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

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which <strong>the</strong> Jews rightly regarded as <strong>the</strong> Divine<br />

prerogative. Thirdly, <strong>the</strong> words which <strong>Jesus</strong> spake<br />

to <strong>the</strong> paralytic:<br />

• St.Mark * Rise, take up thy bed, <strong>and</strong> walk,**' are<br />

to <strong>the</strong> very letter <strong>the</strong> same' < In St. John which are<br />

recorded* as used by Him when He healed <strong>the</strong><br />

impotent ^•' man at <strong>the</strong> Pool <strong>of</strong> Be<strong>the</strong>sda. Lastly,<br />

alike in <strong>the</strong> words which<br />

<strong>Jesus</strong> addressed to <strong>the</strong> Scribes at <strong>the</strong> healing <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

paralytic, <strong>and</strong> in those at <strong>the</strong> Unknown Feast, He<br />

made final appeal to Hia works as evidential <strong>of</strong><br />

His being sent by, <strong>and</strong> having received <strong>of</strong>, <strong>the</strong><br />

Fa<strong>the</strong>r •a. John T. < <strong>the</strong> authority' to which He laid<br />

claim.® It would be utterly BLMwrk irrational to<br />

regard <strong>the</strong>se as coincidences, <strong>and</strong> not references.<br />

And <strong>the</strong>ir evidential force becomes <strong>the</strong> stronger, as<br />

we remember <strong>the</strong> entire absence <strong>of</strong> design on <strong>the</strong><br />

part <strong>of</strong> St. Mark.' But this correspondence not only<br />

supports <strong>the</strong> trustworthiness <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> two<br />

independent narratives in St. Mark <strong>and</strong> in St. John,<br />

but also confirms alike that historical order in

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