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drinking such things as they give: for the labourer is worthy of his hire. Go not from house to house. And into whatsoever city ye enter, and they receive you, eat such things as are set before you, x. 7, 8.

VER. 12.

Εἰσερχόμενοι δὲ εἰς τὴν οἰκίαν, ἀσπάσασθε αὐτήν.

And when ye come into an house, a salute it.

a And into whatsoever house ye enter, first say, Peace be to this house. And if the son of peace be there, your peace shall rest upon it: if not, it shall turn to you again, Luke x. 5. 6. The word which God sent unto the children of Israel, preaching peace by Jesus Christ: (he is Lord of all:)

Acts x. 36. 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. Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such found of him in peace, without spot, things, be diligent that ye may be and blameless, 2 Pet. iii. 14.

VER. 13.

Καὶ ἐὰν μὲν ᾗ ἡ οἰκία ἀξία, ἐλθέτω ἡ εἰρήνη ὑμῶν ἐπ ̓ αὐτήν· ἐὰν δὲ μὴ ᾖ ἀξία, ἡ εἰρήνη ὑμῶν πρὸς ὑμᾶς ἐπιστραφήτω.

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a He that receiveth you receiveth and he that receiveth me receiveth him that sent me. 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 reward, Matt. x 40, 41. And whoso

shall receive one such little child in my name receiveth me, xviii. 5. And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear you, when ye depart thence, shake off the dust under your feet for a testimony against them. Verily I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable

for Sodom and Gomorrha in the day of judgment, than for that city, Mark vi. 11. Whosoever shall receive one of such children in my name, receiveth me and whosoever shall receive me, receiveth not me, but him that sent me, ix. 37.

And whosoever will not receive you, when ye go out of that city, shake off the very dust from your feet for a testimony against them, while they wondered every one at all Luke ix. 5. And they were all amazed at the mighty power of God. But things which Jesus did, he said unto his disciples, 43. But into whatsoever city ye enter,and they receive you not, go your ways out into the streets of the same, and say, Even the very dust And if the house be worthy, let your of your city, which cleaveth on us, peace come upon it: but if it be not we do wipe off against you: notwithworthy, let your peace return to you. standing be ye sure of this, that the a But as for me, when they were sick, kingdom of God is come nigh unto my clothing was sackcloth: I hum-you, x. 10, 11. Verily, verily, I say bled my soul with fasting; and my unto you, He that receiveth whomprayer returned into mine own bosom, that receiveth me receiveth him that soever I send receiveth me; and he Ps. xxxv. 13. And if the son of peace be there, your peace shall rest upon it: if not, it shall turn to you again, Luke x. 6. To the one we are the savour of death unto death; and to the other the savour of life unto life. And who is sufficient for these things?

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VER. 14.

Καὶ ὃς ἐὰν μὴ δέξηται ὑμᾶς, μηδὲ ἀκούσῃ τοὺς λόγους ὑμῶν, ἐξερχόμενοι τῆς οἰκίας ἢ τῆς πόλεως ἐκείνης, ἐκτινάξατε τον κονιορτὸν τῶν ποδῶν ὑμῶν.

And a whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear your words, when ye depart out of that house or city, b shake of the dust of your feet.

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John xiii. 20. He therefore that despiseth, despiseth not man, but God, who hath also given unto us his Holy Spirit, 1 Thess. iv. 8.

their feet against them, and came unto b But they shook off the dust of Iconium, Acts xiii. 51. And when they opposed themselves, and blasphemed, he shook his raiment, and said unto them, Your blood be upon your own heads; I am clean: from henceforth I will go unto the Gentiles, xviii. 6.

VER. 15.

̓Αμὴν λέγω ὑμῖν, ἀνεκτότερον ἔσται γῇ Σοδόμων καὶ Γομόρρων ἐν ἡμέρᾳ κρίσεως, ἡ τῇ πόλει ἐκείνῃ.

