Read Scripture In A Year: July 26

Passage 1: 2 Samuel 12

(2Sa 12:1) Then the Lord sent Nathan vnto Dauid, who came to him, and sayd vnto him, There were two men in one citie, the one riche, and the other poore.

(Notes Reference) And the LORD sent (a) Nathan unto David. And he came unto him, and said unto him, There were two men in one city; the one rich, and the other poor.

(a) Because David lay now drowned in sin, the loving mercy of God which does not allow his own to perish, wakes his conscience by this story and brings him to repentance.

(2Sa 12:2) The rich man had exceeding many sheepe and oxen:

(2Sa 12:3) But the poore had none at all, saue one litle sheepe which he had bought, and nourished vp: and it grew vp with him, and with his children also, and did eate of his owne morsels, and dranke of his owne cup, and slept in his bosome, and was vnto him as his daughter.

(2Sa 12:4) Now there came a stranger vnto the rich man, who refused to take of his owne sheepe, and of his owne oxen to dresse for the stranger that was come vnto him, but tooke the poore mans sheepe, and dressed it for the man that was come to him.

(2Sa 12:5) Then Dauid was exceeding wroth with the man, and sayde to Nathan, As the Lord liueth, the man that hath done this thing, shall surely dye,

(2Sa 12:6) And he shall restore the lambe foure folde, because he did this thing, and had no pitie thereof.

(2Sa 12:7) Then Nathan sayd to Dauid, Thou art the man. Thus sayth the Lord God of Israel, I anoynted thee King ouer Israel, and deliuered thee out of the hand of Saul,

(2Sa 12:8) And gaue thee thy lordes house, and thy lords wiues into thy bosome, and gaue thee the house of Israel, and of Iudah, and would moreouer (if that had bene too litle) haue giuen thee such and such things.

(Notes Reference) And I gave thee thy master's (b) house, and thy master's (c) wives into thy bosom, and gave thee the house of Israel and of Judah; and if [that had been] too little, I would moreover have given unto thee (d) such and such things.

(b) For David succeeded Saul in his kingdom.

(d) That is, greater things than these: for God's love and benefits increase toward his own, if they do not hinder him by their ingratitude.

(2Sa 12:9) Wherefore hast thou despised the commandement of the Lord, to doe euill in his sight? thou hast killed Vriah the Hittite with ye sworde, and hast taken his wife to be thy wife, and hast slaine him with the sworde of the children of Ammon.

(Notes Reference) Wherefore hast thou despised the commandment of the LORD, to do evil in his sight? thou hast killed Uriah the Hittite with the sword, and hast taken his wife [to be] thy wife, and hast slain him with the sword of the (e) children of Ammon.

(e) You have most cruelly given him into the hands of God's enemies.

(2Sa 12:10) Now therefore the sworde shall neuer depart from thine house, because thou hast despised me, and taken the wife of Vriah the Hittite to be thy wife.

(2Sa 12:11) Thus sayth the Lord, Behold, I will rayse vp euil against thee out of thine owne house, and will take thy wiues before thine eyes, and giue them vnto thy neighbour, and he shall lie with thy wiues in the sight of this sunne.

(Notes Reference) Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will raise up evil against thee out of thine own house, and I will take thy wives before thine eyes, and give [them] unto thy neighbour, and he shall lie with thy wives in the sight of this (f) sun.

(f) Meaning openly, at noon.

(2Sa 12:12) For thou diddest it secretly: but I will doe this thing before all Israel, and before the sunne.

(2Sa 12:13) Then Dauid sayde vnto Nathan, I haue sinned against the Lord. And Nathan sayde vnto Dauid, The Lord also hath put away thy sinne, thou shalt not die.

(Notes Reference) And David said unto Nathan, I have sinned against the LORD. And Nathan said unto David, The LORD also hath (g) put away thy sin; thou shalt not die.

(g) For the Lord seeks the sinner to turn to him.

(2Sa 12:14) Howbeit because by this deede thou hast caused the enemies of the Lord to blaspheme, the childe that is borne vnto thee shall surely die.

(Notes Reference) Howbeit, because by this deed thou hast given great occasion to the enemies of the LORD to (h) blaspheme, the child also [that is] born unto thee shall surely die.

(h) In saying, that the Lord has appointed a wicked man to reign over his people.

(2Sa 12:15) So Nathan departed vnto his house: and the Lord stroke the childe that Vriahs wife bare vnto Dauid, and it was sicke.

