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

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St. John, be utterly unaccountable—nei<strong>the</strong>r meeting<br />

Jewish expectancy, nor yet supposed Old<br />

Testament precedent—but, if legend it be, it seems<br />

purposeless <strong>and</strong> irrational. Moreover, <strong>the</strong>re is this<br />

noticeable about it, as about so many <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

records <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> miraculons in <strong>the</strong> New Testament,<br />

that <strong>the</strong> writers by no means disguise bom<br />

<strong>the</strong>mselves or <strong>the</strong>ir readers <strong>the</strong> obvious difficulties<br />

invdved. In <strong>the</strong> present instance <strong>the</strong>y tell us, that<br />

<strong>the</strong>y regarded His Form moving on <strong>the</strong> water as ' a<br />

spirit,' <strong>and</strong> cried out for fear; <strong>and</strong> again, that <strong>the</strong><br />

impression produced by <strong>the</strong> whole scene, even on<br />

<strong>the</strong>m that had witnessed <strong>the</strong> miracle <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> previous<br />

evening, was one <strong>of</strong> overwhelming astonishment.<br />

This walking on <strong>the</strong> water, <strong>the</strong>n, was even to <strong>the</strong>m<br />

within <strong>the</strong> domain <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> truly miraculous, <strong>and</strong> it<br />

affected <strong>the</strong>ir minds equally, perhaps even more<br />

than ours, from, <strong>the</strong> tact that in <strong>the</strong>ir view so much,<br />

which to us seems miraculous, lay within <strong>the</strong><br />

sphere <strong>of</strong> what might be expected in <strong>the</strong> course <strong>of</strong><br />

such a history.<br />

On <strong>the</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r h<strong>and</strong>, this miracle st<strong>and</strong>s not isolated,

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