THE

FOUR GOSPELS;

WITH

NOTES,

CHIEFLY EXPLANATORY;

DESIGNED FOR TEACHERS IN

SABBATH SCHOOLS AND BIBLE CLASSES,

AND AS

AN AID TO FAMILY INSTRUCTION.

BY HENRY J. RIPLEY,

PROFESSOR OF BIBLICAL LITERATURE AND INTERPRETATION IN THE NEWTON

THEOLOGICAL INSTITUTION.

IN TWO VOLUMES.

VOL. I.

CONTAINING MATTHEW AND MARK

Seventh Edition.

BOSTON:
GOULD, KENDALL, AND LINCOLN,

59 Washington Street.

1842.

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1837, by

GOULD, KENDALL, AND LINCOLN
In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of Massachusetts.

STEREOTYPED AT THE
BOSTON TYPE AND STEREOTYPE FOUNDRY.

CONTENTS.

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xii

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XV

Page.

Preface,

vii

Notice to the Second Edition,

Introductory Explanations,

xiii

The Meaning of the Word Gospel,.

xiii

The Civil Condition of the Jews at the Time of Christ, ... xiv

The Meaning of certain Names, or Titles, in the Gospels,. . XV

Pharisees,

Sadducees, .

xvi

Scribes,

xvi

Lawyers, Doctors of the Law,.

xvi

Publicans,

xvii

Preface to the Gospel of Matthew,.

xix

Gospel according to Matthew,

19

Preface to the Gospel of Mark, ...

239

Gospel according to Mark,

241

1,