Read Scripture In A Year: March 22

(Num 3:1) These also were the generations of Aaron and Moses, in the day that the Lord spake with Moses in mount Sinai.

(Notes Reference) These also [are] the (a) generations of Aaron and Moses in the day [that] the LORD spake with Moses in mount Sinai.

(a) Or, families and kindreds.

(Num 3:2) So these are the names of the sonnes of Aaron, Nadab the first borne, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.

(Num 3:3) These are the names of the sonnes of Aaron the anoynted Priests, whom Moses did consecrate to minister in the Priests office.

(Num 3:4) And Nadab and Abihu died before the Lord, when they offred strange fire before the Lord in the wildernesse of Sinai, and had no children: but Eleazar and Ithamar serued in ye Priestes office in the sight of Aaron their father.

(Notes Reference) And Nadab and Abihu died (b) before the LORD, when they offered strange fire before the LORD, in the wilderness of Sinai, and they had no children: and Eleazar and Ithamar ministered in the priest's office in the (c) sight of Aaron their father.

(b) Or, before the altar.

(Num 3:5) Then the Lord spake vnto Moses, saying,

(Num 3:6) Bring the tribe of Leui, and set the before Aaron the Priest that they may serue him,

(Notes Reference) Bring the tribe of Levi near, and (d) present them before Aaron the priest, that they may minister unto him.

(d) Offer them to Aaron for the use of the tabernacle.

(Num 3:7) And take the charge with him, euen the charge of the whole Congregation before the Tabernacle of the Congregation to doe the seruice of the Tabernacle.

(Notes Reference) And they shall keep his charge, and the charge of the whole congregation (e) before the tabernacle of the congregation, to do the service of the tabernacle.

(e) Which belonged to the executing of the high priests commandment, to the oversight of the people, and the service of the tabernacle.

(Num 3:8) They shall also keepe all the instruments of the Tabernacle of the Congregation, and haue the charge of the children of Israel to doe the seruice of the Tabernacle.

(Num 3:9) And thou shalt giue the Leuites vnto Aaron and to his sonnes: for they are giuen him freely from among the children of Israel.

(Notes Reference) And thou shalt give the Levites unto Aaron and to his (f) sons: they [are] wholly given unto him out of the children of Israel.

(f) Aaron's sons the priests served in the sanctuary in praying for the people and offering sacrifice: the Levites served for the inferior uses of the same.

(Num 3:10) And thou shalt appoint Aaron and his sonnes to execute their Priestes office: and the stranger that commeth neere, shalbe slayne.

(Notes Reference) And thou shalt appoint Aaron and his sons, and they shall wait on their priest's office: and the (g) stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.

(g) Any that would minister not being a Levite.

(Num 3:11) Also the Lord spake vnto Moses, saying,

(Num 3:12) Beholde, I haue euen taken the Leuites from among the childre of Israel: for al the first borne that openeth the matrice among the children of Israel, and the Leuites shalbe mine,

(Num 3:13) Because all the first borne are mine: for the same day, that I smote all the first borne in the land of Egypt, I sanctified vnto me all the first borne in Israel, both man and beast: mine they shalbe: I am the Lord.

(Num 3:14) Moreouer, the Lord spake vnto Moses in the wildernesse of Sinai, saying,

(Num 3:15) Nomber the children of Leui after the houses of their fathers, in their families: euery male from a moneth olde and aboue shalt thou nomber.

(Num 3:16) Then Moses nombred them according to the word of the Lord, as he was commanded.

(Num 3:17) And these are the sonnes of Leui by their names, Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari.

(Num 3:18) Also these are the names of the sonnes of Gershon by their families: Libni and Shimei.

(Num 3:19) The sonnes also of Kohath by their families: Amram, and Izehar, Hebron, and Vzziel.

(Num 3:20) And the sonnes of Merari by their families: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of Leui, according to the houses of their fathers.

(Num 3:21) Of Gershon came the familie of the Libnites, and the familie of the Shimeites: these are the families of the Gershonites.

(Num 3:22) The summe whereof (after the nomber of all the males from a moneth olde and aboue) was counted seuen thousand and fiue hundreth.

(Notes Reference) Those that were numbered of them, (h) according to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, [even] those that were numbered of them [were] seven thousand and five hundred.

