counsel and foreknowledge of God, God, "ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain :

24 Whom God hath *raised up, having loosed

trayed! it had been good for that man if he had not been born. MARK, xiv. 21: The Son of man indeed goeth, as it is written of him; but woe to that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed! good were it for that man if he had never been born. LUKE, Xxii. 22: And truly the Son of man goeth, as it was determined: but woe unto that man by whom he is betrayed! do. xxiv. 44: And he said unto them, These are the words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled, which were written in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the Psalms, concerning me. ACTs, iii. 18, do. iv. 28: For to do whatsoever thy hand and thy counsel determined before to be done.

ACTs, v.30: Whom ye slew, and hanged on a tree.

* Ver. 32, Acтs, iii. 15. do. iv. 10, 33: By the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom ye crucified, whom God raised from the dead, even by him doth this man stand here before you whole. And with great power gave the apostles witness of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus: and great grace was upon them all. do. v. 30: The God of our fathers raised up Jesus. do. x. 40: Him God raised up the third day, and showed him openly. do. xiii. 30, 34: But God raised him from the dead. And as concerning that he raised him up from the dead, now no more to return to corruption, he said on this wise, I will give you the sure mercies of David. do. xvii. 31: Whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead. Rom. iv. 24: If we believe on him that raised up Jesus our Lord from the dead. do. vi. 4, 5, 8: Like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father. For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection. Now if we be dead with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him. do. viii. 11: If the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you. 1 COR. vi. 14: God hath both raised up the Lord, and will also raise up us by his own power. do. xv. 15: We have testified of God that he raised up Christ. 2 COR. iv. 14: Knowing that he which raised up the Lord Jesus shall raise up us also by Jesus. GAL. i. 1: Paul, an apostle, not of men, neither by man, but by Jesus Christ, and God the Father, who raised him from the dead. EPH. i. 20: Which he wrought in Christ when he raised him from the

the pains of death: because it was not possible that he should be holden of it.

25 For David speaketh concerning him, I 2foresaw the Lord always before my face, for he is on my right hand, that I should not be moved :

26 Therefore did my heart rejoice, and my tongue was glad; moreover also my flesh shall rest in hope:

27 Because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.

28 Thou hast made known to me the ways of life; thou shalt make me full of joy with thy

countenance.

29 Men and brethren, let me freely 10 speak unto you "of the patriarch David, that he is both

8

7bands. Ham. That. Whit. 9 i. e. my life in the grave. Whit. may freely. A. V.

10 I

dead. COL. ii. 12: Buried with him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with him [Christ] through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from the dead. 1 THES. i. 10: To wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead. HEB. xiii. 20: The God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus. 1 PĒT. i. 21: Who by him do believe in God, that raised him up from the dead. do. iii. 18: Being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit.

Y JOHN, ii. 19, 21: Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up. He spake of the temple of his body. do. x. 17, 18: I lay down my life, that I might take it again. No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment have I received of my Father.

z See Ps. xvi 8—11.

a DAN. ix. 24: Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people, and upon thy holy city, and to anoint the most Holy. LUKE, i. 35: That holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God.

b1 KINGS, ii. 10: So David slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David. ACTs, xiii. 36: David, after he had served his own generation by the will of God, fell on sleep, and was laid unto his fathers, and saw corruption.

dead and buried, and his sepulchre is with us unto this day.

30 Therefore being a prophet, and “knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him, that of the fruit of his loins, according to the flesh, he would raise up Christ to sit on his throne;

31 He seeing" this before spake of the resurrection of Christ, that his soul12 was not left in bell neither his flesh did see corruption.

32 This Jesus hath God raised up, whereof we all are witnesses.

33 Therefore being by the right hand of God

$28. x. 2: The Spirit of the LORD spake by me, and Lis word was in my tongue.

