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Passage 1: 1 Kings 10

(1Ki 10:1) And the Queene of Sheba hearing ye fame of Salomon (concerning the Name of the Lord) came to proue him with hard questions.

(Notes Reference) And when the queen of (a) Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning the name of the LORD, she came to prove him with hard questions.

(a) Josephus says that she was Queen of Ethiopia, and that Sheba was the name of the chief city of Meroe, which is an island of the Nile.

(1Ki 10:2) And she came to Ierusalem with a verie great traine, and camels that bare sweete odours, and golde exceeding much, and precious stones: and shee came to Salomon, and communed with him of all that was in her heart.

(1Ki 10:3) And Salomon declared vnto her all her questions: nothing was hid from the King, which he expounded not vnto her.

(1Ki 10:4) Then the Queene of Sheba sawe all Salomons wisedome, and the house that he had built,

(1Ki 10:5) And the meate of his table, and the sitting of his seruants, and the order of his ministers, and their apparel, and his drinking vessels, and his burnt offrings, that he offered in the house of the Lord, and she was greatly astonied.

(Notes Reference) And the (b) meat of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the attendance of his ministers, and their apparel, and his cupbearers, and his ascent by which he went up unto the house of the LORD; there was no more spirit in her.

(b) That is, the whole order, and trade of his house.

(1Ki 10:6) And shee sayde vnto the King, It was a true worde that I heard in mine owne lande of thy sayings, and of thy wisedome.

(1Ki 10:7) Howebeit I beleeued not this report till I came, and had seene it with mine eyes: but lo, ye one halfe was not tolde mee: for thou hast more wisedome and prosperitie, then I haue heard by report.

(1Ki 10:8) Happy are the men, happie are these thy seruants, which stande euer before thee, and heare thy wisedome.

(Notes Reference) Happy [are] thy men, happy [are] these thy servants, which stand continually before thee, [and] that hear thy (c) wisdom.

(c) But much more happy are they, who hear the wisdom of God revealed in his word.

(1Ki 10:9) Blessed be the Lord thy God, which loued thee, to set thee on the throne of Israel, because the Lord loued Israel for euer and made thee King to doe equitie and righteousnesse.

(Notes Reference) Blessed be the LORD thy God, which (d) delighted in thee, to set thee on the throne of Israel: because the LORD loved Israel for ever, therefore made he thee king, to do (e) judgment and justice.

(d) It is a chief sign of God's favour, when godly and wise rulers fit in the throne of justice.

(e) This is the reason kings are appointed.

(1Ki 10:10) And she gaue the King sixe score talents of golde, and of sweete odours exceeding much, and precious stones. There came no more such aboundance of sweete odours, as the Queene of Sheba gaue to King Salomon.

(1Ki 10:11) The nauie also of Hiram (that caried gold from Ophir) brought likewise great plentie of Almuggim trees from Ophir and precious stones.

(1Ki 10:12) And the King made of ye Almuggim trees pillars for the house of the Lord, and for ye Kings palace, and made harpes and psalteries for singers. There came no more such Almuggim trees, nor were any more seene vnto this day.

(1Ki 10:13) And King Salomon gaue vnto the Queene of Sheba, whatsoeuer she would aske, besides that, which Salomon gaue her of his kingly liberalitie: so she returned and went to her owne countrey, both shee, and her seruantes.

(1Ki 10:14) Also the weight of golde, that came to Salomon in one yeere, was sixe hundreth three score and six talents of gold,

(1Ki 10:15) Besides that he had of marchant men and of the marchandises of them that solde spices, and of all the Kinges of Arabia, and of the princes of the countrey.

(Notes Reference) Beside [that he had] of the merchantmen, and of the traffick of the spice merchants, and of all the kings of Arabia, and of the governors of the (f) country.

(f) That is, Arabia, which for the great abundance of all things was called Happy.

