A. That they who would follow Christ, must follow him by the way of the cross.
31.Q. What is the meaning of this verse?
A. A good man in scripture is compared to a green fruitful tree, (See Psalm 1st.) and wicked men to chaff, and are represented also by a barren fig-tree: the meaning of the verse therefore seems to be this: If they do this to me, who am a good man, how will God deal with that wicked people the Jews?
32.Q. Why was Christ crucified with the thieves?
A. To fulfill this saying, “And he was numbered with the transgressors.” Isaiah liii. 12.
Q. Why between them?
A. As though he was the unworthiest and basest of the three.
34.Q. What may we learn from hence?
A. To pray for our most bitter enemies.
38.Q. Why was the superscription written in Hebrew, Greek, and Latin?