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An act to provide a Government for the
District of Columbia.
CHAPTER 62,
1871
16 United States Statutes at Large 419
FORTY FIRST CONGRESS SESSION III.
CHAPTER 62,
1871
CHAP. LXII. --
The government of the District
(the Federal Government) is a corporation,
municipal in nature but still a corporation.
Furthermore, District citizens
(United States citizens - U. S. citizens)
will now be subject to corporation law as
well as law of the Republic.
Corporate law is private law even though
the corporation is municipal.
Generally we are led to believe that these
corporate laws are laws of the people because
they have come from Congress... they are not,
they are private laws and can only be applied
by contract.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United States in Congress
assembled, That all that part of the territory of the
United States included within the limits of the
District of Columbia be, and the same is hereby,
created into a government by the name of the
District of Columbia, by which name it is hereby
constituted a body corporate for municipal
purposes, and may contract and be contracted
with, sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded,
have a seal, and exercise all other powers of a
municipal corporation not inconsistent with the
Constitution and laws of the United States and
the provisions of this act.
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Police power is a power originally and always
belonging to the states, not surrendered to them
by the general government, nor directly
restrained by the constitution of the United States,
and essentially exclusive.
It may be considered as having been
authoritatively settled that the national
government cannot exercise police powers for
the protection of the inhabitants of a state.
The police power under the American
constitutional system has been left to the
states.
It has always belonged to them and was not
surrendered by them to the general government,
nor directly restrained by the constitution of the
United States... Congress has no general power
to enact police regulations operative within the
territorial limits of a state.
The Federal Government has no general police
power and that of the states is beyond the reach
of Congress, except in rare cases where the
people in whom it inheres have released it by the
terms of the Federal Constitution.
The 14th Amendment does not empower
Congress to legislate on matters within the
domain of the states' powers, nor to legislate
against the wrongs and personal actions of
individuals within the state nor to regulate and
control the conduct of private individuals,
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The true knowledge of God proceeds only from Jesus Christ
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& The Holy Gospel Of Jesus Christ,
According To John Chapter 1 ;
1 That Word
begotten of God before all worlds.
2 Which was ever with the Father.
14 Is made man,
6-7 For what end John was sent from God.
16 His preaching of Christ's office.
19 The record that he bare
given out unto the Priests.
40 The calling of Andrew,
42 of Peter,
43 Philip,
45 and Nathanael.
1 In (1) (*) the (a) beginning (b) was (c) that
Word, and the Word was (d) with () God, and
the (e) Word was God.
(1) The Son of God is of one, and the selfsame
eternity or everlastingness, and of one and the
selfsame essence or nature, with the Father.
(*) Or, before the beginning.
(a) From his beginning, as the Evangelist saith
in 1 John 1:1; as though he said, that the world
began not than to have his being, when God
began to make all that was made; for the word
was even then when all things that were made,
began to be made, and therefore he was before
the beginning of all things.
(b) Had his being.
(c) This word, (That) pointeth out unto us a
peculiar and choice thing above all others, and
putteth a difference between this Word, which
is the Son of God, and the Laws of God, which
otherwise also are called the word of God.
(d) This word (With) putteth out the
distinction of persons to us.
() Christ is God before all time.
(e) This word (Word) is the first in order in
the sentence, and is that which the learned call
(Subjectum) and this word (God) is the latter
in order, and the same which the learned call
(Predicatum.)
2 This same was (*) in the beginning with God.
(*) The Son is of the same substance with the
Father.
3 (*) (2) All (f) things were made by it,
and (g) () without it (h) was made nothing
that was made.
(*) Colossians 1:16 .
(2) The son of God declareth that same his
everlasting Godhead, both by the creating of all
things, and also by the preserving of them, and
especially by the excellent gifts of reason and
understanding, wherewith he that beautified
man above all other creatures.
(f) Paul expoundeth this place, in
Colossians 1:15-16 .
(g) That is, as the Father did work, so did the
Son work with him; for he was fellow worker
with him.
() No creature was made without Christ.
(h) Of all those things which were made,
nothing was made without him.
4 (i) In it (k) was (*) life, and the life was
(l) the () light of men.
(i) That is, by him; and it is spoken after the
manner of the Hebrews, meaning thereby that
by his force and working power all life cometh
to the world.
(k) To wit, even then, when all things are made
by him, for else he would have said, Life is in
him, and not life was.
(*) Whereby all things are quickened
and preserved.
(l) That force of reason and understanding,
which is kindled in our minds, to knowledge
him, the author of so great a benefit.
() The life of man is more excellent than of any
other creature, because it is joined with light
and understanding.
5 (3) And that light shineth in (*) the darkness,
and the darkness (m) comprehended it not.
(3) The light of men is turned into darkness, but
yet so that there is clearness enough to make
them without excuse.
(*) Man's mind is full of darkness because of
the corruption thereof.
(m) They could not perceive nor reach unto it, to
receive any light of it, no, they did not so much
as acknowledge him.
6 ¶ (*) (4) There was a man sent from God,
whose name was John.
(*) Matthew 3:1; Mark 1:4; Luke 3:2 .
(4) There is another more full manifestation of
the Son of God, to the consideration whereof
men are in good time stirred up, even by John's
voice, who is as it were the herald of Christ.
7 This same came for a witness, to bear witness
of the light, that all men (n) through him might
believe.
(n) Through John.
8 He was not (o) the light, but was sent to bear
witness of the light.
(o) That light which we spake of, to wit, Christ,
who only can lighten our darkness.
9 (5) This was (p) the true light, which lighteth
every man that (*) cometh into the world.
(5) When as the Son of God saw, that
men did not acknowledge him by his works,
although they were endued with understanding
(which he had given to them all) he exhibited
himself unto his people to be seen of them with
their corporal eyes; yet neither so did they
acknowledge him, nor receive him.
(p) Who only and properly deserveth to be called
the light, for he shineth of himself and borroweth
light of none.
(*) Or, are born.
10 (q) He was in the world, and the world was
(*) made by him, and the world () knew him not.
(q) The person of the Word, was made manifest
even at that time when the world was made.
(*) Hebrews 11:3 .
() Because they did not worship him as their
God, Romans 1:21; Acts 14:15 .
11 He came (r) unto (*) his own, and his own
received him not.
(r) The Word shewed himself again, when he
came in the flesh.
(*) To the Israelites who were his peculiar
people.
12 (6) But as many as received him, to them he
gave (s) (*) prerogative to be the sons of God,
even to them that believe in his Name.
(6) The Son being shut out by the most of his
people, and acknowledged but of a few, doth
regenerate them by his own virtue and power,
and receiveth them into that honor which is
common to all the children of God, that is
to be the sons of God.
(s) He vouchsafed to give them this prerogative
to take them to be his children.
(*) Meaning privilege, or dignity.
13 Which are born not of blood, nor of the
(t) will of the flesh, nor of the will of man,
but of God.
(t) Of that gross and corrupt nature of man,
which is throughout the Scriptures set as
enemy to the Spirit.
14 (*) (7) And the Word was
made (u) () flesh, and (x) dwelt among us,
(and we (()) saw the (y) glory thereof, (z) as the
glory of the only begotten Son ((())) of the Father)
(a) (((()))) full of grace and truth.
(*) Matthew 1:16 .
(7) That Son, who is God from everlasting,
took upon him man's nature, that one and the
selfsame might be both God and man, which
manifestly appeared to many witnesses, that
saw him amongst whom he was conversant,
and unto whom by sure and undoubted
arguments he shewed both his natures.
(u) That is, man, so that the part is taken
for the whole, by the figure Synecdoche;
for he took upon him all our whole nature,
that is to say, a true body, and a true soul.
() He was formed and made man
by the operation of the holy Ghost
without the operation of man.
(x) For a season,
and when that was ended,
he went up into heaven; for the word
which he useth, is taken from tents, and yet
notwithstanding, his absence from us in body is
not such, but that he is always present with us,
though not in flesh, yet by the virtue of his spirit.
(()) Matthew 17:2; 2 Peter 1:17 .
(y) The glory which he speaketh of here, is that
manifestation of Christ his majesty, which was
as it were laid open before our eyes when the
Son of God appeared in flesh.
(z) This word (as)
doeth not in this place betoken
a likeness, but the truth of the matter, for his
meaning is this, that we saw such a glory, as
beseemed and was meet for the true and only
begotten Son of God, who is Lord and King
over all the world.
((())) Or, proceeding from the Father.
(a) He was not only a partaker of grace
and truth, but was full of the very substance
of grace and truth.
(((()))) Colossians 1:19; Colossians 2:9 .
15 ¶ (8) John bare witness of him, and cried,
saying, This was he of whom I said, He that
cometh (b) after me, is preferred before me,
for he was (c) (*) before me.
(8) John is a faithful witness
of the excellency of Christ.
(b) That is, He before whom I am sent to
prepare him the way, so that these words are
referred to the time of his calling, and not of
his age, for John was six months older than he.
(c) This sentence
hath in it a turning of the reason
as we call it, as who would say, a setting
of that first which should be last, and that last
which should be first, for in plain speech this it
is; He that cometh after me, is better than I am,
for he was before me.
The like kind of turning
the reason we find in Luke 7:47; many sins
are forgiven her, because she loved much,
which is thus much to say, she loved much,
because many sins are forgiven her.
(*) Or, more excellent than I.
16 (*) (9) And of his fullness have all we
received, and (d) () grace for grace.
(*) Colossians 1:19; Colossians 2:9 .
(9) Christ is the most plentiful fountain of all
goodness, but then he poured out his gifts most
bountifully, when as he exhibited and shewed
himself to the world.
(d) That is, grace upon grace, as a man
would say graces heaped one upon another.
() More abundant grace than by Moses.
17 For the Law was given by Moses,
but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.
18 (10) (*) No man hath seen God
at any time; the only begotten Son, which
is in the (e) () bosom of the Father, he hath
(f) (()) declared him.
(10) The true knowledge of God
proceedeth only from Jesus Christ.
(*) 1 Timothy 6:16; 1 John 4:12 .
(e) Who is nearest to his Father, not only in
respect of his love towards him, but by the
bond of nature, and for that union or oneness
that is between them, whereby the Father and
the Son are one.
() Meaning he is most dear, and straitly joined to
his Father, not only in love, but also in nature and
union.
(f) Revealed him, and shewed him unto us,
whereas before he was hid under the shadows
of the Law, so that the quickness of the sight
of our minds was not able to perceived him;
for whosoever seeth him, seeth the Father also.
(()) And so God that before was invisible,
was made, as it were, visible in Christ.
19 ¶ (11) Then this is the record of John,
when the Jews sent Priests and Levites from
Jerusalem to ask him, Who art thou?
(11) John is neither the Messiah, nor like to any
of the other Prophets, but is the herald of Christ,
who is now present.
20 And he (g) confessed and (h) denied not,
and said plainly, I (*) am not the Christ.
(g) He did acknowledge him, and spake
of him plainly and openly.
(h) This rehearsing of one and the selfsame
thing, though in divers words, is used much of
the Hebrews, and it hath great force; for they
used to speak one thing twice, to set it out
more certainly and plainly.
(*) Acts 13:25 .
21 And they asked him, What then? Art thou
Elijah? And he said, (i) I am not. Art thou (k)
the (*) Prophet? And he answered, No.
(i) The Jews thought
that Elijah should come
again before the days of the Messiah,
and they took the ground of that their
opinion out of Malachi 4:5; which place
is to be understood of John,
Matthew 11:14 .
And yet John denieth that he is Elijah,
answering them indeed according
as they meant.
(k) They enquire of some great Prophet,
and not of Christ, for John denied before,
that he is Christ, for they thought that some
great Prophet should be sent like unto Moses,
wresting to that purpose that place of
Deuteronomy 18:15; which is to be understood
to all the company of the Prophets and ministers,
which have been and shall be to the end, and
especially of Christ, who is the head
of all Prophets.
(*) Whom they looked for to be such one as
Moses was, Deuteronomy 18:15 .
22 Then said they unto him, Who art thou, that
we may give an answer to them that sent us?
What sayest thou of thyself?
23 He said, I (*) am the voice of him that crieth
in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the
Lord, as said the Prophet Isaiah.
(*) Isaiah 40:3; Matthew 3:3; Luke 3:4 .
24 (12) Now they which were sent,
were of the Pharisees.
(12) Christ is the author of baptism, and not
John; and therefore the force thereof consisteth
not in John, who is the minister, but wholly in
Christ the Lord.
25 And they asked him, and said unto him,
(l) Why baptizest thou then, if thou be not the
Christ, neither Elijah, nor the Prophet?
