Passage 1: Genesis 42-43
(Gen 42:1) Then Iaakob saw that there was foode in Egypt, and Iaakob said vnto his sonnes, Why gaze ye one vpon an other?
(Notes Reference) Now when (a) Jacob saw that there was corn in Egypt, Jacob said unto his sons, Why do ye (b) look one upon another?
(a) This story shows plainly that all things are governed by God's providence for the profit of his Church.
(b) As men destitute of counsel.
(Gen 42:2) And he said, Behold, I haue heard that there is foode in Egypt, Get you downe thither, and bie vs foode thence, that we may liue and not die.
(Gen 42:3) So went Iosephs ten brethren downe to bye corne of the Egyptians.
(Gen 42:4) But Beniamin Iosephs brother woulde not Iaakob send with his brethren: for he saide, Least death should befall him.
(Gen 42:5) And the sonnes of Israel came to bye foode among them that came: for there was famine in the land of Canaan.
(Gen 42:6) Now Ioseph was gouerner of the land, who solde to all the people of the lande: then Iosephs brethren came, and bowed their face to the groud before him.
(Gen 42:7) And when Ioseph sawe his brethren, hee knewe them, and made himselfe straunge toward them, and spake to them roughly, and saide vnto them, Whence come yee? Who answered, Out of the land of Canaan, to bye vitaile.
(Notes Reference) And Joseph saw his brethren, and he knew them, but (c) made himself strange unto them, and spake roughly unto them; and he said unto them, Whence come ye? And they said, From the land of Canaan to buy food.
(c) This concealing is not to be followed, nor any actions of the father's not approved by God's word.
(Gen 42:8) (Now Ioseph knewe his brethren, but they knew not him.
(Gen 42:9) And Ioseph remembred the dreames, which he dreamed of them) and he sayde vnto them, Ye are spies, and are come to see the weaknesse of the land.
(Gen 42:10) But they sayde vnto him, Nay, my lorde, but to bye vitayle thy seruants are come.
(Gen 42:11) Wee are all one mans sonnes: wee meane truely, and thy seruants are no spies.
(Gen 42:12) But he saide vnto them, Nay, but yee are come to see the weakenes of the land.
(Gen 42:13) And they said, We thy seruants are twelue brethren, the sonnes of one man in the lande of Canaan: and beholde, the yongest is this day with our father, and one is not.
(Gen 42:14) Againe Ioseph sayde vnto them, This is it that I spake vnto you, saying, Ye are spies.
(Gen 42:15) Hereby ye shall be proued: by the life of Pharaoh, ye shall not goe hence, except your yongest brother come hither.
(Notes Reference) Hereby ye shall be proved: (d) By the life of Pharaoh ye shall not go forth hence, except your youngest brother come hither.
(d) The Egyptians who were idolaters, used to swear by their king's life: but God forbids swearing by anyone but him: yet Joseph dwelling among the wicked was corrupted by them.
(Gen 42:16) Send one of you which may fet your brother, and ye shall be kept in prison, that your words may be proued, whether there bee trueth in you: or els by the life of Pharaoh ye are but spies.
(Gen 42:17) So he put them in warde three dayes.
(Gen 42:18) Then Ioseph said vnto them the third day, This do, and liue: for I feare God.
(Notes Reference) And Joseph said unto them the third day, This do, and live; [for] I (e) fear God:
(e) And therefore am true and just.
(Gen 42:19) If ye be true men, let one of your brethren be bounde in your prison house, and goe ye, carie foode for the famine of your houses:
(Gen 42:20) But bring your yonger brother vnto me, that your wordes may be tried, and that ye dye not: and they did so.
(Gen 42:21) And they said one to another, We haue verily sinned against our brother, in that we sawe the anguish of his soule, when he besought vs, and we would not heare him: therefore is this trouble come vpon vs.
(Notes Reference) And they said one to another, (f) We [are] verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us.
(f) Affliction makes men acknowledge their faults, which otherwise they would conceal.
