CHAPTER XI. The Entry of Christ into Jerusalem, with his subsequent Acts. AND when they came nigh to Jerusalem, unto Bethphage and Bethany, at the Mount of Olives, he sendeth forth two of his dis2 ciples, and saith unto them, Go your way into the village over against you and as soon as ye be entered into it, ye shall find a colt tied, whereon never man sat; loose him, and bring him. 3 And if any man say unto you, Why do ye this? say ye that the Lord hath need of him; and straightway he will send him hither. 4 And they went their way, and found the colt tied by the door without, in a place where two ways met; and they loose him 5 And certain of them that stood there said unto them, What do 6 ye, loosing the colt? And they said unto them even as Jesus 7 had commanded: and they let them go. And they brought the colt to Jesus, and cast their garments on him; and he sat upon 8 him. And many spread their garments in the way and others cut down branches off the trees, and strewed them in the way. 9 And they that went before, and they that followed, cried, saying, Hosanna: Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord. 10 Blessed be the kingdom of our father David, that cometh in the 11 name of the Lord: Hosanna in the highest. And Jesus 12 entered into Jerusalem, and into the temple: and when he had looked round about upon all things, and now the eventide was come, he went out unto Bethany, with the twelve. And on the morrow, when they were come from Bethany, he 13 was hungry. And seeing a fig-tree afar off, having leaves, he came, if haply he might find any thing thereon: and when he came to it, he found nothing but leaves: for the time of figs was CHAPTER XI. 1-11. Notes on Mat. xxi. 1-17; also Luke xix. 29–44, and John xii. 12-19. 12–14. Mat. xxi. 18, 19, and com ments. 13. For the time of figs was not yet, i. e. the time of gathering figs. This clause properly belongs to the words above-might find any thing thereon, and what is intermediate may be enclosed in parentheses, or, what would amount to the same, this clause might be so punctuated. The whole, properly arranged, as has been done by several great critics, in conformity with like transpositions in Mark xii. 12, xvi. 3, 4, would read as follows: And seeing a fig-tree afar off, having leaves, he came, if haply he might find any thing thereon, (for the time of figs was not yet ;) and as they had not therefore been gathered, not yet. And Jesus answered and said unto it, No man eat 14 fruit of thee hereafter forever. And his disciples heard it. And they come to Jerusalem and Jesus went into the temple, 15 and began to cast out them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the money-changers, and the seats of them that sold doves; and would not suffer that any man should 16 carry any vessel through the temple. And he taught, saying 17 unto them, Is it not written, My house shall be called, of all nations, the house of prayer? but ye have made it a den of thieves. And the scribes and chief priests heard it, and sought 18 how they might destroy him: for they feared him, because all the people was astonished at his doctrine. And when even was 19 come, he went out of the city. - And in the morning, as they 20 passed by, they saw the fig-tree dried up from the roots. And 21 Peter, calling to remembrance, saith unto him, Master, behold, the fig-tree which thou cursedst is withered away. And Jesus, 22 answering, saith unto them, Have faith in God. For verily I say 23 unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith. Therefore I 24 say unto you, What things soever ye desire when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them. And when ye stand 25 praying, forgive, if ye have aught against any that your Father also which is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses. But, 26 if ye do not forgive, neither will your Father which is in heaven forgive your trespasses. And they come again to Jerusalem: and as he was walking in 27 the temple, there come to him the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders, and say unto him, By what authority doest thou 28 these things? and who gave thee this authority to do these things? And Jesus answered and said unto them, I will also ask of you 29 one question, and answer me, and I will tell you by what author he might reasonably expect to find some, as the fruit preceded the leaves; and when he came to it, he found nothing but leaves. 15-19. Comments on Mat. xxi. 12, 13; also Luke xix. 45-47. 20-26. Parallel to Mat. xxi. 2022. See notes. 21. Cursedst. More mildly, devotedst. 27-33. See notes on Mat. xxi. 23-27; Luke xx. 1-8. 