officers answered, Never man spake like this man. Then answered them the Pharisees, Are ye also deceived? Have any of the rulers or of the Pharisees believed on him? But this people who knoweth not the law are cursed. Nicodemus saith unto them (he that came to Jesus by night, being one of them), Doth our law judge any man, before it hear him, and know what he doeth? They answered and said unto him, Art thou also of Galilee? Search, and look for out of Galilee ariseth no prophet, John vii. 40-52. But when the Jews saw the multitudes, they were filled with envy, and spake against those things which were spoken by Paul, contradicting and blaspheming. Then Paul and Barnabas waxed bold, and said, It was necessary that the word of God should first have been spoken to you: but seeing ye put it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of everlasting life, lo, : A. D. 31. we turn to the Gentiles. For so hath the Lord commanded us, saying, I have set thee to be a light of the Gentiles, that thou shouldest be for salvation unto the ends of the earth. And when the Gentiles heard this, they were glad, and glorified the word of the Lord: and as many as were ordained to eternal life believed. And the word of the Lord was published throughout all the region. But the Jews stirred up the devout and honourable women,and the chief men of the city, and raised persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and expelled them out of their coasts, Acts xiii. 45-50. But the unbelieving Jews stirred up the Gentiles, and made their minds evil affected against the brethren. But the multitude of the city was divided: and part held with the Jews, and part with the apostles, xiv. 2. 4. VER. 35. πατρὸς αὑτοῦ, καὶ θυγατέρα κατὰ τῆς * Ηλθον γὰς διχάσαι ἄνθρωπον κατὰ τοῦ μητρὸς αὐτῆς, καὶ νύμφην κατὰ τῆς πενθερᾶς αὐτῆς· For I am come a to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in law. a See parallels on ver. 21. Καὶ ἐχθροὶ τοῦ ἀνθρώπου, οἱ οἰκιακοὶ αὐτοῦ. And a a man's foes shall be they of his own household. a And Cain talked with Abel his brother: and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him. And the LORD said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: Am I my brother's keeper? And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto me from the ground, Gen. iv. 8-10. And Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spake unto the men; and Eliab's anger was kindled against David, and he said, Why camest thou down hither? and with whom'hast thou left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know thy pride, and the naughtiness of thine heart: for thou art come down that thou mightest see the battle, 1 Sam. xvii. 28. And David said to Abishai, and to all his t servants, Behold, my son, which came forth of my bowels, seeketh my life: how much more now may this Benjamite do it? let him alone, and let him eurse; for the LORD hath bidden him. 2 Sam. xvi. 11. He hath put my brethren far from me, and mine acquaint ance are verily estranged from me. My kinsfolk have failed, and my familiar friends have forgotten me. They that dwell in mine house, and my maids, count me for a stranger: I am an alien in their sight. I called my servant, and he gave me no answer; I entreated him with my mouth. My breath is strange to my wife, though I entreated for the children's sake of mine own body. Yea, young children despised me; I arose, and they spake against me. All my inward friends abhored me: and they whom I loved are turned against me, Job xix. 1319. Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, which did eat of my bread, hath lifted up his heel against me, Ps. xli. 9. But it was thou, a man mine equal, my guide, and mine acquaintance, lv. 13. For even thy brethren, and the house of thy father, even they have dealt treacherously with thee; yea, they have called a multitude after thee: believe them not, though they speak fair words unto thee, Jer. xii. 6. For I heard the defaming of many, fear on every side. Report, say they, and we will report it. All my familiars watched for my halting, saying, Peradventure he will be enticed, and we shall prevail against him, and we shall take our revenge on him, xx. 10. I speak not of you all: I know whom I have chosen: but that the Scripture may be fulfilled, He that eateth bread with me hath lifted up his heel against me, John xiii. 18. VER. 37. Ὁ φιλῶν πατέρα ἡ μητέρα ὑπὲς ἐμὲ, οὐκ ἔστι μου ἄξιος· καὶ ὁ φιλῶν υἱὸν ἢ θυγατέρα ὑπὲρ ἐμὲ, οὐκ ἔστι μου ἄξιος. He that loveth futher or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me. a Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, Matt. xxii. 37. Who A. D. 31. said unto his father and to his mother, I have not seen him; neither did he acknowledge his brethren, nor knew his own children: for they have ob served thy word, and kept thy covenant, Deut. xxxiii. 9. If any man come to me, and 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, Luke xiv. 26. That all men should honour the Son, even as they honour the Father. He that honoureth not the Son honoureth not the Father which hath sent him, John v. 23. So when they had dined, Jesus saith to Simon Peter, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me more than these? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my lambs. He saith to him again the second time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my sheep. He saith unto him the third time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? Peter was grieved because he said unto him the third time, Lovest thou me? And he said unto him, Lord, thou knowest all things; thou knowest that I love thee. Jesus saith unto him, Feed my sheep, xxi. 15-17. Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness? And what concord hath Christ with Belial; or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel, 2 Cor. vi. 14, 15. But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ. Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, in him, not having mine own righteousthat I may win Christ, and be found ness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith, Phil. iii. 7-9. b Then saith he to his servants, The wedding is ready, but they which were bidden were not worthy, Matt. xxii. 8. But they which shall be accounted worthy to obtain that world, and the resurrection from the dead, 勃 A. D. 31. MATT. X. 37-40. neither marry, nor are given in marriage, Luke xx. 35. Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man, xxi. 36. Which is a manifest token of the righteous judgment of God, that ye may be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which ye also suffer: Seeing it is a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation to them that trouble you; and to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels, 2 Thes. i. 5-7. Thou hast a few names even in Sardis which have not defiled theirgarments; and they shall walk with me in white: for they are worthy, Rev. iii. 4. VER. 38. Καὶ ὃσοὐ λαμβάνει τὸν σταυρὸν αὑτοῦ, καὶ ἀκολουθεῖ ὀπίσω μου, οὐκ ἔστι μου ἄξιος. And he that a taketh not his cross, and followeth after me, is not worthy of me. : a Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me, Matt. xvi. 24. And when he had called the people unto him with his disciples also, he said unto them, Whosoever will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me, Mark viii. 34. Then Jesus beholding him, loved him, and said unto him, One thing thou lackest go thy way, sell whatsoever thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven and come, take up thy cross, and follow me, x. 21. And he said to them all, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me. For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: but whosoever will lose his life for my sake, the same shall save it, Luke ix. 23, 24. And whosoever doth not bear his cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple, xiv. 27. VER. 39. Ὁ εὑρὼν τὴν ψυχὴν αὑτοῦ, ἀπολέσαι αὐτήν· καὶ ὁ ἀπολέσας τὴν ψυχὴν αὑτοῦ ἕνεκεν ἐμοῦ, εὑρήσει αὐτήν. He that a findeth his life shall lose it: and he that loseth his life for my sake shall find it. A. D. 31. a For whosoever will save his life, shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it. For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul? Matt. xvi. 25, 26. For whosoever will save his life shall lose it; but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the Gospel's, the same shall save it. For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? Mark viii. 35, 36. Whosoever shall seek to save his life shall lose it; and whosoever shall lose his life shall preserve it, Luke xvii. 33. He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal, John xii. 25. According to my earnest expectation and my hope, that in nothing I shall be ashamed, but that with all boldness, as always, so now also Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether it be by life, or by death. For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain, Phil. i. 20, 21. For I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my departure is at hand. I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith: Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing, 2 Tim. iv. 6-8. Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days: be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life, Rev. ii. 10. VER. 40. Ο δεχόμενος ὑμᾶς, ἐμὲ δέχεται· καὶ δ ἐμὲ δεχόμενος, δέχεται τὸν ἀποστείλαντά με. Hea that receiveth you receiveth me, b and he that receiveth me receiveth him that sent me. a And whoso shall receive one such little child in my name receiveth me, Matt. xviii. 5. "And said unto them, Whosoever shall receive this child in my name receiveth me: and whosoever shall receive me receiveth him that sent me: for he that is least among you all, the same shall be great, Luke ix. 48. He that heareth you heareth me; and he that despiseth you despiseth me; and he that despiseth me despiseth him that sent me, x. 16. Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that receiveth whomsoever I send receiveth me; and he that receiveth me receiveth him that sent me, John xiii. 20. Then said Jesus to them again, Peace be unto you: as my Father hath sent me, even so send I you, xx. 21. Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ's stead, be ye reconciled to God, 2 Cor. v. 20. And my temptation which was in my flesh ye despised not, nor rejected; but received me as an angel of God, even as Christ Jesus, Gal. iv. 14. He therefore that despiseth, despiseth not man, but God, who hath also given unto us his holy Spirit, 1 Thes. iv. 8. sent me. That all men should honour the Son, even as they honour the Father. He that honoureth not the Son honoureth not the Father which hath sent him, John v. 23. Jesus cried and said, He that believeth on me, believeth not on me, but on him that sent me. And he that seeth me seeth him that I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me should not abide in darkness. And if any man hear my words, and believe not, judge him not: for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world. He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, hath one that judgeth him: the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day. For I have not spoken of myself; but the Father which sent me, he gave me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak, xii. 44-49. That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth; And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father, Phil. ii. 10, 11. Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son. Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father: [but] he that acknowledgeth the Son hath the Father also, A. D. 31. 1 John ii. 22, 23. Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ, hath not God. He that abideth in the doctrine of Christ, he hath both the Father and the Son, 2 John 9. VER, 41. Ο δεχόμενος προφήτην εἰς ὄνομα προφή του, μισθὸν προφήτου λήψεται· καὶ ὁ δε χόμενος δίκαιον εἰς ὄνομα δικαίου, μισθὸν δικαίου λήψεται. He that receiveth a prophet in the name of a prophet shall receive a prophet's reward; and he that receiveth a righteous man in the name of a righteous man shall receive a righteous man's rewurd. a Now therefore restore the man his wife; for he is a prophet, and he shall pray for thee, and thou shalt live: and if thou restore her not, know thou that thou shalt surely die, thou, and all that are thine, Gen. xx. 7. Arise, get thee to Zarephath, which belongeth to Zidon, and dwell there: behold, I have commanded a widow woman there to sustain thee. So he arose and went to Zarephath. And when he came to the gate of the city, behold, the widow woman was there gathering of sticks: and he called to her, and said, Fetch me, I pray thee, a little water in a vessel, that I may drink. And as she was going to fetch it, he called to her, and said, Bring me, I pray thee, a morsel of bread in thine hand. And she said, As the LORD thy God liveth, I have not a cake, but an handful of meal in a barrel, and a little oil in a cruse: and, behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and dress it for me and my son, that we may eat it, and die. And Elijah said unto her, Fear not; go and do as thou hast said: but make me thereof a little cake first, and bring it unto me, and after make for thee and for thy son. For thus saith the LORD God of Israel, The barrel of meal shall not waste, neither shall the cruse of oil fail, until the day that the LORD sendeth rain upon the earth. And she went and did according to the saying of Elijah: and she, and he, and her house, did eat many days, 1 Kings xvii. 9-15. And he cried unto the LORD, and said, O LORD my God, hast thou also brought evil upon |