MATT. XII. 7—10.

Κύριος γάρ ἐστι καὶ τοῦ σαββάτου ὁ on another sabbath, that he entered υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου. For the Son of man is Lord even of was withered. And the Scribes and the sabbath-day.

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And answered them, saying, Which of you shall have an ass or an ox fallen into a pit, and will not straightway pull him out on the sabbath-day? And they could not answer him again to these things, Luke xiv. 3-6. Is it lawno3 xx. 22. The Jews therefore said ful for us to give tribute unto Cæsar, or unto him that was cured, It is the sabbath-day: it is not lawful for thee to carry thy bed, John v. 10.

utter error against the LORD, to make empty the soul of the hungry, and he will cause the drink of the thirsty to fail, Isa. xxxii. 6. None calleth for justice, nor any pleadeth for truth: they trust in vanity, and speak lies; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity, lix. 4. In transgressing and lying against the LORD, and departing away from our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering from the heart falsehood, 13. And the Scribes and Pharisees watched him, whether he would heal on the sabbath-day; that they might find an accusation against him, Luke vi. 7.

And, behold, there was a man which had For the vile person will speak his hand withered. And they asked him, villany, and his heart will work insaying, Is it lawful to heal on the sub-iquity, to practise hypocrisy, and to bath-days? that they might accuse him. a And it came to pass, when king Jeroboam heard the saying of the man of God, which had cried against the altar in Beth-el, that he put forth his hand from the altar, saying, Lay hold on him. And his hand, which he put forth against him, dried up, so that he could not pull it in again to him. The altar also was rent, and the ashes poured out from the altar, according to the sign which the man of God had given by the word of the LORD. And the king answered and said unto the man of God, Entreat now the face of the LORD thy God, and pray for me, that my hand may be restored to me again. And the man of God besought the LORD, and the, king's hand was restored him again, and became as it was before, 1 Kings xiii. 4-6. Woe to the idle shepherd that leaveth the flock! the sword shall be upon his arm, and upon his right eye: his arm shall be clean dried up, and his right eye shall be utterly darkened, Zech. xi. 17. In these lay a great multitude of impotent folk, of blind, halt, withered, waiting for the moving of the water, John v. 3.

The Pharisees also came unto him, tempting him, and saying unto him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause? Matt. xix. 3. Tell us therefore, What thinkest thou? Is it lawful to give tribute unto Cæsar, or not? But Jesus perceived their wickedness, and said, Why tempt ye me, ye hypocrites? xxii. 17, 18. And Jesus answering, spake unto the Lawyers and Pharisees, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath-day? And they held their peace. And he took❘ him, and healed him, and let him go;

Laying wait for him, and seeking to catch something out of his mouth, that they might accuse him, xi. 54.

And they began to accuse him, saying, We found this fellow perverting the nation, and forbidding to give tribute to Cæsar, saying that he himself is Christ a King, xxiii. 2. Said unto them, Ye have brought this man unto me, as one that perverteth the people: and, behold, I, having examined him before you, have found no fault in this man touching those things whereof ye accuse him, 14. This they said, tempting him, that they might have to accuse him. But Jesus stooped down, and with his finger wrote on the ground, as though he heard them not, John viii. 6.

VER. 11.

Ὁ δὲ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς· Τίς ἔσται ἐξ ὑμῶν ἄνθρωπος, ὃς ἕξει πρόβατον ἓν, καὶ ἐὰν ἐμπέσῃ τοῦτο τοῖς σάββασιν εἰς βόθυνον, οὐχὶ xparhou avrò xai kyegsï;

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And he said unto them, a What man
shall there be among you, that shall have
one sheep, and if it fall into a pit on

the sabbath-day, will he not lay hold on it, and lift it out?

a The Lord then answered him, and said, Thou hypocrite, doth not each one of you on the sabbath loose his ox or his ass from the stall, and lead him away to watering? And ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan hath bound, lo, these eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the sabbath-day? And when he had said these things, all his adversaries were ashamed: and all the people rejoiced for all the glorious things that were done by him, Luke xiii. 15-17. And answered them, saying, Which of you shall have an ass or an ox fallen into a pit, and will not straightway pull him out on the sabbath-day? xiv. 5.

VER. 12.

Πόσῳ οὖν διαφέρει ἄνθρωπος προβάτου; ὥστε ἔξεστι τοῖς σάββασι κακῶς αποιεῖν.

How much then a is a man better than a sheep? Wherefore it is lawful to do well on the sabbath-days.

a Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they? Matt. vi. 26. Consider the ravens for they neither sow nor reap; which neither have storehouse nor barn; and God feedeth them how much more are ye better than the fowls? Luke xii. 24.

b And he saith unto them, Is it law- \ ful to do good on the sabbath-days, or to do evil? to save life, or to kill? But they held their peace, Mark iii. 4. Then said Jesus unto them, I will ask you one thing; Is it lawful on the sabbath-days to do good, or to do evil? to save life, or to destroy it?

Luke vi. 9.

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he took him by the right hand, and lifted him up and immediately his feet and ancle bones received strength. And he leaping up stood, and walked, and entered with them into the temple, walking, and leaping, and praising God, Acts iii. 7, 8.

VER. 14.

Οἱ δὲ Φαρισαῖοι συμβούλιον ἔλαβον κατ' αὐτοῦ ἐξελθόντες, ὅπως αὐτὸν ἀπολέσωσιν.

