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Passage 1: 2 Chronicles 9

(2Ch 9:1) And when the Queene of Sheba heard of the fame of Salomon, she came to proue Salomon with hard questions at Ierusalem, with a very great traine, and camels that bare sweete odours and much golde, and precious stones: and when she came to Salomon, she communed with him of all that was in her heart.

(Notes Reference) And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon, she came to (a) prove Solomon with hard questions at Jerusalem, with a very great company, and camels that bare spices, and gold in abundance, and precious stones: and when she was come to Solomon, she communed with him of all that was in her heart.

(a) To know whether his wisdom was as great as the report was.

(2Ch 9:2) And Salomon declared her all her questions, and there was nothing hid from Salomon, which he declared not vnto her.

(Notes Reference) And Solomon told her all her questions: and there was (b) nothing hid from Solomon which he told her not.

(b) There was no question so hard that he did not resolve.

(2Ch 9:3) Then the Queene of Sheba sawe the wisedome of Salomon, and the house that he had buylt,

(2Ch 9:4) And the meate of his table, and the sitting of his seruants, and the order of his wayters, and their apparel, and his butlers, and their apparel, and his burnt offrings which he offred in the house of the Lord, and she was greatly astonied.

(2Ch 9:5) And she saide to the King, It was a true worde which I heard in mine owne lande of thy sayings, and of thy wisedome:

(2Ch 9:6) Howbeit I beleeued not their report, vntil I came, and mine eyes had seene it: and beholde, the one halfe of thy great wisedom was not told me: for thou exceedest the fame that I heard.

(2Ch 9:7) Happie are thy men, and happie are these thy seruants, which stande before thee alway, and heare thy wisedome.

(2Ch 9:8) Blessed be the Lord thy God, which loued thee, to set thee on his throne as King, in the steade of the Lord thy God: because thy God loueth Israel, to establish it for euer, therefore hath he made thee King ouer them, to execute iudgement and iustice.

(Notes Reference) Blessed be the LORD thy God, which delighted in thee to set thee on his (c) throne, [to be] king for the LORD thy God: because thy God loved Israel, to establish them for ever, therefore made he thee king over them, to do judgment and justice.

(c) Meaning, that the Israelites were God's peculiar people, and that kings are the lieutenants of God, who ought to grant to him the superiority and administer justice to all.

(2Ch 9:9) Then she gaue the King sixe score talents of golde, and of sweete odours exceeding much and precious stones: neither was there such sweete odours since, as the Queene of Sheba gaue vnto King Salomon.

(2Ch 9:10) And the seruants also of Huram, and the seruants of Salomon which brought golde from Ophir, brought Algummim wood and precious stones.

(Notes Reference) And the servants also of Huram, and the servants of Solomon, which brought gold from Ophir, brought (d) algum trees and precious stones.

(d) Read (2Ch 2:8, 1Ki 10:11).

(2Ch 9:11) And the King made of the Algummim wood staires in the house of the Lord, and in the Kings house, and harpes and violes for singers: and there was no such seene before in the lande of Iudah.

(Notes Reference) And the king made [of] the algum trees (e) terraces to the house of the LORD, and to the king's palace, and harps and psalteries for singers: and there were none such seen before in the land of Judah.

(e) Or pillars: meaning the garnishing and trimming of the stairs or pillars.

(2Ch 9:12) And King Salomon gaue to the Queene of Sheba euery pleasant thing that she asked, besides for that which she had brought vnto the King: so she returned and went to her owne countrey, both she, and her seruants.

(Notes Reference) And king Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all her desire, whatsoever she asked, (f) beside [that] which she had brought unto the king. So she turned, and went away to her own land, she and her servants.

(f) That is, which the king gave her for recompense of the treasure which she brought.

(2Ch 9:13) Also the weight of golde that came to Salomon in one yeere, was sixe hundreth three score and sixe talents of golde,

(2Ch 9:14) Besides that which chapmen and marchants brought: and all the Kings of Arabia, and the princes of the countrey brought golde and siluer to Salomon.

