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

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customary fringes <strong>of</strong> four long white threads with<br />

one <strong>of</strong> hyacinth knotted toge<strong>the</strong>r on each <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> four<br />

comers. <strong>The</strong>re is reason to believe, that three<br />

square garments were made with <strong>the</strong>se ^ fringes,'<br />

although, by way <strong>of</strong> ostentation, <strong>the</strong> Pharisees<br />

made <strong>the</strong>m particularly wide so as to attract<br />

attention, just as <strong>the</strong>y made <strong>the</strong>ir phy-• stj itott.<br />

lacteries broad.^ Although Christ only denounced<br />

<strong>the</strong> latter practice, not <strong>the</strong> phylacteries <strong>the</strong>mselves,<br />

it is impossible to believe that Himself ever wore<br />

<strong>the</strong>m, ei<strong>the</strong>r on <strong>the</strong> forehead or <strong>the</strong> arm.' <strong>The</strong>re was<br />

certainly no warrant for <strong>the</strong>m in Holy Scripture,<br />

<strong>and</strong> only Pharisaic externalism could represent<br />

<strong>the</strong>ir use as fulfilling <strong>the</strong> import <strong>of</strong><br />

22-24) is merely a summary. <strong>The</strong> various<br />

AphqarHn.<br />

authorities on <strong>the</strong> subject—<strong>and</strong> not a * Canon<br />

Westdftt (Speaker's Comment,<br />

few have been consulted—are more or on St. John<br />

xix. 23) seems to imply that

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