Read Scripture In A Year: February 18

Passage 1: Exodus 29

(Exo 29:1) This thing also shalt thou do vnto them whe thou consecratest them to be my Priestes, Take a yong calfe, and two rams without blemish,

(Exo 29:2) And vnleauened bread and cakes vnleauened tempered with oyle, and wafers vnleauened anoynted with oyle: (of fine wheate flowre shalt thou make them)

(Exo 29:3) Then thou shalt put them in one basket, and present them in the basket with the calfe and the two rammes,

(Notes Reference) And thou shalt put them into one basket, and (a) bring them in the basket, with the bullock and the two rams.

(a) To offer them in sacrifice.

(Exo 29:4) And shalt bring Aaron and his sonnes vnto the doore of the Tabernacle of the Congregation, and wash them with water.

(Exo 29:5) Also thou shalt take the garments, and put vpon Aaron the tunicle, and the robe of the Ephod, and the Ephod, and the brest plate, and shalt close them to him with the broidred garde of the Ephod.

(Notes Reference) And thou shalt take the garments, and put upon Aaron the coat, and the (b) robe of the ephod, and the ephod, and the breastplate, and gird him with the curious girdle of the ephod:

(b) Which was next under the Ephod.

(Exo 29:6) Then thou shalt put the miter vpon his head, and shalt put the holy crowne vpon ye miter.

(Exo 29:7) And thou shalt take the anoynting oyle, and shalt powre vpon his head, and anoynt him.

(Exo 29:8) And thou shalt bring his sonnes, and put coates vpon them,

(Exo 29:9) And shalt girde them with girdles, both Aaron and his sonnes: and shalt put the bonets on them, and the Priestes office shalbe theirs for a perpetuall lawe: thou shalt also fill the hands of Aaron, and the hands of his sonnes.

(Exo 29:10) After, thou shalt present the calfe before the Tabernacle of the Congregation, and Aaron and his sonnes shall put their handes vpon the head of the calfe.

(Notes Reference) And thou shalt cause a bullock to be brought before the tabernacle of the congregation: and Aaron and his sons shall (c) put their hands upon the head of the bullock.

(Exo 29:11) So thou shalt kill the calfe before the Lord, at the doore of the Tabernacle of the Congregation.

(Exo 29:12) Then thou shalt take of the blood of the calfe, and put it vpon the hornes of the altar with thy finger, and shalt powre al the rest of the blood at the foote of the altar.

(Exo 29:13) Also thou shalt take all the fat that couereth the inwardes, and the kall, that is on the liuer, and the two kidneis, and the fat that is vpon them, and shalt burne them vpon the altar.

(Exo 29:14) But the flesh of the calfe, and his skin, and his doung shalt thou burne with fire without the hoste: it is a sinne offring.

(Exo 29:15) Thou shalt also take one ramme, and Aron and his sonnes shall put their hands vpon the head of the ramme.

(Exo 29:16) Then thou shalt kill the ramme, and take his blood, and sprinkle it round about vpon the altar,

(Exo 29:17) And thou shalt cut the ramme in pieces, and wash the inwards of him and his legges, and shalt put them vpon the pieces thereof, and vpon his head.

(Exo 29:18) So thou shalt burne the whole ram vpon the altar: for it is a burnt offering vnto the Lord for a sweete sauour: it is an offering made by fire vnto the Lord.

(Notes Reference) And thou shalt burn the whole ram upon the altar: it [is] a burnt offering unto the LORD: (d) it [is] a sweet savour, an offering made by fire unto the LORD.

(d) Or, savour of rest, which causes the wrath of God to cease.

(Exo 29:19) And thou shalt take the other ramme, and Aaron and his sonnes shall put their handes vpon the head of the ramme.

(Exo 29:20) Then thou shalt kill the ramme, and take of his blood and put it vpon the lappe of Aarons eare, and vpon the lappe of the right eare of his sonnes, and vpon the thumbe of their right hand, and vpon the great toe of their right foote, and shalt sprinkle the blood vpon ye altar roud about.

(Notes Reference) Then shalt thou kill the ram, and take of his blood, and put [it] (e) upon the tip of the right ear of Aaron, and upon the tip of the right ear of his sons, and upon the thumb of their right hand, and upon the great toe of their right foot, and sprinkle the blood upon the altar round about.

(e) Meaning the soft and lower part of the ear.

