...bidding. The five thousand whom He had fed with five barley loaves and two small fishes were minded to come and take Him by force, to make Him a king. d But when He was entering Jerusalem in triumph, our Lord may be regarded as in some sort receiving...

...did, said, Of a truth this is the prophet that was to 15 come into the world. Jesus therefore knowing that they were about to come and take him by force to make him a king, again retired to the mountain all alone. 16 fin the evening, his disciples went down to the sea, and...

...truth that Prophet that should come into the world." John informs us, that they were disposed at once to " come and take him by force, to make him a king;" and that the Savior evaded their intended honor. The moment they think of Jesus as the Messiah, that...

...truth that Prophet that should come into the world." John informs us, that they were disposed at once to " come and take him by force, to make him a king ;" and that the Savior evaded their intended honor. The moment they think of Jesus as the Messiah,...

...them and their Master, so, on the one hand, it would have encouraged the attempt of a part of the Jews to come and take him by force to make him a king, John vi. 15, and, on the other, would have provoked both the Jewish rulers and the Roman government. ' "Certainly,"...

...reluctance: and so resolutely have they set their minds on this, that " Jesus perceived they would come and take him by force, to make him a King." (John vi. 16.) In consequence of this, he at once proceeded to break up the assembly, first constraining his...

...the promised deliverer — " that prophet which should come into the world" — they were disposed to " come and take him by force to make him a king ;" for they did not perceive that his " kingdom is not of this world." And even those disciples who...

...47; Matt. xv. 22 ; xxi. 9, 15.) Indeed, so strong and general was this impression, that the people were about to " come and take him by force, to make him a king." (John vii. 15.) But when Jesus declared a 5 his pre-existence to Abraham, and his consequent Divinity, the...

...was the promised deliverer — "that prophet which should come into the world" — they were disposed to " come and take him by force to make him a king; " for they did not perceive that his "kingdom is not of this world." And even those disciples who had...

...The Saviour was repeatedly acknowledged as the Messiah in the familiar epithet, " Son of David:"—by blind men on two several occasions, Matt, xx, 30,...opposition, and even encountered personal danger. Sonship of Jesus Christ," p. 91. In that valuable work this subject is most ably discussed.) It might...