(l) Hereby we may prove that the Jews knew
there should be some change in religion under
Messiah.
26 John answered them, saying, I baptize with
water, but there is one (m) among you, whom
ye know not.
(m) Whom all the world seeth not, and is even
amongst you.
27 (*) He it is that cometh after me, which is
preferred before me, whose shoe latchet I am
not worthy to unloose.
(*) Matthew 3:11; Mark 1:7; Luke 3:16;
Acts 1:5; Acts 11:16; Acts 19:4 .
28 These things were done in Bethabara
beyond Jordan, where John did baptize.
29 ¶ (13) The next day John seeth Jesus coming
unto him, and saith, Behold (n) that Lamb of God,
which (o) taketh away the (p) (*) sin of the
world.
(13) The body and truth of all the sacrifices of
the Law, to make satisfaction for the sin of the
world, is in Christ.
(n) This word (That) which is added, hath great
force in it, not only to set forth the worthiness of
Christ, and so to separate him from the Lamb
which was a figure of him, and from all other
sacrifices of the Law, but also to bring into
our mind the Prophecies of Isaiah and others.
(o) This word of the present time signifieth
a continual act, for the Lamb hath this virtue
proper unto him, and forever, to take away
the sins of the world.
(p) That is, that root of sins, to wit, our
corruption, and so consequently, the fruits of
sins, which are commonly called in the plural
number sins.
(*) Signifying the original sin, which is the
fountain of all sins and therewith all other sins.
30 This is he of whom I said, After me cometh
a man, which is preferred before me, for he was
before me.
31 And (q) I knew (*) him not, but because he
should be declared to Israel, therefore am I
come, baptizing with water.
(q) I never knew him by face before.
(*) That is, by sight, but only by the revelation
of God.
32 (14) So John bare record, saying, I saw (*)
the Spirit come down from heaven, like a dove,
and it abode upon him,
(14) Christ is proved to be
the Son of God, by the coming down of the holy
Ghost, by the Father's voice, and by John's
testimony.
(*) Matthew 3:16; Mark 1:10; Luke 3:22 .
33 And I knew him not,
but he that sent me to baptize with water,
he said unto me, Upon whom thou shalt see
the Spirit come down, and tarry still on him,
that is he which baptizeth with the
(*) holy Ghost.
(*) Who giveth the virtue and effect
to baptism, accomplishing that thing
which is thereby represented.
34 And I saw, and bare record
that this is (r) that Son of God.
(r) This word (That) pointeth out
unto us some excellent thing, and
maketh a difference between Christ
and others, whom Moses and the Prophets
commonly call the sons of God, or the sons
of the most high.
35 ¶ (15) The next day, John stood again,
and two of his disciples.
(15) John gathereth disciples,
not to himself, but to Christ.
36 (16) And he beheld Jesus walking by,
and said, Behold the (*) Lamb of God.
(16) Christ is set before us to follow not
as a vain shadow, but as our Mediator.
(*) He alludeth to the Paschal lamb,
which was a figure of Christ.
37 (17) And the two disciples heard him
speak, and followed Jesus.
(17) In this first gathering of the disciples
we have shewed unto us, that the beginning
of salvation is from God, who calleth us unto
his Son by the ministry of his servants; whom
(so preventing us) we must also hear, and follow
him home, that being instructed by him, we may
also instruct others.
38 Then Jesus turned about,
and saw them follow, and said
unto them, What seek ye? And they
said unto him, Rabbi, (which is to say
by interpretation, Master) (s) (*) where
dwellest thou?
(s) Where is thy lodging?
(*) Or where is thy lodging? Or whither
goest thou? For he dwelled in Nazareth,
and was there as a stranger.
39 He said unto them, Come, and see. They
came and saw where he dwelt, and abode with
him that day, for it was about the (t) (*) tenth
hour.
(t) The night grew on.
(*) That was, two hours before night.
40 Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, was one of
the two which had heard (*) it of John, and that
followed him.
(*) How John said,
that Jesus was the Lamb of God.
41 The same found his brother Simon first, and
said unto him, We have found that Messiah
which is by interpretation, that (u) Christ.
(u) That is, anointed, and King after the manner
of the Jewish people.
42 And he brought him to Jesus. And Jesus
beheld him, and said, Thou art Simon the son
of Jona; thou shalt be called Cephas, which is
by interpretation (*) a stone.
(*) Or, Petrus.
43 ¶ The day following, Jesus would go into
Galilee, and found Philip, and said unto him,
Follow me.
44 Now Philip was of Bethsaida, the city of
Andrew and Peter.
45 (18) Philip found Nathanael, and said unto
him, We have found him of whom (*) Moses
did write in the Law, and the () Prophets,
Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.
(18) The good endeavors even of the unlearned,
God doeth so allow, that he maketh them masters
to the learned.
(*) Genesis 49:10; Deuteronomy 18:18 .
() Isaiah 40:10, Isaiah 45:8; Jeremiah 23:5;
Jeremiah 33:14; Ezekiel 34:25; Ezekiel 37:24;
Daniel 9:24 .
46 (19) Then Nathanael said unto him, Can there
any (*) good thing come out of Nazareth? Philip
said to him, Come, and see.
(19) We must especially take heed of false
presumptions, which shut up against us the
entrance to Christ.
(*) Those things which are contemptible to the
world, are esteemed and preferred of God; and
those things which the world preferreth, God
abhorreth.
47 (20) Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and
said of him, Behold indeed an Israelite, in whom
is no guile.
(20) Simple uprightness discerneth the true
Israelites from the false.
48 (21) Nathanael said unto him, Whence
knewest thou me? Jesus answered, and said
unto him, Before that Philip called thee, when
thou wast under the fig tree, I saw thee.
(21) The end of miracles is to set before us
Christ the Almighty, and also the only author
of our salvation, that we may apprehend him
by faith.
49 Nathanael answered, and said unto him,
Rabbi, thou art the Son of God; thou art the
King of Israel.
50 Jesus answered, and said unto him,
Because I said unto thee, I saw thee under
the fig tree, (*) believest thou? Thou shalt
see greater things than these.
(*) Or, thou believest.
51 And he said unto him, Verily,
verily, I say unto you, Hereafter shall
ye see heaven () open, and the Angels
of God (*) (x) ascending, and descending
upon that Son of man.
() Christ openeth the heavens, that we may
have access to God, and maketh us fellows
to the Angels.
(*) Genesis 28:12 .
(x) By these words, the power of God
is signified which should appear in his
ministry by the angels serving him as
the head of the Church.
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In God We Trust
The Geneva Bible New Testament
& The Holy Gospel Of Jesus Christ,
According To John Chapter 1 ;
1 That Word
begotten of God before all worlds.
2 Which was ever with the Father.
14 Is made man,
6-7 For what end John was sent from God.
16 His preaching of Christ's office.
19 The record that he bare
given out unto the Priests.
40 The calling of Andrew,
42 of Peter,
43 Philip,
45 and Nathanael.
1 In (1) (*) the (a) beginning (b) was (c) that
Word, and the Word was (d) with () God, and
the (e) Word was God.
(1) The Son of God is of one, and the selfsame
eternity or everlastingness, and of one and the
selfsame essence or nature, with the Father.
(*) Or, before the beginning.
(a) From his beginning, as the Evangelist saith
in 1 John 1:1; as though he said, that the world
began not than to have his being, when God
began to make all that was made; for the word
was even then when all things that were made,
began to be made, and therefore he was before
the beginning of all things.
(b) Had his being.
(c) This word, (That) pointeth out unto us a
peculiar and choice thing above all others, and
putteth a difference between this Word, which
is the Son of God, and the Laws of God, which
otherwise also are called the word of God.
(d) This word (With) putteth out the
distinction of persons to us.
() Christ is God before all time.
(e) This word (Word) is the first in order in
the sentence, and is that which the learned call
(Subjectum) and this word (God) is the latter
in order, and the same which the learned call
(Predicatum.)
2 This same was (*) in the beginning with God.
(*) The Son is of the same substance with the
Father.
3 (*) (2) All (f) things were made by it,
and (g) () without it (h) was made nothing
that was made.
(*) Colossians 1:16 .
(2) The son of God declareth that same his
everlasting Godhead, both by the creating of all
things, and also by the preserving of them, and
especially by the excellent gifts of reason and
understanding, wherewith he that beautified
man above all other creatures.
(f) Paul expoundeth this place, in
Colossians 1:15-16 .
(g) That is, as the Father did work, so did the
Son work with him; for he was fellow worker
with him.
() No creature was made without Christ.
(h) Of all those things which were made,
nothing was made without him.
4 (i) In it (k) was (*) life, and the life was
(l) the () light of men.
(i) That is, by him; and it is spoken after the
manner of the Hebrews, meaning thereby that
by his force and working power all life cometh
to the world.
(k) To wit, even then, when all things are made
by him, for else he would have said, Life is in
him, and not life was.
(*) Whereby all things are quickened
and preserved.
(l) That force of reason and understanding,
which is kindled in our minds, to knowledge
him, the author of so great a benefit.
() The life of man is more excellent than of any
other creature, because it is joined with light
and understanding.
5 (3) And that light shineth in (*) the darkness,
and the darkness (m) comprehended it not.
(3) The light of men is turned into darkness, but
yet so that there is clearness enough to make
them without excuse.
(*) Man's mind is full of darkness because of
the corruption thereof.
(m) They could not perceive nor reach unto it, to
receive any light of it, no, they did not so much
as acknowledge him.
6 ¶ (*) (4) There was a man sent from God,
whose name was John.
(*) Matthew 3:1; Mark 1:4; Luke 3:2 .
(4) There is another more full manifestation of
the Son of God, to the consideration whereof
men are in good time stirred up, even by John's
voice, who is as it were the herald of Christ.
7 This same came for a witness, to bear witness
of the light, that all men (n) through him might
believe.
(n) Through John.
8 He was not (o) the light, but was sent to bear
witness of the light.
(o) That light which we spake of, to wit, Christ,
who only can lighten our darkness.
9 (5) This was (p) the true light, which lighteth
every man that (*) cometh into the world.
(5) When as the Son of God saw, that
men did not acknowledge him by his works,
although they were endued with understanding
(which he had given to them all) he exhibited
himself unto his people to be seen of them with
their corporal eyes; yet neither so did they
acknowledge him, nor receive him.
(p) Who only and properly deserveth to be called
the light, for he shineth of himself and borroweth
light of none.
(*) Or, are born.
10 (q) He was in the world, and the world was
(*) made by him, and the world () knew him not.
(q) The person of the Word, was made manifest
even at that time when the world was made.
(*) Hebrews 11:3 .
() Because they did not worship him as their
God, Romans 1:21; Acts 14:15 .
11 He came (r) unto (*) his own, and his own
received him not.
(r) The Word shewed himself again, when he
came in the flesh.
(*) To the Israelites who were his peculiar
people.
12 (6) But as many as received him, to them he
gave (s) (*) prerogative to be the sons of God,
even to them that believe in his Name.
(6) The Son being shut out by the most of his
people, and acknowledged but of a few, doth
regenerate them by his own virtue and power,
and receiveth them into that honor which is
common to all the children of God, that is
to be the sons of God.
(s) He vouchsafed to give them this prerogative
to take them to be his children.
(*) Meaning privilege, or dignity.
13 Which are born not of blood, nor of the
(t) will of the flesh, nor of the will of man,
but of God.
(t) Of that gross and corrupt nature of man,
which is throughout the Scriptures set as
enemy to the Spirit.
14 (*) (7) And the Word was
made (u) () flesh, and (x) dwelt among us,
(and we (()) saw the (y) glory thereof, (z) as the
glory of the only begotten Son ((())) of the Father)
(a) (((()))) full of grace and truth.
(*) Matthew 1:16 .
(7) That Son, who is God from everlasting,
took upon him man's nature, that one and the
selfsame might be both God and man, which
manifestly appeared to many witnesses, that
saw him amongst whom he was conversant,
and unto whom by sure and undoubted
arguments he shewed both his natures.
(u) That is, man, so that the part is taken
for the whole, by the figure Synecdoche;
for he took upon him all our whole nature,
that is to say, a true body, and a true soul.
() He was formed and made man
by the operation of the holy Ghost
without the operation of man.
(x) For a season,
and when that was ended,
he went up into heaven; for the word
which he useth, is taken from tents, and yet
notwithstanding, his absence from us in body is
not such, but that he is always present with us,
though not in flesh, yet by the virtue of his spirit.
(()) Matthew 17:2; 2 Peter 1:17 .