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Verily I say unto you, a It shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrha b in the day of judgment, than for that city.

a But I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the day of judgment, than for you. And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted unto heaven, shalt be brought down to hell: for if the mighty works, which have been done in thee, had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day, Matt. xi. 22 -24. As I live, saith the Lord GOD, Sodom thy sister hath not done, she nor her daughters, as thou hast done, thou and thy daughters. Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom, pride, fulness of bread, and abundance of idleness was in her and in her daughters, neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy. And they were haughty, and committed abomination before me: therefore I took them away as I saw good. Neither hath Samaria committed half of thy sins; but thou hast multiplied thine abominations more than they, and hast justified thy sisters in all thine abominations which thou hast done. Thou also, which hast judged thy sisters, bear thine own shame for thy sins which thou hast committed more abominable than they: they are more righteous than thou: yea, be thou confounded also, and bear thy shame, in that thou hast justified thy sisters. When I shall bring again their captivity, the captivity of Sodom and her daughters, and the captivity of Samaria and her daughters, then will I bring again the captivity of thy captives in the midst of them: That thou

mayest bear thine own shame, and mayest be confounded in all that thou hast done, in that thou art a comfort unto them. When thy sisters, Sodom and her daughters, shall return to their former estate, and Samaria and her daughters shall return to their former estate, then thou and thy daughters shall return to your former estate. For thy sister Sodom was not mentioned by thy mouth in the day of thy pride, Ezek. xvi.48-56. And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear you, when ye depart thence, shake off the dust under your feet for a testimony against them. Verily I

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say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for Sodom and Gomorrha in the day of judgment, than for that city, Mark vi. 11. Even the very dust of your city, which cleaveth on us, we do wipe off against you: notwithstanddom of God is come nigh unto you. ing be ye sure of this, that the kingBut I say unto you, that it shall be more tolerable in that day for Sodom, than for that city, Luke x.11,12. If I had not come and spoken unto them, they had not had sin: but now they have no cloke for their sin. He that hateth me hateth my Father also. If I had not done among them the works which none other man did, they had not had sin: but now have they both seen and hated both me and my Father, John

xv. 22-24.

b But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment, xii. 36. The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished, 2 Pet. ii. 9. But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men, iii. 7. Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment: because as he is, so are we in this world, 1 John iv. 17. See also on clause 1. 'ver. 22.chap. vii.

VER. 16.

Ἰδοὺ, ἐγὼ ἀποστέλλω ὑμᾶς ὡς πρόβατα ἐν μέσω λύκων· γίνεσθε οὖν φρόνιμοι ὡς οἱ ὄφεις, καί ἀκέραιοι ὡς αἱ περιστεραί.

Behold, I send you forth a as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore bwise as serpents, and harmless as doves.

a For I know this, that after my departing shall grievous wolves enter in among you, not sparing the flock, Acts

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and I did eat, 13. For I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries shall not be able to gainsay nor resist, Luke xxi. 15.

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10. Abstain from all appearance of evil, v. 22.

VER. 17.

δώσουσι γὰς ὑμᾶς εἰς συνέδρια, καὶ ἐν ταῖς Προσέχετε δὲ ἀπὸ τῶν ἀνθρώπων· παρα συναγωγαῖς αὐτῶν μαστιγώσουσιν ὑμᾶς.

deliver you up to the councils, and they But beware of men: for they will will scourge you in their synagogues;

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Bredren, be not children in understanding howbeit in malice be ye children, but in understanding be men, 1 Cor. xiv. 20. But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ, 2 Cor. xi. 3. And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light, 14. See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise, Redeeming the time, because the days are evil. Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is, Eph. v. 15-17. For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that ye might be filled with the know-up against their parents,and shall cause ledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding, Col. i. 9. Walk in wisdom toward them that are without, redeeming the time, iv. 5.