Then the Pharisees a went out, and held a council against him, how they might destroy him.

a When the morning was come, all the Chief Priests and elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death, Matt. xxvii. 1. And the Pharisees went forth, and straightway took counsel with the Herodians against him, how they might destroy him, Mark iii. 6. And they were filled with madness, and communed one with another vi. 11. Therefore they sought again what they might do to Jesus, Luke to take him: but he escaped out of their hand, John x. 39. Then from that day forth they took counsel together for to put him to death. Now both the Chief Priests and the Pharisees had given a commandment, that, if any man knew where he were, he should shew it, that they might take him, xi. 53. 57.

VER. 15.

Ὁ δὲ Ἰησοῦς γνοὺς ἀνεχώρησεν ἐκεῖθεν καὶ ἠκολούθησαν αὐτῷ ὄχλοι πολλοὶ, καὶ ἐθεράπευσεν αὐτοὺς πάντας.

But when Jesus knew it, a he withdrew himself from thence: band great multitudes followed him, and he healed them all;

a But when they persecute you in this city, flee ye into another: for verily I say unto you, Ye shall not have gone over the cities of Israel, till the Son of man be come, Matt. x.

3. After these things Jesus walked into Galilee: for he would not walk in Jewry, because the Jews sought to kill him, John vii. 1. Jesus therefore walked no more openly among the Jews; but went thence unto a country near to the wilderness, into a city called Ephraim, and there con tinued with his disciples, xi. 54.

See parallels on ver. 24. chap. iv.

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VER. 16.

MATT. XII. 16-18.

Καὶ ἐπετίμησεν αὐτοῖς, ἵνα μὴ φανερὸν

αὐτὸν ποιήσωσιν.

And charged them that they should not make him known.

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ties, hii. 11. Hear now, O Joshua that sit before thee: for they are men the high-priest, thou, and thy fellows wondered at: for, behold, 1 will bring forth my servant the BRANCH, Zech. iii. 8. Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God: But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the Όπως πληρωθῇ τὸ ῥηθὲν διὰ Ησαίου τοῦ form of a servant, and was made in προφήτου, λέγοντος·

a See on clause 1. ver. 4. chap. viii. VER. 17.

That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying,

a See parallels on ver. 22. chap. i. VER. 18.

Ιδού, ὁ παῖς μου, ὃν ᾑρέτισα, ὁ ἀγαπητός μου, εἰς ὃν εὐδόκησεν ἡ ψυχή μου· θήσω τὸ πνεῦμά μου ἐπ' αὐτὸν, καὶ κρίσιν τοῖς ἔθνεσιν ἀπαγγελεί.

a Behold my servant, b whom I have chosen; my Beloved, in whom my soul is well pleased: I will put my Spirit upon him, e and he shall shew judgment to the Gentiles.

the likeness of men, Phil. ii. 6, 7.

And

b Then thou spakest in vision to thy Holy One, and saidst, I have laid help upon one that is mighty, I have exalted one chosen out of the people, Psal. lxxxix. 19. Listen, O isles, unto me ; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LoRD hath called me from the womb ; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. And he hath made my mouth like a sharp sword; in the shadow of his hand hath he hid me, and made he hid me; And said unto me, Thou me a polished shaft; in his quiver hath art my servant, O Israel, in whom 1 * Behold my servant, whom I up- will be glorified, Isa. xlix. 1-3. And hold; mine elect, in whom my soul de- the people stood beholding. lighteth; I have put my spirit upon the rulers also with them derided him, him he shall bring forth judgment saying, He saved others; let him save to the Gentiles. He shall not cry, himself, if he be Christ, the chosen of nor lift up, nor cause his voice to be God, Luke xxiii. 35. To whom comheard in the street. A bruised reeding as unto a living stone, disallowed shall he not break, and the smoking indeed of men, but chosen of God, flax shall he not quench: he shall and precious, 1 Pet. ii. 4. bring forth judgment unto truth. He e And lo a voice from heaven, sayshall not fail nor be discouraged, tilling, This is my beloved Son, in whom he have set judgment in the earth: I am well pleased, Matt. iii. 17. and the isles shall wait for his law, While he yet spake, behold, a bright Isa. xlii. 1-4. And now, saith the cloud overshadowed them: and beLORD that formed me from the womb hold a voice out of the cloud, which to be his servant, to bring Jacob again said, This is my beloved Son, in to him, Though Israel be not gathered, whom I am well pleased; hear ye yet shall I be glorious in the eyes of him, xvii. 5. And there came a voice the LORD, and my God shall be my from heaven, saying, Thou art my strength. And he said, It is a light beloved Son, in whom I am well thing that thou shouldest be my servant pleased, Mark i. 11. And there was to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to a cloud that overshadowed them: and restore the preserved of Israel: I will a voice came out of the cloud, saying, also give thee for a light to the Gen- This is my beloved Son: hear him, tiles, that thou mayest be my salvation ix. 7. And there came a voice out of unto the end of the earth, xlix. 5, 6. the cloud, saying, This is my beloved Behold, my servant shall deal pru- Son: hear him, Luke ix. 35. To the dently, he shall be exalted and ex- praise of the glory of his grace, wheretolled, and be very high, lii. 13. Hein he hath made us accepted in the shall see of the travail of his soul, and beloved, Eph. i. 6. Who hath delishall be satisfied: by his knowledge vered us from the power of darkness, shall my righteous servant justify and hath translated us into the kingmany; for he shall bear their iniquí-dom of his dear Son: Col. i. 13.