(y) The glory which he speaketh of here, is that
manifestation of Christ his majesty, which was
as it were laid open before our eyes when the
Son of God appeared in flesh.
(z) This word (as)
doeth not in this place betoken
a likeness, but the truth of the matter, for his
meaning is this, that we saw such a glory, as
beseemed and was meet for the true and only
begotten Son of God, who is Lord and King
over all the world.
((())) Or, proceeding from the Father.
(a) He was not only a partaker of grace
and truth, but was full of the very substance
of grace and truth.
(((()))) Colossians 1:19; Colossians 2:9 .
15 ¶ (8) John bare witness of him, and cried,
saying, This was he of whom I said, He that
cometh (b) after me, is preferred before me,
for he was (c) (*) before me.
(8) John is a faithful witness
of the excellency of Christ.
(b) That is, He before whom I am sent to
prepare him the way, so that these words are
referred to the time of his calling, and not of
his age, for John was six months older than he.
(c) This sentence
hath in it a turning of the reason
as we call it, as who would say, a setting
of that first which should be last, and that last
which should be first, for in plain speech this it
is; He that cometh after me, is better than I am,
for he was before me.
The like kind of turning
the reason we find in Luke 7:47; many sins
are forgiven her, because she loved much,
which is thus much to say, she loved much,
because many sins are forgiven her.
(*) Or, more excellent than I.
16 (*) (9) And of his fullness have all we
received, and (d) () grace for grace.
(*) Colossians 1:19; Colossians 2:9 .
(9) Christ is the most plentiful fountain of all
goodness, but then he poured out his gifts most
bountifully, when as he exhibited and shewed
himself to the world.
(d) That is, grace upon grace, as a man
would say graces heaped one upon another.
() More abundant grace than by Moses.
17 For the Law was given by Moses,
but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.
18 (10) (*) No man hath seen God
at any time; the only begotten Son, which
is in the (e) () bosom of the Father, he hath
(f) (()) declared him.
(10) The true knowledge of God
proceedeth only from Jesus Christ.
(*) 1 Timothy 6:16; 1 John 4:12 .
(e) Who is nearest to his Father, not only in
respect of his love towards him, but by the
bond of nature, and for that union or oneness
that is between them, whereby the Father and
the Son are one.
() Meaning he is most dear, and straitly joined to
his Father, not only in love, but also in nature and
union.
(f) Revealed him, and shewed him unto us,
whereas before he was hid under the shadows
of the Law, so that the quickness of the sight
of our minds was not able to perceived him;
for whosoever seeth him, seeth the Father also.
(()) And so God that before was invisible,
was made, as it were, visible in Christ.
19 ¶ (11) Then this is the record of John,
when the Jews sent Priests and Levites from
Jerusalem to ask him, Who art thou?
(11) John is neither the Messiah, nor like to any
of the other Prophets, but is the herald of Christ,
who is now present.
20 And he (g) confessed and (h) denied not,
and said plainly, I (*) am not the Christ.
(g) He did acknowledge him, and spake
of him plainly and openly.
(h) This rehearsing of one and the selfsame
thing, though in divers words, is used much of
the Hebrews, and it hath great force; for they
used to speak one thing twice, to set it out
more certainly and plainly.
(*) Acts 13:25 .
21 And they asked him, What then? Art thou
Elijah? And he said, (i) I am not. Art thou (k)
the (*) Prophet? And he answered, No.
(i) The Jews thought
that Elijah should come
again before the days of the Messiah,
and they took the ground of that their
opinion out of Malachi 4:5; which place
is to be understood of John,
Matthew 11:14 .
And yet John denieth that he is Elijah,
answering them indeed according
as they meant.
(k) They enquire of some great Prophet,
and not of Christ, for John denied before,
that he is Christ, for they thought that some
great Prophet should be sent like unto Moses,
wresting to that purpose that place of
Deuteronomy 18:15; which is to be understood
to all the company of the Prophets and ministers,
which have been and shall be to the end, and
especially of Christ, who is the head
of all Prophets.
(*) Whom they looked for to be such one as
Moses was, Deuteronomy 18:15 .
22 Then said they unto him, Who art thou, that
we may give an answer to them that sent us?
What sayest thou of thyself?
23 He said, I (*) am the voice of him that crieth
in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the
Lord, as said the Prophet Isaiah.
(*) Isaiah 40:3; Matthew 3:3; Luke 3:4 .
24 (12) Now they which were sent,
were of the Pharisees.
(12) Christ is the author of baptism, and not
John; and therefore the force thereof consisteth
not in John, who is the minister, but wholly in
Christ the Lord.
25 And they asked him, and said unto him,
(l) Why baptizest thou then, if thou be not the
Christ, neither Elijah, nor the Prophet?
(l) Hereby we may prove that the Jews knew
there should be some change in religion under
Messiah.
26 John answered them, saying, I baptize with
water, but there is one (m) among you, whom
ye know not.
(m) Whom all the world seeth not, and is even
amongst you.
27 (*) He it is that cometh after me, which is
preferred before me, whose shoe latchet I am
not worthy to unloose.
(*) Matthew 3:11; Mark 1:7; Luke 3:16;
Acts 1:5; Acts 11:16; Acts 19:4 .
28 These things were done in Bethabara
beyond Jordan, where John did baptize.
29 ¶ (13) The next day John seeth Jesus coming
unto him, and saith, Behold (n) that Lamb of God,
which (o) taketh away the (p) (*) sin of the
world.
(13) The body and truth of all the sacrifices of
the Law, to make satisfaction for the sin of the
world, is in Christ.
(n) This word (That) which is added, hath great
force in it, not only to set forth the worthiness of
Christ, and so to separate him from the Lamb
which was a figure of him, and from all other
sacrifices of the Law, but also to bring into
our mind the Prophecies of Isaiah and others.
(o) This word of the present time signifieth
a continual act, for the Lamb hath this virtue
proper unto him, and forever, to take away
the sins of the world.
(p) That is, that root of sins, to wit, our
corruption, and so consequently, the fruits of
sins, which are commonly called in the plural
number sins.
(*) Signifying the original sin, which is the
fountain of all sins and therewith all other sins.
30 This is he of whom I said, After me cometh
a man, which is preferred before me, for he was
before me.
31 And (q) I knew (*) him not, but because he
should be declared to Israel, therefore am I
come, baptizing with water.
(q) I never knew him by face before.
(*) That is, by sight, but only by the revelation
of God.
32 (14) So John bare record, saying, I saw (*)
the Spirit come down from heaven, like a dove,
and it abode upon him,
(14) Christ is proved to be
the Son of God, by the coming down of the holy
Ghost, by the Father's voice, and by John's
testimony.
(*) Matthew 3:16; Mark 1:10; Luke 3:22 .
33 And I knew him not,
but he that sent me to baptize with water,
he said unto me, Upon whom thou shalt see
the Spirit come down, and tarry still on him,
that is he which baptizeth with the
(*) holy Ghost.
(*) Who giveth the virtue and effect
to baptism, accomplishing that thing
which is thereby represented.
34 And I saw, and bare record
that this is (r) that Son of God.
(r) This word (That) pointeth out
unto us some excellent thing, and
maketh a difference between Christ
and others, whom Moses and the Prophets
commonly call the sons of God, or the sons
of the most high.
35 ¶ (15) The next day, John stood again,
and two of his disciples.
(15) John gathereth disciples,
not to himself, but to Christ.
36 (16) And he beheld Jesus walking by,
and said, Behold the (*) Lamb of God.
(16) Christ is set before us to follow not
as a vain shadow, but as our Mediator.
(*) He alludeth to the Paschal lamb,
which was a figure of Christ.
37 (17) And the two disciples heard him
speak, and followed Jesus.
(17) In this first gathering of the disciples
we have shewed unto us, that the beginning
of salvation is from God, who calleth us unto
his Son by the ministry of his servants; whom
(so preventing us) we must also hear, and follow
him home, that being instructed by him, we may
also instruct others.
38 Then Jesus turned about,
and saw them follow, and said
unto them, What seek ye? And they
said unto him, Rabbi, (which is to say
by interpretation, Master) (s) (*) where
dwellest thou?
(s) Where is thy lodging?
(*) Or where is thy lodging? Or whither
goest thou? For he dwelled in Nazareth,
and was there as a stranger.
39 He said unto them, Come, and see. They
came and saw where he dwelt, and abode with
him that day, for it was about the (t) (*) tenth
hour.
(t) The night grew on.
(*) That was, two hours before night.
40 Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, was one of
the two which had heard (*) it of John, and that
followed him.
(*) How John said,
that Jesus was the Lamb of God.
41 The same found his brother Simon first, and
said unto him, We have found that Messiah
which is by interpretation, that (u) Christ.
(u) That is, anointed, and King after the manner
of the Jewish people.
42 And he brought him to Jesus. And Jesus
beheld him, and said, Thou art Simon the son
of Jona; thou shalt be called Cephas, which is
by interpretation (*) a stone.
(*) Or, Petrus.
43 ¶ The day following, Jesus would go into
Galilee, and found Philip, and said unto him,
Follow me.
44 Now Philip was of Bethsaida, the city of
Andrew and Peter.
45 (18) Philip found Nathanael, and said unto
him, We have found him of whom (*) Moses
did write in the Law, and the () Prophets,
Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.
(18) The good endeavors even of the unlearned,
God doeth so allow, that he maketh them masters
to the learned.
(*) Genesis 49:10; Deuteronomy 18:18 .
() Isaiah 40:10, Isaiah 45:8; Jeremiah 23:5;
Jeremiah 33:14; Ezekiel 34:25; Ezekiel 37:24;
Daniel 9:24 .
46 (19) Then Nathanael said unto him, Can there
any (*) good thing come out of Nazareth? Philip
said to him, Come, and see.
(19) We must especially take heed of false
presumptions, which shut up against us the
entrance to Christ.
(*) Those things which are contemptible to the
world, are esteemed and preferred of God; and
those things which the world preferreth, God
abhorreth.
47 (20) Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and
said of him, Behold indeed an Israelite, in whom
is no guile.
(20) Simple uprightness discerneth the true
Israelites from the false.
48 (21) Nathanael said unto him, Whence
knewest thou me? Jesus answered, and said
unto him, Before that Philip called thee, when
thou wast under the fig tree, I saw thee.
(21) The end of miracles is to set before us
Christ the Almighty, and also the only author
of our salvation, that we may apprehend him
by faith.
49 Nathanael answered, and said unto him,
Rabbi, thou art the Son of God; thou art the
King of Israel.
50 Jesus answered, and said unto him,
Because I said unto thee, I saw thee under
the fig tree, (*) believest thou? Thou shalt
see greater things than these.
(*) Or, thou believest.
51 And he said unto him, Verily,
verily, I say unto you, Hereafter shall
ye see heaven () open, and the Angels
of God (*) (x) ascending, and descending
upon that Son of man.
() Christ openeth the heavens, that we may
have access to God, and maketh us fellows
to the Angels.
(*) Genesis 28:12 .
(x) By these words, the power of God
is signified which should appear in his
ministry by the angels serving him as
the head of the Church.
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Calvin
http://www.reformed.org/books/institutes/entire.html
In God We Trust
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Our Heavenly Father's Will
Whoever it was that came up with The Red
Letter Bible did us a great service, I think .
The 102 chapters of The New Testament sited
here contain the spoken words and deeds
of our Heavenly Lord and Savior Christ Jesus .
Here are the chapters of the
Red Letter New Testament Bible
which contain the spoken words and
deeds of our
heavenly lord and savior Christ Jesus .
I suggest that these words and deeds of our
heavenly lord and savior Christ Jesus embody
that which I call Our Heavenly Father's Will .
I further suggest that These 102 chapters
containing these words and deeds of our
heavenly lord and savior Christ Jesus are the
holy, heavenly and central, kernel, core and index
to all other texts in the bible .
These 102 chapters of words and deeds are a
kind of heavenly and holy operating system for
protestants to live by .
Our Heavenly Fathers Will :
The 102 New Testament Chapters Containing
the spoken words and deeds of our
Heavenly Lord and Savior Christ Jesus ;
The Gospel of Matthew chapters 3 thru 28 .
The Gospel of Mark chapters 1 thru 16 .
The Gospel of Luke chapters 2 and 4 thru 24 .
The Gospel of John chapters 1 thru 21 .
The Book of Acts chapters 1 and 9 through 11,
chapters 18 and 20, chapters 22, 23 and 26 .
First Corinthians chapter 11 .
Second Corinthians chapter 12 .
First Timothy chapter 5 .
Revelation chapters 1 thru 3 and 16 and 22 .