For they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and by good words and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the simple. For your obedience is come abroad unto all men. I am glad therefore on your behalf: but yet I would have you wise unto that which is good, and simple concerning evil, Rom. xvi. 18, 19. For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have had our conversation in the world, and more abundantly to youward, 2 Cor. i. 12. Avoiding this, that no man should blame us in this abundance which is administered by us, viii. 20. But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ, xi. 3. That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world, Phil. ii. 15. Ye are witnesses, and God also, how holily and justly and unblameably we behaved ourselves among you that believed, 1 Thess. ii. VOL. I.

aTrust ye not in a friend, put ye not confidence in a guide: keep the doors of thy mouth from her that lieth in thy bosom, Mic. vii. 5. But take heed to yourselves: for they shall deliver you up to councils; and in the synagogues ye shall be beaten; and ye shall be brought before rulers and kings for my sake, for a testimony against them, Mark xiii. 9. Now the brother shall betray the brother to death, and the father the son; and children shall rise

them to be put to death, 12. Of the Jews five times received I forty stripes save one. Thrice was I beaten with rods, once was I stoned, thrice I suffered shipwreck, a night and a day I have been in the deep; In journeyings often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils by mine own countrymen, in perils by the heathen, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren, 2 Cor. xi. 24-26. Of whom be thou ware also; for he hath greatly withstood our words, 2 Tim. iv. 15.

Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name's sake. And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another, Matt. xxiv. 9, 10. But take heed to yourselves : for they shall deliver you up to councils; and in the synagogues ye shall be beaten and ye shall be brought before rulers and kings for my sake, for a testimony against them, Mark xiii. 9. But before all these, they shall lay their hands on you, and persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues, and into prisons, being brought before kings and rulers for my name's sake. And it shall turn to you for a testimony, Luke xxi. 12, 13. They shall put you out of the synagogues : yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth

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God service, John xvi. 2. And Annas | the people imagine a vain thing? The the high-priest, and Caiaphas, and John, and Alexander, and as many as were of the kindred of the high-priest, were gathered together at Jerusalem, Acts iv. 6. Then went the captain with the officers, and brought them without violence: for they feared the people, lest they should have been stoned, v. 26. And Paul, earnestly beholding the council, said, Men and brethren, I have lived in all good conscience before God until this day, xxiii. 1.

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And shall deliver him to the Gentiles to mock, and to scourge, and to crucify him: and the third day he shall rise again, Matt. xx. 19. Wherefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes and some of them ye shall kill and crucify; and some of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute them from city to city, xxiii. 34. And it shall be, if the wicked man be worthy to be beaten, that the judge shall cause him to lie down, and to be beaten before his face, according to his fault, by a certain number. Forty stripes he may give him, and not exceed lest, if he should exceed, and beat him above these with many stripes, then thy brother should seem vile unto thee, Deut. xxv. 2, 3. And to him they agreed and when they had called the apostles, and beaten them, they commanded that they should not speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go, Acts v. 40. And I said, Lord, they know that I imprisoned and beat in every synagogue them that believed on thee, xxii. 19. Of the Jews five times received I forty stripes save one. Thrice was I beaten with rods, once was I stoned, thrice I suffered shipwreck, a night and a day I have been in the deep, 2 Cor. xi. 24, 25. And others had trial of cruel mockings and Scourgings, yea, moreover of bonds and imprisonment, Heb. xi. 36.

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And ye shall be brought before governors and kings for my sake, for a estimony against them and the Gentiles.

Why do the heathen rage, and

kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, saying, Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us. He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the LORD shall have them in derision. Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them in his sore displeasure. Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion, Ps. ii. 1-6. Then came one and told them, saying, Behold, the men whom ye put in prison are standing in the temple, and teaching the people. Then went the captain with the officers, and brought them without violence for they feared the people, lest they should have been stoned. And when they had brought them, they set them before the council: and the high-priest asked them, Acts v. 25-27. Now about that time Herod the king stretched forth his hands to vex certain of the church. And he killed James the brother of John with the sword. And because he saw it pleased the Jews, he proceeded farther to take Peter also. (Then were the days of unleavened bread.) And when he had apprehended him, he put him in prison, and delivered him to four quaternions of soldiers to keep him; intending after Easter to bring him forth to the people, xii. 1—4.