(2Ch 9:15) And King Salomon made two hundreth targets of beaten golde, and sixe hundreth shekels of beaten golde went to one target,

(Notes Reference) And king Solomon made two hundred targets [of] beaten gold: (g) six hundred [shekels] of beaten gold went to one target.

(g) Which amounts to 2400 crowns of the sun.

(h) Or pounds, called mina, of which every one seemed to make a hundred shekels.

(2Ch 9:16) And three hundreth shieldes of beaten golde: three hundreth shekels of golde went to one shielde, and the King put them in the house of the wood of Lebanon.

(2Ch 9:17) And the King made a great throne of yuorie and ouerlaid it with pure golde.

(2Ch 9:18) And the throne had sixe steppes, with a footestoole of gold fastened to the throne, and stayes on either side on the place of the seate, and two lyons standing by the stayes.

(Notes Reference) And [there were] six steps to the throne, with a footstool of gold, [which were] (i) fastened to the throne, and stays on each side of the sitting place, and two lions standing by the (k) stays:

(i) That is, the steps and the footstool were fastened to the throne.

(k) Upon the pommels or knops.

(2Ch 9:19) And twelue lyons stoode there on the sixe steps on either side: there was not the like made in any kingdome.

(2Ch 9:20) And all King Salomons drinking vessels were of golde, and all the vessels of the house of the wood of Lebanon were of pure gold: for siluer was nothing esteemed in ye dayes of Salomon.

(2Ch 9:21) For the Kings ships went to Tarshish with the seruants of Huram, euery three yeere once came the ships of Tarshish, and brought golde, and siluer, yuorie, and apes, and peacockes.

(Notes Reference) For the king's ships went to Tarshish with the servants of Huram: every three years once came the ships of (l) Tarshish bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.

(l) Which is thought by the best writers to be Cilicia, (1Ki 10:22).

(2Ch 9:22) So King Salomon excelled all the Kings of the earth in riches and wisedome.

(2Ch 9:23) And all the Kings of the earth sought the presence of Salomon, to heare his wisedome that God had put in his heart.

(2Ch 9:24) And they brought euery man his present, vessels of siluer, and vessels of golde, and raiment, armour, and sweet odours, horses, and mules, from yeere to yeere.

(2Ch 9:25) And Salomon had foure thousand stalles of horses, and charets, and twelue thousand horsmen, whom he bestowed in the charet cities, and with the King at Ierusalem.

(Notes Reference) And Solomon had (m) four thousand stalls for horses and chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen; whom he bestowed in the chariot cities, and with the king at Jerusalem.

(m) That is, ten horses in every stable, which in all amounts to 40,000 as in (1Ki 4:26).

(2Ch 9:26) And he reigned ouer all the Kings from the Riuer euen vnto the land of the Philistims, and to the border of Egypt.

(2Ch 9:27) And the King gaue siluer in Ierusalem, as stones, and gaue cedar trees as the wilde fig trees, that are aboundant in the plaine.

(Notes Reference) And the king made silver in Jerusalem (n) as stones, and cedar trees made he as the sycomore trees that [are] in the low plains in abundance.

(n) The abundance of those temporal treasures in Solomon's kingdom is a figure of the spiritual treasures which the elect will enjoy in the heavens under the true Solomon, Christ.

(2Ch 9:28) And they brought vnto Salomon horses out of Egypt, and out of all landes.

(2Ch 9:29) Concerning the rest of the actes of Salomon first and last, are they not written in the booke of Nathan the Prophet, and in the prophecie of Ahiiah the Shilonite, and in the visions of Ieedo the Seer against Ieroboam the sonne of Nebat?

(Notes Reference) Now the rest of the acts of Solomon, first and last, [are] they not written in the book of Nathan the prophet, and in the prophecy of Ahijah the Shilonite, and in the visions of Iddo the seer (o) against Jeroboam the son of Nebat?

(o) That is, who prophesied against him.

(2Ch 9:30) And Salomon reigned in Ierusalem ouer all Israel fourtie yeeres.