(Exo 29:21) And thou shalt take of the blood that is vpon the altar, and of the anoynting oyle, and shalt sprinkle it vpon Aaron, and vpon his garments, and vpon his sonnes, and vpon the garments of his sonnes with him: so he shall be halowed, and his clothes, and his sonnes, and the garments of his sonnes with him.

(Notes Reference) And thou shalt take of the blood that [is] (f) upon the altar, and of the anointing oil, and sprinkle [it] upon Aaron, and upon his garments, and upon his sons, and upon the garments of his sons with him: and he shall be hallowed, and his garments, and his sons, and his sons' garments with him.

(f) With which the Altar must be sprinkled.

(Exo 29:22) Also thou shalt take of the rammes ye fatte and the rumpe, euen the fat that couereth the inwards, and the kall of the liuer, and the two kidneis, and the fat that is vpon them, and the right shoulder, (for it is the ramme of consecration)

(Notes Reference) Also thou shalt take of the ram the fat and the rump, and the fat that covereth the inwards, and the caul [above] the liver, and the two kidneys, and the fat that [is] upon them, and the right shoulder; for it [is] a (g) ram of consecration:

(g) Which is offered for the consecration of the high priest.

(Exo 29:23) And one loafe of bread, and one cake of bread tempered with oyle, and one wafer, out of the basket of the vnleauened bread that is before the Lord.

(Exo 29:24) And thou shalt put al this in the handes of Aaron, and in the handes of his sonnes, and shalt shake them to and from before the Lord.

(Exo 29:25) Againe, thou shalt receyue them of their handes, and burne them vpon the altar besides the burnt offring for a sweete sauour before ye Lord: for this is an offering made by fire vnto the Lord.

(Exo 29:26) Likewise thou shalt take the brest of the ram of the consecration, which is for Aaron, and shalt shake it to and from before the Lord and it shalbe thy part.

(Notes Reference) And thou shalt take the breast of the ram of Aaron's consecration, and wave it (h) [for] a wave offering before the LORD: and it shall be thy part.

(h) This sacrifice the priest did move toward the East, West, North, and South.

(Exo 29:27) And thou shalt sanctifie the brest of the shaken offering, and the shoulder of the heaue offering, which was shaken to and from, and which was heaued vp of the ramme of the consecration, which was for Aaron, and which was for his sonnes.

(Notes Reference) And thou shalt sanctify the breast of the wave offering, and the shoulder of the (i) heave offering, which is waved, and which is heaved up, of the ram of the consecration, [even] of [that] which [is] for Aaron, and of [that] which is for his sons:

(i) So called because it was not only shaken to and fro, but also lifted up.

(Exo 29:28) And Aaron and his sonnes shall haue it by a statute for euer, of the children of Israel: for it is an heaue offering, and it shall be an heaue offering of the children of Israel, of their peace offerings, euen their heaue offering to the Lord.

(Notes Reference) And it shall be Aaron's and his sons' by a statute for ever from the children of Israel: for it [is] an heave offering: and it shall be an heave offering from the children of Israel of the sacrifice of their (k) peace offerings, [even] their heave offering unto the LORD.

(k) Which were offerings of thanksgiving to God for his benefits.

(Exo 29:29) And the holy garmets, which appertaine to Aaron, shall bee his sonnes after him, to bee anoynted therein, and to bee consecrate therein.

(Exo 29:30) That sonne that shalbe Priest in his steade, shall put them on seuen dayes, when he commeth into the Tabernacle of the Congregation to minister in the holy place.

(Exo 29:31) So thou shalt take the ram of the consecration, and seeth his flesh in the holy place.

(Exo 29:32) And Aaron and his sonnes shall eate the flesh of the ram, and the bread that is in the basket, at the doore of ye Tabernacle of ye Congregation.

(Exo 29:33) So they shall eate these thinges, whereby their attonement was made, to consecrate them, and to sanctifie them: but a stranger shall not eate thereof, because they are holy things.

(Notes Reference) And they shall eat those things (l) wherewith the atonement was made, to consecrate [and] to sanctify them: but a stranger shall not eat [thereof], because they [are] holy.

(l) That is, by the sacrifices.

(Exo 29:34) Now if ought of the flesh of the consecration, or of the bread remaine vnto the morning, then thou shalt burne the rest with fire: it shall not be eaten, because it is an holie thing.

