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

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<strong>of</strong> his intense earnestness, so is <strong>the</strong> bearing <strong>of</strong><br />

<strong>Jesus</strong> <strong>of</strong> His Divine Character, <strong>and</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> truth <strong>of</strong><br />

<strong>the</strong> narrative. As He was not depressed by <strong>the</strong><br />

resistance <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> authorities, nor by <strong>the</strong> * milk-faith<br />

* <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> multitude, so He was not elated by <strong>the</strong><br />

possibility <strong>of</strong> making such a convert as a member<br />

<strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Great Sanhedrin. <strong>The</strong>re is no excitement, no<br />

undue deference, nor eager politeness; no<br />

compromise, nor attempted persuasiveness; not<br />

even accommodation. Nor, on <strong>the</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r h<strong>and</strong>, is<br />

<strong>the</strong>re assumed superiority, irony, or dogmatism.<br />

<strong>The</strong>re is not even a reference to <strong>the</strong> miracles, <strong>the</strong><br />

evidential power <strong>of</strong><br />

1 A Nicodemus is spoken <strong>of</strong> in <strong>the</strong> Talmud as one<br />

<strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> richest <strong>and</strong> most distinguished citizens <strong>of</strong><br />

Jerusalem (Taan. 20 a ; Kethub. 66 b ; Gitt. 56 a;<br />

Ab. de R. Nath. 6; comp. Ber. R. 42; Midr. on<br />

Eccles. vii. 12, <strong>and</strong> on Lament, i. 6). But this name<br />

was only given him on account <strong>of</strong> amirade which<br />

happened at his re-qneet, his real name being<br />

Bunaiy <strong>the</strong> son <strong>of</strong> Gokon. A Bunai is mentioned in<br />

<strong>the</strong>

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