36 § 136. JESUS FORETELLS THE FALL OF PETER, AND THE DISPERSION OF THE TWELVE.-Jerusalem. Evening introducing the Sixth Day of the Week. JOHN XIII. 36-38. Simon Peter said unto him, Lord, whither goest thou? Jesus answered him, Whither I go, thou canst not follow me now; but thou shalt follow me 37 afterwards. Peter said unto him, Lord, why cannot I follow thee now? I will lay down my life for thy sake. 31 MARK XIV. 27-31. And Jesus saith unto them, All ye shall be offended because of me this night for it is written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered. But after that I am risen, I will go before you into Galilee. But Peter said unto him, Although all shall be offended, yet will not Ï. LUKE XXII. 31-38. And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat: 32 but I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not: and when thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren. 33 And he said unto him, Lord, I am ready to go with thee, both into prison, LUKE XXII. 35 And he said unto them, When I sent you without purse, and scrip, and 36 shoes, lacked ye any thing? And they said, Nothing. Then said he unto them, But now, he that hath a purse, let him take it, and likewise his scrip: 1 2 Pet. 1. 14. 2 Zech. 13. 7. 3 John 21. 1. 4 This foretelling of Peter's fall took place, according to Luke (ch. 22. 39) and John (ch. 18. 1), before the departure to the mount of Olives; but according to Matthew (ch. 26. 30) and Mark (ch. 14. 26), it occurred during that departure. This difference may be explained by simply supposing that our Lord touched on the subject twice; before setting out, and while on the way. 5 Mark here says, "Before the cock crow twice;" the other evangelists have simply," Before the cock crow;" see Note on § 144. LUKE XXII. 37 and he that hath no sword, let him sell his garment, and buy one. For I say unto you, that this that is written must yet be accomplished in me,1 And he was reckoned among the transgressors: for the things concerning 38 me have an end. And they said, Lord, behold, here are two swords. And he said unto them, It is enough. MATT. XXVI. 26-29. 26 § 137. THE LORD'S SUPPER.2—Jerusalem. Evening introducing the Sixth Day of the Week. MARK XIV. 22-25. And as they 22 were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed it, and brake it, and gave it to the disciples, and said, Take, eat; this is my body. and And as they 19 And he took 20 of 2 The institution of the Lord's supper took place obviously at the close of the passover meal, and in connexion with the "cup of blessing," or third cup, which terminated the meal proper; comp. 1 Cor. 10. 16, and see p. 147 above. With this view accords the expression, after supper (μETȧ Tò deiπνñσa), of Luke 22. 20 and 1 Cor. 11. 25. Matthew and Mark speak of Jesus as breaking the bread as they were eating (ἐσθιόντων αὐτ me. of Likewise also 25 had given thanks, he brake it, and said, Take, eat: this is my body, which is broken for you: this do in remembrance of me. After the same manner also he took the cup, when he had supped, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood: this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of me. 1 138. JESUS COMFORTS HIS DISCIPLES. THE HOLY SPIRIT PROMISED.-Jerusalem. Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God,1 believe also in me. 2 In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have 3 told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where 4 I am, there ye may be also. And whither I go ye know, and the way ye know. 5 Thomas saith unto him, Lord, we know not whither thou goest; and how 6 can we know the way? Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, 7 and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. If ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also: and from henceforth ye know him, and have seen him. 8 Philip saith unto him, Lord, show us the Father, and it sufficeth us. 9 Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen the Father; 10 and how sayest thou then, Show us the Father? Believest thou not that am in the Father, and the Father in me? the words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself: but the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the 11 works. Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me: or else 12 believe me for the very works' sake. Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater 13 works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father. And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be 14 glorified in the Son. If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will do it. 15, 16 If ye love me, keep my commandments. And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for 17 ever; even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth 18 with you, and shall be in you. I will not leave you comfortless. I will 19 come to you. Yet a little while, and the world seeth me no more; but ye 20 see me because I live, ye shall live also. At that day ye shall know that 21 I am in my Father, and ye in me, and I in you. He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him. 22 Judas saith unto him, not Iscariot, Lord, how is it that thou wilt mani23 fest thyself unto us, and not unto the world? Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will 24 love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him. He that loveth me not keepeth not my sayings: and the word which ye hear is not mine, but the Father's which sent me. 25, 26 These things have I spoken unto you, being yet present with you. But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remem27 brance, whatsoever I have said unto you. Peace I leave with you, my 1 Ye believe in God, &c.: as if he had said, Ye trust in God though unseen, in like manner trust nary inspiration of the apostles is here set forth as consisting in two things, viz. the direct teachin me when I shall be no longer visibly presenting of the Spirit in conveying new truths to their with you. 2 1 John 5. 3. 3 Col. 3. 3; 1 Cor. 15. 20. Comp. Rev. 3. 20. 5 He shall teach you all things, &c. The ple minds, and the quickening of their memories in recalling truths they had heard from the lips of Christ. 6 Comp. 1 John 2. 