Passage 1: Genesis 19
(Gen 19:1) And in the euening there came two Angels to Sodom: and Lot sate at the gate of Sodom, and Lot sawe them, and rose vp to meete them, and he bowed himselfe with his face to the ground.
(Notes Reference) And there came two (a) angels to Sodom at even; and Lot sat in the gate of Sodom: and Lot seeing [them] rose up to meet them; and he bowed himself with his face toward the ground;
(a) In which we see God's provident care in preserving his: even though he does not reveal himself to all alike: for Lot had but two angels, and Abraham three.
(Gen 19:2) And he saide, See my Lords, I pray you turne in nowe into your seruants house, and tarie all night, and wash your feete, and ye shall rise vp early and goe your wayes. Who saide, Nay, but we will abide in the streete all night.
(Gen 19:3) Then he preassed vpon them earnestly, and they turned in to him, and came to his house, and he made them a feast, and did bake vnleauened bread, and they did eate.
(Notes Reference) And (b) he pressed upon them greatly; and they turned in unto him, and entered into his house; and he made them a feast, and did bake unleavened bread, and they (c) did eat.
(b) That is, he begged them so insistently.
(c) Not because they had need, but because the time was not yet come for them to reveal themselves.
(Gen 19:4) But before they went to bed, the men of the citie, euen the men of Sodom compassed the house rounde about from the yong euen to the olde, all the people from all quarters.
(Notes Reference) But before they lay down, the men of the city, [even] the men of Sodom, compassed the house round, both old and young, (d) all the people from every quarter:
(d) Nothing is more dangerous than to live where sin reigns: for it corrupts all.
(Gen 19:5) Who crying vnto Lot said to him, Where are the men, which came to thee this night? bring them out vnto vs that we may knowe them.
(Gen 19:6) Then Lot went out at the doore vnto them, and shut the doore after him,
(Gen 19:7) And said, I pray you, my brethren, do not so wickedly.
(Gen 19:8) Beholde nowe, I haue two daughters, which haue not knowen man: them will I bring out now vnto you, and doe to them as seemeth you good: onely vnto these men doe nothing: for therefore are they come vnder the shadowe of my roofe.
(Notes Reference) Behold now, I have two (e) daughters which have not known man; let me, I pray you, bring them out unto you, and do ye to them as [is] good in your eyes: only unto these men do nothing; (f) for therefore came they under the shadow of my roof.
(e) He deserves praise for defending his guests, but he is to be blamed for seeking unlawful means.
(f) That I should preserve them from all injury.
(Gen 19:9) Then they said, Away hence, and they said, He is come alone as a stranger, and shall he iudge and rule? we will nowe deale worse with thee then with them. So they preassed sore vpon Lot himselfe, and came to breake the doore.
(Gen 19:10) But the men put forth their hand and pulled Lot into the house to them and shut to ye doore.
(Gen 19:11) Then they smote the men that were at the doore of the house with blindnes both small and great, so that they were wearie in seeking the doore.
(Gen 19:12) Then the men said vnto Lot, Whom hast thou yet here? either sonne in lawe, or thy sonnes, or thy daughters, or whatsoeuer thou hast in the citie, bring it out of this place.
(Gen 19:13) For we will destroy this place, because the crye of them is great before the Lord, and the Lord hath sent vs to destroy it.
(Notes Reference) For (g) we will destroy this place, because the cry of them is waxen great before the face of the LORD; and the LORD hath sent us to destroy it.
(g) This proves that the angels are ministers, both to execute God's wrath and to declare his favour.
(Gen 19:14) Then Lot went out and spake vnto his sonnes in lawe, which maried his daughters, and said, Arise, get you out of this place: for the Lord will destroy the citie: but he seemed to his sonnes in lawe as though he had mocked.
(Gen 19:15) And when the morning arose, the Angels hasted Lot, saying, Arise, take thy wife and thy two daughters which are here, lest thou be destroyed in the punishment of the citie.