(h) Only numbering the male children.

(Num 3:23) The families of the Gershonites shall pitch behind the Tabernacle westward.

(Num 3:24) The captaine and auncient of the house of the Gershonites shalbe Eliasaph the sonne of Lael.

(Num 3:25) And the charge of the sonnes of Gershon in the Tabernacle of the Congregation shall be the Tabernacle, and the pauilion, the couering thereof, and the vaile of the dore of the Tabernacle of the Congregation,

(Notes Reference) And the charge of the sons of Gershon in the tabernacle of the congregation [shall be] the (i) tabernacle, and the tent, the covering thereof, and the hanging for the door of the tabernacle of the congregation,

(i) Their charge was to carry the covering and hangings of the tabernacle.

(Num 3:26) And the hanging of the court, and the vaile of the doore of the court, which is neere the Tabernacle, and neere ye Altar round about, and the cordes of it for all the seruice thereof.

(Num 3:27) And of Kohath came the familie of the Amramites, and the familie of the Izeharites, and the familie of the Hebronites, and the familie of the Vzzielites: these are the families of the Kohathites.

(Num 3:28) The nomber of all the males from a moneth olde and aboue was eight thousand and sixe hundreth, hauing the charge of the Sanctuarie.

(Notes Reference) In the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, [were] eight thousand and six hundred, keeping the (k) charge of the sanctuary.

(k) Everyone doing his duty in the sanctuary.

(Num 3:29) The families of the sonnes of Kohath shall pitch on the Southside of the Tabernacle.

(Num 3:30) The captaine and auncient of the house, and families of the Kohathites shall be Elizaphan the sonne of Vzziel:

(Num 3:31) And their charge shalbe the Arke, and the Table, and the Candlesticke, and the altars, and the instruments of the Sanctuarie that they minister with, and the vaile, and all that serueth thereto.

(Notes Reference) And their charge [shall be] the (l) ark, and the table, and the candlestick, and the altars, and the vessels of the sanctuary wherewith they minister, and the hanging, and all the service thereof.

(l) The main things within the sanctuary were committed to the Kohathites.

(Num 3:32) And Eleazar the sonne of Aaron the Priest shalbe chiefe captaine of the Leuites, hauing the ouersight of them that haue the charge of the Sanctuarie.

(Num 3:33) Of Merari came the familie of the Mahlites, and the familie of the Mushites: these are the families of Merari.

(Num 3:34) And the summe of them, according to the nomber of all the males, from a moneth olde and aboue was sixe thousand and two hundreth.

(Num 3:35) The captaine and the ancient of the house of the families of Merari shalbe Zuriel the sonne of Abihail: they shall pitche on the Northside of the Tabernacle.

(Num 3:36) And in ye charge and custodie of the sonnes of Merari shall be the boardes of the Tabernacle, and the barres thereof, and his pillars, and his sockets, and al the instruments therof, and al that serueth thereto,

(Notes Reference) And [under] the custody and charge of the sons of Merari [shall be] (m) the boards of the tabernacle, and the bars thereof, and the pillars thereof, and the sockets thereof, and all the vessels thereof, and all that serveth thereto,

(m) The wood work and the rest of the instruments were committed to their charge.

(Num 3:37) With the pillars of the court round about, with their sockets, and their pins and their coardes.

(Num 3:38) Also on the forefront of the Tabernacle toward the East, before the Tabernacle, I say, of the Congregation Eastwarde shall Moses and Aaron and his sonnes pitch, hauing the charge of the Sanctuarie, and the charge of the children of Israel: but the stranger that commeth neere, shall be slayne.

(Notes Reference) But those that encamp before the tabernacle toward the east, [even] before the tabernacle of the congregation eastward, [shall be] Moses, and Aaron and his sons, keeping the charge of the sanctuary (n) for the charge of the children of Israel; and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.

(n) That no one should enter into the tabernacle contrary to God's appointment.

(Num 3:39) The wholesumme of ye Leuites, which Moses and Aaron nombred at the commandement of the Lord throughout their families, euen al the males from a moneth olde and aboue, was two and twentie thousand.

(Notes Reference) All that were numbered of the Levites, which Moses and Aaron numbered at the commandment of the LORD, throughout their families, all the males from a month old and upward, [were] twenty and two (o) thousand.