The New Testament chapters sited here contain
the spoken words and deeds of our Heavenly Lord
and Savior Christ Jesus .
His words and deeds contain the will of our
Heavenly Father and our Heavenly Fathers Will
is ours to know and to live by if we would be
sincere protestants .
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Geneva Bible With Footnotes
http://www.genevabible.org/Geneva.html
Calvin
http://www.reformed.org/books/institutes/entire.html
Whoever it was that came up with The Red
Letter Bible did us a great service, I think .
The 102 chapters of The New Testament sited
here contain the spoken words and deeds
of our Heavenly Lord and Savior Christ Jesus .
Here are the chapters of the
Red Letter New Testament Bible
which contain the spoken words and
deeds of our
heavenly lord and savior Christ Jesus .
I suggest that these words and deeds of our
heavenly lord and savior Christ Jesus embody
that which I call Our Heavenly Father's Will .
I further suggest that These 102 chapters
containing these words and deeds of our
heavenly lord and savior Christ Jesus are the
holy, heavenly and central, kernel, core and index
to all other texts in the bible .
These 102 chapters of words and deeds are a
kind of heavenly and holy operating system for
protestants to live by .
Our Heavenly Fathers Will :
The 102 New Testament Chapters Containing
the spoken words and deeds of our
Heavenly Lord and Savior Christ Jesus ;
The Gospel of Matthew chapters 3 thru 28 .
The Gospel of Mark chapters 1 thru 16 .
The Gospel of Luke chapters 2 and 4 thru 24 .
The Gospel of John chapters 1 thru 21 .
The Book of Acts chapters 1 and 9 through 11,
chapters 18 and 20, chapters 22, 23 and 26 .
First Corinthians chapter 11 .
Second Corinthians chapter 12 .
First Timothy chapter 5 .
Revelation chapters 1 thru 3 and 16 and 22 .
The New Testament chapters sited here contain
the spoken words and deeds of our Heavenly Lord
and Savior Christ Jesus .
His words and deeds contain the will of our
Heavenly Father and our Heavenly Fathers Will
is ours to know and to live by if we would be
sincere protestants .
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http://www.genevabible.org/Geneva.html
Calvin
http://www.reformed.org/books/institutes/entire.html
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Official Definition of DEMOCRACY Vs. REPUBLIC !
From
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In the recent case of United States vs. Moran,
482 F.3d 1101, 1110 (9th Cir. 2007), tax
convictions were reversed when a defendant
was prevented from fully explaining the matters
upon which she had relied. ;
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The Common Law recognizes that the Power of
Government lies in the common people and not in
an elite group of power brokers.
It is the terrible Equity, Maritime and Admiralty
Laws (laws of contract) that steal this power
from the people and centralizes it into the hands
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Instead of being able to demand payment at Law,
or to make payment in Standard Gold Dollars as
Lawful money, or the equivalent Treasury
currency, redeemable on demand, at Par,
We The People were forced on to the credit of
the private banks, the Federal Reserve Banks and
the commercial banks, and began to pass around
their debt instruments, as though it were real
money, making use of their debt-claims for the
money, and thereby, by the operation of
House Joint Resolution No, 192, into an alien
and unlawful Federal Executive Equity Jurisdiction,
known as lex mercatoria, or the Law Merchant,
which is the private rule of the bankers, and from
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the people were subject to taxation, those rights
could be destroyed by increasing the tax rates to
unaffordable levels, and that therefore courts have
repeatedly ruled that government has no power to
tax the exercise of any rights of citizens, as shown
by the United States Supreme Court in the case
of Murdock vs.. Pennsylvania, 319 U.S. 105 (1943)
in which the court stated,
A state may not impose a charge for the
enjoyment of a right "granted"
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In the recent case of United States vs. Moran,
482 F.3d 1101, 1110 (9th Cir. 2007), tax
convictions were reversed when a defendant
was prevented from fully explaining the matters
upon which she had relied. ;
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wtpcc/message/2936
Official Definition of
DEMOCRACY vs. REPUBLIC ! ;
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wtpcc/message/2937
The Common Law recognizes that the Power of
Government lies in the common people and not in
an elite group of power brokers.
It is the terrible Equity, Maritime and Admiralty
Laws (laws of contract) that steal this power
from the people and centralizes it into the hands
of a few power oriented men. ;
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wtpcc/message/2938
Instead of being able to demand payment at Law,
or to make payment in Standard Gold Dollars as
Lawful money, or the equivalent Treasury
currency, redeemable on demand, at Par,
We The People were forced on to the credit of
the private banks, the Federal Reserve Banks and
the commercial banks, and began to pass around
their debt instruments, as though it were real
money, making use of their debt-claims for the
money, and thereby, by the operation of
House Joint Resolution No, 192, into an alien
and unlawful Federal Executive Equity Jurisdiction,
known as lex mercatoria, or the Law Merchant,
which is the private rule of the bankers, and from
which jurisdiction our forefathers fought, and won,
a revolution to be free, and from which jurisdiction
our Constitution and Bill of Rights protects Us. ;
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wtpcc/message/2939
I understand that if the exercise of the rights of
the people were subject to taxation, those rights
could be destroyed by increasing the tax rates to
unaffordable levels, and that therefore courts have
repeatedly ruled that government has no power to
tax the exercise of any rights of citizens, as shown
by the United States Supreme Court in the case
of Murdock vs.. Pennsylvania, 319 U.S. 105 (1943)
in which the court stated,
A state may not impose a charge for the
enjoyment of a right "granted"
by the Federal Constitution. ;
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Saturday, May 10, 2008
He fills their minds with the holy Ghost
From :
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New Testament ,
The Holy Gospel Of Jesus Christ,
According To Luke Chapter 24
1 The women come to the sepulcher.
9 The report that which they heard of the
Angles, unto the Apostles.
13 Christ doth accompany two going to
Emmaus.
27 He expoundeth the Scriptures unto them.
39 He offereth himself to his Apostles to be
handled.
49 He promiseth the holy Ghost.
51 He is carried up into heaven.
1 Now the (*) (1) () first day of the week
(a) early in the morning, they came unto the
sepulcher, and brought the odors which they
had prepared, and certain women with them.
(*) Matthew 28:1; Mark 16:2; John 20:1 .
(1) Poor filly women, even beside their
expectation are chosen to be the first
witnesses of the resurrection, that there
might be no suspicion either of deceit or
violence.
() Which was the first day after the first
Sabbath of the feast.
(a) Very early as Mark saith, or as John
saith, while it was yet dark, that is, when it
was yet scarce the dawning of day.
2 And they found the stone rolled away from
the sepulcher,
3 And went in, but found not the body of the
Lord Jesus.
4 And it came to pass, that as they were
amazed thereat, behold, (*) two men
suddenly stood by them in shining vestures.
(*) Two Angels in form of men.
5 And as they were afraid, and bowed down
their faces to the earth, they said to them,
Why seek ye him that liveth among the dead?
6 He is not here, but is risen; remember (*)
how he spake unto you, when he was yet in
Galilee,
(*) Luke 9:22; Matthew 17:23; Mark 9:31 .
7 Saying, that the Son of man must be
delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be
crucified, and the third day rise again.
8 And they remembered his words,
9 (2) And returned from the sepulcher, and
told all these things unto the eleven, and to
all the remnant.
(2) The cowardly and dastardly mind of the
disciples is upbraided by the stout courage of
women, (so wrought by God's great mercy)
to shew that the kingdom of God consisteth
in an extraordinary power.
10 Now it was Mary Magdalene, and
Joanna, and Mary the mother of James, and
other women with them which told these
things unto the Apostles.
11 But their words seemed unto them as a
feigned thing, neither believed they them.
12 (*) (3) Then arose Peter and ran unto the
sepulcher, and (b) looked in and saw the
linen clothes laid by themselves, and
departed wondering in himself at that which
was come to pass.
(*) John 20:6 .
(3) Christ useth the incredulity of his
disciples, to the fuller setting forth of the
truth of his resurrection, lest they should
seem to have believed that too lightly, which
they preached afterward to all the world.
(b) As it were holding down his head, and
bowing his neck, looked diligently in.
13 ¶ (*) (4) And behold, two of them went
that same day to a town which was from
Jerusalem about () threescore furlongs,
called Emmaus.
(*) Mark 16:12 .
(4) The resurrection is proved by two other
witnesses, which saw it, and that it was no
forged thing framed of purpose in their own
brains, all the circumstances do declare.
() Which is about seven miles and a half.
14 And they (*) talked together of all these
things that were done.
(*) Hereby appeareth that they had faith,
although it was weak.
15 And it came to pass, as they communed
together, and reasoned, that Jesus himself
drew near, and went with them.
16 (c) But their eyes (*) were holden, that
they could not know him.
(c) Were holden back and stayed, God so
appointing it, no doubt; and therefore his body
was not invisible, but their eyes were
dimmed.
(*) This declareth that we can neither see
nor understand till God open our eyes.
17 And he said unto them, What manner of
communications are these that ye have one
to another as ye walk and are sad?
18 And (d) the one (named Cleopas)
answered and said unto him, Art thou only a
(*) stranger in Jerusalem, and hast not known
the things which are come to pass therein in
these days?
(d) Some of the old fathers think that the
other disciple was this our Evangelist, but
Epiphanius' writing against the Saturnilians,
saith it was Nathanael, but all these are
uncertainties.
(*) For the thing was so notorious that all
men might have known it.
19 And he said unto them, What things?
And they said unto him, Of Jesus of
Nazareth, which was a Prophet, mighty
indeed and in word before God, and all
people,
20 (5) And how the high Priests, and our
rulers delivered him to be condemned to
death, and have crucified him.
(5) It appeareth by the converting of the
forewarnings of the Prophets, that all those
things are true and certain, which the
Evangelists have put down in writing of
Christ.
21 But we (*) trusted that it had been he that
should have delivered Israel, and as touching
all these things, today is the third day, that
they were done.
(*) They understood not yet what was the
deliverance that Jesus Christ purchased for
us, but looked for some worldly prosperity.
22 Yea, and certain women among us made
us astonied, which came early unto the
sepulcher.
23 And when they found not his body, they
came, saying, that they had also seen a vision
of Angels, which said, that he was alive.
24 Therefore certain of them which were
with us, went to the sepulcher, and found it
even so as the women had said, but him they
saw not.
25 Then he said unto them, (*) O fools and
slow of heart to believe all that the Prophets
have spoken!
(*) Infidelity is reproved.
26 Ought not Christ to have suffered these
things, and to enter into his glory?
27 And he began at (*) Moses, and at all the
Prophets, and interpreted unto them in all the
Scriptures the things which were written of
him.
(*) Christ only is the interpreter of the
Scriptures; for both the beginning and end
thereof direct us to him, because he is the
Saviour that is promised.
28 And they drew near unto the town, which
they went to, but he (*) made as though he
would have gone further.
(*) Because Christ did both shut their eyes
and opened them, he would keep them in
suspense till his time came to manifest
himself unto them.
29 But they constrained him, saying, Abide
with us, for it is towards night, and the day is
far spent. So he went in to tarry with them.
30 And it came to pass, as he sat at table
with them, he took the bread, (*) and
blessed, and brake it, and gave it to them.
(*) According to the custom, the which
manner of praying before meals they used to
this day.
31 Then their eyes were opened, and they
knew him; and he was (e) taken out of their
sight.
(e) Suddenly taken away, and therefore we
may not imagine that he was there in such a
body as could not be seen, but believe
indeed that he changed his place.
32 And they said between themselves, Did
not our hearts burn within us, while he talked
with us by the way, and when he opened to
us the Scriptures?
33 And they rose up the same hour, and
returned to Jerusalem, and found the eleven
gathered together, and them that were with
them,
34 Which said, The Lord is risen indeed, and
hath appeared to Simon.
35 Then they told what things were done in
the way, and how he was known of them in
(f) (*) breaking of bread.
(f) When he brake bread, which that people
used, as the Jews use yet at this day at the
beginning of their meals, and say a prayer.
(*) So soon as he began to break bread.
36 ¶ (*) (6) And as they spake these things,
Jesus himself stood in the midst of them, and
said unto them, Peace be to you.
(*) Mark 16:14; John 20:19 .
(6) The Lord himself sheweth by certain and
necessary signs, that he was risen again, and
that in the same body which he took upon
him.
37 But they were abashed and afraid,
supposing that they had seen a spirit.
38 Then he said unto them, Why are ye
troubled? And wherefore do (g) doubts arise
in your hearts?
