Read Scripture In A Year: April 18

Passage 1: Deuteronomy 1

(Deu 1:1) These bee the wordes which Moses spake vnto all Israel, on this side Iorden in the wildernesse, in the plaine, ouer against the red Sea, betweene Paran and Tophel, and Laban, and Hazeroth, and Di-zahab.

(Notes Reference) These [be] the words which Moses spake unto all Israel on (a) this side Jordan in the wilderness, in the plain (b) over against the Red [sea], between Paran, and Tophel, and Laban, and Hazeroth, and Dizahab.

The Argument - The wonderful love of God toward his Church is actively set forth in this book. Even through their ingratitude and many rebellions against God, for the space forty years. (Deu_9:7) they deserved to have been cut off from the number of his people, and forever to have been deprived of the use of his holy word and ordinances: yet he ever preserved his Church even for his own mercy's sake, and would still have his name called upon among them. Wherefore he brings them into the land of Canaan, destroys their enemies, gives them their country, towns and goods, and exhorts them by the example of their fathers (whose infidelity, idolatry, adulteries, complaining and rebellions, he had most severely punished) to fear and obey the Lord, to embrace and keep his law without adding to it or diminishing from it. For by his word he would be known to be their God, and they his people, by his word he would govern his Church, and by the same they would learn to obey him: by his word he would discern the false prophet from the true, light form darkness, ignorance from knowledge, and his own people from all the other nations and infidels: teaching them by it to refuse and detest, destroy and abolish whatever is not agreeable to his holy will, seem it otherwise never so good or precious in the eyes of man. For this cause God promised to raise up kings and governors, for the setting forth of his word and preservation of his Church: giving to them a special charge for the executing of it: whom therefore he wills to exercise themselves diligently in the continual study and meditation of the same: that they might learn to fear the Lord, love their subjects, abhor covetousness and vices, and whatever offends the majesty of God. As he had before instructed their fathers in all things belonging both to his spiritual service and also for the maintenance of that society which is between men: so he prescribes here anew all such laws and ordinances, which either concern his divine service, or else are necessary for a common good: appointing to every estate and degree their charge and duty: as well, how to rule and live in the fear of God, as to nourish friendship toward their neighbours, and to preserve the order which God has established among men: threatening most horrible plagues to them that transgress his commandments, and promising blessings and happiness to those who observe and obey them.

(a) In the country of Moab.

(b) So that the wilderness was between the sea and the plain of Moab.

(Deu 1:2) There are eleuen dayes iourney from Horeb vnto Kadesh-barnea, by the way of mout Seir.

(Notes Reference) ([There are] eleven days' [journey] from (c) Horeb by the way of mount Seir unto Kadeshbarnea.)

(c) In Horeb, or Sinai, forty years before the law was given: but because all that were then of age and judgment were now dead, Moses repeats the same to the youth who either then were not born, or had not judgment.

(Deu 1:3) And it came to passe in the first day of the eleuenth moneth, in the fourtieth yeere that Moses spake vnto the children of Israel according vnto all that the Lord had giuen him in commandement vnto them,

(Deu 1:4) After that he had slaine Sihon the king of the Amorites which dwelt in Heshbon, and Og king of Bashan, which dwelt at Ashtaroth in Edrei.

(Notes Reference) After he had slain (d) Sihon the king of the Amorites, which dwelt in Heshbon, and Og the king of Bashan, which dwelt at Astaroth in Edrei:

(d) By these examples of God's favour, their minds are prepared to receive the law.

(Deu 1:5) On this side Iorden in the lande of Moab began Moses to declare this lawe, saying,

(Notes Reference) On this side Jordan, in the land of Moab, (e) began Moses to declare this law, saying,

(e) The second time.

(Deu 1:6) The Lord our God spake vnto vs in Horeb, saying, Ye haue dwelt long ynough in this mount,

(Notes Reference) The LORD our God spake unto us in (f) Horeb, saying, Ye have dwelt long enough in this mount:

(f) In the second year and second month, (Num_10:11).

(Deu 1:7) Turne you and depart, and goe vnto the mountaine of the Amorites, and vnto all places neere thereunto in the plaine, in the mountaine, or in the valley: both Southwarde, and to the Sea side, to the land of the Canaanites, and vnto Lebanon: euen vnto the great riuer, the riuer Perath.

