...without our Saviour's sanction or commandment, we have it expressly stated by St. John, thativ. i. though the Pharisees had heard that Jesus made and baptized more disciples than John, Jesus him- verse 2. self baptized not, but his disciples. Or if any were to argue that this power of...

...gi«§ CCXL. CHAP. IV. 1—26. Christ talketh with a woman of Samaria, and revealeth himself unto her. WHEN therefore the Lord knew how the Pharisees had...Jesus made and " baptized more disciples than John, 2 (Though Jesus himself baptized not, but his disciples,) 3 He left Judaea, and departed again into...

...whom I am well pleased." And Jesus himself began to be about thirty years of age. [John iv. 1.] 'i. When therefore the Lord knew how the Pharisees had...Jesus made and baptized more disciples than John, (though Jesus himself baptized not, but his disciples,) he left Judea, and departed again into Galilee....

...New Covenant, he personally abstained from the use of any such rite. When the apostle John records " how the Pharisees had heard that Jesus made and baptized more disciples than John," he adds, " though, or howbeit (icatroiye) Jesus himself baptized not, but his disciples :" iv. 2. Shortly...

...continued, although unfortunately interrupted in the midst by the abrupt termination of the chapter : " When therefore the Lord knew how the Pharisees had...Jesus made and baptized more disciples than John," (the opinion of the Pharisees was that their baptism was the sign of discipleship,) " he left Judea,...

...any work, confound the principal with the subordinate. There is an instance in John 4 : 1, 2, — " When therefore the Lord knew how the Pharisees had...Jesus made and baptized more disciples than John, (though Jesus baptized not, but his disciples.") To imitate our author's style of exposition, we must...

...rite of initiation into the society of John's professed disciples. Hence the expression, John 4 : 1. "The Pharisees had heard that Jesus made and baptized more disciples than John." The making and baptizing of disciples by Jesus and John are here contrasted. Jesus made disciples by...

...waives it, and only makes an unaccountable reference to what he calls a parallel phrase, John iv. 1, The Pharisees had heard that Jesus made and baptized more disciples than John. But why must this place above all others be singled out for a parallel ? Can we imagine the doctor...

...meaning here. While men remain in unbelief, especially such inexcusable unbelief as is here indicated, WHEN therefore the Lord knew how the Pharisees had...Jesus made and baptized more disciples than John, 2 (Though Jesus himself baptized not, but his disciples,) 3 He left Judea, and departed again into...

...literally, a father considered as a ruler. Christ talketh with the Woman of Samaria. — BIBLE. 1. WHEN therefore the Lord knew how the Pharisees had...Jesus made and baptized more disciples than John, — though Jesus himself baptized not, but his disciples, — he left Judea, and departed again into...