* Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion, Ps. ii. 6. For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the Lord of hosts will perform this, Isa. ix. 6, 7. Behold a king shall reign in righteousness and princes shall rule in judgment. And a man shall be as an hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest, as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land, xxxii. 1, 2. Behold the days come, saith the LORD, that I will raise unto David a righteous branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth, Jer. xxiii. 5. Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold thy King cometh unto thee: he is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass, Zech. ix.9.

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Tell ye the daughter of Zion; Behold thy King cometh unto thee, meek, and sitting upon an ass, and a colt the foal of an ass, Matt. xxi. 5. For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour which is Christ the Lord, Luke ii. 11. Saying, Blessed be the King that cometh in the name of the Lord: peace in heaven, and glory in the highest, xix. 38. And they began to accuse him saying, We found this fellow perverting the nation, and forbidding to give tribute to Cæsar, saying that he himself is Christ a king. xxiii. 2. And a superscription also was written over him in letters of Greek, and Latin, and Hebrew, THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS, 38. Nathanael answered and saith unto him, Rabbi, thou art the Son of God, thou art the King of Israel, John i. 49. Took branches of palm trees, and went forth to meet him, and cried Hosanna:

Blessed is the King of Israel that

cometh in the name of the Lord, xii.

13. Pilate therefore said unto him, Art thou a king then? Jesus answered, Thou sayest that I am a king. To this end was I born, and for this cause came I into the world, that I should bear witness unto the truth. Every one that is of the truth heareth my voice, xviii. 37. And from thenceforth Pilate sought to release him, but the Jews cried, saying, If thou let this man go, thou art not Cæsar's friend, whosoever maketh himself a king speaketh against Cæsar. When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he brought Jesus forth, and sat down in the judgment seat in a place that is called the Pavement, but in the Hebrew Gabbatha. And it was the preparation of the passover, and about the sixth hour: and he saith unto the Jews, Behold your King! But they cried out, Away with him, away with him, crucify him. Pilate saith unto them, Shall I crucify your King? The chief priests answered, We have no king but Cæsar. And Pilate wrote a title, and put it on the cross. And the writing was, JESUS OF NAZARETH THE KING OF THE JEWS, xix. 12-15. 19.

b I shall see him, but not now: I shall behold him, but not nigh. There shall come a Star out of Jacob, and a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel, and shall smite the corners of Moab, and

destroy all the children of Sheth, Numb. xxiv. 17. And the Gentiles shall come to thy light, and kings to the brightness of thy rising, Isa. lx. 3. Through the tender mercy of our God; whereby the day-spring from on high hath visited us. To give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace, Luke i. 78,79. 1 Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things in the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, and the bright and morning star, Rev. xxii.

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When they saw the star they rejoiced, with exceeding great joy. And when they were come into the house, they saw the young child with Mary his mother, and fell down and worshipped him: and when they had opened their treasures, they presented unto him gifts; gold, and frankincense, and myrrh, Matt. ii. 11. And behold, there came a leper and worshipped him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean, viii. 2. While he spake these things unto them, behold,

there came a certain ruler and worshipped him, saying, My daughter is even now dead: but come and lay thy hand upon her, and she shall live, ix. 18. Then came she, and worshipped him, saying, Lord help me! xv. 25. And as they went to tell his disciples, behold, Jesus met them, saying, All hail. And they came and held him by the feet, and worshipped him, xxviii. 9. Then the eleven disciples went away into Galilee, into a mountain where Jesus had appointed them. And when they saw him, they worshipped him: but some doubted, xvi. 17. Anditcame to pass, while he blessed them, he was parted from them, and carried up into heaven. And they worshipped him, and returned to Jerusalem with great joy, xxiv. 51, 52. And when he was come out of the ship, immediately there met him out of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit. But when he saw Jesus afar off, he ran and worshipped him. And cried with a loud voice, and said, what have I to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of the most high God, Mark ii. 5-7. And they smote him on the head with a reed, and did spit upon him, and bowing their knees, worshipped him, xv. 19. And he said,

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Lord, I believe. And he worshipped him, John ix. 38. So shall the king greatly desire thy beauty: for he is thy Lord, and worship thou him, Ps. xlv. 11. And again, when he bringeth in the first begotten into the world, he saith, And let all the angels of God worship him, Heb. i. 6. And I fell at his feet to worship him, and he said unto me, See thou do it not: I am thy fellow-servant, and of thy brethren that have the testimony of Jesus: worship God, Rev. ix. 10, and xxii. 8, 9.

