Power. | 4.21, 57 * And they were offended in him. But Jeſus
{id unto them, * A prophet 1s not without honour, ſavz in his own country, and in his own houle.
58 And he did not many mighty works there,
becauſe of their unbelict.
Mzyb ſaich, chap. 6. 3, 4, $, 5» But Feſus ſaid unto them, A Prichet is mt without Homour, but in his own Country, and amongst his own King and in his own Hoſe : And he could there do no mighty Wwrb, ſave that he laid his Hands up a few ſick folk, and healed And he marvelled, becauſe of their Unbelief; and he went rnd abut the Villages teaching. Our Lord here gives anorher more External Reaton of their being ſcandalized ar him :; That is, his being ſo familiar with them, and converſing ſo long with them, Familiarity ordinarily breeding Contempt; to this purpoſe he applierh ro them a Proverbial Speech ; That { 4 Prophet ts not withiur Hur, but in bis own Country.) Men are ready to under- value, flizhr, and diſeſteem thoſe rhey have been brought up, and ordinarily converſcd with, and amongſt : | He did not many Works there.) Marb tellerh us he did ſome, but not many. { Becauſe of their unbelief.] He ſaw them a People, whoſe Hearrs chrough the juſt Judgment of God were lockr, and ſhur up under unbelief;, and therefore ic was to no purpoſe to 'do more Miracles betore rhem upon whom rhey could have no Effet; nor did this conſiſt with what he knew of the Counſels of God, with reference unto them, $9 as he left them, and wenr Preaching about the Villages, or Country»=Towns 1n Galilee.
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Hei1d'; Opinion of Chrif, 1, 2. The reaſm why Fohn was impriſoned ard beheaded, 3—12. for departeth into a deſart place : Tie Peyle flow him He hath Compaſſin of them, and healeth their Sich, 13, 14. Feedeth five thouſand, beſide Women and Children, with five Loaves and two Fiſhes, 15 —21. Sendeth his Diſcipies 4 Ship-board, and goeth up into a Mountain to Pray, 23. The Ship toſſed, and Chri walketh on the Sea, 24, 25. The Diſciples ſee him, and are troubled, 26. Chris comforts them, 27. Peter walk- eth on the Sea : beginning to ſink, crieth out, 28,29,30. Chri$t ſaveth him, and rebuketh his unbelief, 31. They all owned him to be the Sm of G14, 33. Chri$ healeth all the diſeaſed of Genneſaret, by the touch of his Garment, 34—36»
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I T that time Herod the tetrarch heard of the
fame of Jeſus, 2 And ſaid unto his ſervants, This is John the Baptiſt, he is riſen from the dead; and therefore mighty works do || ſhew forth themſelves in him.
| Tis, and the following Hiſtory, is related by Mark more large- ly, 4þ, 6, from wer. 14. t v. 39. by Luke more ſhortly, chap. 5 7,8, 9, We heard before, that the Romans, under whom the /-2s now were, had alcered the Government of the Fews from a Kinzd7n to a Tetrarchy, or Government of Four. Luke telleth us rho were the Tetrarchs, chap. 3-1. Herod (as we read there) was me T2774 of Galilee ; He had before this cime pur Fohn Baptis ' dearth; upon what occaſion, and in what manner, we ſhall "cr oy and by. He heareth of che Fame of Feſis : Lube ſaich, he »2ard of all that was done by him, and was perplexed. Tit ſome 14d Fn the BaptiSÞ was riſen from the dead ; Others, That Elias bad 4rpe.red + Others, Th.At one of the Old Prophets was riſen again. wut Herod tand. Fobn have I ben2uded + but why is this of whom I wear ja) things £ Ant he d-fived t1 fee him, Mark ſaith, chap. 6.14. 492 Kinz Herod heard if him. for his Name was ſpread abroad, And . '- ſaid, That Fon the Bay # ww riſen from the dead, and there- Je mgnty Worbs do ſhew f i119 themſelves in him. Others ſaid, It Win Elias: And others ſaid, It us a Prophet, or as one of the Pro- is; But when Her:4 heard there'f, he ſid, It #s John whom TI beheaded, he is riſen ffom the dead. $9, as ir ſeems, tho' others WM various Opinions, yet Herod was fixed in this , Thar this Man
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[ was 79 the B.tptis riſen again from the dead; the* Lybe rep res
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nim as ſpeaking more doubrtully, (as he mighr do to the Pec ple) yer Huttnew and Mark ſpeak him, affirming of it more ccniident- ly, ( probably co his Courciers and Cn52ecnrs. ) © There was an Opinion amongſt the Heathens,thar the Souls ct Men and Women, when they died, went into other Budies. S2me think thar Herod was Infected with that; and thar this is che mcaning of "I ſuſpi- c1o0n, Thar F551. was rien trom the dead : Thar his$ ul, which he had forced from his Body, was gone 1nto ancrher Body F = c might be revenged on him : Or elle he thought thar John dens indeed raifed from the dead, (which vert by Gareth mizkt andebbis have been known, ) and therefore mihry Works fhewed them. ſelves in him. : 22CIM
3 For Herod had *laid hold on John, and bound: * Luk. 4. him, and pur him in priſon for Herodias ſake, his 19, 4% brother Philip's wife.
Mark faich, c>.1p. 6. 17. Fr he had married her. Whether thi Philip was Herod's Brother, both by E:ther and ther, is arczucd by ſome; as alſo whether he Married her during the Lite of kis | Brother : The Scripture ſatisfieth us nor in cheſe things, bur ir 5s MIE'®: wi moſt probable that Philip was his own Brother, and thar he ar leaſt BET: |
lived in Adultery with her, during rhe Life of her Husband, con- " trary to the expreſs Law of God, Levit. 18. 15, as!
4 For John ſaid unto him, * Ir is not lawful for *Lev. 18! al thee to have her. 16. nb
Mark telleth us,chap.6.20. that H:y54 feared, that is,revercnced * #2: 2k and reſpeted John, knowing that he was a int Man, and an Hy = — = and ou he heard him, ks did many things, and veard Pim gladly, Porn was very popu): 14 all Men counte him as a Proghes: h; char ond Ne 5, him —_ Courr, and heard him there, 7ohn ſeeing Hood live in Adiltory and Ince$8f, was not able to ſuffer ſucit a Sin upon him; bur tells UE 'Y him he did that which was nor lawful for him ro do, for God's iT HR Law had forbidden ſuch Marriages. Mark adderh, that Hzrizs 1.44. + alſo had a quarrel againt him , and would have billed him , but ſhe | EF fl could nt, becauſe of the refpe&t which Herod had for kim , but | at's | ] this wore off; for Matthew tells us : £129 1 That,
5 And when he would have put him to death, he | feared the multitude, * becauſe they counted him *Chan,23; ſr as 4 prophet. |