PUBLIC-DOMAIN CHRISTIAN BOOK
The Pulpit Commentary — John — Volume 2
Henry Robert Reynolds [1825-1896] · 490,594 words · 512 reading sections
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IT. THESE WORDB CONTAIN A GREAT PROMISE, TREASURED UP ap;nE FOR THE EN'COU- RAGEMENT OF EAOH DISOIPLE OF CHRIST. "Said I oot unto thee, that, if thou woul<leat believe," eto.? .l!'or this vision of faith of which we have beeo speal<iag does not per- petuate itself. I do not mean that it passes away like a dream in t…
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Ver. 11.-Death and sleep. Here we have another instance of what is so frequent in John's Gospel, Jesus using common words in special and unexpected meanings. 'l'hc disciples did not understand Jesus-how were they likely to do so? Their rcjoin<ler was a very natural one. Why, then, should JesUB speak of the reality o…
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Ver. 28.-The Teacher wanting his disciple. I. TIIE PROPRIETY OF THE DESCRIPTION. What a flood of light this one word "Teacher" (818cl0'1CC1Aos) casts on the relations of Jesus to the family at Bethany I How it corresponds with what we are told elsewhere of the docile attitude of Mary, sitting at the feet of Jesus and l…
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nnxioty, and boen free from the stains of great wickedncAs. Thflt fill men shl)u!,l belicvo In Jesus meant, in the esteem of the priests and Pharisees, that Jesus would be made a King nfter the fashion of men. They judged Jesus by themselves. They bad no ete.ndnrd by which to guess at hie motives and proceedings, snve …
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would ho the 81.h of Nii,an, If the weekly spirit of his kingdom; by healinl)' I.ho blin,\ Mhlml.h o<'ourrc<l on the 16th, then the me.n ho gave n f.ypioal illnstmt1011 of tho !Hh nlsn we.s II R&bbAth. The Lord would work of grace noodod by nil hie disciples; th<'n 1111,\'o reMhcd Bethany on the e"e of by reeling e.…
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Lor<!, nooordlng lo her wont, not necosenrily .\vr(µ.ou. Each of the eynoptists ecv,•mlly os hosteee (llengstenberg and Lange), but mentionse.fa.ctwhichJohn omits-thBt Mary o.s the expression of her devoted thankful- broke the ale.ba.eter bolC, and poured the ness: (2) tho.t Lozo.rue should have been costly unguent on …
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of the PTigl!'('•tion, "Judl\8 ll!Mrlot, Simon's here covertly refers to Simon 1\lngue or l!On." Tlw word "2lµawo,, oontained in T.R., Acts viii. 18, et;o. The question le ofton i~ "mit.ted here in the beet texts. The feot asked-Why Wf\11 Judns entrusted with the thel he we.e the trnitor, being one or the common pur…
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hne juet poured some over my feet) for the rememhre.nce thereby." The frankinoenee cll\y of my emb11lmmeut." '£his certainly of the Wise Men, the ointment of MBry, the seems inconeietent wi'th the complaint of homage of the Greeks, were symbols, and the disciples or of Judas, 11t the apparently cBn never be repeBted…
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clple11. This roused the malignity or the the withering o T thi! Ilg 'tree, the cleansing unspirihml and unscrupulous pe.rty o( Oe.ie.- of the temple, the parables of the judgment& phae. 0f Annae, e.nd of the Pharieees in ttie ~nnhoorin. on scribes and PhariAees, and the pro• ~ -er~. ! o, I 1.-(2) O,i Ou! ohief pri…
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they hnd been ncouetomed to do in token of Tlui Nnme o/ the LMd is the manifestation the npproaoh of R oonqueror ( of. I Mace, xiii. and compendium of !\II the perfections of th9 61, whore Simon's return to the city wo.s Lord. For centuries the gracious hope hntl oelebrnled with "thankegivin~ and {Jo.fuw rung forth in …
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t.be pn.rl of the trno King. Both Me.tthew malice.I grounde; ol 1'"811.-«l, ie the eubject of and John omit the chn.mcteristica of" right- i1ro/11,rav-the1e thing■ unto him. 'E3o(d,r871 1 <'(IUF enrl •e,.crl.'' i.e. "delivered" from the ie need of the uplifting to the glory which lmnrl• of hi• rru<'l enemies. The BUff…
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&nd the Imperfect tense ehould not be turned ourred towards tha close of this solemn and here into " mere preterite. crowded week, and it ma.de profound im- Ver. 18.-ll'or this oa.use Blao the (6 iJxA01) pression npon John. The Hellene• were multitude-which here eooms to be the aggre- gate of the (6xAoJ ,roAtr) crowds…
