LIFE AND TIMES OF JESUS THE MESSIAH
by Alfred Edersheim 1883
Volume 2
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THE DESCENT: FROM THE MOUNT OF TRANSFIGURATION INTO THE VALLEY OF
HUMILIATION AND DEATH.
THE TRANSFIGURATION.
CHAPTER I.
(St Matt.
xvii.
1-8; St.
Mark...
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LIFE AND TIMES OF JESUS THE MESSIAH
by Alfred Edersheim 1883
Volume 2
* * * * * * *
* * * * * * *
THE DESCENT: FROM THE MOUNT OF TRANSFIGURATION INTO THE VALLEY OF
HUMILIATION AND DEATH.
THE TRANSFIGURATION.
CHAPTER I.
(St Matt.
xvii.
1-8; St.
Mark ix.
2-8; St.
Luke ix.
28-36.
)
The great confession of Peter, as the representative Apostle, had laid the foundations of the
Church as such.
In contradistinction to the varying opinions of even those best disposed towards
Christ, it openly declared that Jesus was the Very Christ of God, the fulfilment of all Old
Testament prophecy, the heir of Old Testament promise, the realisation of the Old Testament hope
for Israel, and, in Israel, for all mankind.
Without this confession, Christians might have been a
Jewish sect, a religious party, or a school of thought, and jesus a Teacher, Rabbi, Reformer, or
Leader of men.
But the confession which marked Jesus as the Christ, also constituted His
followers the Church.
It separated them, a
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