John iv. and ye say that in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship. 21 Jesus saith unto her, Woman, believe me, the hour cometh, when ye shall neither in this mountain, nor yet at Jerusalem, worship the Father. 22 Ye worship ye know not what we know what we worship: for salvation is of the Jews.w 23 But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him. 24 God is a Spirit and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth. 25 The woman saith unto him, I know that Messias cometh, which is called Christ: when he is come, he will tell us all things. 26 Jesus saith unto her, I that speak unto thee am he. : 27 And upon this came his disciples, and marvelled that he talked with the woman: yet no man said, What seekest thou? or, Why talkest thou with her? 28 The woman then left her waterpot, and went her way into the city, and said to the men, 29 Come, see a man, which told me all things that ever I did: is not this the Christ? 30 Then they went out of the city, and came unto him. 31 In the mean while his disciples prayed him, saying, Master, eat. 32 But he said unto them, I have meat to eat that ye know not of. 33 Therefore said the disciples one to another, Hath any man brought him ought to eat? 34 Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work. 35 Say not ye, There are yet four months, and then cometh harvest ? behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields; for they are white already to harvest. 36 And he that reapeth receiveth wages, and gathereth fruit unto life eternal: that both he that soweth and he that reapeth may rejoice together. 37 And herein is that saying true, One soweth, and another reapeth. 33 I sent you to reap that whereon ye bestowed no labour: other men laboured, and ye are entered into their labours. 39 And many of the Samaritans of that city believed on him for the saying of the woman, which testified, He told me all that ever I did. 40 So when the Samaritans were come unto him, they besought him that he would tarry with them: and he abode there two days. 41 And many more believed because of his own word; 42 and said unto the woman, Now we believe, not because of thy saying: for we have heard him ourselves, and know that this is indeed the Christ, the Saviour of the world. § 26. JESUS TEACHES PUBLICLY IN GALILEE. John iv. 43-45. 43 Now after two days he departed thence, and went into Galilee. 44 For Jesus himself testified, that a prophet hath no honour in his own country." w Isa. 2. 1-3; Zech. 8. 20-23. John 4. 35 contains a specification of time which is tolerably definite: "Say ye not, There are yet four months, and the harvest cometh ?" According to Lev. 23. 5-7, 10, 11, 14, 15, and Jos. Antiq. 3. 10. 5, the first-fruits of the barleyharvest were presented on the second day of the paschal week; while the wheat-harvest was two or three weeks later: see Bibl. Res. in Palest. II. p. 99, sq. Hence this journey of our Lord must have been made in the latter part of November or in December, about eight months after the preceding passover. It follows (allowing one year to the events in Part II.) that the public ministry of John the Baptist had continued for at least a year and six months, before his imprisonment. "His own country: as applied to Christ, this John iv. 45 Then when he was come into Galilee, the Galileans received him, having seen all the things that he did at Jerusalem at the feast for they also went unto the feast. Matt. iv. 17. From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent for the kingdom of heaven is at hand." Mark i. 14, 15. Luke iv. 14, 15. 14 And there went out a fame of him through all the region round about. 15 And he taught in their synagogues, being glorified of all. § 27. JESUS AGAIN AT CANA, WHERE HE HEALS THE SON OF A NOBLEMAN LYING ILL AT CAPERNAUM.-Cana of Galilee. John iv. 46-54. 46 So Jesus came again into Cana of Galilee where he made the water wine. And there was a certain nobleman, whose son was sick at Capernaum. 47 When he heard that Jesus was come out of Judea into Galilee, he went unto him, and besought him that he would come down, and heal his son: for he was at the point of death. 48 Then said Jesus unto him, Except ye see signs and wonders, ye will not believe. 49 The nobleman saith unto him, Sir, come down ere my child die. 50 Jesus saith unto him, Go thy way; thy son liveth. And the man believed the word that Jesus had spoken unto him, and he went his way. 51 And as he was now going down, his servants met him, and told him, saying, Thy son liveth. 52 Then inquired he of them the hour when he began to amend. And they said unto him, Yesterday at the seventh hour the fever left him. 53 So the father knew that it was at the same hour, in the which Jesus said unto him, Thy son liveth: and himself believed, and his whole house. 54 This is again the second miracle that Jesus did, when he was come out of Judea into Galilee. § 28. JESUS AT NAZARETH; HE IS THERE REJECTED; AND FIXES HIS ABODE AT CAPERNAUM. Luke iv. 16-31. 16 And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up : and, as his custom was, he went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and stood up for to read. 17 And there was delivered unto him the book of the prophet Esaias. And when he had opened the book, he found the place where it was written, 18 The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me means here Judea, where he had been born : b Ver. 13-16 in § 28. e The visit to Nazareth is inserted here on the testimony of Luke 4. 16, sq., which is supported by Matt. 4. 13. The visit mentioned in Matt. 13. 54, sq.; Mark 6. 1, sq., was later, and took place after the raising of Jairus's daughter. f Isa. 61. 1. Comp. Isa. 58. 6. 