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It appears from the Hiftory, John xix, that fome of these things were done before Pilate condemned Jefus: But St. Matthew for method's fake, relates all thele Circumstances together.

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* Some Learned Men think it was only that Piece of Wood which was to be faftened across the Stake.

Inftead of a ftupefying Potion ufually given in compaffion to Malefactors.

36. And

36 And fitting down, they watched him there:

37 And fet up over his head, his accufation written, THIS IS JESUS THE

36. And they appointed a Watch, to tarry by him, and to take care that his Difciples might not come and take him away.

37. And that all who paffed by, might know who he was, and the Crime for which he was crucified; they put up KINGOFTHE over his Head this Infcription, JESUS KING OF THE JEWS.

JEWS.
38 Then

were

there two thieves crucified with him the right hand, and another

on the left.

39 And they that paffed by reviled him, wagging their heads,

40 And faying, Thou that destroyeit the temple, and buildeft it in three days, fave thy felf: if thou be the Son of Ged, come down from the cross.

41 Likewife alfo the chief priests mocking him, with the fcribes and elders,

faid;

42 He faved others, himself he cannot fave: if he be the King of If rael, let him now come down from the crofs, and we will be: lieve him.

43 He trufted in

God; let him deliver him now if he will

38. They crucified alfo with him two Robbers, one on each fide; that seeing him executed in the midft of fuch notorious Malefactors, the People might be the more ftrongly prejudiced to believe him an Impoftor.

39 40. Moreover they which paffed by, fhaking their Heads at him in a jeering and infulting manner, faid;

Well could you indeed pull down the * See ch. Temple and build it again in three xxvi, 16. Days time, who are not now able to fave your felf from Death. If you be, as you pretended, the Son of God; make proof now of your Power, and come down from the Crofs.

41 & 42. In like manner the ChiefPriefts, and Scribes, and Elders mocking and deriding him, faid; He pretended to do great Miracles for the delivering of other Men from Difeafes and Death, but you fee he cannot now deliver Himself; If he be indeed the Meffiah, let him but give us this one Demonftration of it, and we fhall have fome Reason to believe him.

43. He made a fhow of truft and

have him for he relying upon God, calling him his Fa

faid, I am the Son

of God.

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ther,

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ther, and pretending to be fent by him:
But if God delights in him, and is
indeed pleased with him, why doth he
not now deliver him? These things
they faid, not that they defired any con-
viction, but only because they thought
it impoffible for him now to escape.

44. t One of the Robbers alfo, Marginal which were crucified with him, rech.xxvi.8. proached him after the fame manner.

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45. Now from Mid-day till Three a Clock in the Afternoon, there was miraculous Darkness over all the Land.

46. And about Three a Clock, Jefus being in the Agony of Death, cried out with a loud Voice, Eli, Eli, lama fabachthani? That is, My God, My God, why baft thou forfaken me? Pfal. xxii, 1.

47. Which words, fome of them that stood by, hearing, and not underftanding, but being ignorantly deceived by the like found of different words, faid: He calls upon Elias to come and help him,

48. Then one ran, and filled a Sponge with Vinegar, and with a Reed lifted it up to him to drink.

49. But others faid; Nay, let him alone; tarry, and fee whether Elias will come to help him.

44 The thieves alfo which were crucified with him, caft the fame in his teeth.

fixth hour there was 45 Now from the

darkness over all the land until the ninth hour.

46 And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, faying, Eli, Eli, lama fabachthani, that is to fay, My God, my God, why haft thou forfaken me?

47 Some of them that food there, when they heard that, faid, This man calleth for Elias.

48 And ftraightway one of them ran, and took a fponge, and filled it with vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave it to him to drink.

49 The reft faid, Let be, let us fee

whether Elias will come to fave him.

* 12 (97) Pfal. xxii, 8. Which the Septuagint renders & θέλει αυτόν,

504 Jefus

50 Jefus, when he had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the ghoft.

51 And behold, the vail of the temple was rent in twain, from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent.

52 And the graves were opened, and many bodies of faints which flept, arose. 53 And came out of the graves after his refurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared

unto many.

54 Now when the centurion, and they that were with him, watching Jefus, faw the earthquake, and thofe things that were done, they feared greatly, faying, Truly this was the Son of God.

55 And many women were there (beholding afar off) which followed Je fus from Galilee, miniftring unto him. 56 Among which was Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James and Jofes, and the mother of Zebedee's children.

50. Prefently after, Jefus cried out again with a loud Voice, faying; All that God has appointed and the Prophets foretold I should fuffer, is now finished; And recommending his Soul into the Hands of God, he died.

51. And immediately the Veil which parted the Holy of Holies from the Sanctuary, was rent in pieces; fignifying the diffolution of the Jewish Oeconomy or Difpenfation, and the opening to all Believers * an entrance into the * Heb. Holieft, that is, into Heaven, by the 19, 20. Blood of Jefus. The Earth alfo trembled, and the Rocks were cleaved; fignifying that fome great alterations were working by the mighty and immediate Power of God,

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52 53. The Sepulchres alfo of the Dead were opened, and many Bodies of Holy Men arofe, and appeared after Chrift's Refurrection to many that dwelt in Jerufalem; Signifying that Chrift by his Death and Refurrection, had destroyed him that had the Power of Death, and given earneft of a General Refurrection from the Dead.

54. Moreover the Roman Captain
himself, with his Soldiers that were fet
to watch Jefus, aftonished at the great-
nefs of thefe Prodigies, faid; Certainly
this was at least an Innocent Perfon, if
not more than a Man.

5556. Many Women alfo, who
had travelled along with Jefus from
Galilee, and fupplied him with Necef-
faries in his Journey, ftood at a diftance
from the Crofs, and were Eye-witnes-
fes of these things; as Mary-Magdalen
and Mary the Mother of James and
Jofes, and Salome the Mother of John
and the other James; with others.
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57 58.

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