Read Scripture In A Year: April 12

(Num 31:1) And the Lord spake vnto Moses, saying,

(Num 31:2) Reuenge the children of Israel of the Midianites, and afterwarde shalt thou be gathered vnto thy people.

(Num 31:3) And Moses spake to the people, saying, Harnesse some of you vnto warre, and let them goe against Midian, to execute the vengeance of the Lord against Midian.

(Notes Reference) And Moses spake unto the people, saying, Arm some of yourselves unto the war, and let them go (a) against the Midianites, and avenge the LORD of Midian.

(a) As he had commanded in (Num 25:17), declaring also that the injury done against his people is done against him.

(Num 31:4) A thousande of euery tribe throughout all the tribes of Israel, shall ye sende to the warre.

(Num 31:5) So there were taken out of the thousands of Israel, twelue thousande prepared vnto warre, of euery tribe a thousand.

(Num 31:6) And Moses sent them to the warre, euen a thousand of euery tribe, and sent them with Phinehas the sonne of Eleazar the Priest to the warre: and the holy instruments, that is, the trumpets to blow were in his hand.

(Notes Reference) And Moses sent them to the war, a thousand of [every] tribe, them and (b) Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, to the war, with the holy instruments, and the trumpets to blow in his hand.

(b) For his great zeal that he bare for the Lord, (Num 25:13).

(Num 31:7) And they warred against Midian, as the Lord had commanded Moses, and slue all the males.

(Num 31:8) They slue also the Kings of Midian among them that were slaine: Eui and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur and Reba fiue kings of Midian, and they slue Balaam the sonne of Beor with the sworde:

(Notes Reference) And they slew the kings of Midian, beside the rest of them that were slain; [namely], Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, five kings of Midian: (c) Balaam also the son of Beor they slew with the sword.

(Num 31:9) But the children of Israel tooke the women of Midian prisoners, and their children, and spoyled all their cattell, and all their flockes, and all their goods.

(Num 31:10) And they burnt all their cities, wherein they dwelt, and all their villages with fire.

(Num 31:11) And they tooke all the spoyle and all the pray both of men and beastes.

(Num 31:12) And they brought the captiues and that which they had taken, and the spoyle vnto Moses and to Eleazar the Priest, and vnto the Congregation of the children of Israel, into ye campe in the playne of Moab, which was by Iorden toward Iericho.

(Notes Reference) And they brought the (d) captives, and the prey, and the spoil, unto Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and unto the congregation of the children of Israel, unto the camp at the plains of Moab, which [are] by Jordan [near] Jericho.

(d) As the women and little children.

(Num 31:13) Then Moses and Eleazar the Priest, and all the princes of the Congregation went out of the campe to meete them.

(Num 31:14) And Moses was angry with the captaines of the hoste, with the captaines ouer thousands, and captaines ouer hundreds, which came from the warre and battel.

(Num 31:15) And Moses sayde vnto them, What? haue ye saued all the women?

(Notes Reference) And Moses said unto them, Have ye saved all the (e) women alive?

(e) As though he said, you should have spared none.

(Num 31:16) Behold, these caused the children of Israel through the counsell of Balaam to commit a trespasse against the Lord, as concerning Peor, and there came a plague among the Congregation of the Lord.

(Notes Reference) Behold, these caused the children of Israel, through the counsel of Balaam, to commit trespass against the LORD (f) in the matter of Peor, and there was a plague among the congregation of the LORD.

(f) For worshipping of Peor.

(Num 31:17) Now therefore, slay all the males among the children, and kill all the women that haue knowen man by carnall copulation.

(Notes Reference) Now therefore kill every male among the (g) little ones, and kill every woman that hath known man by lying with him.

(g) That is, all the boy children.

(Num 31:18) But all the women children that haue not knowen carnall copulation, keepe aliue for your selues.

(Num 31:19) And ye shall remaine without the host seuen dayes, all that haue killed any person, and all that haue touched any dead, and purifie both your selues and your prisoners the third day and the seuenth.

