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

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crowd, which would soon become forgetful even<br />

<strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> presence <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> watchful * Scribes.' Though<br />

we know a good deal <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> structure <strong>of</strong> Jewish<br />

houses,^ we feel it difficult to be sure <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> exact<br />

place which <strong>the</strong> Saviour occupied on this<br />

occasion. Meetings for religious study <strong>and</strong><br />

discussion were certainly held in <strong>the</strong> AUyah or<br />

upper chamber.* But, on many grounds, such a<br />

locale seems utterly un- •shabb.L4; suited to <strong>the</strong><br />

requirements <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> narrative.' Similar objections<br />

sii;Jn,<br />

f^a BAA. And<br />

attach to <strong>the</strong> idea, that it was <strong>the</strong> front room <strong>of</strong> one<br />

<strong>of</strong> those low <strong>of</strong>ten bouses occupied by <strong>the</strong> poor.*<br />

Nor is <strong>the</strong>re any reason for supposing that <strong>the</strong><br />

house occupied by Peter was one <strong>of</strong> those low<br />

buildings.<br />

> DHd^V See Wetttein in loo.<br />

• • Sketches <strong>of</strong> Jewish <strong>Life</strong>/ pp. 93-96.

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