(2Sa 12:16) Dauid therefore besought God for the childe, and fasted and went in, and lay all night vpon the earth.

(Notes Reference) David therefore besought God for the child; and David fasted, and (i) went in, and lay all night upon the earth.

(i) That is, to his private chamber.

(2Sa 12:17) Then the Elders of his house arose to come vnto him, and to cause him to rise from the groud: but he would not, neither did he eate meate with them.

(Notes Reference) And the elders of his house arose, [and went] to him, to raise him up from the earth: but he would not, neither did he eat (k) bread with them.

(k) Thinking by his constant prayer that God would have restored his child, but God had determined otherwise.

(2Sa 12:18) So on the seuenth day the child dyed: and the seruants of Dauid feared to tell him that the childe was dead: for they sayde, Beholde, while the childe was aliue, we spake vnto him, and he woulde not hearken vnto our voyce: how then shall we say vnto him, The childe is dead, to vexe him more?

(2Sa 12:19) But when Dauid sawe that his seruantes whispered, Dauid perceiued that the childe was dead: therefore Dauid sayde vnto his seruants, Is the childe dead? And they sayd, He is dead.

(2Sa 12:20) Then Dauid arose from the earth, and washed and anoynted himselfe, and changed his apparell, and came into the house of the Lord, and worshipped, and afterward came to his owne house, and bade that they should set bread before him, and he did eate.

(Notes Reference) Then David (l) arose from the earth, and washed, and anointed [himself], and changed his apparel, and came into the house of the LORD, and worshipped: then he came to his own house; and when he required, they set bread before him, and he did eat.

(l) Showing that our lamentations should not be excessive, but moderate: and that we must praise God in all his doings.

(2Sa 12:21) Then saide his seruants vnto him, What thing is this, that thou hast done? thou diddest fast and weepe for the childe while it was aliue, but when the childe was dead, thou diddest rise vp, and eate meate.

(Notes Reference) Then (m) said his servants unto him, What thing [is] this that thou hast done? thou didst fast and weep for the child, [while it was] alive; but when the child was dead, thou didst rise and eat bread.

(m) As they who did not consider that God grants many things to the sobs and tears of the faithful.

(2Sa 12:22) And he sayde, While the childe was yet aliue, I fasted, and wept: for I sayde, Who can tell whether God will haue mercy on me, that the childe may liue?

(2Sa 12:23) But now being dead, wherefore shoulde I now fast? Can I bring him againe any more? I shall goe to him, but he shall not returne to me.

(Notes Reference) But now he is dead, wherefore should I fast? (n) can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me.

(n) By this consideration he appeased his sorrow.

(2Sa 12:24) And Dauid comforted Bath-sheba his wife, and went in vnto her, and lay with her, and she bare a sonne, and he called his name Salomon: also the Lord loued him.

(Notes Reference) And David comforted Bathsheba his wife, and went in unto her, and lay with her: and she bare a son, and (o) he called his name Solomon: and the LORD loved him.

(o) That is, the Lord, (1Ch 22:9).

(2Sa 12:25) For the Lord had sent by Nathan the Prophet: therefore he called his name Iedidiah, because the Lord loued him.

(Notes Reference) And he sent by the hand of Nathan the (p) prophet; and (q) he called his name Jedidiah, because of the LORD.

(p) To call him Solomon.

(q) Meaning, David.

(2Sa 12:26) Then Ioab fought against Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and tooke the citie of the kingdome.

(2Sa 12:27) Therefore Ioab sent messengers to Dauid, saying, I haue fought against Rabbah, and haue taken the citie of waters.

(Notes Reference) And Joab sent messengers to David, and said, I have fought against Rabbah, and have taken the city of (r) waters.

(r) That is, the chief city and where all the water pipes are, is as good as taken.

(2Sa 12:28) Now therefore gather the rest of the people together, and besiege the city, that thou mayest take it, lest the victorie be attributed to me.

(2Sa 12:29) So Dauid gathered al the people together, and went against Rabbah, and besieged it, and tooke it.

(2Sa 12:30) And he tooke their Kings crowne from his head, (which weighed a talent of golde, with precious stones) and it was set on Dauids head: and he brought away the spoyle of the citie in exceeding great abundance.

(Notes Reference) And he took their king's crown from off his head, the weight whereof [was] a (s) talent of gold with the precious stones: and it was [set] on David's head. And he brought forth the spoil of the city in great abundance.

