CHAP. XXI.—1 When they drew nigh, &c.] And when they came nigh to Jerusalem, unto Bethphage and Bethany, at the mount of Olives, he sendeth forth two of his disciples. Mar. xi. 1. And when he had "thus" spoken, ("the parable of the nobleman who left his money with his servants") he went before, ascending up to Jerusalem. And it came to pass when he was come nigh to Bethphage and Bethany in the mount, called the mount of Olives, he sent two of his disciples. Lu. xix. 28, 29.

The mount of Olives.] And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us when shall these things (the coming of the Son of man, &c.) be? Mat. xxiv. 3. And when they had sung an hymn (after the institution of the Lord's Supper), they went out into the mount of Olives. Mat. xxvi. 30. And his feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east, and the mount of Olives shall cleave in the midst thereof, toward the east and toward the west, and there shall be a very great valley; and half of the mountain shall remove toward the north, and half of it toward the south. Zec. xiv. 4. And when he was come nigh, even now at the descent of the mount of Olives, the whole multitude of disciples began to rejoice, and praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works that they had seen. Lu. xix. 37. And in the day-time he was teaching in the temple; and at night he went out and abode in the mount that is called the mount of Olives. Lu. xxi. 37. Jesus went unto the mount of Olives. John viii. 1. Then (when a cloud had received Jesus out of the Apostles' sight) returned they unto Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which is from Jerusalem a sabbath-day's journey. Ac. i. 12.

2 Gointo the village, &c.] Go into the city to such a man (said Jesus before the last Supper), and say unto him, The Master saith, My time is at hand, I will keep the Passover at thy house with my disciples. Mat. xxvi. 18. Go your way into the village, over against you, and as soon as ye be entered into it, ye shall find a colt tied, whereon never man sat; loose him and bring him. And if any man say unto you, Why do ye this? say ye that the Lord hath need of him, and straightway he

will send him hither. Mar. xi. 2, 3. Go ye into the city, and there shall meet you a man bearing a pitcher of water, follow him; and wheresoever he shall go in, say ye to the good man of the house, The Master saith, Where is the guest chamber, where I shall eat the Passover with my disciples? And he will shew you a large upper room, furnished and prepared, there make ready for us. And his disciples went forth and came into the city, and found as he had said unto them: and they made ready the Passover. Mar. xiv. 13–16. Go ye into the village over against you, in the which at your entering you shall find a colt tied, whereon yet never man sat; loose him and bring him hither. And if any man ask you, Why do ye loose him? thus shall ye say unto him, Because the Lord hath need of him. And they that were sent went their way, and found even as he had said unto them. Lu. xix. 30, 31, 32. His (Jesus) mother saith unto the servants (at the marriage in Cana of Galilee), Whatsoever he saith unto you do it. And there were set there six waterpots of stone, after the manner of the purifying of the Jews, containing two or three firkins a piece. Jesus saith unto them, Fill the waterpots with water; and they filled them up to the brim. And he saith unto them, Draw out now, and bear to the governor of the feast. And they bare it. John ii. 5-8.

3 The Lord hath need of them.] Who am I (said David), and what is my people, that we should be able to offer so willingly after this sort? for all things come of thee, and of thine own have we given thee; for we are strangers before thee, and sojourners, as were all our fathers. Our days on the earth are as a shadow, and there is none abiding. O Lord our God, all this store that we have prepared to build thee an house for thine holy name cometh of thine hand, and is all thine own. 1 Ch. xxix. 14, 15, 16. The earth is the Lord's and the fulness thereof, the world and they that dwell therein. Ps. xxiv. 1. Every beast of the forest is mine (saith God), and the cattle upon a thousand hills; I know all the fowls of the mountains, and the wild beasts of the field are mine. Ps. 1. 10, 11. The silver is mine and the gold is mine, saith the Lord of hosts; the glory of this latter house shall be greater than of the former, saith the Lord

of hosts, and in this place will I give peace, saith the Lord of hosts. Hag. ii. 8, 9. The Father loveth the Son, and hath given all things into his hand. John iii. 35. Glorify thy Son (said Jesus to the Father), that thy Son also may glorify thee, as thou hast given him power over all flesh, that he should give eternal life to as many as thou hast given him. John xvii. 1, 2. God that made the world, and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands, neither is worshipped with men's hands, as though he needed any thing, seeing he giveth to all, life, and breath, and all things. Ac. xvii. 24, 25. For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich. 2 Co. viii. 9.