(Deu 1:8) Beholde, I haue set the land before you: go in and possesse that land which the Lord sware vnto your fathers, Abraham, Izhak, and Iaakob, to giue vnto them and to their seede after them.

(Deu 1:9) And I spake vnto you the same time, saying, I am not able to beare you my selfe alone:

(Notes Reference) And I spake (g) unto you at that time, saying, I am not able to bear you myself alone:

(g) By the counsel of Jethro my father-in-law, (Exo_18:19).

(Deu 1:10) The Lord your God hath multiplied you: and beholde, ye are this day as the starres of heauen in nomber:

(Notes Reference) The LORD your God hath (h) multiplied you, and, behold, ye [are] this day as the stars of heaven for multitude.

(h) Not so much by the course of nature, as miraculously.

(Deu 1:11) (The Lord God of your fathers make you a thousand times so many moe as ye are, and blesse you, as he hath promised you)

(Deu 1:12) Howe can I alone beare your combrance and your charge, and your strife?

(Notes Reference) How can I myself alone (i) bear your cumbrance, and your burden, and your strife?

(i) Signifying how great a burden it is, to govern the people.

(Deu 1:13) Bring you men of wisedome and of vnderstanding, and knowen among your tribes, and I will make them rulers ouer you:

(Notes Reference) Take you wise men, and understanding, and (k) known among your tribes, and I will make them rulers over you.

(k) Whose godliness and uprightness is known.

(Deu 1:14) Then ye answered me and said, The thing is good that thou hast commanded vs to doe.

(Deu 1:15) So I tooke the chiefe of your tribes wise and knowen men, and made them rulers ouer you, captaines ouer thousands, and captaines ouer hundreds, and captaines ouer fiftie, and captaines ouer tenne, and officers among your tribes.

(Notes Reference) So I took the chief of your tribes, (l) wise men, and known, and made them heads over you, captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, and captains over fifties, and captains over tens, and officers among your tribes.

(l) Declaring what sort of men ought to have a public charge, read (Exo_18:21).

(Deu 1:16) And I charged your iudges that same time, saying, Heare the controuersies betweene your brethren, and iudge righteously betweene euery man and his brother, and the stranger that is with him.

(Deu 1:17) Ye shall haue no respect of person in iudgement, but shall heare the small aswell as the great: yee shall not feare the face of man: for the iudgement is Gods: and the cause that is too hard for you, bring vnto me, and I will heare it.

(Notes Reference) Ye shall not respect persons in judgment; [but] ye shall hear the small as well as the great; ye shall not be afraid of the face of man; for the judgment [is] (m) God's: and the cause that is too hard for you, bring [it] unto me, and I will hear it.

(m) You are his Lieutenants.

(Deu 1:18) Also I commanded you the same time all the things which ye should doe.

(Deu 1:19) Then we departed from Horeb, and went through all that great and terrible wildernesse (as yee haue seene) by the way of the mountaine of the Amorites, as the Lord our God commanded vs: and we came to Kadesh-barnea.

(Deu 1:20) And I saide vnto you, Yee are come vnto the mountaine of the Amorites, which the Lord our God doeth giue vnto vs.

(Notes Reference) And (n) I said unto you, Ye are come unto the mountain of the Amorites, which the LORD our God doth give unto us.

(n) So that the fault was in themselves, that they did not sooner possess the inheritance promised.

(Deu 1:21) Beholde, the Lord thy God hath layde the land before thee: go vp and possesse it, as the Lord the God of thy fathers hath saide vnto thee: feare not, neither be discouraged.

(Deu 1:22) Then ye came vnto me euery one, and said, We wil send men before vs, to search vs out the land and to bring vs word againe, what way we must go vp by, and vnto what cities we shall come.

(Notes Reference) (o) And ye came near unto me every one of you, and said, We will send men before us, and they shall search us out the land, and bring us word again by what way we must go up, and into what cities we shall come.

(o) Read (Num_13:3).

(Deu 1:23) So the saying pleased me well, and I tooke twelue men of you, of euery tribe one.

(Deu 1:24) Who departed, and went vp into the mountaine, and came vnto the riuer Eshcol, and searched out the land.

