BAPTISM IN JORDAN. Then came also publicans to be baptized, and said unto him, 66 Master, what shall we do?" And he said unto them, "Exact no more than that which is appointed you." And the soldiers likewise demanded of him, saying, "And what shall we do?" And he said unto them, "Do violence to no man, neither accuse any falsely; and be content "with your wages." And as the people were in expectation, and all men mused in their hearts of John, whether he were the Christ, or not; John answered," saying unto them all, Matt. 3. 11, 12. Luke 3. 12-18. " and preached. 2 "I indeed baptize' you with water3 unto repentance: but there cometh have baptized.? "one mightier than I after me,' the latchet of whose shoes I am not 66 66 с che that cometh ...is. 1 d bear. I worthy to stoop down and unloose : 24 he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost and with fire: whose fan is in his hand, and he will "throughly purge his floor, and will gather the wheat into his garner; his. 1 "but the chaff he will burn 3 up' with fire unquenchable."3 And many other things in his exhortation preached he unto the people.3 NOW CHAPTER VIII. The Baptism of Jesus Christ, and his Temptation. OW 3f it came to pass in those days,29 when all the people were baptized, that Jesus came h from Nazareth of Galilee 2 to Jordan unto 3 "I have need to be baptized of thee, and comest thou to me?" And Jesus answering said unto him, "Suffer it to be so now for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteous ness." Then he suffered him,' and was baptized of John in Jordan.2 And Jesus, praying, when he was baptized, went up straightway out he saw the heaof the water and, lo, the heavens were opened unto1 John,5" and he saw the Spirit of God,' the Holy Ghost, descending 1" in a bodily shape,3 like a dove, and lighting upon him: and lo a voice came 3o from heaven,' which said,3P "This is my beloved Son, in whom " I am well pleased." And Jesus being full of the Holy Ghost returned from Jordan, and was immediately2 led up of the Spirit" into the wilderness to be tempted then. of the devil.1 3 And he was" there in the wilderness forty days, tempted of Satan;* and was with the wild beasts; 2 and in those days he did eat nothing.3 And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights," he was afterward' a5* hungred.1 a 8 t by. 3 а "the Spirit driveth him. 2 being 3 the devil. 3 y when they were ended. 3 an. I afterward hungred. 3 THE TEMPTATION. And when the tempter,1 the devil,3 came to him, he said 1 unto him,3 "If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones" be made bread." But Jesus answered him, saying, d "It is written, That man shall not live by bread alone, but by every "word 3 that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.'” 1 5 Then the devil 1f brought him to Jerusalem,3 and taketh him up into the holy city, and setteth him on a pinnacle of the temple, and saith unto him, 3 "If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down from hence; for it is 66 written, 'He shall give his angels charge concerning thee,1 to keep "thee: and in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou "'dash thy foot against a stone. 999 k And Jesus answering, said unto him,3 "It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.""" Again," the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them,' in a moment of time;3 and 1 the devil 3 saith unto him, 66 66 1 "All these things and the glory of them,3 and all this power will I 6 "Get thee hence," Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the "Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.' And when the devil had ended all the temptation," he departed from " him for a season.3 And, behold, angels came and ministered unto him.' And Jesus himself began to be about thirty years of age.3 2 John 1. 19-21. @ Elias. 4 CHAPTER IX. The Testimony of John the Baptist to Jesus, and the Calling of the first Disciples. AND this is the record of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, "Who art thou?" TESTIMONY OF JOHN THE BAPTIST.-ANDREW. Then said they unto him, "Who art thou? that we may give an answer to them that sent us. "What sayest thou of thyself?" 666 He said, "I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, 'Make straight the way of the Lord,'" as said the prophet Isaiah." 56 4 And they which were sent were of the Pharisees. And they asked him, and said unto him, 4 C 15 John 1. 22-41. a Is. 40 3. Esaias. 4 "Why baptizest thou then, if thou be not that Christ, nor Elijah,5 Elias. "neither that prophet? John answered them, saying, "I baptize with water: but there standeth one among you, whom ye "know not; he it is, who coming after me is preferred before me, whose "shoe's latchet I am not worthy to unloose." These things were done in Bethabara beyond Jordan, where John was baptizing. The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, "Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world. "This is he of whom I said, 'After me cometh a man which is preferred "before me :' for he was before me. And I knew him not: but that "he should be made manifest to Israel, therefore am I come baptizing with "water." 