And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held, vi. 9. And when they shall have finished their testimony, the beast that ascendeth out of the bottomless pit shall make war against them, and shall overcome them, and kill them, xi. 7. VER. 19. Ὅταν δὲ παραδιδῶσιν ὑμᾶς, μὴ μεριμ νήσητε πῶς, ἢ τί λαλήσητε· δοθήσεται γὰρ ὑμῖν ἐν ἐκείνῃ τῇ ὥρᾳ τί λαλήσετε. But when they deliver you up, take shall speak: no thought how or what ye * But when they shall lead you, and deliver you up, take no thought beforehand what ye shall speak, neither do ye premeditate: but whatsoever shall be given you in that hour, that speak ye: for it is not ye that speak, but the Holy Ghost, Mark xiii. 11. And when they bring you unto the synagogues, and unto magistrates, and powers, take ye no thought how or what thing ye shall answer, or what ye shall say, Luke xii. 11. Settle it there fore in your hearts, not to meditate before what ye shall answer: xxi. 14. bNow therefore go, and I will be with thy mouth, and teach thee what thou shalt say, Exod. iv. 12. And thou shalt speak unto him, and put words in his mouth: and I will be with thy mouth, and with his mouth, and will teach you what ye shall do, 15. But the LORD said unto me, Say not, I am a child: for thou shalt go to all that I shall send thee, and whatsoever I command thee thou shalt speak. Be not afraid of their faces: for I am with thee to deliver thee, saith the LORD. Then the LORD put forth his hand, and touched my mouth. And the LORD said unto me, Behold, I have put my words in thy mouth, Jer. i. 7-9. And they were not able to resist the wisdom and the Spirit by which he spake, Acts vi. 10. Notwithstanding the Lord stood with me, and strengthened me; that by me the preaching might be fully known, and that all the Gentiles might hear: and I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion, 2 Tim. iv. 17. VER. 20. A. D. 31. Οὐ γὰρ ὑμεῖς ἐστε οἱ λαλοῦντες, ἀλλὰ τὸ Πνεῦμα τοῦ πατρὸς ὑμῶν τὸ λαλοῦν ἐν ὑμῖν. For it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of your Father which speaketh in you. * The Spirit of the Lord spake by me, and his word was in my tongue, 2 Sam. xxiii. 2. For David himself said by the Holy Ghost, The LORD said to my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy footstool, Mark xii. 36. If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts gifts unto your children; how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him? Luke xi. 13. For I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries shall not be able to gainsay nor resist, xxi. 15. And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance, Acts ii. 4, Then Peter, filled with the Holy Ghost, said unto them, Ye rulers of the people, and elders of Israel, iv. 8. And when they agreed not among themselves, they departed, after that Paul had spoken one word, Well spake the Holy Ghost by Esaias the prophet unto our fathers, xxviii. 25. Unto whom it was revealed, that not unto themselves, but unto us they did minister the things, which are now reported unto you by them that have preached the gospel unto you with the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven; which things the angels desire to look into, 1 Pet. i. 12. For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost, 2 Pet. i. 21. b See parallels on clause 3, ver. 16. chap. v. VER. 21. Παραδώσει δὲ ἀδελφὸς ἀδελφὸν εἰς θάνατον, καὶ πατὴς τέκνον· καὶ ἐπαναστήσονται τέκνα ἐπὶ γονεῖς, καὶ θανατώσουσιν αὐτούς. * And the brother shall deliver up the brother to death, and the father the child: and the children shall rise up against their parents, and cause them to be put to death, A. D. 31. MATT. X. 21, 22. A. D. 31. a Think not that I am come to send | bfor my name's sake: but he that en peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword. For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in law, Matt. x. 34, 35. And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another, xxiv. 10. Trust ye not in a friend, put ye not confidence in a guide: keep the doors of thy mouth from her that lieth in thy bosom. For the son dishonoureth the father, the daughter riseth up against her mother, the daughter in law against her mother in law; a man's enemies are the men of his own house, Mic. vii. 5, 6. And it shall come to pass, that when any shall yet prophesy, then his father and his mother that begat him shall say unto him, Thou shalt not live; for thou speakest lies in the name of the LORD: and his fatherand his mother that begat him shall thrust him through when he prophesieth, Zech. xiii. 3. Now the brother shall betray the brother to death, and the father the son; and children shall rise up against their parents, and shall cause them to be put to death. And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake: but he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved. Mark xiii. 12, 13. Suppose ye that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, Nay; but rather division: For from henceforth there shall be five in one house divided, three against two, and two against three. The father shall be divided against the son, and the son against the father; the mother against the daughter, and the daughter against the mother; the mother in law against the daughter in law, and the daughter in law against her mother in law, Luke xii. 51-53. And ye shall be betrayed both by parents, and brethren, and kinsfolks, and friends; and some of you shall they cause to be put to death. And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake, xxi. 16, 17. VER. 22. Καὶ ἔσεσθε μισούμενοι ὑπὸ πάντων διὰ τὸ ὄνομά μου· ὁ δὲ ὑπομείνας εἰς τέλος, οὗτος σωθήσεται. And ye shall be hated of all men dureth to the end shall be saved. a Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name's sake, Matt. xxiv. 9. Hear the word of the Lord, ye that tremble at his word; Your brethren that hated you, that cast you out for my name's sake, said, Let the LORD be glorified: but he shall appear to your joy, and they shall be ashamed. A voice of noise from the city, a voice from the temple, a voice of the LORD that rendereth recompence to his enemies, Is. lxvi. 5, 6. Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you from their company, and shall reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man'ssake, Luke vi. 22. The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify of it, that the works thereof are evil, John vii. 7. 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 hateth you, xv. 18, 19. I have given them thy word; and the world hath hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world, xvii. 14. Marvel not, my brethren, if the world hate you, 1 John iii. 13. b See parallels on clause 1, ver. 10. chap. v. But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved, Matt. xxiv. 13. Blessed is he that waiteth, and cometh to the thousand three hundred and five and thirty days. But go thou thy way till the end be: for thou shalt rest, and stand in thy lot at the end of the days, Dan. xii. 12, 13. And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake: but he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved, Mark xiii. 13. But that on the good ground are they, which in an honest and good heart, having heard the word, keep it, and bring forth fruit with patience, Luke viii. 15. To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, eternal life, Rom. ii. 7. And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not, Gal. vi. 9. For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence steadfast unto the end, Heb. iii. 14. And we desire that every one of you, do shew the same diligence to the full assurance of hope unto the end, vi. 11. Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him, Jam. i. 12. But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost, Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ | unto eternal life, Jude 20, 21. He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God, Rev. ii. 7. Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days: be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life, 10. He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth it, 17. And he that overcometh, and keepeth my works unto the end, to him will I give power over the nations, 26. To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne, iii. 21. And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be, xxii. 12. A. D. 31. knew it, he withdrew himself from thence: and great multitudes followed him, and he healed them all, Matt. xii. 14, 15. And rose up, and thrust him out of the city, and led him unto the brow of the hill whereon their city was built, that they might cast him down headlong. But he passing through the midst of them went his way, And came down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee, and taught them on the sabbath-days, Luke iv. 29-31. After these things Jesus walked in Galilee: for he would not walk in Jewry; because the Jews sought to kill him, John vii. 1. Therefore they sought again to take him: but he escaped out of their hand, And went away again beyond Jordan into the place where John at first baptized; and there he abode. And many resorted unto him, and said, John did no miracle: but all things that John spake of this man were true. And many believed on him there, x. 39-42. Then from that day forth they took counsel together for to put him to death. 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, xi. 53, 54. And Saul was consenting unto his death. And at that time there was a great persecution against the church which was at Jerusalem; and they were all scattered abroad throughout the regions of Judæa and Samaria, except the apostles, Acts viii. 1. But their laying await was known of Saul, And they watched the gates day and night to kill him. Then the disciples took him by night, and let him down by the wall in a basket, ix. 24, 25. But the Jews stirred up the devout and honourable women, and the chief men in the city, and raised persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and expelled them out of their coasts. But they shook off the dust of their feet against them, and came unto Iconium, xiii. 50, 51. They were ware of it, and fled into Lystra and Derbe, cities of Lycaonia, and unto the region that lieth round about: and there they preached the Gospel, xiv. 6, 7. And there came thither certain Jews from Antioch and Iconium, who persuaded the people, and, having stoned Paul, drew him out of the city, supposing he had been dead. Howbeit, as the disciples stood round about him, he rose up, and came into the city: and the next day he departed with Barnabas to Derbe, 19, 20. And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night unto Berea: who coming thither went into the synagogue of the Jews. And then immediately the brethren sent away Paul to go as it were to the sea: but Silas and Timotheus abode there still, xvii. 10. 14. And after the uproar was ceased, Paul called unto him the disciples, and embraced them, and departed for to go into Macedonia, xx. 1. b Verily I say unto you, There be some standing here, which shall not taste of death, till they see the Son of man coming in his kingdom, Matt. xvi. 28. For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be, xxiv. 27. And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory, 30. But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming, 48. Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh, xxv. 13. 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, xxvi. 64. And then shall they see the Son of man coming in the clouds with great power and glory, Mark xiii. 26. I tell you that he will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless when the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth? Luke xviii. 