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JOHN XVI.

23 rejoice, and your joy no man taketh from you. And in that day ye shall ask me nothing. Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall ask 24 the Father in my name, he will give it you. Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name : ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full. 25 These things have I spoken unto you in proverbs: but the time cometh,

when I shall no more speak unto you in proverbs, but I shall show you 26 plainly of the Father. At that day ye shall ask in my name and I say 27 not unto you, that I will pray the Father for you: for the Father himself

loveth you, because ye have loved me, and have believed that I came out 28 from God. I came forth from the Father, and am come into the world : 29 again, I leave the world, and go to the Father. His disciples said unto 30 him, Lo, now speakest thou plainly, and speakest no proverb. Now are

we sure that thou knowest all things, and needest not that any man should 31 ask thee: by this we believe that thou camest forth from God. Jesus an32 swered them, Do ye now believe? Behold, the hour cometh, yea, is now come, that ye shall be scattered, every man to his own, and shall leave me 33 alone:2 and yet I am not alone, because the Father is with me. things have I spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation:3 but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.

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$141. CHRIST'S LAST PRAYER WITH HIS DISCIPLES.-Jerusalem.

Evening introducing the Sixth Day of the Week.

JOHN XVII. 1-26.

These

These words spake Jesus, and lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, Father, the hour is come; glorify thy Son, that thy Son also may glorify 2 thee as thou hast given him power over all flesh, that he should give 3 eternal life to as many as thou hast given him. And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom 4 thou hast sent. I have glorified thee on the earth: I have finished the 5 work which thou gavest me to do. And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world

was.

6 I have manifested thy name unto the men which thou gavest me out of the world: thine they were, and thou gavest them me; and they have kept 7 thy word. Now they have known that all things whatsoever thou hast 8 given me are of thee. For I have given unto them the words which thou gavest me; and they have received them, and have known surely that I 9 came out from thee, and they have believed that thou didst send me. I pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for them which thou hast 10 given me; for they are thine. And all mine are thine, and thine are mine; 11 and I am glorified in them. And now I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep through thine own name those whom thou hast given me, that they may be 12 we are. While I was 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 13 son of perdition; that the Scripture might be fulfilled. And now come I

1 Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name. This does not imply that the disciples had previously exercised no faith whatever in Christ as Mediator, (see John 14. 6,) and had never called on the Father with their minds trusting more or less in his mediation; but we must understand that they did not distinctly comprehend the na

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JOHN XVII.

to thee; and these things I speak in the world, that they might have my 14 joy fulfilled in themselves. 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 15 the world. I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but 16 that thou shouldest keep them from the evil. They are not of the world, 17 even as I am not of the world. Sanctify1 them through thy truth: thy 18 word is truth. As thou hast sent me into the world, even so have I also 19 sent them into the world. And for their sakes I sanctify myself,2 that they also might be sanctified through the truth.

20 Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on 21 me through their word; that they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may 22 believe that thou hast sent me. And the glory which thou gavest me I 23 have given them; that they may be one, even as we are one: I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me.

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Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me for thou 25 lovedst me before the foundation of the world. O righteous Father, the world hath not known thee: but I have known thee, and these have known 26 that thou hast sent me. And I have declared unto them thy name, and will declare it: that the love wherewith thou hast loved me may be in them, and I in them.

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§ 142. THE AGONY IN GETHSEMANE.-Mount of Olives.

MATT. XXVI. 30, 36-46.

Evening introducing the Sixth Day of the Week.

And when 26 they had sung 4 an hymn, they went out into the mount of 36 Olives. - Then 32

cometh Jesus with them unto a place called Gethsemane,5

Eph. 4. 21-24; 5. 26.

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2 I sanctify myself: i. e. prepare and present myself as a sacrifice. (Compare Deut. 15. 19— 21.) This "sanctifying of himself" includes Christ's active and passive obedience, the sacrificing of his own will (John 4. 34), and the enduring of the curse of the law, as the Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world (John 1. 29).