(1Ki 10:16) And King Salomon made two hundreth targets of beaten golde, sixe hundreth shekels of gold went to a target:

(1Ki 10:17) And three hundreth shieldes of beaten golde, three pound of gold went to one shielde: and the King put them in the house of the wood of Lebanon.

(1Ki 10:18) Then the King made a great throne of yuorie, and couered it with the best golde.

(1Ki 10:19) And the throne had six steps, and the top of the throne was round behind, and there were stayes on either side on the place of the throne, and two lions standing by the stayes.

(Notes Reference) The throne had six steps, and the top of the throne [was] round behind: and [there were] (g) stays on either side on the place of the seat, and two lions stood beside the stays.

(g) As the chair bows, or places to lean upon.

(1Ki 10:20) And there stoode twelue lions on the sixe steps on either side: there was not the like made in any kingdome.

(1Ki 10:21) And all King Salomons drinking vessels were of golde, and all the vessels of the house of the woode of Lebanon were of pure golde, none were of siluer: for it was nothing esteemed in the dayes of Salomon.

(1Ki 10:22) For the King had on the sea the nauie of Tharshish with the nauie of Hiram: once in three yere came the nauie of Tharshish, and brought golde and siluer, yuorie, and apes and peacockes.

(Notes Reference) For the king had at sea a navy of Tharshish with the navy of Hiram: once in three years came the navy of (h) Tharshish, bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.

(h) By Tharshish is meant Cilicia, which was abundant in the variety of precious things.

(1Ki 10:23) So King Salomon exceeded all the kings of the earth both in riches and in wisedome.

(1Ki 10:24) And al the world sought to see Salomon, to heare his wisedome, which God had put in his heart,

(1Ki 10:25) And they brought euery man his present, vessels of siluer, and vessels of golde, and raiment, and armour, and sweete odours, horses and mules, from yeere to yeere.

(1Ki 10:26) Then Salomon gathered together charrets and horsemen: and he had a thousand and foure hundreth charets, and twelue thousande horsemen, whome hee placed in the charet cities, and with the King at Ierusalem.

(1Ki 10:27) And the King gaue siluer in Ierusalem as stones, and gaue cedars as the wilde figtrees that growe abundantly in the plaine.

(1Ki 10:28) Also Salomon had horses brought out of Egypt, and fine linen: the Kings marchants receiued the linen for a price.

(1Ki 10:29) There came vp and went out of Egypt some charet, worth sixe hundreth shekels of siluer: that is, one horse, an hundreth and fiftie and thus they brought horses to all the Kings of the Hittites and to the Kings of Aram by their meanes.

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Passage 2: Jeremiah 36

(Jer 36:1) And in the fourth yeere of Iehoiakim the sonne of Iosiah King of Iudah, came this word vnto Ieremiah from the Lord, saying,

(Notes Reference) And it came to pass in the fourth (a) year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, [that] this word came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,

(a) See Jer 25:1

(Jer 36:2) Take thee a roule or booke, and write therein all the wordes that I haue spoken to thee against Israel, and against Iudah, and against all the nations, from the day that I spake vnto thee, euen from the dayes of Iosiah vnto this day.

(Notes Reference) Take thee a scroll of a book, and write in it all the words that I have spoken to thee against Israel, and against Judah, and against all the nations, from the day I spoke to thee, (b) from the days of Josiah, even to this day.

(b) Which were twenty and three years, as in (Jer 25:3) counting from the thirteenth year of Josiah's reign.

(Jer 36:3) It may bee that the House of Iudah will heare of all the euill, which I determined to doe vnto them that they may returne euery man from his euil way, that I may forgiue their iniquitie and their sinnes.

(Jer 36:4) Then Ieremiah called Baruch the sonne of Neriah, and Baruch wrote at the mouth of Ieremiah all the wordes of the Lord, which hee had spoken vnto him, vpon a roule or booke.

(Notes Reference) Then Jeremiah called Baruch the son of Neriah: and Baruch wrote (c) from the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of the LORD, which he had spoken to him, upon a roll of a book.

