Jerusalem, z Ch. xx. 16. a Ch. xiv. 5. were bidden to the wedding: and they would not come. Again, he sent forth other servants, saying, Tell Matt. xxii. 4. them which are bidden, Behold, I have prepared my dinner my oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready; come unto the marriage. But they made light of it, and went their ways, Matt. xxii, 5. one to his farm, and another to his merchandise: And the remnant took his servants, and entreat- Matt. xxii. 6. ed them spitefully, and slew them. But when the king heard thereof, he was wroth: Matt. xxii. 7. and he sent forth his armies, and destroyed those murderers, and burned up their city. Then saith he to his servants, The wedding is Matt. xxii. 8. ready, but they which were bidden were not wor thy. therefore into the highways, and as many Matt. xxii. 9. as ye shall find, bid to the marriage. Šo those servants went out into the highways, Matt. xxii. 10. and gathered together all as many as they found, both bad and good: and the wedding was fur- And when the king came in to see the guests, Matt.xxii. 11. And he saith unto him, Friend, how camest Matt. xxii. 12. thou in hither not having a wedding garment? And he was speechless. Then said the king to the servants, Bind him Matt. xxii. 13. hand and foot, and take him away, and cast him into outer darkness; there shall be weeping and z For many are called, but few are chosen. Matt. xxii. 14. MATT. xxi. part of ver. 23, 24, 25, 26. ver. 27. part of ver. 34. ver. 35, 36. and part of ver. 37. 23 -the Chief Priests—and said, By what authority doest thou these things? and who gave thee this authority? 24 And Jesus answered and said unto them 25 -from heaven, or of men? And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven ; he will say26-a for all hold John as a prophet. 27 And they answered Jesus, and said, We cannot tell. And he said unto them, Neither tell I you by what authority I do these things. 34 he sent his servants to the husbandmen, that they might receive the fruits of it. 35 And the husbandmen took his servants, and beat one, and killed another, and stoned another. 36 Again, he sent other servants more than the first: and they did unto them Jerusalem, - *. likewise. 37 But he sent unto them his son, saying, They will reverence my son. MARK xi. part of ver. 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32. xii. part of ver. 1, 2, 3, 4. ver. 7, 8. part of ver. 9. ver. 10, 11. and part of ver. 12. 27-there come to him the Chief Priests, and the Scribes, and the elders, 28 And say unto him, By what authority doest thou these things? and who gave thee this authority 29 I will also ask of you one question, and answer me, and I will tell you ✶ Or, thing. by what authority I do these things. Luke xxii. 9. 1 And he began to speak unto them by parables, A certain man planted a b Matt.xxi.33. vineyard-and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country. 2 And at the season he sent to the husbandmen a servant 3 And they 4 and sent him away 7 But those husbandmen said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and the inheritance shall be ours. 8 And they took him, and killed him, and cast him out of the vineyard. 9 What shall therefore the lord of the vineyard do-and destroy the husband men, and will give the vineyard unto others. 10 And have ye not read this Scripture; The stone which the builders re- c Ps. cxviii.22. jected is become the head of the corner: 11 This was the Lord's doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes? 12 And they sought to lay hold on him, but feared the people; for they knew that he had spoken the parable against them. LUKE XX. part of ver. 1. ver. 3, 4, 5. part of ver. 6, 7. ver. 8. part of ver. 9, 10, 11, 14. ver. 15. part of ver. 16, 17. ver. 18. and part of ver. 19. 1-came upon him, with the elders, 3 And he answered and said unto them, I will also ask you one thing; and answer me: 4 The baptism of John, was it from heaven, or of men? 5 And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven; he will say, Why then believed ye him not? 6 But and if we say, Of men 7 And they answered, That they could not tell 8 And Jesus said unto them, Neither tell I you by what authority I do these things. 9-A certain man planted a vineyard, and let it forth to husbandmen, and went into a far country 10 that they should give him of the fruit of the vineyard-and sent him away empty. 11 And again he sent another servant 14 But when the husbandmen saw him-saying, This is the heir: come, let us kill him, that the inheritance may be ours. Jerusalem. 15 So they cast him out of the vineyard, and killed him. What therefore shall the lord of the vineyard do unto them? 16 He shall come and destroy these husbandmen, and shall give the vineyard to others d Ps.cxviii. 22. 