Scripture parallel "If my kingdom were of this world, then would my servants fight." (John xviii. 36.)
48. "They inculcated obedience to magistrates, and to the civil authorities."
Scripture parallel. "Obey them which have the rule over you." (Heb. xiii. 17; xxvi. 65.)
49. "They retired within themselves to receive interior revelations of divine truth." (c. ii. 71.)
Scripture parallel. "Every one of you hath a revelation." (1 Cor. xiv. 26.)
50. "They were scrupulous in speaking the truth."
Scripture parallel "Speaking all things in truth." (2 Cor. vii. 14.)
51. "They perform many wonderful miracles."
Scripture parallel Many texts teach us that Christ and his apostles did the same.
52. "Essenism put all its members upon the same level, forbidding the exercise of authority of one over another." (Dr. Ginsburg.)