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whole, the same said unto me, 'Take up thy bed, and walk.'' 12 They asked him therefore, "Who is the man that said unto thee, Take up thy bed, and walk.'?" 13 But he that was healed knew not who it was for Jesus had withdrawn away privately, a multitude being in the place. 14 After these things Jesus findeth him in the temple; and he said unto him, " Behold, thou art become whole : sin no more, lest some worse thing befall thee." 15 The man departed, and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had made him whole.

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16 And on this account the Jews persecuted Jesus, because he did these things on the sabbath. 17 But Jesus answered them, "My Father worketh until now, and I also work." 18 On this account, therefore, the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not only broke the sabbath, but also spoke of God as his own Father, making himself equal to God.† 19 Jesus therefore answered and said unto them, "Verily, verily, I say unto you, The Son can do nothing of himself, except what he seeth the Father doing for what things soever he doeth, these also the Son in like manner doeth: 20 for the Father loveth the Son, and showeth him all things that he himself doeth: and he will show him greater works than these, so that ye will wonder. 21 For as the Father raiseth the dead, and giveth them life, so also the Son giveth life to whom he will. 22 Nor indeed doth the Father judge any one; but he hath committed all judgment unto the Son, 23 that all may honour the Son, as they honour the Father: he that honoureth not the Son, honoureth not the Father who sent him. 24 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and cometh not into condemnation, but hath passed from death unto life. 25 Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour cometh, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and they that hear shall live. 26 For as the Father hath life in himself; so he hath also given to the Son to have life in

• Griesbach omits "and sought to kill him."

+oov iαvrov Towν TY Aεy. Archbishop Newcome renders the clause-"making himself like God." Perhaps putting himself on a level with God would most exactly express the import of this charge.

So Newcome, Campbell, &c,: the original is kaw.

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himself; and he hath given him authority to
execute judgment also, because he is the Son of
man.*
28 Wonder not at this: for the hour is
coming, in which all that are in the tombs shall hear
his voice, 29 and shall come forth; they that have
done good, unto the resurrection of life; but they
that have done evil, unto the resurrection of con-
demnation. 30 I cannot do any thing of myself: as
I hear I judge: and my judgment is righteous,
because I seek not mine own will, but the will of
him who sent me.

31 If I alone bear testimony concerning myself, my
testimony is not true. 32 There is another that
beareth testimony concerning me; and I know that
the testimony which he testifieth concerning me is
true. 33 Ye sent unto John, and he bare testimony
unto the truth. 34 Yet I require not testimony
from man: but I say these things that ye may be
saved. 35 He was a burning and shining light: and
ye were willing for a time to rejoice in his light.
36 But I have testimony greater than that of John :
for the works which the Father hath given me to
finish, these very works which I am doing, bear
testimony concerning me, that the Father hath sent
me. 37 And the Father who sent me, hath himself
borne testimony concerning me. Have ye never
heard his voice, nor seen his appearance? +
have ye not his word abiding among you?—that ye
believe not on him whom he hath sent!
search the scriptures, because in them ye think ye
have everlasting life: and they are they which bear
testimony concerning me: 40 and yet ye are not
willing to come to me, that ye may have life. 41 I
require not glory from men: 42 but I know you, that

38 and

39 Ye

* ότι υἱος ανθρωπου εστι. From the remarkable fact, that here alone the words are without articles, I heretofore, with Campbell and others, deemed it probable that the phrase vioç av‡ρwπov denotes the same as aveρwоg. But, considering the circumstances in which our Lord then stood; his subsequent reference, on the Mount of Olives, to the prophecies of Daniel; and his declaration to the Sanhedrim before his condemnation, (Mark xiv. 62); it now appears to me more probable, that he refers to the sublime vision of that prophet recorded in ch. vii. 13, 14. See Septuagint. Indeed it is scarcely to be doubted, that the appellation, which he alone employed during his residence on earth, had its origin in the words of the Prophet.-These are cited at the close of the Fourth Dissertation.

+ So Campbell from the Rev. W. Turner of Wakefield in Priestley's Harmony. See dog in Luke iii. 22. Exod. xxiv. 17. Numb. xii. 8.-The reference clearly is to the circumstances attending the Baptism of Christ. Not improbably some of those were then present, to whom our Lord addressed these words.

EpEvvatε, ye search, or, search (imperative), or, do ye search? The next clause directs to choose the declarative form.

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ye have not the love of God in you. 43 I am come in my Father's name, and ye receive me not: if another should come in his own name, him ye will receive. 44 How can ye believe, who require glory from one another, and seek not the glory which cometh from God alone? 45 Think not that I will accuse you to the Father: there is one that accuseth you, even Moses, in whom ye trust. 46 For if ye had believed Moses, ye would have believed me: for he wrote concerning me. 47 But if ye believe not his writings, how will ye believe my words?"

SECT. VII.

The Walk through the Corn-fields on the Second-first Sabbath.+

MATT. XII.

MARK II.

LUKE IV. VI.