27. JOHN XIV. peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, 28 your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid. give I unto you. Let not Ye have heard how I said unto you, I go away, and come again unto you. If ye loved me, ye would rejoice, because I said, I go unto the Father: for my Father is greater than 29 I. And now I have told you before it come to pass, that, when it is come 30 to pass, ye might believe. Hereafter I will not talk much with you for 31 the prince of this world cometh, and hath nothing in me. But that the world may know that I love the Father; and as the Father gave me commandment, even so I do. Arise, let us go hence.3 139. CHRIST THE TRUE VINE. HIS DISCIPLES HATED BY THE WORLD. Jerusalem. Evening introducing the Sixth Day of the Week. JOHN XV. 1–27. 1, 2 I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth 3 fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit. Now ye are clean 4 through the word which I have spoken unto you. Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; 5 no more can ye, except ye abide in me. I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: 6 for without me ye can do nothing. If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them 7 into the fire, and they are burned. If ye abide in me, and my words abide 8 in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you. Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disci9 ples. As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in 10 my love. If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love. 11 These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, 12 and that your joy might be full. This is my commandment, That ye love 13 one another, as I have loved you. Greater love hath no man than this, that 14 a man lay down his life for his friends. Ye are my friends, if ye do whatso15 ever I command you. Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all 16 things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you. Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you. 17 These things I command you, that ye love one another. 18, 19 If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you. If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hat20 eth you. Remember the word that I said unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if 21 they have kept my saying, they will keep your's also. But all these things will they do unto you for my name's sake, because they know not him that 5 disciples should suffer persecution, not merely because they are named after Christ, but because they possess his spirit and bear his image, so as to be his representatives in the world. This view of the origin of persecution, and its relation to Christ himself, afforded the chief support to the apostles in their sufferings for the gospel, when "they rejoiced that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for his name " (Acts 5. 41). JOHN XV. 22 sent me. If I had not come and spoken unto them, they had not had sin : 23 but now they have no cloke for their sin. He that hateth me hateth my 24 Father also. If I had not done among them the works which none other man did, they had not had sin but now have they both seen and hated 25 both me and my Father. But this cometh to pass, that the word might be 26 fulfilled that is written in their law, They hated me without a cause. But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify 27 of me and ye also shall bear witness, because ye have been with me from the beginning." § 140. PERSECUTION FORETOLD. FURTHER PROMISE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT. PRAYER IN THE NAME OF CHRIST.-Jerusalem. 1 Evening introducing the Sixth Day of the Week. JOHN XVI. 1-33. These things have I spoken unto you, that ye should not be offended. 2 They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that 3 whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service. And these things will they do unto you, because they have not known the Father, nor 4 me. But these things have I told you, that when the time shall come, ye may remember that I told you of them. And these things I said not unto 5 you at the beginning, because I was with you. But now I go my way to him 6 that sent me; and none of you asketh me, Whither goest thou? But because I have said these things unto you, sorrow hath filled your heart. Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, 8 I will send him unto you. And when he is come, he will reprove the 9 world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment: of sin, because they. 10 believe not on me; of righteousness, because I go to my Father, and ye 11 see me no more; of judgment, because the prince of this world is judged. 12 I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now.* 13 Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all 7 truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, 14 that shall he speak: and he will show you things to come. He shall glorify 15 me: for he shall receive of mine, and shall show it unto you. All things that the Father hath are mine: therefore said I, that he shall take of mine, 16 and shall show it unto you. A little while, and ye shall not see me: and again, a little while, and ye shall see me, because go to the Father. 17 Then said some of his disciples among themselves, What is this that he saith unto us, A little while, and ye shall not see me and again, a little 18 while, and ye shall see me: and, Because I go to the Father? They said therefore, What is this that he saith, A little while? we cannot tell what 19 he saith. Now Jesus knew that they were desirous to ask him, and said unto them, Do ye inquire among yourselves of that I said, A little while, and ye shall not see me: and again, a little while, and ye shall see me? 20 Verily, verily, I say unto you, That ye shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice: and ye shall be sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be 21 turned into joy. A woman when she is in travail hath sorrow, because her hour is come: but as soon as she is delivered of the child, she remembereth 22 no more the anguish, for joy that a man is born into the world. And ye now therefore have sorrow: but I will see you again, and your heart shall 1 Psa. 69. 4. 2 Acts 1. 21, 22; Luke 1. 1, 2. 3 Acts 26. 9-11. 4 Comp. Mark 4. 33. 5 Comp. Luke 24. 40, 41. |