A. D. 32. " at the judgment, than for you. And thou, L. 10.

& See Gen. " Capernaum, which art & exalted to heaven, 15 Deu. 1.28. "h shalt be thrust down to hell. He that hear-16

11.4.

Is. 14. 13.

Jer. 51. 53. h See

Ezek. 26.

20. & 32.

18.

i 1 Thess.

4.8.

a Lev. 23.

34.

b Acts 1. 14.

"eth you heareth me; and he that despiseth

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you despiseth me; and he that despiseth me
" despiseth him that sent me.”

81. Jesus reproveth his kinsmen: goeth up from
Galilee to the feast of tabernacles: teacheth

in the temple. The Pharisees chide with
Nicodemus.

* Now the Jews' feast of tabernacles was at J. 7.2
hand. His brethren therefore said unto him, 3
Depart hence, and go into Judæa, that thy dis-
ciples also may see the works that thou doest.
For there is no man that doeth any thing in 4
secret, and he himself seeketh to be known
openly. If thou do these things, shew thyself
to the world. For neither did his brethren 5
believe in him. Then Jesus said unto them, 6
"My time is not yet come: but your time is
alway ready. The world cannot hate you; but 7
me it hateth, because I testify of it, that the
"works thereof are evil. Go ye up unto this 8
"feast: I go not up yet unto this feast; for

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my time is not yet full come." When he had 9
said these words unto them, he abode still in
Galilee.

But when his brethren were gone up, then 10
went he also up unto the feast, not openly, but
as it were in secret. Then the Jews sought him 11
at the feast, and said, Where is he? And there 12
was much murmuring among the people con-
cerning him: for some said, He is a good man:
others said, Nay; but he deceiveth the people.
Howbeit no man spake openly of him for fear 13
of the Jews.

Now about the midst of the feast Jesus went 14 • Acts 2.7. up into the temple, and taught. And the Jews 15 2 whispering. С.

J. 7. marvelled, saying, How knoweth this man let- A. D. 32. 16 ters, having never learned? Jesus answered them, and said, "My doctrine is not mine, but 17 "his that sent me. If any man will do his " will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether "it be of God, or whether I speak of myself. 18 "He that speaketh of himself seeketh his own

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Deut. 33.4.

glory: but he that seeketh his glory that sent " him, the same is true, and no unrighteousness 19 " is in him. Did not Moses give you the law, Ex.24.3. " and yet none of you keepeth the law? Why Acts 7.38. 20" go ye about to kill me?" The people answered and said, Thou hast a devil: who goeth about 21 to kill thee? Jesus answered and said unto

them, "I have done one work, and ye all mar22 "vel. Moses therefore gave unto you circum- Lev.12.3. "cision; (not because it is of Moses, but of f Gen. 17. "the fathers;) and ye on the sabbath day cir-10.

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23 "cumcise a man. If a man on the sabbath day "receive circumcision, that the law of Moses "should not be broken; are ye angry at me, "because I have made a man every whit whole 24" on the sabbath day? Judge not according to & Deut. 1. 16, 17. the appearance, but judge righteous judgment." Prov. 24. 25 Then said some of them of Jerusalem, Is not 23. James 26 this he, whom they seek to kill? but, lo, he 2.1. speaketh boldly, and they say nothing unto him. Do the rulers know indeed that this is the very 27 Christ? howbeit we know this man whence he

is: but when Christ cometh, no man knoweth 28 whence he is. Then cried Jesus in the temple as he taught, saying, "Ye both know me, and

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ye know whence I am: and I am not come " of myself, but he that sent me his true, whomh Rom. 3.

29" ye know not. But I know him: for I am " from him, and he hath sent me."

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Then they sought to take him: but no man laid hands on him, because his hour was not 31 yet come. And many of the people believed

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Divers opinions concerning Christ.

A. D. 32. on him, and said, When Christ cometh, will he J. 7. do more miracles than these which this man hath done? The Pharisees heard that the peo-32 ple murmured such things concerning him; and the Pharisees and the chief priests sent officers to take him.

Then said Jesus unto them, "Yet a little 33 " while am I with you, and then I go unto him

i Hos. 5.6. "that sent me. Ye shall seek me, and shall 34 "not find me: and where I am, thither ye can"not come." Then said the Jews among them-35

1 Pet. 1. 1.

selves, Whither will he go, that we shall not Is. 11.12. find him? will he go unto * the dispersed among Jam. 1.1. the Gentiles, and teach the Gentiles? what 36 manner of saying is this that he said, "Ye shall "seek me, and shall not find me: and where I 1 Lev. 23. am, thither ye cannot come?" 'In the last day, 37 that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and m Is. 55.1. cried, saying, "m If any man thirst, let him come Rev.22.17. " unto me, and drink.

