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2 And certain of the Phariſees ſaid unto them,Why do ye that which is not lawful to do on the ſabbath
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; And Jeſus anſwering them, ſaid, Have ye not | rebbeus and Thaddeus b
{named Peter,the other is called Simn Zelntes here. ' Simon the Ca- ; naanite by Matthew and Markh. Two whoſe Names were Famesz The one was the Son of Zebedee, the other was the Son of Alphers. Two whoſe Names were Jada; the one is called Thaddeus by Mark 3 y Matthew, Judas the Brother of James by
read fo mnch as this, * what David did, when himſelf; Luke (this was the Penman of the Epiſtle of Juze,) and Jad x Iica-
«. 21+ wasan hungred,and chey which were with him : How he went Into” the houſe of God, and did rake and eat the ſhew-bread, and gave alia to them _ that were with him, Which is * not lawfl to eat, but '* for the prieſts alone # And he ſaid unto them, That the Son of man is LORD alſo of the ſabbath.
See the Notes on Matth. 12,1,2, 3. and on Mark 2.23, 24. There are ſeveral guelſcs what day 1s ere meant,by the ſecond Sabbath af- s the firſt, The Jews had ſeveral Sabbaths, beſides the ſeventh dy Sabbath which was weekly, all their Feſtival Days were called <1hbaths. In the Fourteenth Day of the firft Month, at cven began tbe Piſover,02 the fifrcenth Day began their Feaſt of Unleavened Bread, «hich lield ſeven Days, every otie of which was called a Sabbath; bat the firſt day, and the ſeventh day, were to be Days of Holy Con- -1cxtian, in which no work was to he done that was ſervile, Levit. 22.7, Then they had their Feaſt of firſt Fruits. Fifty Days after that they had their Feaſt of Pentecaſt- Some underſtand by theſecond $4hbath after the firſt, the ſeventh day of the Feaif of Unleavened erect, Others their ſecond great Feitival. It is very hard to re- ſalve, and not material for us to know. For the Hiſtory it ſelf ſee che explication 1n the Notes on Matth. 12, 1,2,3,4+ R
6 And itcame to pals alſo on another ſabbath, that he entred intothe ſynagogue and taught - And there vas a man whoſe right hand was withered. _
7 And the Scribes and Phariſees watched him, whe- ther he would healon the ſabbath day, that they might fnd an accuſation againſt him.
$ But he Knew their thoughts, and ſaid to the man which had the withered hand, Riſe up, and ſtand forth in the mIds. And he roſe, and ſtood forth.
9 Then ſaid Jeſus unto them, 1 will ask you one thing, Is it awful on the ſabbath days to do good, or ro doevil ? to ſave life, or to deſtroy zt ?
10 And looking round about them all, he ſaid unto the man, Stretch forth thy hand. And he did fo - and his hand was reſtored whole as the other. |
11 Andthey were filled with madneſs; and commu:- ned one with another what they might do to Jeſus.
See the Notes on Matth, 12. 10, and on Mark. 3. 1, 2, 3. in both which places we met with the fame Hiſtory, and with ſome mote , ctrcumitances. Mart tells us that the ſubje& of their deliberation ,
| what they might do to 'Zeſiu was, how they might deſtroy him, this ) | the Evangeliſt maketh the effe&t of their madneſs, &yoras, and he | very properly ſo calls it, For Men to anſwer Arguments and reaſon with violence, is for them to a& like Mad-men, not like reaſonable Creature z yet to thew the degeneracy of Fumane Nature, we ſhall obſerve there 15 nothing hath been more ordinary, when Men have been Conquered by reatoning,and have nothing reaſonably to oppoſe, | than to fly to violence, and with Swords to cut knots, whici tney 19 | cannot untie. Nor can there be a greater evidence of filly, and bcu- "0 | tiſh Souls, ind a baffled cauſe. Sn i2 And it came to paſs in thoſe days, that he went out intoa mountain to pray, and continued all night !a prayer to God. : og | Thoſe who ſiraining this Text would Interpret the Words, 4 7 = | e7pxwy1 for the place of Prater, will be concerned to find us out "Al * that houſe of Prayer, which ſtood in this Mountain, or to tell us where [te weſnall find in Holy Writ any place but the Temple fo called, and why it ſhould be ſaid,that he went out into a Mountain topray,if it were not to ſiznifie unto us,that he ſought a privacy and retiredneſs, which BL | hecould not have had in the Tempſe, nbr in any other common a place for Prayer. Thoſe Interpreters certainly judge righter that ſay, FR | Thatour Saviour being about to ſend out his Twelye Apoſtles, ml { thoughtſo greqt a Work ' ſhould not be done without ſolemn Pray- a | es; hetherefore feeketn a place of Privacy, and goeth thither to
Dic } ſpend ſome more time than ordinary in the duty of Prayer z and the fi | Evangeliſt ſayeth that he continued all Night ; fo ſetting us an Ex- oy, | 4npl, what to do in great affairs,cſpecially ſuch 'as are the ſending 8 + outofPerſons to ſo great an employment, as. that of the miniſtry,
and by his own example commending to us what Paul afterwards canmended, Epheſ. 6. 18. Col. 4. 2. Continue in Prayar and Watch in the ſame with Thank(giving. OG 13 And when it was day, hecalled unto him his dif- | ciples: and of them he choſe twelve, whom alſo he na-
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' :.. 14 * Simon, whom he alſo named Peter,and Andrew his brotherz James and John, Philip and Bartholo- mew. :
15 Matthew and Thomas, James the ſor of Alpheus,
and Simon called Zelotes.
16 And Judas che brother of James,and Judas Ifcariot, Which alſo was the traytor.
| We have twice already met with theſe Names'of the twelve Diſci-
P:c:, whom our Saviour called Ap»/Hes, intending them not only to
eaty ve with him, and to have a more ſpecial Communion with him, but
110 to be fent out with Power to Preach, baptize, and to Work Mi-
\ and racles;, ſee the Notes, on Mat, 10. 2, 3. and Mark 3. 14, There were
* "2 them, two, whoſe Names were Simon 3 The one Chri/t
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riot the Traytor ; the other fix were all of differing Namcs. «What occurs of dithiculty as to their Names, fee opercad in our Notes on Matth. to. 2, 3. gnd Mar. 3. 14. |
17 And he came down with them, and ſtood in the plain, and the company of his diſciples, and a great multitude of People out of all Judea and Jeruſalem, and from the-fea-coaſt of Tyre and Sidon, which cane to hear him,and to be healed of their diſeaſes,