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

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<strong>The</strong> same view underlies His repro<strong>of</strong> to <strong>the</strong><br />

disciples, when failing in this part <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>ir work; ®<br />

while in St. Luke xi. 19, 24, He adopts, <strong>and</strong> argues<br />

on this view as against <strong>the</strong> Pharisees. Regarded<br />

<strong>the</strong>refore in <strong>the</strong> light <strong>of</strong> history, impartial criticism<br />

can arrive at no o<strong>the</strong>r conclusion, than that <strong>Jesus</strong> <strong>of</strong><br />

Nazareth shared <strong>the</strong> views <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Evangelists as<br />

regards <strong>the</strong><br />

* demonised.' ^<br />

Our next inquiry must be as to <strong>the</strong> character <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

phenomenon thus designated. In view <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> fact<br />

that in St. Mark iz. 21, <strong>the</strong> demonised had been<br />

such * <strong>of</strong> a child,' it is scarcely possible to ascribe<br />

it simply to moral causes. Similarly, personal faidi<br />

does not<br />

> This is also <strong>the</strong> conolasion arrived at by Weiss,<br />

xl s.<br />

Beem to have been a requisite condition <strong>of</strong><br />

healing. Again, as o<strong>the</strong>r CHAP. diseases are

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