(Exo 29:35) Therefore shalt thou doe thus vnto Aaron and vnto his sonnes, according to all things, which I haue commanded thee: seuen dayes shalt thou consecrate them,

(Exo 29:36) And shalt offer euery day a calfe for a sinne offring, for reconciliation: and thou shalt cleanse the altar, when thou hast offred vpon it for reconciliation, and shalt annoynt it, to sanctifie it.

(Notes Reference) And thou shalt offer every day a bullock [for] a sin offering for (m) atonement: and thou shalt cleanse the altar, when thou hast made an atonement for it, and thou shalt anoint it, to sanctify it.

(m) To appease God's wrath that sin may be pardoned.

(Exo 29:37) Seuen dayes shalt thou cleanse the altar, and sanctifie it, so the altar shalbe most holy: and whatsoeuer toucheth the altar, shalbe holy.

(Exo 29:38) Nowe this is that which thou shalt present vpon the altar: euen two lambes of one yere olde, day by day continually.

(Exo 29:39) The one lambe thou shalt present in the morning, and the other lambe thou shalt present at euen.

(Exo 29:40) And with the one lambe, a tenth part of fine floure mingled with the fourth part of an Hin of beaten oyle, and the fourth part of an Hin of wine, for a drinke offring.

(Notes Reference) And with the one lamb a (n) tenth deal of flour mingled with the fourth part of an (o) hin of beaten oil; and the fourth part of an hin of wine [for] a drink offering.

(n) That is, an Omer, read (Exo 16:16).

(o) Which is about a pint.

(Exo 29:41) And the other lambe thou shalt present at euen: thou shalt doe thereto according to the offring of the morning, and according to the drinke offring thereof, to be a burnt offring for a sweete sauour vnto, the Lord.

(Exo 29:42) This shalbe a continuall burnt offring in your generations at the doore of the Tabernacle of the Congregation before the Lord, where I wil make appoyntment with you, to speake there vnto thee.

(Exo 29:43) There I will appoynt with the children of Israel, and the place shall bee sanctified by my glorie.

(Notes Reference) And there I will meet with the children of Israel, and [the tabernacle] shall be sanctified by my (p) glory.

(p) Because of my glorious presence.

(Exo 29:44) And I will sanctifie the Tabernacle of the Congregation and the altar: I will sanctifie also Aaron and his sonnes to be my Priests,

(Exo 29:45) And I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will bee their God.

(Exo 29:46) Then shall they knowe that I am ye Lord their God, that brought them out of the lande of Egypt, that I might dwell among them: I am the Lord their God.

(Notes Reference) And they shall know that I [am] the LORD their God, that brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, that I may dwell among them: (q) I [am] the LORD their God.

(q) It is I the Lord, that am their God.

Passage 2: Psalms 85-86

(Psa 85:1) To him that excelleth. A Psalme committed to the sonnes of Korah. Lord, thou hast bene fauourable vnto thy land: thou hast brought againe the captiuitie of Iaakob.

(Notes Reference) "To the chief Musician, A Psalm for the sons of Korah." LORD, thou hast been (a) favourable unto thy land: thou hast brought back the captivity of Jacob.

(a) They confess that God's free mercy was the cause of their deliverance because he loved the land which he had chosen.

(Psa 85:2) Thou hast forgiuen the iniquitie of thy people, and couered all their sinnes. Selah.

(Notes Reference) Thou hast forgiven the iniquity of thy people, thou hast (b) covered all their sin. Selah.

(b) You have buried them that they will not come into judgment.

(Psa 85:3) Thou hast withdrawen all thine anger, and hast turned backe from the fiercenes of thy wrath.

(Notes Reference) Thou hast taken away all thy wrath: thou hast turned [thyself] from the (c) fierceness of thine anger.

(Psa 85:4) Turne vs, O God of our saluation, and release thine anger toward vs.

(Psa 85:5) Wilt thou be angry with vs for euer? and wilt thou prolong thy wrath from one generation to another?

(Notes Reference) Wilt thou be angry with us (d) for ever? wilt thou draw out thine anger to all generations?

(d) As in times past they had felt God's mercies, so now being oppressed by the long continuance of evil, they pray to God that according to his nature he would be merciful to them.

(Psa 85:6) Wilt thou not turne againe and quicken vs, that thy people may reioyce in thee?

(Psa 85:7) Shew vs thy mercie, O Lord, and graunt vs thy saluation.

