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jona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father d which is in heaven.

a And he brought him to Jesus. And when Jesus beheld him, he said, Thou art Simon the son of Jona: thou shalt be called Cephas, which is, by interpretation, a stone, John i. 42. 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.

b But I certify you, brethren, That the gospel which was preached of me is not after man. For I neither received of man, neither was I taught it, but by the revelation of Jesus Christ, Gal. i. 11, 12. To reveal his Son in me, that I might preach him among the heathen; immediately I conferred not with flesh and blood, 16.

At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes. Even so, Father: for so it seemed good in thy sight. All things are delivered unto me of my Father: and no man knoweth the Son, but the Father: neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal him, Matt. xi. 25-27. And all thy children shall be taught of the LORD; and great shall be the peace of thy children, Isa. liv. 13. It is written in the prophets, And they shall be all taught of God. Every man therefore that hath heard, and hath learned of the Father, cometh unto me, John vi. 45. I have manifested thy name unto the men which thou gavest me out of the world thine they were, and thou

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gavest them me; and they have kept thy word. Now they have known that all things whatsoever thou hast given me are of thee. For I have given unto them the words which thou gavest me; and they have received them, and have known surely that I came out from thee, and they have believed that thou didst send me, xvii. 6-8. But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him. But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit, for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God. For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God. Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God, 1 Cor. ii. 9-12. To reveal his Son in me, that I might preach him among the heathen; immediately I conferred not with flesh and blood, Gal. i. 16. That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him: the eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints, Eph i. 17, 18. For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God, ii. 8. Which in other ages was not made known unto the sons of men, as it is now revealed unto the holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit, iii. 5. May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height; And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God, 18, 19. Even the mystery which hath been hid from ages and from generations, but now is made manifest to his saints: To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory, Col. i. 26, 27. And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given

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us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life, 1 John v. 20.

d See on chap. v. ver. 16. clause 4.
VER. 18.

Καγὼ δέ σοι λέγω, ὅτι σὺ εἶ Πέτρος, καὶ ἐπὶ ταύτῃ τῇ πέτρᾳ οἰκοδομήσω μου τὴν ἐκκλησίαν· καὶ πύλαι ᾅδου οὐ κάτισε χύσουσιν αὐτῆς.

And I say also unto thee, That a thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell 'shall not prevail against it.

a And he brought him to Jesus. And when Jesus beheld him, he said, Thou art Simon the son of Jona; thou shalt be called Cephas, which is, by interpretation, a stone, John i. 42.

bTherefore, thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation, a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not make haste, Isa. xxviii. 16. According to the grace of God which is given unto me, as a wise masterbuilder, I have laid the foundation, and another buildeth thereon. But let every man take heed how he buildeth thereupon. For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ, 1 Cor. iii. 10, 11. Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellow-citizens with the saints, and of the household of God; And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone; in whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord: In whom ye also are builded together for an habitation of God through the Spirit, Eph. ii. 19-22.

And speak unto him, saying, Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, Behold the man whose name is the BRANCH; and he shall grow up out of his place, and he shall build the temple of the LORD: Even he shall build the temple of the LORD; and he shall bear the glory, and shall sit and rule upon his throne; and he shall be a priest upon his throne and the counsel of peace shall be between them both, Zech. vi. 12, 13. For we are labourers together with God: ye are God's husbandry,

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ye are God's building, 1 Cor. iii. 9. For this man was counted worthy of more glory than Moses, inasmuch as he who hath builded the house hath more honour than the house. For every house is builded by some man ; but he that built all things is God, Heb. iii. 3, 4.

them, tell it unto the church : but if dAnd if he shall neglect to hear he neglect to hear the church, let him be unto thee as an heathen man and a Publican, Matt. xviii. 17. Praising God, and having favour with all the people. And the Lord added to the church daily such as should be saved, Acts ii. 47. And Saul was consenting unto his death. And at that time there was a great persecution against the church which was at Jerusalem; and they were all scattered abroad throughout the regions of Judæa and Samaria, except the apostles, viii. 1. To the intent that now unto the principalities and powers in heavenly places might be known by the church the manifold wisdom of God, Eph. iii. 10. Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it; that he might san tify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word, that he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish, v. 25-27. This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church, 32. And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the first-born from the dead; that in all things he might have the pre-eminence, Col. i. 18. For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God? 1 Tim. iii. 5. But if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth, 15.

