betray him, : 4 Bod Ds : AMil: faith, chap, 14.10. 4nd Fudas Iearirt ne of the iwelyo ws unto the Chief Prieſts to betray him unto them. And when tw. 1... ©
it, they were zlad, and promiſed t9 give him Money. And 6. ads
Luk, 220 Zo Then entred Satan into Trdas firnam-d Iicariot. toi; of the number of the Twelve; and he went bis way, ant ig with the Chicf Prielts and Cattains how he might betray Ex = them. And they were glad, and cyucnanted togive him Atm «1 he promiſed, and ſught opportunity to betray him anto them ©... abſence of the Maltitude, While they were butic in Cc: inci! rus (che Chief Priefts, and Scriles, and Elders) how thicy mi. þe "I prize Chriſt, wichour making a Tumvir; 7udas firnamq 1; r15t, one of the Twelve Diſciples ut our Lord, infticared |; wr Devi), who poffibly did rake Advantage of Fudas's Dillgn;r:
that we Ointment was not ſold, and he had not the Money N pur inco the Bag, or that Chriſt check d him 10 openly befc;e #; Diſciples,) goes to the Council, and offereth them to berryy i; unto thew, without making any noiſe in the Ciry. This heirs what they deſired, and were conſulting how ro effect, the? were glad of tuchan Offer, and agreed with him for a Surm «7 Money. No Evangeliſt but Matthew in this place, mention:-! rhe particular Summ, which was Thirty Pieces of Silver, Interrre. ters do very probably think that thete Thirty Pidces were Tir Staters Or Shchels of the SanFuary ; which beings but ot the Valuo of Two Shillings Six-pence a-piece , amounted but oo Ti... | Pound Fiiteen Shillings in our Money, which was the Summ «. pointed by the Law, Exod. 21.32. to be paid for a Servant 5. to death by the BeaS of another, the pooreſt and mcaneſi Price
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| any Perſon's Life : Judas left ir to them, and rhey ſet the meanc] Price 1maginable. There are orher Opinions abcur the \;';- of theſe Pieces of Silver, bur this is the moſt probable, eſyec;;'; | contidering the mean Opinion theſe Men had of Chriſt, and tt: Deſign and Intereſt to depreciate him az much as might he ; ;r4 the Prieſts were the great Men 1n this Council, who moſt provyh; agreed with him for ſuch Pieces of Money as were moſt in »/z
amongſt the 7Zews, It may bea juſt matter of Admiration;gharcte;
ſhould make ſo cheapa Barzain vith him, conſidering char they
doubtleſs, (had he inſiſted upon it) would have given himm:. bur there was a Prophecy to be fulfilled , winch we find 2.11,
v.I2..S9 they weighed for my price thirty pieces of Silver. And the Li;
ſaid to me, Cas it to the Potter, A goodly Price that I was prin:d ;;
of them. IT ſhall have occaſion, when I come to chap. 27.9. t2 6
courſe that Text furcher. The Price was ſer by the Conc] 0:
Heaven, which had determined this Degree of our Lord's Huns
liarion, Thar as he took upon him the form of a Servant, Þ ti;
Life fhould be valued at the rate of an ordinary Servants Lit, - Tho' therefore Zudas was covetous enough to have acked nrre,
and ir 1s like the malice ofthoſe Councellcrs would have egg ttm
to have given more, yet it was thus ordered by the Divine Cu:
ctl. Chrift muſt be ſold cheap, that he might be the more det
the Souls of the redeemed Ones; for Thirty Pieces of Silt t:
covenanted with them, and they promiſed ir to him ; whether i
was now paid, or when he had done his work, appeareth not,
From that time (faith Matthere ) he ſought how he might cynzrizs)
betray him. Luke expounds this, & TE 9 1s, Without Tumylt, ©.22.5,
He was now fixedly refolved upon his Villany, his Ly# wind
bur Opportunity, which ſoon after offered ir ſelf.
17 Now the firſt 42y of the feaſt of unleayered bread, the diſciples came to Jeſus, ſaying unto him, Where wilt thou that we prepare for thee to eat the paſlover 2
18 And he ſaid,Go into the city to ſuch a man,and {ay unto him,The maſter ſaith, My time is at hund, [ will keep the paſſover at thy houſe with my diſcipks
19 And the diſciples did as Jeſus had appoints! them, and they made ready the paſſover.
No one of the Evangeliſts relates this Hiſtory fully ; but 3% relareth rhe former part more fully than Mathew : Mar. 1412, | £3, I4, 15,16. And the fir day of Unleavened Bread, win !'” killed the Paſſover, his Diſciples ſaid unto him, Where wilt thi 194 we go and prepare that thu may's eat the Paſſrver * And he ti eth forth two of his Diſciples, and ſaith unto them, Go ye ts!" City, and there ſhall meet you a Man bearing a Pitcher of Was), follow: him : And whereſcever he ſhall g in, ſay you to tie good Mai of the Houſe, The Maſter ſaith, Where is the Gue&-Chamber Wh"? ſhall eat the Paſſrver with my Diſciples * And he ſhall ſhew 3% * large? Upper-Room furniſhed and prepared, there make ready fil # And his Diſciples went foxth , and came into the City , and :i's az he had ſaid unto them ;, and they made ready the Paſſer * 1s; chap. 22. 7,8, 9, Cc. differerh a lictle in the former part of © Relation : He faich, Then came the day of Unleavened-Breas, the Paſſroer mu# be billed : And he ſent Peter and Fobn, j-9i"s »
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and prepare the Paſſover, that we may eat. Ard they [cid Wi Where wilt thou that we prepare 2 And he ſaid unto them, 55%% when you are entred into the City, there ſhall a Man meer yt "uot $9 he goerh on, ver. 10, 11, 12. varying ſcarce ar all rom vt
Mark faith. The Variations of the Evangelijls are of 19 re . ! A !;- menr ; none contradicterh the other, only one hatin 10M-
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