(c) As he indicted.

(Jer 36:5) And Ieremiah commanded Baruch, saying, I am shut vp, and can not go into the House of the Lord.

(Notes Reference) And Jeremiah commanded Baruch, saying, I [am] (d) shut up; I cannot go into the house of the LORD:

(d) Meaning, in prison through the malice of the priests.

(Jer 36:6) Therefore goe thou, and reade the roule wherein thou hast written at my mouth the words of the Lord in the audience of the people in the Lordes House vpon the fasting day: also thou shalt reade them in the hearing of all Iudah, that come out of their cities.

(Notes Reference) Therefore go thou, and read in the scroll, which thou hast written from my mouth, the words of the LORD in the ears of the people in the LORD'S house upon the (e) day of fasting: and also thou shalt read them in the ears of all Judah that come out of their cities.

(e) Which was proclaimed for fear of the Babylonians, as their custom was when they feared war, or any great plague of God.

(Jer 36:7) It may be that they will pray before the Lord, and euery one returne from his euill way, for great is the anger and the wrath, that the Lord hath declared against this people.

(Notes Reference) It may be they will (f) present their supplication before the LORD, and will return every one from his evil way: for great [is] the anger and the fury that the LORD hath pronounced against this people.

(f) He shows that fasting without prayer and repentance does nothing but is mere hypocrisy.

(Jer 36:8) So Baruch the sonne of Neriah did according vnto all, that Ieremiah the Prophet commanded him, reading in the booke the wordes of the Lord in the Lords House.

(Jer 36:9) And in the fift yeere of Iehoiakim the sonne of Iosiah King of Iudah, in the ninth moneth, they proclaimed a fast before the Lord to all the people in Ierusalem, and to all the people that came from the cities of Iudah vnto Ierusalem.

(Notes Reference) And it came to pass in the fifth (g) year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, in the ninth month, [that] they proclaimed a fast before the LORD to all the people in Jerusalem, and to all the people that came from the cities of Judah to Jerusalem.

(g) The fast was then proclaimed and Baruch read this rule which was a little before Jerusalem was first taken, and then Jehoiakim and Daniel and his companions were led away captive.

(Jer 36:10) Then read Baruch in the booke the wordes of Ieremiah in the house of the Lord, in the chamber of Gemariah the sonne of Shaphan the secretarie, in the hier court at the entrie of the new gate of the Lordes house, in the hearing of all the people.

(Notes Reference) Then Baruch read in the book the words of Jeremiah in the house of the LORD, in the chamber of Gemariah the son of Shaphan the scribe, in the higher court, at the entrance of the (h) new gate of the LORD'S house, in the ears of all the people.

(h) Which is the East gate of the temple.

(Jer 36:11) When Michaiah the sonne of Gemariah, the sonne of Shaphan had heard out of the booke all the wordes of the Lord,

(Jer 36:12) Then hee went downe to the Kings house into the Chancellours chamber, and loe, all the princes sate there, euen Elishama the Chancellour, and Delaiah the sonne of Shemaiah, and Elnathan the sonne of Achbor, and Gemariah the sonne of Shaphan, and Zedekiah the sonne of Hananiah, and all the princes.

(Jer 36:13) Then Michaiah declared vnto them all the wordes that he had heard when Baruch read in the booke in the audience of the people.

(Jer 36:14) Therefore all the princes sent Iehudi the sonne of Nethaniah, the sonne of Shelemiah, the sonne of Chushi, vnto Baruch, saying, Take in thine hande the roule, wherein thou hast read in the audience of the people, and come. So Baruch the sonne of Neriah, tooke the roule in his hand, and came vnto them.

(Jer 36:15) And they saide vnto him, Sit downe now, and reade it, that we may heare. So Baruch read it in their audience.

(Jer 36:16) Now when they had heard all the wordes, they were afraid both one and other, and said vnto Baruch, We will certifie the King of all these wordes.

