3.-Peter's Denial of Him.

Luke xxii. 34.-And He said, I tell thee Peter, the cock shall not crow this day, before that thou shalt thrice deny that thou knowest Me.

(See also Matthew xxvi. 34; Mark xiv. 30; John xiii. 38.)

4.-Of His Crucifixion, and Resurrection after three days.

First Prediction.

Matthew xvi. 21.-From that time forth began Jesus to show unto His disciples, how that He must go unto Jerusalem, and suffer many things of the elders and Chief Priests and Scribes, and be killed, and be raised again the third day.

(See also Mark viii. 31, 32; and Luke ix. 22.)

Second Prediction.

Matthew xvii. 22, 23.-And while they abode in Galilee, Jesus said unto them, The Son of man shall be betrayed into the hands of men and they shall kill Him, and the third day He shall be raised again. And they were exceeding sorry.

(See also Mark ix. 31, 32; Luke ix. 44; and xii. 50.)

Third Prediction.

Matthew xx. 17-19.-And Jesus going up to Jerusalem took the twelve disciples apart in the way, and said unto them, Behold we go up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man shall be betrayed unto the chief priests and unto the scribes, and they shall condemn Him to death, and shall deliver Him to the Gentiles to mock, and to scourge, and to crucify Him: and the third day He shall rise again. (See also Mark x. 32-34; and Luke xviii. 31-34.)

Matthew xxvi. 74, 75.-Then began he to curse and to swear, saying, I know not the man; and immediately the cock crew. And Peter remembered the word of Jesus, which said unto him, Before the cock crow thou shalt deny Me thrice. And he went out and wept bitterly.

(See also Luke xxii. 60-62; John xviii. 17, & 25-27; Mark xiv. 72.)

Acts ii. 23, 24.-Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain: Whom God hath raised up, having loosed the pains of death: because it was not possible that He should be holden of it.

Acts iii. 14, 15.-But ye denied the Holy One and the Just, and desired a murderer to be granted unto you; and killed the Prince of Life, whom God hath raised from the dead; whereof we are witnesses. (See also x. 38-41.)

Luke xxiii. 33.-And when they were come to the place which is called Calvary, there they crucified Him, and the malefactors, one on the right hand, and the other on the left. Luke xxiv. 6, 7.— He is not here, but is risen: remember how He spake unto you when he was yet in Galilee, saying, The Son of man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and the third day rise again.

Matthew xxi. 38, 39.-But when the husbandmen saw the son, they said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill Him, and let us seize on His inheritance. And they caught Him, and cast Him out of the vineyard, and slew Him.

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(See also Mark xii. 1-8; and Luke xx. 9-15.)

Matthew xxvi. 1, 2.—And it came to pass when Jesus had finished all these sayings, He said unto His disciples, Ye know that after two days is the feast of the Passover, and the Son of man is betrayed to be crucified.

(See also ver. 26, 27; Mark xiv. 22-24; Luke xxii. 15—20, and 37.)

Matthew xxvi. 12, 13.—For in that she hath poured this ointment on My body, she did it for My burial. Verily I say unto you, Wheresoever this Gospel shall be preached in the whole world, there shall also this, that this woman hath done, be told for a memorial of her. (See also Mark xiv. 6–9; John xii. 7, 8.)

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Luke xxii. 15, 16.—With desire I have desired to eat this

Passover with you before I suffer: for I say unto you, I will not any

more eat thereof, until it be fulfilled in the kingdom of God.

37.-For I say unto you, that this that is written must yet be accomplished in Me, And He was reckoned among the transgressors: for the things concerning Me have an end.

(See also ver. 19, 20; Matthew xxvi. 26-29; Mark xiv. 22—25.)

1 This parable is based on Isaiah v. 1—7.

2 Alluding to the Jewish custom of anointing and embalming the dead as mentioned in John xix. 40, and Luke xxiii. 56.

3 No one can read these words of our Lord without seeing that in so doing

Acts vii. 52.-Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted? and they have slain them which shewed before of the coming of the Just One; of whom ye have been now the betrayers and murderers.

Mark xv. 25.-And it was the third hour, and they crucified Him.

John xix. 40.--Then took they the body of Jesus, and wound it in linen clothes with the spices, as the manner of the Jews is to bury. (See also Mark xvi. 1, 2; Luke xxiii. 56: and xxiv. 1.)

1 Corinthians v. 7, 8.-For even Christ our Passover is sacrificed for us: therefore let us keep the feast.

Galatians iii. 13.-Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: (for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree.)

(See also Mark xv. 27, 28.)

he is experiencing the actual fulfilment of one of the most remarkable predictions of Him who "declareth the end from the beginning;" and which should of itself suffice to prove His divine mission and nature.

John iii. 14, 15.-And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up: that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have eternal life.

John viii. 28.—Then said Jesus unto them, When ye have lifted up the Son of man, then shall ye know that I am He, and that I do nothing of Myself.

John xii. 31-33.—Now is the judgment of this world: now shall the prince of this world be cast out. And I, if I be lifted up from

the earth, will draw all men unto Me. what death He should die.)

(This He said signifying

John xiv. 28, 29.-Ye have heard how I said unto you, I go away, and come again unto you. 29. And now I have told you before it come to pass, that when it is come to pass, ye might believe. John xvi. 5.-But now I go My way to Him that sent Me. (See also John x. 15-18.).

Matthew xii. 40,-For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale's belly, so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. (See also xvi. 4.)

John ii. 19.-Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up. 21.-But He spake of the temple of His body.

John xvi. 16.—A little while and ye shall not see Me: and again a little while and ye shall see Me, because I go to the Father.1

5.-That after His Resurrection, He should meet His Disciples in Galilee.

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Matthew xxvi. 32.—But after I am risen again, I will go before into Galilee.

(See also Mark xiv. 28.)

1 In these few words our Lord, it will be seen, predicts three events, His Death, Resurrection, and Ascension, which only Omniscience could have foreseen, and only Omnipotence could have accomplished.

2 As the Roman Governor alone possessed the power of life and death, it