29.03.2013 Views

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

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

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

SHOW MORE
SHOW LESS

Create successful ePaper yourself

Turn your PDF publications into a flip-book with our unique Google optimized e-Paper software.

may be called <strong>the</strong> sparingness <strong>of</strong> detail in <strong>the</strong><br />

Gospel-narratives, each Evangelist relating mostly<br />

only one in a group <strong>of</strong> kindred events.* But o<strong>the</strong>r<br />

indications determine our inference. <strong>The</strong> embassy<br />

<strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Baptist's disciples (which will be described<br />

in ano<strong>the</strong>r connection *) undoubtedly followed on<br />

<strong>the</strong> raising <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> young man <strong>of</strong> Nain. This embassy<br />

would scarcely have come to <strong>Jesus</strong> in Nain. It<br />

probably reached Him on His far<strong>the</strong>r Missionary<br />

journey, to which <strong>the</strong>re seems some reference in<br />

<strong>the</strong> passage in <strong>the</strong> First Gospel * which succeeds<br />

<strong>the</strong> • st ifiOit account <strong>of</strong> that embassy. <strong>The</strong> actual<br />

words <strong>the</strong>re recorded can, indeed, scarcely have<br />

been spoken at that time. <strong>The</strong>y belong to a later<br />

period on that Mission-journey, <strong>and</strong> mark more<br />

fully developed opposition <strong>and</strong> rejection <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

Christ than in those early days. Chronologically,<br />

<strong>the</strong>y are in <strong>the</strong>ir proper place in St. Luke's<br />

Gospel,** » st loIm where <strong>the</strong>y follow in<br />

connection with that Mission <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Seventy,<br />

which, in part at least, was prompted by <strong>the</strong><br />

growing enmity to <strong>the</strong> Person <strong>of</strong> <strong>Jesus</strong>. On <strong>the</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r<br />

h<strong>and</strong>, this Mission <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Seventy is aot recorded

Hooray! Your file is uploaded and ready to be published.

Saved successfully!

Ooh no, something went wrong!