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

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underst<strong>and</strong>, what feelings must have stirred <strong>the</strong><br />

heart <strong>of</strong> <strong>Jesus</strong>, in view <strong>of</strong> this suffering, waiting '<br />

great multitude.' Why, indeed, did He go into those<br />

five porches, since He had nei<strong>the</strong>r disease to cure,<br />

nor cry for help had come to Him from those who<br />

looked for relief to far o<strong>the</strong>r means ? Not, surely,<br />

from curiosity. But as one longs to escape from <strong>the</strong><br />

stifling atmosphere <strong>of</strong> a scene <strong>of</strong> worldly pomp,<br />

with its glitter <strong>and</strong> unreality, into <strong>the</strong> clearness <strong>of</strong><br />

<strong>the</strong> evening-air, so our Lord may have longed to<br />

pass from <strong>the</strong> glitter <strong>and</strong> unreality <strong>of</strong> those who<br />

held rule<br />

* Ano<strong>the</strong>r term for * sick * in <strong>the</strong> N.T. Mai. i. 8. In<br />

1 Cor. ri. 30 <strong>the</strong> two is m^waros (St. Matt. ziv. 14;<br />

St. Mark words are used toge<strong>the</strong>r, iffwaros <strong>and</strong> vi.<br />

5, 13; xvi. 18 ; (comp. Ecclas. vii. 36). AaO§irfis,<br />

This corresponds to <strong>the</strong> Hebrew nVn<br />

in <strong>the</strong> Temple, or who occupied <strong>the</strong> seat <strong>of</strong> Moses<br />

in <strong>the</strong>ir Academies, CHAP, to what was <strong>the</strong><br />

atmosphere <strong>of</strong> His <strong>Life</strong> on earth, His real Work, xn

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