(Gen 42:22) And Reuben answered them, saying, Warned I not you, saying, Sinne not against the childe, and ye would not heare? and lo, his blood is now required.
(Notes Reference) And Reuben answered them, saying, Spake I not unto you, saying, Do not sin against the child; and ye would not hear? therefore, behold, also his (g) blood is required.
(g) God will take vengeance on us, and measure us with our own measure.
(Gen 42:23) (And they were not aware that Ioseph vnderstoode them: for he spake vnto them by an interpreter.)
(Gen 42:24) Then he turned from them, and wept, and turned to them againe, and communed with them, and tooke Simeon from among them, and bounde him before their eyes.
(Notes Reference) And he turned himself about from them, and (h) wept; and returned to them again, and communed with them, and took from them Simeon, and bound him before their eyes.
(h) Though he acts harshly, yet his brotherly affection remained.
(Gen 42:25) So Ioseph commanded that they should fill their sackes with wheate, and put euery mans money againe in his sacke, and giue them vitaile for the iourney: and thus did he vnto them.
(Gen 42:26) And they layed their vitaile vpon their asses, and departed thence.
(Gen 42:27) And as one of them opened his sacke for to giue his asse prouender in the ynne, he espyed his money: for lo, it was in his sackes mouth.
(Gen 42:28) Then he sayde vnto his brethren, My money is restored: for loe, it is euen in my sacke. And their heart fayled them, and they were astonished, and sayde one to another, What is this, that God hath done vnto vs?
(Notes Reference) And he said unto his brethren, My money is restored; and, lo, [it is] even in my sack: and their heart failed [them], and they were (i) afraid, saying one to another, What [is] this [that] God hath done unto us?
(i) Because their conscience accused them of their sin, they thought God had brought them trouble through the money.
(Gen 42:29) And they came vnto Iaakob their father vnto the lande of Canaan, and tolde him all that had befallen them, saying,
(Gen 42:30) The man, who is Lord of the lande, spake roughly to vs, and put vs in prison as spyes of the countrey.
(Gen 42:31) And we sayd vnto him, We are true men, and are no spies.
(Gen 42:32) We be twelue brethren, sonnes of our father: one is not, and the yongest is this day with our father in the land of Canaan.
(Gen 42:33) Then the Lord of the countrey sayde vnto vs, Hereby shall I knowe if ye be true men: Leaue one of your brethren with me, and take foode for the famine of your houses and depart,
(Gen 42:34) And bring your yongest brother vnto me, that I may knowe that ye are no spies, but true men: so will I deliuer you your brother, and yee shall occupie in the land.
(Gen 42:35) And as they emptied their sacks, behold, euery mans bundel of money was in his sacke: and when they and their father sawe the bundels of their money, they were afrayde.
(Gen 42:36) Then Iaakob their father said to them, Ye haue robbed me of my children: Ioseph is not, and Simeon is not, and ye will take Beniamin: all these things are against me.
(Notes Reference) And Jacob their father said unto them, Me have ye bereaved [of my children]: Joseph [is] not, and Simeon [is] not, and ye will take Benjamin [away]: all these things are against (k) me.
(k) For they did not seem to be concerned or have any love for their brother which increased his sorrow: and partly as it appears he suspected them for Joseph.
(Gen 42:37) Then Reuben answered his father, saying, Slay my two sonnes, if I bring him not to thee againe: deliuer him to mine hand, and I will bring him to thee againe.
(Gen 42:38) But he said, My sonne shall not go downe with you: for his brother is dead, and he is left alone: if death come vnto him by the way which ye goe, then ye shall bring my gray head with sorow vnto the graue.
(Gen 43:1) Now great famine was in the land.
(Notes Reference) And the (a) famine [was] sore in the land.
(a) This was a great temptation to Jacob to suffer such a great famine in the land where God had promised to bless him.
(Gen 43:2) And when they had eaten vp the vitaile, which they had brought from Egypt, their father sayd vnto them, Turne againe, and bye vs a little foode.
(Gen 43:3) And Iudah answered him, saying, The man charged vs by an othe, saying, Neuer see my face, except your brother be with you.