(Num 31:20) Also ye shall purifie euery garment and all that is made of skins and al worke of goates heare, and all things made of wood.

(Num 31:21) And Eleazar ye Priest sayd vnto the men of warre, which went to the battel, This is the ordinance of the law which the Lord commanded Moses,

(Num 31:22) As for gold, and siluer, brasse, yron, tynne, and lead:

(Num 31:23) Euen all that may abide the fire, yee shall make it goe through the fire, and it shalbe cleane: yet, it shalbe purified with the water of purification: and all that suffereth not the fire, yee shall cause to passe by the water.

(Notes Reference) Every thing that may abide the fire, ye shall make [it] go through the fire, and it shall be clean: nevertheless it shall be (h) purified with the water of separation: and all that abideth not the fire ye shall make go through the (i) water.

(h) The third day and before it is molten.

(i) It shall be washed.

(Num 31:24) Ye shall wash also your clothes the seuenth day, and ye shalbe cleane: and afterward ye shall come into the Hoste.

(Num 31:25) And the Lord spake vnto Moses, saying,

(Num 31:26) Take the summe of the praie that was taken, both of persons and of cattell, thou and Eleazar the Priest, and the chiefe fathers of the Congregation.

(Num 31:27) And deuide the praye betweene the souldiers that went to the warre, and all the Congregation.

(Num 31:28) And thou shalt take a tribute vnto ye Lord of the men of warre, which went out to battel: one person of fiue hundreth, both of the persons, and of the beeues, and of the asses, and of the sheepe.

(Notes Reference) And levy a tribute unto the LORD of the (k) men of war which went out to battle: one soul of five hundred, [both] of the persons, and of the beeves, and of the asses, and of the sheep:

(k) Of the prey that falls to the soldiers.

(Num 31:29) Yee shall take it of their halfe and giue it vnto Eleazar the Priest, as an heaue offring of the Lord.

(Num 31:30) But of the halfe of the children of Israel thou shalt take one, taken out of fiftie, both of the persons, of the beeues, of the asses, and of the sheepe, euen of all the cattel: and thou shalt giue them vnto the Leuites, which haue the charge of the Tabernacle of the Lord.

(Notes Reference) And of the children of Israel's half, thou shalt take (l) one portion of fifty, of the persons, of the beeves, of the asses, and of the flocks, of all manner of beasts, and give them unto the Levites, which keep the charge of the tabernacle of the LORD.

(l) The Israelites who had not been at war, of every fiftieth paid one to the Lord: and the soldiers one of every five hundred.

(Num 31:31) And Moses and Eleazar the priest did as the Lord had commanded Moses.

(Num 31:32) And the bootie, to wit, the rest of the praie which the men of warre had spoyled, was sixe hundreth seuentie and fiue thousand sheepe,

(Num 31:33) And seuentie and two thousand beeues,

(Num 31:34) And three score and one thousand asses,

(Num 31:35) And two and thirtie thousande persons in all, of women that had lyen by no man.

(Num 31:36) And the halfe, to wit, the part of them that went out to warre touching the nomber of sheepe, was three hundreth seuen and thirtie thousand, and fiue hundreth.

(Num 31:37) And the Lordes tribute of the sheepe was sixe hundreth and seuentie and fiue:

(Notes Reference) And the (m) LORD'S tribute of the sheep was six hundred and threescore and fifteen.

(m) This is the portion that the soldiers gave to the Lord.

(Num 31:38) And the beeues were six and thirty thousad, whereof the Lordes tribute was seuentie and two.

(Num 31:39) And the asses were thirtie thousande and fiue hundreth, whereof the Lordes tribute was three score and one:

(Num 31:40) And of persons sixtene thousand, whereof the Lordes tribute was two and thirtie persons.

(Notes Reference) And (n) the persons [were] sixteen thousand; of which the LORD'S tribute [was] thirty and two persons.