(Gen 19:16) And as he prolonged the time, the men caught both him and his wife, and his two daughters by the hands (the Lord being mercifull vnto him) and they brought him foorth, and set him without the citie.
(Notes Reference) And while he (h) lingered, the men laid hold upon his hand, and upon the hand of his wife, and upon the hand of his two daughters; the LORD being merciful unto him: and they brought him forth, and set him without the city.
(h) The mercy of God strives to overcome man's slowness in following God's calling.
(Gen 19:17) And when they had brought them out, the Angel said, Escape for thy life: looke not behinde thee, neither tarie thou in all the plaine: escape into ye mountaine, least thou be destroyed.
(Notes Reference) And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he said, Escape for thy life; (i) look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the plain; escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed.
(i) He willed him to flee God's judgments and not to be sorry to leave that rich country, full of vain pleasures.
(Gen 19:18) And Lot saide vnto them, Not so, I pray thee, my Lord.
(Gen 19:19) Behold now, thy seruant hath found grace in thy sight, and thou hast magnified thy mercie, which thou hast shewed vnto me in sauing my life: and I cannot escape in the mountaine, least some euill take me, and I die.
(Gen 19:20) See nowe this citie hereby to flee vnto, which is a litle one: Oh let me escape thither: is it not a litle one, and my soule shall liue?
(Notes Reference) Behold now, this city [is] near to flee unto, and it [is] a little one: Oh, let me escape thither, ([is] it not a (k) little one?) and my soul shall live.
(k) Though it is little, yet it is great enough to save my life: in which he errs by choosing another place than the angel had appointed him.
(Gen 19:21) Then he said vnto him, Beholde, I haue receiued thy request also concerning this thing, that I will not ouerthrow this citie, for the which thou hast spoken.
(Gen 19:22) Haste thee, saue thee there: for I can doe nothing till thou be come thither. Therefore the name of the citie was called Zoar.
(Notes Reference) Haste thee, escape thither; for I (l) cannot do any thing till thou be come thither. Therefore the name of the city was called (m) Zoar.
(l) Because God's commandment was to destroy the city and to save Lot.
(m) Which before was called Belah, in (Gen 14:2).
(Gen 19:23) The sunne did rise vpon the earth, when Lot entred into Zoar.
(Gen 19:24) Then the Lord rained vpon Sodom and vpon Gomorah brimstone, and fire from the Lord out of heauen,
(Gen 19:25) And ouerthrewe those cities and all the plaine, and all the inhabitants of the cities; and that that grewe vpon the earth.
(Gen 19:26) Now his wife behind him looked backe, and she became a pillar of salt.
(Notes Reference) But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a (n) pillar of salt.
(n) Concerning the body only: this was a notable monument of God's vengeance to all who passed that way.
(Gen 19:27) And Abraham rising vp earely in ye morning went to the place, where he had stand before the Lord,
(Gen 19:28) And looking towarde Sodom and Gomorah and toward all the land of the plaine, behold, he sawe the smoke of the lande mounting vp as the smoke of a fornace.
(Gen 19:29) But yet when God destroyed the cities of the plaine, God thought vpon Abraham, and sent Lot out from the middes of the destruction, when he ouerthrewe the cities, wherein Lot dwelled.
(Gen 19:30) Then Lot went vp from Zoar, and dwelt in the mountaine with his two daughters: for he feared to tarie in Zoar, but dwelt in a caue, he, and his two daughters.
(Notes Reference) And Lot went up out of Zoar, and dwelt in the mountain, and his two daughters with him; for he (o) feared to dwell in Zoar: and he dwelt in a cave, he and his two daughters.
(o) Having felt God's mercy, he did not dare provoke him again by continuing among the wicked.
(Gen 19:31) And the elder saide vnto the yonger, Our father is old, and there is not a man in the earth, to come in vnto vs after the maner of all ye earth.