(Gen 43:4) If thou wilt sende our brother with vs, we will goe downe, and bye thee foode:
(Gen 43:5) But if thou wilt not send him, we wil not go downe: for the man said vnto vs, Looke me not in the face, except your brother be with you.
(Gen 43:6) And Israel sayd, Wherefore delt ye so euill with me, as to tell the man, whether ye had yet a brother or no?
(Gen 43:7) And they answered, The man asked straitly of our selues and of our kinred, saying, Is your father yet aliue? haue ye any brother? And wee tolde him according to these wordes: could we knowe certainely that he would say, Bring your brother downe?
(Gen 43:8) Then sayde Iudah to Israel his father, Send the boy with mee, that we may rise and goe, and that we may liue and not dye, both we, and thou, and our children.
(Gen 43:9) I wil be suertie for him: of mine hand shalt thou require him. If I bring him not to thee, and set him before thee, then let me beare the blame for euer.
(Gen 43:10) For except we had made this tarying, doutlesse by this we had returned the second time.
(Gen 43:11) Then their father Israel sayd vnto them, If it must needes be so now, do thus: take of the best fruites of the lande in your vessels, and bring the man a present, a little rosen, and a little hony, spices and myrrhe, nuttes, and almondes:
(Gen 43:12) And take double money in your hande, and the money, that was brought againe in your sackes mouthes: cary it againe in your hand, lest it were some ouersight.
(Notes Reference) And take (b) double money in your hand; and the money that was brought again in the mouth of your sacks, carry [it] again in your hand; peradventure it [was] an oversight:
(b) When we are in need or danger, God does not forbid us to use honest means to better our estate and condition.
(Gen 43:13) Take also your brother and arise, and go againe to the man.
(Gen 43:14) And God almightie giue you mercie in the sight of the man, that hee may deliuer you your other brother, and Beniamin: but I shall be robbed of my childe, as I haue bene.
(Notes Reference) And (c) God Almighty give you mercy before the man, that he may send away your other brother, and Benjamin. If I be (d) bereaved [of my children], I am bereaved.
(c) Our main trust should be in God, not in worldly means.
(d) He speaks these words not so much in despair, but to make his sons more careful to return with their brother.
(Gen 43:15) Thus the men tooke this present, and tooke twise so much money in their hande with Beniamin, and rose vp, and went downe to Egypt and stoode before Ioseph.
(Gen 43:16) And whe Ioseph saw Beniamin with them, he sayde to his stewarde, Bring these men home and kill meate, and make ready: for the men shall eate with me at noone.
(Gen 43:17) And the man did as Ioseph bad, and brought the men vnto Iosephs house.
(Gen 43:18) Nowe when the men were brought into Iosephs house, they were afrayd, and sayd, Because of the money, that came in our sackes mouthes at the first time, are we brought, that hee may picke a quarrell against vs, and lay some thing to our charge, and bring vs in bondage and our asses.
(Notes Reference) And the men were (e) afraid, because they were brought into Joseph's house; and they said, Because of the money that was returned in our sacks at the first time are we brought in; that he may seek occasion against us, and fall upon us, and take us for bondmen, and our asses.
(e) So the judgment of God weighed on their consciences.
(Gen 43:19) Therefore came they to Iosephs stewarde, and communed with him at the doore of ye house.
(Gen 43:20) And said, Oh syr, we came in deede down hither at the first time to bye foode,
(Gen 43:21) And as wee came to an ynne and opened our sackes, behold, euery mans money was in his sackes mouth, euen our money in full weight, but we haue brought it againe in our handes.
(Gen 43:22) Also other money haue we brought in our handes to bye foode, but we cannot tell, who put our money in our sackes.
(Gen 43:23) And he said, Peace be vnto you, feare not: your God and the God of your father hath giuen you that treasure in your sackes, I had your money: and he brought forth Simeon to them.
(Notes Reference) And he said, Peace [be] to you, fear not: (f) your God, and the God of your father, hath given you treasure in your sacks: I had your money. And he brought Simeon out unto them.