And straightway he will send them.] And Saul also went home to Gibeah, and there went with him a band of men whose hearts God had touched (to choose him king). I Sa. x. 26. Arise (said the word of the Lord to Elijah), get thee to Zarephath, which belongeth to Zidon, and dwell there. Behold, I have commanded a widow woman there to sustain thee. 1 Ki. xvii. 9. In the first year of Cyrus, King of Persia, the Lord stirred up the spirit of Cyrus, king of Persia, that he made a proclamation, saying, he (God) hath charged me to build him an house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Then rose up the * chief of the fathers of Judah and Benjamin, and the priests and the Levites, with all them whose spirit God had raised, to go up to build the house of the Lord which is in Jerusalem. Ezr. i. 1. 5. Blessed be the Lord God of our Fathers, which hath put such a thing as this in the king's heart, to beautify the house of the Lord which is in Jerusalem. Ear. vii. 27. Moreover, brethren, we do you to wit of the grace of God bestowed on the churches of Macedonia, how that in a 'great trial of affliction, the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded unto the riches of their liberality. 2 Co. viii. 1, 2. Thanks be to God, which put the same earnest care into the heart of Titus for you. 2 Co. viii. 16. Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning. i. 17.

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4 This was done.] See chap. i. 22. All this was done (Christ being betrayed, &c.) that the Scriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled. Then all the disciples forsook him, and fled. Mat. xxvi. 56. These things were done (the soldiers not breaking Jesus' legs) that

the Scripture should be fulfilled, A bone of him shall not be broken. And again another Scripture saith, They shall look on him whom they pierced. John xix. 36, 37. Zec. xii. 10. Ex. xii. 46. Nu. ix. 12. Saying.] Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh unto thee: he is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass. Zec. ix. 9. Fear not, daughter of Zion: behold, thy King cometh, sitting on an ass's colt. John xii. 15.

5 The daughter of Sion, &c.] That I may shew forth all thy praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion (have mercy upon me, O Lord): I will rejoice in thy salvation. Ps. ix. 14. Cry out and shout, thou inhabitant of Zion; for great is the Holy One of Israel in the midst of thee. Is. xii. 6. O Zion, that bringest good tidings, get thee up into the high mountain. O Jerusalem, that bringest good tidings, lift up thy voice with strength; lift it up, be not afraid; say unto the cities of Judah, Behold your God! Is. xl. 9. Behold, the Lord hath proclaimed unto the end of the world, Say ye to the daughter of Zion, Behold, thy salvation cometh; behold, his reward is with him, and his work before him. Is. lxii. 11. Sing O daughter of Zion; shout, O Israel; be glad and rejoice with all the heart, O daughter of Jerusalem. The Lord hath taken away thy judgments, he hath cast out thine enemy: the King of Israel, even the Lord, is in the midst of thee: thou shalt not see evil any more. Zep. iii. 14, 15. They (the disciples) went their way, and found the colt tied by the door without in a place where two ways met; and they loose him. And certain of them that stood there said unto them, What do ye, loosing the colt? And they said unto them even as Jesus had commanded; and they let them go. And they brought the colt to Jesus, and cast their garments on him; and he sat upon him. And many spread their garments in the way; and others cut down branches off the trees, and strawed them in the way. And they that went before, and they that followed, cried, saying, Hosanna! Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord. Blessed be the kingdom of our father David, that cometh in the name of the Lord: Hosanna in the highest. Mar. xi. 4-10.

