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

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It is ano<strong>the</strong>r, <strong>and</strong> much more difficult question,<br />

why <strong>Jesus</strong> should have asked for <strong>the</strong> presence <strong>of</strong><br />

her husb<strong>and</strong>. <strong>The</strong> objection, that to do so, knowing<br />

<strong>the</strong> while that she had no husb<strong>and</strong>, seems unworthy<br />

<strong>of</strong> our Lord, may, indeed, be answered by <strong>the</strong><br />

consideration, that such * proving' <strong>of</strong> those who<br />

were in His training was in accordance with His<br />

mode <strong>of</strong> teaching, leading upwards by a series <strong>of</strong><br />

moral ^oomp. questions.* But perhaps a more<br />

simple explanation may <strong>of</strong>fer even a ^ « better<br />

reply. It seems, as if <strong>the</strong> answer <strong>of</strong> verse 15<br />

marked <strong>the</strong> utmost<br />

limit <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> woman's comprehension. We can<br />

scarcely form an adequate notion <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

narrowness <strong>of</strong> such a mental horizon as hers. This<br />

also explains, at least from one aspect, <strong>the</strong> reason<br />

<strong>of</strong> His speaking to her about His own <strong>Messiah</strong>ship,<br />

<strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> worship <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> future, in words far more<br />

plain than He used to His own disciples. None but<br />

<strong>the</strong> plainest statements could she grasp; <strong>and</strong> it is<br />

not unnatural to suppose that| having reached <strong>the</strong><br />

utmost limits <strong>of</strong> which she was

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