(Deu 1:25) And tooke of the fruite of the land in their hands, and brought it vnto vs, and brought vs worde againe, and sayd, It is a good land, which the Lord our God doeth giue vs.

(Notes Reference) And they took of the fruit of the land in their hands, and brought [it] down unto us, and brought us word again, and (p) said, [It is] a good land which the LORD our God doth give us.

(p) That is, Caleb, and Joshua; Moses prefers the better part to the greater, that is, two to ten.

(Deu 1:26) Notwithstanding, ye would not go vp, but were disobedient vnto the commandement of the Lord your God,

(Deu 1:27) And murmured in your tentes, and sayd, Because the Lord hated vs, therefore hath hee brought vs out of the land of Egypt, to deliuer vs into the hand of the Amorites, and to destroy vs.

(Notes Reference) And ye murmured in your tents, and said, Because the LORD (q) hated us, he hath brought us forth out of the land of Egypt, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us.

(q) Such was the Jews unthankfulness, that they counted God's special love, hatred.

(Deu 1:28) Whither shall we go vp? our brethren haue discouraged our hearts, saying, The people is greater, and taller then we: the cities are great and walled vp to heauen: and moreouer we haue seene the sonnes of the Anakims there.

(Notes Reference) Whither shall we go up? our (r) brethren have discouraged our heart, saying, The people [is] greater and taller than we; the cities [are] great and walled up to heaven; and moreover we have seen the sons of the Anakims there.

(r) The other ten, not Caleb and Joshua.

(Deu 1:29) But I sayd vnto you, Dread not, nor be afrayd of them.

(Deu 1:30) The Lord your God, who goeth before you, he shall fight for you, according to all that he did vnto you in Egypt before your eyes,

(Notes Reference) The LORD your God (s) which goeth before you, he shall fight for you, according to all that he did for you in Egypt before your eyes;

(s) Declaring that to renounce our own force, and constantly to follow our calling, and depend on the Lord, is true boldness, and agreeable to God.

(Deu 1:31) And in the wildernesse, where thou hast seene how the Lord thy God bare thee, as a man doeth beare his sonne, in all the way which ye haue gone, vntill ye came vnto this place.

(Deu 1:32) Yet for all this ye did not beleeue the Lord your God,

(Deu 1:33) Who went in the way before you, to search you out a place to pitch your tentes in, in fire by night, that ye might see what way to goe, and in a cloude by day.

(Deu 1:34) Then the Lord heard the voyce of your wordes, and was wroth, and sware, saying,

(Deu 1:35) Surely there shall not one of these men of this froward generation, see that good land, which I sware to giue vnto your fathers,

(Deu 1:36) Saue Caleb the sonne of Iephunneh: he shall see it, and to him will I giue the land that he hath troden vpon, and to his children, because he hath constantly followed the Lord.

(Deu 1:37) Also the Lord was angry with me for your sakes, saying, Thou also shalt not goe in thither,

(Deu 1:38) But Ioshua the sonne of Nun which standeth before thee, he shall go in thither: incourage him: for he shall cause Israel to inherite it.

(Notes Reference) [But] Joshua the son of Nun, which standeth (t) before thee, he shall go in thither: encourage him: for he shall cause Israel to inherit it.

(t) Who minister to you.

(Deu 1:39) Moreouer, your children, which ye sayd should be a praye, and your sonnes, which in that day had no knowledge betweene good and euill, they shall go in thither, and vnto them wil I giue it, and they shall possesse it.

(Notes Reference) Moreover your (u) little ones, which ye said should be a prey, and your children, which in that day had no knowledge between good and evil, they shall go in thither, and unto them will I give it, and they shall possess it.

(u) Who were under twenty years of age, (Num_14:31).

(Deu 1:40) But as for you, turne backe, and take your iourney into the wildernesse by the way of the red Sea.

(Deu 1:41) Then ye answered and sayd vnto me, We haue sinned against the Lord, we wil go vp, and fight, according to all that the Lord our God hath commanded vs: and ye armed you euery man to the warre, and were ready to goe vp into the mountaine.

(Notes Reference) Then ye answered and said unto me, We have sinned against the LORD, (x) we will go up and fight, according to all that the LORD our God commanded us. And when ye had girded on every man his weapons of war, ye were ready to go up into the hill.

