will throughly purge his floor, and will gather the wheat into his garner; but the chaff he will burn with fire unquenchable. 18 And many other 18. And John Baptist said many such things as things in his exhort- these, and more different from these, by way of exation preached he hortation and proclamation to the people, concerning 19 But Herod the the gospel of Christ. unto the people. Philip's wife, and for tetrarch, being re- 19. And Herod calling him to the court, and hearproved by him for ing him often, and that with great respect to him at Herodias his brother first, (Mark vi. 20,) at last being reproved by him all the evils which for marrying his brother's wife, and for all other sins Herod had done, that John saw him to be guilty of, added yet this20 Added yet this above all, that he shut up John in pri son. 21 Now when all the people were baptized, it came to pass, that Jesus also being baptized, and praying, the heaven was opened, 22 And the Holy 22. And the holy eternal Spirit of God appeared Ghost descended in visibly to come down and to descend upon him, as a a bodily shape like a dove uses to descend and light on any thing, (see note dove upon him, and a voice came from [k] on Matt. iii.,) and a voice— heaven, which said, Thou art my beloved Son; in thee I am well pleased. 23 And Jesus him 23. And at this time of his being baptized Jesus self began to be about was about thirty years old, the age before which the thirty years of age, Levites were not to be admitted to sacred functions, being (as was sup- Num. iv. and 3 posed) the son of 43, 1 Chron. xxxiii. 2. And being Joseph, which was born of a pure virgin he had truly no father on earth, the [e] son of Heli, but yet Joseph the son of Heli being betrothed to 24 Which was the Mary his mother, he was his reputed father. son of Matthat, which was the son of Levi, which was the son of Melchi, which was the son of Janna, which was the son of Joseph, 25 Which was the son of Mattathias, which was the son of Amos, which was the son of Naum, which was the son of Esli, which was the son of Nagge, 26 Which was the son of Maath, which was the son of Mattathias, which was the son of Semei, which was the son of Joseph, which was the son of Juda, 27 Which was the son of Joanna, which was the son of Rhesa, which was the son of Zorobabel, which was the son of Salathiel, which was the son of Neri, 28 Which was the son of Melchi, which was the son of Addi, which was the son of Cosam, which was the son of Elmodam, which was the son of Er, 29 Which was the son of Jose, which was the son of Eliezer, which was the son of Jorim, which was the son of Matthat, which was the son of Levi, 30 Which was the son of Simeon, which was the son of Juda, which was the son of Joseph, which was the son of Jonan, which was the son of Eliakim, 31 Which was the son of Melea, which was the son of Menan, which was the son of Mattatha, which was the son of Nathan, which was the son of David, 32 Which was the son of Jesse, which was the son of Obed, which was the son of Booz, which was the son of Salmon, which was the son of Naasson, son 33 Which was the of Aminadab, which was the son of Aram, which was the son of Esrom, which was the son of Phares, which was the son of Juda, 34 Which was the son of Jacob, which was the son of Isaac, which was the son of Abraham, which was the son of Thara, which was the son of Nachor, 35 Which was the son of Saruch, which was the son of Ragau, which was the son of Phalec, which was the son of Heber, which was the son of Sala, 36 Which was the son of Cainan, which was the son of Arphaxad, which was the son of Sem, which was the son of Noe, which was the son of Lamech, 37 Which was the son of Mathusala, which was the son of Enoch, which was the son of Jared, which was the son of Maleleel, which was the son of Cainan, 38 Which was the son of Enos, which was the son of Seth, which was the son of Adam, which was the son of God. when they were ended, he afterward hungered. 3 And the devil said unto him, If thou be the Son of God, command this stone that it be made bread. 4 And Jesus answered him, saying, It is written, That man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God. 5 And the devil, taking him up into an high mountain, shewed unto him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time. 6 And the devil said unto him, All this power will I give thee, and the glory of them for that is delivered unto me; and to whomsoever I will I give it. 7 If thou therefore wilt worship me, all shall be thine. 8 And Jesus answered and said unto him, Get thee behind me, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve. 9 And he brought him to Jerusalem, and set him on a 'pinnacle of the temple, and said unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down from hence: 10 For it is written, He shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee: II And in their hands they shall bear 4. See Matt. iv. 4. 5. See Matt. iv. 8. 9. See note [b] on Matt. iv. 1 battlement, πτερύγιον. thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone. 12 And Jesus answering said unto him, It is said, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God. 13 And when the devil had ended all the temptation, he departed from him 2 for a season. 14 ¶ And Jesus "re 12. See Matt. iv. 7. a left him for a time, meaning to wait an opportunity to assault him again. See Matt. iv. 11. b being by the powerful incitation of the Spirit of turned in the power God now stirred up to set upon this prophetic office, of the Spirit into Galilee: and there went returned into Galilee— out a fame of him all. 16 с And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up and, as his custom was, he went in to the synagogue on the sabbath day, and d and he made shew to undertake to expound some stood up for to read. part of sacred writ, as their doctors are wont to do. 17. And the officer of the synagogue (see ver. 20.) 17 And there was delivered unto him brought him the book of— the book of the prophet Esaias. And when he had [a] opened the book, he found the place where it was written, 18 The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised, ⚫ those that long imprisonment and shackels have bruised, 19 To preach the 19. To proclaim to all a year of jubilee, wherein acceptable year of servants are set free, &c. the Lord. 2 until, ǎxpi. |