22. § 74. Our Lord foretells his own death and resurrection,

CH. XVI. 21-28.

21 From that time forth began Jesus to shew unto his disciples, how that he must go unto Jerusalem, and suffer many things of the elders, and chief priests, and scribes, and be killed, and be raised again the third day.

22 Then Peter took him, and began to rebuke him, saying, Be it far from thee, Lord: this shall not be unto thee.

23 But he turned, and said unto Peter, Get thee behind me, Satan: thou art an offence unto me: for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but those that be of men.

24 Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.

CH. VIII. 31-38. CH. IX. 1.

31 And he began to teach them, that the Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected of the elders, and of the chief priests, and scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again.

32 And he spake that saying openly. And Peter took him, and began to rebuke him.

33 But when he had turned about, and looked on his disciples, he rebuked Peter, saying, Get thee behind me, Satan: for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but the things that be of men.

34 And when he had called the people unto him, with his disciples also, he said unto them, Whosoever will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.

Matth. xvi. 21, the third day.] The phrase three days and three nights is equivalent to three days, three natural days of twenty-four hours. Gen. i. 5; Dan. viii. 14. Comp. Gen. vii. 4. 17.

(It is a received rule among the Jews, that a part of a day is put for the whole: so that whatsoever is done in any part of the day, is properly said to be done that day. 1 Kings xx 29; Esth. iv. 16. "When eight days were accomplished for the circumcision of the child," &c. Yet the day of his birth and of his circumcision were two of these eight days. Whitby, quoted by Scott, on Matth. xii. 40.)

Grotus establishes this way of reckoning the parts of the first and third days for two days, by Aben Ezra on Lev. xii. 3.

SEC. 73, 74.]

| faith in Christ. Region of Cesarea Philippi. | |

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| LUKE. CH. IX. 18-21. | JOHN. |

| 21 And he straitly charged them, and commanded them to tell no man that thing. | |

| and the trials of his followers. | Region of Cesarea Philippi. |

| CH. IX. 22-27. | |

| 22 Saying, The Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected of the elders, and chief priests, and seribes, and be slain, and be raised the third day. | |

| 23 And he said to them all, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me. | |

(In proof that the phrase "after three days," is sometimes equivalent to "on the third day," compare Deut. xiv. 28 with xxvi. 12; 1 Sam. xx. 12 with v. 19; 2 Chron. x. 5 with v. 12; Matth. xxvi. 2 with xxvii. 63. 64; Luke ii. 21 with i. 59.)

St. Luke omits our Lord's sharp reproof of Peter, and the occasion of it; though he records the discourse in consequence of it. Le Clerc's 12th canon is "Qui pauciora habet, non negat plura dicta aut facta; modo ne ulla sit exclusiōnis nota." Perhaps the disciple and companion of that apostle who had withstood Peter to his face, Gal. ii. 11, willingly made this omission, as he omits some aggravating circumstances in Peter's denial of Christ, Luke xxii. 60, though he carefully records the greatness of his sorrow, p. 62. NEWCOME.

CH. XVI. 21-28.

25 For whosoever will save his life, shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake, shall find it.

26 For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?

27 For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father, with his angels; and then he shall reward every man according to his works.

28 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.

CH. VIII. 31-38. CH. IX. 1.

35 For whosoever will save his life, shall lose it; but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel's, the same shall save it.

36 For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?

37 Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?

38 Whosoever therefore shall be ashamed of me, and of my words, in this adulterous and sinful generation, of him also shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he cometh in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.

CH. IX.

AND he said unto them, Verily, I say unto you, That there be some of them that stand here which shall not taste of death, till they have seen the kingdom of God come with power.