(Notes Reference) Shew us thy mercy, O LORD, and grant us thy (e) salvation.

(e) He confesses that our salvation comes only from God's mercy.

(Psa 85:8) I will hearken what the Lord God will say: for he will speake peace vnto his people, and to his Saintes, that they turne not againe to follie.

(Notes Reference) I will hear what God the LORD will speak: for he will speak (f) peace unto his people, and to his saints: but let them not turn again to folly.

(f) He will send all prosperity to his Church, when he has sufficiently corrected them, also by his punishments the faithful will learn to beware that they not return the same offences.

(Psa 85:9) Surely his saluation is neere to them that feare him, that glory may dwell in our land.

(Psa 85:10) Mercie and trueth shall meete: righteousnes and peace shall kisse one another.

(Psa 85:11) Trueth shall bud out of the earth, and righteousnes shall looke downe from heauen.

(Notes Reference) (g) Truth shall spring out of the earth; and righteousness shall look down from heaven.

(g) Though for a time God thus exercises them with his rods, yet under the kingdom of Christ they should have peace and joy.

(Psa 85:12) Yea, the Lord shall giue good things, and our land shall giue her increase.

(Psa 85:13) Righteousnesse shall go before him, and shall set her steps in the way.

(Notes Reference) (h) Righteousness shall go before him; and shall set [us] in the way of his steps.

(h) Justice will then flourish and have free course and passage in every place.

(Psa 86:1) A prayer of David. Incline thine eare, O Lord, and heare me: for I am poore and needy.

(Notes Reference) "A Prayer of David." Bow down (a) thine ear, O LORD, hear me: for I [am] poor and needy.

(a) David, when persecuted by Saul, prayed this way, leaving the same to the Church as a monument, how to seek relief against their miseries.

(Psa 86:2) Preserue thou my soule, for I am mercifull: my God, saue thou thy seruant, that trusteth in thee.

(Notes Reference) Preserve my soul; for I [am] (b) holy: O thou my God, save thy servant that trusteth in thee.

(b) I am not an enemy to them, but I pity them even though they are cruel to me.

(Psa 86:3) Be mercifull vnto me, O Lord: for I crie vpon thee continually.

(Notes Reference) Be merciful unto me, O Lord: for I (c) cry unto thee daily.

(Psa 86:4) Reioyce the soule of thy seruant: for vnto thee, O Lord, doe I lift vp my soule.

(Psa 86:5) For thou, Lord, art good and mercifull, and of great kindenes vnto all them, that call vpon thee.

(Notes Reference) For thou, Lord, [art] good, and (d) ready to forgive; and plenteous in mercy unto all them that call upon thee.

(d) He confesses that God is good to all but only merciful to poor sinners.

(Psa 86:6) Giue eare, Lord, vnto my prayer, and hearken to the voyce of my supplication.

(Notes Reference) Give ear, O LORD, unto my prayer; and (e) attend to the voice of my supplications.

(e) By crying and calling continually he shows how we must not be weary, even though God does not immediately grant our request but that we must earnestly and often call on him.

(Psa 86:7) In the day of my trouble I will call vpon thee: for thou hearest me.

(Psa 86:8) Among the gods there is none like thee, O Lord, and there is none that can doe like thy workes.

(Notes Reference) Among the gods [there is] none like unto thee, O Lord; neither (f) [are there any works] like unto thy works.

(f) He condemns all idols as they can do nothing to declare that they are gods.

(Psa 86:9) All nations, whome thou hast made, shall come and worship before thee, O Lord, and shall glorifie thy Name.

(Notes Reference) All nations whom thou hast made shall come and (g) worship before thee, O Lord; and shall glorify thy name.

(g) This proves that David prayed in the Name of Christ the Messiah of whose kingdom he here prophecies.

(Psa 86:10) For thou art great and doest wonderous things: thou art God alone.

(Psa 86:11) Teach me thy way, O Lord, and I will walke in thy trueth: knit mine heart vnto thee, that I may feare thy Name.

(Notes Reference) (h) Teach me thy way, O LORD; I will walk in thy truth: unite my heart to fear thy name.

(h) He confesses himself ignorant till God has taught him, and his heart variable and separate from God, till God join it to him, and confirm it in his obedience.

(Psa 86:12) I wil prayse thee, O Lord my God, with all mine heart: yea, I wil glorifie thy Name for euer.

(Psa 86:13) For great is thy mercie toward me, and thou hast deliuered my soule from the lowest graue.

