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

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purification ait onoe snpplies. Of <strong>the</strong> many towns<br />

<strong>and</strong> villages that dotted <strong>the</strong> shoies <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Lake <strong>of</strong><br />

Gklilee, all have passed awaj except Magdala,<br />

which ii still lejnresented bj <strong>the</strong> collection <strong>of</strong> mnd<br />

hovels tiiat bears <strong>the</strong> name <strong>of</strong> Mejdd. <strong>The</strong> ancient<br />

watch-tower which gave <strong>the</strong> place its name is still<br />

<strong>the</strong>re, probaUy st<strong>and</strong>ing on <strong>the</strong> same site as that<br />

which looked down on Jesos <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> Magdalene.<br />

To this daj Magdala is celebrated for its springs<br />

<strong>and</strong> rivulets, which render it specially suitable for<br />

Reworks; while <strong>the</strong> shell-fish with which <strong>the</strong>se<br />

waters <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> Lake are said to abound,* might<br />

supply some <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> dye.^<br />

Such details may help us more clearly to realise<br />

<strong>the</strong> home, <strong>and</strong> with it, perhaps, also <strong>the</strong> upbringing<br />

<strong>and</strong> circumstances <strong>of</strong> her who not only ministered<br />

to <strong>Jesus</strong> in His <strong>Life</strong>, but, with eager avarice <strong>of</strong><br />

love, watched 'afar oiF' His dying moments,^ <strong>and</strong><br />

<strong>the</strong>n sat over against <strong>the</strong> new tomb <strong>of</strong> Joseph in<br />

which His Body was laid.* And <strong>the</strong> terrible time<br />

which followed she spent with her like-minded<br />

friends, who in Ghlilee had ministered to Christ,^

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