(2Ch 9:31) And Salomon slept with his fathers, and they buryed him in the citie of Dauid his father: and Rehoboam his sonne reigned in his steade.

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Passage 2: Ezekiel 44

(Eze 44:1) Then he brought me towarde the gate of the outwarde Sanctuarie, which turneth towarde the East, and it was shut.

(Eze 44:2) Then saide the Lord vnto me, This gate shalbe shut, and shall not bee opened, and no man shall enter by it, because the Lord God of Israel hath entred by it, and it shalbe shut.

(Notes Reference) Then said the LORD to me; This gate shall be (a) shut, it shall not be opened, and no man shall enter in by it; because the LORD, the God of Israel, hath entered in by it, therefore it shall be shut.

(a) Meaning, from the common people, but not from the priests nor the prince, read (Eze 46:8-9).

(Eze 44:3) It appertaineth to the Prince: the Prince himselfe shall sit in it to eate bread before the Lord: he shall enter by the way of the porche of that gate, and shall go out by the way of the same.

(Eze 44:4) Then brought he mee toward the North gate before the House: and when I looked, beholde, the glorie of the Lord filled the house of the Lord, and I fell vpon my face.

(Eze 44:5) And the Lord sayd vnto me, Sonne of man, marke well, and behold with thine eyes, and heare with thine eares, all that I say vnto thee, concerning al the ordinances of the house of the Lord, and al the lawes thereof, and marke well the entring in of the house with euery going forth of the Sanctuarie,

(Eze 44:6) And thou shalt say to the rebellious, euen to ye house of Israel, Thus saith ye Lord God, O house of Israel, ye haue ynough of al your abominations,

(Eze 44:7) Seeing that yee haue brought into my Sanctuarie strangers, vncircumcised in heart, and vncircumcised in flesh, to bee in my Sanctuarie, to pollute mine house, when yee offer my bread, euen fat, and blood: and they haue broken my couenant, because of all your abominations.

(Notes Reference) In that ye have brought [into my sanctuary] (b) strangers, uncircumcised in heart, and uncircumcised in flesh, to be in my sanctuary, to pollute it, [even] my house, when ye offer my bread, the fat and the blood, and they have broken my covenant because of all your abominations.

(b) For they had brought idolaters who were from other countries, to teach them their idolatry, (Eze 23:40).

(Eze 44:8) For yee haue not kept the ordinances of mine holy things: but you your selues haue set other to take the charge of my Sanctuarie.

(Notes Reference) And ye have not kept the (c) charge of my holy things: but ye have set keepers of my charge in my sanctuary for yourselves.

(c) You have not offered to me according to my Law.

(Eze 44:9) Thus saieth the Lord God, No stranger vncircumcised in heart, nor vncircumcised in flesh, shall enter into my Sanctuarie, of any stranger that is among the children of Israel,

(Eze 44:10) Neither yet ye Leuites that are gone backe from me, when Israel went astray, which went astray from thee after their idoles, but they shall beare their iniquitie.

(Notes Reference) And the (d) Levites that have gone away far from me, when Israel went astray, who went astray from me after their idols; they shall even bear their iniquity.

(d) The Levites who had committed idolatry were put from their dignity and could not be received into the priests office although they had been of the house of Aaron, but must serve in the inferior offices as to watch and to keep the doors, read (2Ki 23:9).

(Eze 44:11) And they shall serue in my Sanctuarie, and keepe the gates of the House, and minister in the House: they shall slay the burnt offring and the sacrifice for the people: and they shall stand before them to serue them.

(Eze 44:12) Because they serued before their idoles, and caused the house of Israel to fall into iniquitie, therfore haue I lift vp mine had against the, saith the Lord God, and they shall beare their iniquity,

(Eze 44:13) And they shall not come neere vnto me to do ye office of ye Priest vnto me, neyther shall they come neere vnto any of mine holy things in the most holy place, but they shall beare their shame and their abominations, which they haue comitted.