(Notes Reference) For great [is] thy mercy toward me: and thou hast delivered my soul from (i) the lowest hell.

(i) That is, from most great danger of death: out of which none but the almighty hand of God could deliver him.

(Psa 86:14) O God, the proude are risen against me, and the assemblies of violent men haue sought my soule, and haue not set thee before them.

(Notes Reference) O God, the proud are risen against me, and the assemblies of violent [men] have (k) sought after my soul; and have not set thee before them.

(k) He shows that there can be no moderation or equity where proud tyrants reign, and that the lack of God's fear is as a privilege to all vice and cruelty.

(Psa 86:15) But thou, O Lord, art a pitifull God and mercifull, slowe to anger and great in kindenes and trueth.

(Psa 86:16) Turne vnto me, and haue mercy vpon me: giue thy strength vnto thy seruant, and saue the sonne of thine handmayd.

(Notes Reference) O turn unto me, and have mercy upon me; give thy strength unto thy servant, and save the (l) son of thine handmaid.

(l) He boasts not of his own virtues, but confesses that God of his free goodness has always been merciful to him, and given him power against his enemies, as to one of his own household.

(Psa 86:17) Shew a token of thy goodnes towarde me, that they which hate me, may see it, and be ashamed, because thou, O Lord, hast holpen me and comforted me.

Passage 3: Mark 14

(Mar 14:1) And two daies after followed the feast of the Passeouer, and of vnleauened bread: and the hie Priests, and Scribes sought how they might take him by craft, and put him to death.

(Notes Reference) After (1) two days was [the feast of] the passover, and of unleavened bread: and the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might take him by craft, and put [him] to death.

(1) By the will of God, against the counsel of men, it came to pass that Christ should be put to death upon the solemn day of the passover, that in all respects the truth of his sacrifice might agree to the symbol of the passover.

(Mar 14:2) But they sayde, Not in the feast day, least there be any tumult among the people.

(Mar 14:3) And when hee was in Bethania in the house of Simon the leper, as he sate at table, there came a woman hauing a boxe of oyntment of spikenarde, very costly, and shee brake the boxe, and powred it on his head.

(Mar 14:4) Therefore some disdained among themselues, and sayde, To what ende is this waste of oyntment?

(Notes Reference) (2) And there were some that had indignation within themselves, and said, Why was this waste of the ointment made?

(2) Rash judgments are made void before God.

(Mar 14:5) For it might haue bene sold for more then three hundreth pence, and bene giuen vnto the poore, and they murmured against her.

(Notes Reference) For it might have been sold for more than (a) three hundred pence, and have been given to the poor. And they murmured against her.

(a) Which is about six English pounds.

(Mar 14:6) But Iesus saide, Let her alone: why trouble yee her? shee hath wrought a good worke on me.

(Mar 14:7) For yee haue the poore with you alwaies, and when yee will yee may doe them good, but me yee shall not haue alwaies.

(Notes Reference) (3) For ye have the poor with you always, and whensoever ye will ye may do them good: but me ye have not always.

(3) Christ allowed himself to be anointed once or twice for certain considerations: but his will is to be daily anointed in the poor.

(Mar 14:8) She hath done that she coulde: she came afore hand to anoynt my body to the burying.

(Notes Reference) (4) She hath done what she could: she is come aforehand to anoint my body to the burying.

(4) This woman, by the secret influence of the Spirit, anoints Christ, and thus sets before men's eyes his death and burial which were at hand.

(Mar 14:9) Verely I say vnto you, wheresoeuer this Gospel shall be preached throughout the whole world, this also that she hath done, shalbe spoken of in remembrance of her.

(Mar 14:10) Then Iudas Iscariot, one of the twelue, went away vnto the hie Priestes, to betray him vnto them.

(Notes Reference) (5) And Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve, went unto the chief priests, to betray him unto them.

(5) Covetousness disguised with a zeal of charity is an occasion to betray and crucify Christ.

(Mar 14:11) And when they heard it, they were glad, and promised that they woulde giue him monie: therefore he sought howe he might conueniently betraie him.

(Mar 14:12) Nowe the first day of vnleauened bread, when they sacrificed the Passeouer, his disciples sayde vnto him, Where wilt thou that we goe and prepare, that thou mayest eate the Passeouer?