(s) That is, 60 pounds after the weight of the common talent.

(2Sa 12:31) And he carryed away the people that was therein, and put them vnder sawes, and vnder yron harowes, and vnder axes of yron, and cast them into the tyle kylne: euen thus did he with all the cities of the children of Ammon. Then Dauid and all the people returned vnto Ierusalem.

(Notes Reference) And he brought forth the people that [were] therein, and put [them] under (t) saws, and under harrows of iron, and under axes of iron, and made them pass through the brickkiln: and thus did he unto all the cities of the children of Ammon. So David and all the people returned unto Jerusalem.

(t) Signifying that as they were malicious enemies of God, so he put them to cruel death.

Passage 2: Jeremiah 16

(Jer 16:1) The worde of the Lord came also vnto mee, saying,

(Jer 16:2) Thou shalt not take thee a wife, nor haue sonnes nor daughters in this place.

(Notes Reference) Thou shalt not take (a) thee a wife, neither shalt thou have sons nor daughters in this place.

(a) Meaning that the affliction would be so horrible in Jerusalem that a wife and children would only increase his sorrow.

(Jer 16:3) For thus sayeth the Lord concerning the sonnes, and concerning the daughters that are borne in this place, and concerning their mothers that beare them, and concerning their fathers, that beget them in this land,

(Jer 16:4) They shall die of deathes and diseases: they shall not be lamented, neither shall they be buried, but they shalbe as dung vpon the earth, and they shalbe consumed by the sword, and by famine, and their carkeises shall be meate for the foules of the heauen, and for the beasts of the earth.

(Jer 16:5) For thus saith the Lord, Enter not into the house of mourning, neither goe to lament, nor be moued for the: for I haue taken my peace, from this people, saith the Lord, euen mercy and compassion.

(Notes Reference) For thus saith the LORD, (b) Enter not into the house of mourning, neither go to lament nor bemoan them: for I have taken away my peace from this people, saith the LORD, [even] lovingkindness and mercies.

(b) Signifying that the affliction would be so great that one would not have leisure to comfort another.

(Jer 16:6) Both the great, and the small shall die in this land: they shall not be buried, neither shall men lament for them nor cut themselues, nor make themselues balde for them.

(Notes Reference) Both the great and the small shall die in this land: they shall not be buried, neither shall [men] lament for them, (c) nor cut themselves, nor make themselves bald for them:

(Jer 16:7) They shall not stretch out the hands for the in the mourning to comfort them for the dead, neither shall they giue them the cup of consolation to drinke for their father or for their mother.

(Notes Reference) Neither shall [men] tear [themselves] for them in mourning, to comfort them for the dead; neither shall [men] give them the (d) cup of consolation to drink for their father or for their mother.

(d) For in these great extremities all consolation and comfort will be in vain.

(Jer 16:8) Thou shalt not also goe into the house of feasting to sit with them to eate and to drinke.

(Jer 16:9) For thus sayth the Lord of hostes, the God of Israel, Beholde, I wil cause to cease out of this place in your eyes, euen in your dayes the voyce of myrth, and the voyce of gladnes, the voyce of the bridegrome and the voyce of the bride.

(Jer 16:10) And when thou shalt shewe this people all these wordes, and they shall say vnto thee, Wherefore hath the Lord pronounced all this great plague against vs? or what is our iniquitie? and what is our sinne that we haue committed against the Lord our God?

(Notes Reference) And it shall come to pass, when thou shalt show this people all these words, and they shall say to thee, Why hath the LORD pronounced all this great evil against us? or what [is] (e) our iniquity? or what [is] our sin that we have committed against the LORD our God?

(e) Because the wicked are always rebellious and conceal their own sins and murmur against God's judgments, as though he had no just cause to punish them, he shows him what to answer.

(Jer 16:11) Then shalt thou say vnto them, Because your fathers haue forsaken me, sayth the Lord, and haue walked after other gods, and haue serued them, and worshipped them, and haue forsaken me, and haue not kept my Law,

(Jer 16:12) (And ye haue done worse then your fathers: for beholde, you walke euery one after the stubbernesse of his wicked heart, and will not heare me)

(Jer 16:13) Therefore will I driue you out of this land into a lande that ye knowe not, neither you, nor your fathers, and there shall ye serue other gods day and night: for I will shew you no grace.