(Notes Reference) Now it came to pass, when they had heard all the words, they were (i) afraid both one and another, and said to Baruch, We will surely tell the king of all these words.

(i) The godly were afraid, seeing God so offended, and the wicked were astonished for the horror of the punishment.

(Jer 36:17) And they examined Baruch, saying, Tell vs nowe, howe diddest thou write all these wordes at his mouth?

(Jer 36:18) Then Baruch answered them, He pronounced all these wordes vnto me with his mouth, and I wrote them with ynke in the booke.

(Jer 36:19) Then saide the princes vnto Baruch, Goe, hide thee, thou and Ieremiah, and let no man knowe where ye be.

(Notes Reference) Then said the princes to Baruch, Go, (k) hide thyself, thou and Jeremiah; and let no man know where ye are.

(k) They who were godly among the princes gave this counsel by whose means it is like that Jeremiah was delivered for they knew the rage of the king and of the wicked to be such that they could not escape without danger of their lives.

(Jer 36:20) And they went in to the King to the court, but they layde vp the roule in the chamber of Elishama the Chancellour and tolde the King all the wordes, that he might heare.

(Jer 36:21) So the King sent Iehudi to fet the roule, and he tooke it out of Elishama the Chancellours chamber, and Iehudi read it in the audience of the King, and in the audience of all the princes, which stoode beside the King.

(Jer 36:22) Nowe the King sate in the winter House, in the ninth moneth, and there was a fire burning before him.

(Notes Reference) Now the king sat in the winterhouse in the (l) ninth month: and [there was a fire] on the hearth burning before him.

(l) Which contained part of November and part of December.

(Jer 36:23) And when Iehudi had read three, or foure sides, hee cut it with the penknife and cast it into the fire, that was on the hearth vntil all the roule was consumed in the fire, that was on the hearth.

(Jer 36:24) Yet they were not afraide, nor rent their garmets, neither the King, nor any of his seruants, that heard all these wordes.

(Notes Reference) Yet they were not afraid, nor tore (m) their garments, [neither] the king, nor any of his servants that heard all these words.

(m) Showing that the wicked instead of repenting when they hear God's judgments, grow into further malice against him and his word.

(Jer 36:25) Neuerthelesse, Elnathan, and Delaiah, and Gemariah had besought the King, that he would not burne ye roule: but he would not heare them.

(Jer 36:26) But the King commanded Ierahmeel the sonne of Hammelech, and Seraiah the sonne of Azriel, and Shelemiah the sonne of Abdiel, to take Baruch the scribe, and Ieremiah the Prophet, but the Lord hid them.

(Notes Reference) But the king commanded Jerahmeel the son of Hammelech, and Seraiah the son of Azriel, and Shelemiah the son of Abdeel, to take Baruch the scribe and Jeremiah the prophet: but the LORD (n) hid them.

(n) Thus we see the continual care that God has over his to preserve them from the rage of the wicked.

(Jer 36:27) Then the word of the Lord came to Ieremiah (after that the King had burnt the roule and the words which Baruch wrote at the mouth of Ieremiah) saying,

(Jer 36:28) Take thee againe another roule and write in it all ye former words that were in the first roule which Iehoiakim the King of Iudah hath burnt,

(Notes Reference) Take thee again (o) another scroll, and write in it all the former words that were in the first scroll, which Jehoiakim king of Judah hath burned.

(o) Though the wicked think to have abolished the word of God when they have burnt the book of it, yet this declares that God will not only raise it up again but also increase it in greater abundance to their condemnation as in (Jer 36:32).

(Jer 36:29) And thou shalt say to Iehoiakim King of Iudah, Thus saith the Lord, Thou hast burnt this roule, saying, Why hast thou written therein, saying, that the King of Babel shall certainly come and destroye this land, and shall take thence both man and beast?

