_A CONSPIRACY AGAINST CHRIST: PRECIOUS OINTMENT IS POURED ON HIS HEAD BY A WOMAN: JUDAS SELLETH HIS MASTER FOR MONEY. CHRIST HIMSELF FORETELLETH HOW HE SHALL BE BETRAYED BY ONE OF HIS DISCIPLES: AFTER THE PASSOVER PREPARED, AND EATEN, HE INSTITUTETH HIS SUPPER: DECLARETH AFOREHAND THE FLIGHT OF ALL... [ Continue Reading ]
BY CRAFT,— _By Surprise._... [ Continue Reading ]
OINTMENT, &C.— _Balsam of spikenard, which was very costly; and she broke open the box,_ or _vessel,_ &c. See Blackwall's Sac. Classics, vol. 2: p. 166. The _spikenard,_— πιστικης ναρδου, _pure_ and _unadulterated spikenard,_ was esteemed a very valuable aromatic. Sir Norton Knatchbull, Dr. Hammond,... [ Continue Reading ]
OINTMENT— _Perfume._... [ Continue Reading ]
TO THE BURYING,— _To its funeral._ See John 12:3; John 12:50 where I shall enlarge, and compare the accounts of the evangelists.... [ Continue Reading ]
TO BETRAY HIM.— Παραδω,— _deliver him up._ See Matthew 26:15.... [ Continue Reading ]
WHEN THEY KILLED THE PASSOVER,— _When the passover is sacrificed._ Campbell.... [ Continue Reading ]
THERE SHALL MEET YOU A MAN, &C.— This is set in opposition to the _good-man,_ or master of the house, Mark 14:14 and consequently means a servant of the lowest rank, or a slave, (Luke 12:36.) it being a servile office to draw water, as appears from Deuteronomy 29:11.Joshua 9:21. As Samuel, having an... [ Continue Reading ]
AND AS THEY DID EAT, &C.— _And having eaten._ See the note on Matthew 26:26.... [ Continue Reading ]
NEW TESTAMENT,— _New covenant._... [ Continue Reading ]
I WILL DRINK NO MORE, &C.— "From this instant I will no more drink of the passover-cup, nor have that commemorative and typical ordinance continued any longer in my church, than till it be suppressed and fulfilled (Luke 22:16.) by the greatsalvationwhichIshallbringintothegospel-kingdomuponmy resurre... [ Continue Reading ]
THEY WENT OUT— At the conclusion of the supper, Jesus and his disciples sung a proper Psalm or song of praise together, as was customary at the close of the passover, and then he set out for the mount of Olives; choosing to retire thither that he might prevent a riot in Jerusalem, and bring no troub... [ Continue Reading ]
ALTHOUGH ALL SHALL BE OFFENDED,— It is most probable that Judas by this timehad slipped away from the disciples, to fulfil his vile contract with the sanhedrim; and Peter missing him vaunted, that though all his fellow-apostles should follow Judas's example; he would stand by his Lord. We may observ... [ Continue Reading ]
BEFORE THE COCK CROW TWICE,—THOU SHALT— _Thou wilt._ See the note on Matthew 26:33; Matthew 26:75. Dr. Owen, in his Observations on the four Gospels, p. 56 has observed further, that as the _Jews,_ in the enumeration of the times of the night, took notice only of one cock-crowing, which comprehended... [ Continue Reading ]
HE BEGAN TO BE SORE AMAZED,— See the note on Matthew 26:38.... [ Continue Reading ]
SIMON, SLEEPEST THOU?— Jesus calls him by his first name: that of Peter did not then suit him; he was degenerated from it. Heylin.... [ Continue Reading ]
NEITHER WIST THEY— _Neither knew they._... [ Continue Reading ]
SLEEP ON NOW, &C.— Some commentators read this interrogatively, _Do you sleep on still, and take repose?_ The passage, however, may be read with propriety agreeable to our version; as much as to say, "My previous conflict is now over, and you may sleep on, because I have no farther occasion for your... [ Continue Reading ]
A TOKEN,— _A signal. Take him,—seize him,_ or _lay fast hold of him:—_ κρατησατε αυτον. See Heylin and Matthew 26:48.... [ Continue Reading ]
THERE FOLLOWED HIM A CERTAIN YOUNG MAN, &C.— Bishop Pococke, in describing the dresses of the people of Egypt, observes, "that it is almost a general custom among the Arabs and Mohammedan natives of the country, to wear a large blanket, either white or brown, and in summera blue or white cotton _she... [ Continue Reading ]
BUT NEITHER SO DID THEIR WITNESS AGREE TOGETHER.— _But neither was their evidence found consistent._ Heylin. The original, literally rendered, is, _Neither thus was their testimony equal._ See Mark 14:56.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE SON OF THE BLESSED?— This is a very sublime and emphatical method of expressing the happiness of God. It conveys such an ideaof the divine blessedness, that, comparatively speaking, there is none happy but he. Seethe note on Matthew 26:62. It is plain from the parallel passage, Luke 22:67 that t... [ Continue Reading ]
GUILTY OF DEATH.— _Worthy of death._... [ Continue Reading ]
THOU ALSO WAST WITH JESUS— This young woman expresses her contempt of Jesus very strongly: for the original runs, _Thou also wast with that Nazarene Jesus._ See Wynne, and on Matthew 26:73.... [ Continue Reading ]
I KNOW NOT, &C.— That is, "I know not the man, nor do I understand what thou art talking about.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THY SPEECH AGREETH THERETO.— _And your pronunciation is of that country._ Heylin.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND WHEN HE THOUGHT THEREON, HE WEPT.— Raphelius, and some learned critics, would render επιβαλων, _throwing himself out of the company,_ in a passionate manner, which it is very probable he did: but others, and particularly Elsner, Salmasius, and Bos, with much better authority, would translate it,... [ Continue Reading ]