John 21

Notes on the verses

Chap. XXI. Ver. 1. After these things.-Grotius und Le Clerc have a strange notion, that this chapter was written by some elders of the Church of Ephesus, trom a verbal relation they had received from the apostle. But Dr. Mil! has refuted this notion, which seems sufficiently contradieted by verse 24 st ses itself—After these things, does not mean immediately, but some uys after, Ver. 5. Chiidren.—Doddridge and Campbell, ‘‘ My lads.’,——Have ye any meat 2—Campbell, “ victuals.” Doddridge, ‘“ any thing to eat?’ i. e. have ye caught any fish? Ver.. His Visher’s “coat.—Doddridge, “his cout.” garment;” we might say more characteristically, “his jacket.”——He was naked—[That is, he was only in his vest, or under garment; for gwmnos, naked, like the Hebrew, arom, is frequently applied to one who has merely laid aside his outer garment.

‘lo which may be added what we read in the LXX. (Job 22:6): “Thou AAT taken away the covering of the naked,” the plaid or blanket, in which they wrapped themselves, and besides which they had no other. In this sense Virgil says, Nudus ara, sere nudus, “ plough naked, and sow naked,” i. e. strip off your upper garments. ]— Bagster. Ver. 9. And Jish laid thereon.—‘‘ It was common to dress fish on the sea- Ver. 12. Come and dine.—Bishop Pearce prefers, ‘‘ Come (and) breakfast,” because it was early in the morning. Doddridge, ‘‘ Come, refresh yourselves.” Wesley, ‘‘ Come, eat.” The ancients had usually but two meals, cioner and supper; the word here used strictly means the former, whether taken sooner Campbell, ‘‘ upper or later.

‘Times change; “ Our ancestors,” says Campbell, “ dined at eleven, and supped at five.”: - Ver. 14. The third time.—Grotius understands this of the third day of our Lord’s appearing; Doddridge, of the third time of his appearing to such a number of disciples. £ 4 ’ Ver. 18. Stretch forth thy hands.—It was customary in the ancient combats MATTHEW XXVIIL Fact No. 1. Ver. 1. In the end of the sabbath, as the first| the sabbath was past, Mary | early the first day of the wee! day of the week began to| Mag: alene, and other women,| Mary Magdalene and other dawn, came Mary Magda- brought spices tu the sepulchre, lene, and the other Mary, to| just as the sun was rising, and the sepulchre, and found the] Ver.

4. Found the stone stone roiled from the mouth| rolled from the month of the of the sepulchre. sepulchre. _ Il, (Omitted.) I. (Omitted.) Ul. Ver. 5—7. They see an angel, who comforts them, that Jesus was risen, and gone to Galilee, where his disciples should meet with him. IV. They run, with a mixture of fear and joy, to the dis ciples; but meet Jesus by the V. (Omitted. VL (Omitted.) VIL. Ver. 16, 17. The disciples go to Galilee, where the see him, as was appointed, and he commissions them to The leading facts are here reduced to seven, which ae marke: not till sun-rise. None of them seem to have been aware, night before, or that the sepulchre had been sealed and guarded. On Fact Ul. we may remark, that Matthew and Mark and John, two.

Perhaps one only spoke, and appeared the principal. MARK XVI. Fact No. I. Ver. 1. When Ill. Ver. 5. Entering the sepulchre, she sees an angel, Ver. 6,7. Comforts the women, and assures them Jesus would ineet his disciples in IV. Ver.8,9. Theyrunaway trembling to the disciples, buc by the way he appears to Ver. 10, 11. Mary We and tells the rest of the disciples, but they believe not. V. (Omitred.) VI. Ver. 12. He appears to two disciples going into the Ver. 13. They report it to the rest of the disciples, who still believe not. VII. Ver. 14, 15, stake dehy to the apostles and disciples at supper, and commissions chem to go and preach, JOHN XX. LUKE XXIV. Fact No. l. Ver. 1. Ve i a 2 Mt The first 7 lay of the week J Magate came to the mepitichrs women came to the sepulehre, | while it was yet (somewhat) and dark, and she seeth the stone Ver.

2. Found the stone |rolled away from its mouth. rolled away from its mouth. Il. Omitted.) II. Ver. 2—10. She runs immediately to the apostles Peter and John, both of whom run to the sepulchre: John gets | there first, and looks in; Peter comes up and goes first in, and then John follows; both see nothing but the tomb and grave clothes, and both return home. Ill. Ver. 4—8. Entering the ILL. Ver.11—13. Mary Magdalene having this while stood sepulchre, they see two angels, who comfort the women, asweeping without, uow looksin, and sees two angels, who ensuring them that Jesus would deavour to eomfort her; but meet his disciples in Galilee. IV. Ver. 14—18. Turning IV. Ver. 9, 10. They return back, she sees Jesus, whom she to tell the rest of the disciples, who believe not.

takes for the gurdener, till he discovershinself. Then Mary that she had seen the Lord. goes to tell the other disciples V. Ver. 12. But Peter rans V. (Omitted.) (a second time) to the sepulchre, sees only the clothes, and returns wonc rake VI. Ver. 13—32. Jesus ap- VI. (Omitted.) ears to two disciples going to | gabeer een stops to sup with Ver. 33—35. They return to Jerusalem, and acquaint the VII. Ver. 19. The same VIL. Ver. 36, Jesus appears evening Jesus appears to his to the apostles and others, and commissions them to preach apostles, &c., and particularly addresses Peter. = the Gospel, beginning at Jerud with numerical letters, I. I., &e. On that Nicodemus had brought spices on the mention the appearance of one angel—Luke Ver.

15. T’ne nwmber of the names—i. e. ot the persons. So (Revelation 3:4). and xi_13. Greek.. 2 Ver. 16. Men and brethren.—This phrase, Dr. Campbell remarks, is used thirteen times in this book, and always without the copulative, which he thinks should always be omitted in the translation, together with the word men, which he thinks merely idiomatic. He would translate only “ brethren,’ or “ brethren and fathers,’’ as the words may be. See note on (John 3:14). Ver. 18. This man purchased a field.—It is true that he was not the purchaser, bu! it was purchased with his money, and at his expense. So persons in scripture are often charged with the evils which their conduct had ocoasioned; as for instance, Zedekiah with the burning of Jerusalem, (Jeremiah 28:23). ——Falling headlong. —The Greek (prenes) strictly means, to fall forward, or on the face.: Raphelius, Elsner, Parkhurst. i it was known, &c.—Both Dodéridge and Townsend consider Ver 19. And charnel house. The corpses are let down into it from the top, there being five holes left open for that purpose, Looking down these holes, we could see many podies under several dgrees of decay; from which it may be conjectured, that this grave does not make that quick despatch with the corpses committed to it, which is commonly reported.’’]—Bagster. Ver. 20. His bishoprick.—(Greek, Episcope.) Our translators, who use Bishopric in the text, put ‘‘ office,” or ‘‘ charge,” in the margin, which Ainsworth gives as the sense of the Hebrew here quoted.

A bishop, according to its derivation, he. says, is the common name of all overseers. Hammond shows it was applied to any persons in authority, civil as well as ecclesiastical, and here means “ apostolic power.” is Ver. 23. Joseph, called Barsabas.—Supposed to be the Joses (for it is the same name) mentioned (Matthew 27:56), the brother of at loast two apostlea — 1187