143. Jesus betrayed, and made prisoner. 26.47-56 14.43-52 22.47-53 18. 2-12 144. Jesus before Caiaphas. Peter 26.57,58, 14.53,54, 22.54-62 18.13-18, thrice denies him. Jerusalem. 69-75 66-72 demned and mocked. Jerusalem. 26.59-68 14.55-65 22.63-71 18.19-24 Cross. He commends his mother 27.39-44 15.29-32 23.35-37, 19.25-27 155. Darkness prevails. Christ EXPIRES 159. The Morning of THE RESURRECTION. Jerusalem. 160. Visit of the Women to the Sepulchre. Mary Magdalene returns. Jerusalem. 161. Vision of Angels in the Sepulchr. Jerusalem. 162. The Women return to the City. JESUS MEETS THEM. Jerusalem. 163. Peter and John run to the Sepulchre. Jerusalem. 164. Our Lord is seen by Mary Magdalene at the Sepulchre. Jerusalem. 165. Report of the Watch. Jerusalem. 28.11-15 166. Our Lord is seen of Peter. Then by two Disciples on the way to Einmaus, Jerusalem. Emmaus. 167. Jesus appears in the midst of the Apostles, Thomas being absent. Jerusalem. 168. Jesus appears in the midst of the Apostles, Thomas being present. Jerusalem. 169. The Apostles go away into Galilee. them at the Sea of Tiberias. 170. Jesus meets the Apostles and above 171. Our Lord is seen of James; then of all the Apostles. Jerusalem. 172. THE ASCENSION. Bethany. 173. Conclusion of John's Gospel. 16.12, 13 24.13-35 16.14-18 24.36-49 20.19-23 20.21-29 28. 16 21. 1-24 28.16-20 16.19, 20 24.50-53 20.30, 31 21. 25 N. B.-The "A.D." in the book, at the top of the page, indicates the year of Christ, and not of the period called ANNO DOMINI. That period-or the Common Christian era, which was introduced by Dionysius (as is supposed about A.D. 516-is computed to have been set four years too late. So the Christ was born four years before this era begins to reckon. Confusion ha often arisen from no: distinctly noting this. 1 THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO MATTHEW. CHAPTER I. T Christ, HE book of the generation David, c the son of Abraham. a a Lu. 3.23,&c. b Ps. 132.11. c. 22.45. Ac. 2.30. c Ge. 22.18. Ga. 3.16. 1-17. The book of the generation is a phrase corresponding with the word genealogy. It is meant here to introduce the genealogical record by which the parentage and descent of our Lord, through Joseph, was to be shown. The Jews kept such tables, public and private, with great care, to show their families and tribes. Ezra, ch 2. Nehemiah, ch. 7. Matthew, writing his history for the Jews, aimed to show that Christ was descended from David and Abraham, their most noted and sacred names. This was most necessary for his object, which was to convince them that Christ was the true Messiah, such as they looked for-the son of Abraham, a Jew, and the son or descendant of king David, a king of David's line, according to their prophets. See v. 6. Isa. 9. 7; 11. 1. Jer. 23. 5. Matt. 9. 27; 12. 23; 15. 22; 21. 9, 15; 22. 42, 45. Luke 18. 38. Accordingly our Lord is shown to have come in the direct line of kings, as a rightful successor to the throne. See the Annunciation, Luke 1.32, 33. So He was understood to claim this title (John 1. 49, and 19. 21), and it was written over His head at the cru cifixion (John 19. 19), "The King of the Jews" Zech. 9. 9. The promise was made to David of a Son to sit perpetually on his throne, and this could be completely realized only in Christ. Compare 2 Sam. 7. 13, 14, with Heb. 1. 5. See also 1 Kings 2. 4 and 8. 25. Jer. 33. 17. Compare Acts 2.30. 66 Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ." Gal. 3. 16. See Gen. 22. 18. The genealogies of Matthew and Luke differ, and we find that it is not without design. The explanations are hinted at by the evangelists themselves in their respective records Matthew traces out the line of "Joseph, the husband of Mary” (v. 16), intimating, that because Joseph stood to Mary in the legal relation of husband, he would show Christ's legal descent through him according to the tables. Luke traces out the line of "Jesus, being as was supposed the son of Joseph" (ch. 3. 23). He intimates thus, that because Jesus was in reality the son of Mary, he would trace her parentage, as he does, through Heli her father, and Christ's natural descent through her. In Matthew, observe the language is direct, "Jacob begat Joseph." In Luke it is "Jesus, being as was supposed the son of Joseph-of Heli." Thus Christ is traced back to David and Abraham by Matthew, for the special benefit of the Jews, and by Luke he is traced even to Adam, for the benefit of the Gentile world. By Matthew he is found to be the son of David (Isa. 11.1), and the seed of Abraham (Gal. 3. 16), and by Luke, the seed of the woman (Gen. 3. 15), and the Son of |