t Thar ſaying, that if he ler Jeſus go, he was nor Ceſar's friend, P:- late was a man that loved the honour thar was from men, more than the honour avd praiſe which {s from God , and was more afraid of lo. ſing his Place than his Sou!, and cculd no longer refiſt the remprarion he was under: #4 He brought forth Chrift, and fate down 1n a place called the Pavement, becauſe it was paved with Stone, Lu: in the He» ew, (mixed with rhe Syrzack ) Gabbtha, that js, an High Place, for ir was their manner ro have cheir 7adgmenz-ſe2ts higher © chan ocher
arcs of che room where they were,
14 And it was the preparation of the paſſover w, and about the ſixth hour x : and he faith unto the Jews, Be-
hold your King y. | | w The preparation to aity feaft, ſignifies che day before jr, becauſe on that day they prepared whacſoever according to the Lawwas necel- ſary for the Solemnizatioy, Tome much deubr , wherher 1n this place the 7-4ſſ602) fignifies firitly the Paſchal Sypper, which it ccu'd nor doy if the F-ws ficict's this year kepr to the Law 3 for the fuur tcenth day of rhe month Niſan atevering, was the rime when moſt certainly Chriſt kept ir: who are ic the night neſore. Ir is titer efore more probably choughr, that by che. Paſſ9ver here, is meant cheir great Feſtival, '*hich was pon the fifccenth day. * ( See the rotes on Chap, 18. 28.) x 7obn tells us jc was about che ſixth hour , char is, inthe #larter part ofthe Interval, berween nine of the clock in the morning, and civelye at noon: {or the diviſion of the day according ro che 7ews, was in four parts * the firſt was from the riſing of the Sun, till our vine inthe morning, ard was called the third hour; the other was from the rh1-d hour tothe ſixth, thac js, relive of the clock at noon ; the third divition was from their ſixth hour to the ninth,char is, rhree of the clock wirt us in che afcernoon ; the fourth divifion was from the pioch hour to Sunſer, that is with us ſix of the clock in the even. ing, when the Sun js In the Equizox. Now, nor only che time when any of theſe hours came, was called either the third or ſixth hour ; tur the ſpace of three hours allotted to each diviſion, was ſo called when the next divifion began ; ſo the time of our Saviour's Crucifixi- on is recorded by Mark to be the third hour : thar is,the whole ſpace fromnine a clock to twelye, was not quite gone, tho ir was near ar an end, And by che Evangeliſt, here 'c1s ſaid, that it was abouc the fixth hour, that ls, near our twelve of the clock. And thus the differem relations are clearly recorded.
15 But they cried out, Away with hz, away with bim, cruicifie him. Pilate faith unto them, Shall I cruci- "ſie your king 2 ? The chief Prieſts anſwered *, We have
no king but Ceſar a.
{ The more Pilate ſought to quier them, the more they rage, con- mary to all djRares of reaſon; whey God hath determined a thing, al chings ſhall concur to bring it about. Pilate mocks them when he lah, ſhall T crucifie your Kivg? 4 Yet o fierce was thejr malice a- gdnlt Chriſt, rhat ro compel the Governour ro condemn him, ( tho tire were not a people under Heaven more zealous for their [1berries, I"rmoreimpatienr of a foreign yoke ) they cry our, We have no bing it Ceſar ; That is, the Koman Emperor who had Conquered them,
1, 16 * Thea b delivered he him therefore unto them to
be crucified, And they took Jeſus and led him away c. b This muſt be ar or abour twelve of the clock, for that muſt be lipnified by the fixth hour, ver, 14. Cc Pilate condemned him, and delivered him to che executioner, who ( as the tnamner is in ſuch ca. ſes ) led him away. 17 And he bearing his croſs went forth into a place, lledebe place of a ſcull, which is called in the Hebrew, Golgotha 4.
O H N. Chap. XAIX
ay: The 7ews thought ir would he a Ciſgrace to them, thit Chrilt fhou'q be reported auroad as their Bing, thercfore they d: fire an al- reration of the writing, :
22 Pllate anſwered, What I have written, I have written h.
þ Bur Pilat? refuſed to pratifie them, ard I-cs them know he
"_ not be diretted by them whar to Write, nor alrer any thicg of it. :
23 © * Then the {ouldiers, when they had crucifi- *Tuke 23, ed Jeſus, took his garments and made four parts, to + every ſonldier a part, and alfo his coat: now the coat was without ſeam ||, woven from the top through- Ab k ca; Wrougiir,
2 Bath Matthew, Chap. 27.35. and Marh I5. 24. mention this parring of Chrifls garments amongſt them, which mutt be unde; ſlogd of his inward garments 3 which ſome tell as might eaſily be done, be- cauſe their garments were made up of four parts, bur his cutwazd g4Ur- ment which js called his coa', was all of apiece.
24 They ſaid therefore among themſelyes,Lect us not rent it, but caſt lots for it, whoſe it ſhall be : that the ſcripture might be fulfilled, which ſaith, They parted | my raiment among them, and for my veſture they did caſt lots. Theſe things therefore the ſouldiers did !.
& This made them chute raiher to caſt Iots for that, than to divide Ir, as rey had done his inward garments. Bur there was ſomething , More 11 1c than the Souldiers knew 3 Chriſt hereby proved atruz <n. 'tztyp? ro David, who ſaid of himſelf figuratively, -ſal. 22. 18. Ti ey \Þart My garments amongſt them, and cal} lots pon my veſtlure; by which ihe meainr no more, thanthar his enemies loaded themſelves with iis © : thoſe words which fizuratively were true of David, proved Iicerally rrve as co Chrift, Thus vile and wicked men are ſulfilling tie Scriprures, when they lictle chipk of it,
X- T . * Matr, 27,
25 T * Now there ſtood by the croſs of Jefits, his $.. Mart: mother, and his mothers ſiſter, Mary the wife of || Cleo- 15. qo. phas and Mary Magdalen /. Luke 23,
{ Thefe words | the wife Jare not in the G:e:4, bur ſupplied by 49- our Tranſlators ; which leaves ir doubtful, whether thac Mary was I 07, Cleo. the Wife, or the Mother, or the Daughter of Clzophas. Þ4S-
26 When Jeſus therefore ſaw his mother, and the * diſciple ſtanding by, whom he loved », he faith unto *Chao-13, his mother, Woman, behold thy ſon 7. I