(n) Meaning, of the maids, or virgins who had not slept with a man.

(Num 31:41) And Moses gaue the tribute of the Lordes offring vnto Eleazar the Priest, as the Lord had commanded Moses.

(Num 31:42) And of the halfe of the children of Israel, which Moses deuided from the men of warre,

(Notes Reference) And of the children of Israel's (o) half, which Moses divided from the men that warred,

(o) Of that part which was given to them in dividing the spoil.

(Num 31:43) (For the halfe that perteined vnto the Congregation, was three hundreth thirtie and seuen thousand sheepe and fiue hundreth,

(Num 31:44) And sixe and thirtie thousand beeues,

(Num 31:45) And thirtie thousand asses, and fiue hudreth,

(Num 31:46) And sixteene thousande persons)

(Num 31:47) Moses, I say, tooke of the halfe that perteined vnto the children of Israel, one taken out of fiftie, both of the persons, and of the cattell, and gaue them vnto the Leuites, which haue the charge of the Tabernacle of the Lord, as the Lord had commanded Moses.

(Notes Reference) Even of the (p) children of Israel's half, Moses took one portion of fifty, [both] of man and of beast, and gave them unto the Levites, which kept the charge of the tabernacle of the LORD; as the LORD commanded Moses.

(p) Which had not been at war.

(Num 31:48) Then the captaines which were ouer thousandes of the hoste, the captaines ouer the thousandes, and the captaines ouer the hundreds came vnto Moses:

(Num 31:49) And saide to Moses, Thy seruants haue taken the summe of the men of warre which are vnder our authoritie, and there lacketh not one man of vs.

(Num 31:50) We haue therefore brought a present vnto the Lord, what euery man found of iewels of golde, bracelets, and cheines, rings, eare ringes, and ornaments of the legges, to make an atonement for our soules before the Lord.

(Notes Reference) (q) We have therefore brought an oblation for the LORD, what every man hath gotten, of jewels of gold, chains, and bracelets, rings, earrings, and tablets, to make an atonement for our souls before the LORD.

(q) The captains by the free offering acknowledge the great benefit of God in preserving his people.

(Num 31:51) And Moses and Eleazar the Priest tooke the golde of them, and all wrought iewels,

(Num 31:52) And all the golde of the offring that they offered vp to the Lord (of the captaines ouer thousands and hundreds) was sixteene thousande seuen hundreth and fiftie shekels,

(Num 31:53) (For the men of warre had spoyled, euery man for him selfe)

(Notes Reference) ([For] the men of war had taken spoil, every man for (r) himself.)

(r) And gave no portion to their captains.

(Num 31:54) And Moses and Eleazar the Priest tooke the golde of the captaines ouer the thousandes, and ouer the hundreds, and brought it into the Tabernacle of the Congregation, for a memoriall of the children of Israel before the Lord.

(Notes Reference) And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and brought it into the tabernacle of the congregation, [for] a (s) memorial for the children of Israel before the LORD.

(s) that the Lord might remember the children of Israel.

Passage 2: Proverbs 22

(Pro 22:1) A good name is to be chosen aboue great riches, and louing fauour is aboue siluer and aboue golde.

(Notes Reference) A [good] name [is] rather to be chosen than great riches, [and] (a) loving favour rather than silver and gold.

(a) Which comes by well doing.

(Pro 22:2) The rich and poore meete together: the Lord is the maker of them all.

(Notes Reference) The rich and poor (b) meet together: the LORD [is] the maker of them all.

(b) Live together, and have need the one of the other.

(Pro 22:3) A prudent man seeth the plague, and hideth himselfe: but the foolish goe on still, and are punished.

(Notes Reference) A prudent [man] (c) foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished.

(Pro 22:4) The rewarde of humilitie, and the feare of God is riches, and glory, and life.

(Pro 22:5) Thornes and snares are in the way of the frowarde: but he that regardeth his soule, will depart farre from them.