(f) Despite the corruption of Egypt, Joseph taught his family to fear God.
(Gen 43:24) So the man led them into Iosephs house, and gaue them water to wash their feete, and gaue their asses prouender.
(Gen 43:25) And they made ready their present against Ioseph came at noone, (for they heard say, that they should eate bread there)
(Gen 43:26) When Ioseph came home, they brought the present into the house to him, which was in their handes, and bowed downe to the grounde before him.
(Gen 43:27) And he asked them of their prosperitie, and sayd, Is your father the olde man, of whome ye tolde me, in good health? is he yet aliue?
(Gen 43:28) Who answered, Thy seruant our father is in good health, he is yet aliue: and they bowed downe, and made obeysance.
(Gen 43:29) And he lifting vp his eyes, beheld his brother Beniamin his mothers sonne, and sayde, Is this your yonger brother, of whome ye tolde me? And he said, God be merciful vnto thee, my sone.
(Notes Reference) And he lifted up his eyes, and saw his brother Benjamin, his (g) mother's son, and said, [Is] this your younger brother, of whom ye spake unto me? And he said, God be gracious unto thee, my son.
(g) For only these two were born of Rachel.
(Gen 43:30) And Ioseph made haste (for his affection was inflamed towarde his brother, and sought where to weepe) and entred into his chamber, and wept there.
(Gen 43:31) Afterward he washed his face, and came out, and refrained himselfe, and sayd, Set on meate.
(Gen 43:32) And they prepared for him by himselfe, and for them by themselues, and for the Egyptians, which did eate with him, by themselues, because the Egyptians might not eate bread with the Ebrewes: for that was an abomination vnto the Egyptians.
(Notes Reference) And they (h) set on for him by himself, and for them by themselves, and for the Egyptians, which did eat with him, by themselves: because the Egyptians might not eat bread with the Hebrews; for that [is] an (i) abomination unto the Egyptians.
(h) To signify his dignity.
(i) The nature of the superstitions is to condemn all others in respect to themselves.
(Gen 43:33) So they sate before him: the eldest according vnto his age, and the yongest according vnto his youth. and the men marueiled among themselues.
(Gen 43:34) And they tooke meases from before him, and sent to them: but Beniamins mease was fiue times so much as any of theirs: and they drunke, and had of the best drinke with him.
(Notes Reference) And he took [and sent] messes unto them from before him: but Benjamin's mess was five times so much as any of theirs. And they drank, (k) and were merry with him.
(k) Sometimes this word means "to be drunken", but here it means that they had enough, and drank of the best wine.
Passage 2: Psalms 46-48
(Psa 46:1) To him that excelleth upon Alamoth a song committed to the sonnes of Korah. God is our hope and strength, and helpe in troubles, ready to be found.
(Notes Reference) "To the chief Musician for the sons of Korah, A Song upon (a) Alamoth." God [is] our refuge and strength, a very present help in (b) trouble.
(a) Which was either a musical instrument or a solemn tune, to which this psalm was sung.
(b) In all manner of troubles God shows his speedy mercy and power in defending his.
(Psa 46:2) Therefore will not we feare, though the earth be moued, and though the mountaines fall into the middes of the sea.
(Notes Reference) Therefore will not we (c) fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea;
(c) That is, we will not be overcome with fear.
(Psa 46:3) Though the waters thereof rage and be troubled, and the mountaines shake at the surges of the same. Selah,
(Notes Reference) [Though] the waters thereof (d) roar [and] be troubled, [though] the mountains shake with the swelling thereof. Selah.
(d) Though the afflictions rage, yet the rivers of God's mercies bring sufficient comfort to his.
(Psa 46:4) Yet there is a Riuer, whose streames shall make glad the citie of God: euen the Sanctuarie of the Tabernacles of the most High.
(Notes Reference) [There is] a (e) river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God, the holy [place] of the tabernacles of the most High.
(e) The river of Shiloh, which passed through Jerusalem: meaning, though the defence seems small, yet if God has appointed it, it is sufficient.
