71. The disciples cautioned against the leaven

MATTHEW.

CH. XVI. 4-12.

11 How is it that ye do not under

ᎷᎪᎡᏦ.

CH. VIII. 13-21.

21 And he said unto them, How is

stand that I spake u not to you con- it that ye do not understand?

cerning bread, that ye should beware

of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees?

12 Then understood they how that he bade them not beware of the leaven of bread, but of the doctrine of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees.

§ 72. A blind man healed.

CH. VIII. 22-26.

22 And he cometh to Bethsaida; and they bring a blind man unto him, and besought him to touch him.

23 And he took the blind man by the hand, and led him out of the town; and when he had spit on his eyes, and put his hands upon him, he asked him if he saw aught.

24 And he looked up, and said, I see men as trees walking.

25 After that, he put his hands again upon his eyes, and made him look up and he was restored, and saw every man clearly.

26 And he sent him away to his house, saying, Neither go into the town, nor tell it to any in the town.

§ 73. Peter and the others again profess their

CH. XVI. 13-20.

13 When Jesus came into the coasts of Cesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, Whom do men say that I, the Son of man, am?

14 And they said, Some say that thou art John the Baptist: some, Elias; and others, Jeremias, or one of the prophets.

15 He saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am?

16 And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.

17 And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon

CH. VIII. 27-30.

27 And Jesus went out, and his disciples, into the towns of Cesarea Philippi: and by the way he asked his disciples, saying unto them, Whom do men say that I am?

28 And they answered, John the Baptist: but some say, Elias; and others, One of the prophets.

29 And he saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am? And Peter answereth and saith unto him, Thou art the Christ.

Mark viii. 23, out of the town.] The notice of this circumstance affords a proof of the veracity of the evangelist; for he barely states a fact having no apparent connection with any other in his narrative. The reason of it is found in facts stated by the

of the Pharisees, &c. N. E. coast of the lake of Galilee.

other evangelists. The people of Bethsaida had already witnessed the miracles of our Lord, but these only served to increase their rage against him; and they were therefore abandoned to the consequences of their unbelief. Matth. xi. 21.

§ 74. Our Lord foretells his own death and resurrection,

CH. XVI. 21-28.

21 From that time forth began Jesus to shew unto his disciples, how that he must go unto Jerusalem, and suffer many things of the elders, and chief priests, and scribes, and be killed, and be raised again the third day.

22 Then Peter took him, and began to rebuke him, saying, Be it far from thee, Lord: this shall not be unto thee.

23 But he turned, and said unto Peter, Get thee behind me, Satan; thou art an offence unto me for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but those that be of men.

24 Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.

CH. VIII. 31-38. CH. IX. 1.

31 And he began to teach them, that the Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected of the elders, and of the chief priests, and scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again.

32 And he spake that saying openly. And Peter took him, and began to rebuke him.

33 But when he had turned about, and looked on his disciples, he rebuked Peter, saying, Get thee behind me, Satan: for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but the things that be of men.

34 And when he had called the people unto him, with his disciples also, he said unto them, Whosoever will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow

me.

Matth. xvi. 21, the third day.] The phrase three days and three nights is equivalent to three days, three natural days of twenty-four hours. Gen. i. 5; Dan. viii. 14. Comp. Gen. vii. 4. 17.

(It is a received rule among the Jews, that a part of a day is put for the whole; so that whatsoever is done in any part of the day, is properly said to be done that day. 1 Kings xx. 29; Esth. iv. 16. "When eight days were accomplished for the circumcision of the child," &c. Yet the day of his birth and of his circumcision were two of these eight days. Whitby, quoted by SCOTT, on Matth. xii. 40.)

Grotius establishes this way of reckoning the parts of the first and third days for two days, by Aben Ezra on Lev. xii. 3.

faith in Christ. Region of Cesarea Philippi.

LUKE.

CH. IX. 18-21.

JOHN.

21 And he straitly charged them, and commanded them to tell no man

that thing.

and the trials of his followers. Region of Cesarea Philippi.

CH. IX. 22-27.

22 Saying, The Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected of the elders, and chief priests, and scribes, and be slain, and be raised the third day.

23 And he said to them all, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me.

(In proof that the phrase "after three days," is sometimes equivalent to "on the third day," compare Deut. xiv. 28 with xxvi. 12; 1 Sam. xx. 12 with v. 19; 2 Chron. x. 5 with v. 12; Matth. xxvi. 2 with xxvii. 63, 64; Luke ii. 21 with i. 59.)

St. Luke omits our Lord's sharp reproof of Peter, and the occasion of it; though he records the discourse in consequence of it. Le Clerc's 12th canon is "Qui pauciora habet, non negat plura dicta aut facta; modo ne ulla sit exclusionis nota." Perhaps the disciple and companion of that apostle who had withstood Peter to his face, Gal. ii. 11, willingly made this omission, as he omits some aggravating circumstances in Peter's denial of Christ, Luke xxii. 60, though he carefully records the greatness of his sorrow, v. 62. NEWCOME.

74. Our Lord foretells his own death and resurrection,

38 Whosoever therefore shall be ashamed of me, and of my words, in this adulterous and sinful generation, 27 For the Son of man shall come of him also shall the Son of man be in the glory of his Father, with his ashamed, when he cometh in the angels; and then he shall reward glory of his Father with the holy every man according to his works. angels.

AND he said unto them, Verily, I say unto you, That there be some of them that stand here which shall not taste of death, till they have seen the kingdom of God come with power. Our Lord's subsequent discourse

Matth. xvii. 1, after six days.] It has been shown, § 74, that " after six days” may signify on the sixth day. But we are not hence to conclude that the phrase has always such a signification. Here it means six days complete, after the discourse recorded in § 74. The eight days mentioned by St. Luke include that of Peter's reproof and of the transfiguration; which two days Matthew and Mark exclude. Macknight furnishes us with the following apposite reference to Tacitus; Hist. i. 29. Piso