3 Matthew relates that our Lord went away thrice and prayed. Mark speaks of his going away twice only, but mentions his coming again the third time, ver. 41; and therefore accords with Matthew. According to Luke, Jesus goes away and prays, and an angel strengthens him; after which he prays the "more earnestly," ver. 44. The three evangelists, therefore, agree in their narratives.

And he came out, and went, as he was wont, to the mount of Olives; and his disciples also followed him. And when he was at the place, he said unto

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4 On this singing, see above in Introductory Note, p. 148.

5 The present garden of Gethsemane, situated between the brook Kidron and the foot of Olivet, may justly be regarded as the real scene of the Lord's agony. It was, probably, an olive plantation at that time, for the name, Gethsemane, signifies an oil-press. The present, however, is supposed to be but a part of the ancient garden; for it is now only about fifty paces square, which is too small to satisfy all the conditions of the sacred narrative. (See Luke 22. 41.) It is therefore more than probable that the ancient garden occupied also some of the space now covered by several similar enclosures adjacent, some of which contain olive trees of the same age and character as Gethsemane, which exhibits eight that are certainly very old; probably standing ever since

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39 And he went a little 35
further, and fell on
his face, and prayed,

saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt.2

JOHN XVIII.

his disciples.

MARK XIV.

And he taketh with him Peter and James and John, and began to be sore amazed, and to be very heavy;1 and saith unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful unto death: tarry ye here, and watch.

MARK XIV.

And he went forward 41
a little, and fell on the
ground, and prayed
that, if it were possible,
the hour might pass 42
36 from him. And he
said, Abba, Father, all
things are possible un-
to thee; take away
this cup from me: ne- 43
vertheless not what
I will, but what thou
wilt.2

40 And he cometh unto 37
the disciples, and find-
eth them asleep, and
saith unto Peter,
What, could ye not
watch with me one
41 hour? Watch and 38
pray, that ye enter not
into temptation: the
spirit indeed is willing,
but the flesh is weak.4

MATT. XXVI.

LUKE XXII.

And he was withdrawn from them about a stone's cast, and kneeled down, and prayed, saying, Father, if thou be willing, remove this cup from me: nevertheless not my will, but thine, be done.2 And there appeared an angel unto him from heaven, strengthening 44 him. And being in an agony he prayed more earnestly and his sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the 45 ground. And when he rose up from prayer, and was come to his disciples, he found them sleeping for sorrow, and said unto them, Why sleep ye? rise and pray, lest ye enter into temptation.

And he cometh, and
findeth them sleeping,
and saith unto Peter,
Simon, sleepest thou?
couldest not thou 46
watch one hour?
Watch ye and pray,
enter into

lest ye
temptation. The spi-
rit truly is ready, but
the flesh is weak.4

MARK XIV.

42 He went away again the second 39 And again he went away, and time, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if this cup may not pass away from me, except I drink it,

Christ was there. The olive tree lives to a great age; and a distinguished naturalist asserts, that the largest of these eight are at least six yards in circumference, and nine or ten yards high-so large, indeed, that he calculates their age at 2000

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prayed, and spake the same words. And when he returned, he found them asleep again, (for their eyes

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MATT. XXVI.

43 thy will be done. And he came
and found them asleep again: for
44 their eyes were heavy. And he
left them, and went away again,
and prayed the third time,' saying
45 the same words. Then cometh he 41
to his disciples, and saith unto
them, Sleep on now, and take your
rest: behold, the hour is at hand,
and the Son of man is betrayed into
46 the hands of sinners. Rise, let us
be going behold, he is at hand
that doth betray me.

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MARK XIV.

were heavy,) neither wist they what to answer him.

And he cometh the third time, and saith unto them, Sleep on now, and take your rest:2 it is enough, the hour is come; behold, the Son of man is betrayed into the hands of sinners. Rise up, let us go; lo, he that betrayeth me is at hand.

§ 143. JESUS BETRAYED, AND MADE PRISONER.-Gethsemane.

Evening introducing the Sixth Day of the Week.

JOHN XVIII. 2—12.

2 And Judas also, which betrayed him, knew the place: for Jesus ofttimes 3 resorted thither with his disciples. Judas then, having received a band of men and officers from the chief priests and Pharisees, cometh thither with lanterns and torches and weapons.

