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

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needed, nor were <strong>the</strong>j included in, <strong>the</strong> purification.<br />

It can only refer to * <strong>the</strong>ir' (i.e. <strong>the</strong> Jews')<br />

purification. But this does not imply any Romish<br />

inferences {Seppy Leben JesUf ii. 1, p. 131) as to<br />

<strong>the</strong> superhuman condition or origin <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Blessed<br />

Virgin; on <strong>the</strong> contrary, <strong>the</strong> <strong>of</strong>fering <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> sin<strong>of</strong>fering<br />

points in <strong>the</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r direction.<br />

* Comp. <strong>the</strong> rubric <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> prayers in Moimonideit<br />

Yad haChas. Hilch. Biccur. zLS.<br />

* So Dr. OeOdd.<br />

« So Dr. Geikie, taking his acooont<br />

from Ser:og*t Beal-EncykL <strong>The</strong> mistake about <strong>the</strong><br />

mo<strong>the</strong>r being sprinkled with sacrificial blood<br />

originated with Lightfoot (HorsB Hebr. on St Luke<br />

iL 22). Later writers have followed <strong>the</strong> lead.<br />

Tamid y. 6, quoted by Lightfoot, refers only to <strong>the</strong><br />

cleansing <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> leper. <strong>The</strong> 'prayers* supposed to<br />

be spoken, <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> pronouncing dean by <strong>the</strong><br />

priests, are <strong>the</strong> embellishments <strong>of</strong> later writers, for

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