Galilee. * is being interpreted the Christ. And he Anno John i. 42. brought him to Jesus, and when Jesus be #cac..30.
held him, he said, Thou art Simon the fon of fona : thou shall be called Cephas, which is by interpretation a stone.
SE C T. XX. Jesus calls Philip, &c. HE day following Jesus would go
forth into Galilee, and findech Phi- 44. lip; and faith unto him follow me. Now
Philip was of Bethfaida the city of An- 45. drew and Peter. Philip findeth Natha-
nael, and faith unto him we have found him of whom Mofes in the Law, and the
Prophets did write, Jesus of Nazareth 46. the son of Foseph. And Nathanael said
unto him, Can there any good thing come oui of Nazareih? Philip saith unto him, come and
fee. 47. - Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him,
and faith of him, Behold an Israelite in- 48. deed, in whom is no guile, Nathanael
faith unto him, whence knoweft thou me? Jesus answered and said unto him, Be-
fore that Philip, called thee when thou 49. wast under the fig tree, I saw thee, Na-
thanael answered and faith unto him,
Rabbi 1hou art the Son of God, thou art $0. the King of Irael. Jesus answered and
said unto him, Because I said unto thee, I saw thee under the fig tree, believesi
thou? thou Malt see greater things than 51. these. And he faith unto him, verily,
verily,
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verily, I say unto you, hereafter you Galilee. Ætat. 30. shall see heaven open, and the Angels of John i. Minist. 1. "God afcending and descending upon the
Son of Man,
SE CT. XXI. Miracle of the water turnid into Cana.
Wine.
ND the third day there was a 1. John ii.
marriage in Cana of Galilee; and the mother of Jesus was there, and both 2. Jesus was called and his disciples to the marriage. And when they wanted wine, 3. the mother of Jesus faith unto him, They have no Wine. Jesus saith unto her, 4. Woman, what have I to do with thee mine hour is not yet come. His mother s. faith unto the servants, whatsoever he faith unto you, do it. And there were 6. set there fix water pots of stone, after the manner of the purifying of the Jews containing two or three firkins a piece. Jesus faith unto them, Fill the water pots 7. Miracle 1. with water. And they filled them up to 8. the brim, and he faith unto them, Draw out now, and bear unto the Governour of is the feaft, and they bear it. When the Ru-
9. ler of the feast had tasted the water that was made wine, and knew not whence : it was (but the servants, which drew the water knew) the governour of the feast called the bridegroom, and faith unto him. Every man ai the beginning doth 10. set forth good wine, and when men have
well
Cana. well drunk, then that which is worse : Anno ü. John
but thou hast kept the good wine until Æcat. 30.
This beginning of miracles did Jefus in Cana of Galilee, and manifested forth his Glory, and his disciples believed on
him. Capernaum. After this, he went down to Caperna
12.
um, he, and his Mother, and his bre- thren and his disciples; and they conti- nued there not many days.
SECT. VI. The first Passover after Christ's bap-
tism. He drives the Traders out
of the Temple. 13. A
ND the Jews pafsover was at
hand, and Jesus went up to Jeru14. salem. And found in the temple those
that sold oxen, and sheep, and doves, 1s. and the changers of money, fitting. And
when he had made a scourge of small cords, he drove them all out of the tem- ple, and the sheep and the oxen; and
poured out the changers money, and o- 16. verthrew the Tables; And said unto
them that fold doves, Take these things
hence ; make not my Father's house an 17. house of merchandise. And his disciples
remembred that it was written [Pfal. lxix. 9.] The zeal of thine boufë barb
eaten me up. 18. Then answered the Jews and said un- to him, what Sign Shewest thou unto us,
Seeing
seeing that thou dost these things ? Jerusalem,
Jesus answered and said unto them. John ii, Destroy this temple, and in three days į "9. will raise it up. Then said the Jews, 200 Forty and six years was this temple in building, and wilt thou rear it up in three days? But he spake of the temple of 21. his body. When therefore he was risen 22. from the dead, his disciples remembred that he had said this unto them : and they believed the scripture, and the word which Jesus had faid. Now when 23. he was in Jerusalem at the Passover, in the feast day, many believed in his name, when they saw the miracles which he did. But Jesus did not commit himself 24. unto them, because he knew all men, and needed not that any should testifie 25. of man, for he knew what was in man.
SECT.
XXIII. Christ's conference with Nicodemus. Themed Nicodemus, ta ruler of the
"HERE was a man of the Pharisées, 1. John iiko Jews: the same came to Jesus by night 2. and said unto him Rabbi, we know that thou art a Teacher come from God, for no man can do these miracles that thou doft except God be with him. Jesus an- 3. swered and said unto him, verily, verily, 1 say unto thee, except a man be born a. gåin, he cannot see the Kingdom of God. Nicodemus faith unto him, How can a 4- man be born when he is old? can be en-
D
Jerusalem. ter the second time, into his mother's Anno John. iii. s. womb, and he born? Jesus answered, cara 30.
Minist. 1. verily, verily, I fay unto thee, except “a man be born of water and of the fpi-
“ rit, he cannot enter into the kingdom 6." of God. That which is born of the
flesh, is flesh; and that which is born 7.
“ of the spirit, is spirit. Marvel not
\'that I said unto thee, ye must be born 8.". again. The wind blowerh where it
" listeth, and thou hearest the found “thereof, but canst not tell whence it « cometh, and whither it goeth: fo is
every one that is born of the spirit. 9. Nicodemus answered and said unto him, 10. How can these things be? Jesus answe-
red and said unto him, “ Art thou a Ma
“fter of Israel, and knowest not these 11.“ things? verily, verily, I say unto
" thee, we speak that we do know,
" and testifie that we have seen ; and ye 12.“ receive not our witness. If I have told
“ you earthly things and ye believe not, “ how shall ye believe if I tell you of “ heavenly things ? And no man hath “ ascended up to heaven but he that
came down from heaven, even the son
of man which is in heaven, And as “ Moses lifted up the serpent in the
wilderness, even so must the son of
man be lifted up: That whosoever be- 6 lieveth in him, should not perish, but 16." have eternal Life. For God so loved
the world, that he gave his only be- gotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him, should not perish, but have
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