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

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' Thus <strong>the</strong> view that charity delivered from<br />

Gehenna was very commonly entertained (see, for<br />

example, Baba B. 10 a). Similarly, it was <strong>the</strong> main<br />

charge against <strong>the</strong> publicans that <strong>the</strong>y exacted more<br />

than <strong>the</strong>ir due (see, for example, Baba E. 113 a).<br />

<strong>The</strong> Greek i^^yiotf, or wage <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> soldiers, has its<br />

Rabbinic equivalent <strong>of</strong> A/sanya (a similar word<br />

also in <strong>the</strong> Syriac).<br />

* <strong>Vol</strong>hmar is mistaken in regarding this as <strong>the</strong> duty<br />

<strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> house-porter towards arriving guests. It is<br />

expressly mentioned as one <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> chaiacteristio<br />

duties <strong>of</strong> slaves in Pes. 4 a ; Jer Kidd. i. 3 ; Eidd.<br />

22 b. In Kethub. 96 a it is described as also <strong>the</strong><br />

duty <strong>of</strong> a disciple towards his teacher. In Mechilta<br />

on Bz. xxi. 2 (ed. Weiss, p. 82 a) it is qiuOified as<br />

only lawful for a teacher so to employ his disciple,<br />

while, lastly, in 'Pesiqta x. it is described as <strong>the</strong><br />

common practioe.<br />

* Godet aptly ca Is attention to <strong>the</strong> use <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

preposition in here, while as regards <strong>the</strong> baptism

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