[15] John xi. 39.
[16] John xi. 39.
[17] John xi. 41.
[18] Rev. iii. 5.
[19] Rom. viii. 34.
[20] John v. 29.
[21] As the Jewish sabbath began at six o’clock on Friday evening, and lasted till six on Saturday evening, we may infer it was after the close of its sacred hours (at “eventide”) He reached Bethany.
[22] It is supposed to have been equivalent to £10 of our money.
[23] Tennyson.
[24] An excellent Christian poet has thus amplified this thought:—