Comments are designed as brief commentaries on the readings from theRevised Common Lectionary suitable for any adult who wants to understand thelessons for the week. Each lesson has a brief commentary, with a link to the biblicaltext, and a brief outline of the whole biblical book.
- Commentary on Matthew 17:22,23 (Read Matthew 17:22,23) Christ perfectly knew all things that should befall him, yet undertook the work of our redemption, which strongly shows his love. What outward debasement and Divine glory was the life of the Redeemer! And all his humiliation ended in his exaltation.
- The Levites, Rehum the son of Bani Here it may be noticed that the community is mentioned first, its representative afterwards.This variation from the usage in Nehemiah 3:7-8 is perhaps intended to give prominence to the work of the Levites or of a particular band of them.
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Sunday, October 4, 2020 Lesson Text: I Samuel 19:1-7 King James Version(KJV) I. SAUL PLOTS TO KILL DAVID (I Samuel 19:1-3) 1. And Saul spake to Jonathan his son, and to all his servants, that they should kill David. In the fourth Gospel, John is not actually said to baptize Jesus, but only to bear witness to his coming (John 1:23, 29-34); and in an apparently similar apologetic move, Luke, notes that John is imprisoned by Herod in the verse immediately before the baptism of Jesus is acknowledged (cf. Luke 3:20,21), as if to give the impression that Jesus.
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