(Psa 46:5) God is in the middes of it: therefore shall it not be moued: God shall helpe it very earely.
(Notes Reference) God [is] in the midst of her; she shall not be moved: God shall help her, [and that] (f) right early.
(f) Always when need requires.
(Psa 46:6) When the nations raged, and the kingdomes were moued, God thundred, and the earth melted.
(Psa 46:7) The Lord of hostes is with vs: the God of Iaakob is our refuge. Selah.
(Notes Reference) The LORD of hosts [is] (g) with us; the God of Jacob [is] our refuge. Selah.
(g) They are assured that God can and will defend his Church from all dangers and enemies.
(Psa 46:8) Come, and behold the workes of the Lord, what desolations he hath made in the earth.
(Notes Reference) Come, behold the works of the LORD, (h) what desolations he hath made in the earth.
(h) That is, how often he has destroyed his enemies, and delivered his people.
(Psa 46:9) He maketh warres to cease vnto the endes of the world: he breaketh the bowe and cutteth the speare, and burneth the chariots with fire.
(Psa 46:10) Be still and knowe that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, and I wil be exalted in the earth.
(Notes Reference) Be (i) still, and know that I [am] God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.
(i) He warns them who persecute the Church to cease their cruelty: for also they will feel that God is too strong for them against whom they fight.
(Psa 46:11) The Lord of hostes is with vs: the God of Iaakob is our refuge. Selah.
(Psa 47:1) To him that excelleth. A Psalme committed to the sonnes of Korah. All people clap your hands: sing loude vnto God with a ioyfull voyce.
(Notes Reference) "To the chief Musician, A Psalm for the sons of Korah." O (a) clap your hands, all ye people; shout unto God with the voice of triumph.
(a) Here is figured Christ to whom all his should give willing obedience, and who would show himself terrible to the wicked.
(Psa 47:2) For the Lord is high, and terrible: a great King ouer all the earth.
(Psa 47:3) He hath subdued the people vnder vs, and the nations vnder our feete.
(Notes Reference) He shall (b) subdue the people under us, and the nations under our feet.
(b) He has made the Jews who were the keepers of the law and prophets, schoolmasters to the Gentiles, that they would with gladness obey them.
(Psa 47:4) Hee hath chosen our inheritance for vs: euen the glory of Iaakob whom he loued. Selah.
(Notes Reference) He shall choose (c) our inheritance for us, the excellency of Jacob whom he loved. Selah.
(c) God has chosen us above all other nations, to enjoy a most glorious inheritance.
(Psa 47:5) God is gone vp with triumph, euen the Lord, with the sound of the trumpet.
(Notes Reference) God is gone up with a shout, the LORD with the (d) sound of a trumpet.
(d) He alludes to the trumpets that were blown at solemn feasts: but he further signifies the triumph of Christ and his glorious ascension into the heavens.
(Psa 47:6) Sing prayses to God, sing prayses: sing prayses vnto our King, sing prayses.
(Psa 47:7) For God is the King of all the earth: sing prayses euery one that hath vnderstanding.
(Notes Reference) For God [is] the King of all the earth: sing ye praises with (e) understanding.
(e) He requires that understanding be joined with singing, lest the Name of God be profaned with vain crying.
(Psa 47:8) God reigneth ouer the heathen: God sitteth vpon his holy throne.
(Psa 47:9) The princes of the people are gathered vnto the people of the God of Abraham: for the shields of the world belong to God: he is greatly to be exalted.
(Notes Reference) The princes of the people are gathered together, [even] the people of the God of Abraham: for the shields of the earth [belong] unto God: he (f) is greatly exalted.
(f) He praises God's highness, for that he joins the great princes of the world (whom he calls shields) to the fellowship of his Church.
(Psa 48:1) A song or Psalme committed to the sonnes of Korah. Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praysed, in the Citie of our God, euen vpon his holy Mountaine.
(Notes Reference) "(a) A Song [and] Psalm for the sons of Korah." Great [is] the LORD, and greatly to be praised in the (b) city of our God, [in] the mountain of his holiness.
