ANNOTATIONS

ON THE

FOUR GOSPEL S,

AND THE

ACTS OF THE APOSTLES.

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The parallel passages are:

Matt. iii. 1—17.
Matt. iv. 10-22.

Luke iii. 1-22.
Luke iv. 13-32, partly.
Luke iv. 32-38.

Mark i. 1-11.
Mark i. 12-21.
Mark i. 22-28.
Mark i. 28-45. Matt. viii. 14-17. Luke iv. 38 to v. 16.

V. 1.-The beginning of the gospel] THE preaching of John the Baptist was the very gate or entrance to the gospel dispensation. The Law and the Prophets were until John, Luke xvi. 16. He opened the new system of faith and repentance. Lightfoot. So Matt. xi. 12, 13. So Whitby. St. Mark calls the Kouya, or preaching of John the Baptist," the

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