VER. 3.

̓Ακούσας δὲ Ἡρώδης ὁ βασιλεὺς ἐταράχ θη, καὶ πᾶσα Ἱεροσόλυμα μετ ̓ αὐτοῦ.

When Herod the king had heard these things, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.

VER. 4.

Καὶ συναγαγὼν πάντας τοὺς ̓Αρχιερείς καὶ γραμματεῖς τοῦ λαοῦ, ἐπυνθάνετο παρ αὐτῶν ποῦ ὁ Χριστὸς γεννᾶται.

And when he had gathered all the chief priests and bscribes of the people together, che demanded of them where

Christ should be born.

a For the priest's lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the law at his mouth: for he is the messenger of the LORD of Hosts, Mal. ii. 7. For every high priest taken from among men is ordained for men in things pertaining to God, that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins, Heb. v. 1. also viii. 3. For the bodies of those beasts, whose blood is brought into the sanctuary by the high priest for sin, are burned without the camp, xiii. 11.

b For he taught them as one having authority and not as the scribes, Matt. vii. 29. Then said he unto them, Therefore every scribe which is instructed unto the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which bringeth forth out of his treasure things new and old, xiii. 52. Also they were over the bearers of burdens and were overseers of all that wrought the work in any manner of service: and of the Levites there were scribes, and officers and porters, 2Chron. xxxiv. 13. This Ezra went up from Babylon; and he was a ready scribe in the law of Moses, which the LORD God of Israel had given: and the king granted

away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh. And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them. And ye shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers; and ye shall be my people, and I will be your God. I will also save you from all your uncleannesses: and I will call for the corn, and will increase it, and lay no famine upon you, Ezek. xxxvi. 25-29. Seventy weeks are de termined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression: and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the Most Holy, Dan. ix. 24. And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself, 26. Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion: shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh unto thee; he is just and having salvation: lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass, Zech. ix. 9. For the Son of man is come to save that which was lost, Matt. xviii. 11. And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. For unto you is born this day, in the city of David, a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord, Luke ii. 10, 11. The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the broken-hearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised, to preach the acceptable year of the Lord, iv. 18, 19. For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost, xix. 10. The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sins of the world, John i. 29. I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture. The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly. I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his

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life for the sheep, x. 9-11. 1 am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me should not abide in darkness. And if any man hear my words, and believe not, I judge him not: for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world, xii. 46, 47. Unto you, first God having raised up his Son Jesus, sent him to bless you, in turning away every one of you from his iniquities, Acts iii. 26. Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved, iv. 12. Him hath God exalted with his right hand, to be a Prince and a Saviour, for to give repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins, v. 31. To him give all the prophets witness, that through his name whosoever believeth in him, shall receive remission of sins, x. 43. Of this man's seed, hath God according to his promise raised unto Israel a Saviour, Jesus. Be it known unto you therefore, men and brethren, that through this man is preached unto you the forgiveness of sins: and by him all that believe are justified from all things, from which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses, xiii. 23. 38,39. Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will, to the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved: in whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins cording to the riches of his grace, Eph. i. 5-7. Husbands love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it: That he might sanctify and cleanse it by the washing of water by the word: That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish, v. 25-27. In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins, Col. i. 14. And having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him to reconcile all things unto himself; by him, I say, whether they be things in earth or things in heaven. And you that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled. In

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the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and unblamable, and unreprovable in his sight: If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, and which was preached to every creature which is under heaven, whereof I Paul am made a minister, i. 20 -23. Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works, Tit. ii. 14. Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them, Heb. vii. 25. Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed, 1 Pet. ii. 24. For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, iii. 18. But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin, 1 John i. 7. I write unto you, little children, because your sins are forgiven you, for his name's sake, ii. 12. And ye know that he was manifested to take away our sins; and in him is no sin, iii. 5. And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first-begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood; and hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father; to him be glory and dominion, for ever and ever. Amen. Rev. i. 5, 6. And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said unto me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb, vii. 14.

VER. 22.

