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

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stupor <strong>and</strong> confusion <strong>of</strong> astonishment.* Each turned<br />

to his neighbour with <strong>the</strong> inquiry: ' What is this ? A<br />

new doctrine with authority! And He comm<strong>and</strong>eth<br />

<strong>the</strong> unclean spirits, <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong>y obey Him.'* Well<br />

might <strong>the</strong>y inquire. It had been a threefold miracle:<br />

*a new doctrine ; * * with authority;' <strong>and</strong><br />

obedience <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> unclean spirits to His comm<strong>and</strong>.<br />

<strong>The</strong>re is throughout, <strong>and</strong> especially in <strong>the</strong> account<br />

<strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> casting out <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> demon, such un-Jewish<br />

simplicity, with entire absence <strong>of</strong> what would have<br />

been characteristic in a Jewish exorcist; such want<br />

<strong>of</strong> all that one would have expected, if <strong>the</strong> event<br />

had been invented, or coloured for a purpose, or<br />

tinged by contemporary notions; <strong>and</strong>, withal, such<br />

sublimity <strong>and</strong> majesty, that it is difficult to<br />

underst<strong>and</strong> how any one can resist <strong>the</strong> impression<br />

<strong>of</strong> its reality, or that He Whp so spake <strong>and</strong> did was<br />

in truth <strong>the</strong> Son <strong>of</strong> God.<br />

Prom <strong>the</strong> Synagogue we follow <strong>the</strong> Saviour, in<br />

company with TTjr called disciples, to Peter's<br />

wedded home. But no festive meal, as was Jewish<br />

wont, awaited <strong>the</strong>m <strong>the</strong>re. A sudden access <strong>of</strong>

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