14 AND Jesus returned in the power of the spirit into Galilee: and a report went forth concerning him throughout all the region round about. 15 And he taught their synagogues, being glorified by all. ‡

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CH. VI. Now it came to pass on the second-first sabbath that he was going through the corn

AT that time Jesus 23 AND it came to pass, went on the sabbath that he was going on through the corn-fields: the sabbath through the now his disciples hunger- corn-fields; and his dised, and began to pluck Iciples began, as they fields; and his disciples

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• Here our Lord seems to have departed from the Sanhedrim, without molestation. It is probable that he soon afterwards returned to Galilee.-For the sixth chapter of this Gospel, see Part VI. Sect. ii. iii.

+ The chronological position of this Section is nearly decided by the period of the year; the barleyharvest being after the Passover, the wheat-harvest after the Pentecost. St. Luke alone has given a specific date to the circumstance, denominating the sabbath dεUTεpоπрwто—literally, the second-first. Some (following Scaliger) suppose this to mean, the first sabbath after the second day of the Passover. It is more probable that it means, either the FIRST sabbath of the SECOND Jewish month, or the FIRST sabbath after the SECOND of the three great festivals, viz. the Pentecost. On the whole, the latter seems preferable; and it enables us better to place the fact in Galilee.-The position of the record in the Gospels, with the difficulty which this causes on the arrangement of this Harmony, is considered in the Fourth Dissertation. The connected passages will be found in Part V. Sect. viii.

These two verses follow St. Luke's record of the Temptation, Part I. Sect. iv. p. 22; and are obviously to be regarded as a General View of our Lord's Preaching in Galilee. They precede the record (in Sect. viii.) of his Rejection at Nazareth; but they are inserted here, as the date assigned by St. Luke decides the chronological position of this Section, and the facts recorded must have been in Galilee, from their connection in each of the three Gospels with the cure of the Man with the withered Hand,

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the sabbath-day." | 25 And he said unto them, to do on the sabbath?" 3 But he said unto them," Have ye never read And Jesus answering "Have ye not read what what David did, when David did, when he hungered, and they who were with him? how he went into the house of God, and ate the showbread, which it was not lawful for him to eat, nor for them who were with him, but for the priests alone? 5 Or have ye not read in the

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them said, "Have ye not he had need, and he read this, what David 1 Sam. 21; himself hungered, and did, when he himself they who were with him? hungered, and they who 26 how he went into the were with him that house of God, in the days he went into the house of Abiathar the high- of God, and took the priest, and ate the show | showbread,* and ate, and bread,* which it is not lawful to eat but for the priests, and gave also to them who were with him?"

27 And he said unto them, "The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath : 28 therefore the Son of man is Lord even of the sabbath."

gave also to those who
were with him; which it
is not lawful to eat but
for the priests alone?"

τους άρτους της προθέσεως, the loaves of exposition: the twelve loaves which were every sabbath placed forth in the sanctuary as an emblem of the offerings of the twelve Tribes. See Lev. xxiv. 5.

SECT. VIII.

Christ Rejected at Nazareth.*

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6

LUKE IV.

16 AND he came to Nazareth, where he had been
brought up and, as his custom was, he went into
the synagogue on the sabbath day; and he stood up
to read. 17 And there was delivered unto him the book
of the prophet Isaiah. And when he had opened
the book, he found the place where it was written,
19 The spirit of the Lord is upon me: wherefore
he hath anointed me to preach glad tidings to the
poor; he hath sent me § to proclaim liberty to the
captives, and recovery of sight to the blind, to set at
liberty the oppressed, 19 to proclaim the acceptable
year of the Lord.' 20 And having closed the book,
and given it again to the attendant, he sat down.
And the eyes of all in the synagogue were earnestly
fixed on him. 21 But he began to say unto them,
"To-day hath this scripture been fulfilled in your
ears."
22 And all bare him testimony, and won-
dered at the gracious words which proceeded out of
his mouth, and said, “Is not this the son of Joseph ?”
23 And he said unto them, "Ye will surely tell me
Tapaßoλny this proverb, Physician, heal thyself,' and say,
'Whatsoever we have heard done at Capernaum, do
also here in thine own country.' 24 But he said,
"Verily, I say unto you, No prophet is acceptable in
his own country. 25 But in truth I tell you, there
were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah,
when the heaven was shut up for three years and
six months, when there was great famine throughout

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See ver. 15,

p. 37.

Is. 61; 1.

This appears to be the most suitable place for the first Rejection at Nazareth; but there is nothing which absolutely determines it. The internal evidence, as well as the position of the narrative in St. Luke's Gospel, requires us to place it before the commencement of our Lord's Public Preaching in Galilee; and it seems most probable, that the occurrence took place at the beginning of one of the periods succeeding a Festival. I therefore assign it to the sabbath following the Walk through the Corn-fields, viz. the last in May; and I see no weighty reason to hesitate in this. If any deem it more probable that it occurred immediately before his Public Preaching, they may place it on the first sabbath after the Tabernacles, viz. Sept. 24: but this arrangement would diminish, by one week, the interval between the commencement of his First Progress and the Dedication.

+ Or, unrolled the book: so in ver. 20, rolled up the book.-The books were rolls of parchment or vellum.

↑ Or, (with a different punctuation), The spirit of the Lord is upon me, wherefore he hath anointed me: he hath sent me to preach glad tidings, &c.

The Received Text has here a clause which is found in the Septuagint, as well as in the Hebrew-to heal the broken-hearted: but it is not found in many of the best manuscripts; and it is omitted by Griesbach. Scholz, however, retains it; and Lachman only inserts it in brackets.