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

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where <strong>the</strong> laying on <strong>of</strong> a great Rabbi's h<strong>and</strong>s was<br />

sought for healing, such, combined with prayer,<br />

would certainly be in entire accordance with<br />

Jewish views at <strong>the</strong> time. <strong>The</strong> confidence in <strong>the</strong><br />

result, expressed by <strong>the</strong> fa<strong>the</strong>r in <strong>the</strong> accounts <strong>of</strong> St.<br />

Mark <strong>and</strong> St. Mat<strong>the</strong>w, is not mentioned by St.<br />

Luke. And perhaps, as being <strong>the</strong> language <strong>of</strong> an<br />

Eastern, it should not be taken in its strict literality<br />

as indicating actual conviction on <strong>the</strong> part <strong>of</strong><br />

Jairus, that <strong>the</strong> laying on <strong>of</strong> Christ's H<strong>and</strong>s would<br />

certainly restore <strong>the</strong> maiden.<br />

Be this as it may, when <strong>Jesus</strong> followed <strong>the</strong> Ruler to<br />

his house, <strong>the</strong> multitude thronging Him' in eager<br />

curiosity, ano<strong>the</strong>r approached Him from out that<br />

crowd, whose inner history was far<br />

' <strong>The</strong> foUowing are <strong>the</strong> instances in 'In gene?al, we<br />

would onoe more thus<br />

which silence was enjoined:—St. Matt.<br />

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