(Pro 22:6) Teache a childe in the trade of his way, and when he is olde, he shall not depart from it.

(Notes Reference) Train up a child (d) in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.

(d) Bring him up virtuously and he will continue so.

(Pro 22:7) The rich ruleth the poore, and the borower is seruant to the man that lendeth.

(Pro 22:8) He that soweth iniquitie, shall reape affliction, and the rodde of his anger shall faile.

(Notes Reference) He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: and the (e) rod of his anger shall fail.

(e) His authority by which he oppressed others, will be taken from him.

(Pro 22:9) He that hath a good eye, he shalbe blessed: for he giueth of his bread vnto the poore.

(Notes Reference) He that hath a bountiful (f) eye shall be blessed; for he giveth of his bread to the poor.

(f) He that is merciful and liberal.

(Pro 22:10) Cast out the scorner, and strife shall go out: so contention and reproche shall cease.

(Pro 22:11) Hee that loueth purenesse of heart for the grace of his lippes, the King shalbe his friend.

(Notes Reference) He that loveth pureness of heart, [for] the grace of his lips the (g) king [shall be] his friend.

(g) He shows that princes should use their familiarity, whose conscience is good, and their talk wise and godly.

(Pro 22:12) The eyes of the Lord preserue knowledge: but hee ouerthroweth the wordes of the transgressour.

(Notes Reference) The eyes of the LORD preserve (h) knowledge, and he overthroweth the words of the transgressor.

(h) Favour them that love knowledge.

(Pro 22:13) The slouthfull man saith, A lyon is without, I shall be slaine in the streete.

(Notes Reference) The slothful [man] saith, (i) [There is] a lion outside, I shall be slain in the streets.

(i) He derides them that invent vain excuses, because they would not do their duty.

(Pro 22:14) The mouth of strage women is as a deepe pit: he with whom the Lord is angry, shall fall therein.

(Notes Reference) The mouth of strange women [is] a deep pit: he that is abhorred by the LORD (k) shall fall in it.

(k) So God punishes one sin by another, when he suffers the wicked to fall into the acquaintance of a harlot.

(Pro 22:15) Foolishnesse is bounde in the heart of a childe: but the rodde of correction shall driue it away from him.

(Notes Reference) Foolishness [is] bound (l) in the heart of a child; [but] the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.

(l) He is naturally given to it.

(Pro 22:16) Hee that oppresseth the poore to increase him selfe, and giueth vnto the riche, shall surely come to pouertie.

(Pro 22:17) Incline thine eare, and heare the wordes of the wise, and apply thine heart vnto my knowledge.

(Pro 22:18) For it shalbe pleasant, if thou keepe them in thy bellie, and if they be directed together in thy lippes.

(Pro 22:19) That thy confidence may be in the Lord, I haue shewed thee this day: thou therefore take heede.

(Notes Reference) That thy trust may be in (m) the LORD, I have made known to thee this day, even to thee.

(m) He shows what the end of wisdom is: that is, to direct us to the Lord.

(Pro 22:20) Haue not I written vnto thee three times in counsels and knowledge,

(Notes Reference) Have not I written to thee (n) excellent things in counsels and knowledge,

(n) That is, various times.

(Pro 22:21) That I might shewe thee the assurance of the wordes of trueth to answere the wordes of trueth to them that sende to thee?

(Pro 22:22) Robbe not the poore, because hee is poore, neither oppresse the afflicted in iudgement.

(Pro 22:23) For the Lord will defende their cause, and spoyle the soule of those that spoyle them.

(Pro 22:24) Make no friendship with an angrie man, neither goe with the furious man,

(Notes Reference) Make (o) no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go:

(o) Have nothing to do with him that is not able to rule his affections: for he would hurt you by his evil conversation.

(Pro 22:25) Least thou learne his wayes, and receiue destruction to thy soule.

(Pro 22:26) Be not thou of them that touch the hand, nor among them that are suretie for debts.