(x) This declares man's nature, who will do that which God forbids, and will not do that which he commands.

(Deu 1:42) But the Lord said vnto me, Say vnto them, Goe not vp, neither fight, (for I am not among you) least ye fall before your enemies.

(Notes Reference) And the LORD said unto me, Say unto them, Go not up, neither fight; for I [am] (y) not among you; lest ye be smitten before your enemies.

(y) Signifying that man has no strength, but when God is at hand to help him.

(Deu 1:43) And when I told you, ye would not heare, but rebelled against the commandement of the Lord, and were presumptuous, and went vp into the mountaine.

(Deu 1:44) Then the Amorites which dwelt in that mountaine came out against you, and chased you (as bees vse to doe) and destroied you in Seir, euen vnto Hormah.

(Deu 1:45) And when ye came againe, ye wept before the Lord, but the Lord would not heare your voyce, nor incline his eares vnto you.

(Notes Reference) And ye returned and wept before the LORD; but the LORD would not (z) hearken to your voice, nor give ear unto you.

(z) Because you rather showed your hypocrisy, than true repentance; rather lamenting the loss of your brethren, than repenting for your sins.

(Deu 1:46) So ye abode in Kadesh a long time, according to the time that ye had remained before.

Passage 2: Proverbs 28

(Pro 28:1) The wicked flee when none pursueth: but the righteous are bolde as a lyon.

(Notes Reference) The wicked (a) flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold as a lion.

(a) Because their own conscience accuses them.

(Pro 28:2) For the transgression of the land there are many princes thereof: but by a man of vnderstanding and knowledge a realme likewise endureth long.

(Notes Reference) For the transgression of a land (b) many [are] its princes: but by a man of understanding [and] knowledge [its] state shall be prolonged.

(b) The state of the commonwealth is often changed.

(Pro 28:3) A poore man, if he oppresse the poore, is like a raging raine, that leaueth no foode.

(Pro 28:4) They that forsake the Law, prayse the wicked: but they that keepe the Law, set themselues against them.

(Pro 28:5) Wicked men vnderstand not iudgemnt: but they that seeke the Lord vnderstand all things.

(Pro 28:6) Better is the poore that walketh in his vprightnesse, then hee that peruerteth his wayes, though he be riche.

(Pro 28:7) He that keepeth the Law, is a childe of vnderstanding: but hee that feedeth the gluttons, shameth his father.

(Pro 28:8) He that increaseth his riches by vsurie and interest, gathereth them for him that will be mercifull vnto the poore.

(Notes Reference) He that by interest and unjust gain increaseth his substance, he shall gather (c) it for him that will pity the poor.

(Pro 28:9) He that turneth away his eare from hearing the Law, euen his prayer shalbe abominable.

(Notes Reference) He that turneth away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer [shall be] (d) abomination.

(d) Because it is not of faith which is grounded on God's word or law which the wicked contemn.

(Pro 28:10) He that causeth the righteous to go astray by an euill way, shall fall into his owne pit, and the vpright shall inherite good things.

(Pro 28:11) The riche man is wise in his owne conceite: but the poore that hath vnderstanding, can trie him.

(Notes Reference) The rich man [is] wise in his own conceit; but the poor man that hath understanding searcheth (e) him out.

(e) And judge that he is not wise.

(Pro 28:12) When righteous men reioyce, there is great glory: but when the wicked come vp, the man is tried.

(Notes Reference) When righteous [men] rejoice, [there is] great glory: but when the wicked rise, a man (f) is hidden.

(f) He is known by his doings to be wicked.

(Pro 28:13) He that hideth his sinnes, shall not prosper: but he that confesseth, and forsaketh them, shall haue mercy.

(Pro 28:14) Blessed is the man that feareth alway: but he that hardeneth his heart, shall fall into euill.

(Notes Reference) Happy [is] the man that (g) feareth always: but he that hardeneth his heart shall fall into mischief.

(g) Which stands in awe of God, and is afraid to offend him.

(Pro 28:15) As a roaring lyon, and an hungry beare, so is a wicked ruler ouer the poore people.

(Notes Reference) [As] a roaring lion, and a ranging bear; [so is] (h) a wicked ruler over the poor people.

(h) For he can never be satisfied but always oppresses and spoils.