9 Hath anointed me: by the application of this prophecy our Lord intimated that he was The Christ, or the Messiah, i.e. The Anointed One. Luke iv. to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised, 19 to preach the acceptable year of the Lord." 20 And he closed the book, and he gave it again to the minister, and sat down. And the eyes of all them that were in the synagogue were fastened on him. 21 And he began to say unto them, This day is this scripture fulfilled in your ears. 22 And all bare him witness, and wondered at the gracious words which proceeded out of his mouth. And they said, Is not this Joseph's son ? 23 And he said unto them, Ye will surely say unto me this proverb, Physician, heal thyself: whatsoever we have heard done in Capernaum,' do also here in thy country. 24 And he said, Verily I say unto you, No prophet is accepted in his own country. 25 But I tell you of a truth, many widows were in Israel in the days of Elias, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months, when great famine was throughout all the land; 26 but unto none of them was Elias sent, save unto Sarepta, a city of Sidon, unto a woman that was a widow. 27 And many lepers were in Israel in the time of Eliseus the prophet; and none of them was cleansed, saving Naaman the Syrian.' 28 And all they in the synagogue, when they heard these things, were filled with wrath, 29 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. 30 But he passing through the midst of them went his way, 31 and came down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee." Matt. iv. 13—16. 13 And leaving Nazareth, he came and dwelt in Capernaum, which is upon the sea coast, in the borders of Zabulon and Nephthalim: 14 that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying," 15 The land of Zabulon, and the land of Nephthalim, by the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles; 16 the people which sat in darkness saw great light; and to them which sat in the region and shadow of death light is sprung up. § 29. CALL OF SIMON PETER AND ANDREW, OF JAMES AND JOHN: THE MIRACULOUS Draught of FishES."-Sea of Galilee; near Capernaum. Luke v. 1-11. 1 And it came to pass, that, as the people pressed upon him to hear the word of God, he stood by the lake of Gennesaret, 2 and saw two ships h Comp. Lev. 25. 8-10. The minister, rather servant, or attendant, whose business it was to take care of the sacred rolls (books) and other things in the synagogue, not very unlike the clerk of a parish church. What is here meant we gather only from John 4. 46-54: see § 27. k 1 Kings 17. 1, 9. m See in § 30. • Ver. 17 in § 26. 1 2 Kings 5. 14. That the call of the four apostles belongs here, in accordance with Mark's order, is obvious; since they were present with Jesus at the healing of the demoniac and of Peter's wife's mother, §§ 30, 31.-The three accounts all probably relate to the same transaction, though many writers prefer to take what is narrated in Luke 5. 1-11, as a wholly distinct and later event, which preference is very ably supported by Greswell, Dissert. IX. vol. ii. Luke relates more Luke v. standing by the lake: but the fishermen were gone out of them, and were washing their nets. 3 And he entered into one of the ships, which was Simon's, and prayed him that he would thrust out a little from the land. And he sat down, and taught the people out of the ship. Now when he had left speaking, he said unto Simon, Launch out into the deep, and let down your nets for a draught. 5 And Simon answering said unto him, Master, we have toiled all the Matt. iv. 18-22. 14 And Jesus, walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brethren, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea: for they were fishers. Mark i. 16-20. 16 Now as he walked by the sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and Andrew his brother casting a net into the sea: for they were fishers. 6 night, and have taken nothing: nevertheless at thy word I will let down the net. And when they had this done, they inclosed a great multitude of fishes: and their nets brake. 7 And they beckoned unto their partners, which were And they came, in the other ship, that they should come and help them. and filled both the ships, so that they began to sink. 8 When Simon Peter saw it he fell down at Jesus' knees, saying, Depart from me; for I am a sinful man, O Lord." 9 For he was astonished, and all that were with him, at the draught of the fishes which they had taken : 10 and so was also James Matt. iv. diately left the ship and their father, and followed him. Mark i. them: and they left their Luke v. 11 And when they had brought their ships to land, they forsook all, and followed him.t §30. THE HEALING OF A DEMONIAC IN THE SYNAGOGUE.-Capernaum. Mark i. 21-28. 21 And they went into Capernaum; and straightway on the sabbath day he entered into the synagogue, and taught. 22 And they were astonished at his doctrine: for he taught them as one that had authority, and not as the scribes. 23 And there was in their synagogue a man with an unclean spirit; and he cried out, 24 saying, Let us alone; what have we to do with thee, thou Jesus of Nazareth? art thou come to destroy us? I know thee who thou art, the Holy One of God. 25 And Jesus rebuked him, saying, Hold thy peace, and come out of him. 26 And when the unclean spirit had torn him, and cried with a loud voice, he came out of him. 27 And they were all amazed, insomuch that they questioned among themselves, saying, What thing is this? what new doctrine is this? for with authority commandeth he even the unclean spirits, and they do obey him. 28 And immediately his fame spread abroad throughout all the region round about Galilee. Luke iv. 31-37. 31-And taught them on the sabbath days. 32 And they were astonished at his doctrine: for his word was with power. 33 And in the synagogue there was a man, which had a spirit of § 31. THE HEALING OF PETER'S WIFE'S MOTHER, AND MANY OTHERS. Matt.viii. 14-17. 14And when Jesus was come into Peter's house, Capernaum. Mark i. 29-34. 29 And forthwith, when they were comeout of the synagogue, they entered into the house of Simon and Andrew, with James and 30 But Simon's he saw his wife's " John. * See in § 33. |