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

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I We ga<strong>the</strong>r this from <strong>the</strong> expression, *¥^en he<br />

heard that Archelaus did reign.' Evidently Joseph<br />

had M)t heard who was Berbd*8 successor, when<br />

he left Egypt. Ardideaoon Farrar suggests, that <strong>the</strong><br />

ez-masion * reigned' (' as a king,' ^octAf^ci— 8t<br />

Matt ii. 22) refers to <strong>the</strong> period before Augustus<br />

had changed his title from 'King' to Ethnarch. But<br />

this can scarcely be pressed, <strong>the</strong> word being used<br />

<strong>of</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r role than that <strong>of</strong> a Hng, not only in<br />

tfie'New l^estament <strong>and</strong> in <strong>the</strong> Apocrypha, bpt by<br />

^osephus, ^d even by classical writers.<br />

t <strong>The</strong> lan^^uage <strong>of</strong> St. Mat<strong>the</strong>w (ii. 22,23) to imply<br />

express Divine dire^icn<br />

not to enter <strong>the</strong> territory <strong>of</strong> Judaea. In that case he<br />

would travel along <strong>the</strong> coastline till he passed into<br />

Qalilee. <strong>The</strong> impression left is, that <strong>the</strong> settlement<br />

at Nazareth was not <strong>of</strong> his own choice.<br />

" Yeled, <strong>the</strong> newborn babe, as in Is. iz. 6; Toneq,<br />

<strong>the</strong> suckling, Is. zi. 8; OUl^ <strong>the</strong> suckling beginning<br />

to ask for food, Lam. iv. 4; Giunul, uie weaned

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