(Eze 44:14) And I will make them keepers of ye watch of the House, for all the seruice thereof, and for all that shalbe done therein.

(Eze 44:15) But the Priests of the Leuites, the sonnes of Zadok, that kept the charge of my Sanctuarie, when the children of Israel went astray from me, they shall come neere to me to serue me, and they shall stande before me to offer me the fat and the blood, saith the Lord God.

(Notes Reference) But the priests the Levites, the sons of Zadok, that (e) kept the charge of my sanctuary when the children of Israel went astray from me, they shall come near to me to minister to me, and they shall stand before me to offer to me the fat and the blood, saith the Lord GOD:

(e) Who observed the law of God and did not fall to idolatry.

(Eze 44:16) They shall enter into my Sanctuarie, and shall come neere to my table, to serue me, and they shall keepe my charge.

(Eze 44:17) And whe they shall enter in at the gates of the inner court, they shall be clothed with linen garments, and no wool shall come vpon the while they serue in ye gates of the inner court, and within.

(Eze 44:18) They shall haue linnen bonets vpon their heades, and shall haue linnen breeches vpon their loynes: they shall not girde them selues in the sweating places.

(Eze 44:19) But when they goe foorth into the vtter court, euen to the vtter court to the people, they shall put off their garments, wherein they ministred, and lay them in the holy chambers, and they shall put on other garments: for they shall not sanctifie the people with their garments.

(Eze 44:20) They shall not also shaue their heades, nor suffer their lockes to growe long, but rounde their heades.

(Notes Reference) Neither shall they (f) shave their heads, nor allow their locks to grow long; they shall only cut [the hair of] their heads.

(f) As did the infidels and heathen.

(Eze 44:21) Neither shall any Priest drinke wine when they enter into the inner court.

(Eze 44:22) Neither shall they take for their wiues a widowe, or her that is diuorced: but they shall take maidens of the seede of the house of Israel, or a widow that hath bene the widow of a Priest.

(Eze 44:23) And they shall teach my people the difference betweene the holy and prophane, and cause them to discerne betweene the vncleane and the cleane.

(Eze 44:24) And in controuersie they shall stande to iudge, and they shall iudge it according to my iudgements: and they shall keepe my lawes and my statutes in all mine assemblies, and they shall sanctifie my Sabbaths.

(Eze 44:25) And they shall come at no dead person to defile theselues, except at their father, or mother, or sone, or daughter, brother or sister, that hath had yet none husband: in these may they be defiled.

(Notes Reference) And they shall come near no dead person to defile themselves: but for father, or for mother, or for son, or for daughter, for brother, or for sister that hath had no husband, they may (g) defile themselves.

(g) They may be at their burial which was a defiling.

(Eze 44:26) And when he is clensed, they shall reckon vnto him seuen dayes.

(Eze 44:27) And when he goeth into ye Sanctuarie vnto the inner court to minister in the Sanctuarie, he shall offer his sinne offring, saith ye Lord God.

(Eze 44:28) And the Priesthood shall bee their inheritance, yea, I am their inheritance: therefore shall ye giue them no possessio in Israel, for I am their possession.

(Eze 44:29) They shall eate the meat offring, and the sinne offring, and the trespas offring, and euery dedicate thing in Israel shall be theirs.

(Eze 44:30) And all the first of all the first borne, and euery oblation, euen all of euery sort of your oblations shall be the Priestes. Ye shall also giue vnto the Priest the first of your dough, that he may cause the blessing to rest in thine house.

(Eze 44:31) The Priests shall not eate of any thing, that is dead, or torne, whether it be foule or beast.

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Passage 3: John 11

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

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

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

(a) Where his sisters dwelt.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

(c) All things happen in a proper way and are brought to pass in their due time.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

(e) That is, will recover life again.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

(Joh 11:35) And Iesus wept.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

(Notes Reference) (9) Jesus therefore walked no more openly among the Jews; but went thence unto a country near to the wilderness, into a city called Ephraim, and there continued with his disciples.

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

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

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

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