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

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coincidence, by o<strong>the</strong>rs to answer <strong>of</strong> prayer. And<br />

perhaps this may help us to underst<strong>and</strong> one <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

reasons for <strong>the</strong> prohibition <strong>of</strong> telling what had been<br />

done by <strong>Jesus</strong>, while in o<strong>the</strong>r instances silence<br />

was not enjoined. Of course, <strong>the</strong>re were occasions<br />

—such as <strong>the</strong> raising <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> young man at Nain <strong>and</strong><br />

<strong>of</strong> Lazarus—when <strong>the</strong> miracle was done so<br />

publicly, that a comm<strong>and</strong> <strong>of</strong> this kind would have<br />

been impossible. But in o<strong>the</strong>r cases may this not be<br />

<strong>the</strong> line <strong>of</strong> demarcation, that silence was not<br />

enjoined when a result was achieved which,<br />

according to <strong>the</strong> notions <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> time, might have<br />

been attributed to o<strong>the</strong>r than direct Divine Power,<br />

* Keim starts <strong>the</strong> <strong>the</strong>ory that, according to St.<br />

Mat<strong>the</strong>w, Jaims was an ipx^»t^ in <strong>the</strong> sense <strong>of</strong> a<br />

civil magistrate. This, in order to make St.<br />

Mat<strong>the</strong>w contradict St. Mark <strong>and</strong> St. Lake, as if<br />

ipx^^ were not one <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> most common<br />

designations <strong>of</strong> Synagogue-rulers.<br />

' <strong>The</strong> particulars <strong>of</strong> her history must

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