30 ity I do these things. The baptism of John, was it from heaven, 31 or of men? answer me. And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven; he will say, Why then did 32 ye not believe him? But if we shall say, Of men; they feared the people for all men counted John, that he was a prophet in33 deed. And they answered and said unto Jesus, We cannot tell. And Jesus answering, saith unto them, Neither do I tell you by what authority I do these things. : CHAPTER XII. Parables and Conversations of our Lord. AND he began to speak unto them by parables. A certain man · planted a vineyard, and set a hedge about it, and digged a place for the wine-fat, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, 2 and went into a far country. And at the season he sent to the husbandmen a servant, that he might receive from the husband3 men of the fruit of the vineyard. And they caught him, and beat 4 him, and sent him away empty. And again, he sent unto them another servant; and at him they cast stones, and wounded him 5 in the head, and sent him away shamefully handled. And again he sent another; and him they killed, and many others; beating 6 some, and killing some. Having yet therefore one son, his wellbeloved, he sent him also last unto them, saying, They will rev7 erence my son. But those husbandmen said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and the inheritance shall And they took him, and killed him, and cast him out 9 of the vineyard. What shall, therefore, the lord of the vineyard do? He will come and destroy the husbandmen, and will give 10 the vineyard unto others. And have ye not read this scripture; 8 be ours. The stone which the builders rejected is become the head of the 11 corner: this was the Lord's doing, and it is marvellous in our 12 eyes? And they sought to lay hold on him, but feared the people; for they knew that he had spoken the parable against them; and they left him, and went their way. CHAPTER XII. 1-12. Mat. xxi. 33-46, and notes; Luke xx. 9-19. 6. Therefore. An expletive. Tyndale more correctly translates, " yet had he one sonne whom he loved tenderly," &c. 12. As has been suggested, this verse contains a parallelism, and would read better were it arranged And they send unto him certain of the Pharisees, and of the 13 Herodians, to catch him in his words. And when they were 14 come, they say unto him, Master, we know that thou art true, and carest for no man: for thou regardest not the person of men, but teachest the way of God in truth: Is it lawful to give tribute to Cesar, or not? Shall we give, or shall we not give? But 15 he, knowing their hypocrisy, said unto them, Why tempt ye me? bring me a penny, that I may see it. And he saith unto them, Whose is this tion? And they said unto him, Cesar's. said unto them, Render to Cesar the things that are Cesar's, and to God the things that are God's. And they marvelled at him. And they brought it. 16 image and superscripAnd Jesus answering, 17 Then come unto him the Sadducees, which say there is no 18 resurrection; and they asked him, saying, Master, Moses wrote 19 unto us, If a man's brother die, and leave his wife behind him, and leave no children, that his brother should take his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother. Now, there were seven brethren: 20 and the first took a wife, and dying left no seed. And the sec- 21 ond took her, and died, neither left he any seed: and the third likewise. And the seven had her, and left no seed: last of all 22 the woman died also. In the resurrection therefore, when they 23 shall rise, whose wife shall she be of them? for the seven had her to wife. And Jesus answering, said unto them, Do ye not 24 therefore err, because ye know not the Scriptures, neither the power of God? For when they shall rise from the dead, they 25 neither marry, nor are given in marriage; but are as the angels which are in heaven. And as touching the dead, that they rise; 26 have ye not read in the book of Moses, how in the bush God spake unto him, saying, I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? He is not the God of the dead, 27 28 but the God of the living: ye therefore do greatly err.— And one of the scribes came, and having heard them reasoning together, and perceiving that he had answered them well, asked him, 29 Which is the first commandment of all? And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The 30 Lord our God is one Lord: and thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment. 31 And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself: there is none other commandment greater than 32 these. And the scribe said unto him, Well, Master, thou hast said the truth: for there is one God; and there is none other but 33 he and to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love his neighbor as himself, is more than all whole burnt-offer34 ings and sacrifices. And when Jesus saw that he answered discreetly, he said unto him, Thou art not far from the kingdom of God. And no man after that durst ask him any question. 35 And Jesus answered and said, while he taught in the temple, 36 How say the scribes that Christ is the son of David? For David himself said by the Holy Ghost, The LORD said to my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy 37 footstool. David therefore himself calleth him Lord, and whence is he then his son? And the common people heard him glad38 ly. And he said unto them in his doctrine, Beware of the scribes, which love to go in long clothing, and love salutations in 37. And the common people heard him gladly. He was popular with the mass. His words called forth a hearty response from their less perverted natures. Ambition, envy, and hypocrisy, did not darken the shining rays of his gospel to them, as to the scribes and Pharisees. Those who were unwarped by custom and education, drank into comparatively honest hearts his living streams of love, and beauty, and truth. 38-40. Mat. xxiii. 1-14, and comments thereon; Luke xx. 45-47. 38. In his doctrine, i. e. in his teaching, or giving of instruction. |