(Notes Reference) (6) And the first day of unleavened bread, (b) when (c) they killed the (d) passover, his disciples said unto him, Where wilt thou that we go and prepare that thou mayest eat the passover?

(6) Christ being made subject to the law for us celebrates the passover according to the law: and in addition by a miracle shows that even though he will immediately suffer in the flesh, that he is yet God.

(b) That is, upon this day, and at the evening of the same day, which was the beginning of the fifteenth. See Mat 26:17.

(d) That is, spoken thus, by the figure of speech called metonymy, which is commonly used when talking about sacraments, and by the passover is meant the paschal lamb.

(Mar 14:13) Then hee sent foorth two of his disciples, and sayde vnto them, Goe yee into the citie, and there shall a man meete you bearing a pitcher of water: follow him.

(Mar 14:14) And whithersoeuer he goeth in, say yee to the good man of the house, The Master sayeth, Where is the lodging where I shall eate the Passeouer with my disciples?

(Mar 14:15) And he wil shewe you an vpper chamber which is large, trimmed and prepared: there make it readie for vs.

(Notes Reference) And he will shew you a large (e) upper room furnished [and] prepared: there make ready for us.

(e) The Greek word signifies that part of the house that is highest from the ground, and because they used to eat supper in that part of the house they called it a supper room, no matter what they were using it for.

(Mar 14:16) So his disciples went foorth, and came to the citie, and found as he had said vnto them, and made readie the Passeouer.

(Mar 14:17) And at euen he came with the twelue.

(Mar 14:18) And as they sate at table and did eate, Iesus said, Verely I say vnto you, that one of you shall betray me, which eateth with me.

(Notes Reference) (7) And as they sat and did eat, Jesus said, Verily I say unto you, One of you which eateth with me shall betray me.

(7) The types in the law, which are to be fulfilled before long, are cancelled: and in place of them are put symbols of the new covenant corresponding to them, which will continue to the world's end.

(Mar 14:19) Then they began to be sorowful and to say to him one by one, Is it I? And another, Is it I?

(Mar 14:20) And he answered and sayde vnto them, It is one of the twelue that dippeth with mee in the platter.

(Notes Reference) And he answered and said unto them, [It is] one of the twelve, that (f) dippeth with me in the dish.

(f) That regularly eats with me.

(Mar 14:21) Truely the Sonne of man goeth his way, as it is written of him: but woe bee to that man, by whome the Sonne of man is betrayed: it had beene good for that man, if hee had neuer beene borne.

(Mar 14:22) And as they did eate, Iesus tooke the bread, and when hee had giuen thankes, he brake it and gaue it to them, and sayde, Take, eate, this is my bodie.

(Mar 14:23) Also he tooke the cuppe, and when he had giuen thankes, gaue it to them: and they all dranke of it.

(Mar 14:24) And he saide vnto them, This is my blood of that newe Testament, which is shed for many.

(Mar 14:25) Verely I say vnto you, I wil drinke no more of the fruit of ye vine vntill that day, that I drinke it newe in the kingdome of God.

(Mar 14:26) And when they had sung a Psalme, they went out to the mount of Oliues.

(Mar 14:27) Then Iesus said vnto them, Al ye shall be offended by mee this night: for it is written, I will smite the shepheard, and the sheepe shall be scattered.

(Notes Reference) (8) And Jesus saith unto them, All ye shall be offended because of me this night: for it is written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered.

(8) Christ foretells how he will be forsaken by his own, but yet that he will never forsake them.

(Mar 14:28) But after that I am risen, I will goe into Galile before you.

(Mar 14:29) And Peter saide vnto him, Although all men should be offended at thee, yet would not I.

(Notes Reference) (9) But Peter said unto him, Although all shall be offended, yet [will] not I.

(9) Here is set forth in an excellent person a most sorrowful example of man's rashness and weakness.

(Mar 14:30) Then Iesus saide vnto him, Verely I say vnto thee, this day, euen in this night, before the cocke crowe twise, thou shalt denie me thrise.

(Mar 14:31) But he saide more earnestly. If I shoulde die with thee, I will not denie thee: likewise also saide they all.

(Notes Reference) But he spake the (g) more vehemently, If I should die with thee, I will not deny thee in any wise. Likewise also said they all.

(g) The doubling of words here sets out more plainly Peter's vehement affirmation.

(Mar 14:32) After, they came into a place named Gethsemane: then hee saide to his disciples, Sit yee here, till I haue praied.