(a) Some put this difference between a song and psalm, saying that it is called a song when there is no instrument but the voice, and the song of the psalm is when the instruments begin and the voice follows.
(b) Even though God shows his wonders through all the world, yet he will be chiefly praised in his Church.
(Psa 48:2) Mount Zion, lying Northwarde, is faire in situation: it is the ioy of the whole earth, and the Citie of the great King.
(Notes Reference) Beautiful for situation, the (c) joy of the whole earth, [is] mount Zion, [on] the sides of the north, the city of the great King.
(c) Because the word of salvation came there to all who would believe.
(Psa 48:3) In the palaces thereof God is knowen for a refuge.
(Notes Reference) God is known in her palaces for a (d) refuge.
(d) Unless God is the defence of it, neither situation nor munition can prevail.
(Psa 48:4) For lo, the Kings were gathered, and went together.
(Notes Reference) For, lo, the kings were (e) assembled, they passed by together.
(e) They conspired and went against God's people.
(Psa 48:5) When they sawe it, they marueiled: they were astonied, and suddenly driuen backe.
(Notes Reference) They saw [(f) it, and] so they marvelled; they were troubled, [and] hasted away.
(f) The enemies were afraid at the sight of the city.
(Psa 48:6) Feare came there vpon them, and sorowe, as vpon a woman in trauaile.
(Psa 48:7) As with an East winde thou breakest the shippes of Tarshish, so were they destroyed.
(Notes Reference) Thou breakest the ships (g) of Tarshish with an east wind.
(g) That is, of Cilicia or of the Mediterranean sea.
(Psa 48:8) As we haue heard, so haue we seene in the citie of the Lord of hostes, in the Citie of our God: God will stablish it for euer. Selah.
(Notes Reference) As we have (h) heard, so have we seen in the city of the LORD of hosts, in the city of our God: God will establish it for ever. Selah.
(h) That is, of our fathers: so have we proved: or God has performed his promise.
(Psa 48:9) We waite for thy louing kindnes, O God, in the middes of thy Temple.
(Psa 48:10) O God, according vnto thy Name, so is thy prayse vnto the worlds end: thy right hand is full of righteousnes.
(Notes Reference) According to thy name, O God, so [is] thy praise unto the ends of the (i) earth: thy right hand is full of righteousness.
(i) In all places where your Name will be heard of, men will praise you when they hear of your marvellous works.
(Psa 48:11) Let mount Zion reioyce, and the daughters of Iudah be glad, because of thy iudgements.
(Notes Reference) Let (k) mount Zion rejoice, let the daughters of Judah be glad, because of thy judgments.
(k) Let Jerusalem and the cities of Judea rejoice, for your just judgments against your enemies.
(Psa 48:12) Compasse about Zion, and goe round about it, and tell the towres thereof.
(Notes Reference) (l) Walk about Zion, and go round about her: tell the towers thereof.
(l) For in this outward defence and strength God's blessings also appeared, but the chief is to be referred to God's favour and secret defence, who never leaves his.
(Psa 48:13) Marke well the wall thereof: beholde her towres, that ye may tell your posteritie.
(Psa 48:14) For this God is our God for euer and euer: he shall be our guide vnto the death.
Passage 3: Matthew 28
(Mat 28:1) Now in the end of the Sabbath, when the first day of ye weeke began to dawne, Marie Magdalene, and the other Marie came to see the sepulchre,
(Notes Reference) In (1) the (a) end of the sabbath, as it (b) began to dawn toward the first [day] of the week, came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to see the sepulchre.
(1) Christ, having routed death in the tomb, rises by his own power, as the angel immediately witnesses.
(a) At the going out of the sabbath, that is, about daybreak after the Roman manner of telling time, which considers the natural day to be from the rising of the sun to the next sunrise: and not as the Hebrews, which count from evening to evening.
(b) When the morning of the first day after the sabbath began to dawn: and that first day is the same as that which we now call Sunday, or the Lord's day.