(Notes Reference) And the firstborn said unto the younger, Our father [is] old, and [there is] not a man in the (p) earth to come in unto us after the manner of all the earth:
(p) Meaning in the country which the Lord had now destroyed.
(Gen 19:32) Come, wee will make our father drinke wine, and lie with him, that we may preserue seede of our father.
(Notes Reference) Come, let us make our father (q) drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father.
(q) For unless he had been drunk, he would never have done that abominable act.
(Gen 19:33) So they made their father drinke wine that night, and the elder went and lay with her father: but he perceiued not, neither whe she lay downe, neither when she rose vp.
(Gen 19:34) And on the morowe the elder saide to the yonger, Behold, yester night lay I with my father: let vs make him drinke wine this night also, and goe thou and lie with him, that we may preserue seede of our father.
(Gen 19:35) So they made their father drinke wine that night also, and the yonger arose, and lay with him, but he perceiued not, when she lay downe, neither when she rose vp.
(Gen 19:36) Thus were both the daughters of Lot with childe by their father.
(Notes Reference) Thus were (r) both the daughters of Lot with child by their father.
(r) Thus God permitted him to fall most horribly in the solitary mountains, whom the wickedness of Sodom could not overcome.
(Gen 19:37) And the elder bare a sonne, and she called his name Moab: the same is the father of the Moabites vnto this day.
(Notes Reference) And the firstborn bare a son, and called his name Moab: the same [is] the father of the (s) Moabites unto this day.
(s) Who as they were born in most horrible incest, so were they and their posterity vile and wicked.
(Gen 19:38) And the yonger bare a sonne also, and she called his name Ben-ammi: the same is the father of the Ammonites vnto this day.
(Notes Reference) And the younger, she also bare a son, and called his name (t) Benammi: the same [is] the father of the children of Ammon unto this day.
(t) That is, son of my people: signifying that they rejoiced in their sin, rather than repenting of it.
Passage 2: Psalms 22
(Psa 22:1) To him that excelleth upon Aiieleth Hasshahar. A Psalme of Dauid. My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me, and art so farre from mine health, and from the wordes of my roaring?
(Notes Reference) "To the chief Musician upon Aijeleth Shahar, A Psalm of David." My (a) God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? [why art thou so] far from helping me, [and from] the words of my (b) roaring?
(a) Here appears that horrible conflict, which he sustained between faith and desperation.
(b) Being tormented with extreme anguish.
(Psa 22:2) O my God, I crie by day, but thou hearest not, and by night, but haue no audience.
(Psa 22:3) But thou art holy, and doest inhabite the prayses of Israel.
(Notes Reference) But thou [art] holy, [O thou] that inhabitest the (c) praises of Israel.
(c) He means the place of praising, even the tabernacle or else it is so called, because he gave the people continuous opportunity to praise him.
(Psa 22:4) Our fathers trusted in thee: they trusted, and thou didest deliuer them.
(Psa 22:5) They called vpon thee, and were deliuered: they trusted in thee, and were not confounded.
(Psa 22:6) But I am a worme, and not a man: a shame of men, and the contempt of the people.
(Notes Reference) But I [am] a (d) worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised of the people.
(d) And seeming most miserable of all creatures, which referred to Christ, and in this appears the unspeakable love of God for man, that he would thus abase his son for our sakes.
(Psa 22:7) All they that see me, haue me in derision: they make a mowe and nod the head, saying,
(Psa 22:8) He trusted in the Lord, let him deliuer him: let him saue him, seeing he loueth him.
(Psa 22:9) But thou didest draw me out of ye wombe: thou gauest me hope, euen at my mothers breasts.
(Notes Reference) But thou [art] he that took me out of the (e) womb: thou didst make me hope [when I was] upon my mother's breasts.
(e) Even from my birth you have given me opportunity to trust in you.
(Psa 22:10) I was cast vpon thee, euen from ye wombe: thou art my God from my mothers belly.
