hended, ke would have adventured upon fo daring and provocative « This is Peter's firſt denial of his Maſter ; betwixt which and hi an afticn - ncr could Chriſt had he been firſt bound, have ſtretched | ſecond denial, (of which Fohn ſaith nothing till he comesto v4.15.) ont his hand, to have touched his ear, and heed it. Leaſt any ſhould j che Evangeliſt interpoſeth many things mentioned by the othe: wonder how Peter came by a Sword, we may read Luke 22. 38. that | Evangeliſt.
the Diſciples hal rwo Swords amongſt them, probably broughe our of | 18 And the ſervants and officers ſtood there, whohad Galilee fer the defence of rhemſcIves and their Malter, againſt af | 11.7 2 fre of coals, for it was cold and they warmed
faults 7.5m robbers in that long journe?- — a : -
11 Then ſaid Jeſus unto Peter, -Put up thy ſword C— : and Peter ſtood with them, anc warmed OIL YT IPY l X © 7 . Oo jr 1C . into by of Incath / : the cup prigcn my Father hath given w Heres nothing in this Verſe, which needeth any explication, me, ſhall! not drink It 2 * 1 : ; : unleſs any ſhould ask, how it could be cold weather ar thattime of
/ The orher Evangeliſts report th:s past of the Hiſtory with many Irp,, year, ( about April 14.-) eſpecially in a Country where it now more circumſt:nc-s ; particularly our Saviour's miracilous healing was the time of Harveſt > which may eaſily be reſolved. It was Machis again ; Tee the notes on Mat 26, 51, 52, 53, 54- MOIr-14.47, now ahount three of the clock in the morning, and we know that in 45, 49. Lite. 22. $0,"F1, With what pretence, ſome both of the An-| $411mer ( the Spring eſpecially ) nights are cold; befices, that in cient and Modern Writers think, that Peter did not fin in this ation, thoſe Countries that are more EquinoGial, the nights are !onger, and I do not underitand, when Our Saviour did not only (as 70hn faith) conſequently colder towards the morning, as the air hath had more command him to put up his Sword again mto its ſheath, bur alſo as| time to cog], Ma: th. tells us Chap. 26. 52. told him, Thar al they that take the] 1, E The high prieſt then asked Jeſus of his diſc ſword, thit is without commiſſion from God, jhould pcrijh with rhe _ -" FX fſe-ord ; he uſed that argument according to the other Evangelifts : | P>CS) and of his do gaſes ”; he 7ud: Thi Evangeliſt tel!s us of another, »n The Cup which my Father, &c, | * Quzſtions about Seaicion or Rebellion belonged not to the Juaze That is, ſhall I not fieely and chearfully ſubmir co the Will of God | of this Court, but fell under the Cogniſance oftite Roman Govern in ſuffering whar he witſeth me to ſuffer ? The term cup is often in | they being now a Conquered people, and Tributary to the Rowan'3 Scripture to ſignifie peoples meaſure and proportion of afflition and who, tho themſelves Heat hens, granted the Few: their Boy y ſefering, which God allotreth them ; ( poſſibly the Metaphor is ta- {fo Religion, and Courts in order thereunto ; as alſo a liverty 0 ken from the cuſter: of tome Nations, to put ſome kinds of Male- Courts for Civil cauſes. The High Prieft therefore faith gr, faters to death, b- giving them a c#p of poyſen) See the notes on 31ar-| Chriſt about his being a King, bur only inquizeth of mm _ Fu thew 20 22, and 26. 39. Iris a goed argument to quiet our Spirits | Prin. What particular queſtions he propounded to —— rolled by any 2MiGive Providences. They are bat a cup, and the cup | Ot read ; only in general he inquired about the Dottrin he ra a Bar 54 both lors ws, Preached, and rhe Diſciples he had tenr out, which rag Fafa j
12 Then the band, and- the captain, and officers of | ſame cauſe, to ſe if he could bring him under the y = cincip took ] dt Lond him © Prophet 3 for that, and Blaſphemy, and Idolatry, were hr toe the Jews took Jeſus, al 946265 oat. . . | cauſes thar fell under the Cogniſance of this Courr, as appeared Ir
o As ts uſual ter Officers to do with ordinary maleſaQors, which
are e Ciiminals; th t ft; between Chrift and tl _—_— re great Ciiminals ; they put no diftrrence between Chrift and the "RP 1 moſt villanous Thi:ves and Murderers. There are many conjeQures _ Jeſus anſwered him h Fr and in the why Chriſt was firſt led to Amos, whereas Caioptas wis the High | WOL ld y I ever taught 1n the ſynagogue, ant ſecret Pricſt that vear, not Ann 45, (as the next word tei!s us) but it is un-| temple, whither the Jews always reſort z, and 1N 16 Certain 4 wnwed , i, 1160p wh hc ws | 6 pos Jpn = have I ſaid nothing a, _ way to Caz2phas his houſe, cr that he lived in the fame houſe wit . ; , Friends, 2 The bs Son in-law: 3 or ont of an kenour and reipe&t ro him, being the y To all forts of men, my Enemies as gs" wasin Jeri High Frift's Father, or to pleaſe the o!d man's peeviſh eyes with Jews for mlteuNion NE ene emp, "Mal were wont ſuch a fghr, or by this means to draw /wn.z tothe Tryal of Chriſt , 4/7, 2nd whither three times in the Year, all -_ blick aſſemblies or becanie he had a more than ordivary hand about the appre- to come from al] ues of the Country Ln by the — Tha FI herding hiov, or to take a dire&tion from him what to do : we can- | *f = Jews, and in the places __ ei aha T have publickly net give a certain account why they uſed this method ; we are only | 291g IN ſecret, contrary 2:0: agyer pag at ir hath been tf | ; taught; tho T have Preached in other places, yet it na
certain they did it, and that they did not carry him before him as . : "2: : High Piicit ; for the next words tel! us, , ſame thing which I have ſaid n pablick. \. Why
Chap, XV]
13 And * led him away to *Annas firſt, For he w father-in-law to Caiaphas,which was the hizh prieſt that Mo F7.
Uk, ;| 0- 4 More Ange 5 UPt time: ;.,..*
and bought,and fold, or conferted at the will of the Conquerors, ($.
ls leh 0 the, 3 ie for
J (tho It re ( fre thar right or wrong, whether they had any juſt accuſation 20tinf Chriſt or no, yet they might for expediency put him to death, bo his death, might prevent mutinies and ſeditions amongſt the people
15 Þ * And Simon Peter followed Jeſus, and {; did' vet the next words make ir evident, that they are to be underſtood) another diſciple. That diſciple 7 was known unto thesl, Ul
RE Por T2 xt m_" 1 16 * But Peter ſtood at the door without, They live.. for theſe ends to which he had deſigned them ; and therefore went out that other diſciple, which was known ante
[ ſpake openly to the'l
\ 094%,g In
100 Cain! HA,
Mak (4,
Lute bt
—_ —— —_— = FRI
Ma