(o) So that the first born of the children of Israel were more by 273, as in (Num 3:43).

(Num 3:40) And the Lord said vnto Moses, Nomber all the first borne that are Males among the children of Israel, from a moneth old and aboue, and take the nomber of their names.

(Num 3:41) And thou shalt take ye Leuites to me for all the first borne of the children of Israel (I am the Lord) and the cattell of the Leuites for all the first borne of the cattell of the children of Israel.

(Notes Reference) And thou shalt take the Levites for me (I [am] the LORD) (f) instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel; and the cattle of the Levites instead of all the firstlings among the cattle of the children of Israel.

(f) So that now the Levites should satisfy the Lord for the first born of Israel, excepting the 273 which were more than the Levites for whom they paid money.

(Num 3:42) And Moses nombred, as the Lord commanded him, all the first borne of the children of Israel.

(Num 3:43) And all the first borne males rehearsed by name (from a moneth olde and aboue) according to their nomber were two and twentie thousand, two hundreth seuentie and three.

(Num 3:44) And the Lord spake vnto Moses, saying,

(Num 3:45) Take the Leuites for all the first borne of the children of Israel, and the cattell of the Leuites for their cattel, and the Leuites shalbe mine, (I am the Lord)

(Num 3:46) And for the redeeming of the two hundreth seuentie and three, (which are moe then the Leuites) of the first borne of the children of of Israel,

(Num 3:47) Thou shalt also take fiue shekels for euery person: after the weight of the Sanctuarie shalt thou take it: ye shekel conteineth twenty gerahs.

(Num 3:48) And thou shalt giue the money, wherwith the odde nomber of them is redeemed, vnto Aaron and to his sonnes.

(Num 3:49) Thus Moses tooke the redemption of the that were redeemed, being more then the Leuites:

(Num 3:50) Of the first borne of the children of Israel tooke he the mony: eue a thousand three hundreth three score and fiue shekels after the shekel of the Sanctuarie.

(Notes Reference) Of the (q) firstborn of the children of Israel took he the money; a thousand three hundred and threescore and five [shekels], after the shekel of the sanctuary:

(q) Or the two hundred seventy and three which were more than the Levites.

(Num 3:51) And Moses gaue the money of them that were redeemed, vnto Aaron and to his sonnes according to the word of the Lord, as the Lord had commanded Moses.

Passage 2: Psalms 148-150

(Psa 148:1) Praise ye the Lord. Praise ye the Lord from the heauen: prayse ye him in the high places.

(Psa 148:2) Prayse ye him, all ye his Angels: praise him, all his armie.

(Notes Reference) Praise ye him, all (a) his angels: praise ye him, all his hosts.

(a) Because they are members of the same body, he sets them before our eyes, who are most willing and by their prompt obedience teach us to do our duty.

(Psa 148:3) Prayse ye him, sunne and moone: prayse ye him all bright starres.

(Notes Reference) Praise ye him, (b) sun and moon: praise him, all ye stars of light.

(b) In that God's glory shines in these insensible creatures, this their beauty is as a continual praising of God.

(Psa 148:4) Prayse ye him, heauens of heauens, and waters, that be aboue the heauens.

(Notes Reference) Praise him, ye (c) heavens of heavens, and ye (d) waters that [be] above the heavens.

(c) Not that there are various heavens, but because of the spheres and of the situation of the fixed stars and planets, he comprehends by this word the whole heavens.

(d) That is, the rain which is in the middle region of the air, which he here comprehends under the name of the heavens.

(Psa 148:5) Let them prayse the Name of the Lord: for he commanded, and they were created.

(Psa 148:6) And he hath established them for euer and euer: he hath made an ordinance, which shall not passe.

(Psa 148:7) Prayse ye the Lord from the earth, ye dragons and all depths:

(Notes Reference) Praise the LORD from the earth, ye (e) dragons, and all deeps:

(e) Meaning the great and monstrous fishes, as whales and such like.

(Psa 148:8) Fire and hayle, snowe and vapours, stormie winde, which execute his worde:

(Notes Reference) (f) Fire, and hail; snow, and vapour; stormy wind fulfilling his word:

(f) Which come not by chance or fortune, but by God's appointed ordinance.