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(10) And they came to a place which was named Gethsemane: and he saith to his disciples, Sit ye here, while I shall pray.

(10) Christ suffering for us the most horrible terrors of the curse of God, in that flesh which he took upon him for our sakes, receives the cup from his Father's hands, which he being just, drinks right away for the unjust.

(Mar 14:33) And hee tooke with him Peter, and Iames, and Iohn, and hee began to be troubled, and in great heauinesse,

(Mar 14:34) And saide vnto them, My soule is very heauie, euen vnto the death: tarie here, and watch.

(Mar 14:35) So he went forward a litle, and fell downe on the ground, and praied, that if it were possible, that houre might passe from him.

(Mar 14:36) And he saide, Abba, Father, all things are possible vnto thee: take away this cup from me: neuertheles not that I will, but that thou wilt, be done.

(Notes Reference) And he said, (h) Abba, Father, all things [are] possible unto thee; take away this cup from me: nevertheless not what I will, but what thou wilt.

(h) This doubling of the word was used in those days when their languages were mixed together: for the word "Abba" is a Syrian word.

(Mar 14:37) Then hee came, and founde them sleeping, and said to Peter, Simon, sleepest thou? couldest not thou watche one houre?

(Notes Reference) (11) And he cometh, and findeth them sleeping, and saith unto Peter, Simon, sleepest thou? couldest not thou watch one hour?

(11) A horrible example of the sluggishness of men, even among the disciples whom Christ had chosen.

(Mar 14:38) Watch ye, and pray, that ye enter not into tentation: the spirite in deede is ready, but the flesh is weake.

(Mar 14:39) And againe hee went away, and praied, and spake the same wordes.

(Mar 14:40) And he returned, and founde them a sleepe againe: for their eyes were heauie: neither knewe they what they should answere him.

(Mar 14:41) And he came the third time, and said vnto them, Sleepe henceforth, and take your rest: it is ynough: the houre is come: beholde, the Sonne of man is deliuered into the hands of sinners.

(Mar 14:42) Rise vp: let vs go: loe, he that betraieth me, is at hand.

(Mar 14:43) And immediatly while hee yet spake, came Iudas that was one of the twelue, and with him a great multitude with swordes and staues from the hie Priests, and Scribes, and Elders.

(Notes Reference) (12) And immediately, while he yet spake, cometh Judas, one of the twelve, and with him a great multitude with swords and staves, from the chief priests and the scribes and the elders.

(12) As men willingly robbed God their creator of his praise in forsaking and betraying him: so Christ, willingly going about to make satisfaction for this ruin, is forsaken by his own, and betrayed by one of his familiar acquaintances as a thief, so that the punishment might be in agreement with the sin, and that we who are ourselves traitors, forsakers and those committing sacrilege, might be delivered out of the devil's snare.

(Mar 14:44) And he that betraied him, had giuen them a token, saying, Whomsoeuer I shall kisse, he it is: take him and leade him away safely.

(Notes Reference) And he that betrayed him had given them a token, saying, Whomsoever I shall kiss, that same is he; take him, and lead [him] away (i) safely.

(i) So diligently that he cannot escape out of your hand.

(Mar 14:45) And assoone as hee was come, hee went straightway to him, and saide, Haile Master, and kissed him.

(Mar 14:46) Then they laide their handes on him, and tooke him.

(Mar 14:47) And one of them that stoode by, drewe out a sword, and smote a seruant of the hie Priest, and cut off his eare.

(Notes Reference) And (k) one of them that stood by drew a sword, and smote a servant of the high priest, and cut off his ear.

(k) That is, Peter.

(Mar 14:48) And Iesus answered and saide to them, Ye be come out as against a thiefe with swordes, and with staues, to take me.

(Mar 14:49) I was daily with you teaching in the Temple, and yee tooke me not: but this is done that the Scriptures should be fulfilled.

(Mar 14:50) Then they all forsooke him, and fled.

(Notes Reference) And they (l) all forsook him, and fled.

(l) All his disciples.

(Mar 14:51) And there followed him a certaine yong man, clothed in linnen vpon his bare bodie, and the yong men caught him.

(Notes Reference) (13) And there followed him a certain young man, having a (m) linen cloth cast about [his] naked [body]; and the young men laid hold on him:

(13) Under a pretence of godliness, all things are lawful to those who do violence against Christ.

