сн. 19. SECT. XII. 27 even that which he hath shall be taken. But as 'for those mine enemies, who would not have me for their king; bring them hither, and slay 'them in my presence.' SECTION XII. THE ENTRY INTO JERUSALEM. Mat. 21; 1. 28 AFTER this discourse Jesus walked foremost, 29 travelling towards Jerusalem. When he approach- Mar. 11; 1 ed Bethphage and Bethany, near the mountain called the Mount of Olives, he sent two of his disci30 ples, saying, Go to yonder village, wherein, as ye enter, ye will find a colt tied on which no man 31 ever rode; loose him and bring him. If any one ask why ye loose him, ye shall answer, 'Because 32 the Master needeth him.' Accordingly they who received this order, went and found every thing as 33 he had told them. As they were loosing the colt. the owners said to them, Why loose ye the colt? 34 They answered, The Master needeth him. So 35 they brought him to Jesus, and having thrown their Jo. 12; 14. 36 mantles upon the colt, set Jesus thereon. As he went, the people spread their mantles in the way 37 before him. When he was so near as the descent of the Mount of Olives, the whole multitude of the CH. 20. ch. 21; 6. Mat. 24; 2. Mar. 13; 2. SECT. XII. for all the miracles which they had seen, saying, 38 Blessed be the King who cometh in the name ' of the Lord; peace in heaven, and glory in the 39 highest heaven.' Upon this some Pharisees in the crowd said to him, Rabbi, rebuke thy disci40 ples. He answered, I tell you that, if these were silent, the stones would cry out. 41 When he came near and beheld the city, he 42 wept over it, saying, O that thou hadst considered, at least in this thy day, the things which concern thy peace! But now they are hidden from 43 thine eyes for the days are coming upon thee when thine enemies will surround thee with a 44 rampart, and enclose thee, and shut thee up on every side, and will level thee with the ground, thee and thy children, and will not leave thee one stone upon another, because thou didst not consider the time when thou wast visited. Mat. 21; 12. 45 Mar. 11; 15. Jer. 7; 11. Afterwards he went into the temple, and drove out thence those who sold and those who bought 46 therein, saying to them, It is written, "My house "is a house of prayer, but ye have made it a den "of robbers." 47 And he taught daily in the temple, while the 48 chief priests and the scribes, and persons of princi pal note, sought his destruction, but could not devise how to effect it; for all the people heard him with the greatest attention. Mat. 21; 23. XX. One of those days, as he was teaching the people in the temple, and publishing the good tidings, the chief priests and the scribes, with the SECT. XII. CH. 20. 2 elders, came upon him, saying, Tell us by what au thority thou dost these things, or who is he that 3 empowered thee? He answering, said unto them, 4 I also have a question to put to you. Tell me then, Was the title which John had to baptize, 5 from heaven or from men? But they reasoned thus with themselves, If we say, 'From heaven,' he will reply, Why then did ye not believe him?" 6 And if we say, • From men,' all the people will stone us; for they are persuaded that John was a 7 prophet. They therefore answered, that they 8 could not tell whence. Jesus replied, Neither tell I you by what authority I do these things. 9 Mar. 12; 1. Then he spake to the people this parable: A man Mat. 21; 33 planted a vineyard, and farmed it out, and having 10 travelled, continued long abroad. The season being come, he sent a servant to the husbandmen, to receive of the produce of the vineyard; but they 11 beat him, and sent him back empty. Afterwards, he sent another servant, whom they, having beaten and used him shamefully, also sent away empty. 12 He, afterwards, dispatched a third to them. Him 13 likewise they wounded and drove away. Then the proprietor of the vineyard said, 'What shall I 'do? I will send my beloved son; they will surely 14 reverence him, when they see him.' But when the husbandmen saw him, they reasoned thus among themselves, 'This is the heir, come, let us ' kill him, that the inheritance may be our own.' 15 And having thrust him out of the vineyard, they killed him. What, therefore, will the proprietor of CH. 20. Mat. 21; 42 SECT. XII. 16 the vineyard do to them? He will come and destroy those husbandmen, and give the vineyard to 17 others. And some of his hearers said, God forbid. Jesus, looking on them, said, What then meaneth that expression of Scripture, "A stone which "the builders rejected is made the head of the 18 corner. Whosoever shall fall upon that stone, "shall be bruised; but on whomsoever it shall 19"fall, it will crush him to pieces." At that time the chief priests and the scribes, knowing that he had spoken this parable against them, would have laid hands on him, but feared the people. Mat. 22; 15 20 And they watched him, and set spies upon him, instructing them to personate conscientious men, and surprise him in his words, that they might consign him to the power and authority of the pro21 curator. These accosted him with this question, Rabbi, we know that thou speakest and teachest uprightly, and that, without respect of persons, 22 thou faithfully recommendest the way of God. Is 23 it lawful for us to pay taxes to Cesar or not? He perceiving their subtlety, answered, Why would 24 ye inveigle me? Show me a denarius. Whose image and inscription hath it? They answered, 25 Cesar's. He replied, Render, therefore, to Cesar that which is Cesar's, and to God that which is 26 God's. Thus they could not surprise him in his discourses before the people; wherefore, admiring his answer, they kept silence. Mat. 22; 23. 27 Mar. 12; 18. Afterwards some of the Sadducees, who deny a Acts, 23; 8. 28 future state, came to him with this question: Rab Deut. 25; 5. SECT. XII. CH. 20. bi, Moses hath enjoined in his writings, that a man whose brother dieth childless outlived by his wife, shall marry the widow, and raise issue to his bro29 ther. Now there were seven brothers, the first of 30 whom having taken a wife, died childless; the se cond married the widow, and also died childless; 31 the third too married her, as did likewise the rest ; 32 and all the seven died leaving no children. Last 33 of all the woman also died. To which of them, therefore, will she be wife at the resurrection; for 34 she hath been married to all the seven? Jesus an35 swering, said unto them, The people of this world marry and are given in marriage; but among them who shall be honoured to share in the resurrection and the other world, there will be neither marry36 ing nor giving in marriage: For they cannot die any more; because angel-like they are children of 37 God, being children of the resurrection. But that the dead are raised, even Moses hath suggested, calling the Lord who appeared in the bush, the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the 38 God of Jacob. Now he is not a God of the dead, but of the living; for they are all, [though 39 dead to us,] alive to him. Then some of the scribes said to him, Rabbi, thou hast spoken well. 40 After that they did not venture to ask him any more questions. 41 And he said to them, Why is it affirmed that the 42 Messiah must be a Son of David? Yet David him 43 self says in the book of Psalms, "The Lord 50 Mat. 22; 41. Mar. 12; 35' Ps. 110; 1. 50 Jehovah. |