(Notes Reference) Be not thou [one] of them that (p) strike hands, [or] of them that are sureties for debts.

(p) Who rashly put themselves in danger for others, as in (Pro 6:2).

(Pro 22:27) If thou hast nothing to paye, why causest thou that he should take thy bed from vnder thee?

(Pro 22:28) Thou shalt not remooue the ancient bounds which thy fathers haue made.

(Pro 22:29) Thou seest that a diligent man in his businesse standeth before Kings, and standeth not before the base sort.

Passage 3: John 4

(Joh 4:1) Nowe when the Lord knew, how the Pharises had heard, that Iesus made and baptized moe disciples then Iohn,

(Notes Reference) When (1) therefore the Lord knew how the Pharisees had heard that Jesus made and baptized more disciples than John,

(1) This balance is to be kept in doing our duty, that neither by fear are we terrified from going forward, and neither by rashness procure or bring dangers upon ourselves.

(Joh 4:2) (Though Iesus himselfe baptized not: but his disciples)

(Joh 4:3) Hee left Iudea, and departed againe into Galile.

(Joh 4:4) And he must needes goe through Samaria.

(Joh 4:5) Then came hee to a citie of Samaria called Sychar, neere vnto the possession that Iacob gaue to his sonne Ioseph.

(Notes Reference) (2) Then cometh he to a city of Samaria, which is called Sychar, near to the parcel of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph.

(2) Christ, leaving the proud Pharisees, communicates the treasures of everlasting life with a poor sinful woman and stranger, refuting the gross errors of the Samaritans, and defending the true service of God, which was delivered to the Jews, but yet in such a way that he here calls both Samaritans and Jews back to himself, as one whom only all the fathers, and also all the ceremonies of the law, regarded, and had respect for.

(Joh 4:6) And there was Iacobs well. Iesus then wearied in the iourney, sate thus on the well: it was about the sixt houre.

(Notes Reference) Now Jacob's well was there. Jesus therefore, being wearied with [his] journey, sat (a) thus on the well: [and] it was about the (b) sixth hour.

(a) Even as he was weary, or because he was weary.

(b) It was almost noon.

(Joh 4:7) There came a woman of Samaria to drawe water. Iesus sayd vnto her, Giue me drinke.

(Joh 4:8) For his disciples were gone away into the citie, to buy meate.

(Joh 4:9) Then sayde the woman of Samaria vnto him, Howe is it, that thou being a Iewe, askest drinke of me, which am a woman of Samaria? For the Iewes meddle not with the Samaritans.

(Notes Reference) Then saith the woman of Samaria unto him, How is it that thou, being a Jew, askest drink of me, which am a woman of Samaria? for the Jews (c) have no dealings with the Samaritans.

(Joh 4:10) Iesus answered and saide vnto her, If thou knewest that gift of God, and who it is that saieth to thee, Giue mee drinke, thou wouldest haue asked of him, and hee woulde haue giuen thee, water of life.

(Notes Reference) Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest (d) the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldest have asked of him, and he would have given thee (e) living water.

(d) By this word "the" we are shown that Christ speaks of some excellent gift, that is to say, even about himself, whom his Father offered to this woman.

(e) This everlasting water, that is to say, the exceeding love of God, is called "living" or "of life", to make a difference between it and the water that should be drawn out of a well: and these metaphors are frequently used by the Jews.

(Joh 4:11) The woman saide vnto him, Sir, thou hast nothing to drawe with, and the well is deepe: from whence then hast thou that water of life?

(Joh 4:12) Art thou greater then our father Iacob, which gaue vs the well, and hee himselfe dranke thereof, and his sonnes, and his cattell?

(Joh 4:13) Iesus answered, and said vnto her, Whosoeuer drinketh of this water, shall thirst againe:

(Joh 4:14) But whosoeuer drinketh of the water that I shall giue him, shall neuer be more a thirst: but the water that I shall giue him, shalbe in him a well of water, springing vp into euerlasting life.

