led him away to Caiaphas the High Priest, where the Scribes and the elders were assembled.

58 But Peter followed him afar off unto the High Priest's palace, and went in, and sat with the servants, 15 to see the end.

59 Now the Chief Priests, and elders, and all the council, sought false witness against Jesus, to put him to death;

60 But found none: yea, though many false witnesses came, yet found they none, At the last came 'two false witnesses,

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61 And said, This fellow said, I am able to destroy the temple of God, and to build it in three days.

62 And the High Priest "arose, and said unto him, Answerest thou nothing? what is it which these witness against thee 216

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and with him were assembled all the Chief Priests, and the elders and the Scribes. LUKE, iii. 2: Annas and Caiaphas being the High Priests. do. xxii. 54: Then took they him, and led him, and brought him into the High Priest's house. JOHN, Xviii. 12, 13, 24: Then the band and the captain, and officers of the Jews took Jesus and bound him, and led him away to Annas first; for he was father in law to Caiaphas, which was the High Priest that same year. Now Annas had sent him bound unto Caiaphas the High Priest.

e Ps. xxvii. 12: False witnesses are risen up against me, and such as breathe out cruelty. do. xxxv. 11: False witnesses did rise up; they laid to my charge things that I knew not. MARK, xiv, 55: And the Chief Priests and all the council sought for witness against Jesus to put him to death; and found none. ACTS, vi. 13; And set up false witnesses, which said, This man [Stephen] ceaseth not to speak blasphemous words, against this holy place, and the law.

DEUT. xix. 15: One witness shall not rise up against a man for any iniquity, or for any sin, in any sin that he sinneth : at the mouth of two witnesses, or at the mouth of three witnesses, shall the matter be established.

8 See on JOHN, ii. 19.

MARK, xiv. 60: And the High Priest stood up in the

63 But Jesus 'held his peace. And the High Priest answered and said unto him, I adjure thee by the living God, that thou tell us whether thou be the Christ, the Son of God.

64 Jesus saith unto him, Thou hast said: nevertheless I say unto you, "Hereafter shall ye see the Son of man "sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven.

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65 Then the High Priest rent his clothes, saying, He hath spoken blasphemy; what further " the power of God. Rh.

midst, and asked Jesus, saying, Answerest thou nothing? what is it which these witness against thee.

iPs. xxxviii. 13: But I, as a deaf man, heard not; and I was as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth. Isa. liii. 7: He is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth. MAT. xxvii. 12, 14; And when he was accused of the Chief Priests and elders, he answered nothing. And he answered him to never a word; insomuch that the governor marvelled greatly.

* LEV. v, 1: If a soul sin, and hear the voice of swearing, and is a witness, whether he hath seen or known of it; if he do not utter it, then he shall bear his iniquity. 1 SAM, xiv. 24, 26: The men of Israel were distressed that day: for Saul had adjured the people, saying, Cursed be the man that eateth any food until evening, that I may be avenged on mine enemies: So none of the people tasted any food. And when the people were come into the wood, behold, the honey dropped; but no man put his hand to his mouth for the people feared the oath. I KINGS, xxii. 16: And the King said unto him, How many times shall I adjure thee that thou tell me nothing but that which is true in the name of the LORD?

1 MAT. xvi. 16: And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God. JOHN, i, 34: And I saw, and bare record that this is the Son of God.

m See on ACTS, i. 11.

n See on MAT. xxii. 44.

• LEV. xxi. 10: He that is the High Priest among his brethren -shall not uncover his head nor rend his clothes. 2 Kings, xviii. 37: Then came Eliakim, &c.-to Hezekiah with their clothes rent, and told him the words of Rabshakeh. do. xix. 1: And it came to pass, when king Hezekiah heard it, that he rent his clothes, and covered himself with sackcloth.

need have we of witnesses? behold, now ye have heard his blasphemy.

66 What think ye? They answered and said, He is 'guilty of death.18

67 Then did they spit in his face, and buffeted him; and others 'smote him with the palms of their hands. 19

68 Saying, 'Prophesy unto us, thou Christ, Who is he that smote thee?

69 Now 'Peter sat without in the palace : and a damsel came unto him, saying, Thou also wast with Jesus of Galilee.

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19 with rods. A. V.

P LEV. xxiv. 16: He that blasphemeth the name of the LORD, he shall surely be put to death. JOHN, xix. 7: The Jews answered him, We have a law, and by our law he ought to die, because he made himself the Son of God.

