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The harmony of the Gospels in the holy history of the humiliation and sufferings…
The harmony of the Gospels in the holy history of the humiliation and sufferings of Jesus Christ from his incarnation to his death and burial published by John Eliot ...
Boston: printed by John Foster, 1678
The Harmony of the GOSPELS in the holy History of the Humiliation a… › Chapter 11 › Section 3
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3. They could find nothing wherein two witnesses agreed, among all the false witnesses, until two witnesses spake about destroying the Temple & raising it again in three days. And yet these two witnesses agreed not in all points, as Mar. 14.59. testifieth. Thus they wearied themselves in vain, finding nothing against him, which left their envy naked, without any pretence of a covering.
3. They could find nothing wherein two witnesses agreed, among all the false witnesses, untill two witnesses spake about destroying the Temple & raising it again in three dayes. And yet these two witnesses agreed not in all points, as Mar. 14.59. te•tifieth. Thus they wearied themselves in vain, finding nothing against him, which left their envy naked, without any pretence of a covering.
4. Then the high Priest devised another device, viz. to draw out Jesus Christ to speak; for he kept silence all this while. Could they draw him out to speak, they might entangle him in his words, which artifice they had formerly used to catch him by. Mat, 22.15. so now again they attempt that way. The high Priest stood up (a good civill deportment in public affairs) and put him upon answering unto what they said; and to sharpen and quicken the matter, he putteth him on in a rebuking way: What? Answerest thou nothing? What is this that these witness against thee? But this Stratagem prevailed not, Jesus still held his peace.
4. Then the high Priest devised another device, viz. to draw out Jesus Christ to speak; for he kept silence all this while. Could they draw him out to speak, they might entangle him in his words, which artifice they had formerly used to catch him by. Mat, 22.15. so now again they attempt that way. The high Priest stood up (a good civill deportment in publick affairs) and put him upon answering unto what they said; and to sharpen and quicken the matter, he putteth him on in a rebuking way: What? Answerest thou nothing? What is this that these witness against thee? But this Stratagem prevailed not, Jesus still held his peace.