(Mat 28:2) And behold, there was a great earthquake: for the Angel of the Lord descended from heauen, and came and rolled backe the stone from the doore, and sate vpon it.
(Mat 28:3) And his countenance was like lightning, and his raiment white as snowe.
(Notes Reference) His (c) countenance was like lightning, and his raiment white as snow:
(c) The beams of his eyes, and by the figure of speech called synecdoche, this is understood as the countenance.
(Mat 28:4) And for feare of him, the keepers were astonied, and became as dead men.
(Mat 28:5) But the Angel answered, and said to the women, Feare ye not: for I know that ye seeke Iesus which was crucified:
(Notes Reference) And the angel answered and said unto the women, Fear not (d) ye: for I know that ye seek Jesus, which was crucified.
(d) The word "ye" is spoken with force to indicate that it was the women to whom he was speaking, as the soldiers were also afraid.
(Mat 28:6) He is not here, for he is risen; as he saide: come, see the place where the Lord was laid,
(Mat 28:7) And go quickly, and tel his disciples that he is risen from ye dead: and behold, he goeth before you into Galile: there ye shall see him: loe, I haue told you.
(Mat 28:8) So they departed quickly from the sepulchre, with feare and great ioye, and did runne to bring his disciples worde.
(Mat 28:9) And as they wet to tel his disciples, behold, Iesus also met the, saying, God saue you. And they came, and tooke him by the feete, and worshipped him.
(Notes Reference) (2) And as they went to tell his disciples, behold, Jesus met them, saying, All hail. And they came and held him by the feet, and worshipped him.
(2) Christ himself appears after his resurrection, and sending the women to his disciples, shows that he has not forgotten them.
(Mat 28:10) Then said Iesus vnto them, Be not afraide. Goe, and tell my brethren, that they goe into Galile, and there shall they see me.
(Mat 28:11) Nowe when they were gone, beholde, some of the watch came into the citie, and shewed vnto the hie Priestes all ye things that were done.
(Notes Reference) (3) Now when they were going, behold, some of the watch came into the city, and shewed unto the chief priests all the things that were done.
(3) The more that the sun shines, the more that the wicked are blinded.
(Mat 28:12) And they gathered them together with the Elders, and tooke counsell, and gaue large money vnto the souldiers,
(Mat 28:13) Saying, Say, His disciples came by night, and stole him away while we slept.
(Mat 28:14) And if this matter come before the gouernour to be heard, we will perswade him, and so vse the matter that you shall not neede to care.
(Notes Reference) And if this (e) come to the governor's ears, we will persuade him, and secure you.
(e) For it was to be feared that it would be brought to the governor's ears.
(Mat 28:15) So they tooke the money, and did as they were taught: and this saying is noysed among the Iewes vnto this day.
(Mat 28:16) Then ye eleuen disciples wet into Galile, into a mountaine, where Iesus had appointed the.
(Notes Reference) (4) Then the eleven disciples went away into Galilee, into a mountain where Jesus had appointed them.
(4) Christ appears also to his disciples, whom he makes apostles.
(Mat 28:17) And when they sawe him, they worshipped him: but some douted.
(Mat 28:18) And Iesus came, and spake vnto them, saying, All power is giuen vnto me, in heauen, and in earth.
(Mat 28:19) Go therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the Name of the Father, and the Sonne, and the holy Ghost,
(Notes Reference) (5) Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them (f) in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit:
(5) The sum of the apostleship is the proclaiming of the doctrine received from Christ throughout all the world, and the ministering of the sacraments: the efficacy of which things depends not on the minsters but on the Lord.
(f) Calling upon the Name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
(Mat 28:20) Teaching them to obserue all things, whatsoeuer I haue commanded you: and lo, I am with you alway, vntill the ende of the worlde, Amen.
(Notes Reference) Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you (g) alway, [even] unto the end of the world. Amen.
(g) Forever: and this refers to the manner of the presence of his Spirit, by means of which he makes us partakers both of himself and of all his benefits, even though he is absent from us in body.