(Psa 148:9) Mountaines and all hils, fruitfull trees and all ceders:

(Psa 148:10) Beasts and all cattell, creeping things and fethered foules:

(Psa 148:11) Kings of the earth and all people, princes and all iudges of the worlde:

(Notes Reference) (g) Kings of the earth, and all people; princes, and all judges of the earth:

(g) For the greater gifts that any has received and the more high that one is preferred, the more bound is he to praise God for the same: but neither high nor low condition or degree can be exempted from this duty.

(Psa 148:12) Yong men and maidens, also olde men and children:

(Psa 148:13) Let them prayse the Name of the Lord: for his Name onely is to be exalted, and his prayse aboue the earth and the heauens.

(Psa 148:14) For he hath exalted the horne of his people, which is a prayse for all his Saintes, euen for the children of Israel, a people that is neere vnto him. Prayse ye the Lord.

(Notes Reference) He also exalteth the (h) horn of his people, the praise of all his saints; [even] of the (i) children of Israel, a people near unto him. Praise ye the LORD.

(h) That is, the dignity, power and glory of his Church.

(i) By reason of his covenant made with Abraham.

(Psa 149:1) Praise ye the Lord. Sing ye vnto the Lord a newe song: let his prayse be heard in the Congregation of Saints.

(Notes Reference) Praise ye the LORD. Sing unto the LORD (a) a new song, [and] his praise in the congregation of saints.

(a) For his rare and manifold benefits bestowed on his Church.

(Psa 149:2) Let Israel reioyce in him that made him, and let ye children of Zion reioyce in their King.

(Notes Reference) Let Israel rejoice in him that (b) made him: let the children of Zion be joyful in their (c) King.

(b) In that they were preferred before all other nations, it was a new creation, and therefore (Psa 95:7) they were called the sheep of God's hands.

(c) For God as he is the creator of the soul and body, so will he that both two serve him, and that his people be continually subject to him, as to their most lawful king.

(Psa 149:3) Let them prayse his Name with the flute: let them sing prayses vnto him with the timbrell and harpe.

(Psa 149:4) For the Lord hath pleasure in his people: he will make the meeke glorious by deliuerance.

(Psa 149:5) Let ye Saints be ioyfull with glorie: let them sing loud vpon their beddes.

(Notes Reference) Let the saints be joyful in glory: let them sing aloud upon their (d) beds.

(d) He alludes to that continual rest and quietness which they should have if they would suffer God to rule them.

(Psa 149:6) Let the high Actes of God bee in their mouth, and a two edged sword in their hands,

(Psa 149:7) To execute vengeance vpon the heathen, and corrections among the people:

(Notes Reference) (e) To execute vengeance upon the heathen, [and] punishments upon the people;

(e) This is chiefly accomplished in the kingdom of Christ when God's people for just causes execute God's judgments against his enemies and it gives no liberty to any to avenge their private injuries.

(Psa 149:8) To binde their Kings in chaines, and their nobles with fetters of yron,

(Notes Reference) To bind (f) their kings with chains, and their nobles with fetters of iron;

(f) Not only the people, but the kings who were their enemies should be destroyed.

(Psa 149:9) That they may execute vpon them the iudgement that is written: this honour shall be to all his Saintes. Prayse ye the Lord.

(Notes Reference) To execute upon them the judgment (g) written: this honour have all his saints. Praise ye the LORD.

(g) By this God binds the hands and minds of all his to enterprise no farther than he appoints.

(Psa 150:1) Praise ye the Lord. Praise ye God in his Sanctuarie: prayse ye him in the firmament of his power.

(Notes Reference) Praise ye the LORD. Praise God in his (a) sanctuary: praise him in the (b) firmament of his power.

(a) That is, in the heaven.

(b) For his wonderful power appears in the firmament, which in Hebrew is called a stretching out, or spreading abroad, in which the mighty work of God shines.

(Psa 150:2) Prayse ye him in his mightie Actes: prayse ye him according to his excellent greatnesse.

(Psa 150:3) Prayse ye him in the sounde of the trumpet: prayse yee him vpon the viole and the harpe.

(Notes Reference) Praise him with the sound of the (c) trumpet: praise him with the psaltery and harp.

(c) Exhorting the people only to rejoice in praising God, he makes mention of those instruments which by God's commandment were appointed in the old law. (Ed.)