(Joh 4:15) The woman said vnto him, Syr, giue me of that water, that I may not thirst, neither come hither to drawe.

(Joh 4:16) Iesus said vnto her, Go, call thine husband, and come hither.

(Joh 4:17) The woman answered, and saide, I haue no husband. Iesus said vnto her, Thou hast well said, I haue no husband.

(Joh 4:18) For thou hast had fiue husbands, and he whom thou nowe hast, is not thine husband: that saidest thou truely.

(Joh 4:19) The woman saide vnto him, Sir, I see that thou art a Prophet.

(Joh 4:20) Our fathers worshipped in this mountaine, and ye say, that in Ierusalem is the place where men ought to worship.

(Notes Reference) (3) Our fathers worshipped in this (f) mountain; and ye say, that in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship.

(3) All the religion of superstitious people stands for the most part upon two pillars, but very weak, that is to say, upon the perverted examples of the fathers, and a foolish opinion of outward things: and to refute such errors we have to turn to the word and nature of God.

(f) The name of this mountain is Gerizim, upon which Sanabaletta the Cuthite built a temple with the permission of Alexander of Macedonia, after the victory of Issica: and he made high priest there Manasses his son in law; Josephus, book 11.

(Joh 4:21) Iesus saide vnto her, Woman, beleeue me, the houre commeth, when ye shall neither in this mountaine, nor at Hierusalem worship ye Father.

(Joh 4:22) Ye worship that which ye knowe not: we worship that which we knowe: for saluation is of the Iewes.

(Joh 4:23) But the houre commeth, and nowe is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit, and trueth: for the Father requireth euen such to worship him.

(Notes Reference) But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in (g) spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him.

(g) This word "spirit" is to be taken here as it is set against that commandment which is called carnal in (Heb 7:16), as the commandment is considered in itself: and so he speaks of "truth" not as we set it against a lie, but as we take it in respect of the outward ceremonies of the law, which only shadowed that which Christ indeed performed.

(Joh 4:24) God is a Spirite, and they that worship him, must worship him in spirit and trueth.

(Notes Reference) God [is] a (h) Spirit: and they that worship him must worship [him] in spirit and in truth.

(h) By the word "spirit" he means the nature of the Godhead, and not the third person in the Trinity.

(Joh 4:25) The woman said vnto him, I knowe well that Messias shall come which is called Christ: when he is come, he will tell vs all things.

(Joh 4:26) Iesus said vnto her, I am he, that speake vnto thee.

(Joh 4:27) And vpon that, came his disciples, and marueiled that he talked with a woman: yet no man said vnto him, What askest thou? or why talkest thou with her?

(Joh 4:28) The woman then left her waterpot, and went her way into the citie, and said to the men,

(Joh 4:29) Come, see a man which hath tolde me all things that euer I did: is not he that Christ?

(Joh 4:30) Then they went out of the citie, and came vnto him.

(Joh 4:31) In the meane while, the disciples prayed him, saying, Master, eate.

(Joh 4:32) But he said vnto them, I haue meate to eate that ye know not of.

(Notes Reference) (4) But he said unto them, I have meat to eat that ye know not of.

(4) We may have care of our bodies, but in such a way that we prefer willingly and freely the occasion which is offered us to enlarge the kingdom of God before all necessities of this life, whatever else they may be.

(Joh 4:33) Then said ye disciples betweene themselues, Hath any man brought him meate?

(Joh 4:34) Iesus saide vnto them, My meate is that I may doe the will of him that sent me, and finish his worke.

(Joh 4:35) Say not ye, There are yet foure moneths, and then commeth haruest? Beholde, I say vnto you, Lift vp your eyes, and looke on the regions: for they are white alreadie vnto haruest.

(Notes Reference) (5) Say not ye, There are yet four months, and [then] cometh harvest? behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields; for they are white already to harvest.