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shall not multiply horses to himself, nor cause the people to return to Egypt to the end that he should multiply horses: forasmuch as the Lord hath said unto you, Ye shall henceforth return no more that way. De. xvii. 16. "Speak, ye" ("governors of Israel") that ride on white asses; ye that sit in judgment, and walk by the way. Ju. v. 10. And "he" ("Abdon" who judged Israel) had forty sons, and thirty nephews, that rode on three score and ten ass-colts. Ju. xii. 14. And the king (David) said unto Ziba (the servant of Mephibosheth), What meanest thou by these (two asses saddled, and upon them bread, raisins, summer-fruits, and wine)? And Ziba said, The asses be for the king's household to ride on, &c. &c. 2 Sa. xvi. 2. The king (David) also said unto them (Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the Son of Jehoiada), Take with you the servants of your Lord, and cause Solomon, my son, to ride upon mine own mule; and bring » him down to Gihon. 1 Ki. i. 33. And they brought every man his present (to Solomon), vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and garments, and armour, and spices, horses, and mules, a rate year by year: and Solomon gathered together chariots and horsemen. 1 Ki. x. 25, 26. I will have mercy upon the House of Judah, and will save them by the Lord their God; and will not save them by bow, nor by sword, nor by battle, by horses, nor by horsemen. Ho. i. 7. It shall come to pass, in that day, saith the Lord, That I will cut off thy horses out of the midst of thee; and I will destroy thy chariots. Mi. v. 10. I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim, and the horse from Jerusalem. Zec. ix. 10.

6 And did as Jesus commanded.] Thus did Noah, according to all that God commanded him; so did he. Ge. vi. 22. So Abram departed, as the Lord had spoken unto him (to go to a strange land from Haran). Ge. xii. 4. And Moses did look upon all the work (of the tabernacle), and, behold, they had done it as the Lord had commanded ; even so had they done it: and Moses blessed them. Ex. xxxix. 43. Thus did Moses according to all that the Lord commanded him; so did he. Ex. xl. 16. It repenteth me (said God), That I have set up Saul to be king; for he is turned back from following me, and hath not performed my commandments. And it grieved Samuel: and he cried unto the Lord all night. 1 Sa. xv. 11. Ye are my friends VOL. II.

(said Jesus), If ye do whatsoever I command you. John xv. 14.

7 Brought the ass.] And they brought the colt to Jesus, and cast their garments on him; and he sat upon him. Mar. xi. 7. And they brought him to Jesus; and they cast their garments upon the colt; and they set Jesus thereon. Lu. xix. 35.

Put on them their clothes.] Then (when they heard that Jehu was anointed king) they hasted, and took every man his garment, and put it under him on the top of the stairs, and blew with trumpets, saying, Jehu is king. 2 Ki. ix. 13.

8 Others cut down branches, &c.] Ye shall take you on the first day (of the feast of tabernacles) the boughs of goodly trees, branches of palm trees, and the boughs of thick trees, and willows of the brook: and ye shall rejoice before the Lord your God seven days. Le. xxiii. 40. Much people that were come to the feast, when they heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem; took branches of palm trees, and went forth to meet him, and cried, Hosanna! blessed is the King of Israel that cometh in the name of the Lord. John xii.

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9 Hosanna to the Son of David.] See verse 15. This is the day which the Lord hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it. Save now, I beseech thee, O Lord; O Lord, I beseech thee, send now prosperity. Blessed be he that cometh in the name of the Lord; we have blessed you out of the house of the Lord. Ps. cxviii. 24, 25, 26. And they that went before (Jesus), and they that followed, cried, saying, Hosanna; blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord. Blessed be the kingdom of our father David, that cometh in the name of the Lord; Hosanna in the highest. Mar. xi. 9, 10.

Blessed is he that cometh, &c.] I say unto you (said Jesus to the people of Jerusalem), Ye shall not see me henceforth, till ye shall say, Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord. Mat. xxiii. 39. And when he was come nigh, even now at the descent of the mount of Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began to rejoice, and praise God with a loud voice, for all the mighty works that they had seen; saying, Blessed be the King that cometh in the name of the Lord; peace in heaven, and glory in the highest. Lu. xix. 37, 38. Much people that were come to the feast, when they heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem, took branches of palm-trees, C C