(Notes Reference) I was cast upon thee from the womb: thou [art] my God from my mother's (f) belly.
(f) For unless God's providence preserves the infants, they would perish a thousand times in the mother's womb.
(Psa 22:11) Be not farre from me, because trouble is neere: for there is none to helpe me.
(Psa 22:12) Many yong bulles haue compassed me: mightie bulles of Bashan haue closed me about.
(Notes Reference) Many bulls have compassed me: strong (g) [bulls] of Bashan have beset me round.
(g) He means that his enemies were so fat, proud and cruel that they were more like beasts than men.
(Psa 22:13) They gape vpon me with their mouthes, as a ramping and roaring lyon.
(Psa 22:14) I am like water powred out, and all my bones are out of ioynt: mine heart is like waxe: it is molten in the middes of my bowels.
(Notes Reference) I am poured out like (h) water, and all my bones are out of joint: my heart is like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels.
(h) Before he spoke of the cruelty of his enemies, and now he declares the inward grief of the mind, so that Christ was tormented both in soul and body.
(Psa 22:15) My strength is dryed vp like a potsheard, and my tongue cleaueth to my iawes, and thou hast brought me into the dust of death.
(Notes Reference) My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; and thou (i) hast brought me into the dust of death.
(i) You permitted me to be without all hope of life.
(Psa 22:16) For dogges haue compassed me, and the assemblie of the wicked haue inclosed me: they perced mine hands and my feete.
(Notes Reference) For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they (k) pierced my hands and my feet.
(k) Thus David complained as though he were nailed by his enemies in both hands and feet, but this was accomplished in Christ.
(Psa 22:17) I may tell all my bones: yet they beholde, and looke vpon me.
(Psa 22:18) They part my garments among them, and cast lottes vpon my vesture.
(Psa 22:19) But be thou not farre off, O Lord, my strength: hasten to helpe me.
(Psa 22:20) Deliuer my soule from the sword: my desolate soule from the power of the dogge.
(Notes Reference) Deliver my soul from the sword; my (l) darling from the power of the dog.
(l) My life that is solitary, left alone and forsaken by all, (Psa 35:17, Psa 25:16)
(Psa 22:21) Saue me from the lyons mouth, and answere me in sauing me from the hornes of the vnicornes.
(Notes Reference) (m) Save me from the lion's mouth: for thou hast heard me from the horns of the unicorns.
(m) Christ is delivered with a more mighty deliverance by overcoming death, than if he had not tasted death at all.
(Psa 22:22) I wil declare thy Name vnto my brethren: in the middes of the Congregation will I praise thee, saying,
(Psa 22:23) Prayse the Lord, ye that feare him: magnifie ye him, all the seede of Iaakob, and feare ye him, all the seede of Israel.
(Notes Reference) Ye that fear the LORD, (n) praise him; all ye the seed of Jacob, glorify him; and fear him, all ye the seed of Israel.
(n) He promises to exhort the Church that they by his example might praise the Lord.
(Psa 22:24) For he hath not despised nor abhorred ye affliction of the poore: neither hath he hid his face from him, but when he called vnto him, he heard.
(Notes Reference) For he hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the (o) afflicted; neither hath he hid his face from him; but when he cried unto him, he heard.
(o) The poor afflicted are comforted by this example of David, or Christ.
(Psa 22:25) My prayse shalbe of thee in the great Congregation: my vowes will I perfourme before them that feare him.
(Notes Reference) My praise [shall be] of thee in the great congregation: I will pay my (p) vows before them that fear him.
(p) Which were sacrifices of thanksgiving which they offered by God's commandment, when they were delivered out of any great danger.
(Psa 22:26) The poore shall eate and be satisfied: they that seeke after the Lord, shall prayse him: your heart shall liue for euer.
(Notes Reference) (q) The meek shall eat and be satisfied: they shall praise the LORD that seek him: your heart shall live for ever.
(q) He alludes still to the sacrifice.