(g) Divers and doubtful thoughts which fall
oft into men's heads, when any strange thing
falleth out, whereof there is no great
likelihood.
39 Behold my hands and my feet, for it is I
myself; handle me, and see, for a spirit hath
not flesh and bones, as ye see me have.
40 And when he had thus spoken, he shewed
them his hands and feet.
41 And while they yet believed not for joy,
and wondered, he said unto them, Have ye
here any meat?
42 And they gave him a piece of a broiled
fish, and of a honeycomb,
43 And he took it, and did eat before them.
44 (7) And he said unto them, These are the
words, which I spake unto you while I was
yet with you, that all must be fulfilled which
are written of me in the Law of Moses, and
in the Prophets, and in the Psalms.
(7) The preaching of the Gospel, which was
promised to the Prophets and performed in
his time, is committed unto the Apostles; the
sum whereof, is repentance and remission of
sins.
45 Then opened he their understanding, that
they might understand the Scriptures,
46 And said unto them, Thus is it written,
and thus it behooved Christ to suffer, and to
rise again from the dead the third day,
47 And that repentance, and remission of
sins should be preached in his Name among
all nations, (h) beginning at Jerusalem.
(h) The Apostles who are the preachers of
the Gospel beginning at Jerusalem.
48 Now ye are witnesses of these things.
49 And behold, I do send the (*) promise of
my Father upon you; but tarry ye in the city
of Jerusalem, (i) until ye be endued with
power from on high.
(*) John 15:26; Acts 1:4 .
(i) Until the holy Ghost come down from
heaven upon you.
50 (8) Afterward he led them out into
Bethany, and lifted up his hands, and blessed
them.
(8) Christ ascendeth into heaven, and
departing bodily from his disciples, filleth
their hearts with the holy Ghost.
51 And it came to pass, that as he blessed
them, (*) he departed from them, and was
carried up into heaven.
(*) Mark 16:19; Acts 1:9 .
52 And they worshipped him, and returned
to Jerusalem with great joy,
53 And were continually in the Temple,
praising, and lauding God, Amen.
Gospel of Luke with Footnotes :
http://www.genevabible.org/files/Geneva_Bible/New_Testament/Luke_F.pdf
Geneva Bible With Footnotes
http://www.genevabible.org/Geneva.html
Calvin
http://www.reformed.org/books/institutes/entire.html
The Geneva Bible
New Testament ,
The Holy Gospel Of Jesus Christ,
According To Luke Chapter 24
1 The women come to the sepulcher.
9 The report that which they heard of the
Angles, unto the Apostles.
13 Christ doth accompany two going to
Emmaus.
27 He expoundeth the Scriptures unto them.
39 He offereth himself to his Apostles to be
handled.
49 He promiseth the holy Ghost.
51 He is carried up into heaven.
1 Now the (*) (1) () first day of the week
(a) early in the morning, they came unto the
sepulcher, and brought the odors which they
had prepared, and certain women with them.
(*) Matthew 28:1; Mark 16:2; John 20:1 .
(1) Poor filly women, even beside their
expectation are chosen to be the first
witnesses of the resurrection, that there
might be no suspicion either of deceit or
violence.
() Which was the first day after the first
Sabbath of the feast.
(a) Very early as Mark saith, or as John
saith, while it was yet dark, that is, when it
was yet scarce the dawning of day.
2 And they found the stone rolled away from
the sepulcher,
3 And went in, but found not the body of the
Lord Jesus.
4 And it came to pass, that as they were
amazed thereat, behold, (*) two men
suddenly stood by them in shining vestures.
(*) Two Angels in form of men.
5 And as they were afraid, and bowed down
their faces to the earth, they said to them,
Why seek ye him that liveth among the dead?
6 He is not here, but is risen; remember (*)
how he spake unto you, when he was yet in
Galilee,
(*) Luke 9:22; Matthew 17:23; Mark 9:31 .
7 Saying, that the Son of man must be
delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be
crucified, and the third day rise again.
8 And they remembered his words,
9 (2) And returned from the sepulcher, and
told all these things unto the eleven, and to
all the remnant.
(2) The cowardly and dastardly mind of the
disciples is upbraided by the stout courage of
women, (so wrought by God's great mercy)
to shew that the kingdom of God consisteth
in an extraordinary power.
10 Now it was Mary Magdalene, and
Joanna, and Mary the mother of James, and
other women with them which told these
things unto the Apostles.
11 But their words seemed unto them as a
feigned thing, neither believed they them.
12 (*) (3) Then arose Peter and ran unto the
sepulcher, and (b) looked in and saw the
linen clothes laid by themselves, and
departed wondering in himself at that which
was come to pass.
(*) John 20:6 .
(3) Christ useth the incredulity of his
disciples, to the fuller setting forth of the
truth of his resurrection, lest they should
seem to have believed that too lightly, which
they preached afterward to all the world.
(b) As it were holding down his head, and
bowing his neck, looked diligently in.
13 ¶ (*) (4) And behold, two of them went
that same day to a town which was from
Jerusalem about () threescore furlongs,
called Emmaus.
(*) Mark 16:12 .
(4) The resurrection is proved by two other
witnesses, which saw it, and that it was no
forged thing framed of purpose in their own
brains, all the circumstances do declare.
() Which is about seven miles and a half.
14 And they (*) talked together of all these
things that were done.
(*) Hereby appeareth that they had faith,
although it was weak.
15 And it came to pass, as they communed
together, and reasoned, that Jesus himself
drew near, and went with them.
16 (c) But their eyes (*) were holden, that
they could not know him.
(c) Were holden back and stayed, God so
appointing it, no doubt; and therefore his body
was not invisible, but their eyes were
dimmed.
(*) This declareth that we can neither see
nor understand till God open our eyes.
17 And he said unto them, What manner of
communications are these that ye have one
to another as ye walk and are sad?
18 And (d) the one (named Cleopas)
answered and said unto him, Art thou only a
(*) stranger in Jerusalem, and hast not known
the things which are come to pass therein in
these days?
(d) Some of the old fathers think that the
other disciple was this our Evangelist, but
Epiphanius' writing against the Saturnilians,
saith it was Nathanael, but all these are
uncertainties.
(*) For the thing was so notorious that all
men might have known it.
19 And he said unto them, What things?
And they said unto him, Of Jesus of
Nazareth, which was a Prophet, mighty
indeed and in word before God, and all
people,
20 (5) And how the high Priests, and our
rulers delivered him to be condemned to
death, and have crucified him.
(5) It appeareth by the converting of the
forewarnings of the Prophets, that all those
things are true and certain, which the
Evangelists have put down in writing of
Christ.
21 But we (*) trusted that it had been he that
should have delivered Israel, and as touching
all these things, today is the third day, that
they were done.
(*) They understood not yet what was the
deliverance that Jesus Christ purchased for
us, but looked for some worldly prosperity.
22 Yea, and certain women among us made
us astonied, which came early unto the
sepulcher.
23 And when they found not his body, they
came, saying, that they had also seen a vision
of Angels, which said, that he was alive.
24 Therefore certain of them which were
with us, went to the sepulcher, and found it
even so as the women had said, but him they
saw not.
25 Then he said unto them, (*) O fools and
slow of heart to believe all that the Prophets
have spoken!
(*) Infidelity is reproved.
26 Ought not Christ to have suffered these
things, and to enter into his glory?
27 And he began at (*) Moses, and at all the
Prophets, and interpreted unto them in all the
Scriptures the things which were written of
him.
(*) Christ only is the interpreter of the
Scriptures; for both the beginning and end
thereof direct us to him, because he is the
Saviour that is promised.
28 And they drew near unto the town, which
they went to, but he (*) made as though he
would have gone further.
(*) Because Christ did both shut their eyes
and opened them, he would keep them in
suspense till his time came to manifest
himself unto them.
29 But they constrained him, saying, Abide
with us, for it is towards night, and the day is
far spent. So he went in to tarry with them.
30 And it came to pass, as he sat at table
with them, he took the bread, (*) and
blessed, and brake it, and gave it to them.
(*) According to the custom, the which
manner of praying before meals they used to
this day.
31 Then their eyes were opened, and they
knew him; and he was (e) taken out of their
sight.
(e) Suddenly taken away, and therefore we
may not imagine that he was there in such a
body as could not be seen, but believe
indeed that he changed his place.
32 And they said between themselves, Did
not our hearts burn within us, while he talked
with us by the way, and when he opened to
us the Scriptures?
33 And they rose up the same hour, and
returned to Jerusalem, and found the eleven
gathered together, and them that were with
them,
34 Which said, The Lord is risen indeed, and
hath appeared to Simon.
35 Then they told what things were done in
the way, and how he was known of them in
(f) (*) breaking of bread.
(f) When he brake bread, which that people
used, as the Jews use yet at this day at the
beginning of their meals, and say a prayer.
(*) So soon as he began to break bread.
36 ¶ (*) (6) And as they spake these things,
Jesus himself stood in the midst of them, and
said unto them, Peace be to you.
(*) Mark 16:14; John 20:19 .
(6) The Lord himself sheweth by certain and
necessary signs, that he was risen again, and
that in the same body which he took upon
him.
37 But they were abashed and afraid,
supposing that they had seen a spirit.
38 Then he said unto them, Why are ye
troubled? And wherefore do (g) doubts arise
in your hearts?
(g) Divers and doubtful thoughts which fall
oft into men's heads, when any strange thing
falleth out, whereof there is no great
likelihood.
39 Behold my hands and my feet, for it is I
myself; handle me, and see, for a spirit hath
not flesh and bones, as ye see me have.
40 And when he had thus spoken, he shewed
them his hands and feet.
41 And while they yet believed not for joy,
and wondered, he said unto them, Have ye
here any meat?
42 And they gave him a piece of a broiled
fish, and of a honeycomb,
43 And he took it, and did eat before them.
44 (7) And he said unto them, These are the
words, which I spake unto you while I was
yet with you, that all must be fulfilled which
are written of me in the Law of Moses, and
in the Prophets, and in the Psalms.
(7) The preaching of the Gospel, which was
promised to the Prophets and performed in
his time, is committed unto the Apostles; the
sum whereof, is repentance and remission of
sins.
45 Then opened he their understanding, that
they might understand the Scriptures,
46 And said unto them, Thus is it written,
and thus it behooved Christ to suffer, and to
rise again from the dead the third day,
47 And that repentance, and remission of
sins should be preached in his Name among
all nations, (h) beginning at Jerusalem.
(h) The Apostles who are the preachers of
the Gospel beginning at Jerusalem.
48 Now ye are witnesses of these things.
49 And behold, I do send the (*) promise of
my Father upon you; but tarry ye in the city
of Jerusalem, (i) until ye be endued with
power from on high.
(*) John 15:26; Acts 1:4 .
(i) Until the holy Ghost come down from
heaven upon you.
50 (8) Afterward he led them out into
Bethany, and lifted up his hands, and blessed
them.
(8) Christ ascendeth into heaven, and
departing bodily from his disciples, filleth
their hearts with the holy Ghost.
51 And it came to pass, that as he blessed
them, (*) he departed from them, and was
carried up into heaven.
(*) Mark 16:19; Acts 1:9 .
52 And they worshipped him, and returned
to Jerusalem with great joy,
53 And were continually in the Temple,
praising, and lauding God, Amen.
Gospel of Luke with Footnotes :
http://www.genevabible.org/files/Geneva_Bible/New_Testament/Luke_F.pdf
Geneva Bible With Footnotes
http://www.genevabible.org/Geneva.html
Calvin
http://www.reformed.org/books/institutes/entire.html
Sunday, May 4, 2008
Abuse of liberties
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And We the People For Independent Texas :
"Not every action by any judge is in exercise of
his judicial function.
It is not a judicial function for a Judge to commit
an intentional tort even though the tort occurs in
the Courthouse, when a judge acts as a
Trespasser of the Law, when a judge does not
follow the law, the judge loses subject matter
jurisdiction and The Judge's orders are void, of no
legal force or effect"!
The United States Supreme Court has stated that
"No State legislator or executive or judicial officer
can war against the Constitution without violating
his Undertaking to support it".
"Included in the right of personal liberty and the
right of private property-partaking of the nature
of each-is the right to make contracts for the
acquisition of property.
Chief among such contracts is that of personal
employment, by which labor and other services
are exchanged for money or other forms of
property. If this right be struck down or
arbitrarily interfered with, there is a substantial
impairment of liberty in the long established
constitutional sense.
The right is as essential to the laborer as to the
capitalist, to the poor as to the rich; for the vast
majority of persons have no other honest way to
begin to acquire property, save by working for
money."
"The question should never have been; what is
income?
