5.
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Espoused. RV: betrothed; s.w. Dt. 22: 23, a passage
which dominates the meaning of Jn. 8: 1-11.
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7.
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Her son, the Firstborn. Ps.89: 27;Col. 1: 20.
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The inn; s.w. 22: 11. Cp. Jer. 41: 17—the same
place, probably.
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No room. Symbolic of what Jn. 1: 11 says
explicitly.
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8.
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Abiding in the fields, until mid-October, says the
Targum.
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13.
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The heavenly host. Other instructive allusions: Gen.
28: 12; 32: 1,2. In praise: Ps. 103: 20,21; 148: 2. In judgement: Ex. 12: 23;
Dan. 7: 10. In protection: Mt. 26: 53; 24: 31.
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15.
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Even unto Bethlehem. Gk: de is both emotional
and imperative. ‘Come! we’ve got to go to Bethlehem’ perhaps
conveys the idea.
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