(Psa 22:27) All the endes of the worlde shall remember themselues, and turne to the Lord: and all the kinreds of the nations shall worship before thee.
(Psa 22:28) For the kingdome is the Lords, and he ruleth among the nations.
(Psa 22:29) All they that be fat in the earth, shall eate and worship: all they that go downe into the dust, shall bowe before him, euen he that cannot quicken his owne soule.
(Notes Reference) All [they that be] fat (r) upon earth shall eat and worship: all they that go down to the dust shall bow before him: (s) and none can keep alive his own soul.
(r) Though the poor are first named as in (Psa 22:26) yet the wealthy are not separated from the grace of Christ's kingdom.
(s) In whom there is no hope that he will recover life: so neither poor nor rich, quick nor dead will be rejected from his kingdom.
(Psa 22:30) Their seede shall serue him: it shalbe counted vnto the Lord for a generation.
(Notes Reference) (t) A seed shall serve him; it shall be accounted to the Lord for a generation.
(t) Meaning, the prosperity which the Lord keeps as a seed to the Church to continue his praise among men.
(Psa 22:31) They shall come, and shall declare his righteousnesse vnto a people that shall be borne, because he hath done it.
(Notes Reference) They shall come, and shall declare his righteousness unto a people that shall be born, that he hath (u) done [this].
(u) That is, God has fulfilled his promise.
Passage 3: Matthew 12
(Mat 12:1) At that time Iesus went on a Sabbath day through ye corne, and his disciples were an hungred, and bega to plucke ye eares of corne and to eate.
(Notes Reference) At (1) that time Jesus went on the sabbath day through the corn; and his disciples were an hungred, and began to pluck the ears of corn, and to eat.
(1) Of the true sanctifying of the sabbath, and the breaking of it.
(Mat 12:2) And when the Pharises sawe it, they saide vnto him, Beholde, thy disciples doe that which is not lawfull to doe vpon the Sabbath.
(Mat 12:3) But he said vnto them, Haue ye not read what Dauid did when he was an hungred, and they that were with him?
(Mat 12:4) Howe he entred into ye house of God, and did eate the shewe bread, which was not lawfull for him to eate, neither for them which were with him, but onely for the Priestes?
(Notes Reference) How he entered into the house of God, and did eat the (a) shewbread, which was not lawful for him to eat, neither for them which were with him, but only for the priests?
(a) The Hebrews call it "bread of faces", because it stood before the Lord all the week upon the golden table appointed for that service; (Lev 24:6).
(Mat 12:5) Or haue ye not read in the Lawe, how that on the Sabbath dayes the Priestes in the Temple breake the Sabbath, and are blameles?
(Notes Reference) Or have ye not read in the law, how that on the sabbath days the priests in the temple (b) profane the sabbath, and are blameless?
(b) When the priests do God's service on the sabbath day, they do not break the law: much less does the Lord of the Sabbath break the sabbath.
(Mat 12:6) But I say vnto you, that here is one greater then the Temple.
(Mat 12:7) Wherefore if ye knewe what this is, I will haue mercie, and not sacrifice, ye would not haue condemned the innocents.
(Mat 12:8) For the sonne of man is Lord, euen of the Sabbath.
(Mat 12:9) And he departed thence, and went into their Synagogue:
(Notes Reference) (2) And when he was departed thence, he went into their synagogue:
(2) The ceremonies of the law are not against the love of our neighbour.
(Mat 12:10) And beholde, there was a man which had his hand dried vp. And they asked him, saying, Is it lawfull to heale vpon a Sabbath day? that they might accuse him.
(Mat 12:11) And he said vnto the, What man shall there be among you, that hath a sheepe, and if it fal on a Sabbath day into a pit, doth not take it and lift it out?
(Mat 12:12) How much more then is a man better then a sheepe? therefore, it is lawfull to doe well on a Sabbath day.
(Mat 12:13) Then said he to the man, Stretch forth thine hand. And he stretched it foorth, and it was made whole as the other.