*28ova. 12. 13: I will set up thy seed after thee [David], which shall proceed out of thy bowels, and I will establish his gom. He shall build an house for my name, and I will each the throne of his kingdom for ever. 1 CHR. xxii. 10: Il establish the throne of his kingdom over Israel for ever. As and R: The LORD hath sworn in truth unto David; he wil wet rom from it; Of the fruit of thy body will I set upon pedro Isa, ix. 7: Of the increase of his government and par eher still be no end, upon the throne of David, and kar kalupim, to order it, and to establish it with judgment sema aliae from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the lexa of kosa will perform this. do. xi. 1: There shall come dida nad out of the stem of Jesse. MAT. i. 6: Jesse begat Dend dhe Ang, and David the king begat Solomon. LUKE, NA & The Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his sider Dead: And he shall reign over the house of Jacob foreverc and of his kingdom there shall be no end.—And hath room er an dorn of salvation for us in the house of his serverdad. Row. i. 3: Concerning his Son Jesus Christ our on why was made of the seed of David according to the 27. n. St Jesus Christ of the seed of David. ***** 1: Wherein God, willing more abundantly to wow wow the heirs of promise the immutability of his counvyand mad it by an oath.

Ayes v. Sto Him hath God exalted with his right hand to

exalted,11 and having received of the Father the *promise of the Holy Ghost, he hath 'shed forth this, which ye now see and hear.

34 For David is not ascended into the heavens: but he saith himself, "The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand,

35 Until I make thy foes thy footstool.

36 Therefore let all the "house of Israel know assuredly, that God hath made that same Jesus, whom ye have crucified, both Lord and Christ.

37 Now when they heard this, Pthey were pricked in their heart,15 and said unto Peter and to the rest of the apostles, Men and brethren, "what shall we do?

"exalted to the right hand of God. Whit. 15 they were pierced to the heart. We.

be a Prince and a Saviour, for to give repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins. PHIL. ii. 9: Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name. HEB. X. 12: But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins, for ever sat down on the right hand of God.

k See on LUKE, Xxiv. 49.

1ACTs, x. 45: They of the circumcision which believed were astonished, as many as came with Peter, because that on the Gentiles also was poured out the gift of the Holy Ghost. EPH. iv. 8: Wherefore he saith, When he ascended up on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men.

m See on MAT. xxii. 44.

n ZEC. xiii. 1: In that day there shall be a fountain opened to the house of David and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem for sin and for uncleanness.

° ACTs, v. 31. PHIL. ii. 9: The words under ver. 33.

P ZEC. xii. 10: I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn.

9 LUKE, iii. 10: The people asked him, saying, What shall we do then? ACTs, ix. 6: He [Saul] trembling and astonished said, Lord, what wilt thou have me to do? do. xvi. 30: Sirs, what must I do to be saved?

38 Then Peter said unto them, 'Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.

39 For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call.

40 And with many other words did he testify and exhort, saying, Save yourselves from this untoward 16 generation.

41 Then they that gladly received his word were baptized and the same day there were

r

S

See on MAT. iv. 17.

16 perverse. Rh.

JOEL, ii. 28: It shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my Spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy. AcTs, iii. 25: Ye are the children of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying unto Abraham, And in thy seed shall all the kindreds of the earth be blessed.

ACTS, x. 45: And they of the circumcision which believed were astonished, as many as came with Peter, because that on the Gentiles also was poured out the gift of the Holy Ghost. do. xi. 1, 15, 18: The apostles and brethren that were in Judæa heard that the Gentiles had also received the word of God. And as I began to speak, the Holy Ghost fell on them, as on us at the beginning. When they heard these things, they held their peace, and glorified God, saying, Then hath God also to the Gentiles granted repentance unto life. do. xiv. 27: And when they were come, and had gathered the Church together, they rehearsed all that God had done with them, and how he had opened the door of faith unto the Gentiles. do. xv. 3, 8, 14: Ánd being brought on their way by the Church, they passed through Phenice and Samaria, declaring the conversion of the Gentiles: and they caused great joy unto all the brethren. And God, which knoweth the hearts, bare them witness, giving them the Holy Ghost, even as he did unto Simeon hath declared how God at the first did visit the Gentiles, to take out of them a people for his name. do. xxii. 1: And he said unto me, Depart: for I will send thee far hence to the Gentiles. EPH. ii. 13, 17: Ye who sometimes were far fare made nigh by the blood of Christ. And came and preached you which were afar off, and to them that were nigh.

eace

to