8. And then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory, xxi. 27. VER. 24. Οὐκ ἔστι μαθητὴς ὑπὲρ τὸν διδάσκαλον, οὐδὲ δοῦλος ὑπὲρ τὸν κύριον αὑτοῦ· The disciple is not above his master, nor the servant above his lord. a And Uriah said unto David, The ark, and Israel, and Judah, abide in tents; and my lord Joab, and the A. D. 31. servants of my lord, are encamped in the open fields; shall I then go into mine house, to eat and to drink, and to lie with my wife? as thou livest, and as thy soul liveth, I will not do this thing, 2 Sam. xi. 11. The disciple is not above his master: but every one that is perfect shall be as his master, Luke vi. 40. Verily, verily, I say unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord; neither he that is sent greater than he that sent him, John xiii. 16. 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 they have kept my saying, they will keep yours also. But all these things will they do unto you for my name's sake, because they know not him that sent me, xv. 20, 21. Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God. For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds. Ye have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin, Heb. xii. 2-4. VER. 25. ̓Αρκετὸν τῷ μαθητῇ ἵνα γένηται ὡς ὁ διδάσκαλος αὐτοῦ, καὶ ὁ δοῦλος ὡς ὁ κύριος αὐτοῦ. Εἰ τὸν οἶκοδεσπότην Βεελζεβούλ ἐκάλεσαν, πόσῳ μᾶλλον τοὺς οἰκιακοὺς αὐτοῦ; It is enough for the disciple that he be as his master, and the servant as his lord. If they have called the Master of the house, Beelzebub, how much more shall they call them of his household? a But the Pharisees said, He casteth out devils through the prince of the devils, Matt. ix. 34. But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, This fellow doth not cast out devils, but by Beelzebub the prince of the devils, xii. 24. And the Scribes which came down from Jerusalem said, He hath Beelzebub, and by the prince of the devils casteth he out devils, Mark iii. 22. But some of them said, He casteth out devils through Beelzebub the chief of the devils, Luke xi. 15. The people answered and said, Thou hast a devil: who goeth about to kill thee? John vii. 20. Then answered the Jews, and said unto him, Say we not well that thou art a Samaritan, and hast a devil? viii. 48. Then said the Jews unto him, Now we know that thou hast a devil, 52. And many of them said, He hath a devil, and is mad; why hear ye him ? x. 20. VER. 26. Μὴ οὖν φοβηθῆτε αὐτούς· οὐδὲν γὰρ ἐστι κεκαλλυμμένον, ὃ οὐκ ἀποκαλυφθήσεται· καὶ κρυπτὸν, ὃ οὐ γνωσθήσεται. a Fear them not therefore: for there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; and hid, that shall not be known. a And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell, ver. 28. The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold as a lion, Prov. xxviii. 1. The fear of man bringeth a snare, but whoso putteth his trust in the LORD shall be safe, xxix. 25. Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness. Fear not, thou worm Jacob, and ye men of Israel; I will help thee, saith the LORD, and thy redeemer, the Holy One of Israel, Isa. xli. 10. 14. But now thus saith the Lord that created thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, O Israel, Fear not: for I have redeemed thee, I have called thee by thy name; thou art mine. When thou passest through the waters; I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee, xliii. 1, 2. Hearken unto me, ye that know righteousness, the people in whose heart is my law; fear ye not the reproach of men, neither be ye afraid of their revilings. For the moth shall eat them up like a garment, and the worm shall eat them like wool: but my righteousness shall be for ever, and my salvation from generation to generation, li. 7, 8. 1, even I, am he that comforteth you: who art thou, that thou shouldest be afraid of a man that shall die, and of the son of man which shall be made as grass; And forgettest the LORD thy maker, A. D. 31. that hath stretched forth the heavens and laid the foundations of the earth; and hast feared continually every day because of the fury of the oppressor, as if he were ready to destroy? and where is the fury of the oppressor? 12, 13. Be not afraid of their faces: for I am with thee to deliver thee, saith the LORD, Jer. i. 8. Thou therefore gird up thy loins, and arise, and speak unto them all that I command thee: be not dismayed at their faces, lest I corfound thee before them. For, behold, I have made thee this day a defenced city, and an iron pillar, and brazen walls against the whole land, against the kings of Judah, against the princes thereof, against the priests thereof, and against the people of the land, 17, 18. And thou, son of man, be not afraid of them, neither be afraid of their words, though briers and thorns be with thee, and thou dost dwell among scorpions: be not afraid of their words, nor be dismayed at their looks, though they be a rebellious house, Ezek. it. 6. Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were unlearned and ignorant men, they marvelled; and they took knowledge of them, that they had been with Jesus, Acts iv. 13. But Peter and John answered and said unto them, Whether it be right in the sight of God to hearken unto you more than unto God, judge ye, 19. But and if ye suffer for righteousness' sake, happy are ye: and be not afraid of their terror, neither be troubled, 1 Pet. iii. 14. But the fearful-shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone, which is the second death, Rev. xxi. 8. b For there is nothing hid, which shall not be manifested; neither was any thing kept secret, but that it should come abroad, Mark iv. 22. For nothing is secret, that shall not be made manifest; neither any thing hid, that shall not be known and come abroad, Luke viii. 17. For there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; neither hid, that shall not be known. Therefore whatsoever ye have spoken in darkness shall be heard in the light, and that which ye have spoken in the ear in closets shall be proclaimed upon the house-tops, xii. 2, 3. |