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

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to give such a gmndiose title to those who joined<br />

<strong>the</strong> Romans.<br />

' This only hi St. Luke.<br />

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this. Comp. Beitr. pp. 191-194.<br />

■ St. Luke speaks <strong>of</strong> Christ being * about thuiiy<br />

years old' at <strong>the</strong> time <strong>of</strong> His baptism. If John began<br />

his public mi-nistiy in <strong>the</strong> autumn, <strong>and</strong> some<br />

months elapsed before <strong>Jesus</strong> was baptized, our<br />

Loni would have just passed His thirtieth year<br />

when He appeared at Bethabara. We have positive<br />

evidence that <strong>the</strong> expression ' about * before a<br />

numeral meant ei<strong>the</strong>r a little more or a little less<br />

than that exact number. See Midr. on Ruth i. 4, ed.<br />

Warsh. p. 39 b.<br />

* Here trs^lition, though evidently ftdsely, locates<br />

<strong>the</strong> Baptism <strong>of</strong> <strong>Jesus</strong>.<br />

• In reference not only to this point, but in general,

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