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The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah Vol 1 - Predestination

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z. 1). In Taday. L 2 <strong>the</strong>j are expressly d. Juden, pp.<br />

171-186.<br />

THE REQUEST OF MARY AND THE REPLY<br />

OP JESUS.<br />

32<br />

liantly lighted with lamps <strong>and</strong> c<strong>and</strong>lesticts, <strong>the</strong><br />

guests are disposed CHAP, round tables on<br />

couches, s<strong>of</strong>t with cushions or covered with<br />

tapestry, ^ or seated on chairs. <strong>The</strong> bridal blessing<br />

has been spoken, <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> ^" ' " bridal cup emptied.<br />

<strong>The</strong> feast is proceeding—not <strong>the</strong> common meal,<br />

which was generally taken about even, according<br />

to <strong>the</strong> Rabbinic saying,* that he who postponed it<br />

beyond that hour was as if he •|p*^"* swallowed a<br />

stone—but a festive evening meal. If <strong>the</strong>re had<br />

been disposition to those exhibitions <strong>of</strong>, or<br />

incitement to, indecorous <strong>and</strong> light merriment,*<br />

such as even <strong>the</strong> more earnest Rabbis deprecated,<br />

surely <strong>the</strong> Presence <strong>of</strong> <strong>Jesus</strong> would have restrained<br />

it. And now <strong>the</strong>re must have been a painiul pause,

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