9 ISA. 1. 6: I gave my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to them that plucked off the hair: I hid not my face from shame and spitting. do. liii. 3: He is despised and rejected of men, a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief; and we hid as it were our faces from him, he was despised and we esteemed him not. MAT. xxvii. 30: And they spit upon him, and took the reed, and smote him on the head.

LUKE, Xxii. 63: And the men that held Jesus mocked him and smote him. JOHN, xix. 3: They smote him with their hands. MARK, xiv. 65: Some began to spit on him, and to cover his face, and to buffet him, and to say unto him, Prophesy. LUKE, xxii. 64: When they had blindfolded him, they struck him on the face, and asked him, saying, Prophesy, who is it that smote thee?

MARK, xiv. 66: As Peter was beneath in the palace, there cometh one of the maids of the High Priest. LUKE, xxii. 55: When they had kindled a fire in the midst of the hall, and were set down together, Peter sat down among them. JOHN, xviii. 16, 17, 25: Peter stood at the door without. Then went out that other disciple, which was known unto the High Priest, and spake unto her that kept the door, and brought in Peter. Then saith the damsel that kept the door unto Peter, Art not thou also one of this man's disciples? He saith, I am not. And Simon Peter stood and warmed himself: they said therefore unto him, Art not thou also one of his disciples? He denied it, and said, I am not.

70 But he denied before them all, saying, I know not what thou sayest.

71 And when he was gone out into the porch, "another maid saw him, and said unto them that were there, This fellow was also with Jesus of Nazareth.

72 And again he denied with an oath, I do not know the man.

73 And after a while came unto him they that stood by, and said to Peter, Surely thou also art one of them; for thy speech bewrayeth 20 thee. 74 Then "began he to curse and to swear, saying, I know not the man. And immediately the

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75 And Peter remembered the word of Jesus, which said unto him, *Before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice. And he went out, and wept bitterly.

CHAP. XXVII.

1 Christ is delivered bound to Pilate: 3 Judas hangeth himself : 19 Pilate admonished of his wife: 24 washeth his hands: 26 and looseth Barabbas: 29 Christ is crowned with thorns, 34 crucified, 40 reviled, 50 dieth, and is buried: 66 his sepulchre is sealed, and watched.

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" LUKE, xxii. 58: After a little while another saw him, and said, Thou art also of them. And Peter said, Man, I am

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▾ LUKE, Xxii. 59: About the space of one hour after, another confidently affirmed, saying, Of a truth this fellow was also with him; for he is a Galilean. ACTs, ii. 7: Are not these which speak Galileans?

≈ MARK, xiv. 71: But he began to curse and to swear, saying, I know not this man of whom ye speak.

See on ver. 34.

CHAP. XXVII.

a Ps. ii. 2: The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed. MARK, xv. 1: Straightway in the morning the Chief

Priests and elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death:

2 And when they had bound him, they led him away, and 'delivered him to Pontius Pilate the governor.

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3 ¶Then Judas, which had betrayed him, when he saw that he was condemned, repented himself, and brought again the thirty pieces of silver to the Chief Priests and elders,

4 Saying, I have sinned in that I have betrayed the innocent blood. And they said, What is that to us? see thou to that.

5 And he cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, and 'departed, and went and hanged himself.1

1 departing was strangled, or, fell into a fit of suffocation. Ham.

Priests held a consultation with the elders and Scribes, and the whole council, and bound Jesus, and carried him away, and delivered him to Pilate. LUKE, xxii. 66: As soon as it was day, the elders of the people, and the Chief Priests and the Scribes came together, and led him into their council. do. xxiii. 1: And the whole multitude of them arose, and led him unto Pilate. JOHN, xviii. 28: Then led they Jesus from Caiaphas unto the hall of judgment: and it was early; and they themselves went not into the judgment hall lest they should be defiled.

b MAT. xx. 19: And shall deliver him to the Gentiles to mock, and to scourge, and to crucify him: and the third day he shall rise again. Acrs, iii. 13: The God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, hath glorified his Son Jesus; whom ye delivered up, and denied in the presence of Pilate, when he was determined to let him go. * See on MAT. xxvi. 14, 15.

d JOB, xx. 15: He hath swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again: God shall cast them out of his belly.

e 2 KINGS, Xxiv. 4: And also for the innocent blood that he shed: for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood; which the LORD would not pardon.

f2 SAM. xvii. 23: And when Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his ass, and arose, and gat him home to his house, to his city; and put his household in order, and hanged himself, and died, and was buried in the sepulchre of his father. Ps. Iv. 23: But thou, O God, shalt bring them