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l!On of (',-od f>RP!'leB behind the veil. The p11rnllel p.'leimgee), PhillP. m11y hl\ve felt thl1 " therefore " implil'e some kind of previous momont to ho a moet ontioal one in hie hie- rolBtion with Philip, whoae eomewbe.t timid, t/lry; for he ml\y h11vo been perfectly 11wo.re cnutiou11, epooule.tive mind, 118 hin…
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Vere. 28-26.-(1) T/1" glorljlcation of !11e tion is to ho foand in the facl; thot th'l Son or Bon of man in and through death. mo.u is indeed the Logos made flesh, o.nd the Ver. 28.-And J'esns attllwereth I them. Lamb slo.in, a11d like the Serpeni is being Mony oommentators (Ewold Godet, Heng- lifted op, and as the tr…
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~el!t will he reaped only when he ahdl have There al'e ends and objeola or love so much l!IMlrifl('ed his life and put away sin by the grcskr than " tho self," that to keep it by l!Mrifice of him8('lf, It is, too, only Be every some aot of will and rooreant fear is to mnko believing- man dies to himself, is oraciflc…
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solemn prolude to thBt Bgony of tho gBrrlen DeAB which might ha.ve rebelled in the iu- which the eynoptists 11lone record, while they tolerablednrkness of thBt hour. J'ather, save omit this. me from this hour; the equivalent to tho Vere. 27-30.-(2) The anlioipation of pmyer, "It it be possible, let this cup pnee Ge…
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emphRtio. A contrast is implied between or Elijl\h is remarke.ble becouse the "still the eternal glory and the glory or the Christ. small voice" ie distinguished from the " l am iliine ; thou art mine ; " " Thy will thunder, oto., which hnd precerloo it. Why ho done;" "Not a.s I will, but RB thou should Hengstenberg…
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he cfJUl\lly trne, revo1:11ing the fundament1:1l viotory of truth, which is pursue,\ moro ldonlily of oharnctor nncl personality, the explicitly in the next verse. ono, moreover, prop1:1ring for the other? (Soo Vere. 32, 33.-And I, if I be lifted ont of ( or, notes on eh. xix.) from) the earth, will draw all (men) t…
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=ivPd informatiClll by public t.eac'hing- Light, though not among them, might still !IUt of the Law that the Chrilt abideth for shine, Rnd the glory of Pentecost would ever. Numerons p11,ssage1 may have Ix-on renew the appe&I. Walk a1 ye have the rraeonnbly in their minde-Ps. ex.; Isa. ix.; Light; mRke progress in t…
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110 moro till ho nppe11red ns II crimin11l in to the most nmoz,ng of all his solf-rlirl- tho hrinds of the officers of the Sanhedrin, cloan~e•. 'rho lva. rr/\71pw1Jfi must not Lo on his way to tho Prll!torium. In tho silence explamed away, the outline was presenttd of the home nt Dethnny he probably spent by Isaioh …
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punisl1 the people forth()irobihtrROy by blind- forced n.nd wilful rejection of the Divine in!'. lh<'ireyee and hardening their hellrt, and Word is visited by oondign withdrnwment "'""n 11.rr<'et.ing the oonvenrion R.nd healing of the faculty to receive even more ar.ocssihle of the covenant people. This aame solemn &nd…
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limr• in the Rtyle of ,John hims.,lf (see oh. world. Tho portion of the cllllpter which iv. 27; vii. 13; xii. 42: xx. 5; xxl. 4), not follows is regnrded by most commentators, onco by our Lord, 'Oµo}.o-y•iv ngnin is need four times by the evangelist, and seven Liicke, Meyer, Godet, Olehaueen, and West- times in the Epi…
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but on him that 1ent me; and he that into the world, and my object has been and beholdeth me, beholdeth him that ■ent me. ie that who■oever believeth on me-whoso- Those words do not oocur before, but in ever eeee by the inward eye that which I c>very form our Lord had exalted "him ree.lly am, eees how my life ete.nd…
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/udgeth him-the word (71.&"fo,) whioh I " The Law is ordain en unto life," Hid Paul, epBke, that will judge him at the last day. and "the goodness of God lea.deth oe onto 'fhcre is no more 11wful uttere.noe than this repentanoe." The rlepth of this sublime (comp. 1 John iv. 17: 2 Cor. v. 10, where experienoe goes dow…
