For neither can they die any more: &c.

XXII. 34. And he said, I tell thee, Peter, the cock shall not crow this day, before that thou shalt thrice deny that thou knowest me.

And he said, I tell thee, Peter, a cock shall not crow this day, before that thou wilt thrice deny that thou knowest me.

44. And being in an agony he prayed more earnestly and his sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground.

And being engaged in a vehement struggle3 he prayed more earnestly: and his sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground.

56. But a certain maid beheld him as he sat by the fire, and earnestly looked upon him, and said, This man was also with him.

But a certain maid, having by the light of the fire seen him sitting, and having earnestly looked on him, said, This man was also with him.

60. And immediately, while he yet spake, the cock

crew.

And immediately, while he yet spake, a cock crew. 61. And Peter remembered the word of the Lord, how he had said unto him, Before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice.

And Peter remembered the word of the Lord, how he had said unto him, Before a cock crow, thou wilt deny me thrice.

XXIII. 15. No, nor yet Herod: for I sent you to him; and, lo, nothing worthy of death is done unto him.

No, nor yet Herod: for I sent you to him; and, lo, nothing worthy of death is done by 5 him.

42. And he said unto Jesus, Lord, remember me when thou comest into thy kingdom.

And he said unto Jesus, Lord, remember me when thou comest in thy kingdom.

47. Now when the centurion saw what was done, he glorified God, saying, Certainly this was a righteous

man.

Now when the centurion saw what was done, he glorified God, saying, Certainly this man was just.

XXIV. 4. And it came to pass, as they were much perplexed thereabout, behold, two men stood by them in shining garments :

And it came to pass, as they were much perplexed thereabout, behold, two men stood by them in garments streaming out light: 8

10. It was Mary Magdalene, and Joanna, and Mary the mother of James, and other women that were with them, which told these things unto the apostles.

5 i.e. by Christ: “unto him" in the Authorized Version must mean unto Herod.

6'Ev. The meaning is, at thy second coming in triumphant glory.

* Ο ἄνθρωπος οὗτος δίκαιος

v. The Authorized Version translation here is quite inadmissible when we remember

that Mark says the centurion exclaimed that He was "the Son of God."

8 'Αστραπτούσαις means literally, casting forth lightning. The literal meaning seems to agree more with the fear mentioned in the following verse than a statement that the garments were merely shining.

It was Mary Magdalene, and Joanna, and Mary the mother of James, and the rest of the women with them, who told these things unto the apostles.

25. Then he said unto them, O fools, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken:

Then he said unto them, O foolish men, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken.

38. And he said unto them, Why are ye troubled? and why do thoughts arise in your hearts?

And he said unto them, Why are ye troubled? and why do questionings arise in your hearts?

3

THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO SAINT

JOHN.
I. 9.

HAT was the true Light, which lighteth every man

THAT

that cometh into the world.

That was the true Light, which, coming into the world, enlighteneth every man.

11. He came unto his own, and his own received him not.

ΚΑι λοιπὰι σὺν ἀυταῖς. Who were these women? The Authorized Version leaves us in doubt, but the original is definite, and directs us at once to that company of women mentioned so often and so honourably in history with the Maries and Joanna. See viii. 2, 3; xxiii. 49, 55.

2 Ανόητοι is a term of expostulation and reproof, not of

indignation and contempt; had
the latter been meant we should
have had μωρόι.
3 Διαλογισμόι.

4 See note on Title of Matthew's Gospel.

5 The sense expressed by the Authorized Version, would, as Professor Scholefield observes, require ròv before pχόμενον.

He came unto his own house, and his own family received him not.6

15. John bare witness of him, and cried, saying, This was he of whom I spake, He that cometh after me is preferred before me: for he was before me.

[John bare witness of him, and cried, saying, This was he of whom I spake, He that cometh after me is preferred before me: for he was before me. .]7

32. And John bare record, saying, I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and it abode upon him. And John bare record, saying, I saw the Spirit descending from heaven after the manner of 8 a dove, and it abode upon him.

II. 4. Jesus saith unto her, Woman, what have I to do with thee? mine hour is not yet come.

Jesus saith unto her, Lady,9 what have I to do with thee? mine hour is not yet come.

10. Every man at the beginning doth set forth good wine; and when men have well drunk, then that which is worse: &c.

Every man at the beginning doth set forth choice wine; and when men have well drunk, then that which is inferior: 10 &c.

III. 20. For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.

6 Tà idia, "his own house;" oi idiot, "his own family." 7 This verse is parenthetical. 8 Ωσεί. See note on Matt.

iii. 16.

9 Christ's answer has not that roughness which our English Translation gives it by the use of the term "Woman." The original has a word which not

only denotes no disrespect, but which by classical writers is applied even to a queen.

10 The words of the Evangelist, says Archbishop Whately, do not imply the contrast between good and bad, but between excellent and inferior wines.

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For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be forced upon him to conviction.1

V. 17. But Jesus answered them, My Father worketh hitherto, and I work.

But Jesus answered them, My Father has been working up to this time, and I work.

18. Therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not only had broken the sabbath, but said also that God was his Father, making himself equal with God.

Therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not only had broken the sabbath, but said also that God was his own peculiar3 Father, making himself equal with God.

35. He was a burning and a shining light; and ye were willing for a season to rejoice in his light. He was a burning and a shining lamp ;* and willing for a season to rejoice in his light.

ye were

VI. 33. For the bread of God is he which cometh down from heaven, and giveth life unto the world.

For the bread of God is it5 which cometh down from heaven, and giveth life unto the world.

1 Ελεγχθῇ. See note on

John xvi. 8.

2 Εως ἄρτι ἐργάζεται. The force of the Greek present tense here is hardly conveyed by the English present, but by one of our compound tenses.

3 *Ιδιον. Christ did not merely claim God as His Father, for all the Jews claimed Him in the same relationship, and would not have objected to Jesus doing so; but He declared God to be His own peculiar Father, in a sense wherein

He is Father to no other living being.

4 Λύχνος. Christ is the Eternal Light, which as it was never kindled, so knows no quenching; the Baptist was a Lamp kindled by Another, whose light was only for a season, and then to be extinguished. See Trench's Essay on St. Augustine, p. 99, note 2nd edit.; also Trench's Synonyms, p. 185.

5 The great truth of Himself being this bread, or of its