(m) Which he cast about him, and ran forth after he heard the commotion in the night: by this we may understand with how great licentiousness these villains violently set upon him.

(Mar 14:52) But he left his linnen cloth, and fled from them naked.

(Mar 14:53) So they led Iesus away to the hie Priest, and to him came together all the hie Priestes, and the Elders, and the Scribes.

(Notes Reference) And they led Jesus away to the high priest: and with him were (n) assembled all the chief priests and the elders and the scribes.

(n) The highest council was assembled because Christ was accused as a blasphemer and a false prophet: for as to the other crime of treason, it was forged against him by the priest in order to force Pilate to condemn him.

(Mar 14:54) And Peter folowed him afarre off, euen into the hall of the hie Priest, and sate with the seruants, and warmed himselfe at the fire.

(Mar 14:55) And the hie Priests, and all the Councill sought for witnesse against Iesus, to put him to death, but found none.

(Notes Reference) (14) And the chief priests and all the council sought for witness against Jesus to put him to death; and found none.

(14) Christ, who was so innocent that he could not be oppressed, not even by false witnesses, is at length condemned for impiety before the high priest for confessing God to be his father. This is so that we, who denied God and were indeed wicked, might be acquitted before God.

(Mar 14:56) For many bare false witnesse against him, but their witnesse agreed not together.

(Mar 14:57) Then there arose certaine, and bare false witnesse against him, saying,

(Mar 14:58) We hearde him say, I will destroy this Temple made with hands, and within three daies I will builde another, made without hands.

(Mar 14:59) But their witnesse yet agreed not together.

(Mar 14:60) Then the hie Priest stoode vp amongst them, and asked Iesus, saying, Answerest thou nothing? what is the matter that these beare witnesse against thee?

(Mar 14:61) But hee helde his peace, and answered nothing. Againe the hie Priest asked him, and sayde vnto him, Art thou that Christ the Sonne of the Blessed?

(Notes Reference) But he held his peace, and answered nothing. Again the high priest asked him, and said unto him, Art thou the Christ, the Son of the (o) Blessed?

(o) Of God, who is most worthy of all praise?

(Mar 14:62) And Iesus said, I am he, and yee shall see the Sonne of man sitte at the right hande of the power of God, and come in the clouds of heauen.

(Mar 14:63) Then the hie Priest rent his clothes, and sayd, What haue we any more neede of witnesses?

(Mar 14:64) Ye haue heard the blasphemie: what thinke yee? And they all condemned him to be worthie of death.

(Mar 14:65) And some began to spit at him, and to couer his face, and to beate him with fists, and to say vnto him, Prophesie. And the sergeants smote him with their roddes.

(Notes Reference) (15) And some began to spit on him, and to cover his face, and to buffet him, and to say unto him, Prophesy: and the servants did strike him with the palms of their hands.

(15) Christ, suffering all types of reproach for our sakes, gets everlasting glory for those that believe in him.

(Mar 14:66) And as Peter was beneath in the hal, there came one of the maides of the hie Priest.

(Notes Reference) (16) And as Peter was beneath in the palace, there cometh one of the maids of the high priest:

(16) A grievous example of the frailness of man together with a most comfortable example of the mercy of God, who gives the spirit of repentance and faith to his elect.

(Mar 14:67) And when shee sawe Peter warming him selfe, shee looked on him, and sayde, Thou wast also with Iesus of Nazareth.

(Mar 14:68) But he denied it, saying, I knowe him not, neither wot I what thou saiest. Then he went out into the porche, and the cocke crewe.

(Mar 14:69) Then a maid sawe him againe, and bega to say to them that stood by, This is one of them.

(Notes Reference) And (q) a maid saw him again, and began to say to them that stood by, This is [one] of them.

(q) If we carefully compare the evangelists together we will perceive that Peter was known by many through the maiden's report: furthermore, when the second denial is spoken of in Luke, there is a man servant mentioned and not a maid.

(Mar 14:70) But hee denied it againe: and anon after, they that stoode by, sayde againe to Peter, Surely thou art one of them: for thou art of Galile, and thy speach is like.

(Mar 14:71) And he began to curse, and sweare, saying, I knowe not this man of whom ye speake.

(Mar 14:72) Then the seconde time the cocke crewe, and Peter remembred the woorde that Iesus had saide vnto him, Before the cocke crowe twise, thou shalt denie me thrise, and waying that with himselfe, he wept.