36.

n Deut. 18.

15.

4.

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"He that believeth on 38

me, as the scripture hath said, out of his Prov. 18. " belly shall flow rivers of living water." ("But 39 & 44.3. this spake he of the Spirit, which they that be4 lieve on him should receive: for the Holy Ghost Acts 2.17, was not yet given; because that Jesus was not

Joel 2. 28.

33, 38.

yet glorified.)

Many of the people therefore, when they 40 9 Deut. 18. heard this saying, said, Of a truth this is the 15, 18. Prophet. Others said, This is the Christ. But 41 some said, Shall Christ come out of Galilee? Ps. 132. hath not the scripture said, That Christ cometh 42 11. Jer. 23. of the seed of David, and out of the town of $1 Sam.16. Bethlehem, where David was? So there was 43 1, 4.

5. Mic.5.2.

a division among the people because of him. And some of them would have taken him; but 44 no man laid hands on him.

Then came the officers to the chief priests 45, and Pharisees; and they said unto them, Why have ye not brought him? The officers answer- 46 ed, Never man spake like this man. Then 47

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J. 7. answered them the Pharisees, Are ye also de- A. D. 32. 48 ceived? Have any of the rulers or of the Pha- Acts 6.7. 49 risees believed on him? but this people who 26. & 50 knoweth not the law are cursed. Nicodemus

1 Cor.1.20,

2.8.

& 19.15.

saith unto them, (he that came to Jesus by 51 night, being one of them,) "Doth our law judge "Deu.1.17. any man, before it hear him, and know what he & 17.8,&c. 52 doeth? They answered and said unto him, Art thou also of Galilee? Search, and look: for 53* out of Galilee ariseth no prophet. And every * Is. 9.1,2. man went unto his own house.

J. 8. 1

J. 8. 2

And Jesus went unto the mount of Olives.

82. Christ delivereth the woman taken in adul-
tery.

AND early in the morning he came again into the temple, and all the people came unto 3 him; and he sat down, and taught them. And the scribes and Pharisees brought unto him a woman taken in adultery; and when they had 4 set her in the midst, they say unto him, Master, this woman was taken in adultery, in the very 5 act. Now Moses in the law commanded us, a Lev. 20. that such should be stoned: but what sayest 22. 22. 6 thou? This they said, tempting him, that they might have to accuse him. But Jesus stooped down, and with his finger wrote on the ground, 7 as though he heard them not. So when they continued asking him, he lifted up himself, and said unto them, "He that is without sin among Deu.17.7. 8" you, let him first cast a stone at her." And Rom. 2. 1. again he stooped down, and wrote on the ground. 9 And they which heard it, being convicted by Rom. 2. their own conscience, went out one by one, be- 22. ginning at the eldest, even unto the last: and Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing 10 in the midst. When Jesus had lifted up himself, and saw none but the woman, he said unto her, "Woman, where are those thine accusers? 11 hath no man condemned thee?" She said, No

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Christ the light of the world.

A. D. 32. man, Lord. And Jesus said unto her, "Neither " do I condemn thee: go, and sin no more."

2 Cor.

83. Christ the light of the world: he answereth
the Jews that boasted of Abraham: convey-
eth himself away.

THEN spake Jesus again unto them, saying, J. 8. 12
"I am the light of the world: he that followeth
" me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have
"the light of life." The Pharisees therefore said 13
unto him, Thou bearest record of thyself; thy
record is not true. Jesus answered and said 14
unto them, "Though I bear record of myself,
"yet my record is true: for I know whence I

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came, and whither I go; but ye cannot tell "whence I come, and whither I go. Ye judge 15 "after the flesh; I judge no man. And yet if 16 " I judge, my judgment is true: for I am not a Deut. 17. " alone, but I and the Father that sent me. * It 17 1935. " is also written in your law, that the testimony Heb.10.28. " of two men is true. I am one that bear wit-18 ness of myself, and the Father that sent me "beareth witness of me." Then said they unto 19 him, Where is thy Father? Jesus answered, "Ye "neither know me, nor my Father: if ye had "known me, ye should have known my Father "also." These words spake Jesus in the trea-20 sury, as he taught in the temple: and no man laid hands on him; for his hour was not yet come. Then said Jesus again unto them, "I go 21

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my way, and ye shall seek me, and shall die
" in your sins: whither I go, ye cannot come."
Then said the Jews, Will he kill himself? be-22
cause he saith, Whither I go, ye cannot come.
And he said unto them, "Ye are from beneath; 23

b1 John "I am from above: bye are of this world; I
"am not of this world. I said therefore unto 24
you, that ye shall die in your sins: for if ye
"believe not that I am he, ye shall die in your

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