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Na.ry's act wae an ext"'ord1na.ry mark of honour, for she anointed hie feet as well as his head. 2. Her ad toaB a ,,i,-tltuJl consecration, of J1!$W to a Divine work, involving d«rth. 3. 1!o apo«tl,e had ever, ,:,erha,ps, sacrijked so much t1,pon the Lord aa Mary, for ~er offering WM "very costly. A loving heart judges…
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strength, and joy, 3. The ea;clamalion of the pe,opl~, whi.di is taken fr()'TTI, PB. cxviii., wa., a recognition of the MeBsiahsliip of Jesus. II. CONSIDER OUB LonD's RESPONSE TO THE SALUTATIONS OF THE PEOPLE. "Jesus having found o. young BBB, sat thereon; BB it is written, Fear not, daughter of Zion: behold, thy King…
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with the whole moe of man. Through hie death a new life went forth to ml1Ilone, (b) Jf ho hed not died, he would have been confined to one spot of earth and the Hpirit's influences would have been confined to hie own Pereon. But by his death the Spirit, became universally diffused. (3) The principle is illustrated i…
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from mo, ye worker& of iniquity," 8. The popular misapprehenBion of our Lord's meatn- ing. "'rhe people answered him, We have heard out of the Law that Christ abideth for over: and how sayest thou, The Son of man must be lifted up? who is this Son of man?" (1) The question implied that they understood their own Scriptu…
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confeBB him, lest they ehould be put out of the ayn:igogue." (a) Thie proves nt once the croBhing tyra.nny exercieed by Cbriet's most determined foes, and (b) the reality of the decree a.lready mentioned (oh. ix. 22). (2) The fear of a loss of reputation. "For they loved the pra.iee of men more than the praiee of God,"…
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ungttenh the offering for his embalming, for he knew that his death and burial were at hand, They who bring to the Lord Christ any gift which the heart dictates and the judgment approves, need not fear lest be should repulse them. Since he seeks and desires their love, it must needs gratify him to receive its genuine e…
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Ver. 23.-The hour of glory, OrJr Saviour WRB " &Light to lighten the Gentiles" as well ns " the Glory of God's people Israel." It is rem&rkable that on the several occB~iona 11pon which Jesus was brought into contact with Gentiles, such contact w&s suggestive or the wide &nd far-reaching consequences of his mission …
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I. 'l'HE LIFE OF TilE WORLD'S SPIRITUAL SEED. Imagination can see in an acorn all which may nrise from it-an oak, a ship, a navy; for the acorn has a life-germ which is onpable of incrense ancl multiplication, lmagina.tion ca.n see in a handful of seed-corn OIU'ricd to a distant isle, a nation's food. So in one Pers…
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Ver. 26.-Sen,ice and reward. In both parts of this deola.ration made by our Lord, there is a condescension to our human ignorance and imperfection. 'l.'he Master makes use of langu~e drawn from human relations and human experiences. I. WHAT lJHRIST REQUIRES. 1. &n,i,ce. This is not equivalent to bonda<>e but to person…
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might be comploto. The Incemation itself contemplated, and virtually includcrl, tho sacrifico. 'fho pf\st would prove to have been endJred in vain, if tho future should bo ov11ded; and tho lifo of the Seviour, with the cross left out, if such a conception bo possible, would be all but powerless in the spiritual history…
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II. 'WHAT 'll"AB THE OONDITION OF THE EXERCJIBE OF TBJB BUPERIIUMAN POWER? 'l'he exprcs~ion, "lifting up," 11.s 11.pplied by Jesus to himself, is interpreted for us by the ernngeliet. Used three times, it denotes, in each instance, the manner of Christ's death the lifting up upon the oroBB. This WM, indeed, to be fo…
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death, made use of this appell11tion, which shows that it was well known and current among the early Christiane. 'fhe same is apparent from its employment by John in the. A~calypse, when describing the ascended Christ. 3. There are passa6es from which 1t would seem that "Son of man" woe regarded as almost equivalent to…