Τοῦτο δὲ ὅλον γέγονεν ἵνα πληρωθῇ τὸ ῥηθὲν ὑπὸ τοῦ Κυρίου διὰ τοῦ προφήτου, λέγοντος·

Now all this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying,

a And was there until the death of Herod; that it might be fulfilled which

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was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying, Out of Egypt have I called my Son, Matt. ii. 15. And he came and dwelt in a city called Nazareth: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophets, He shall be called a Nazarene, 23. That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying, Himself took our infirmities and bare our sickness, viii. 17. That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying, xii. 17. That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things which have been kept secret from the foundation of the world, xiii. 35. Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing, saying, Ezra i. 1. For these be the days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled, Luke xxi. 22. And he said unto them, These are the words which I spake unto you while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled which were written in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the Psalms concerning me, xxiv. 44. If he called them gods, unto whom the word of God came, and the Scripture cannot be broken, John x. 35. That the saying of Esaias the prophet might be fulfilled, which he spake, Lord, who hath believed our report? and to whom hath the arm of the Lord been revealed? Therefore they could not believe, because that Esaias said again, He hath blinded their eyes, and hardened their hearts; that they should not see with their eyes, nor understand with their hearts, and be converted, and I should heal them, xii. 38-40. But this cometh to pass, that the word might be fulfilled that is written in their law, They hated me without a cause, 15. 25. While I was yet with them in the world, I kept them in thy name: those that thou gavest me I have kept, and none of them is lost, but the son of perdition; that the Scripture might be fulfilled, xvii. 12. That the saying might be

fulfilled which he spake, Of them | which thou gavest me have I lost none, xviii. 9. They said therefore among themselves, Let us not rend it, but cast lots for it whose it shall be that the Scripture might be fulfilled which saith, They parted my raiment among them, and for my vesture they did cast lots. These things, therefore, the soldiers did, xix. 24. After this, Jesus knowing that all things were now accomplished, that the Scripture might be fulfilled, saith, I thirst, 28. For these things were done, that the Scripture should be fulfilled, A bone of him shall not be broken. And again, another scripture saith, They shall look on him whom they pierced, 36, 37. But those things, which God before had shewed by the mouth of all his prophets, that Christ should suffer, he hath so fulfilled, Acts iii. 18. For they that dwell at Jerusalem and their rulers, because they knew him not, nor yet the voices of the prophets, which are read every sabbath-day, they have fulfilled them in condemning him. And though they found no cause of death in him, yet desired they Pilate that he should be slain. And when they had fulfilled all that was written of him, they took him down from the tree, and laid him in a sepulchre, xiii. 27-29. For God hath put in their hearts to fulfil his will, and to agree, and give their kingdom unto the beast, until the words of God shall be fulfilled, Rev.

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VER. 23.

Ἰδοὺ, ἡ παρθένος ἐν γαστρὶ ἕξει, καὶ τέξεται υἱὸν, καὶ καλέσουσι τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ ̓ΕΜΜΑΝΟΥΗΛ ̓ ὅ ἐστι μεθερμηνευόμενον, μεθ ̓ ἡμῶν ὁ Θεός.

Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, b God with us.

or, his name shall be called.

a Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold a virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel, Isa. vii. 14. And he shall pass through Judah; he shall overflow and go over, he shall reach even to the neck; and the stretching out of his wings shall fill the breadth of thy land, O Immanuel, viii. 8.

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Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you, and lo, I am with you alway even unto the end of the world. Amen. Matt. xxviii. 20. The LORD of Hosts is with us, the God of Jacob is our refuge, Ps. xlvi. 7. And he shall pass through Judah, he shall overflow and go over, he shall reach even to the neck; and the stretching out of his wings shall fill the breadth of thy land, O Immanuel. Associate yourselves, O ye people, and ye shall be broken in pieces; and give, ear, all ye of far countries; gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces; gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces. Take counsel together, and it shall come to nought: speak the word, and it shall not stand: for God is with us, Isa. viii. 8-10. For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given, and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The Mighty God, The Everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace; of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice, from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the LORD of Hosts will perform this, ix. 6, 7. And the word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth, John i. 14. And Thomas answered and said unto him, My Lord and my God, xx. 28. Then spake the Lord to Paul, in the night, by a vision, Be not afraid, but speak, and hold not thy peace; for I am with thee, and no man shall set on thee to hurt thee: for I have much people in this city, Acts xviii. 9, 10. Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock over which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood, xx. 28. Concerning his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, which was made of the seed of David according to the flesh; and declared to be the Son of God with power, according to the spirit of holiness, bytheresurrection from the dead, Rom. i. 3, 4. Whose are the Father's, and of whom, as concerning the flesh, Christ came, who is over all, God blessed for