(Mat 12:14) Then the Pharises went out, and consulted against him, howe they might destroy him.
(Notes Reference) (3) Then the Pharisees went out, and held a council against him, how they might destroy him.
(3) How far and in what aspect we may give place to the unbridled rage of the wicked.
(Mat 12:15) But whe Iesus knew it, he departed thece, and great multitudes folowed him, and he healed the al,
(Mat 12:16) And charged them in threatning wise, that they should not make him knowen,
(Mat 12:17) That it might be fulfilled, which was spoken by Esaias the Prophet, saying,
(Mat 12:18) Behold my seruant whom I haue chosen, my beloued in whom my soule deliteth: I wil put my Spirit on him, and he shall shewe iudgement to the Gentiles.
(Notes Reference) Behold my servant, whom I have chosen; my beloved, in whom my soul is well pleased: I will put my spirit upon him, and he shall shew (c) judgment to the Gentiles.
(c) By judgment is meant a godly kingdom, because Christ was to proclaim true religion among the Gentiles, and to cast out superstition; and wherever this is done, the Lord is said to reign and judge there, that is to say, to govern and rule matters.
(Mat 12:19) He shall not striue, nor crie, neither shall any man heare his voyce in the streetes.
(Mat 12:20) A bruised reede shall he not breake, and smoking flaxe shall he not quenche, till he bring forth iudgement vnto victorie.
(Notes Reference) A bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking flax shall he not quench, till he (d) send forth judgment unto victory.
(d) He will pronounce sentence and judgment, in spite of the world and Satan, and show himself conqueror over all his enemies.
(Mat 12:21) And in his Name shall the Gentiles trust.
(Mat 12:22) Then was brought to him one, possessed with a deuill, both blind, and dumme, and he healed him, so that he which was blind and dumme, both spake and saw.
(Notes Reference) (4) Then was brought unto him one possessed with a devil, blind, and dumb: and he healed him, insomuch that the blind and dumb both spake and saw.
(4) A truth, be it ever so obvious, is subject to the slander of the wicked: however, it ought to be resolutely defended.
(Mat 12:23) And all the people were amased, and saide, Is not this that sonne of Dauid?
(Mat 12:24) But when the Pharises heard it, they saide, This man casteth the deuils no otherwise out, but through Beelzebub the prince of deuils.
(Mat 12:25) But Iesus knew their thoughtes, and said to them, Euery kingdome deuided against it selfe, is brought to nought: and euery citie or house, deuided against it selfe, shall not stand.
(Notes Reference) (5) And Jesus knew their thoughts, and said unto them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and every city or house divided against itself shall not stand:
(5) The kingdom of Christ and the kingdom of the devil cannot abide together.
(Mat 12:26) So if Satan cast out Satan, he is deuided against himself: how shall then his kingdom endure?
(Mat 12:27) Also if I through Beelzebub cast out deuils, by whom doe your children cast them out? Therefore they shall be your iudges.
(Mat 12:28) But if I cast out deuils by ye Spirit of God, then is the kingdome of God come vnto you.
(Mat 12:29) Els howe can a man enter into a strong mans house and spoyle his goods, except he first bind the strong man, and then spoile his house.
(Mat 12:30) He that is not with me, is against me: and he that gathereth not with me, scattereth.
(Mat 12:31) Wherefore I say vnto you, euery sinne and blasphemie shalbe forgiuen vnto men: but the blasphemie against the holy Ghost shall not be forgiuen vnto men.
(Mat 12:32) And whosoeuer shall speake a word against the Sonne of man, it shall be forgiuen him: but whosoeuer shall speake against the holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiuen him, neither in this worlde, nor in the worlde to come.
(Notes Reference) And whosoever speaketh a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: (6) but whosoever speaketh against the Holy Spirit, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, neither in the [world] to come.
(6) Of blasphemy against the Holy Spirit.
