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2561 The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah—Book III, p. 3.2 (Alfred Edersheim)
… conscious choice determines his position. No crown of victory without previous contest, and that proportionately to its brightness; no moral ideal without …
2562 The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah—Book III, p. 14.1 (Alfred Edersheim)
… a choice, but a contest, for Satan is the prince of this world. During the whole forty days of Christ’s stay in the wilderness His Temptation continued, though …
2563 The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah—Book III, p. 33.2 (Alfred Edersheim)
… man’s choice of evil or good, with its consequences of misery or happiness, to depend entirely on the exercise of free will and self-determination. And in this …
2564 The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah—Book III, p. 35.1 (Alfred Edersheim)
… of choice, his personal responsibility, and moral obligation. Although every event depended upon God, whether a man served God or not was entirely in his own …
2565 The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah—Book III, p. 178.1 (Alfred Edersheim)
… the choice of ecclesiastical officers. Then there are the elders ( Zeqenim ), or rulers (arconteV), whose chief is the Archisynagogos, or Rosh ha-Keneseth. These …
2566 The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah—Book III, p. 185.1 (Alfred Edersheim)
… the choice of the passage was left to the reader himself. At any rate, as regarded the ordinary Sabbath days, we are told that a reader might omit one or more verses …
2567 The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah—Book III, p. 197.1 (Alfred Edersheim)
… the choice of such a text for His first Messianic Sermon. It struck the key-note to the whole of His Galilean ministry. The ancient Synagogue regarded Isaiah …
2568 The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah—Book III, p. 246.1 (Alfred Edersheim)
… of choice in His Mission. Not so—followed by a curious crowd, or thronged by eager multitudes of sightseers, or aspirants for temporal benefits—was the—Kingdom …
2569 The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah—Book III, p. 352.1 (Alfred Edersheim)
… own choice, but which, as they voluntarily occupied their position relatively to Christ, had grown into the fulfilment of the terrible prediction of Esaias …
2570 The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah—Book III, p. 417.1 (Alfred Edersheim)
… made choice of a host proved true, then the Peace with thee! with which they had entered their temporary home, would become a reality. Christ would make it such …
2571 The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah—Book III, p. 427.1 (Alfred Edersheim)
… the choice of either those nearest and dearest, of ease, nay, of life itself, or else of Christ, there could be no compromise. Not that, as is sometimes erroneously …
2572 The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah—Book III, p. 462.2 (Alfred Edersheim)
… voluntary choice, the fare of the Lord and of His followers was the poorest. Indeed, barley-bread was, almost proverbially, the meanest. Hence, as the Mishnah …
2573 The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah—Book III, p. 507.1 (Alfred Edersheim)
… believing choice and by determination of conviction, would come, should in no wise be rejected of Him.We are here involuntarily reminded of the fate of Elijah …
2574 The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah—Book III, p. 510.1 (Alfred Edersheim)
… the choice of words: Literally, “were satisfied with food as animals with fodder.”’—ecortasqhte. Shabb. 30 b; Jer. Sheqal. vi. 2. Kethub. 111 b .
2575 The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah—Book III, p. 575.1 (Alfred Edersheim)
… their choice would suggest. Perhaps it might be expressed in this somewhat clumsy paraphrase: Thou art Peter (Petros)—a Stone or Rock—and upon this—Petra----the …
2576 The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah—Book III, p. 576.1 (Alfred Edersheim)
… made choice of him, that, through his mouth, the Gentiles should first hear the words of the Gospel, and at his bidding first be baptized. Those who apply the words …
2577 The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah—Book IV, p. 63.1 (Alfred Edersheim)
… free choice and deliberate resolution. Thus, in the allegorism of the Midrash, in the inscription, Proverbs 30:1, concerning Agur, the son of Jakeh’—which is viewed …
2578 The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah—Book IV, p. 117.1 (Alfred Edersheim)
… deliberate choice: therefore their sin—not their blindness only—remained! ver. 41 .
2579 The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah—Book IV, p. 198.2 (Alfred Edersheim)
… , free choice of the individual. He does not stray; he does not fall aside—he wilfully departs, and under aggravated circumstances. It is the younger of two sons …
2580 The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah—Book IV, p. 275.1 (Alfred Edersheim)
… the choice of language, which is peculiarly difficult, but because its difficulty springs from the yet greater difficulty of expressing what it is intended …