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Lectures on the characters of our Lord's Apostles; and especially their conduct at the time of his apprehension and trial - Softcover
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1859 Excerpt: ... believe, taken for granted by many, that they were miraculously awe-struck. We cannot prove that it was not so: but no such thing is stated, or hinted at, by the Sacred Historian; nor do his words seem to imply it; nor is there any reason whatever for such a supposition. It seems, at least, as likely, that they prostrated themselves to do Him homage as king; conceiving Him ready to claim the kingdom; and that it was only on his refraining from making any such claim, or accepting any such offer, that they carried Him off as a prisoner. Viewed in this light, there seems nothing unaccountable or strange in Judas's con D duct. His sordid and covetous character does not at all imply that ambition might not be combined with avarice in his heart. And destitute as he was of the true " wisdom that is from above," there is nothing to warrant the notion that he was deficient in worldly cunning. His calculations would have been, accordingly, far from unreasonable, supposing Jesus to have been (as Judas, judging from himself, doubtless supposed Him to be) a person as full of worldly ambition as the far greater part are, of those whom the World reckon great men. John, xviii. 6. A band of soldiers would be needed, whether the result should be the exaltation of Jesus, or his arrest as a prisoner: in the one case, to do Him honour; in the other, to prevent a rescue. The Roman emperor Julian, commonly known as the " Apostate," was forced by the mutinous soldiery, who were revolting against the emperor Constantius, to accept the empire, under the threat of becoming their victim if he refused it. Whether his reluctance to be made emperor were sincere or feigned, they doubtless anticipated his acceptance of the crown thus forced upon him. Nearly the same wa...
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