(Psa 150:4) Prayse ye him with timbrell and flute: praise ye him with virginales and organs.

(Psa 150:5) Prayse ye him with sounding cymbales: prayse ye him with high sounding cymbales.

(Psa 150:6) Let euery thing that hath breath prayse the Lord. Prayse ye the Lord.

(Notes Reference) Let every thing that hath (d) breath praise the LORD. Praise ye the LORD.

(d) He shows that all the order of nature is bound to this duty, and much more God's children, who ought never to cease to praise him, till they are gathered into that kingdom, which he has prepared for his, where they will sing everlasting praise.

Passage 3: Luke 13-14

(Luk 13:1) There were certaine men present at the same season, that shewed him of the Galileans, whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices.

(Notes Reference) There (1) were present at that season some that told him of the Galilaeans, whose blood (a) Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices.

(1) We must not rejoice at the just punishment of others, but rather we should be instructed by it to repent.

(a) Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea almost ten years, and about the fourth year of his government, which might be about the fifteenth year of Tiberius' reign, Christ finished the work of our redemption by his death.

(Luk 13:2) And Iesus answered, and saide vnto them, Suppose ye, that these Galileans were greater sinners then al the other Galileans, because they haue suffered such things?

(Luk 13:3) I tell you, nay: but except ye amend your liues, ye shall all likewise perish.

(Luk 13:4) Or thinke you that those eighteene, vpon whom the tower in Siloam fell, and slewe them, were sinners aboue all men that dwel in Hierusalem?

(Notes Reference) Or those eighteen, upon whom the tower in (b) Siloam fell, and slew them, think ye that they were sinners above all men that dwelt in Jerusalem?

(b) That is, in the place, or river: for Siloam was a small river from which the conduits of the city came; see (Joh 9:7; Isa 8:6); and therefore it was a tower or a castle, built upon the conduit side, which fell down suddenly and killed some.

(Luk 13:5) I tell you, nay: but except ye amend your liues, ye shall all likewise perish.

(Luk 13:6) He spake also this parable, A certaine man had a figge tree planted in his vineyard: and he came and sought fruite thereon, and found none.

(Notes Reference) (2) He spake also this parable; A certain [man] had a fig tree planted in his vineyard; and he came and sought fruit thereon, and found none.

(2) Great and long suffering is the patience of God, but yet he eventually executes judgment.

(Luk 13:7) Then said he to the dresser of his vineyard, Behold, this three yeeres haue I come and sought fruite of this figge tree, and finde none: cut it downe: why keepeth it also the ground barren?

(Notes Reference) Then said he unto the dresser of his vineyard, Behold, these three years I come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and find none: cut it down; why (c) cumbereth it the ground?

(Luk 13:8) And he answered, and said vnto him, Lord, let it alone this yeere also, till I digge round about it, and doung it.

(Luk 13:9) And if it beare fruite, well: if not, then after thou shalt cut it downe.

(Luk 13:10) And he taught in one of ye Synagogues on the Sabbath day.

(Notes Reference) (3) And he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the sabbath.

(3) Christ came to deliver us from the hand of Satan.

(Luk 13:11) And behold, there was a woman which had a spirit of infirmitie eighteene yeeres, and was bowed together, and coulde not lift vp her selfe in any wise.

(Notes Reference) And, behold, there was a woman which had a (d) spirit of infirmity eighteen years, and was bowed together, and could in no wise lift up [herself].

(d) Troubled with a disease which Satan caused.

(Luk 13:12) When Iesus sawe her, he called her to him, and said to her, Woman, thou art loosed from thy disease.

(Notes Reference) And when Jesus saw her, he called [her to him], and said unto her, Woman, thou art (e) loosed from thine infirmity.

(e) For Satan had the woman bound, as if she had been in chains, to the extent that for eighteen years time she could not hold up her head.

(Luk 13:13) And he laide his handes on her, and immediately she was made straight againe, and glorified God.

(Luk 13:14) And the ruler of the Synagogue answered with indignation, because that Iesus healed on the Sabbath day, and said vnto the people, There are sixe dayes in which men ought to worke: in them therefore come and be healed, and not on the Sabbath day.

(Notes Reference) (4) And the (f) ruler of the synagogue answered with indignation, because that Jesus had healed on the sabbath day, and said unto the people, There are six days in which men ought to work: in them therefore come and be healed, and not on the sabbath day.

