Cf. John 6:51, 50.
Matt. 26:26.
Matt. 8:22; John 3:6.
Cf. Matt. 13:14 and John 12:40–41.
Cf. Matt. 24:29–30.
Kitáb-i-Íqán, one of the first works of Bahá’u’lláh, written at Baghdád, before the declaration of His manifestation.
John 3:13.
In these conversations, as the reader will have already observed, ‘Abdu’l-Bahá desires rather to indicate the meaning of certain passages of the Scriptures than to quote the exact text.
Masíkh—i.e., the monster. In Arabic there is a play upon the words Masíh, the Messiah, and masíkh, the monster.
Cf. 1 Thess. 5:2; 2 Pet. 3:10.