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Word Pictures in the New Testament - David Cox

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<strong>Word</strong> <strong>Pictures</strong> <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> NT [Mat<strong>the</strong>w: Chapter 22].<br />

members of <strong>the</strong> human body; and 365 negative precepts, as many as<br />

<strong>the</strong> days <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> year, <strong>the</strong> total be<strong>in</strong>g 613, <strong>the</strong> number of letters<br />

<strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> Decalogue" (V<strong>in</strong>cent). But Jesus cuts through such<br />

pettifogg<strong>in</strong>g hair-splitt<strong>in</strong>g to <strong>the</strong> heart of <strong>the</strong> problem.<br />

22:42 {The Christ} (\tou Christou\). The Messiah, of course, not<br />

Christ as a proper name of Jesus. Jesus here assumes that Ps<br />

110 refers to <strong>the</strong> Messiah. By his pungent question about <strong>the</strong><br />

Messiah as <strong>David</strong>'s son and Lord he really touches <strong>the</strong> problem of<br />

his Person (his Deity and his Humanity). Probably <strong>the</strong> Pharisees<br />

had never faced that problem before. They were unable to answer.<br />

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(Mat<strong>the</strong>w: Chapter 22)

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