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

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souls would fill <strong>the</strong> Gospel-net. Capernaum would<br />

be His Galilean home.* Here He .gt Matt would,<br />

on <strong>the</strong> Sabbath-days, preach in that Synagogue, <strong>of</strong><br />

which <strong>the</strong> ^ ^ ffood centurion was <strong>the</strong> builder,**<br />

<strong>and</strong> Jairus <strong>the</strong> chief ruler.® <strong>The</strong>se »► st. Loke<br />

names, <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> memories connected with <strong>the</strong>m, are<br />

a sufficient com- .gt,i£ttkT ment on <strong>the</strong> effect <strong>of</strong><br />

His preaching: that' His word was with power.* ^<br />

In Capernaum, also, was <strong>the</strong> now believing <strong>and</strong><br />

devoted household <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> court-<strong>of</strong>ficer, whose only<br />

son <strong>the</strong> Word <strong>of</strong> Christ, spoken at a distance, had<br />

restored to life. Here also, or in <strong>the</strong> immediate<br />

neighbourhood, was <strong>the</strong> home <strong>of</strong> His earliest <strong>and</strong><br />

closest disciples, <strong>the</strong> bro<strong>the</strong>rs Simon <strong>and</strong> Andrew,<br />

<strong>and</strong> <strong>of</strong> James <strong>and</strong> John, <strong>the</strong> sons <strong>of</strong> Zebedee.<br />

From <strong>the</strong> character <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> narrative, <strong>and</strong> still more<br />

ftx)m <strong>the</strong> later call <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>se four,** it would seem<br />

that, after <strong>the</strong> return <strong>of</strong> <strong>Jesus</strong> from * st ifajt<br />

. . . It. 18, M,<br />

Judaea into Galilee, His disciples had left Him,

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