(4) A graphic image of hypocrisy, and the reward of it.

(f) One of the rulers of the synagogue, for it appears that there were many rulers of the synagogue, see (Mar 5:22) (Act 13:15).

(Luk 13:15) Then answered him the Lord, and said, Hypocrite, doth not eche one of you on the Sabbath day loose his oxe or his asse from the stall, and leade him away to the water?

(Luk 13:16) And ought not this daughter of Abraham, whom Satan had bound, loe, eighteene yeeres, be loosed from this bond on the Sabbath day?

(Luk 13:17) And when he said these things, all his aduersaries were ashamed: but all the people reioyced at all the excellent things, that were done by him.

(Luk 13:18) Then said he, What is the kingdome of God like? or whereto shall I compare it?

(Luk 13:19) It is like a graine of mustard seede, which a man tooke and sowed in his garden, and it grewe, and waxed a great tree, and the foules of the heauen made nestes in the branches thereof.

(Notes Reference) (5) It is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and cast into his garden; and it grew, and waxed a great tree; and the fowls of the air lodged in the branches of it.

(5) God begins his kingdom with small beginnings so that its growth, which is not looked for, may better set forth his power.

(Luk 13:20) And againe he said, Whereunto shall I liken the kingdome of God?

(Luk 13:21) It is like leauen, which a woman tooke, and hid in three peckes of floure, till all was leauened.

(Luk 13:22) And he went through all cities and townes, teaching, and iourneying towards Hierusalem.

(Notes Reference) (6) And he went through the cities and villages, teaching, and journeying toward Jerusalem.

(6) Against those who had rather err with many than go right with a few, and because of this through their own indifference they are shut out of the kingdom of God.

(Luk 13:23) Then saide one vnto him, Lord, are there fewe that shalbe saued? And he said vnto them,

(Luk 13:24) Striue to enter in at the straite gate: for many, I say vnto you, will seeke to enter in, and shall not be able.

(Luk 13:25) When the good man of the house is risen vp, and hath shut to the doore, and ye begin to stand without, and to knocke at the doore, saying, Lord, Lord, open to vs, and he shall answere and say vnto you, I know you not whence ye are,

(Luk 13:26) Then shall ye begin to say, We haue eaten and drunke in thy presence, and thou hast taught in our streetes.

(Notes Reference) (7) Then shall ye begin to say, We have eaten and drunk in thy presence, and thou hast taught in our streets.

(7) It is vain to be in the Church if one is not of the Church; and whether or not one is in the Church is shown by the purity of life.

(Luk 13:27) But he shall say, I tell you, I knowe you not whence ye are: depart from me, all ye workers of iniquitie.

(Luk 13:28) There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth when ye shall see Abraham and Isaac, and Iacob, and all the Prophets in the kingdome of God, and your selues thrust out at doores.

(Notes Reference) (8) There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when ye shall see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the kingdom of God, and you [yourselves] thrust out.

(8) The casting off of the Jews and the calling of the Gentiles is foretold.

(Luk 13:29) Then shall come many from the East, and from the West, and from the North, and from the South, and shall sit at Table in the kingdome of God.

(Notes Reference) And they shall come from the (g) east, and [from] the west, and from the north, and [from] the south, and shall sit down in the kingdom of God.

(g) From all the corners of the world, and the places mentioned here are four of the main ones.

(Luk 13:30) And beholde, there are last, which shalbe first, and there are first, which shalbe last.

(Luk 13:31) The same day there came certaine Pharises, and said vnto him, Depart, and goe hence: for Herod will kill thee.

(Notes Reference) (9) The same day there came certain of the Pharisees, saying unto him, Get thee out, and depart hence: for Herod will kill thee.

(9) We must go forward in regards to our calling, through the midst of terrors, whether they be real or imagined.

(Luk 13:32) Then said he vnto them, Goe ye and tell that foxe, Beholde, I cast out deuils, and will heale still to day, and to morowe, and the third day I shalbe perfected.

(Notes Reference) And he said unto them, Go ye, and tell that (h) fox, Behold, I cast out devils, and I do cures (i) to day and to morrow, and the third [day] I shall be (k) perfected.

(h) That deceitful and treacherous man.