(Notes Reference) And thou shalt say to Jehoiakim king of Judah, Thus saith the LORD; Thou hast burned this scroll, saying, (p) Why hast thou written in it, saying, The king of Babylon shall certainly come and destroy this land, and shall cause to cease from there man and beast?

(p) These are Jehoiakim's words.

(Jer 36:30) Therefore thus saith the Lord of Iehoiakim King of Iudah, Hee shall haue none to sit vpon the throne of Dauid, and his dead body shall be cast out in the day to the heate, and in the night to the frost.

(Notes Reference) Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning Jehoiakim king of Judah; He shall have (q) none to sit upon the throne of David: and his (r) dead body shall be cast out in the day to the heat, and in the night to the frost.

(q) Though Jehoiachin his son succeeded him, yet because he reigned but three months, it was esteemed as no reign.

(r) See Jer 22:19

(Jer 36:31) And I will visite him and his seede, and his seruants for their iniquitie, and I will bring vpon them, and vpon the inhabitants of Ierusalem, and vpon the men of Iudah all the euil that I haue pronounced against them: but they would not heare.

(Jer 36:32) Then tooke Ieremiah another roule, and gaue it Baruch the scribe the sonne of Neriah, which wrote therein at the mouth of Ieremiah all the wordes of the booke which Iehoiakim King of Iudah had burnt in the fire, and there were added besides them many like wordes.

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Passage 3: Mark 10

(Mar 10:1) And he arose from thence, and went into the coastes of Iudea by the farre side of Iordan, and the people resorted vnto him againe, and as he was wont, he taught them againe.

(Notes Reference) And he (a) arose from thence, and cometh into the coasts of Judaea by the farther side of Jordan: and the people resort unto him again; and, as he was wont, he taught them again.

(a) That is to say, departed and went from there: for in the Hebrew language sitting and dwelling are the same thing, and so are rising and going forth.

(Mar 10:2) Then the Pharises came and asked him, if it were lawfull for a man to put away his wife, and tempted him.

(Mar 10:3) And he answered, and sayde vnto them, What did Moses commaund you?

(Mar 10:4) And they sayd, Moses suffered to write a bill of diuorcement, and to put her away.

(Mar 10:5) Then Iesus answered, and sayd vnto them, For the hardnesse of your heart he wrote this precept vnto you.

(Notes Reference) (1) And Jesus answered and said unto them, For the hardness of your heart he wrote you this (b) precept.

(1) God never allowed those divorces which the law tolerated.

(b) See (Mat 19:3-12). For Moses gave them no commandment to put away their wives, but rather made a good stipulation for the wives to protect them from the stubborn hardness of their husbands.

(Mar 10:6) But at the beginning of the creation God made them male and female:

(Mar 10:7) For this cause shall man leaue his father and mother, and cleaue vnto his wife.

(Mar 10:8) And they twaine shalbe one flesh: so that they are no more twaine, but one flesh.

(Mar 10:9) Therefore, what God hath coupled together, let not man separate.

(Mar 10:10) And in the house his disciples asked him againe of that matter.

(Mar 10:11) And he sayd vnto them, Whosoeuer shall put away his wife and marrie another, committeth adulterie against her.

(Notes Reference) And he saith unto them, Whosoever shall put away his wife, and marry another, committeth adultery (c) against her.

(c) Whom he puts away, for he is an adulterer by keeping company with another.

(Mar 10:12) And if a woman put away her husband, and be married to another, she committeth adulterie.

(Mar 10:13) Then they brought litle children to him, that he should touch them, and his disciples rebuked those that brought them.

(Notes Reference) (2) And they brought young children to him, that he should touch them: and [his] disciples rebuked those that brought [them].

(2) God in his goodness is concerned not only for the parents, but the children as well: and therefore he blesses them. (Ed.)

(Mar 10:14) But when Iesus sawe it, he was displeased, and said to them, Suffer the litle children to come vnto me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdome of God.