17 - The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner? 18 Whosoever shall fall upon that stone shall be broken; but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder. 19 And the Chief Priests-the same hour sought to lay hands on him; and they feared the people: for they perceived that he * In value seven pence halfpenny: ch. xx. 2. + Or, inscription. SECTION XIV. Christ replies to the Herodians. MATT. xxii. 15-23. MARK Xii. 13-18. LUKE XX. 20-27. Then went the Pharisees, and took counsel how Matt. xxii. 15. they might entangle him in his talk. And they watched him, and sent forth unto him certain of their disciples with the Herodians, Luke xx. 10. Mark xii. 13. Matt. xxii. 16. spies, which should feign themselves just men, Luke xx. 20. that they might take hold of his words, that so they might deliver him unto the power and autho rity of the governor. And when they were come, they asked him, saying, Master, we know that thou art true, Mark xii. 14. Luke xx. 21. Matt. xxii. 16. that thou sayest and teachest rightly, neither ac- Luke xx. 21. ceptest thou the person of any, and carest for no man: for thou regardest not the Mark xii. 14. person of men, but teachest the way of God in truth: Tell us therefore, What thinkest thou? Is it Matt. xxii. 17. lawful to give tribute unto Cæsar, or not? Shall we give, or shall we not give? Mark xii. 15. But Jesus perceived their wickedness, and Matt, xxii. 18. said, knowing their hypocrisy, Why tempt ye me, ye hypocrites? Shew me the tribute money, bring me a penny, that I may see it. * And they brought unto him a penny. Mark xii. 15. Matt.xxii. 18. Matt. xxii. 19. Mark xii. 15. Matt. xxii. 19. And he saith unto them, Whose is this image Matt. xxii. 20. and superscription? They say unto him, Cæsar's. Then saith he Matt. xxii. 21. e Rom. xiii. 7. unto them, Render therefore unto Cæsar the e Luke xx. 26, Matt. xxii. 22. things which are Cæsar's; and unto God the Jerusalem. things that are God's. And they could not take hold of his words before the people: and When they had heard these words, they marvelled Luke xx. 26. at his answer, and held their peace; Matt.xxii. 22. and left him, and went their way. MATT. xxii. part of ver. 16. 16 And they sent out unto him-and teachest the way of God in truth, neither carest thou for any man; for thou regardest not the person of men. MARK xii. part of ver. 13, 14, 15. and ver. 16, 17. 13 And they send-of the Pharisees and of the Herodians, to catch him in his words. 14 they say unto him, Master, we know that thou art true-Is it lawful to give tribute to Cæsar, or not? 15-But he said unto them, Why tempt ye me?— 16 And they brought it. And he saith unto them, Whose is this image and superscription? And they said unto him, Cæsar's. 17 And Jesus answering said unto them, Render to Cæsar the things that are Cæsar's, and to God the things that are God's. And they marvelled at him. LUKE XX. part of ver. 21. ver. 22, 23, 24, 25. and part of ver. 26. 21 And saying, Master, we know—but teachest the way of God * truly: 22 Is it lawful for us to give tribute unto Cæsar, or no? 23 But he perceived their craftiness, and said unto them, Why tempt ye me? * Or, of a truth. 24 Shew me af penny. Whose image and superscription hath it? They f Matt. xviii. answered and said, Cæsar's. 25 And he said unto them, Render therefore unto Cæsar the things which be Cæsar's, and unto God the things which be God's. 26-they marvelled 28. Luke xx. 27. Matt. xxii. 23. SECTION XV. Christ replies to the Sadducees. MATT. Xxii. 23-34. MARK Xii. 18-28. LUKE XX. 27-41. Then came to him, The same day, Luke xx. 27. certain of the Sadducees, which deny that there is any resurrection "; and they asked him, 12 12 Bishop Warburton endeavoured to show that the doctrine of the resurrection could not be proved from the law of Moses; he omitted, in this paradoxical Jerusalem. Saying, Master, Moses wrote unto us, If any Luke xx. 28. and leave his wife behind him, and leave no chil- Mark xii. 19. raise up seed unto his brother. Now there were with us therefore, seven brethren: and the first, Matt. xxii. 25. Luke xx. 29. when he had married a wife, deceased, and hav- Matt. xxii. 25. ing no issue left his wife unto his brother : And the second took her to wife, and he died Luke xx. 30. childless. And the third likewise took her, and in like manner the seven also had her, and they left no children, and died. Last of all, the woman died also. Luke xx. 31. Mark xii. 21. Luke xx. 31. Mark xii. 22. Luke xx. 31. Luke xx. 32. In the resurrection therefore, when they shall Mark xii. 23. rise, whose wife shall she be of the seven? for they all had her to wife. Matt. xxii. 28. Mark xii. 23. And Jesus answering said unto them, Do ye Mark xii. 24. The children of this world marry, and are given Luke xx. 34. In the resurrection they neither marry, nor are Matt. xxii. 30. attempt, to confute the argument which may be derived from the traditional interpretation of their Scriptures, by the Jews. The Sadducees, like sects in all Churches, became a party, by rejecting the common faith of their countrymen, and by affecting a singularity of opinion. The Jews were accustomed to censure all who denied that the resurrection could be proved from the law: Hi sunt qui partem non habent in seculo futuro; qui dicunt, legem non esse de cœlo, ,(et resurrectionem non probari posse ex lege (a אין תחיית המתים מן התורה The Sadducees asked the question that follows, for the purpose of ridiculing the doctrine of the resurrection. In our Lord's answer, he not only rectified their opinions, but so explained the doctrine, as to overthrow the erroneous decision of the Pharisees on the same point; who had decided that if two brothers married one woman, she should be restored at the resurrection to the elder, or to him to whom she had been first married (b). (a) Avoda Sara, fol. 18. 1. Sanhedrim, fol. 90. 1. Ap. Schoetgen, Hora Heb. vol. i. p. 176. (b) The same idea, that in the resurrection, &c. Matt. xxii. 30. is found in Massecheth Derech Erez, in Jalkut Rubeni, fol. 134. 1. 72w TM neque edunt aut ולא אכילה ושתייה (in celo non sedent (ad mensam למערה bibunt; neque liberos generant. It likewise occurs in Berachoth, fol. 171. and in Sohar. Exod. fol. 48. col. 190. and Jalkut Rubeni, fol. 178. 2. |