(Jer 16:14) Behold therfore, saith the Lord, the dayes come that it shall no more be sayde, The Lord liueth, which brought vp the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt,

(Jer 16:15) But the Lord liueth, that brought vp the children of Israel from the lande of the North, and from all the landes where hee had scattered them, and I wil bring them againe into their land that I gaue vnto their fathers.

(Notes Reference) But, The LORD liveth, that brought the children of Israel from the land of the north, and (f) from all the lands where he had driven them: and I will bring them again into their land that I gave to their fathers.

(f) Signifying that the blessing of their deliverance out of Babylon would be so great that it would abolish the remembrance of their deliverance from Egypt: but he has here chiefly respect to the spiritual deliverance under Christ.

(Jer 16:16) Behold, sayth the Lord, I wil send out many fishers, and they shall fish them, and after, will I send out many hunters, and they shall hunt them from euery mountaine and from euery hill, and out of the caues of the rockes.

(Notes Reference) Behold, I will send for many (g) fishermen, saith the LORD, and they shall fish them; and afterwards will I send for many hunters, and they shall hunt them from every mountain, and from every hill, and out of the clefts of the rocks.

(g) By the fishers and hunters are meant the Babylonians and Chaldeans who would destroy them in such sort, that if they escaped the one, the other would take them.

(Jer 16:17) For mine eyes are vpon al their wayes: they are not hid from my face, neither is their iniquitie hid from mine eyes.

(Jer 16:18) And first I will recompense their iniquitie and their sinne double, because they haue defiled my lande, and haue filled mine inheritance with their filthie carions and their abominations.

(Notes Reference) And first I will recompense their iniquity and their sin double; because they have defiled my land, they have filled my inheritance with the (h) carcases of their detestable and abominable things.

(h) That is, their sons and daughters, who they offered to Molech.

(Jer 16:19) O Lord, thou art my force, and my strength and my refuge in the day of affliction: the Gentiles shall come vnto thee from the ends of the world, and shall say, Surely our fathers haue inherited lies, and vanitie, wherein was no profite.

(Notes Reference) O LORD, my (i) strength, and my fortress, and my refuge in the day of affliction, the Gentiles shall come to thee from the ends of the earth, and shall say, Surely our fathers have inherited (k) lies, vanity, and [things] in which [there is] no profit.

(i) He wonders at the great mercy of God in this deliverance which will not only extend to the Jews but also to the Gentiles.

(k) Our fathers were most vile idolaters therefore it comes only of God's mercy that he performs his promise and has not utterly cast us off.

(Jer 16:20) Shall a man make gods vnto himselfe, and they are no gods?

(Jer 16:21) Beholde, therefore I will this once teach them: I will shewe them mine hande and my power, and they shall know that my Name is the Lord.

(Notes Reference) Therefore, behold, I will this once (l) cause them to know, I will cause them to know my hand and my might; and they shall know that my name [is] JEHOVAH.

(l) They will once again feel my power and mercy for their deliverance that they may learn to worship me.

Passage 3: Matthew 27

(Mat 27:1) When the morning was come, all the chiefe Priests, and the elders of the people tooke counsell against Iesus, to put him to death,

(Mat 27:2) And led him away bounde, and deliuered him vnto Pontius Pilate the gouernour.

(Mat 27:3) Then when Iudas which betraied him, sawe that hee was condemned, hee repented himselfe, and brought againe the thirtie pieces of siluer to the chiefe Priestes, and Elders,

(Notes Reference) (1) Then Judas, which had betrayed him, when he saw that he was condemned, repented himself, and brought again the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders,

(1) An example of the horrible judgment of God upon those who sell Christ as opposed to those who buy Christ.

(Mat 27:4) Saying, I haue sinned, betraying the innocent bloud. But they sayde, What is that to vs? see thou to it.

(Mat 27:5) And when hee had cast downe the siluer pieces in the Temple, hee departed, and went, and hanged himselfe.

(Notes Reference) And he cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, and (a) departed, and went and hanged himself.

(a) Out of the sight of men.

(Mat 27:6) And the chiefe Priestes tooke the siluer pieces, and sayde, It is not lawfull for vs to put them into the treasure, because it is the price of bloud.

(Notes Reference) And the chief priests took the silver pieces, and said, It is not lawful for to put them into the (b) treasury, because it is the price (c) of blood.

(b) The treasury of the temple.

(Mat 27:7) And they tooke counsell, and bought with them a potters fielde, for the buriall of strangers.