(Mar 10:15) Verely I say vnto you, Whosoeuer shall not receiue the kingdome of God as a litle childe, he shall not enter therein.

(Notes Reference) Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God (3) as a little child, he shall not enter therein.

(3) In our malice we must become as children if we will enter into the kingdom of heaven.

(Mar 10:16) And he tooke them vp in his armes, and put his hands vpon them, and blessed them.

(Mar 10:17) And when hee was gone out on the way, there came one running, and kneeled to him, and asked him, Good Master, what shall I doe, that I may possesse eternall life?

(Notes Reference) (4) And when he was gone forth into the way, there came one running, and kneeled to him, and asked him, Good Master, what shall I do that I may inherit eternal life?

(4) Two things are to be greatly avoided by those who earnestly seek eternal life: the first is an opinion of their merits or deservings, which is not only understood, but condemned by the due consideration of the law: and the second is the love of riches, which turns aside many from that race in which they ran with a good courage.

(Mar 10:18) Iesus sayde to him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, euen God.

(Mar 10:19) Thou knowest the comandements, Thou shalt not commit adulterie. Thou shalt not kill. Thou shalt not steale. Thou shalt not beare false witnesse. Thou shalt hurt no man. Honour thy father and mother.

(Notes Reference) Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, (d) Defraud not, Honour thy father and mother.

(d) Neither by force nor deceit, nor any other means at all.

(Mar 10:20) Then he answered, and said to him, Master, all these things I haue obserued from my youth.

(Mar 10:21) And Iesus looked vpon him, and loued him, and sayde vnto him, One thing is lacking vnto thee. Go and sell all that thou hast, and giue to the poore, and thou shalt haue treasure in heauen, and come, follow me, and take vp the crosse.

(Mar 10:22) But hee was sad at that saying, and went away sorowfull: for he had great possessions.

(Mar 10:23) And Iesus looked round about, and sayd vnto his disciples, Howe hardly doe they that haue riches, enter into the kingdome of God!

(Mar 10:24) And his disciples were afraide at his words. But Iesus answered againe, and sayd vnto them, Children, how hard is it for them that trust in riches, to enter into the kingdome of God!

(Mar 10:25) It is easier for a camel to goe through the eye of a needle, then for a riche man to enter into the kingdome of God.

(Mar 10:26) And they were much more astonied, saying with themselues, Who then can be saued?

(Mar 10:27) But Iesus looked vpon them, and sayd, With men it is impossible, but not with God: for with God all things are possible.

(Mar 10:28) Then Peter began to say vnto him, Loe, we haue forsaken all, and haue folowed thee.

(Notes Reference) (5) Then Peter began to say unto him, Lo, we have left all, and have followed thee.

(5) To neglect everything in comparison with Christ is a sure way unto eternal life, so that we do not fall away along the path.

(Mar 10:29) Iesus answered, and sayd, Verely I say vnto you, there is no man that hath forsaken house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands for my sake and the Gospels,

(Mar 10:30) But he shall receiue an hundred folde, now at this present, houses, and brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands with persecutions, and in the world to come, eternall life.

(Notes Reference) But he shall receive an (e) hundredfold now in this time, houses, and brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, (f) with persecutions; and in the world to come eternal life.

(e) A hundred times as much, if we use the commodities of this life in a proper way, so that we use them in accordance with the will of God, and not just to gain the wealth itself, and to fulfil our greedy desire.

(f) Even in the midst of persecutions.

(Mar 10:31) But many that are first, shall be last, and the last, first.

(Mar 10:32) And they were in the way going vp to Hierusalem, and Iesus went before them and they were troubled, and as they followed, they were afraide, and Iesus tooke the twelue againe, and began to tell them what things should come vnto him,

(Notes Reference) (6) And they were in the way going up to Jerusalem; and Jesus went before them: and they were amazed; and as they followed, they were afraid. And he took again the twelve, and began to tell them what things should happen unto him,

(6) The disciples are again prepared not to be overcome by the foretelling unto them of his death, which was at hand, and in addition about his life, which would most certainly follow.

