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

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within. Avoiding <strong>the</strong> great towns as <strong>the</strong> centres <strong>of</strong><br />

hated hea<strong>the</strong>nism, <strong>the</strong> traveller •would meet few<br />

foreigners, but everywhere encounter those gaunt<br />

representatives <strong>of</strong> what was regarded as <strong>the</strong><br />

superlative excellency <strong>of</strong> his religion. <strong>The</strong>se were<br />

<strong>the</strong> embodiment <strong>of</strong> Jewish piety <strong>and</strong> asceticism, <strong>the</strong><br />

possessors <strong>and</strong> expounders <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> mysteries <strong>of</strong> his<br />

faith, <strong>the</strong> fountain-h^ad <strong>of</strong> wisdom, who were not<br />

only sure <strong>of</strong> heaven <strong>the</strong>mselves, but knew its<br />

secrets, <strong>and</strong> were its very aristocracy; men who<br />

could tell hiTn all about his own religion,<br />

practised its most minute injunctions, <strong>and</strong> could<br />

interpret every stroke <strong>and</strong> letter <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Law —<br />

^nay^ whose it actually was to ^ loose <strong>and</strong> to bind/<br />

to pronounce<br />

Tk(M BETBLEEtEM !fO JbBDAK.<br />

boob: n<br />

ati action lawful or nnlawfol, <strong>and</strong> to ' remit or<br />

retain sins/ by dedaring a man liable to, or free<br />

from, expiatory sacrifices, or else punishment in

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