13 al. for when we are persuaded from the actions that the men are offended at high sayings, and when He saith Himself, that "on this account I speak in a lowly way, lest they should be offended," who will yet suspect, &c.
15 al. and the maliciousness of the hearers, and its being continually said in the Old (Covenant), "The Lord thy God is One Lord."
16 al. "hath no cause at all that is specious."
18 al. "now to show that," &c.
21 al. "enduring mean things."
24 al. "to enter on the passage itself."
27 al. some mss. add, "for Thou doest all things, whatsoever I will, He saith."
29 al. again, "why look ye," &c., "we also," &c.
30 al. but He even saith the contrary "because," &c.
31 al. so then the "hearing Me always" meaneth, &c.
32 i.e. a mere superiority of the Father.
34 Ver. 44. "And he that was dead came forth, bound hand and foot with grave clothes: and his face was bound about with a napkin." N. T. "Jesus saith unto them, Loose him." N. T.
36 Ver. 45-47. "Then many of the Jews which came to Mary, and had seen the things which Jesus did, believed on Him. But some of them went their ways to the Pharisees, and told them what things Jesus had done. Then gathered the Chief Priests and Pharisees a council." N. T.
38 N. T. "All men will believe on Him, and the Romans shall come and take away both our place and nation."
39 al. "which they mean to say?"
44 al. "did He surround Himself with."
46 a0po\ paqou=j tou= e0autw=n. Sav. reads to\ p. tou= e9.
48 al. "the roads and the sea are beset."
1 "Being High Priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus should die for that nation," ver. 52, "and not for that nation only, but that also He should gather together in one the children of God that were scattered abroad." G. T.
2 De Bell. Jud. l. 6, 31. "During the Festival called Pentecost, the Priests having come by night into the Inner temple to perform their services, as was their custom, reported that they perceived a motion and noise, and after that a voice as of a multitude, Let us depart hence."
7 Ver. 54. "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." 55. "And the Jews' Passover was nigh at hand." N. T.
9 Luke xxii. 28. "Ye are they which have continued with Me in My temptations."
11 Ver. 55-57. "And many went out of the country up to Jerusalem before the Passover to purify themselves. Then sought they for Jesus, and spake among themselves as they stood in the Temple, What think ye, that He will not come to the feast? Now both the Chief Priests and Pharisees had given a commandment, that if any man knew where He were, he should show it, that they might take Him." N. T.
13 Ch. xii. ver. 1, 2. "Then Jesus, six days before the Passover, came to Bethany, where Lazarus was which had been dead, whom He raised from the dead. There they made Him a supper, and Martha served, but Lazarus was one of them that sat at the table with Him." N. T.
15 Ver. 3-6. "Then took Mary a pound of ointment of spikenard, very precious, and anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped His feet with her hair: and the whole house was filled with the odor of the ointment. Then saith one of His disciples, Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, which should betray Him, Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred pence, and given to the poor? This he said, not that he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief, and had the bag, and bare what was put therein."
16 These words are from St. Matthew or St. Mark. In St. John we read, ver. 7, "Then said Jesus, Let her alone, against the day of My burying hath she kept this."