b And Jesus saith unto him, See thou tell no man; but go thy way, shew thyself to the priest, and offer the gift that Moses commanded, for a testimony unto them, Matt. viii. 4. But take heed to yourselves: for they shall deliver you up to councils; and in the synagogues ye shall be beaten : and ye shall be brought before rulers and kings for my sake, for a testimony against them, Mark xiii. 9. Be not thou therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner: but be thou partaker of the the power of God, 2 Tim. i. 8. I afflictions of the gospel according to John, who also am your brother, and companion in tribulation, and in the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, was in the isle that is called Patmos, for the word of God, and for the testimony of Jesus Christ, Rev. i, 9.

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And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls

of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held, vi. 9. And when they shall have finished their testimony, the beast that ascendeth out of the bottomless pit shall make war against them, and shall overcome them, and kill them, xi. 7.

VER. 19.

"Orav de rapadidãoiv iμas, un νήσητε πῶς, ἢ τί λαλήσητε· δοθήσεται γὰς ὑμῖν ἐν ἐκείνῃ τῇ ὥρᾳ τί λαλήσετε.

But a when they deliver you up, take no thought how or what ye shall speak: for bit shall be given you in that same hour what ye shall speak.

a But when they shall lead you, and deliver you up, take no thought beforehand what ye shall speak, neither 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, Mark xiii. 11. And when they bring you unto the synagogues, and unto magistrates, and powers, take ye no thought how or what thing ye shall answer, or what ye shall say, Luke xii. 11. Settle it there fore in your hearts, not to meditate before what ye shall answer: xxi. 14. Now therefore go, and I will be with thy mouth, and teach thee what thou shalt say, Exod. iv. 12. And thou shalt speak unto him, and put words in his mouth: and I will be with thy mouth, and with his mouth, and will teach you what ye shall do, 15. But the LORD said unto me, Say not, I am a child: for thou shalt go to all that I shall send thee, and whatsoever I command thee thou shalt speak. Be not afraid of their faces: for I am with thee to deliver thee, saith the LORD. Then the LORD put forth his hand, and touched my mouth. And the LORD said unto me, Behold, I have put my words in thy mouth, Jer. i. 7-9. And they were not able to resist the wisdom and the Spirit by which he spake, Acts vi. 10. Notwithstanding the Lord stood with and strengthened me; that by me the preaching might be fully known, and that all the Gentiles might hear: and I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion, 2 Tim. iv. 17.

VER. 20.

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a The Spirit of the LORD spake by me, and his word was in my tongue, 2 Sam. xxiii. 2. For David himself said to my Lord, Sit thou on my right said by the Holy Ghost, The LORD hand, til I make thine enemies thy being evil, know how to give good footstool, Mark xii. 36. If ye then, gifts unto your children; how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him? Luke xi. 13. For I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries shall not be able to gainsay nor resist, xxi. 15. And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance, Acts ii. 4, Then Peter, filled with the Holy Ghost, said unto them, Ye rulers of the people, and elders of Israel, iv. 8. And when they agreed not among themselves, they departed, after that Paul had spoken one word, Well spake the Holy Ghost by Esaias the prophet unto our fathers, xxviii. 25. Unto whom it was revealed, that not unto themselves, but unto us they did minister the things, which are now reported unto you by them that have preached the gospel unto you with the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven; which things the angels desire to look into, 1 Pet. i. 12. For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost, 2 Pet. i. 21.

b See parallels on clause 3, ver. 16. chap. v.

VER. 21.

Παραδώσει δὲ ἀδελφὸς ἀδελφὸν εἰς θάνατον, καὶ πατὴς τέκνον· καὶ ἐπαναστήσονrai réxva ènì yoveïs, nai Javatátovciv αὐτούς. me,

a And the brother shall deliver up the brother to death, and the father the child: and the children shall rise up against their parents, and cause them to be put to death,

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