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Ver. 36.-"Som of light." Thie rem1Lrkable expree&ion oco11n1 four titnee in the New T61!tament. In Lu~ xvi. 8 tbe Lord Jcl!UB contrasts with the children of this generation the sons of light. In this p3888.ge he holde out the pro&l)60t before thoee who belieYe on the Light that they will becomo eone of light. Paul 1…
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indeed altogether beyond me88ure. If men live, as millions do, without this faith, they live below the possibilities of their nature and calling. It is this faith that give& to tho human heart peace, strength, and hope; and to the human life and lot meaning, stability, and grandeur. Without it, man is not truly man; wi…
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the unk--nown, makes himself known to us; God, the unseea, mBkee himself visible to 11~. For we can believe on Christ, our Frien<l, our Brothe,r; we can behold him, the humBn Immanuel. We greet, him 88 he comae to us from heaven; we listen to him as he speaks to us in e&rthly language. For us the problem is solved, t…
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healed all manner of sickness and disease among the people;" as he pronounced to the oon~rite and believing sinner the gracious words, "Be of good cheer; thy sine be forgiven theel"-mcn felt, ns they had never felt before, that God was visiting and redeeming his people. Hnmsn sorrow awakened the response of Divine sy…
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Ver~. 3---8.-Tlie immortal, box of ointment. We have here- I. THE. OFFE~ING OF LOVE. " Then took Mary,:• etc. 1. This oJering of love u rna<k to ,tii Object. Jesus W&S the Object of Mary s supreme love, and him she now anoints. We may look at her e.ct AS: (1) An expression of her profound personal esteem. Esteem fo…
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unpardonable offence w11s the whole affair I The objection is most plausible, and worthy of a benevolent philanthropist. We are not surprised that it moved the other innocent disciples into indignation, and emboldened the traitor to make it with confidence of beiag justified ia the eyes of his Master. 4. It was most …
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that this might be the last opportunity, she poul'8d the ointment on hie Bl\cred head and feet. LEBBON8. 1. No genuine offering of love to Christ can be a waste. It was not so In this CB.Se. To Mary it was a moat delightful exercise; to tl.10 disciples a most important leSBOn; to Christ a most gratifying deed ; to the…
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euch dispenso.Uons, he attrncted many. (3) As the Uvilflg monwmmt of the most wonderful power-the power of Jeswi of Nazwreth. They came to Ree Lazarus also, but he was attractive on account of what Jesus had done to him. Ile had many monn- rnents, but this was his masterpiece, and from it every reflective and earnest m…
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property, and, whatever would become of them, the miracle would still remain. It was well known to these authorities, and there is no attempt to deny it, but I\ most foolish attempt to destroy it. (2) The death of LBZarue could not pre1Jent tlie pcr- f ormanoe of another miracltJ. It is foolish to attempt to dry the …
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Jrnrnnn nature, of which it is the highest and most import.ant part, and most capablo of refined and spiritual sufferings, and even his flesh quivered at the prospect of snch trentment at the hands of those from whom he expected and deserved kindness. 'l'hero is a close connection between the soul and the body-sympa…
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the answer returned. This wo.e the third time Heaven spoke audibly respecting Christ- at his baptism, transfigura.tion, e.nd now at his Passion. (1) All heard it, "The people who stood by and hea.rd." It wRs loud enough for all to hear. This le like Heaven; when it speska, it epea.ke in clear a.nd mighty tone&. When…
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and power. Authority and power native and acquired. "All power is given mo," etc. All the realm of spiritual forces, good and bad, is under his control. 4, The injfoenc,, of tlM greatest Pl!Tson ezl!Tcised in the most efficient way. "I will draw," etc. Man ifl to be drawn, not driven. The saving influence of Christ i…