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eThat in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies, Gen. xxii. 17. They that sit in the gate speak against me; and I was the song of the drunkards,

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Psal. Ixix. 12. Happy is the man who hath his quiver full of them: they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate, cxxvii. 5. Wisdom is too high for a fool: he openeth not his mouth in the gate, Prov. xxiv. 7. And for a spirit of judgment to him that sitteth in judgment, and for strength to them that turn the battle to the gate, Isa. xxviii. 6.

fThey that trust in the LORD shall be as mount Zion, which cannot be removed, but abideth for ever. As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, so the LORD is round about his people from henceforth even for ever, Psal. cxxv. 1, 2. No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their righteousness is of me, saith the LORD, Isa. liv. 17. My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me: And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand. My Father, which gave them me is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father's hand. I and my Father are one, John x. 27-30. Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God's elect? It is God that justifieth. Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us. Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter. Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us. For I am persuaded that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, northings present, nor things to come, nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord, Rom. viii. 33-39. Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let

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us have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear, Heb. xii. 28. And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever, Rev. xi. 15. And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea. And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God. And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away, xxi. 1—4. VER. 19.

τῶν οὐρανῶν· καὶ ὃ ἐὰν δήσῃς ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς, ἔσται δεδεμένον ἐν τοῖς οὐρανοῖς· καὶ ὃ ἐὰν λύσης ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς, ἔσται λελυμένον ἐν τοῖς οὐρανοῖς.

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And I will give unto thee, bthe keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven; and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.

a But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice, and said unto them, Ye men of Judæa, and all ye that dwell at Jerusalem, be this known unto you, and hearken to my words, Acts ii. 14. And when there had been much disputing, Peter rose up, and said unto them, Men and brethren, ye know how that a good while ago God made choice among us, that the Gentiles by my mouth should hear the word of the Gospel, and believe,

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bAnd the key of the house of David will I lay upon his shoulder; so he shall open and none shall shut; and he shall shut, and none shall open, Isa. xxii. 22. I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive

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for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death, Rev. i. 18. And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write; These things saith he that is holy, he that is true, he that hath the key of David, he that openeth, and no man shutteth; and shutteth, and no man openeth, iii. 7.

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let all the house of Israel know assuredly, that God hath made that same Jesus, whom ye have crucified both Lord and Christ, Acts ii. 36. Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? he is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son, 1 John ii. 22. Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God: and every one that loveth him that begat loveth him also that is begotten of him, v. 1.

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Verily I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever ye shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven, Matt. xviii. 18. Whose soever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them; and whose soever sins ye re- ̓Απὸ τότε ἤρξατο ὁ Ἰησοῦς δεικνύειν τοῖς tain, they are retained, John xx. 23. In μαθηταῖς αὑτοῦ, ὅτι δεῖ αὐτὸν ἀπελθεῖν εἰς the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, | Ιεροσόλυμα, καὶ πολλὰ παθεῖν ἀπὸ τῶν when ye are gathered together, and πρεσβυτέρων, καὶ ἀρχιερέων, καὶ , Ураль my spirit, with the power of our Lord ματέων, καὶ ἀποκτανθῆναι, καὶ τῇ τρίτῃ Jesus Christ, Το deliver such an one ἡμέρᾳ ἐγερθῆναι. unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus, 1 Cor. v. 4, 5. To whom ye forgive any thing, I forgive also: for if I forgive any thing, to whom I forgave it, for your sakes forgave I it in the person of Christ, 2 Cor. ii. 10. He therefore that despiseth, despiseth not man, but God, who hath also given unto us his Holy Spirit, 1 Thess. iv. 8. These have power to shut heaven, that it rain not in the days of their prophecy: and have power over waters to turn them to blood, and to smite the earth with all plagues, as often as they will, Rev. xi. 6.

VER. 20.

Τότε διεστείλατο τοῖς μαθηταῖς αὐτοῦ, ἵνα μηδενὶ εἴπωσιν, ὅτι αὐτός ἐστιν Ἰησοῦς ὁ Χριστός.