(i) That is, a small time, and Theophylact says it is a proverb: or else by "to day" we may understand the present time, and by tomorrow the time to come, meaning by this the entire time of his ministry and office.

(k) That is, when the sacrifice for sin is finished.

(Luk 13:33) Neuerthelesse I must walke to day, and to morowe, and the day following: for it cannot be that a Prophet should perish out of Hierusalem.

(Notes Reference) (10) Nevertheless I must walk to day, and to morrow, and the [day] following: for it cannot be that a prophet perish out of Jerusalem.

(10) Nowhere else are there more cruel enemies of the godly than within the sanctuary and Church itself: but God sees it and will in his time have an account for it from them.

(Luk 13:34) O Hierusalem, Hierusalem, which killest the Prophets, and stonest them that are sent to thee, howe often would I haue gathered thy children together, as the henne gathereth her brood vnder her wings, and ye would not!

(Notes Reference) O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which killest the prophets, and stonest them that are sent unto thee; how often would I have gathered thy children together, as a hen [doth gather] her (l) brood under [her] wings, and ye would not!

(l) Literally, "the nest": now the brood of chickens is the nest.

(Luk 13:35) Beholde, your house is left vnto you desolate: and verely I tell you, ye shall not see me vntill the time come that ye shall say, Blessed is he that commeth in the Name of the Lord.

(Luk 14:1) And it came to passe that when he was entred into the house of one of the chiefe Pharises on the Sabbath day, to eate bread, they watched him.

(Notes Reference) And (1) it came to pass, as he went into the house of (a) one of the chief Pharisees to eat bread on the sabbath day, that they watched him.

(1) The law of the very sabbath ought not to hinder the offices of charity.

(a) Either one of the elders, whom they called the sanhedrin, or one of the chiefs of the synagogue: for all the Pharisees were not chief men of the synagogue (Joh 7:48); for this word Pharisee was the name of a sect, though it appears by viewing the whole history of the matter that the Pharisees had much authority.

(Luk 14:2) And beholde, there was a certaine man before him, which had the dropsie.

(Luk 14:3) Then Iesus answering, spake vnto the Lawyers and Pharises, saying, Is it lawfull to heale on the Sabbath day?

(Luk 14:4) And they held their peace. Then he tooke him, and healed him, and let him goe,

(Luk 14:5) And answered them, saying, Which of you shall haue an asse, or an oxe fallen into a pit, and wil not straightway pull him out on the Sabbath day?

(Luk 14:6) And they could not answere him againe to those things.

(Luk 14:7) He spake also a parable to the ghestes, when he marked howe they chose out the chiefe roomes, and said vnto them,

(Notes Reference) (2) And he put forth a parable to those which were bidden, when he marked how they chose out the chief rooms; saying unto them,

(2) The reward of pride is dishonour, and the reward of true modesty is glory.

(Luk 14:8) When thou shalt be bidden of any man to a wedding, set not thy selfe downe in the chiefest place, lest a more honourable man then thou, be bidden of him,

(Luk 14:9) And he that bade both him and thee, come, and say to thee, Giue this man roome, and thou then begin with shame to take the lowest roome.

(Luk 14:10) But when thou art bidden, goe and sit downe in the lowest roome, that when he that bade thee, cometh, he may say vnto thee, Friende, sit vp hier: then shalt thou haue worship in the presence of them that sit at table with thee.

(Luk 14:11) For whosoeuer exalteth himselfe, shall be brought lowe, and he that humbleth himselfe, shall be exalted.

(Luk 14:12) Then said he also to him that had bidden him, When thou makest a dinner or a supper, call not thy friendes, nor thy brethren, neither thy kinsemen, nor ye riche neighbours, lest they also bid thee againe, and a recompence be made thee.

(Notes Reference) (3) Then said he also to him that bade him, When thou makest a dinner or a supper, call not thy friends, nor thy brethren, neither thy kinsmen, nor [thy] rich neighbours; lest they also bid thee again, and a recompence be made thee.

(3) Against those who spend their goods either for the glory of man or for hope of recompence, whereas Christian charity considers only the glory of God, and the profit of our neighbour.

(Luk 14:13) But when thou makest a feast, call ye poore, the maimed, the lame, and the blind,

(Luk 14:14) And thou shalt be blessed, because they cannot recompense thee: for thou shalt be recompensed at the resurrection of the iust.