(Mar 10:33) Saying, Beholde, we goe vp to Hierusalem, and the Sonne of man shall be deliuered vnto the hie Priests, and to the Scribes, and they shall condemne him to death, and shall deliuer him to the Gentiles.

(Mar 10:34) And they shall mocke him, and scourge him, and spit vpon him, and kill him: but the third day he shall rise againe.

(Mar 10:35) Then Iames and Iohn the sonnes of Zebedeus came vnto him, saying, Master, we would that thou shouldest doe for vs that we desire.

(Notes Reference) (7) And James and John, the sons of Zebedee, come unto him, saying, Master, (g) we would that thou shouldest do for us whatsoever we shall desire.

(7) We must first strive before we triumph.

(g) We pray thee.

(Mar 10:36) And he sayd vnto them, What would ye I should doe for you?

(Mar 10:37) And they said to him, Graunt vnto vs, that we may sit, one at thy right hand, and the other at thy left hand in thy glory.

(Mar 10:38) But Iesus sayd vnto them, Ye knowe not what ye aske. Can ye drinke of the cup that I shall drinke of, and be baptized with the baptisme that I shall be baptized with?

(Mar 10:39) And they said vnto him, We can. But Iesus sayd vnto them, Ye shall drinke in deede of the cup that I shall drinke of, and be baptized with the baptisme wherewith I shalbe baptized:

(Mar 10:40) But to sit at my right hand, and at my left, is not mine to giue, but it shalbe giuen to them for whome it is prepared.

(Mar 10:41) And when the ten heard that, they began to disdaine at Iames and Iohn.

(Mar 10:42) But Iesus called them vnto him, and sayd to them, Ye know that they which are princes among the Gentiles, haue domination ouer them, and they that be great among them, exercise authoritie ouer them.

(Notes Reference) (8) But Jesus called them [to him], and saith unto them, Ye know that (h) they which are accounted to rule over the Gentiles exercise lordship over them; and their great ones exercise authority upon them.

(8) The magistrates according to God's appointment rule over their subjects: but the pastors are not called to rule, but to serve according to the example of the Son of God himself who went before them, for in doing such he also was a minister of his Father's will.

(h) They to whom it is decreed and appointed.

(Mar 10:43) But it shall not be so among you: but whosoeuer will be great among you, shall be your seruant.

(Mar 10:44) And whosoeuer will be chiefe of you, shall be the seruant of all.

(Mar 10:45) For euen the Sonne of man came not to be serued, but to serue, and to giue his life for the raunsome of many.

(Mar 10:46) Then they came to Iericho: and as he went out of Iericho with his disciples, and a great multitude, Bartimeus the sonne of Timeus, a blinde man, sate by the wayes side, begging.

(Notes Reference) (9) And they came to Jericho: and as he went out of Jericho with his disciples and a great number of people, blind Bartimaeus, the son of Timaeus, sat by the highway side begging.

(9) Only Christ being called upon by faith heals our blindness.

(Mar 10:47) And when hee heard that it was Iesus of Nazareth, he began to crye, and to say, Iesus the Sonne of Dauid, haue mercy on me.

(Mar 10:48) And many rebuked him, because he should holde his peace: but hee cryed much more, O Sonne of Dauid, haue mercy on me.

(Mar 10:49) Then Iesus stood still, and commanded him to be called: and they called the blind, saying vnto him, Be of good comfort: arise, he calleth thee.

(Mar 10:50) So he threwe away his cloke, and rose, and came to Iesus.

(Mar 10:51) And Iesus answered, and said vnto him, What wilt thou that I doe vnto thee? And the blinde sayd vnto him, Lord, that I may receiue sight.

(Mar 10:52) Then Iesus sayde vnto him, Goe thy way: thy fayth hath saued thee. And by and by, he receiued his sight, and folowed Iesus in the way.