Arthur Ritchie
Published: 2015-06-02
Total Pages: 196
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Excerpt from Spiritual Studies in St. John's Gospel, Vol. 7 So wonderfully do the two circumstances seem to coincide and run parallel throughout, that of our Lord's freely and spontaneously submitting Himself to death, as the great High Priest Who offered up Himself as a perfect Sacrifice; and that of His enemies, all tiding a part in His death, and laying their hands as it were on the head of the Victim. To His question, Whom seek ye? they reply Jesus of Nazareth. Jesus saith unto them, I am He (or I am.) And Judas, who betrayed Him, stood among them. When therefore He said unto them, I am He, they went backward and fell to the ground. They spoke of Him by that most blessed but most dreadful Name, at which every knee shall bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth. The prophet and the historian describe our Lord's enemies, and His own resignation and courage, in much the same characters. When the wicked, even mine enemies and my foes, came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell. Though an host of men were laid against me, yet shall not my heart be afraid. By this circumstance they might have perceived that they had no power to apprehend Him, if He were not a willing captive; for even when He was present before their eyes, they could not know nor acknowledge Him. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.