(Notes Reference) And they took counsel, and bought with them the potter's field, to bury (d) strangers in.

(d) Strangers and guests, whom the Jews could not endure to be joined with even after they were dead.

(Mat 27:8) Wherefore that field is called, The field of bloud, vntill this day.

(Mat 27:9) (Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Ieremias the Prophet, saying, And they tooke thirtie siluer pieces, ye price of him that was valued, whom they of ye children of Israel valued.

(Notes Reference) Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by (e) Jeremy the prophet, saying, (f) And they took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of him that was valued, whom they of the children of Israel did value;

(e) As this prophecy is found in (Zec 11:12) it cannot be denied that Jeremy's name slipped into the text either through the fault of the Scribe, or by someone else's ignorance: it may also be that it came out of the margin by means of the abbreviation on one of the letters, the one being "yod" and the other being "zayin", which are very similar: But in the Syrian text the Prophet's name is not written down at all.

(f) The evangelist does not follow the prophet's words, but instead he follows the prophet's meaning, which he shows to have been fulfilled.

(Mat 27:10) And they gaue them for the potters fielde, as the Lord appointed me.)

(Mat 27:11) And Iesus stood before ye gouernour, and the gouernour asked him, saying, Art thou that King of the Iewes? Iesus said vnto him, Thou sayest it.

(Notes Reference) (2) And Jesus stood before the governor: and the governor asked him, saying, Art thou the King of the Jews? And Jesus said unto him, Thou sayest.

(2) Christ holds his peace when he is accused in order that we may not be accused: acknowledging our guiltiness, and at the same time his own innocence.

(Mat 27:12) And when he was accused of the chiefe Priestes, and Elders, he answered nothing.

(Mat 27:13) Then saide Pilate vnto him, Hearest thou not howe many things they lay against thee?

(Mat 27:14) But he answered him not to one worde, in so much that the gouernour marueiled greatly.

(Mat 27:15) Nowe at the feast, the gouernour was wont to deliuer vnto the people a prisoner whom they would.

(Notes Reference) (3) Now at [that] feast the governor was wont to release unto the people a prisoner, whom they would.

(3) Christ is first acquitted by the same judge who condemns him, that we might see how the just dies for the unjust.

(Mat 27:16) And they had then a notable prisoner, called Barabbas.

(Mat 27:17) When they were then gathered together, Pilate said vnto the, Whether will ye that I let loose vnto you Barabbas, or Iesus which is called Christ?

(Mat 27:18) (For he knewe well, that for enuie they had deliuered him.

(Mat 27:19) Also when he was set downe vpon the iudgement seate, his wife sent to him, saying, Haue thou nothing to do with that iust man: for I haue suffered many things this day in a dreame by reason of him.)

(Mat 27:20) But the chiefe Priestes and the Elders had persuaded the people that they shoulde aske Barabbas, and should destroy Iesus.

(Mat 27:21) Then the gouernour answered, and said vnto them, Whether of the twaine will ye that I let loose vnto you? And they said, Barabbas.

(Mat 27:22) Pilate said vnto them, What shall I do then with Iesus, which is called Christ? They all said to him, Let him be crucified.

(Mat 27:23) Then saide the gouernour, But what euill hath he done? Then they cryed the more, saying, Let him be crucified.

(Mat 27:24) When Pilate saw that he auailed nothing, but that more tumult was made, he tooke water and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this iust man: looke you to it.

(Notes Reference) (4) When Pilate saw that he could prevail nothing, but [that] rather a tumult was made, he took water, and (g) washed [his] hands before the multitude, saying, I am innocent of the (h) blood of this just person: see ye [to it].

(4) Christ being acquitted by the testimony of the judge himself is nonetheless condemned by him, in order to acquit us before God.

(g) It was a custom in ancient times that when any man was murdered, or there were other slaughters, to wash their hands in water to declare themselves guiltless.

(h) Of the murder; a Hebrew idiom.

(Mat 27:25) Then answered all the people, and saide, His bloud be on vs, and on our children.

(Notes Reference) Then answered all the people, and said, (i) His blood [be] on us, and on our children.

(i) If there is any offence committed in slaying him, let us and our posterity suffer for it.

(Mat 27:26) Thus let he Barabbas loose vnto them, and scourged Iesus, and deliuered him to be crucified.

