Commentary on Matthew, Mark, Luke - Volume 2.pdf

<strong>Commentary</strong> on Matthew, Mark, Luke - Volume 2
God alone? 614 but if thou wilt Why callest thou me good? alone. 20. Thou knowest the
enter into life, keep the There is none good but God commandments, Thou shalt not
commandments. 18. He saith to alone. 19. Thou knowest the commit adultery, Thou shalt not
him, Which? And Jesus said, commandments, Do not commit kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou
Thou shalt not murder, Thou adultery, Do not kill, Do not shalt not bear false witness.
shalt not commit adultery, Thou steal, Do not bear false witness, Honor thy father and thy mother.
shalt not steal, Thou shalt not Defraud not, Honor thy father 21. And he said, All these things
bear false witness, 19 Honor thy and mother. 20. But he have I kept from my youth.
father and mother: and, Thou answering said to him, Master, 22. Having heard this, Jesus said
shalt love thy neighbor as all these things have I kept from to him, Yet one thing thou
thyself. 20. The young man saith my youth. 21. And Jesus, wantest; sell all that thou hast,
to him, All these things have I beholding him, loved him, and and give to the poor, and thou
kept from my youth: what do I said to him, Thou art in want of shalt have a treasure in heaven;
still want? 21. Jesus saith to him, one thing, go sell what thou hast, and come, follow me.
If thou wilt be perfect, go sell and give to the poor, and thou 23. Having heard these things,
what thou hast, and give to the shalt have a treasure in heaven; he was grieved; for he was very
poor, and thou shalt have a and come, follow me, taking the rich.
treasure in heaven; and come, cross on thy shoulders. 22. But
follow me. 22. And when the he, affected with uneasiness on
young man heard that saying, he account of the saying, went
went away sorrowful; for he had away sorrowful; for he had
many possessions. many possessions.
615
Matthew 19:16. And, lo, one. Luke says that he was a ruler, (ἄρχων,) that is, a man of very
high authority, not one of the common people. 616 And though riches procure respect, 617 yet he
appears to be here represented to have been held in high estimation as a good man. For my own
part, after weighing all the circumstances, I have no doubt that, though he is called a young man,
he belonged to the class of those who upheld the integrity of the Elders, by a sober and regular life.
618 He did not come treacherously, as the scribes were wont to do, but from a desire of instruction;
614 “Il n’y a nul bon, sinon un seul, c’est Dieu:” — “There is none good but one only, it is God.”
615 “Car il avoit beaucoup de richesses;” — “for he had much wealth.”
616 “Que c’estoit un prince ou seigneur; c’est a dire, un homme d’estat et de grande authorite;” — “that he was a prince or lord;
that is to say, a man of rank and of great authority.”
617 “Combien que les richesses rendent un homme honorable au monde;” — “though riches render a man honorable in the
world.”
618 “Non point par trahison, et pour surprendre Christ;” — “not by treachery, and to take Christ by surprise.”
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John Calvin