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MATT. XXVI. 47-56.

And while he yet 43 spake, lo, Judas, one of the twelve, came, and with him a great multitude with swords and staves, from the chief priests and elders of the people.

MARK XIV. 43-52.

And immediately, 47 while he yet spake, cometh Judas, one of the twelve, and with him a great multitude with swords and staves, from the chief priests and the scribes and the elders.

JOHN XVIII.

LUKE XXII. 47-53.

And while he yet spake, behold a multitude, and he that was called Judas, one of the twelve, went before them,

4 Jesus therefore, knowing all things that should come upon him, went forth, 5 and said unto them, Whom seek ye? They answered him, Jesus of Nazareth. Jesus saith unto them, I am he. And Judas also, which betrayed 6 him, stood with them. As soon then as he had said unto them, I am he, 7 they went backward, and fell to the ground. Then asked he them again, 8 Whom seek ye? And they said, Jesus of Nazareth. Jesus answered, have told you that I am he: if therefore ye seek me, let these go their way: 9 that the saying might be fulfilled, which he spake, Of them which thou gavest me have I lost none.

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48 Now he that betrayed 44 And he that betrayed

him gave them a sign, saying, Whomsoever I shall kiss, that same is he hold him fast. 49 And forthwith he came

him had given them a
token, saying, Whom-
soever I shall kiss, 47
that same is he; take
him, and lead him 48

to Jesus, and said, 45 away safely. And as

1 Comp. 2 Cor. 12. 8.

2 Greswell and Robinson understand these words interrogatively; thus, Do ye sleep on still and take rest?

3 Jesus advances to meet the crowd, and de

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LUKE XXII.

-and drew near un-
to Jesus to kiss him.
But Jesus said unto
him, Judas, betrayest

clares himself to be the person whom they sought.
At the same time Judas, in order to fulfil his
bargain, comes up and salutes him with a kiss.
4 Comp. John 17. 12; 6. 39.

MATT. XXVI.

Hail, Master; and kissed him. 50 And Jesus said unto

him, Friend,' wherefore art thou come? Then 46 came they, and laid hands on Jesus, and took 47 51 him. And, be

hold, one of them which were with Jesus stretched out his hand, and drew his sword, and struck a servant of the high priest, and smote off his 52 ear. Then said Jesus unto him, Put up again thy sword into his place for all they that take the sword shall perish

with the sword.2

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53 Thinkest thou that I cannot now pray to my Father, and he shall presently give me more than 54 twelve legions of angels? But how then shall the Scriptures be ful

filled, that thus it must

55 be?3 In that same

MARK XIV.

hour said Jesus to the 48 And Jesus answered 52

multitudes, Are ye come out as against a thief with swords and staves for to take me? I sat daily with you 49 teaching in the temple, and ye laid no hold 56 on me. But all this was done, that the Scriptures of the pro- 50 phets might be fulfilled. Then all the disciples forsook him, and fled.4

and said unto them,
Are ye come out, as
against a thief, with
swords and with staves

to take me? I was
daily with you in the
temple teaching, and 53
ye took me not: but
the Scriptures must be
fulfilled. And they
all forsook him, and
fled.1

1 Friend is here too strong a term, for the original word (érupe) denotes a mere companion or acquaintance, without implying respect or affection. Where our Lord calls (as in John 15. 15)

Simon

Peter having a sword drew it, and smote the high priest's servant, and cut off his right ear. The servant's name was Malchus. Then said Jesus unto Peter, Put up thy sword into the sheath: the cup which my Father hath given me, shall I not drink it?

LUKE XXII.

Then Jesus said unto the chief priests, and captains of the temple, and the elders, which were come to him, Be ye come out, as against a thief, with swords and staves? When I was daily with you in the temple, ye stretched forth no hands against me but this is your hour, and the power of darkness.

his faithful disciples friends, another word
(pilot) is used, which implies attachment.
2 Comp. Gen. 9. 6.
3 Luke 24. 44-46.
4 John 16. 32.

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