3 Then *alſembled together the chief pricfts, and * Pſal;2, 2 the ſcribes, and the elders of the people , unto the Affts 4.
palace of the high prieſt, who was call:d Caiaphas,
4 And conſulted that thcy might rake Tofis by ſubrilty, and kill Þzzv. :
5 Bur they ſaid, Not on the feaſt day, lei there
be an uproar among the people. _ Mark, chap. 14-1. faith, The Chief Pricſts and the Scribes Jought how they might take him by craft and put him to Death. Luke laich much the tame with Mark. They had before this been feeking how ro deſtroy him, Lub. 19. 47. nor was it the firit time they had made a Formal Council abour ic, Fob. 11. 47. bur now again they mer, The Place is nained , that was the High Priefft's Hall, the Councellrs were the Chief Prieſts, Scribes, and Elders. The Marrter of their Deliberation was, to K{! Chris, and how they might do ir by Subtilty, for they were atraid of che People who had a great Eſteem for our Saviour, becaute of the many Miracles he had wroughr. Bur they faid, | N77 on the Fealt-Day, ] that was now within two Days; and in order to it, r1e City as {full of People, and they were atraid (as they were concerned being a Conquered People, and having but a Preca- r1ous Liberty for their Rel1gion) of cauſingany Tumults ; chis awed them, not any great Religion for the Feſtival, tor all things now were out of order with them ; their High Priest was choten an- nuaily,and ar the Will of their Conquerors; fome little Appearance they had of their Ancient Religious Government, but ic was in no due order.
6 Now when jeſus was in Bethany, in the houſe of Simon the leper,
7 There came unto him a woman having an ala- baſter-box of very precious ointment, and poured ir on his head, as he ſlate at mear.
8 But when his diſciples ſaw zz, they had in- dignation, ſaying, To what purpoſe zs this waſte 2
9 For this ointment might have been ſold for much, and given to the poor.
10 When Jeſus underſtood zz, he ſaid unto them, Why trouble ye the woman 2 for ſhe hath wrought a good work upon me.
11 For ye have the poor * always with you, buit * Deac.1 e.
* me ye have not always. 7 = 12 For in that ſhe hath poured this ointment on on
my body, ſhe did zz for my burial,
ſpel ſhall be preached in the whole world, zhere {hall alſo this, that this woman hath done, be told
for a memorial of her.
This Piece of Hiſtory (or one very like it) is recorded by the three other Evangeliſts, Mark hath it wich very little difference, chap. 14. 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9. inſtead of for much, v. 9. Mark hath a preciſe Summ , three hundred Pencez and adds, rhey murmurcd again8 her : and ſome orher little differences he hath in Words, rather than in Senſe. Luke, chap.7.36. we read, One of the Pha- riſees deſired him that he roould eat with him; and he went into the Phariſee's houſe, and ſate down to meat. This ſeemeth nor to be the ſame Hiſtory, tho' ſome think it is. And behold a Woman in the City, which was a Sinner, when ſhe knew th.t eſin ſate at meat in the Phariſee's he , brought an Alabaſter-Brax of Ointment, :n4 ſtood at his Feet tehind him weeping ; and began to waſh his Feet with Tears, and did wipe them with the Hairs of her Head, and kiſſed his Feet, and anointed them with Ointment. It is plain , this Phariſee's Name was Simon, by ver. 49. Like fur- ther adderh a Diſcourſe berwixt our Saviour and rhits Fh:1i/ee, trom ver. 39. to the end, (which I ſhall in irs order confider. } Fohn relateth it, chap.12. 1,2, X. Tien Feſus, ſix duys before the Paſſruer, came to Bethany where Lazarus was which had been dead, and was raiſed from the dead. There they made him a Supper, and Martha ſerved : But Lazarus was one of them which ate at the Table with him. Then took Mary a pound of Ointment of Spihen::rd, very coſtly, and anointed the Feet of Jeſus, and wiped his Fv2t with her Hair , and the Houſe was filled with the Odhur of the Ointment, Then ſaith ne of his Diſciples , Judas Tjcarint , Simon's Son, which ſhould betray him, Why was not this Ointment jold fir three hundred Pence, and given to the Pooy ? This he ſaid, not that he cared jr the Poor, but becauſe he was @ Thief, and had the Bag, and bure what was put therein, Then ſaid Jeſus, Let her alone ;, again$} the Day of my Burying hath ſhe kept this. Fir the Pory always yu have with you, but me you have not always. Whether all rhe Evange- liſts relate one and the ſame, or divers Stories, is the Queſtion, Luke's Relation ſeemerh che molt different ; he faich rocking of chis Simen being a Leper,and relaterh this Hiſtory immediately atrer chings done in Galilee. All che other three agree this Patiage ro have fallen our at Bethany, within tw2 Miles of Feruſalem. It 15 very probable char Matthew, and 31a h, and Fopn recite th2 MC Story ; they agree 1 to have happen'd 1n Pethany, at a Supper 1n Simon's Houſe; they agree in the kind of the Ointment, aid in our Saviour's Diſcourſe upon the thing, The difference in che time , John mentioning, {11s Days before rhe Pailover, and 3/.;t- thew ewo Days, will be cleared, by confidering , thar Sc. 7obn fets down the preciſe time when our Saviour Came t9 Beth.my, wWhica was ſix Days before the Paſſover ; Sr. Matthew ſers down rhe tnme when the Feaſt was made,which was ewo Days betore the Pattpver : ſo that our Saviour had bcen four Days in Bethany, betore he was
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