(Luk 14:15) Nowe when one of them that sate at table, heard these things, he said vnto him, Blessed is he that eateth bread in the kingdome of God.

(Luk 14:16) Then saide he to him, A certaine man made a great supper, and bade many,

(Luk 14:17) And sent his seruant at supper time to say to them that were bidden, Come: for all things are nowe readie.

(Luk 14:18) But they all with one mind beganne to make excuse: The first saide vnto him, I haue bought a farme, and I must needes goe out and see it: I pray thee, haue me excused.

(Notes Reference) (4) And they all with (b) one [consent] began to make excuse. The first said unto him, I have bought a piece of ground, and I must needs go and see it: I pray thee have me excused.

(4) For the most part even those to whom God has revealed himself are so mad, that any help which they have received of God they willingly turn into obstructions and hindrances.

(b) On purpose, and a thing agreed upon before: for though they give different reasons why they cannot come, yet all of them agree in this, that they have their excuses so that they may not come to supper.

(Luk 14:19) And another said, I haue bought fiue yoke of oxen, and I goe to proue them: I pray thee, haue me excused.

(Luk 14:20) And another said, I haue maried a wife, and therefore I can not come.

(Luk 14:21) So that seruaunt returned, and shewed his master these thinges. Then was the good man of the house angrie, and said to his seruant, Goe out quickely into the streetes and lanes of the citie, and bring in hither the poore, and the maimed, and the halt, and the blinde.

(Notes Reference) So that servant came, and shewed his lord these things. Then the master of the house being angry said to his servant, Go out quickly into the (c) streets and lanes of the city, and bring in hither the poor, and the maimed, and the halt, and the blind.

(Luk 14:22) And the seruaunt saide, Lord, it is done as thou hast commanded, and yet there is roome.

(Luk 14:23) Then the master sayd to the seruaunt, Goe out into the hie wayes, and hedges, and compell them to come in, that mine house may bee filled.

(Luk 14:24) For I say vnto you, that none of those men which were bidden, shall taste of my supper.

(Luk 14:25) Nowe there went great multitudes with him, and he turned and sayd vnto them,

(Notes Reference) (5) And there went great multitudes with him: and he turned, and said unto them,

(5) Even those affections which are in themselves worthy of praise and commendation must be controlled and kept in order, so that godliness may have the upper hand and have preeminence.

(Luk 14:26) If any man come to mee, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters: yea, and his owne life also, he can not be my disciple.

(Notes Reference) If any [man] come to me, and (d) hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.

(d) If anything stands between God and him, as Theophylact says: and therefore these words are spoken in a comparative way, and not by themselves.

(Luk 14:27) And whosoeuer beareth not his crosse, and commeth after mee, can not bee my disciple.

(Notes Reference) (6) And whosoever doth not bear his cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple.

(6) The true followers of Christ must at once build and fight, and therefore be ready and prepared to endure all types of miseries.

(Luk 14:28) For which of you minding to builde a towre, sitteth not downe before, and counteth the cost, whether hee haue sufficient to performe it,

(Notes Reference) For which of you, intending to build a tower, (e) sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost, whether he have [sufficient] to finish [it]?

(e) At home, and calculates all his costs before he begins the work.

(Luk 14:29) Lest that after he hath laide the foundation, and is not able to performe it, all that behold it, begin to mocke him,

(Luk 14:30) Saying, This man began to builde, and was not able to make an end?

(Luk 14:31) Or what King going to make warre against another King, sitteth not downe first, and taketh counsell, whether he be able with ten thousande, to meete him that commeth against him with twentie thousand?

(Luk 14:32) Or els while hee is yet a great way off, hee sendeth an ambassage, and desireth peace.

(Luk 14:33) So likewise, whosoeuer hee be of you, that forsaketh not all that he hath, he cannot be my disciple.

(Luk 14:34) Salt is good: but if salt haue lost his sauour, wherewith shall it be salted?

(Notes Reference) (7) Salt [is] good: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be seasoned?

(7) The disciples of Christ must be wise, both for themselves and for others: otherwise they become the most foolish of all.

(Luk 14:35) It is neither meete for the land, nor yet for the dunghill, but men cast it out. He that hath eares to heare, let him heare.