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

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shore <strong>and</strong> in <strong>the</strong> various Synagogues preached His<br />

Gospel. And <strong>the</strong>y bad been ^ astonished at His<br />

doctrine, for His word was with power.' For <strong>the</strong><br />

first time <strong>the</strong>y had heard what <strong>the</strong>y felt to be * <strong>the</strong><br />

Word <strong>of</strong> God,* <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong>y had learned to love its<br />

sound. What wonder that, immediately on His<br />

return, * <strong>the</strong> people pressed upon Him to hear ' it.<br />

If we surrender ourselves to <strong>the</strong> impression which<br />

<strong>the</strong> Evangelic narratives give us when pieced<br />

toge<strong>the</strong>r,* it would almost seem, as if what we are<br />

about to relate had occurred while <strong>Jesus</strong> was<br />

returning firom Jerusalem. For, <strong>the</strong> better reading<br />

<strong>of</strong> St. Mark i. 16 gives this as <strong>the</strong> mark <strong>of</strong> time: *<br />

As He was passing on by <strong>the</strong> Sea <strong>of</strong> Galilee.* But<br />

perhaps, viewed in connection with what follows,<br />

<strong>the</strong> impression may be so far modified, that we<br />

may think <strong>of</strong> it as on <strong>the</strong> first morning after His<br />

return. It had probably been a night <strong>of</strong> storm on <strong>the</strong><br />

' <strong>The</strong> accounts in <strong>the</strong> three Synoptic is evidential <strong>of</strong><br />

<strong>the</strong> Petrine origin <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>

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