(Pro 28:16) A prince destitute of vnderstanding, is also a great oppressour: but hee that hateth couetousnes, shall prolong his dayes.

(Pro 28:17) A man that doeth violence against the blood of a person, shall flee vnto the graue, and they shall not stay him.

(Notes Reference) A man that doeth violence to the blood of [any] person shall flee to the pit; let no man (i) sustain him.

(i) No one will be able to deliver him.

(Pro 28:18) He that walketh vprightly, shalbe saued: but he that is froward in his wayes, shall once fall.

(Pro 28:19) He that tilleth his land, shall be satisfied with bread: but he that followeth the idle, shall be filled with pouertie.

(Pro 28:20) A faythfull man shall abound in blessings, and he that maketh haste to be riche, shall not be innocent.

(Pro 28:21) To haue respect of persons is not good: for that man will transgresse for a piece of bread.

(Notes Reference) To have respect of persons [is] not good: for for a piece of (k) bread [that] man will transgress.

(k) He will be abused for nothing.

(Pro 28:22) A man with a wicked eye hasteth to riches, and knoweth not, that pouertie shall come vpon him.

(Notes Reference) He that hasteneth to be rich [hath] an evil (l) eye, and considereth not that poverty shall come upon him.

(l) Meaning, he that is covetous.

(Pro 28:23) He that rebuketh a man, shall finde more fauour at length, then he that flattereth with his tongue.

(Pro 28:24) Hee that robbeth his father and mother, and sayth, It is no transgression, is the companion of a man that destroyeth.

(Pro 28:25) He that is of a proude heart, stirreth vp strife: but he that trusteth in the Lord, shall be fatte.

(Notes Reference) He that is of a proud heart stirreth up strife: but he that putteth his trust in the LORD shall be made (m) fat.

(m) Will have all things in abundance.

(Pro 28:26) Hee that trusteth in his owne heart, is a foole: but he that walketh in wisdome, shall be deliuered.

(Pro 28:27) He that giueth vnto the poore, shall not lacke: but he that hideth his eyes, shall haue many curses.

(Pro 28:28) When the wicked rise vp, men hide them selues: but when they perish, ye righteous increase.

Passage 3: John 11

(Joh 11:1) And a certaine man was sicke, named Lazarus of Bethania, the towne of Marie, and her sister Martha.

(Notes Reference) Now (1) a certain [man] was sick, [named] Lazarus, of Bethany, the (a) town of Mary and her sister Martha.

(1) Christ, in restoring the rotting body of his friend to life, shows an example both of his mighty power, and also of his singular good will toward men: and this is also an image of the resurrection to come.

(a) Where his sisters dwelt.

(Joh 11:2) (And it was that Mary which anointed the Lord with oyntment, and wiped his feete with her heare, whose brother Lazarus was sicke.)

(Joh 11:3) Therefore his sisters sent vnto him, saying, Lord, beholde, he whome thou louest, is sicke.

(Joh 11:4) When Iesus heard it, he saide, This sickenes is not vnto death, but for the glorie of God, that the Sonne of God might be glorified thereby.

(Joh 11:5) Nowe Iesus loued Martha and her sister, and Lazarus.

(Joh 11:6) And after he had heard that he was sicke, yet abode hee two dayes still in the same place where he was.

(Notes Reference) (2) When he had heard therefore that he was sick, he abode two days still in the same place where he was.

(2) In that thing which God sometimes seems to linger in helping us, he does it both for his glory, and for our salvation, as the end result of the matter clearly proves.

(Joh 11:7) Then after that, said he to his disciples, Let vs goe into Iudea againe.

(Joh 11:8) The disciples saide vnto him, Master, the Iewes lately sought to stone thee, and doest thou goe thither againe?

(Notes Reference) (3) [His] disciples say unto him, Master, the Jews of late sought to stone thee; and goest thou thither again?

(3) This alone is the sure and right way to life, to follow God boldly without fear, who calls us and shines before us in the darkness of this world.

(Joh 11:9) Iesus answered, Are there not twelue houres in the day? If a man walke in the day, hee stumbleth not, because he seeth the light of this world.

(Notes Reference) Jesus answered, Are there not (c) twelve hours in the day? If any man walk in the day, he stumbleth not, because he seeth the light of this world.

