51i And when he came into the houſe, he ſuffered no! man togoin, tave Peier, and James, and John, and the father and the mother &* the maiden. |
52 Andall wep: and bewailed her, But he ſaid, Weep
not, ſhe is not dead, * bur fleeperh. 53 And they laughed him to ſcorn, knowing that ſhe
was dead. 54 And he put them all out, and took her by the hand, and called, laying, Niaid arile. : | 55 And her {piric came again, and ſhe aroſe ſtraight- way : and he commanded to give her mear. 6 And her parents were aſtoniſhed : But he charged
them that they ſhould tell no man what was done.
We had toth theſe picces of Hiſtory twice before relatcd by Mat- thew, Chap. 9. 18, and by Aurh. ch. s. from v. 22, with ſome fur- thr circumſtances. See the Notes on both thoſe Chapters. Chriſt, ve. 45. ſaying, Who touched me? And again, V. 45. me body hath touched me, fir I perceive that Virtue is g3n2 out of me, doth not argue that Chriſt knew not of the Womans coming and touching him, or did'not voluntarily ſend out that Virtue that healed her, far be any ſuch thoughts from any Pious intelligent Souls 3 ſhe was not healed by her rouch of the border o{ bis Garment, but by his Powerful il, commanding ſuch miraculous cff:& ; he only ſpake this to bring forth the Miracle into {ight, which was wrought ſecretly, fo as the Pcople tock no notice of it, /7-3ling Virtae went out of Chriſt upon an att of his 1777, not nece{ſu zl. Fiom v. 55. 15 confuted the Atheifia of thoſe who would mike the Soul tr be meerly the Craſts, or ſome aifetion of the Body, and it is proved to be a being that can ſubfift of it (cit, i a ſtate of ſeparation from the*Body. It 1: ſaid, Her Spirit returned 424;n;g not Cirift gave her a new Spirit. Chrift here did not exert a crvating Power, only ſent forth that Power with which he was clothed to +2j/> the Dead, For other things obſervable from-thiz ſtory, fre the Notes betore-mentioned upon the parallel Texts,
CHAP.
Chriſt ſeidins forth bu Diſciples t» | the Goſpel, giveth them power aver ei Spirits, und t9 heal the fick, i—6, Herod defirerh to foe Chriit, 7-9 The Apolles return with joy, 10. Chri/t feedeth tre thoafind Bon, with fiv? Loaves and two Fiſhes, 11—17.
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Droers Otintons of the People concerns Cariſt, 13--21. He fore tellotl; bis Crucifixion and Reſurrection, 22, Exhorteth to confeſs ha by the benejus thas attend it. 23 27, Transfgureth him-
FIF before three Diſciples, 28 —— 35. Ca$eth out an unclean Spi- rit, 27 Ti Telleth his Dijciples who ſhould be the greateſt amorg them, 45—qg%. Dehorteth them from forbidding any to coſt out Devils in his Nane, qo, <->. F7iirneying to Jeruſalem is refuſed by the Samarit.as, and revrov?.h vs Diſciples for their deſire of Re- vVenze, $I=-—62. |
I Hei: he called his twelve diſciples together, and gave thera power ua authority over all devils, and to cure dileaſes,
2 And he ſent them to preach the kingdom of God, and to heal rhe ſick. | |
3 And te {aid unto them, Take'nothing for your jour- ney, nxicher ſtaves, nor ſcrip, neither bread, neither money ; neither have rwo cots aNece.
4 And whatſoever houſe ye enter into, there abide, and thence depar:.
5 And whoſoever will not receive you, when ye go out of that city, ſhake off the very duſt from your feet for ateſtimony againſt chem. |
6 And ihey departed and went through the towns , preaching the goſpel, and healing every where. :
We have heera cf the chuſrng of theſe twelve Diſciples and their Namcs, chop. 5. 123. ; Our Saviour choſe them to 'be with him, to lcarn gt kim, 2nd to be infiruted by him, and to be' Witneſſ-s of what he fait, and did ; after ſome time thus ſpent, he ſends tiiem forth to Preach the Goſpel, and giveth them a Power to contirm the Dottrine which they preached, by teveral miraculous operations, 27ztineyp takes no notice of their Elefin, only of their Miffem. Both AMarh and Lube take notice of both. The 3, 4, s, 5. Verſes, give vs an account of the inftrutions he gave them, we mer with them all berferc, and a more full account of them. See the Notes on Mat:h, 15. 1,2,3 7,8, 6, 10. and Mark 6. 9,8, 5.
7 * Now Herod the tetrarch heard of all that was done by hm, and he was perplexed, becauſe that it was {aid of {ome, that John was riſen from the dead.
8 And of tome, that Elias had appeared : and of others, that one of the old prophets was riſen again.
9 And Herod ſaid, ſohn have I beheaded, but who is this of whom | hear ſuch things ? And he deſired to ſee
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him. | This Herd, wis 75nd Antipas the Tetrarch of Galilee, who had vehcaded Zovn the j*.jitf!, Fe heareth of theſe great things done by
Chriit, and groper, Jaith the Evangelit; it is a Word that fignif- tif a great diſturbance, and perplexity of Mir:d, when a Man'1s in doubt and fear, and kngweth not what Countels to take or follow ; it 28 vſcd, Cube 24.4. Ats 2. 12. As g. 24 As ro. 17. The other Evangeliſt ty. 7 Wmfclt gucetied it was 7ohn the Baptiſt, vhom he had bchcaded, Oh! the power of 4-guilty Conſcience 2 He had murdered 7oln, now he 17 afraid his Gb haunted him, or that his Soul was enircd inte anviter Body, that it might be revenged on PLn 3 overs groiicd virinvily. Herod knoweth not what to think; but Coltroth co. for Chritt, poly thit he might make up ſome
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judgment about him, poſſivly out of meer curiofity, Pyr ws _ not that he did ſee kim, until Pilate feat him to him after h;5 ©. mination of him, L:ke 22. 8. CA
10 * Andthe apoſtles when they were returned, told.
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him all that they had done. went aſide privately into a deſart place, belonging to rh, city called Bethſaida. , F
11 And the people when they knew followed and he received them, and ſpake unto them g the kingdom of God, and healed them thar had need of healing,