It should have been; what is "business"?
The Federal Income Tax is now, and always has
been, a tax upon "net-income."
It is a "business" excise tax, upon the "privilege"
of receiving gain [profit] from commercial and
financial activities.
The tax has nothing to do with people, except in
relation to how those people derived
"gains and profits" from the use and employment
of capital and or labor [property]."
"Top Ten Liberties Abuses of the Income Tax
Any tax system creates a threat to individual
liberty because "the power to tax involves the
power to destroy," as Chief Justice John Marshall
observed.[1]
But the federal income tax and its enforcement
harm civil liberties much more than necessary
to raise needed funds for the government.
Certainly, the IRS performs poorly and too easily
abuses the rights of citizens.
But ultimately Congress is to blame for creating
an excessively complex and high-rate tax system.
New laws to increase taxpayer protections and
replacement of the income tax with a simpler,
flatter consumption-based tax could greatly
reduce the following 10 areas of civil liberties
abuse.
1. "Vertical" Inequality.
Although equality under the law is a bedrock
American principle, the income tax treats citizens
unequally.
"Vertical" inequality is created by hugely
different tax burdens on citizens at different
income levels.
For example, households earning between
$30,000 and $75,000 pay an average 10 percent
of their income in federal income taxes, compared
to 27 percent for households earning more than
$200,000.[2]
Fully 36 percent of U.S. households pay no
income tax.[3]
Besides violating the spirit of equal protection
guarantees of the Constitution, such unequal
burdens distort perceptions about the costs and
benefits of government because programs
appear to be free of cost to many.
2. "Horizontal" Inequality.
Even people with similar incomes are
treated unequally by the many
exemptions, deductions, credits, and other
intricacies of the income tax. For example, there
are 59 income tax provisions that vary depending
on marital status.[4]
Likewise, the tax differences between
homeowners and renters with the same incomes
can be thousands of dollars because of itemized
deductions for property taxes and mortgage
interest.
Another disparity is the unequal access to savings
vehicles in the tax code depending on individuals'
work situations and other factors. If all individual
savings were exempt from tax, as under a
consumption-based system, individuals would be
treated more equally.
3. Complexity, Ambiguity, and Uncertainty.
Certainty in the law is a bulwark against arbitrary
and abusive government.
But there is no certainty under the income tax
because it rests on an inherently
difficult-to-measure tax base, uses no consistent
definition of "income" or other concepts, and is a
labyrinth of narrow and limited provisions created
by politicians intent on social engineering.[5]
The current IRS commissioner concedes that the
income tax has become too complex for accurate
administration, which is evident in the 28 percent
IRS error rate on phone inquiries and 60 percent
error rate on audits.[6] Business tax rules are so
ambiguous that many disputes drag on for years
and are valued in the hundreds of millions of
dollars.[7]
Individuals are baffled by the complex rules on
capital gains, pension and savings plans, and a
growing list of targeted incentives.
4. Huge Size and Instability of Tax Law.
Citizens are required to know the nation's laws
and comply with them.
Yet federal tax rules are massive in scope and
constantly changing.
Tax laws, regulations, and related documentation
span 45,662 pages.[8]
There were 441 changes to tax rules in last year's
tax-cut law alone.[9]
That law guaranteed a decade of tax instability
with phased-in changes lasting until 2010. Income
tax instability is typified by changes in taxes on
capital.
There have been 25 substantial changes in the
treatment of long-term capital gains since 1922.
[10]
Pension tax laws have been substantially changed
nearly every year since the early 1980s, creating
regulatory backlogs and leaving employers unsure
about how to comply.[11]
Last year's tax-cut law alone had 64 separate rule
changes for pension and saving plans.[12]
5. Lack of Financial Privacy.
The broad-based
income tax necessitates a large invasion of
financial privacy that a low-rate
consumption-based tax could avoid.
The IRS regularly gains access to a myriad of
personal records, such as mortgage records,
credit card data, phone records, banking and
investment records, real property transaction data,
and personal correspondence.
This broad IRS authority to obtain records
without court supervision has been referred to by
the Supreme Court as "a power of inquisition."
[13]
6. Denial of Due Process.
The Fifth Amendment
right to due process is ignored in many respects
by the federal income tax regime. Due process
requires that government provide accused citizens
a clear notice of a claim against them and allow
the accused a hearing before executing
enforcement action.
But the IRS engages in many summary
judgments, and enforces them prior to any
judicial determinations.
Moreover, the very complexity and ambiguity of
the income tax seems to violate due process.
In 1926, the Supreme Court noted that a statute
that is "so vague that men of common intelligence
must necessarily guess at its meaning and differ
as to its application, violates that first essential of
due process of law."[14]
7. Shifting of the Burden of Proof.
For non-criminal tax cases -- the vast majority of
cases -- the tax code reverses the centuries-old
common law principle that the burden of proof
rests with the accuser.
Except in some narrow circumstances, the IRS
does not have to prove the correctness of its
determinations.
When the IRS makes erroneous assessments, as
it often does, citizens carry the burden to prove
that they are wrong.
Efforts to shift the burden of proof to the IRS in
the 1998 IRS Restructuring and Reform Act did
not accomplish that goal. In addition, the new
rules do not apply to the 97 percent of IRS
actions that are deemed administrative in nature.
[15]
8. No Trial by Jury in Tax Court.
Despite Sixth
and Seventh Amendment guarantees of trial by
jury, the federal tax system carefully sidesteps
such protections.
To contest an IRS tax calculation prior to
assessment, one must file a petition in the U.S.
Tax Court.
But since this is an administrative court, not an
Article III court, no jury trial is required.
To obtain a jury trial and related rights for civil tax
cases, one must file suit in a U.S. District Court.
But before that can happen, the alleged tax,
penalties, and interest must be paid in full.
And if the citizen wins, there is a burdensome
route to retrieving the disputed money. For most
people, those rules effectively eliminate the right
to trial by jury in tax cases.
9. Unreasonable Searches and Seizures.
In most situations, the Fourth Amendment
guarantees that, before the government can
search private property and seize records, it must
demonstrate to a court that there is
"probable cause" to believe that lawless conduct
exists.
However, the IRS's summons authority under tax
code section 7602 allows it to obtain records of
every description from any person without
showing probable cause and without a court
order.
There has also been an explosion in information
reporting required by the IRS and a big expansion
in its computer searching for personal records.
Recently, the IRS won the power to access
financial data on Visa cards issued by foreign
banks.
Many examples of abusive IRS searches and
seizures were revealed in U.S. Senate hearings in
1997.[16]
10. Forced Self-Incrimination.
The requirement to
file tax returns sworn to under penalty of perjury
operates to invalidate the Fifth Amendment
protection against self-incrimination. Citizens face
a legal dilemma.
On the one hand, refusing to file a return would
expose a citizen to prosecution for failure to file.
On the other hand, disclosing information sought
in tax returns constitutes a waiver of Fifth
Amendment protections.
The IRS can and does release that information to
federal, state, and local agencies for both tax and
non-tax law enforcement purposes." ;
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"Not every action by any judge is in exercise of
his judicial function.
It is not a judicial function for a Judge to commit
an intentional tort even though the tort occurs in
the Courthouse, when a judge acts as a
Trespasser of the Law, when a judge does not
follow the law, the judge loses subject matter
jurisdiction and The Judge's orders are void, of no
legal force or effect"!
The United States Supreme Court has stated that
"No State legislator or executive or judicial officer
can war against the Constitution without violating
his Undertaking to support it".
"Included in the right of personal liberty and the
right of private property-partaking of the nature
of each-is the right to make contracts for the
acquisition of property.
Chief among such contracts is that of personal
employment, by which labor and other services
are exchanged for money or other forms of
property. If this right be struck down or
arbitrarily interfered with, there is a substantial
impairment of liberty in the long established
constitutional sense.
The right is as essential to the laborer as to the
capitalist, to the poor as to the rich; for the vast
majority of persons have no other honest way to
begin to acquire property, save by working for
money."
"The question should never have been; what is
income?
It should have been; what is "business"?
The Federal Income Tax is now, and always has
been, a tax upon "net-income."
It is a "business" excise tax, upon the "privilege"
of receiving gain [profit] from commercial and
financial activities.
The tax has nothing to do with people, except in
relation to how those people derived
"gains and profits" from the use and employment
of capital and or labor [property]."
"Top Ten Liberties Abuses of the Income Tax
Any tax system creates a threat to individual
liberty because "the power to tax involves the
power to destroy," as Chief Justice John Marshall
observed.[1]
But the federal income tax and its enforcement
harm civil liberties much more than necessary
to raise needed funds for the government.
Certainly, the IRS performs poorly and too easily
abuses the rights of citizens.
But ultimately Congress is to blame for creating
an excessively complex and high-rate tax system.
New laws to increase taxpayer protections and
replacement of the income tax with a simpler,
flatter consumption-based tax could greatly
reduce the following 10 areas of civil liberties
abuse.
1. "Vertical" Inequality.
Although equality under the law is a bedrock
American principle, the income tax treats citizens
unequally.
"Vertical" inequality is created by hugely
different tax burdens on citizens at different
income levels.
For example, households earning between
$30,000 and $75,000 pay an average 10 percent
of their income in federal income taxes, compared
to 27 percent for households earning more than
$200,000.[2]
Fully 36 percent of U.S. households pay no
income tax.[3]
Besides violating the spirit of equal protection
guarantees of the Constitution, such unequal
burdens distort perceptions about the costs and
benefits of government because programs
appear to be free of cost to many.
2. "Horizontal" Inequality.
Even people with similar incomes are
treated unequally by the many
exemptions, deductions, credits, and other
intricacies of the income tax. For example, there
are 59 income tax provisions that vary depending
on marital status.[4]
Likewise, the tax differences between
homeowners and renters with the same incomes
can be thousands of dollars because of itemized
deductions for property taxes and mortgage
interest.
Another disparity is the unequal access to savings
vehicles in the tax code depending on individuals'
work situations and other factors. If all individual
savings were exempt from tax, as under a
consumption-based system, individuals would be
treated more equally.
3. Complexity, Ambiguity, and Uncertainty.
Certainty in the law is a bulwark against arbitrary
and abusive government.
But there is no certainty under the income tax
because it rests on an inherently
difficult-to-measure tax base, uses no consistent
definition of "income" or other concepts, and is a
labyrinth of narrow and limited provisions created
by politicians intent on social engineering.[5]
The current IRS commissioner concedes that the
income tax has become too complex for accurate
administration, which is evident in the 28 percent
IRS error rate on phone inquiries and 60 percent
error rate on audits.[6] Business tax rules are so
ambiguous that many disputes drag on for years
and are valued in the hundreds of millions of
dollars.[7]
Individuals are baffled by the complex rules on
capital gains, pension and savings plans, and a
growing list of targeted incentives.
4. Huge Size and Instability of Tax Law.
Citizens are required to know the nation's laws
and comply with them.
Yet federal tax rules are massive in scope and
constantly changing.
Tax laws, regulations, and related documentation
span 45,662 pages.[8]
There were 441 changes to tax rules in last year's
tax-cut law alone.[9]
That law guaranteed a decade of tax instability
with phased-in changes lasting until 2010. Income
tax instability is typified by changes in taxes on
capital.
There have been 25 substantial changes in the
treatment of long-term capital gains since 1922.
[10]
Pension tax laws have been substantially changed
nearly every year since the early 1980s, creating
regulatory backlogs and leaving employers unsure
about how to comply.[11]
Last year's tax-cut law alone had 64 separate rule
changes for pension and saving plans.[12]
5. Lack of Financial Privacy.
The broad-based
income tax necessitates a large invasion of
financial privacy that a low-rate
consumption-based tax could avoid.
The IRS regularly gains access to a myriad of
personal records, such as mortgage records,
credit card data, phone records, banking and
investment records, real property transaction data,
and personal correspondence.
This broad IRS authority to obtain records
without court supervision has been referred to by
the Supreme Court as "a power of inquisition."
[13]
6. Denial of Due Process.
The Fifth Amendment
right to due process is ignored in many respects
by the federal income tax regime. Due process
requires that government provide accused citizens
a clear notice of a claim against them and allow
the accused a hearing before executing
enforcement action.
But the IRS engages in many summary
judgments, and enforces them prior to any
judicial determinations.
Moreover, the very complexity and ambiguity of
the income tax seems to violate due process.
In 1926, the Supreme Court noted that a statute
that is "so vague that men of common intelligence
must necessarily guess at its meaning and differ
as to its application, violates that first essential of
due process of law."[14]
7. Shifting of the Burden of Proof.
For non-criminal tax cases -- the vast majority of
cases -- the tax code reverses the centuries-old
common law principle that the burden of proof
rests with the accuser.
