v. 15:
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thresh, mountains, hills, chaff.
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v. 16:
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fan; glory in the Holy One of Israel.
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v. 17:
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the poor and needy seek water.
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v. 18:
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the wilderness a pool of water
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v. 25:
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he that cometh... from the north from the sunrising.
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v. 27:
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the First... behold, good tidings to
Jerusalem.
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v. 29:
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all vanity, their works nothing.
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42: 1:
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mine elect in whom my soul delighteth; I have put my Spirit
upon him.
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42: 2:
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he shall not cause his voice to be heard.
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42: 3:
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a bruised reed (Mt. 11: 7) shall he, not break.
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42: 6:
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for a covenant of the people.
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21.
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l am not. This emphatic personal pronoun might well
imply: ‘But soon you will know who is.’
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26.
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Other examples of short-term prophecies presenting the
credentials of a prophet: 1 Sam. 3: 12-14; 1 Kgs. 13: 3; Am. 1: 1,2; Is. 2:
10-22 (Uzziah’searthquake);Jer. 1: 11-14; Ez.4; Mic. 1: 1-4;Mal. 1:
1-5.
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Whom ye know not.. A double meaning here; cp.v.
10,11
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29.
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Taketh away. This Greek verb means (a) bear; (b) bear
away. Both meanings here, surely.
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The Lamb of God. Gk. amnos, as in Is. 53: 7 and
Ex. 12: 5 LXX. But why amion in Apocalypse? To distinguish between the
mortal and the immortal Son of God?
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30.
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Is preferred. Literally: hath become. A decided
difficulty for trinitarians, for would not a pre-existent Christ be always
“before” John?
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31.
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As a dove. Cp. this usage in 15: 16; Rev. 3: 3.
Luke’s phrase: “in a bodily shape”, is not to be
evaded; but the commentators manfully, and wilfully, do their best
(worst).
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33.
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And remaining on him. Contrast the experience of the
disciples during the ministry, and the early church, and even John himself. This
passage is surely in mind at Lk. 7: 21 and Mt. 16: 1,4.
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34.
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I saw, a word often used of a divine vision.
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