(Mat 27:27) Then the souldiers of the gouernour tooke Iesus into the common hall, and gathered about him the whole band,

(Mat 27:28) And they stripped him, and put about him a skarlet robe,

(Notes Reference) (5) And they stripped him, and (k) put on him a (l) scarlet robe.

(5) Christ endures that reproach which was due to our sins; meanwhile, in spite of this, by the secret providence of God he is entitled king by those who did him that reproach.

(k) They threw a cloak about him and wrapped it around him, for it did not have any sleeves.

(l) John and Mark also mention a purple robe, which is also a very pleasant red. But these profane and impudently disrespectful soldiers clad Jesus in this array to make an additional mockery of him, this one who was indeed a true King.

(Mat 27:29) And platted a crowne of thornes, and put it vpon his head, and a reede in his right hand, and bowed their knees before him, and mocked him, saying, God saue thee King of the Iewes,

(Mat 27:30) And spitted vpon him, and tooke a reede, and smote him on the head.

(Mat 27:31) Thus when they had mocked him, they tooke the robe from him, and put his owne rayment on him, and led him away to crucifie him.

(Mat 27:32) And as they came out, they found a man of Cyrene, named Simon: him they compelled to beare his crosse.

(Notes Reference) And as they came out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name: him they (m) compelled to bear his cross.

(m) They compelled Simon to bear his burdensome cross, by which it appears that Jesus was so poorly handled before that he fainted along the way, and was not able to bear his cross the whole distance: for John writes that he did bear the cross, that is, at the beginning.

(Mat 27:33) And when they came vnto the place called Golgotha, (that is to say, the place of dead mens skulles)

(Notes Reference) (6) And when they were come unto a place called Golgotha, that is to say, a place of a skull,

(6) He is led out of the city so that we might be brought into the heavenly kingdom.

(Mat 27:34) They gaue him vineger to drinke, mingled with gall: and when he had tasted thereof, he would not drinke.

(Notes Reference) (7) They gave him vinegar to drink mingled with gall: and when he had tasted [thereof], he would not drink.

(7) Christ found no comfort anywhere, that in him we might be filled with comfort.

(Mat 27:35) And when they had crucified him, they parted his garments, and did cast lottes, that it might be fulfilled, which was spoken by the Prophet, They deuided my garments among them, and vpon my vesture did cast lottes.

(Notes Reference) (8) And they crucified him, and parted his garments, casting lots: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, They parted my garments among them, and upon my vesture did they cast lots.

(8) He is made a curse, so that in him we may be blessed: his garments are taken from him so that we might be enriched by his nakedness.

(Mat 27:36) And they sate, and watched him there.

(Mat 27:37) They set vp also ouer his head his cause written, THIS IS IESVS THE KING OF THE IEVVES.

(Notes Reference) (9) And set up over his head his accusation written, THIS IS JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS.

(9) He is pronounced the true Messiah, even by those who reject him.

(Mat 27:38) And there were two theeues crucified with him, one on the right hand, and another on the left.

(Notes Reference) (10) Then were there two thieves crucified with him, one on the right hand, and another on the left.

(10) Christ then began to judge the world, when after his judgment he hung between two thieves.

(Mat 27:39) And they that passed by, reuiled him, wagging their heades,

(Notes Reference) (11) And they that passed by reviled him, wagging their heads,

(11) To make full satisfaction for us, Christ suffered and overcame not only the torments of the body, but also the most horrible torments of the mind.

(Mat 27:40) And saying, Thou that destroyest ye Temple, and buildest it in three dayes, saue thy selfe: if thou be ye Sonne of God, come downe from ye crosse.

(Mat 27:41) Likewise also the hie Priests mocking him, with the Scribes, and Elders, and Pharises, said,

(Mat 27:42) He saued others, but he cannot saue him selfe: if he be ye King of Israel, let him now come downe from ye crosse, and we will beleeue in him.

(Mat 27:43) He trusted in God, let him deliuer him nowe, if he will haue him: for he saide, I am the Sonne of God.

(Mat 27:44) The selfe same thing also ye theeues which were crucified with him, cast in his teeth.

(Notes Reference) The (n) thieves also, which were crucified with him, cast the same in his teeth.

(n) This is spoken using the figure of speech called synecdoche, for only one of the thieves reviled him.

(Mat 27:45) Now from ye sixt houre was there darkenesse ouer all the land, vnto the ninth houre.

(Notes Reference) (12) Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land unto the ninth hour.

(12) Heaven itself is darkened for very horror, and Jesus cries out from the depth of hell, and all during this time he is being mocked.