Except in some narrow circumstances, the IRS
does not have to prove the correctness of its
determinations.
When the IRS makes erroneous assessments, as
it often does, citizens carry the burden to prove
that they are wrong.
Efforts to shift the burden of proof to the IRS in
the 1998 IRS Restructuring and Reform Act did
not accomplish that goal. In addition, the new
rules do not apply to the 97 percent of IRS
actions that are deemed administrative in nature.
[15]
8. No Trial by Jury in Tax Court.
Despite Sixth
and Seventh Amendment guarantees of trial by
jury, the federal tax system carefully sidesteps
such protections.
To contest an IRS tax calculation prior to
assessment, one must file a petition in the U.S.
Tax Court.
But since this is an administrative court, not an
Article III court, no jury trial is required.
To obtain a jury trial and related rights for civil tax
cases, one must file suit in a U.S. District Court.
But before that can happen, the alleged tax,
penalties, and interest must be paid in full.
And if the citizen wins, there is a burdensome
route to retrieving the disputed money. For most
people, those rules effectively eliminate the right
to trial by jury in tax cases.
9. Unreasonable Searches and Seizures.
In most situations, the Fourth Amendment
guarantees that, before the government can
search private property and seize records, it must
demonstrate to a court that there is
"probable cause" to believe that lawless conduct
exists.
However, the IRS's summons authority under tax
code section 7602 allows it to obtain records of
every description from any person without
showing probable cause and without a court
order.
There has also been an explosion in information
reporting required by the IRS and a big expansion
in its computer searching for personal records.
Recently, the IRS won the power to access
financial data on Visa cards issued by foreign
banks.
Many examples of abusive IRS searches and
seizures were revealed in U.S. Senate hearings in
1997.[16]
10. Forced Self-Incrimination.
The requirement to
file tax returns sworn to under penalty of perjury
operates to invalidate the Fifth Amendment
protection against self-incrimination. Citizens face
a legal dilemma.
On the one hand, refusing to file a return would
expose a citizen to prosecution for failure to file.
On the other hand, disclosing information sought
in tax returns constitutes a waiver of Fifth
Amendment protections.
The IRS can and does release that information to
federal, state, and local agencies for both tax and
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The Holy Gospel Of Jesus Christ,
According To Luke Chapter 23
1 He is accused before Pilate.
7 He is sent to Herod.
11 He is mocked.
24 Pilate yieldeth him up to the Jews' request.
27 The woman bewail him.
33 He is crucified.
39 One of the thieves revileth him.
43 The other is saved by faith.
45 He died.
53 He is buried.
1 Then (1) the whole multitude of them arose,
and led him unto (*) Pilate.
(1) Christ, who is now ready to suffer for the
sedition, which we raised in this world, is first of
all pronounced guiltless, that it might appear that
he suffered not for his own sins
(which were none) but for ours.
(*) Who was the chief governor, and had the
examination of matters of life and death.
2 And they began to accuse him, saying, We
have found this man (a) perverting the nation,
(*) and forbidding to pay tribute to Caesar,
saying, That he is Christ a King.
(a) Corrupting the people, and leading them into
errors.
(*) Matthew 22:21; Mark 12:17 .
3 (*) And Pilate asked him, saying, Art thou the
King of the Jews?
And he answered him, and said, Thou sayest it.
(*) Matthew 27:11; Mark 15:2; John 18:33 .
4 Then said Pilate to the high Priests, and to the
people, I find no fault in this man.
5 But they were the more fierce, saying, He
moveth the people, teaching throughout all
Judea, beginning at Galilee, even to this place.
6 (2) Now when Pilate heard of Galilee, he
asked whether the man were a Galilean.
(2) Christ is a laughingstock to princes, but to
their great smart.
7 And when he knew that he was of (b)
Herod's jurisdiction, he (*) sent him to Herod,
which was also at Jerusalem () in those days.
(b) This was Herod Antipas the Tetrarch, in the
time of whose governance, which was almost
the space of twenty two years, John the Baptist
preached and was put to death, and Jesus Christ
also died and rose again, and the Apostles began
to preach, and divers things were done at
Jerusalem almost seven years after Christ's
death. This Herod was sent into banishment to
Lyons, about the second year of Gaius Caesar.
(*) To rid his hands, and to gratify Herod.
() Or, at that time.
8 And when Herod saw Jesus, he was
exceedingly glad; for he was (*) desirous to see
him of a long season, because he had heard
many things of him, and trusted to have seen
some () sign done by him.
(*) Of a certain curiosity.
() Or, miracle.
9 Then questioned he with him of many things,
but he answered him (*) nothing.
(*) For Christ came not to defend himself,
neither yet would please the vain curiosity of this
tyrant.
10 The high Priests also and Scribes stood forth
and accused him vehemently.
11 And Herod with his (c) (*) men of war,
despised him, and mocked him, and arrayed him in
() () white, and sent him again to Pilate.
(c) Accompanied with his nobles and soldiers
which followed him from Galilee.
(*) Or, band, or train.
() Commonly this was a robe of honor, or
excellency; but it was given to Christ in
mockage.
() Or, in bright color.
12 (3) And the same day Pilate and Herod were
made friends together, for before they were
enemies one to another.
(3) The hatred of godliness joineth the wicked
together.
13 ¶ (4) Then Pilate called together the high
Priests, and the (d) rulers, and the people,
(4) Christ is quit the second time, even of him of
whom he is condemned, that it might appear,
how he being just, redeemed us which were
unjust.
(d) Those whom the Jews called the Sanhedrin.
14 (*) And said unto them, Ye have brought this
man unto me, as one that perverted the people,
and behold, I have examined him before you, and
have found no fault in this man, of those things
whereof ye accuse him;
(*) Matthew 27:13; Mark 15:14; John 18:38 .
15 No, nor yet Herod, for I sent you to him, and
lo, nothing worthy of death is done (*) of him.
(*) Or, by him.
16 (5) I will therefore chastise him, and let him
loose.
(5) The wisdom of the flesh, of two evils
chooseth the less, but God curseth such
counsels.
17 (For of (*) necessity he must have let one
loose unto them at the feast.)
(*) For the Romans had given such liberties to
the Jews, which was but a tradition, and not
according to the word of God.
18 Then all the multitude cried at once, saying,
Away with him, and deliver unto us Barabbas;
19 Which for a certain insurrection made in the
city, and murder, was cast in prison.
20 Then Pilate spake again to them, willing to let
Jesus loose.
21 But they cried, saying, Crucify, crucify him.
22 (6) And he said unto them the third time, But
what evil hath he done? I find (*) no cause of
death in him; I will therefore chastise him, and
let him loose.
(6) Christ is quit the third time, before he was
condemned once, that it might appear, how that
our sins were condemned in him.
(*) The judge giveth sentence with Christ, before
he condemneth him, whereby plainly appeareth
Jesus' innocency.
23 But they were instant with loud voices, and
required that he might be crucified. And the
voices of them and of the high Priests prevailed.
24 So Pilate gave sentence, that it should be as
they required.
25 And he let loose unto them him that for
insurrection and murder was cast into prison,
whom they desired, and delivered Jesus to do
with him what they would.
26 ¶ (*) (7) And as they led him away, they
caught one Simon of Cyrene, coming out of the
field, and on him they laid the cross, to bear it
after Jesus.
(*) Matthew 27:32; Mark 15:21 .
(7) An example of the outrageousness and
disorder of soldiers.
27 (8) And there followed him a great multitude
of people, and of women, which women
bewailed and lamented him.
(8) The triumph of the wicked hath a most
horrible end.
28 But Jesus turned back unto them, and said,
(*) Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for me,
but weep for yourselves, and for your children.
(*) Or, women of Jerusalem.
29 For behold, the days will come, when men
shall say, Blessed are the barren, and the wombs
that never bare, and the paps which never gave
suck.
30 Then shall they begin to say to the mountains,
(*) Fall on us, and to the hills, Cover us.
(*) Isaiah 2:19; Hosea 10:8; Revelation 6:16 .
31 (*) For if they do these things to a (e) ()
green tree, what shall be done to the dry?
(*) 1 Peter 4:17 .
(e) As if he said, If they do thus to me that am
fruitful, and always flourishing, and who live
forever by reason of my Godhead, what will they
do to you, that are unfruitful and void of all lively
righteousness?
() If the innocent be thus handled, what shall the
wicked man be?
32 (*) And there were two others, which were
evil doers, led with him to be slain.
(*) Matthew 27:38; Mark 15:27; John 19:18 .
33 (9) And when they were come to the place,
which is called (*) Calvary, there they crucified
him, and the evil doers, one at the right hand,
and the other at the left.
(9) Christ became accursed for us upon the
Cross, suffering the punishment which they
deserved that would be Gods.
(*) Or, the place of skulls.
34 (10) Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them,
for they know not what they do.
And they parted his raiment, and cast lots.
(10) Christ in praying for his enemies, sheweth
that he is both the sacrifice and the Priest.
35 And the people stood, and beheld. And the
rulers mocked him with them, saying, He saved
others; let him save himself, if he be that Christ,
the (f) (*) Chosen of God.
(f) Whom God loveth more than all others.
(*) Whom God hath before all others appointed
to be the Messiah; otherwise the Scriptures
calleth them the elect of God, whom he hath
chosen before all beginning to life everlasting.
36 The soldiers also mocked him, and came and
offered him (*) vinegar, (*) Mixed with myrrh
and gall to hasten his death.
37 And said, If thou be the King of the Jews,
save thyself.
38 (11) And a superscription was also written
over him, in (*) Greek letters, and in Latin, and in
Hebrew, THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS.
(11) Pilate at unawares is made a preacher of
the kingdom of Christ.
(*) That the thing might be known to all nations,
because these three languages were most
common.
39 ¶ (g) And (12) one of the evil doers, which
were hanged, railed on him, saying, If thou be the
Christ, save thyself and us.
(g) Therefore either we must take that spoken
by Synecdoche which Matthew saith, or that
both of them mocked Christ. But one of them at
the length overcome with great patience of God,
brakes forth into that confession worthy all
memory.
(12) Christ in the midst of the humbling of
himself upon the cross, sheweth indeed that he
hath both power of life to save the believers and
of death to revenge the rebellious.
40 But the other answered, and rebuked him,
saying, (*) Fearest thou not God, seeing thou art
in the same condemnation?
(*) The condemnation which thou now sufferest,
causeth it thee not to fear God.
41 We are indeed righteously here, for we
receive things worthy of that we have done; but
this man hath done nothing (h) amiss.
(h) More than he ought.
42 And he said unto Jesus, Lord, remember me,
when thou comest into thy kingdom.
43 Then Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto
thee, today shalt thou be with me in (i) Paradise.
(i) God made the visible paradise to the East
part of the world, but that which we behold with
the eyes of our mind is the place of everlasting
joy and salvation through the goodness and
mercy of God, a most pleasant rest of the souls
of the godly, and a most quiet and joyful dwelling.
44 ¶ (13) And it was about the (*) sixth hour,
and there was a darkness over all the land, until
the ninth hour.
(13) Christ being even at the point of death,
sheweth himself to be God almighty, even to the
blind.
(*) Which was midday.
45 (14) And the sun was darkened, and the veil
of the Temple rent through the midst.
(14) Christ entereth stoutly into the very
darkness of death, for to overcome death even
within his most secret places.
46 And Jesus cried with a loud voice, and said,
(*) Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit.
And when he thus had said, he gave up the
ghost.
(*) Psalm 30:6 .
47 ¶ (15) Now when the (*) () Centurion saw
what was done, he glorified God, saying, Of a
surety this man was just.
(15) Christ causeth his very enemies to give
honorable witness on his side, so oft as it
pleaseth him.
(*) Or, Captain.
() The Roman Captain who had charge over a
hundred men.
48 And all the people that came together to that
sight, beholding the things which were done,
smote their breasts, and returned.
49 (16) And all his acquaintances stood afar off,
and the women that followed him from Galilee,
beholding these things.
(16) Christ gathereth together, and defendeth his
little flock in the midst of the tormentors.
50 ¶ (*) (17) And behold, there was a man
named Joseph, which was a counselor, a good
man and a just.
(*) Matthew 27:57; Mark 15:43; John 19:38 .
(17) Christ through his famous burial confirmeth
the truth both of his death, and resurrection, by
the plain and evident witness of Pilate.
51 He did not consent to the counsel and deed of
them, which was of Arimathea, a city of the
Jews, who also himself (*) () waited for the
kingdom of God.
