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

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• 8miii.48«* disciples <strong>of</strong> <strong>Jesus</strong>, <strong>and</strong> among <strong>the</strong>m<br />

<strong>the</strong>se two whom we can dearly<br />

ediuoni; identify: Mat<strong>the</strong>w ^ <strong>and</strong> Thaddseus.*<br />

cSJmwl Sitting before ^ his custom-house, as on<br />

that day when <strong>Jesus</strong><br />

p.»» called him, Mat<strong>the</strong>w must have frequently<br />

heard Him as He taught<br />

»QIM.t4»<br />

* A ridicolous story is told, that Mat<strong>the</strong>w<br />

endeavoured to avert sentence <strong>of</strong> death by a play<br />

on his name, quoting Ps. zlU. 2: * Mathai (in our<br />

version, * When') I shall come <strong>and</strong> appear before<br />

God;* to which <strong>the</strong> judges replied by similarly<br />

adapting Ps. xU. 6: ^Mathai (in our version,<br />

'When') he shall die, <strong>and</strong> his name perish.<br />

' <strong>The</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r three disciples are named: Neqai^<br />

Netser, <strong>and</strong> Boni or Buni, In Taan. 20 a a miracle<br />

is related which gave to Boni <strong>the</strong> name <strong>of</strong>

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