66 And John bare record, saying, "I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and it abode 66 upon him. And I knew him not: but he that sent me to baptize with water, the same said unto me, 'Upon whom thou shalt see the Spirit "descending, and remaining on him, the same is he which baptizeth "with the Holy Ghost.' And I saw, and bare record that this is the Son "of God." Again the next day after John stood, and two of his disciples; and looking upon Jesus as he walked, he saith, "Behold the Lamb of God!" And the two disciples heard him speak, and they followed Jesus. Then Jesus turned, and saw them following, and saith unto them, "What seek ye?" They said unto him, 66 Rabbi," (which is to say, being interpreted, "Master,") "where dwellest "thou?" He saith unto them, "Come and see." They came and saw where he dwelt, and abode with him that day: for it was about the tenth hour. One of the two which heard John speak, and followed him, was Andrew, Simon Peter's brother. He first findeth his own brother Simon, and saith unto him, "We have found the Messias," (which is, being interpreted, "the Christ,") 16 John 1. 42-51. John 2. 1-6. PETER.-PHILIP.-NATHANAEL. And he brought him to Jesus. And when Jesus beheld him, he said, "Thou art Simon the son of Jona: thou shalt be called 'Cephas'' (which is by interpretation, "A stone.") The day following Jesus would go forth into Galilee, and findeth Philip, and saith unto him, "Follow me." Now Philip was of Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter. Philip findeth Nathanael, and saith unto him, "We have found him, of whom Moses in the law, and the prophets, "did write, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph." 66 And Nathanael said unto him, "Can there any good thing come out of Nazareth?" "Come and see." Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and saith of him, "Whence knowest thou me?" Jesus answered and said unto him, "Before that Philip called thee, when thou wast under the fig tree, I saw thee." Nathanael answered and saith unto him, "Rabbi, thou art the Son of God; thou art the King of Israel." Jesus answered and said unto him, "Because I said unto thee, I saw thee under the fig tree,' believest "thou? thou shalt see greater things than these.” And he saith unto him, "Verily, verily, I say unto you, Hereafter ye shall see heaven open, and "the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of man.”4 CHAPTER X. The Marriage at Cana.-Journey to Jerusalem.—The casting out of the A ND the third day there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee; and the mother of Jesus was there: and both Jesus was called, and his disciples, to the marriage. And when they wanted wine, the mother of Jesus saith unto him, Jesus saith unto her, Woman, what have I to do with thee? mine hour is not yet come." His mother saith unto the servants, “Whatsoever he saith unto you, do it." And there were set there six waterpots of stone, after the manner of the purifying of the Jews, containing two or three firkins apiece.1 MARRIAGE AT CANA.-THE TEMPLE. Jesus saith unto them, "Fill the waterpots with water." And they filled them up to the brim. And he saith unto them, "Draw out now, and bear unto the governor of the feast." And they bare it. When the ruler of the feast had tasted the water that was made wine, and knew not whence it was: (but the servants which drew the water knew ;) the governor of the feast called the bridegroom, and saith unto him, 66 Every man at the beginning doth set forth good wine; and when men "have well drunk, then that which is worse: but thou hast kept the good "wine until now." This beginning of miracles did Jesus in Cana of Galilee, and manifested forth his glory; and his disciples believed on him. After this he went down to Capernaum, he, and his mother, and his brethren, and his disciples: and they continued there not many days. And the Jews' passover was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem, and found in the temple those that sold oxen and sheep and doves, and the changers of money sitting: and when he had made a scourge of small cords, he drove them all out of the temple, and the sheep, and the oxen; and poured out the changers' money, and overthrew the tables; and said unto them that sold doves, "Take these things hence; make not my Father's house1 a 5a house of "merchandise." And his disciples remembered that it was written, "The zeal of thine house hath eaten me up." Then answered the Jews and said unto him, "What sign shewest thou unto us, seeing that thou doest these things?" Jesus answered and said unto them, "Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up." Then said the Jews, "Forty and six years was this temple in building, and wilt thou rear it "up in three days?" But he spake of the temple of his body. When therefore he was risen from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this unto them ; and they believed the scripture, and the word which Jesus had said.* 17 John 2. 7-22. a an. 4 Psalm 69.9. CHAPTER XI. NOW Jesus and Nicodemus.-Further Testimony of the Baptist. OW when he was in Jerusalem at the passover, in the feast day, John 2. 23-25, many believed in his name, when they saw the miracles which he did. But Jesus did not commit himself unto them, because he knew all men, and needed not that any should testify of man: for he knew what was in man.4 |