(*) Or, had embraced.
() He looked for the redeemer, by whom all
should be restored.
52 He went unto Pilate, and asked the body of
Jesus,
53 And took it down, and wrapped it in a linen
cloth, and laid it in a tomb hewn out of a rock,
wherein was never man yet laid.
54 And that day was the (*) Preparation, and the
Sabbath (k) () drew on.
(*) When men prepared all things ready for the
feast.
(k) Word for word, dawning, as now beginning,
for the light of the former day drew toward the
going down, and that was the day of preparation
for the feast which was to be kept the day
following.
() That is, began the same evening.
55 (18) And the women also that followed after,
which came with him from Galilee, beheld the
sepulcher, and how his body was laid.
(18) Christ being set upon by the devil and all his
instruments, and being even, in death's mouth,
setteth weak women in his forward, minding
straightways to triumph over those terrible
enemies without any great endeavor.
56 And they returned and prepared odors, and
ointments, and rested the Sabbath day according
to the commandment.
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The Geneva Bible
New Testament ,
The Holy Gospel Of Jesus Christ,
According To Luke Chapter 23
1 He is accused before Pilate.
7 He is sent to Herod.
11 He is mocked.
24 Pilate yieldeth him up to the Jews' request.
27 The woman bewail him.
33 He is crucified.
39 One of the thieves revileth him.
43 The other is saved by faith.
45 He died.
53 He is buried.
1 Then (1) the whole multitude of them arose,
and led him unto (*) Pilate.
(1) Christ, who is now ready to suffer for the
sedition, which we raised in this world, is first of
all pronounced guiltless, that it might appear that
he suffered not for his own sins
(which were none) but for ours.
(*) Who was the chief governor, and had the
examination of matters of life and death.
2 And they began to accuse him, saying, We
have found this man (a) perverting the nation,
(*) and forbidding to pay tribute to Caesar,
saying, That he is Christ a King.
(a) Corrupting the people, and leading them into
errors.
(*) Matthew 22:21; Mark 12:17 .
3 (*) And Pilate asked him, saying, Art thou the
King of the Jews?
And he answered him, and said, Thou sayest it.
(*) Matthew 27:11; Mark 15:2; John 18:33 .
4 Then said Pilate to the high Priests, and to the
people, I find no fault in this man.
5 But they were the more fierce, saying, He
moveth the people, teaching throughout all
Judea, beginning at Galilee, even to this place.
6 (2) Now when Pilate heard of Galilee, he
asked whether the man were a Galilean.
(2) Christ is a laughingstock to princes, but to
their great smart.
7 And when he knew that he was of (b)
Herod's jurisdiction, he (*) sent him to Herod,
which was also at Jerusalem () in those days.
(b) This was Herod Antipas the Tetrarch, in the
time of whose governance, which was almost
the space of twenty two years, John the Baptist
preached and was put to death, and Jesus Christ
also died and rose again, and the Apostles began
to preach, and divers things were done at
Jerusalem almost seven years after Christ's
death. This Herod was sent into banishment to
Lyons, about the second year of Gaius Caesar.
(*) To rid his hands, and to gratify Herod.
() Or, at that time.
8 And when Herod saw Jesus, he was
exceedingly glad; for he was (*) desirous to see
him of a long season, because he had heard
many things of him, and trusted to have seen
some () sign done by him.
(*) Of a certain curiosity.
() Or, miracle.
9 Then questioned he with him of many things,
but he answered him (*) nothing.
(*) For Christ came not to defend himself,
neither yet would please the vain curiosity of this
tyrant.
10 The high Priests also and Scribes stood forth
and accused him vehemently.
11 And Herod with his (c) (*) men of war,
despised him, and mocked him, and arrayed him in
() () white, and sent him again to Pilate.
(c) Accompanied with his nobles and soldiers
which followed him from Galilee.
(*) Or, band, or train.
() Commonly this was a robe of honor, or
excellency; but it was given to Christ in
mockage.
() Or, in bright color.
12 (3) And the same day Pilate and Herod were
made friends together, for before they were
enemies one to another.
(3) The hatred of godliness joineth the wicked
together.
13 ¶ (4) Then Pilate called together the high
Priests, and the (d) rulers, and the people,
(4) Christ is quit the second time, even of him of
whom he is condemned, that it might appear,
how he being just, redeemed us which were
unjust.
(d) Those whom the Jews called the Sanhedrin.
14 (*) And said unto them, Ye have brought this
man unto me, as one that perverted the people,
and behold, I have examined him before you, and
have found no fault in this man, of those things
whereof ye accuse him;
(*) Matthew 27:13; Mark 15:14; John 18:38 .
15 No, nor yet Herod, for I sent you to him, and
lo, nothing worthy of death is done (*) of him.
(*) Or, by him.
16 (5) I will therefore chastise him, and let him
loose.
(5) The wisdom of the flesh, of two evils
chooseth the less, but God curseth such
counsels.
17 (For of (*) necessity he must have let one
loose unto them at the feast.)
(*) For the Romans had given such liberties to
the Jews, which was but a tradition, and not
according to the word of God.
18 Then all the multitude cried at once, saying,
Away with him, and deliver unto us Barabbas;
19 Which for a certain insurrection made in the
city, and murder, was cast in prison.
20 Then Pilate spake again to them, willing to let
Jesus loose.
21 But they cried, saying, Crucify, crucify him.
22 (6) And he said unto them the third time, But
what evil hath he done? I find (*) no cause of
death in him; I will therefore chastise him, and
let him loose.
(6) Christ is quit the third time, before he was
condemned once, that it might appear, how that
our sins were condemned in him.
(*) The judge giveth sentence with Christ, before
he condemneth him, whereby plainly appeareth
Jesus' innocency.
23 But they were instant with loud voices, and
required that he might be crucified. And the
voices of them and of the high Priests prevailed.
24 So Pilate gave sentence, that it should be as
they required.
25 And he let loose unto them him that for
insurrection and murder was cast into prison,
whom they desired, and delivered Jesus to do
with him what they would.
26 ¶ (*) (7) And as they led him away, they
caught one Simon of Cyrene, coming out of the
field, and on him they laid the cross, to bear it
after Jesus.
(*) Matthew 27:32; Mark 15:21 .
(7) An example of the outrageousness and
disorder of soldiers.
27 (8) And there followed him a great multitude
of people, and of women, which women
bewailed and lamented him.
(8) The triumph of the wicked hath a most
horrible end.
28 But Jesus turned back unto them, and said,
(*) Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for me,
but weep for yourselves, and for your children.
(*) Or, women of Jerusalem.
29 For behold, the days will come, when men
shall say, Blessed are the barren, and the wombs
that never bare, and the paps which never gave
suck.
30 Then shall they begin to say to the mountains,
(*) Fall on us, and to the hills, Cover us.
(*) Isaiah 2:19; Hosea 10:8; Revelation 6:16 .
31 (*) For if they do these things to a (e) ()
green tree, what shall be done to the dry?
(*) 1 Peter 4:17 .
(e) As if he said, If they do thus to me that am
fruitful, and always flourishing, and who live
forever by reason of my Godhead, what will they
do to you, that are unfruitful and void of all lively
righteousness?
() If the innocent be thus handled, what shall the
wicked man be?
32 (*) And there were two others, which were
evil doers, led with him to be slain.
(*) Matthew 27:38; Mark 15:27; John 19:18 .
33 (9) And when they were come to the place,
which is called (*) Calvary, there they crucified
him, and the evil doers, one at the right hand,
and the other at the left.
(9) Christ became accursed for us upon the
Cross, suffering the punishment which they
deserved that would be Gods.
(*) Or, the place of skulls.
34 (10) Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them,
for they know not what they do.
And they parted his raiment, and cast lots.
(10) Christ in praying for his enemies, sheweth
that he is both the sacrifice and the Priest.
35 And the people stood, and beheld. And the
rulers mocked him with them, saying, He saved
others; let him save himself, if he be that Christ,
the (f) (*) Chosen of God.
(f) Whom God loveth more than all others.
(*) Whom God hath before all others appointed
to be the Messiah; otherwise the Scriptures
calleth them the elect of God, whom he hath
chosen before all beginning to life everlasting.
36 The soldiers also mocked him, and came and
offered him (*) vinegar, (*) Mixed with myrrh
and gall to hasten his death.
37 And said, If thou be the King of the Jews,
save thyself.
38 (11) And a superscription was also written
over him, in (*) Greek letters, and in Latin, and in
Hebrew, THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS.
(11) Pilate at unawares is made a preacher of
the kingdom of Christ.
(*) That the thing might be known to all nations,
because these three languages were most
common.
39 ¶ (g) And (12) one of the evil doers, which
were hanged, railed on him, saying, If thou be the
Christ, save thyself and us.
(g) Therefore either we must take that spoken
by Synecdoche which Matthew saith, or that
both of them mocked Christ. But one of them at
the length overcome with great patience of God,
brakes forth into that confession worthy all
memory.
(12) Christ in the midst of the humbling of
himself upon the cross, sheweth indeed that he
hath both power of life to save the believers and
of death to revenge the rebellious.
40 But the other answered, and rebuked him,
saying, (*) Fearest thou not God, seeing thou art
in the same condemnation?
(*) The condemnation which thou now sufferest,
causeth it thee not to fear God.
41 We are indeed righteously here, for we
receive things worthy of that we have done; but
this man hath done nothing (h) amiss.
(h) More than he ought.
42 And he said unto Jesus, Lord, remember me,
when thou comest into thy kingdom.
43 Then Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto
thee, today shalt thou be with me in (i) Paradise.
(i) God made the visible paradise to the East
part of the world, but that which we behold with
the eyes of our mind is the place of everlasting
joy and salvation through the goodness and
mercy of God, a most pleasant rest of the souls
of the godly, and a most quiet and joyful dwelling.
44 ¶ (13) And it was about the (*) sixth hour,
and there was a darkness over all the land, until
the ninth hour.
(13) Christ being even at the point of death,
sheweth himself to be God almighty, even to the
blind.
(*) Which was midday.
45 (14) And the sun was darkened, and the veil
of the Temple rent through the midst.
(14) Christ entereth stoutly into the very
darkness of death, for to overcome death even
within his most secret places.
46 And Jesus cried with a loud voice, and said,
(*) Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit.
And when he thus had said, he gave up the
ghost.
(*) Psalm 30:6 .
47 ¶ (15) Now when the (*) () Centurion saw
what was done, he glorified God, saying, Of a
surety this man was just.
(15) Christ causeth his very enemies to give
honorable witness on his side, so oft as it
pleaseth him.
(*) Or, Captain.
() The Roman Captain who had charge over a
hundred men.
48 And all the people that came together to that
sight, beholding the things which were done,
smote their breasts, and returned.
49 (16) And all his acquaintances stood afar off,
and the women that followed him from Galilee,
beholding these things.
(16) Christ gathereth together, and defendeth his
little flock in the midst of the tormentors.
50 ¶ (*) (17) And behold, there was a man
named Joseph, which was a counselor, a good
man and a just.
(*) Matthew 27:57; Mark 15:43; John 19:38 .
(17) Christ through his famous burial confirmeth
the truth both of his death, and resurrection, by
the plain and evident witness of Pilate.
51 He did not consent to the counsel and deed of
them, which was of Arimathea, a city of the
Jews, who also himself (*) () waited for the
kingdom of God.
(*) Or, had embraced.
() He looked for the redeemer, by whom all
should be restored.
52 He went unto Pilate, and asked the body of
Jesus,
53 And took it down, and wrapped it in a linen
cloth, and laid it in a tomb hewn out of a rock,
wherein was never man yet laid.
54 And that day was the (*) Preparation, and the
Sabbath (k) () drew on.
(*) When men prepared all things ready for the
feast.
(k) Word for word, dawning, as now beginning,
for the light of the former day drew toward the
going down, and that was the day of preparation
for the feast which was to be kept the day
following.
() That is, began the same evening.
55 (18) And the women also that followed after,
which came with him from Galilee, beheld the
sepulcher, and how his body was laid.
(18) Christ being set upon by the devil and all his
instruments, and being even, in death's mouth,
setteth weak women in his forward, minding
straightways to triumph over those terrible
enemies without any great endeavor.
56 And they returned and prepared odors, and
ointments, and rested the Sabbath day according
to the commandment.
Gospel of Luke with Footnotes :
http://www.genevabible.org/files/Geneva_Bible/New_Testament/Luke_F.pdf
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http://www.genevabible.org/Geneva.html
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http://www.reformed.org/books/institutes/entire.html
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