a Tuat this was the fourth Paſſover after that he entre publick Miniſtry, is out of doubr, and the laſt he ever We have taken notice of this Evangeliſt's mention of the 0 but how lon eXpreſt by it he day, others immediately before, as Te (the very ſame 1s nſed, Luke 11. 38. befere dinner, and Luke 22 15. befor, The reſolution of it much dependeth upon another que cult, viz , who would be ſatisfied in theſe caſes, may find a colle&ion
is ſaid
upon 42:4. 26, It is our happineſs, that tho' ſome ſtich KNOtS orc: in holy Wrir, yet they are about things in which our $2lv ens
Father ; c He having loved his Diſciples, not with a with an unchangeable love; he reſolveth pon the waſhing of thei
ecr as 2 now
betray him e. _ d Poflibly it were better tranſlated, while they were at Sy in Supper time, Greek P#i7ys 2avpivs, but the great queſtion i What Supper #s here intended ? Our moſt Learned Lightfog is vers confident, this was not the Paſchal Supper. :
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« 7 LY 1 It 1 - 1 . Before the Feaſt ] is a great queſtion : Some will have Particle) NF; Tjufes, | de | Quettton ax gi8. hat Supper it is which is mentioned? Ver. 2 TT : » of wha by moſt valuable Interpreters in'Mr: Pos!'s Synopſis Criticoyy
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a demonſtration of that love. And Svpper being ended 4, the * deyil having y put into the heart of Judas Iſcariot Simon's ſon, t |
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The moſt Interpreter,
Chriſt in the Goſpel, is to reje& Chriſt. Sn Luke 10, 16. He that beareth y0u, heareth me ; and he that dcſpiſeth you, deſpiſeth me ; and he that doth fo, þ hath one that judzeth him, that is, my Father who hath ſent me, and will vindicate mine Honour. i Nay, the words that I have ſpoken, ſhall rife up in judgment againſt him at
the laſt day, and prove, that he hath judged himſelf unworthy of
everlaſting Life. *Ch.8.38. 49 For * I have not ſpoken of my ſelf k, but the 14 1. Father which ſent me, he gave mea commandment what I ſhould fy, and what I ſhould ſpeak /.
k I do not Tpeak what I fay to you as a meer man, or any thing bue what is my Father's Will, and mine only, as one with him, 1 and as ſent by him ; IT have ſaid nothing, but what my Father hath
willed me to reveal to the World as his Will, En 50 And I know that his commandment is life cver-
laſting z whatſoever I ſpeak therefore, even as the
Father ſaid unto me, fo I ſpeak 7.
» I am aſſured that the way to Life everlaſting, is to obe his Commandments; and that makes me ſpeak, and deliver af] that, and nothing but that, which I have in charge from my Fa-
were wont to gird up when they waited at Table, Luke 17. 8, Citi
Ancient and Modern, ſeem to be of another mind; or i May be | rather a common Supper which they eat before the Paſſover ; 6; 4 whereas ſome think this Supper was that in the Houſe of Simmthe [ Leper, mentioned Marth. 26.6. it ſeemeth no way probable, ng circumſtance inclining us to believe any ſuch thing ; and the Err geliſt having told us that it was after that Supper that Chriſtrodeinto Fa Jeruſalem, and again went from thence and hid himſelf, Chap. 12.46, a and then reporting this as a thing ſubſequent to it in thi; Chapter: It ſeemeth very clear to me, that it could not be the Supper in the in Houſe of Sion the Leper. e Concerriing the influence of the Devi w upon 7425, to put it into his heart to betray his Maſter, ſee 4; (y 22. $8. ne 3 Jeſus knowing * that the Father had given all m things into his hands, and that he was come from God, x _ and went to God f. ( not f Our tranſlating the Greek Participle #2; knowing, (which pre-U the perly ſignifies having known) createth a difficulty, viz. How Chrſt'; ma; knowl:dge of this, that the Father had given all things into highand we: ſhould be aſſigned as a reaſon of, or motive to his ſubſequent ation Wo of waſhing the feet of his Diſciples ? The ſenſe therefore muſt cer ingl tainly be, Tho" bh» knew; and fo it doth not import a reaſon of hisfol by t! lowing aQtion, but only ſignifieth Chriſt's great humiliation andcon- repe. deſcention. Tho* he well enough knew, that a power wa: given waſh perſe I tern of humility, and teach them brotherly love, and that he came ſaid not in the eſtate wherein he yer Was to be miniſt;ed unto, butto #1 miniſter, Matth, 20. 28. | wp 4 He rileth from ſupper, and layeth aſide his gar Troy ments, and took a towel, and girded himſelf g. heart g He riſeth from Supper, what Supper is the queſtion ? Wezr was | told, that the Zews had rwo Suppers upon the Paſchal night, which this ( was the 14th day of the month N:/zn. The firſt, was the Paſ1vr it fo | Supper, which was a Religious rite in obedience to che Law. Th: tho' tl ſecond, a common Supper, (as on other nights) to which our Saviour them added a third, which was the Lorg's Supper, To ment ſeemeth 1: 12 ther chat their common Supper was firſt, then the Patlover Supper; flis g; and that Chriſt aroſe from this common Supper, to do this att. Ar th Sc |gu/{ine underſtood it of the common Supper ; ſo doth Bec, Pink, em, Tarnovius, and others, which ſeemeth ro me moſt probable ; tho 0 1d A thers underſtand it of the Paſfover Supper. Whatever Supper the 's Diſ Evangeliſt meaneth, Chriſt roſe up from it before jt was cone. "wg Calvin, Pares, Beza,. Petargis, Toms, and divers others amongt of " the Proteſtant Interpreters ; 7oler, Maldonate, and 7an(cnins, among! . w the Papiſts, do agree a common Supper this night, belides the Pat "a 0. c-al Supper, and the Lord's Supper ; from which it is molt probab! na, that Chriſt, as is here ſaid, roſe up, and laid aſide his garment, tb! erſt is, his outward looſe garment, (tor ſuch they uſed) which fervan' Ek. 3
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ther: As the Father hath ſaid to me, ſo I ſpeak; Therefore | 131d one aſide, and girded up the other ; rakes a towel.
look you to it, in rejeting me, you reje& my Father, whom you own and acknowledge for your God ; and in diſobeying me, you diſ- obey my Father, and him whom you own as your Father alſo,
| feer, then to wipe them with the linnen cloth he had raken * All ; was done in the form of a ſervanr, ({ they ned ro do, 35f0 8 that came to Dine or Snp with their Lords or Maſt-r+,)