Then charged he his disciples that they should tell no man that he was b Jesus the Christ.

a See on chap. viii. ver. 4. clause 1. b He first findeth his own brother Simon, and saith unto him, We have found the Messias, which is, being interpreted, the Christ, John i. 41. Philip findeth Nathanael, and saith unto him, We have found him, of whom Moses in the law, and the prophets, did write, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph, 45. But these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life through his name, xx. 31. Therefore

From that time forth a began Jesus to shew unto his disciples, how that he must go unto Jerusalem, and suffer many things of the elders and Chief Priests and Scribes, and be killed, and be raised again the third day.

a And while they abode in Galilee, Jesus said unto them, The Son of man shall be betrayed into the hands of men: And they shall kill him, and the third day he shall be raised again. vii. 22, 23. And Jesus going up to And they were exceeding sorry, Matt. Jerusalem took the twelve disciples apart in the way, and said unto them, Behold, we go up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man shall be betrayed unto the Chief Priests, and unto the Scribes, and they shall condemn him to death. And shall deliver him to the Gentiles to mock, and to scourge, and to crucify him: and the third day he shall rise again, xx. 17-19. Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many, 28. Ye know that after two days is the feast of the passover, and the Son of man is betrayed to be crucified, xxvi. 2. And he began to teach them, that the Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected of the elders, and of the Chief Priests, and Scribes, and be killed, and after three days For he rise again, Mark viii. 31. taught his disciples, and said unto them, The Son of man is delivered into the hands of men, and they shall

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kill him; and after that he is killed, he shall rise the third day. But they understood not that saying, and were afraid to ask him, ix. 31, 32. And they were in the way going up to Jerusalem; and Jesus went before them: and they were amazed; and as they followed, they were afraid. And he took again the twelve, and began to tell them what things should happen unto him, Saying, Behold, we go up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man shall be delivered unto the Chief Priests, and unto the Scribes; and they shall condemn him to death, and shall deliver him to the Gentiles: And they shall mock him, and shall scourge him, and shall spit upon him, and shall kill him and the third day he shall rise again, x. 32-34. Saying, The Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected of the elders and Chief Priests, and Scribes, and be slain, and be raised the third day, Luke ix. 22. Who appeared in glory, and spake of his decease which he should accomplish at Jerusalem, 31. Let these sayings sink down into your ears for the Son of man shall be delivered into the hands of men. But they understood not this saying, and it was hid from them, that they perceived it not: and they feared to ask him of that saying, 44, 45. Then he took unto him the twelve, and said unto them, Behold, we go up to Jerusalem, and all things that are written by the prophets concerning the Son of man shall be accomplished. For he shall be delivered unto the Gentiles, and shall be mocked, and spitefully entreated, and spitted on: And they shall scourge him, and put him to death and the third day he shall rise again. And they understood none of these things: and this saying was hid from them, neither knew they the things which were spoken, xviii. 31-34. He is not here, but is risen: remember how he spake unto you when he was yet in Galilee, Saying, The Son of man must be delivered into the bands of sinful men, and be crucified, and the third day rise again, xxiv. 6, 7. Ought not Christ to have suffered these things, and to enter into his glory? And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he expounded unto them in all

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the Scriptures the things concerning himself, 26, 27. And said unto them, Thus it is written, and thus it behoved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day, 46.

b And while he yet spake, lo, Judas, one of the twelve, came, and with him a great multitude with swords and staves, from the Chief Priests and elders of the people, Matt. xxvi. 47. And when he was accused of the Chief Priests and elders, he answered nothing, xxvii. 12.

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Saying, Sir, we remember that that deceiver said, while he was yet alive, After three days I will rise again, Matt. xxvii. 63. Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy. this temple, and in three days I will raise it up. Then said the Jews, Forty and six years was this temple in building, and wilt thou rear it up in three days? But he spake of the temple of his body, John ii. 19–21. Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain: Whom God hath raised up, having loosed the pains of death: because it was not possible he should be holden of it. For David speaketh concerning him, I foresaw the Lord always before my face, for he is on my right hand, that I should not be moved: Therefore did my heart rejoice, and my tongue was glad; moreover also my flesh shall rest in hope: Because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption. Thou hast made known to me the ways of life; thou shalt make me full of joy with thy countenance. Men and brethren, let me freely speak unto you of the patriarch David, that he is both dead and buried, and his sepulchre is with us unto this day. Therefore being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him, that of the fruit of his loins, according to the flesh, he would raise up Christ to sit on his throne; He seeing this before spake of the resurrection of Christ, that his soul was not left in hell, neither his flesh did see corruption. This Jesus hath God raised up, whereof we all are witnesses, Acts ii. 23-32.

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