(Joh 11:10) But if a man walke in the night, hee stumbleth, because there is no light in him.

(Joh 11:11) These things spake he, and after, he said vnto them, Our friend Lazarus sleepeth: but I goe to wake him vp.

(Notes Reference) These things said he: and after that he saith unto them, Our friend Lazarus (d) sleepeth; but I go, that I may awake him out of sleep.

(d) The Jews used a milder kind of speech and called death "sleep", and this same manner of speech is found in other languages, who call the place of burial where the dead are laid waiting for the resurrection a "sleeping place".

(Joh 11:12) Then said his disciples, Lord, if he sleepe, he shalbe safe.

(Joh 11:13) Howbeit, Iesus spake of his death: but they thought that he had spoken of the naturall sleepe.

(Joh 11:14) Then saide Iesus vnto them plainely, Lazarus is dead.

(Joh 11:15) And I am glad for your sakes, that I was not there, that ye may beleeue: but let vs go vnto him.

(Joh 11:16) Then saide Thomas (which is called Didymus) vnto his felow disciples, Let vs also goe, that we may die with him.

(Joh 11:17) Then came Iesus, and found that he had lien in the graue foure dayes alreadie.

(Joh 11:18) (Nowe Bethania was neere vnto Hierusalem, about fifteene furlongs off.)

(Joh 11:19) And many of ye Iewes were come to Martha and Marie to comfort them for their brother.

(Notes Reference) (4) And many of the Jews came to Martha and Mary, to comfort them concerning their brother.

(4) God, who is the maker of nature, does not condemn natural emotions, but shows that they ought to be guided by the rule of faith.

(Joh 11:20) Then Martha, when shee heard that Iesus was comming, went to meete him: but Mary sate still in the house.

(Joh 11:21) Then said Martha vnto Iesus, Lord, if thou hadst bene here, my brother had not bene dead.

(Joh 11:22) But now I know also, that whatsoeuer thou askest of God, God will giue it thee.

(Joh 11:23) Iesus said vnto her, Thy brother shall rise againe.

(Notes Reference) Jesus saith unto her, Thy brother shall (e) rise again.

(e) That is, will recover life again.

(Joh 11:24) Martha said vnto him, I know that he shall rise againe in the resurrection at the last day.

(Joh 11:25) Iesus saide vnto her, I am the resurrection and the life: he that beleeueth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he liue.

(Joh 11:26) And whosoeuer liueth, and beleeueth in me, shall neuer die: Beleeuest thou this?

(Joh 11:27) She said vnto him, Yea, Lord, I beleeue that thou art that Christ that Sonne of God, which should come into the world.

(Joh 11:28) And when she had so saide, she went her way, and called Mary her sister secretly, saying, The Master is come, and calleth for thee.

(Joh 11:29) And when she heard it, shee arose quickly, and came vnto him.

(Joh 11:30) For Iesus was not yet come into the towne, but was in the place where Martha met him.

(Joh 11:31) The Iewes then which were with her in the house, and comforted her, when they sawe Marie, that she rose vp hastily, and went out, folowed her, saying, She goeth vnto the graue, to weepe there.

(Joh 11:32) Then when Mary was come where Iesus was, and sawe him, she fell downe at his feete, saying vnto him, Lord, if thou haddest bene here, my brother had not bene dead.

(Joh 11:33) When Iesus therefore saw her weepe, and the Iewes also weepe which came with her, hee groned in the spirit, and was troubled in himselfe,

(Notes Reference) (5) When Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews also weeping which came with her, he (f) groaned in the spirit, and was troubled,

(5) Christ took upon himself together with our flesh all affections of man (sin alone excepted), and amongst them especially mercy and compassion.

(f) These are signs that he was greatly moved, but yet these signs were without sin: and these affections belong to man's nature.

(Joh 11:34) And saide, Where haue ye layde him? They said vnto him, Lord, come and see.

(Joh 11:35) And Iesus wept.

(Joh 11:36) Then saide the Iewes, Beholde, how he loued him.

(Joh 11:37) And some of them saide, Coulde not he, which opened the eyes of the blinde, haue made also, that this man should not haue died?

(Joh 11:38) Iesus therefore againe groned in himselfe, and came to the graue. And it was a caue, and a stone was layde vpon it.