(Mat 27:46) And about ye ninth houre Iesus cryed with a loud voyce, saying, Eli, Eli, lamasabachthani? that is, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?

(Notes Reference) And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou (o) forsaken me?

(o) That is, in this misery: And this crying out is a natural part of his humanity, which, even though it was void of sin, still felt the wrath of God, the wrath which is due to our sins.

(Mat 27:47) And some of them that stoode there, when they heard it, said, This man calleth Elias.

(Notes Reference) Some of them that stood there, when they heard [that], said, This [man] calleth for (p) Elias.

(p) They allude to Elias' name, not because they did not understand what he said, but because of a profane impudence and disrespect, and he repeated those words so that this repetition of the name might be understood.

(Mat 27:48) And straightway one of them ran, and tooke a spondge, and filled it with vineger, and put it on a reede, and gaue him to drinke.

(Mat 27:49) Other said, Let be: let vs see, if Elias wil come and saue him.

(Mat 27:50) Then Iesus cryed againe with a loude voyce, and yeelded vp the ghost.

(Notes Reference) (13) Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost.

(13) Christ, after he had overcome other enemies, at length provokes and attacks death itself.

(Mat 27:51) And behold, the vayle of the Temple was rent in twaine, from the top to the bottome, and the earth did quake, and the stones were cloue.

(Notes Reference) (14) And, behold, the (q) veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent;

(14) Christ, when he is dead, shows himself to be God Almighty, and even his enemies confess the same.

(q) Which separated the holiest of all.

(Mat 27:52) And the graues did open themselues, and many bodies of the Saintes, which slept, arose,

(Notes Reference) And the (r) graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose,

(r) That is to say, the stones broke apart, and the graves opened themselves to show by this act that death was overcome: and the resurrection of the dead followed the resurrection of Christ, as the next verse indicates (Mat 27:53).

(Mat 27:53) And came out of the graues after his resurrection, and went into the holy citie, and appeared vnto many.

(Mat 27:54) When the Centurion, and they that were with him watching Iesus, saw the earthquake, and the thinges that were done, they feared greatly, saying, Truely this was the Sonne of God.

(Mat 27:55) And many women were there, beholding him a farre off, which had folowed Iesus from Galile, ministring vnto him.

(Mat 27:56) Among whom was Marie Magdalene, and Marie the mother of Iames, and Ioses, and the mother of Zebedeus sonnes.

(Mat 27:57) And when the euen was come, there came a riche man of Arimathea, named Ioseph, who had also himselfe bene Iesus disciple.

(Notes Reference) (15) When the even was come, there came a rich man of Arimathaea, named Joseph, who also himself was Jesus' disciple:

(15) Christ is buried, not privately or by stealth, but with the governor's consent, by a famous man, in a place not far distant, in a new tomb, so that his death cannot be doubted.

(Mat 27:58) He went to Pilate, and asked ye body of Iesus. Then Pilate commanded ye body to be deliuered.

(Mat 27:59) So Ioseph tooke the body, and wrapped it in a cleane linnen cloth,

(Mat 27:60) And put it in his new tombe, which he had hewen out in a rocke, and rolled a great stone to the doore of the sepulchre, and departed.

(Mat 27:61) And there was Marie Magdalene, and the other Marie sitting ouer against the sepulchre.

(Mat 27:62) Nowe the next day that followed the Preparation of the Sabbath, the hie Priestes and Pharises assembled to Pilate,

(Notes Reference) (16) Now the next day, that followed the day of the preparation, the chief priests and Pharisees came together unto Pilate,

(16) The keeping of the tomb is committed to Christ's own murderers, so that there might be no doubt of his resurrection.

(Mat 27:63) And said, Syr, we remember that that deceiuer saide, while he was yet aliue, Within three dayes I will rise.

(Mat 27:64) Command therefore, that the sepulchre be made sure vntill the third day, lest his disciples come by night, and steale him away, and say vnto the people, He is risen from the dead: so shall the last errour be worse then the first.

(Mat 27:65) Then Pilate saide vnto them, Ye haue a watch: goe, and make it sure as ye knowe.

(Notes Reference) Pilate said unto them, Ye have a (f) watch: go your way, make [it] as sure as ye can.

(f) The soldiers of the garrison who were appointed to guard the temple.

(Mat 27:66) And they went, and made the sepulchre sure with the watch, and sealed the stone.