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world." (3) Faith in Christ, as the Light, alone can res,dt ir,,faith in the Object which it TY1•eals. "That whosoever believeth on me," etc. The enjoyment of light can alone ~a<'e us from darknesa, and bring us face to faoe with the objects around \18. The enjoy- ment of Christ by faith alone can bring us to enjoy …
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preaching Christ to the heathen world. But missions are costly things, and often they proouce but_ little visible fruit for many days. They 11eem to spend their fragrance on t.be desert 111r. And how long and loud w&11 this compll\int 1-"' To what purpose is this waste?' Might not the money and labour of Christian p…
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not eome who have nearer, dearer clo.imB on you than all others? H may be an nged pnrent, o. brother or a sister, or one closer to you still. Providence marks out that person for your special sympathy, for a tenderness to which the rest of the world haR no clo.im. Do what you can for that friend. The tie ma.y any da.y …
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offspring must needs bear hie ima~ &'nd likencBB. This 'WM the harvest that filled our Lord's field of vision-a great mu1'tltude, which no mau can number, each ono of them wnslicJ by his blood and sanctified by his Spirit. This WAS the joy that he set before him when he endured the croBB and despised the shame. Dyin…
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trulh thnt it was manifested in Christ Jesus, and brought to light in the gospel. "Th1J life wns manifested, and we have seen it." APPLICATION. Now, this great lesson of Christ's appearance amon" us is one which Christians are never done with in thi~ world. 1. Beware of forgetting it in th~ day of prosperity. When pro…
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doubtless the loader, and the others readily chimed in. As it has been so.iii," Censure inf('('ts like a plRgue." Nor must we look only at the positive /auU-.find,ing. H no fault bad been found, still there would hn.ve been lack of appreciation. The absence or blame is not the presenoe of prnise. It was peculiarly a…
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ll\le. Jesus has done his last greRt work in the body according to the flesh-he ha~ miscd LazRrus from the deR<l. 'fhese Greeks have come a little too late fvr one set <>f uperiences, nnd a little too soon for another. Any day up to the timf, of sowing thP soe~ you mny see it; but when sown, you must wait to see the s…
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lmt a(l the time JC':3us felt that he was getting the fl\rue which was only his in part. H ~M ngbt _nn,l ~crv1~C'11.ble _that men should talk of him; but that t.alk would only lead int.o dcluswn and d1sappomtment unless they could talk of his Fathtll: also. II. THE EFFORTS OF J EBUB TO GLORIFY HTB F ATHEB. How he ke…
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must come within the circle of which Jesus is the Centre. Then shall we ever tend more nnd more toward tbe.t Centre.-Y. Ver. 36.-A warning to the traveller. I. A mNT THAT HE rs MAKING 1'0 PnotJnEss. Wo are in this life liko travellers, who have so much of their journey to <lo in so many hours. '!'here is ample time…
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EXPOSITION. kept from him till that moment, nor was CHAPTER xm. his love to his own disciples limited or l\'. T11E FINAL MANl::FBSTATIONSIN WORD qualified by the advent of the Passover. A.NU AarroK OF TB.II: Looos INOARNATE, His far better, with Westcott, God et, Meyer, EX.PRl(SSING ITSELF ABSOLUTELY AND TO and La…
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"the use of fva in the New Testament," Ez- into tl1e heut of Ju<lnR. The devil having pnaito,·, vol. iii. 2nd series)-he, Jesus, the Son already oaet into the heart (of J,alnR) thnt of man, should depart out of this world (this ha-Mayer's suggestion that the dP,vil put is one theme of the following cliseourse, one t…
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back into the majestic manner or the Obrist basin (vnrTijp")t the article or fumitnre In the hints which the eubsequent diBOOW'l!e the room (" Ni11U min.ietenl omittit" says of our Lord must have given hitn of the Grotius. Thus he disch&rges every 'ru\rt of Didno greatness which flo.abed at times the duty, while the…
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