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

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unfolding <strong>the</strong> meaning <strong>of</strong> that <strong>Life</strong>, <strong>and</strong> records<br />

discourses which open its inmost teaching;^ <strong>and</strong> he<br />

alone tells <strong>of</strong> that early Judadan ministry <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

journey through Samaria, which preceded <strong>the</strong><br />

Galilean work.<br />

<strong>The</strong> shorter road from Judaea to Galilee led<br />

through Samaria; ^ <strong>and</strong> this, if we may credit<br />

Josephus,* was generally taken by <strong>the</strong> Galileans on<br />

<strong>the</strong>ir way to <strong>the</strong> capital: On <strong>the</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r h<strong>and</strong>, <strong>the</strong><br />

Judaeans seem chiefly to have made a detour<br />

through Persea, in order to avoid hostile <strong>and</strong><br />

impure Samaria. It lay not within <strong>the</strong> scope <strong>of</strong> our<br />

Lord to extend His personal Ministry, especially at<br />

its com-8t. Matt. r. mencemeut, beyond <strong>the</strong><br />

boundaries <strong>of</strong> Israel,^ <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> expression, ' He • St<br />

John It. ^^st needs go through Samaria,'« can only<br />

refer to <strong>the</strong> advisability<br />

• St. John zzLM<br />

•Joi, <strong>Life</strong>. A3

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