(5) When the spiritual corn is ripe, we must not linger, for so the children of this world would condemn us.

(Joh 4:36) And he that reapeth, receiueth rewarde, and gathereth fruite vnto life eternall, that both he that soweth, and he that reapeth, might reioyce together.

(Notes Reference) (6) And he that reapeth receiveth wages, and gathereth fruit unto life eternal: that both he that soweth and he that reapeth may rejoice together.

(6) The doctrine of the prophets was as it were a sowing time, and the doctrine of the gospel, as the harvest: and there is an excellent agreement between them both, and the ministers of them both.

(Joh 4:37) For herein is the saying true, that one soweth, and an other reapeth.

(Notes Reference) And herein is that (i) saying true, One soweth, and another reapeth.

(i) That proverb.

(Joh 4:38) I sent you to reape that, whereon ye bestowed no labour: other men laboured, and ye are entred into their labours.

(Joh 4:39) Nowe many of the Samaritans of that citie beleeued in him, for the saying of the woman which testified, He hath tolde me all things that euer I did.

(Notes Reference) (7) And many of the Samaritans of that city believed on him for the saying of the woman, which testified, He told me all that ever I did.

(7) The Samaritans most joyfully embrace that which the Jews most stubbornly rejected.

(Joh 4:40) Then when the Samaritans were come vnto him, they besought him, that he woulde tarie with them: and he abode there two dayes.

(Joh 4:41) And many moe beleeued because of his owne word.

(Joh 4:42) And they said vnto the woman, Nowe we beleeue, not because of thy saying: for we haue heard him our selues, and knowe that this is in deede that Christ the Sauiour of the world.

(Joh 4:43) So two dayes after he departed thence, and went into Galile.

(Notes Reference) (8) Now after two days he departed thence, and went into (k) Galilee.

(8) The despisers of Christ deprive themselves of his benefit: yet Christ prepares a place for himself.

(k) Into the towns and villages of Galilee, for he would not live in his country of Nazareth, because they despised him, and where (as the other evangelists write) the efficacy of his benefits was hindered because of their being incredibly stiffnecked.

(Joh 4:44) For Iesus himselfe had testified, that a Prophet hath none honour in his owne countrey.

(Joh 4:45) Then when he was come into Galile, the Galileans receiued him, which had seene all the things that he did at Hierusalem at the feast: for they went also vnto the feast.

(Joh 4:46) And Iesus came againe into Cana a towne of Galile, where he had made of water, wine. And there was a certaine ruler, whose sonne was sicke at Capernaum.

(Notes Reference) (9) So Jesus came again into Cana of Galilee, where he made the water wine. And there was a certain (l) nobleman, whose son was sick at Capernaum.

(9) Although Christ is absent in body, yet he works mightily in the believers by his word.

(l) Some of Herod's royal attendants, for though Herod was not a king, but a Tetrarch, yet he was a king in all respects (or at least the people called him a king) except that he lacked the title of king.

(Joh 4:47) When he heard that Iesus was come out of Iudea into Galile, he went vnto him, and besought him that he would goe downe, and heale his sonne: for he was euen ready to die.

(Joh 4:48) Then saide Iesus vnto him, Except ye see signes and wonders, ye will not beleeue.

(Joh 4:49) The ruler said vnto him, Syr, goe downe before my sonne dye.

(Joh 4:50) Iesus said vnto him, Go thy way, thy sonne liueth: and the man beleeued the worde that Iesus had spoken vnto him, and went his way.

(Joh 4:51) And as he was nowe going downe, his seruants met him, saying, Thy sonne liueth.

(Joh 4:52) Then enquired he of them the houre when he began to amend. And they said vnto him, Yesterday the seuenth houre the feuer left him.

(Joh 4:53) Then the father knew, that it was the same houre in the which Iesus had said vnto him, Thy sonne liueth. And he beleeued, and all his houshold.

(Joh 4:54) This second miracle did Iesus againe, after he was come out of Iudea into Galile.