(Joh 11:39) Iesus saide, Take ye away the stone. Martha the sister of him that was dead, said vnto him, Lord, he stinketh alreadie: for he hath bene dead foure dayes.

(Joh 11:40) Iesus saide vnto her, Saide I not vnto thee, that if thou diddest beleeue, thou shouldest see the glorie of God?

(Joh 11:41) Then they tooke away the stone from the place where the dead was layde. And Iesus lift vp his eyes, and saide, Father, I thanke thee, because thou hast heard me.

(Joh 11:42) I knowe that thou hearest me alwayes, but because of the people that stand by, I said it, that they may beleeue, that thou hast sent me.

(Joh 11:43) As hee had spoken these things, hee cried with a loude voyce, Lazarus, come foorth.

(Joh 11:44) Then he that was dead, came forth, bound hande and foote with bandes, and his face was bound with a napkin. Iesus said vnto them, Loose him, and let him goe.

(Joh 11:45) Then many of the Iewes, which came to Mary, and had seene the thinges, which Iesus did, beleeued in him.

(Joh 11:46) But some of them went their way to the Pharises, and told them what things Iesus had done.

(Notes Reference) (6) But some of them went their ways to the Pharisees, and told them what things Jesus had done.

(6) The last aspect of hard and ironlike stubbornness is to proclaim open war against God, and yet it does not cease to make a pretence both of godliness and of the profit of the nation.

(Joh 11:47) Then gathered the hie Priests, and the Pharises a councill, and said, What shall we doe? For this man doeth many miracles.

(Notes Reference) Then gathered the chief priests and the Pharisees a (g) council, and said, What do we? for this man doeth many miracles.

(g) The Jews called the council sanhedrin: and the word that John uses is Synedri.

(Joh 11:48) If we let him thus alone, all men will beleeue in him, and the Romanes will come and take away both our place, and the nation.

(Notes Reference) If we let him thus alone, all [men] will believe on him: and the Romans shall come and (h) take away both our place and nation.

(h) That is, take away from us by force: for at that time, though the high priest's authority was greatly lessened and weakened, yet there was some type of government left among the Jews.

(Joh 11:49) Then one of them named Caiaphas, which was the hie Priest that same yere, said vnto them, Ye perceiue nothing at all,

(Notes Reference) (7) And one of them, [named] Caiaphas, being the high priest that same year, said unto them, Ye know nothing at all,

(7) The raging and angry company of the false church persuade themselves that they cannot be in safety, unless he is taken away, who alone upholds the Church. And the wisdom of the flesh judges in the same way in worldly affairs, which is governed by the spirit of giddiness or madness.

(Joh 11:50) Nor yet doe you consider that it is expedient for vs, that one man die for the people, and that the whole nation perish not.

(Joh 11:51) This spake hee not of himselfe: but being hie Priest that same yere, he prophecied that Iesus should die for that nation:

(Notes Reference) (8) And this spake he not of himself: but being high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus should die for that nation;

(8) Christ sometimes turns the tongues, even of the wicked, so that even in cursing they bless.

(Joh 11:52) And not for that nation onely, but that he shoulde gather together in one the children of God, which were scattered.

(Notes Reference) And not for that nation only, but that also he should gather together in one the children of God that (i) were scattered abroad.

(i) For they were not gathered together in one country, as the Jews were, but were to be gathered from all quarters, from the east to the west.

(Joh 11:53) Then from that day foorth they consulted together, to put him to death.

(Joh 11:54) Iesus therefore walked no more openly among the Iewes, but went thence vnto a countrey neere to the wildernes, into a citie called Ephraim, and there continued with his disciples.

(Notes Reference) (9) 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 continued with his disciples.

(9) We may give place to the rage of the wicked, when it is expedient to do so, but yet in such a way that we do not swerve from God's calling.

(Joh 11:55) And the Iewes Passeouer was at hande, and many went out of the countrey vp to Hierusalem before the Passeouer, to purifie themselues.

(Joh 11:56) Then sought they for Iesus, and spake among themselues, as they stoode in the Temple, What thinke ye, that he cometh not to the feast?

(Joh 11:57) Now both the high Priestes and the Pharises had giuen a commandement, that if any man knew where he were, he should shew it, that they might take him.