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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1916 edition. Excerpt: ...she nobly affirms as high a creed as that of Simon Peter (Matt. 16: 16) and under far more trying circumstances: "Yea, Lord! I have believed1 that thou art the Messiah, the Son of God, he that 1 nentareuKa. It is her settled belief. She will not shrink in an hour like this. cometh into the world" (1 1: 27). So Martha expresses her belief that Jesus can raise her brother from the dead now because He is the Son of God. Mary is all tears and Jesus undergoes violent agitation,1 what with Martha's courage, His own emotion, Mary's grief, and the presence of the Jews (friends of the family, but hostile to Jesus). The presence of these Jews and the anguish of the sisters made the raising of Lazarus a test of the claims of Jesus to be the Messiah, especially after what He had said to the disciples (11:4) and to Martha (11: 25). Jesus is fully conscious of the issue at stake, but was never more sure of the outcome, as is shown by His deliberate preparations and the prayer of gratitude which assumes that the Father has already heard Him (11: 38-42). The protest of Martha as she faces the actual opening of the tomb is no real discount to her noble faith, but a woman's instinctive shrinking before the almost gruesome realities of the situation. There are few more majestic moments in the life of Jesus than this when He calls for Lazarus to come forth out of the tomb. One may be sure that failure would have been heralded to the ends of the earth. Jesus spoke in a loud voice so that those present might see that Lazarus came forth in response to His 1 Ivefipiii-qaarO rip irveuftart /eat irdpaev laurov. Both verbs here express powerful emotion in the effort for selfcontrol. He shook himself in the effort and finally burst into tears (kddkpuaev,...
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- EditoreTheClassics.us
- Data di pubblicazione2013
- ISBN 10 1230858989
- ISBN 13 9781230858982
- RilegaturaCopertina flessibile
- Numero di pagine42
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