(Mat 12:33) Either make the tree good, and his fruite good: or els make the tree euill, and his fruite euil: for the tree is knowen by the fruite.
(Mat 12:34) O generations of vipers, howe can you speake good things, when ye are euill? For of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.
(Notes Reference) (7) O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.
(7) Hypocrites at length betray themselves even by their own mouth.
(Mat 12:35) A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth foorth good things: and an euill man out of an euill treasure, bringeth forth euill things.
(Mat 12:36) But I say vnto you, that of euery idle word that men shall speake, they shall giue account thereof at the day of iudgement.
(Notes Reference) But I say unto you, That every (e) idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.
(e) Vain and unprofitable trifles, which for the most part, men spend their lives in search of.
(Mat 12:37) For by thy wordes thou shalt be iustified, and by thy wordes thou shalt be condemned.
(Mat 12:38) Then answered certaine of ye Scribes and of the Pharises, saying, Master, we would see a signe of thee.
(Notes Reference) (8) Then certain of the scribes and of the Pharisees answered, saying, Master, we would see a sign from thee.
(8) Against perverse desires of miracles.
(Mat 12:39) But he answered and said to them, An euill and adulterous generation seeketh a signe, but no signe shall be giuen vnto it, saue that signe of the Prophet Ionas.
(Notes Reference) But he answered and said unto them, An evil and (f) adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas:
(f) Bastard, who fell from Abraham's faith or forsook the true worship of God.
(Mat 12:40) For as Ionas was three daies and three nights in the whales belly: so shall the Sonne of man be three daies and three nights in ye heart of the earth.
(Mat 12:41) The men of Nineue shall rise in iudgement with this generation, and condemne it: for they repented at the preaching of Ionas: and behold, a greater then Ionas is here.
(Notes Reference) (9) The men of Nineveh shall rise in judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: because they repented at the preaching of Jonas; and, behold, a greater than Jonas [is] here.
(9) Christ teaches, by the sorrowful example of the Jews, that there are none more miserable than they who put out the light of the gospel which was kindled in them.
(Mat 12:42) The Queene of the South shall rise in iudgement with this generation, and shall condemne it: for she came from the vtmost partes of the earth to heare the wisdome of Salomon: and beholde, a greater then Salomon is here.
(Notes Reference) The queen of the (g) south shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for she came from the (h) uttermost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold, a greater than Solomon [is] here.
(g) He means the Queen of Sheba: whose country is south in respect to the land of Israel; (1Ki 10:1-13).
(h) For Sheba is situated in the farthest coast of Arabia at the mouth of the Arabian Sea.
(Mat 12:43) Nowe when the vncleane spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh throughout drie places, seeking rest, and findeth none.
(Mat 12:44) Then he saith, I wil returne into mine house from whence I came: and when he is come, he findeth it emptie, swept and garnished.
(Mat 12:45) Then he goeth, and taketh vnto him seuen other spirites worse then himselfe, and they enter in, and dwell there: and the ende of that man is worse then the beginning. Euen so shall it be with this wicked generation.
(Mat 12:46) While he yet spake to ye multitude, beholde, his mother, and his brethren stood without, desiring to speake with him.
(Notes Reference) (10) While he yet talked to the people, behold, [his] mother and his brethren stood without, desiring to speak with him.
(10) Christ teaches by his own example that all things ought to be set aside in respect of God's glory.
(Mat 12:47) Then one said vnto him, Beholde, thy mother and thy brethren stand without, desiring to speake with thee.
(Mat 12:48) But he answered, and said to him that told him, Who is my mother? and who are my brethren?
(Mat 12:49) And he stretched foorth his hand toward his disciples, and said, Beholde my mother and my brethren.
(Notes Reference) (11) And he stretched forth his hand toward his disciples, and said, Behold my mother and my brethren!
(11) None are more near unto us than they that are of the household of faith.
(Mat 12:50) For whosoeuer shall doe my Fathers will which is in heauen, the same is my brother and sister and mother.